Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
SENTINEL ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
SENTINEL ACQUISITION HOLDINGS INC.
and
GLOBAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS, INC.
Dated as of March 2, 2011
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ARTICLE I. THE OFFER AND THE MERGER |
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Section 1.01. The Offer |
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Section 1.02. Company Actions |
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Section 1.03. Top-Up Option |
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Section 1.04. The Merger |
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Section 1.05. Closing |
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Section 1.06. Effective Time |
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Section 1.07. Effects |
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Section 1.08. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws |
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Section 1.09. Directors |
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Section 1.10. Officers |
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ARTICLE II. EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES |
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Section 2.01. Effect on Capital Stock |
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Section 2.02. Exchange of Certificates |
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ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 3.01. Organization, Standing and Power |
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Section 3.02. Company Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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Section 3.03. Capital Structure |
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Section 3.04. Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability |
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Section 3.05. No Conflicts; Consents |
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Section 3.06. SEC Documents; Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 3.07. Information Supplied |
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Section 3.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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Section 3.09. Taxes |
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Section 3.10. Labor Relations |
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Section 3.11. Employee Benefits |
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Section 3.12. Litigation |
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Section 3.13. Compliance with Applicable Laws; Permits |
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Section 3.14. Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.15. Title to Properties |
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Section 3.16. Intellectual Property |
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Section 3.17. Contracts |
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Section 3.18. Insurance |
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Section 3.19. Interested Party Transactions |
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Section 3.20. Brokers |
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Section 3.21. Opinion of Financial Advisor |
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Section 3.22. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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Section 3.23. Export Control Matters |
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Section 3.24. No Other Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB |
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Section 4.01. Organization, Standing and Power |
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Section 4.02. Merger Sub |
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Section 4.03. Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability |
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Section 4.04. No Conflicts; Consents |
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Section 4.05. Information Supplied |
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Section 4.06. Brokers |
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Section 4.07. Absence of Litigation |
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Section 4.08. Ownership of the Company Common Stock |
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Section 4.09. Financing |
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Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Agreements |
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Section 4.11. Foreign Ownership and Control |
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Section 4.12. No Other Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE V. COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
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Section 5.01. Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.02. Control of the Operations |
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Section 5.03. No Solicitation |
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ARTICLE VI. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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Section 6.01. Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting |
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Section 6.02. Access to Information; Confidentiality |
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Section 6.03. Reasonable Best Efforts; Notification |
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Section 6.04. Treatment of Equity Compensation |
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Section 6.05. Benefit Plans |
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Section 6.06. Financing |
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Section 6.07. Indemnification |
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Section 6.08. Fees and Expenses |
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Section 6.09. Public Announcements |
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Section 6.10. Transfer Taxes |
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Section 6.11. Directors |
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Section 6.12. Rule 14d-10(d) Matters |
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Section 6.13. Merger Sub Compliance |
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Section 6.14. Stockholder Litigation |
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ARTICLE VII. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Section 7.01. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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ARTICLE VIII. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 8.01. Termination |
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Section 8.02. Effect of Termination |
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Section 8.03. Amendment |
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Section 8.04. Extension; Waiver |
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Section 8.05. Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or Waiver |
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ARTICLE IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.01. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties |
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Section 9.02. Notices |
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Section 9.03. Definitions |
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Section 9.04. Interpretation; Exhibits and Disclosure Letters |
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Section 9.05. Severability |
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Section 9.06. Counterparts |
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Section 9.07. Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 9.08. Governing Law |
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Section 9.09. Assignment |
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Section 9.10. Consents and Approvals |
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Section 9.11. Enforcement; Arbitration |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “
Agreement”) dated as of March 2, 2011, among
Sentinel Acquisition Holdings Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“
Parent”), Sentinel Acquisition
Corporation, a
Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Merger
Sub”), and Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the
“
Company”).
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
approved the acquisition of the Company by Parent on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Parent shall cause Merger Sub to make a tender offer (as it may be amended from time
to time as permitted under this Agreement, the “Offer”) to purchase all of the outstanding
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common
Stock”), at a price per share of the Company Common Stock of $24.25 (such amount, or any other
amount per share paid pursuant to the Offer and this Agreement, the “Offer Price”), net to
the seller in cash, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company Board has resolved to recommend that the holders of the Company Common
Stock accept the Offer and tender their shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer
and that they vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement at any meeting of the stockholders of
the Company held for such purpose;
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
approved the merger (the “Merger”) of Merger Sub into the Company, on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition to
the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P.
(the “Parent Equity Provider”) is delivering to the Company a guaranty in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the “Guaranty”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition to
Parent’s and Merger Sub’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, Contego Systems LLC (the
“Key Stockholder”) is entering into a separate tender and voting agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Tender Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Offer and the Merger and also to
prescribe various conditions to the Offer and the Merger;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
THE OFFER AND THE MERGER
Section 1.01. The Offer.
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause
Merger Sub to, use commercially reasonable efforts to commence within three (3) Business Days (and
in any event Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, commence within ten (10)
Business Days), the Offer within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The obligations of Merger Sub to, and of Parent to
cause Merger Sub to, accept for payment, and pay for, any shares of the Company Common Stock
tendered pursuant to the Offer are subject only to the conditions set forth in Exhibit C as
such conditions may be modified in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement. The
initial expiration date of the Offer shall be midnight (New York City time) on the twentieth (20th)
business day following commencement of the Offer (determined using Rule 14d-1(g)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the “Exchange Act”)). Merger Sub expressly reserves the right in its sole
discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any condition to the Offer or modify the terms of the
Offer, except that, without the written consent of the Company, Merger Sub shall not (i) reduce the
number of shares of the Company Common Stock subject to the Offer, (ii) reduce the Offer Price,
(iii) waive or amend the Minimum Tender Condition, (iv) add to the conditions set forth in
Exhibit C or modify any condition set forth in Exhibit C in any manner adverse to
the holders of the Company Common Stock, (v) except as otherwise provided in this Section 1.01(a),
extend the Offer, (vi) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer or (vii) otherwise
amend the Offer in any manner adverse to the holders of the Company Common Stock. The parties
hereto agree to cooperate in good faith to modify the terms of the Offer as and if required by the
SEC. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Merger Sub shall extend the
Offer for the minimum period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the
SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Offer); provided, however, that Merger
Sub shall not be required to, and Parent shall not be required to cause Merger Sub to, extend the
Offer beyond the Outside Date. In addition, unless this Agreement has been terminated in
accordance with its terms, if at the otherwise scheduled expiration date of the Offer any condition
to the Offer is not satisfied, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, extend the
Offer for one (1) or more consecutive increments of not more than ten (10) Business Days each (or
for such longer period as may be agreed by the Company); provided, however, that
Merger Sub shall not be required to, and Parent shall not be required to cause Merger Sub to,
extend the Offer beyond the Outside Date. Upon the mutual written consent of the parties hereto,
each in its sole discretion, Merger Sub shall extend the Offer on one or more occasions for an
aggregate period of not more than ten (10) Business Days each to the extent that, on such
expiration date, all conditions to the Offer are satisfied but the shares of Company Common Stock
that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, considered
together with all other shares of Company Common Stock owned by Parent and its subsidiaries, shall
constitute less than ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock. If
all of the conditions set forth in Exhibit C are satisfied but the number of shares of the
Company Common Stock that have been validly tendered and not withdrawn in the Offer and accepted
for payment, together with
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any shares of the Company Common Stock then owned by Parent or Merger
Sub, is less than ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, Merger Sub may in its
sole discretion make available one (1) or more “subsequent offering periods”, in accordance with
Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act, of not less than ten (10) Business Days and not more than twenty
(20) Business Days in the aggregate for all subsequent offering periods. On the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Offer and this Agreement, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger
Sub to, accept and pay for (subject to any withholding of Tax pursuant to Section 2.02(h)) all
shares of the Company Common Stock validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer
that Merger Sub becomes obligated to purchase pursuant to the Offer promptly after the expiration
of the Offer (as it may be extended and re-extended in accordance with this Section 1.01(a)).
Nothing contained in this Section 1.01(a) shall affect any termination rights in Article VIII.
(b) On the date of commencement of the Offer, Parent and Merger Sub shall file with the SEC,
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14d-3 and Regulation M-A under the Exchange Act, a Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO with respect to the Offer, which shall contain an offer to purchase
and a related letter of transmittal and summary advertisement (such Schedule TO and the documents
included therein pursuant to which the Offer shall be made, together with any supplements or
amendments thereto, the “Offer Documents”). Parent and Merger Sub agree to take all steps
necessary to cause the Offer Documents to be disseminated to holders of shares of the Company
Common Stock as and to the extent required by the Exchange Act. The Company shall promptly furnish
to Parent and Merger Sub all information concerning the Company required by the Exchange Act to be
set forth in the Offer Documents or reasonably requested by Parent and Merger Sub for inclusion
therein. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall promptly correct any information
provided by it for use in the Offer Documents if and to the extent that such information shall have
become false or misleading in any material respect and to correct any material omissions therein;
and each of Parent and Merger Sub shall take all steps necessary to amend or supplement the Offer
Documents and to cause the Offer Documents, as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC
and the Offer Documents, as so amended or supplemented, to be disseminated to the Company’s
stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Federal securities laws.
Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the Company and its counsel copies of any written comments, and
shall inform the Company and its counsel of any oral comments or discussions, that Parent, Merger
Sub or their counsel may receive from or engage in with the SEC or its staff with respect to the
Offer Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments or the commencement or occurrence of
any such discussions. Prior to the filing of the Offer Documents (including any amendment or
supplement thereto) with the SEC or the dissemination thereof to the stockholders of the Company,
or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect to the Offer Documents, Parent and Merger Sub
shall provide the Company and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such
Offer Documents or response (including the proposed final version thereof), and Parent and Merger
Sub shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the Company or its
counsel.
(c) Parent shall provide or cause to be provided to Merger Sub on a timely basis the funds
necessary to purchase any shares of the Company Common Stock that Merger Sub becomes obligated to
purchase pursuant to the Offer.
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(d) Merger Sub shall not terminate the Offer prior to any scheduled expiration thereof without
the prior written consent of the Company, except in the event that this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Article VIII. In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VIII
prior to any scheduled expiration thereof, Merger Sub shall (and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to)
promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of such termination), irrevocably and
unconditionally terminate the Offer. If the Offer is terminated or withdrawn by Merger Sub, or
this Agreement is terminated prior to the purchase of shares of the Company Common Stock in the
Offer, Merger Sub shall promptly return, and shall cause any depository acting on behalf of Merger
Sub to return, all tendered shares of the Company Common Stock to the registered holders thereof.
Section 1.02. Company Actions.
(a) The Company hereby consents to and approves of the Offer, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”).
(b) The Company shall file with the SEC, as promptly as practicable after the filing by Parent
of the Offer Documents (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days thereafter), a
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (such Schedule
14D-9, as amended from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) describing, subject to Section
5.03(c), the recommendations referred to in Section 3.04(b), and shall mail the Schedule 14D-9 to
the holders of the Company Common Stock. Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly furnish to the
Company all information concerning Parent and Merger Sub required by the Exchange Act to be set
forth in the Schedule 14D-9 or reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion therein. Each of
the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in
the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleading
in any material respect and to correct any material omissions therein. The Company shall take all
steps necessary to amend or supplement the Schedule 14D-9 and to cause the Schedule 14D-9, as so
amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Company’s stockholders,
in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Federal securities laws. The Company
shall provide Parent and its counsel copies of any written comments and shall inform Parent and its
counsel of any oral comments or discussions that the Company or its counsel may receive from or
engage in with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after the receipt
of such comments or the commencement or occurrence of any such discussions. Prior to the filing of
the Schedule 14D-9 (including any amendment or supplement thereto) with the SEC or the
dissemination thereof to the stockholders of the Company, or responding to any comments of the SEC
with respect to the Schedule 14D-9, the Company shall provide Parent and its counsel a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on such Schedule 14D-9 or response (including the proposed final
version thereof), and the Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any
comments made by Parent or its counsel. Subject to Section 5.03(c), the Company hereby consents to
the inclusion in the Offer Documents of the recommendation of the Company Board contained in the
Schedule 14D-9.
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(c) In connection with the Offer, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to furnish Merger
Sub promptly with mailing labels containing the names and addresses of the record holders of the
Company Common Stock as of a recent date and of those persons becoming record holders subsequent to such date, together with copies of all lists of stockholders,
security position listings, computer files and all other information in the Company’s possession or
control regarding the beneficial owners of the Company Common Stock, and shall furnish to Merger
Sub such information and assistance (including updated lists of stockholders, security position
listings and computer files) as Parent may reasonably request in communicating the Offer to the
Company’s stockholders. Subject to the requirements of applicable Law, and except for such steps
as are necessary to disseminate the Offer Documents and any other documents necessary to consummate
the Transactions, Parent and Merger Sub shall hold in confidence in accordance with the
Confidentiality Agreement the information contained in any such labels, listings and files, shall
use such information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and, if this Agreement shall
be terminated, shall, upon request of the Company, return to the Company or destroy all copies of
such information then in their possession or control.
Section 1.03. Top-Up Option.
(a) Subject to Section 1.03(b) and Section 1.03(c), the Company grants to Merger Sub an
irrevocable option (the “Top-Up Option”), for so long as this Agreement has not been
terminated pursuant to the provisions hereof, to purchase from the Company that number of shares of
the Company Common Stock equal to the number of shares of the Company Common Stock that, when added
to the number of shares of the Company Common Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other
subsidiary of Parent at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option, constitutes at least one share
of the Company Common Stock more than 90% of the shares of the Company Common Stock that would be
outstanding immediately after the issuance of all shares of the Company Common Stock to be issued
upon exercise of the Top-Up Option (such shares of the Company Common Stock to be issued upon
exercise of the Top-Up Option, the “Top-Up Shares”).
(b) The Top-Up Option shall be exercised by Merger Sub during the five-Business Day period
following the time at which shares of the Company Common Stock are first accepted pursuant to the
Offer, or if any subsequent offering period is provided, during the five-Business Day period
following the expiration date of such subsequent offering period; provided that,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Top-Up Option shall not be
exercisable (i) to the extent that the number of shares of the Company Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Top-Up Option would exceed the number of authorized but unissued shares (treating
shares owned by the Company as treasury stock as unissued) of the Company Common Stock that are not
reserved or otherwise committed to be issued, (ii) if any Law or Judgment then in effect shall
prohibit the exercise of the Top-Up Option or the delivery of the Top-Up Shares, and (iii) unless
Parent or Merger Sub has accepted for payment all shares of the Company Common Stock validly
tendered in the Offer and not withdrawn. The Top-Up Option shall terminate upon the earlier to
occur of (i) the Effective Time and (ii) valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Article VIII. The aggregate purchase price payable for the Top-Up Shares being purchased by Merger
Sub pursuant to the Top-Up Option shall be determined by multiplying the number of such Top-Up
Shares by the Offer Price, without interest. Such purchase price may be paid by Merger Sub, at its
election, either (A) entirely in cash or (B) by paying in cash an amount equal to not less than the
aggregate par value of such Top-Up Shares and by executing and delivering to the Company a
promissory note having a principal amount equal to the balance of such purchase price. Any such
promissory note shall be fully secured by the Top-Up Shares (to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law), shall be full recourse
against Parent and Merger Sub, shall bear interest at the rate of three percent (3%) per annum,
shall mature on the first (1st) anniversary of the date of execution and delivery of such
promissory note and may be prepaid without premium or penalty. Without the prior written consent of
the Company, the right to exercise the Top-Up Option granted pursuant to this Agreement may be
exercised only once and shall not be assigned by Merger Sub. Any attempted assignment in violation
of this Section 1.03(b) shall be null and void.
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(c) In the event that Merger Sub shall exercise the Top-Up Option, Merger Sub shall deliver to
the Company written notice (the “Top-Up Notice”) setting forth (i) the number of Top-Up
Shares that Merger Sub intends to purchase pursuant to the Top-Up Option, (ii) the manner in which
Merger Sub intends to pay the applicable purchase price and (iii) the place and time at which the
closing of the purchase of such Top-Up Shares by Merger Sub is to take place. The Top-Up Notice
shall also include an undertaking signed by Parent and Merger Sub that, promptly following such
exercise of the Top-Up Option, Merger Sub shall consummate the Merger in accordance with Section
253 of the DGCL as contemplated by Section 6.01(b). The Company shall, as soon as practicable
following receipt of such notice, deliver written notice to Merger Sub specifying, based on the
information provided by Merger Sub in its notice, the number of Top-Up Shares. At the closing of
the purchase of the Top-Up Shares, Parent and Merger Sub shall cause to be delivered to the Company
the consideration required to be delivered in exchange for the Top-Up Shares, and the Company shall
cause to be issued to Merger Sub the Top-Up Shares. The parties hereto agree to use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the closing of the purchase of the Top-Up Shares to occur on the
same day that the Top-Up Notice is deemed received by the Company pursuant to Section 9.02, and if
not so consummated on such day, as promptly thereafter as possible. The parties hereto further
agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to be consummated in accordance with
Section 253 of the DGCL as contemplated by Section 6.01(b), subject to applicable Law, as close in
time as possible to (including, to the extent possible, on the same day as) the issuance of the
Top-Up Shares. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cooperate to ensure that any issuance of
the Top-Up Shares is accomplished in a manner consistent with all applicable Laws.
(d) Parent and Merger Sub understand that the Top-Up Shares will not be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
“Securities Act”), and will be issued in reliance upon an exemption thereunder for
transactions not involving a public offering. Each of Parent and Merger Sub represents and warrants
to the Company that Merger Sub is, and will be upon any exercise of the Top-Up Option, an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
Each of Parent and Merger Sub represents, warrants and agrees that the Top-Up Option is being, and
the Top-Up Shares will be, acquired by Merger Sub for the purpose of investment and not with a view
to or for resale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities
Act. Any certificates evidencing Top-Up Shares shall include any legends required by applicable
securities Laws.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company agree and acknowledge that, in any appraisal proceeding under Section 262 of the DGCL
with respect to Appraisal Shares, the Surviving Corporation shall not assert that the Top-Up
Option, the Top-Up Shares or any cash or promissory note delivered by Merger Sub to the Company in payment for such Top-Up Shares should be considered in connection
with the determination of the fair value of the Appraisal Shares in accordance with Section 262 of
the DGCL.
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Section 1.04.
The Merger. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the
“
DGCL”), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. At
the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company
shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “
Surviving Corporation”).
Section 1.05. Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the Merger shall take place
at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx, at
9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on the second (2nd) Business Day following the satisfaction (or, to the
extent permitted by Law, waiver by all parties hereto) of the conditions set forth in Article VII
(other than those that by their terms are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing), or at such
other time and date as shall be agreed upon in writing among Parent and the Company. The date on
which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”.
Section 1.06.
Effective Time. On the Closing Date or as soon as practicable thereafter,
the parties hereto shall duly file with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware a
certificate of merger or certificate of ownership and merger, as the case may be (in either such
case, the “
Certificate of Merger”), executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of
the DGCL, and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger shall
become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with such Secretary of
State, or at such other time as Parent and the Company shall agree and specify in the Certificate
of Merger (the time that the Merger becomes effective being the “
Effective Time”).
Section 1.07. Effects. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL, including
as set forth in Section 259 thereof.
Section 1.08. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(a) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended at the
Effective Time to read in the form of Exhibit D and, as so amended, such Certificate of
Incorporation shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
(b) The Bylaws of the Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (which
shall contain such provisions as are necessary to give full effect to the exculpation and
indemnification provided for in Section 6.07) shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
Section 1.09. Directors. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until
their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
Section 1.10. Officers. The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation until
their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
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ARTICLE II.
EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE
CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01. Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time and subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any
shares of the Company Common Stock or any shares of capital stock of Merger Sub:
(a) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Surviving Corporation.
(b) Cancelation of Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock. Each share of the Company
Common Stock issued prior to the Effective Time that is owned by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub
shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no
consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of the Company Common Stock.
(i) Subject to Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(d), each issued and outstanding share of the Company
Common Stock shall be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, in cash and without
interest.
(ii) The cash payable upon the conversion of shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(i) is referred to collectively as the “Merger Consideration”. As of the
Effective Time, all such shares of the Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate, or
evidence of shares held in book-entry form, representing any such shares of the Company Common
Stock (a “Certificate”) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the
right to receive the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with
Section 2.02, without interest.
(iii) As provided in Section 2.02(h), the right of any holder of a Certificate to receive the
Merger Consideration shall be subject to and reduced by the amount of any withholding that is
required under applicable Tax Laws.
(iv) Adjustment Events. If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are changed into, or exchanged for, a
different number or class of shares by reason of any stock dividend, split, combination,
subdivision or reclassification of shares, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Merger Consideration payable per share of Company Common Stock
shall be adjusted to the extent appropriate to fairly reflect the effects of such transaction.
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(d) Appraisal Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
shares (“Appraisal Shares”) of the Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time and that are held by any person who is entitled to demand and properly
demands appraisal of such Appraisal Shares pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with,
Section 262 of the DGCL (“Section 262”) shall not be converted into the right to receive
the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c). At the Effective Time, all the Appraisal
Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to
exist, and each holder of Appraisal Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto,
except that the holders of Appraisal Shares shall be entitled to payment of the fair value of such
Appraisal Shares in accordance with Section 262; provided, however, that if any
such holder shall fail to perfect or otherwise shall waive, withdraw or lose the right to appraisal
under Section 262, then the right of such holder to be paid the fair value of such holder’s
Appraisal Shares shall cease and such Appraisal Shares shall be deemed to have been converted as of
the Effective Time into, and to have become exchangeable solely for the right to receive, the
Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, as provided in Section 2.01(c) upon the
surrender of the Certificates formerly evidencing such shares. The Company shall serve prompt
notice to Parent of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of any shares of the Company
Common Stock. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in and direct all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to,
or settle or offer to settle, any such demands, or agree to do any of the foregoing.
Section 2.02. Exchange of Certificates.
(a) Paying Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank or trust
company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”)
for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of Certificates. Prior to the Effective
Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, deposit with the Paying Agent to
be held in trust for the benefit of holders of Certificates all of the cash necessary to pay for
the shares of the Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.01(c) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange
Fund”). Any and all interest or other amounts earned with respect to such funds shall be for
the account of and turned over to Parent in accordance with Section 2.02(d). Parent shall, or
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, promptly deposit additional funds with the Paying Agent
in an amount equal to any deficiency in the amount required to make such payment.
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(b) Exchange Procedure. Promptly after the Effective Time (and in any event within
five (5) Business Days), the Surviving Corporation or Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail
to each holder of record of a Certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented
shares of the Company Common Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.01, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary
form and have such other provisions as Parent and the Company shall reasonably agree and which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall
pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates, or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 2.02(g), to the Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon
surrender of a Certificate to the Paying Agent for cancelation, together with such letter of
transmittal, duly completed and validly executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be
required by the Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor the amount of Merger Consideration into which the shares of the Company Common
Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section
2.01, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer
of ownership of the Company Common Stock that is not registered in the transfer records of the
Company, payment may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate so
surrendered is registered, if, upon presentation to the Paying Agent, such Certificate shall be
properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such
payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other
than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such
Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.02,
each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right
to receive upon such surrender the amount of Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the
shares of the Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate have been converted
pursuant to Section 2.01. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the cash payable upon surrender
of any Certificate.
(c) No Further Ownership Rights in the Company Common Stock. The Merger Consideration
paid in accordance with the terms of this Article II upon conversion of any shares of the Company
Common Stock shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
such shares of the Company Common Stock. At the Effective Time the stock transfer books of the
Surviving Corporation shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of
transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of shares of the Company Common
Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time,
any Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason,
they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including any
interest or other amounts earned with respect thereto) that remains undistributed to the holders of
the Company Common Stock for twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to
Parent upon demand, and any holder of the Company Common Stock who has not theretofore complied
with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent and the Surviving Corporation (subject to
abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws) as general creditors thereof with respect to the
payment of its claim for Merger Consideration that may be payable upon surrender of any
Certificates held by such holders, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, without any interest
thereon.
(e) No Liability. None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent shall
be liable to any person in respect of any cash that would otherwise have been payable in respect of
any Certificate from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate has not been surrendered prior to
the date on which the Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat
to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law and immediately prior to such date, become the property of the Surviving
Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.
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(f) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in
the Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent; provided that such investments shall be in
obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated
A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation,
respectively, or a combination of the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall
have a maturity exceeding three (3) months, or in money market funds having a rating in the highest
investment category granted by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of investment. Any
interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to, or as directed by,
Parent. In no event, however, shall such investment or any such payment of interest or income
delay the receipt by holders of Certificates of the Merger Consideration, or otherwise impair such
holders’ rights hereunder.
(g) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, defaced or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Parent by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen, defaced or
destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in
such reasonable and customary amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent shall pay
the Merger Consideration in respect of such lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed Certificate.
(h) Withholding Rights. Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, as
applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable
pursuant to this Agreement (including any payments made pursuant to the Offer and any payments made
in respect of the Appraisal Shares) to any holder of shares of the Company Common Stock or any
holder of Company Restricted Stock or Company Employee Stock Options, such amounts as Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent 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. To the
extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing authority by Parent,
the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of the Company Common Stock
or the holder of Company Restricted Stock or Company Employee Stock Options, as the case may be, in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or
the Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in (i) the Company SEC Documents filed with the SEC and publicly available
prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Filed Company SEC Documents”) or (ii) the letter,
dated as of the date of this Agreement, from the Company to Parent and Merger Sub (the “Company
Disclosure Letter”), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:
Section 3.01. Organization, Standing and Power. Each of the Company and each of its
subsidiaries (the “Company Subsidiaries”) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized (in the case of good standing,
to the extent the concept is recognized by such jurisdiction) and has full power and authority and
possesses all governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to
own, lease or otherwise hold and operate its properties and other assets and to conduct its
businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing or have such power or authority or possess such governmental licenses, franchises,
permits, authorizations or approvals, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). Each of the
Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good
standing (to the extent the concept is recognized by such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction where
the nature of its business or its ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to
be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.02. Company Subsidiaries; Equity Interests.
(a) Section 3.02(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each Company Subsidiary, its
jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction in which such Company Subsidiary is qualified or
licensed to do business.
(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary have been
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, by another
Company Subsidiary or by the Company and another Company Subsidiary, free and clear of all pledges,
liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever
(collectively, “Liens”) and free of any restriction on the right to vote, sell or
otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity interests.
(c) Except for its interests in the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly
or indirectly, any capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest
or other equity or voting interest in any person.
Section 3.03. Capital Structure.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 90,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company
Preferred Stock”, and, together with the Company Common Stock, the “Company Capital
Stock”). At the close of business on March 1, 2011 (the “Measurement Date”), (a)
9,243,812 shares of the Company Common Stock (which includes 132,380 shares of the Company Common
Stock subject to vesting or other forfeiture conditions or repurchase by the Company (such shares,
the “Company Restricted Stock”)) were issued and outstanding, (b) no shares of the Company
Common Stock were held by the Company in its treasury, (c) 1,004,805 shares of the Company Common
Stock were subject to outstanding Company Employee Stock Options) and 37,815 additional shares of
the Company Common Stock were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the Company Stock
Plans and (d) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were
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issued or outstanding. Except as set forth above, at the close
of business on the Measurement Date, no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the
Company were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, and since the Measurement Date through
the date hereof, no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company were issued
by the Company, except for shares of Company Common Stock issued upon the exercise or vesting of
Company Employee Stock Options outstanding as of the Measurement Date. There are no outstanding
stock appreciation rights linked to the price of Company Common Stock and granted under the Company
Stock Plans or otherwise. All outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock are, and all such
shares that may be issued prior to the Effective Time (including the Top-Up Shares) will be when
issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued
in violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right,
subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of
incorporation of the Company, as amended to the date of this Agreement (as so amended, the
“Company Charter”), the by-laws of the Company, as amended to the date of this Agreement
(as so amended, the “Company Bylaws”) or any Contract to which the Company is a party or
otherwise bound. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having
the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote)
on any matters on which holders of the Company Common Stock may vote (“Voting Company
Debt”). Except as set forth above, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no options,
warrants, rights, convertible or exchangeable securities, commitments, Contracts, arrangements or
undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any
of them is bound (i) obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, deliver or sell, or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other equity interests
in, or any security convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into any capital stock of or
other equity interest in, the Company or of any Company Subsidiary or any Voting Company Debt, (ii)
obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such
option, warrant, security, commitment, Contract, arrangement or undertaking or (iii) giving any
person the right to receive any economic benefit or right similar to or derived from the economic
benefits and rights occurring to holders of Company Common Stock. There are no outstanding
contractual obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(b) Except as set forth above, there are no (i) restricted shares, restricted share units,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance share units, contingent value rights,
“phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic
benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock of, or other
voting securities or ownership interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) voting
trusts, proxies or other similar agreements or understandings to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound with respect to
the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (iii)
contractual obligations or commitments of any character to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound restricting the
transfer of, or requiring the registration for sale of, any shares of capital stock of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
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Section 3.04. Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability.
(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no other corporate actions on the part
of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement, subject, in the case of the Merger, to
receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval if required by applicable Law. The Company has duly
executed and delivered this Agreement, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
Parent and Merger Sub, this Agreement constitutes the Company’s legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability
may be (i) limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and
(ii) subject to general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”), at a meeting duly
called and held at which all directors of the Company were present (in person or telephonically),
duly and unanimously adopted resolutions (which resolutions have not been rescinded or modified)
(i) authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii)
approving and declaring advisable this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions,
(iii) determining that the terms of this Agreement, the Merger, the Offer and the other
Transactions are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company and the
stockholders of the Company, (iv) subject to Section 5.03(c), recommending that the holders of the
Company Common Stock accept the Offer and tender their shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant
to the Offer, (v) recommending that the Company’s stockholders adopt this Agreement, if required by
applicable Law, (vi) stating the terms upon, including the time at and consideration for, which the
Top-Up Shares may be acquired from the Company, and (vii) irrevocably approving for all purposes,
to the maximum extent permitted by Law, (1) each of Parent, Merger Sub and their respective
affiliates and (2) this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions to exempt such
persons, agreements and transactions from, and to elect for the Company, Parent and Merger Sub and
their respective affiliates not to be subject to any “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”,
“business combination”, “fair price”, or other form of anti-takeover Laws of any jurisdiction that
may purport to be applicable to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective
affiliates in connection with this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions with
respect to any of the foregoing. The Company has taken all appropriate actions so that the
restrictions on business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL will not apply with
respect to or a result of this Agreement, the Tender Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or the other
Transactions contemplated by this Agreement without any further action on the part of the
stockholders of the Company or the Company Board. No “control share acquisition”, “fair price”,
“moratorium” or other state takeover statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply with
respect to this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or any other Transaction.
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(c) The only vote of holders of any class or series of Company Capital Stock necessary to
approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger, if required by applicable Law, is the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Common
Stock entitled to vote (the “Company Stockholder Approval”). The affirmative vote of the
holders of Company Capital Stock, or any of them, is not necessary to consummate the Offer or any
other Transaction, other than the Merger.
Section 3.05. No Conflicts; Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement do not, and the consummation
of the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions and compliance with the terms hereof will not,
conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, consent, termination,
cancelation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or to
increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements of any person under, or
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary under, any provision of (i) the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws or the
comparable charter or organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary, (ii) any Material
Contract or material Government Contract, (iii) any loan or credit agreement, debenture, contract,
lease, license, indenture, note, bond, mortgage, agreement, instrument, concession, franchise or
other obligation, commitment or legally binding undertaking of any nature (a “Contract”) to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective
properties or assets is bound (other than a Material Contract or material Government Contract) or
(iv) subject to the filings and other matters referred to in Section 3.05(b), any Federal, state,
local or foreign judgment, injunction, order, writ, ruling or decree (“Judgment”) or any
Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law (including, common law), code, ordinance, rule or
regulation (“Law”) applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respective
properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, any such items that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) No consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization (“
Consent”) of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, notice to, or permit from, any Federal, state, local or
foreign government or any court of competent jurisdiction, administrative, regulatory or other
governmental agency, authority or commission, other governmental entity or instrumentality or any
non-governmental self-regulatory agency, authority or commission, domestic or foreign (a
“
Governmental Entity”), is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, other than (i) compliance with and filings
under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “
HSR Act”),
(ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Schedule 14D-9, (B) a proxy or information statement
relating to the adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders (the “
Proxy
Statement”), if such adoption is required by Law, (C) any information statement (the
“
Information Statement”) required under Rule 14f-1 in connection with the Offer and (D)
such reports under Section 13 of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this
Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, (iii) such filings as may be required
under any state securities Law, (iv) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of
State of the State of
Delaware and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of the other
jurisdictions in which the Company is qualified to do business, (v) such filings as may be required in connection with the Taxes described in Section 6.10, (vi) such
filings as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq, (vii) such notices as may
be required under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (“NISPOM”) and (viii)
such other items that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) The Company has made available to Parent, prior to the execution of this Agreement,
complete and accurate copies of the Company Charter and the Company Bylaws, and the comparable
organizational documents of each Company Subsidiary, in each case, as amended to the date of this
Agreement. The Company is not in violation of any provision of the Company Charter or the Company
Bylaws as of the date hereof.
Section 3.06. SEC Documents; Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) with
the SEC required to be filed or furnished, as applicable, by the Company since and including
November 20, 2009, under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (such documents, together with any
documents and information incorporated therein by reference and together with any documents filed
during such period by the Company with the SEC on a voluntary basis on Current Reports on Form 8-K,
the “Company SEC Documents”).
(b) As of its respective date, each Company SEC Document complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“SOX”), applicable to such Company
SEC Document, each as in effect on the date so filed. As of their respective dates (or, if amended
prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), except to the extent revised or
superseded by a later filed Company SEC Document, none of the Company SEC Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or that, individually or in the aggregate, would require an
amendment, supplement or corrective filing of any such Company SEC Document.
(c) The Company has made available to Parent copies of all comment letters received from the
SEC and relating to the Company SEC Documents, together with all written responses of the Company
thereto. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in such
comment letters. The Company has not received any written notice from the SEC that any of the
Company SEC Documents is the subject of any ongoing review by the SEC.
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(d) Each of the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company included in
the Company SEC Documents complied as to form at the time it was filed in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto in effect at the time of filing, has been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as
permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto)
and fairly presented in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal year-end audit adjustments). The accounting books and records of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance
with applicable legal and accounting requirements.
(e) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any
nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) except liabilities, obligations,
conditions or circumstances (i) to the extent disclosed and provided for in the most recent
financial statements included in the Filed Company SEC Documents or of a nature not required by
GAAP to be reflected thereon, (ii) related to the future performance of any Contract or Government
Contract, (iii) incurred or arising in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most
recent financial statements included in the Filed Company SEC Documents or in connection with the
Transactions, (iv) of a subject matter covered by any of the other representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement or (v) as would not reasonably be likely to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) The Company has established and maintained a system of internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such internal controls provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the
preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Since November 20, 2009, the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial
officer have disclosed to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board (i)
all known significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial
reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and have identified for the
Company’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls, and (ii) any known fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Company’s internal controls.
(g) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term
is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are
designed to ensure that transactions of the Company are being made only in accordance with the
authorization of management and directors of the Company and that material information relating to
the Company required to be disclosed in reports the Company files under the Exchange Act is
recorded and made known to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings
with the SEC and other public disclosure documents.
(h) There are no pending (A) formal or, to the knowledge of the Company, informal
investigations of the Company by the SEC, (B) to the knowledge of the Company, inspections of an
audit of the Company’s financial statements by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or (C)
investigations by the Audit Committee of the Company Board regarding any complaint, allegation,
assertion or claim that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has engaged in improper or illegal
accounting or auditing practices or maintains improper or inadequate internal accounting controls.
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Section 3.07. Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by
the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Offer Documents, the Schedule
14D-9 or the Information Statement will, at the time that such document is filed with the SEC, at
any time it is amended or supplemented or at the time it is first published, sent or given to the
Company’s stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement will,
at the date that it is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time of the Company
Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Schedule 14D-9, the
Information Statement and the Proxy Statement, at the date such materials are first mailed to the
Company’s stockholders and, if a Company Stockholder Meeting is required by applicable Law, at the
time of such Company Stockholders Meeting, will comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no
representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements made or incorporated
by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their
respective Representatives for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
Section 3.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. From September 30, 2010 through the
date of this Agreement, (i) there has not been any event, effect, change, development, discovery,
condition or occurrence that, individually or together with any other event, effect, change,
development, condition, discovery or occurrence, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) except in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions or as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, the Company and each
Company Subsidiary has conducted its respective business in all material respects only in the
ordinary course of business.
Section 3.09. Taxes.
(a) Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has filed, or has caused to be filed on
its behalf, all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, and all such Tax Returns are true, complete
and accurate in all material respects. All material Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns, or
otherwise required to have been paid by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, have been paid or
reserved for in accordance with Section 3.09(b). There are no material Liens for Taxes (other than
Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith and reserved for in
accordance with Section 3.09(b)) on the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(b) The most recent financial statements included in the Filed Company SEC Documents reflect a
reserve for all Taxes payable by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (in addition to any
reserve for deferred Taxes to reflect timing differences between book and Tax items) for all
taxable periods and portions thereof through the closing date of such financial statements to the
extent required by GAAP.
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(c) All Federal, state, local and foreign income Tax Returns of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have been audited and settled, or are closed to further assessment of Tax, for all years through December 31, 2006. Except as would not reasonably be likely to be
material, (i) no deficiency with respect to any Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed
against the Company or any Company Subsidiary that has not since been finally resolved, (ii) no
audit or other proceeding with respect to Taxes due from the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or
any Tax Return of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, is pending, being conducted or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened by any Governmental Entity, and (iii) and no agreement has
been entered into by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that has the
continuing effect of extending the statute of limitations for assessment of collection of any Tax
for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be liable.
(d) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is, and for calendar years ending on or after
December 31, 2006 has been, in compliance in all material respects with all Tax Laws relating to
(i) the classification for Federal income Tax purposes of service providers as independent
contractors or employees and (ii) Tax information reporting and withholding of all Taxes required
to be withheld.
(e) Except for agreements solely among or between the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
none of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is or has been a party to any Tax allocation, Tax
sharing or similar agreement or arrangement the principal purpose of which is or was the allocation
of Tax liabilities, except for agreements that do not deal principally with the sharing,
allocation, or indemnification of Taxes and in which the provisions dealing with Taxes are of a
type typically included in such agreements (such as acquisition agreements, employment agreements,
leases and loan agreements).
(f) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (i) in a distribution of stock intended to qualify under
Section 355 of the Code or (ii) in a distribution that violates Section 355(d) or (e) of the Code,
in each case, in the five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement.
(g) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make, and is not
required to make, any change in method of accounting previously used by it in any Tax Return filed
by it, which change in method would require the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make an
adjustment to its income pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar provision under
state, local or foreign Tax Law) on any Tax Return for any taxable period that has not yet been
filed, and no application is pending with any Governmental Entity requesting permission for the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any change in any accounting method that would require
such an adjustment. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any
material adjustment under Section 482 of the Code (or similar provision under state, local or
foreign Tax Law) on any Tax Return for any taxable period that has not yet been filed. None of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary has entered into any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121
of the Code, or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law, the terms of which would
apply to the computation of Tax liability on any Tax Return for any taxable period of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary that has not yet been filed.
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(h) The Company has not been during the applicable period specified in Section
897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the
meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
(i) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been a beneficiary of or participated in
any “reportable transaction” described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b) that was, is, or
to the knowledge of the Company will be, required to be disclosed under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4.
(j) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any liability for the Taxes of any
person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign Law), other than as a result of being included in consolidated, combined, unitary or
similar filings of a group of entities of which the Company was the common parent.
(k) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Tax” or “Taxes” means any tax or duty or similar governmental fee, levy,
assessment or charge, of any kind whatsoever, imposed by a Governmental Entity together with any
penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts arising with respect to the foregoing, and any
interest on any of the foregoing.
(ii) “Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information
return or statement in connection with the determination of or liability for any Tax that is
required to be filed or is actually filed with a Governmental Entity responsible for the
administration of Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
Section 3.10. Labor Relations.
(a) As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any
collective bargaining agreement. Since January 1, 2008, none of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has experienced any material strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, union organization attempts, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there
is no such item threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(b) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices, workers’ compensation, terms
and conditions of employment, worker safety, wages and hours, civil rights, discrimination,
immigration, collective bargaining, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 00
X.X.X. §0000 et seq. or the regulations promulgated thereunder. There have been no claims of
harassment, discrimination, retaliatory act or similar actions against any employee, officer or
director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary at any time during the past three years and no
facts exist that could reasonably be expected to give rise to such claims or actions. None of the
employment policies or practices of the Company or any Company Subsidiary are currently being
audited or being investigated by any Governmental Entity.
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(c) Any individual who performs services for the Company or any Company Subsidiary and who is
not treated as an employee for federal income tax purposes by the Company or such Company
Subsidiary is not an employee under applicable Law or for any purpose including, without
limitation, for Tax withholding purposes or for purposes of any Company Benefit Plan or Company
Benefit Agreement. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have no liability by reason of an
individual who performs or performed services for the Company or any Company Subsidiary in any
capacity being improperly excluded from participating in a Company Benefit Plan. Each employee of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has been properly classified as “exempt” or “non-exempt”
under applicable Law.
Section 3.11. Employee Benefits.
(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list, as of
the date hereof, of all “employee pension benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(2) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) (“Company
Pension Plans”), “employee welfare benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) and all
other Company Benefit Plans sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any other ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any employee or former employee of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or any other ERISA Affiliate. Each Company Benefit Plan and
Company Benefit Agreement has been administered in all material respects in compliance with its
terms and applicable Law and otherwise complies with applicable Law. The Company has made
available to Parent true, complete and correct copies of (i) each Company Benefit Plan or other
plan set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter (or, in the case of any such
Company Benefit Plan that is unwritten, a description thereof), (ii) the three most recent annual
reports on Form 5500 filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each such plan (if any
such report was required), (iii) the most recent summary plan description for each such plan for
which such summary plan description is required; (iv) the most recent IRS determination or opinion
letter issued with respect to each Company Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code; (v) each trust agreement and group annuity contract relating to any such plan
and (vi) all filings during the past three (3) years under the IRS’s Employee Plans Compliance
Resolution System Program or any of its predecessors, the U.S. Department of Labor Delinquent Filer
Voluntary Program or other government correction program relating to any Company Plan. Section
3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of (x) all Company
Employee Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock outstanding under the Company Stock Plans as of
the Measurement Date, (y) all holders of outstanding Company Employee Stock Options and Company
Restricted Stock, indicating with respect to each Company Employee Stock Option or Company
Restricted Stock award the Company Stock Plan under which it was granted, the number of shares of
Company Common Stock subject to such Company Employee Stock Option or Company Restricted Stock
award, the exercise price, the date of grant, and the number of vested and unvested Company
Employee Stock Options and shares of Company Restricted Stock, as applicable.
(b) Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list, as of
the date hereof, of all written Company Benefit Agreements. The Company has made available to
Parent true, complete and correct copies of each Company Benefit Agreement.
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(c) Each Company Pension Plan intended to be tax-qualified for Federal income tax purposes is
the subject of a favorable determination or opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service
to the effect that such Company Pension Plan is qualified and exempt from Federal income taxes
under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and no such determination or opinion letter has been revoked nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, has revocation been threatened, nor has any such Company Pension Plan
been amended since the date of its most recent determination or opinion letter or application
therefor in any respect that would reasonably be likely to adversely affect its qualification or
materially increase its costs.
(d) No proceeding has been threatened, asserted, instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is anticipated against any of the Company Benefit Plans (other than non-material routine
claims for benefits and appeals of such claims), any trustee or fiduciaries thereof, any ERISA
Affiliate, any employee, officer, director, stockholder or other service provider of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary (whether current, former or retired), or any of the assets of any trust of
any of the Company Benefit Plans. No “party in interest” or “disqualified person” (within the
meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA and Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code, respectively) has incurred or
would reasonably be expected to incur any material liability in connection with any non-exempt
“prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA
with respect to any Company Benefit Plan. No Company Benefit Plan is under, and neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of, an audit or investigation by the
IRS, Department of Labor or any other Governmental Authority, and no such completed audit, if any,
has resulted in the imposition of any Tax or penalty.
(e) No Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement provides health benefits (whether or
not insured) with respect to employees or former employees (or any of their beneficiaries) of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary after retirement or other termination of service (other than
coverage or benefits (i) required to be provided under Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or any other
similar applicable Law or (ii) the full cost of which is borne by the employee or former employee
(or any of their beneficiaries)).
(f) None of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries, any ERISA Affiliate or any predecessor
thereof contributes to, or has in the past six (6) years contributed to or had an obligation to
contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan or benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code.
(g) Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions
and compliance with the terms hereof, whether alone or in conjunction with any other event
(including, without limitation, termination of employment), will not, (i) entitle any employee,
officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to severance pay, (ii) accelerate the
time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise)
of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or trigger any other material
obligation pursuant to, any Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement or (iii) result in
any breach or violation of, or a default under, any Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit
Agreement. No amount that could be received
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(whether in cash or property or the vesting of property), as a result of the execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement or the consummation of the Offer, the Merger, the other Transactions or
compliance with the terms hereof, whether alone or in conjunction with any other event (including
termination of employment), by any employee, officer, director, stockholder or other service
provider of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any Company Plan or otherwise would not be
deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code or would be subject to an excise tax under Section
4999 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any indemnity obligation at
any time for any Taxes imposed under Section 4999 or 409A of the Code.
(h) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has unfunded liabilities pursuant to any
Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement that is not intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section
3(2) of ERISA, a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or an excess benefit plan. To the
Company’s knowledge, each Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement that is a “nonqualified
deferred compensation plan” (as defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and
administered in compliance with Section 409A of the Code and has been timely amended to comply with
Section 409A of the Code; and no additional Tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code has been or
is reasonably expected to be incurred by any “service provider” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
§ 1.409A-1(f)) under any such Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement.
(i) As used in this Agreement, the term “Company Benefit Plan” means each Company
Stock Plan, and each bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation,
retirement, vacation, severance, disability, death benefit, hospitalization, medical or other plan,
program or arrangement that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation to
contribute for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or service provider
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than any Company Benefit Agreement. The term
“Company Benefit Agreement” means each individual employment, severance or termination
agreement between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any current or former employee, officer
or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than (x) any agreement mandated by
applicable Law or (y) any Company Benefit Plan. The term “ERISA Affiliate” means any
entity that, together with the Company, would be treated, at any time within the past six (6)
years, as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
(j) (i) Each Company Employee Stock Option has an exercise price at least equal to the fair
market value of Company Common Stock on a date no earlier than the date of the corporate action
authorizing the grant, (ii) no Company Employee Stock Option has had its exercise date or grant
date delayed or “back-dated,” and (iii) all Company Employee Stock Options have been issued in
compliance with all applicable Laws and properly accounted for in all material respects in
accordance with GAAP.
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(k) The compensation committee of the Company Board (each member of which the Company Board
determined is an “independent director” in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14d-10(d)(2)
under the Exchange Act) (A) at a meeting duly called and held adopted resolutions approving as an “employment compensation, severance or other employee benefit
arrangement” within the meaning of Rule 14d-10(d)(1) under the Exchange Act (1) each Company Stock
Plan, (2) the treatment of the Company Employee Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock in
accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, the applicable Company Stock Plan and any
applicable Company Benefit Plans and Company Benefit Agreements, (3) the terms of Section 6.04 of
this Agreement and (4) each other Company Benefit Plan and Company Benefit Agreement adopted in the
twelve (12) month period prior to the date hereof, which resolutions have not been rescinded,
modified or withdrawn in any way, and (B) has taken all other actions necessary to satisfy the
requirements of the non-exclusive safe harbor under Rule 14d-10 (d)(2) under the Exchange Act with
respect to the foregoing arrangements.
Section 3.12. Litigation. There is no material claim, suit, action or proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
There is no material Judgment outstanding against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of
their respective assets. The Company has not received any written notification of, and to the
knowledge of the Company there is no, investigation by any Governmental Entity involving the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective assets that, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.13. Compliance with Applicable Laws; Permits.
(a) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries and their respective personnel and operations
are, and have been since January 1, 2008, in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Laws and Orders. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any
written communication during the past two years from a Governmental Entity that alleges that the
Company or a Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in any material respect with any applicable
Law or Order.
(b) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has in effect all material permits, licenses,
franchises, authorizations, approvals, concessions, qualifications, registrations, certifications,
orders, waivers, variances and other similar authorizations from any Governmental Entity (each, a
“Permit”) necessary to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its
business as presently conducted. Since January 1, 2009, there has occurred no material violation
of, suspension, reconsideration, imposition of penalties or fines, imposition of additional
conditions or requirements, material default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
under, or material event giving to others any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of,
with or without notice or lapse of time or both, any such Permit. There is no event that, to the
knowledge of the Company, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, cancellation,
non-renewal or adverse modification of any such Permit.
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Section 3.14. Environmental Matters.
(a) (i) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are, and for the three (3) years preceding
the Closing Date have been, in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and none
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has received any written communication alleging that the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is in material violation of, or has any material liability under, any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, (ii)
each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has obtained and is operating in material
compliance with all such Environmental Permits, and all such Environmental Permits are currently in
effect, and none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been notified in writing of any
adverse change in the terms and conditions of such Environmental Permits that would reasonably be
expected to result in a material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iii) there is
no material Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and (iv) there has been no Release by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary of any Hazardous Material at, on, in, under, to or from any real property currently or,
during the period of ownership, lease or operation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would reasonably
be likely to result in a material Environmental Claim against the Company or any Company Subsidiary
or any other material liability under any Environmental Law for the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “Hazardous Material” means any (A)
biohazardous material, (B) petroleum product, derivative or by-product, radon, urea formaldehyde
foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive materials or toxic mold or fungi, or (C)
other chemical, material, substance or waste that in relevant form, quantity or concentration is
regulated under any Environmental Law; (ii) the term “Environmental Law” means any Law or
Judgment relating to pollution, contamination or the cleanup, protection or restoration of the
environment or natural resources, or human health as it relates to the exposure to Hazardous
Material; (iii) the term “Environmental Claim” means any administrative, regulatory or
judicial action, suit, proceeding, order, claim, directive, Lien, or written notice, demand or
request by or from any Governmental Entity or any other person alleging liability relating to or
arising out of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, including the handling, manufacture,
treatment, processing, storage, use, generation, transportation, disposal or a Release of, or human
exposure to, any Hazardous Material; (iv) the term “Environmental Permit” means any Permit
required under any applicable Environmental Law for the Company or the Company Subsidiaries to
conduct its respective businesses as currently conducted; and (v) the term “Release” means
any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, emitting, depositing, discharging, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dispersing, dumping, pouring, disposing or migrating into, onto or through the
environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
strata).
(c) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have made available to Parent all material
environmental reports, agreements, audits, studies, investigations, Environmental Permits and other
written environmental information created within the past five (5) years in its custody, possession
or control concerning the Company, any Company Subsidiary, their respective businesses or
operations, or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary.
(d) Notwithstanding any other representations and warranties in this Agreement, the
representations and warranties in this Section 3.14 are the only representations and warranties in
this Agreement with respect to Environmental Laws, Hazardous Materials or any other environmental
matter.
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Section 3.15. Title to Properties.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary owns any real property. To the knowledge
of the Company, all leases to which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are parties and under
which they are in occupancy, to the extent reflected in the latest audited balance sheet included
in the Filed Company SEC Documents or entered into after the date thereof that are material to the
Company’s business on a consolidated basis, are in full force and effect.
(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be likely to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good, valid and
marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in or other comparable contract rights in or
relating to all of personal properties that are material to the Company’s business on a
consolidated basis, and all such personal properties, other than personal properties in which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary has a leasehold interest or other comparable contract right, are
free and clear of all Liens, except (i) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, that are payable
without penalty or that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been
recorded to the extent required by GAAP, (ii) Liens for assessments and other governmental charges
or landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, workers’ and similar Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in each case for sums
not yet due and payable or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (iii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of
social security or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar
obligations and (iv) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice that are not reasonably likely to adversely interfere in a material way with the use of
the properties or assets encumbered thereby (collectively, “Permitted Liens”).
Section 3.16. Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.16(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all issued patents, registered
trademarks, domain names and registered copyrights, and pending applications for patent, trademark
registration and copyright registration, owned by (as opposed to licensed to) the Company or any
Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Company Registered Intellectual Property”); Section
3.16(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all agreements (“Material Inbound IP
Agreements”) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has received a license or
sub-license with respect to any material item of Intellectual Property (excluding any commercial
off-the-shelf software products and software that is licensed to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary for a one-time fee or annual fee of less than $250,000); and Section 3.16(a)(iii) of the
Company Disclosure Letter lists all agreements (“Material Outbound IP Agreements,” together
with the Material Inbound IP Agreements, the “Material IP Agreements”) pursuant to which
the Company or any Company Subsidiary has licensed to any third parties the right to use any
material item of Company Intellectual Property (other than customer agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business).
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(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) the Company
or the Company Subsidiaries own or have the right to use all Intellectual Property necessary for
the operation of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted
and as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing Date (the “Company Intellectual
Property”); (ii) each item of Company Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens; (iii) to the knowledge of the
Company, no person is infringing or misappropriating any of the material items of Company
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (iv) to the knowledge of the
Company, none of the material items of Company Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has been misappropriated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or, as used by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, is infringing upon the Intellectual Property rights of any
third party; (v) all Company Registered Intellectual Property (other than applications that have
not yet matured to registration) is valid and subsisting; (vi) all of the Material IP Agreements
are valid and binding agreements on the Company or a Company Subsidiary; (vii) neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary is in material default under any Material IP Agreement; (viii) to the
knowledge of the Company, no third party is in material default under any Material IP Agreement;
and (ix) the Company has not received notice of any proceeding, pending or threatened in writing,
that challenges the legality, validity, enforceability or ownership of any items of Company
Registered Intellectual Property. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has taken steps that are
customary and reasonable in its industry to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all trade
secrets and other material confidential information of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have obtained from each employee, consultant and
contractor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary who, on behalf of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, contributed to the creation or development of any material Intellectual Property owned
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, an agreement that assigns ownership of rights to such
contributions that the Company or such Company Subsidiary does not already own by operation of Law
to the Company or such Company Subsidiary, as applicable. To the knowledge of the Company, no such
employee, consultant or contractor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is in material
violation of such an agreement.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) no material
software incorporated in the Company Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (“Company Software”) contains any code that is licensed pursuant to the
provisions of any “open source” license that requires that source code be distributed or made
available in connection with the distribution or use of Company Software in object code form
(including but not limited to the GNU General Public License and GNU Lesser General Public
License), (ii) other than in the ordinary course of business, and in accordance with valid and
binding agreements that have been provided to Parent, there are no third parties entitled to be
enrolled as a beneficiary under a technology escrow arrangement or otherwise with respect to the
source code for the Company Software or receive a copy to use the source code for the Company
Software, and (iii) the Company Software does not, to the knowledge of the Company, contain any
viruses, time-bombs, key-locks or any other disruptive or malicious code that would intentionally
disrupt or interfere with the intended operation of the Company Software or the integrity of the
data, information or signals produced by the Company Software other than code intended to limit the
use of Company Software in accordance with the applicable license terms.
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(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property” means United States (i)
patents and patent applications, including all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reexaminations and extensions thereof, (ii) trademarks, service marks and
trade names, together with any registrations and applications in connection therewith and all
goodwill associated therewith, (iii) copyrights and any registrations and applications in
connection therewith, (iv) trade secrets and know-how, (v) rights to use web site domain names,
(vi) computer software, and all documentation and program architecture associated therewith, and
(vii) intellectual property and intellectual property rights of any other kind.
Section 3.17. Contracts.
(a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Filed Company
SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is
a party to or bound by any of the following:
(i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract”
pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;
(ii) any Contract containing covenants binding upon the Company or the Company Subsidiaries
that materially restrict the ability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (or that,
following the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, would materially restrict the ability of the
Surviving Corporation or its affiliates) to compete in any business or geographic area or with any
person;
(iii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject to
continuing indemnification or “earn-out” obligations (whether related to environmental matters or
otherwise), in each case, that would reasonably be likely to result in payments by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary in excess of $1,000,000;
(iv) any Contract for the acquisition, sale, lease or license of material properties or assets
of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business (by merger,
purchase or sale of assets or stock or otherwise) entered into since January 1, 2009; or
(v) any Contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed money (whether incurred, assumed,
guaranteed or secured by any asset) or under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has,
directly or indirectly, made any loan, capital contribution to, or other investment in, any person
(other than in the Company or any Company Subsidiary and other than (A) extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of business and (B) investments in marketable securities in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice).
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(b) Each Contract of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is required to be set forth on
Section 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter or required to be filed as an exhibit to the Filed
Company SEC Documents (a “Material Contract”) is valid, binding and enforceable on the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, each
other party thereto and is in full force and effect, except for such failures to be valid, binding
or enforceable or to be in full force and effect as, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and except that such enforceability may be (i) limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) subject to general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and any implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects
with the terms and conditions of the Material Contracts and is not (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both) in material violation of or in material breach or material default thereunder,
and has not waived or failed to enforce any material rights or material benefits thereunder, and,
to the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any of the Material Contracts is (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) in material violation of or in material breach or
material default thereunder, and there has occurred no event giving to others (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both) any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of any
Material Contract or any license thereunder. Except as set forth on Section 3.17(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, no third party to a Material Contract has cancelled or otherwise terminated any
Material Contract or has provided written or, to the Company’s knowledge, oral notice to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary of its intent to do so and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
third party to any Material Contract is unable to continue to perform its obligations thereunder.
(c) With respect to each Contract, and each offer, quote, bid or proposal (a “Government
Contract Bid”) that, if accepted, would result in a Contract, between the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any (i) Governmental Entity, (ii) prime contractor of a
Governmental Entity in its capacity as a prime contractor or (iii) subcontractor with respect to
any Contract listed in clause (i) or (ii) above, on the other hand (each, a “Government
Contract”), as of the date of this Agreement: (A) none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
has been notified in writing, or to the knowledge of the Company orally, by any Governmental Entity
or any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has
materially defaulted, breached or violated, or is alleged to have materially defaulted, breached or
violated, any applicable Law, certification, representation, warranty, clause, provision or
requirement pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Contract Bid, and none of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is in material default, breach or violation of any such
applicable Law, certification, representation, warranty, clause, provision or requirement; (B) none
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of, and to the knowledge of the
Company no person has threatened to give any notice of, termination for convenience, notice of
termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice pertaining to a material Government
Contract; (C) no material payments due to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pertaining to such
Government Contract have been withheld or set off nor has any claim been made to withhold or set
off any material sum of money; and (D) no Government Contract or Government Contract Bid is based
on the Company or any Company Subsidiary having § 8(a) status, small business status, small
disadvantaged business status, protege status, or other preferential status afforded by Federal
statute or regulation.
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(d) With respect to each Government Contract Bid and each Government Contract, as of the date
of this Agreement, there is no material claim pending (other than qui tam claims or other similar
claims filed under seal and of which the Company does not have knowledge) or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened, including any claim for fraud (as such concept is defined under the state or Federal laws of the United States) under the United States False
Claims Acts or the United States Procurement Integrity Act.
(e) From January 1, 2008 through the date hereof:
(i) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees (nor to the knowledge of the Company, any consultants, agents or other
representatives of the Company or any Company Subsidiary) is or has been: (A) under any material
administrative, civil or criminal investigation, indictment or information by any Governmental
Entity (in each case, other than broad based routine audits or inquiries in the ordinary course) or
(B) subject to any material administrative investigation or material audit by any Governmental
Entity, including the Defense Contract Audit Agency, in either case with respect to any alleged
material irregularity, misstatement, act or omission arising under or relating to any Government
Contract, or any allegation of material overcharging or defective pricing in violation of the Truth
in Negotiations Act or the cost principles set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(“FAR”); and
(ii) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is or has been debarred, suspended or
proposed for debarment from participation in, or the award of, Contracts with any Governmental
Entity. Additionally, to the knowledge of the Company, there exist no facts or circumstances that
would reasonably warrant the institution of suspension or debarment proceedings or a finding of
non-responsibility or ineligibility on the part of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of
their respective directors or officers.
(f) As of the date of this Agreement:
(i) There are no material outstanding disputes between the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, under the Contract Disputes Act of
1978, as amended, or any other Federal Law or between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the
one hand, and any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or third party, on the other hand,
arising under or relating to any Government Contract;
(ii) There are no material outstanding claims against the Company or a Company Subsidiary,
either by a Governmental Entity or by a prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other third
party arising under or relating to any Government Contract or Government Contract Bid to which the
Company or a Company Subsidiary is a party;
(iii) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no material adverse or negative past performance
evaluations or ratings in connection with any Government Contract within the past three (3) years
and, to the Company’s and any Company Subsidiary’s Knowledge, no facts exist that could reasonably
result in any adverse or negative past performance evaluation or rating by any Governmental Entity
or could reasonably adversely affect the evaluation of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s
bids or proposals for future Government Contracts;
(iv) To the Company’s knowledge, there is no material work or future business opportunities
from which the Company or any Company Subsidiary are currently limited, prohibited or otherwise
restricted from performing or bidding, due to express organizational conflicts of interest (as
defined by Subpart 9.5 of the FAR), Contract terms or provisions, or organizational conflict of interest mitigation plans submitted by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary in connection with any Government Contracts. The Company and any Company Subsidiary are
unaware of any such “organizational conflict of interest” that might result from execution of this
Agreement;
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(v) To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is using any
intellectual property developed under any Government Contract for purposes outside the scope of
that Government Contract without having obtained the necessary prior permission of the applicable
Governmental Entity;
(vi) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made any assignments of the Government
Contracts or of any interests in the outstanding Government Contracts. None of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has entered into any financing arrangements with respect to any outstanding
Government Contract; and
(vii) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any interest in any material pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, material potential claim under the Contracts Dispute Act
against the United States Government or any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or third party
arising under or relating to any Government Contract.
(g) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company and all Company Subsidiaries are in material
compliance with all national security obligations as set forth in the National Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (February 2006), and any supplements or amendments thereto. During the
three years prior to the date hereof, there has not been any, and to the Knowledge of the Company
and any Company Subsidiary, there have not been any facts that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to, revocation of any security clearance of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any
director, officer or agent of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(h) Section 3.17(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of the classified
Contracts of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement and is true
and accurate in all material respects.
(i) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with
FAR 52.203-13 (b)(3)(i). None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made any
mandatory or voluntary disclosure under FAR 52.203-13(b)(3)(i) to any Governmental Entity, prime
contractor, subcontractor, vendor or any other person with respect to any Government Contract or
Government Contract Bid.
(j) No Governmental Entity has found the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ cost
accounting system to be inadequate.
Section 3.18. Insurance. All insurance policies of the Company and each Company Subsidiary
are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable through the date hereof under all such
policies have been paid and the Company and each Company Subsidiary are otherwise in compliance in
all respects with the terms of such policies, except for such failures to be in full force and
effect, to pay any premiums or to be in compliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, no outstanding written notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such insurance
policy, other than in connection with ordinary renewals.
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Section 3.19. Interested Party Transactions. None of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, on the one hand, is a party to any transaction or Contract with any affiliate,
stockholder that beneficially owns 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock, or
director or executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the other hand, and no
event has occurred since the date of the Company’s last proxy statement to its stockholders that
would be required to be reported by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated
by the SEC.
Section 3.20. Brokers. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors or employees
has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any brokerage
fees, commissions, finder’s fees, financial adviser’s fee or other similar fees in connection with
the Transactions except (a) that the Company has employed Xxxxx and Company, LLC as its financial
advisor, whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Company in accordance with the Company’s
agreement (the “Cowen Agreement”) with such firm, the amount of such estimated fees (based
on the Offer Price) and expenses and the indemnification provisions of which are set forth in
Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and (b) for any routine and ordinary course use of a
broker and related brokerage commissions and fees by any stockholder of the Company. Other than
the indemnity provisions contained therein, the Company will not have any continuing obligations
under the Cowen Agreement following the Effective Time.
Section 3.21. Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company has received the written opinion
of Xxxxx and Company, LLC, dated as of the date of such opinion, in Xxxxx and Company, LLC’s
customary form, to the effect that, as of such date and subject to the qualifications, assumptions
and limitations set forth therein, the Offer Price was fair, from a financial point of view, to the
holders of the Company Common Stock (other than the Key Stockholder), a true and complete copy of
which has been furnished for informational purposes to Parent.
Section 3.22. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their affiliates or any other persons acting on their
behalf has, in connection with the operation of their respective businesses, (i) used any corporate
or other funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any unlawful
expenditures relating to political activity to government officials, candidates or members of
political parties or organizations, or established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded funds
in violation of Section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any other
similar applicable foreign, federal or state law, (ii) paid, accepted or received any unlawful
contributions, payments, expenditures or gifts, or (iii) violated or operated in noncompliance with
any export restrictions, anti-boycott regulations, embargo regulations or other applicable domestic
or foreign laws and regulations.
Section 3.23. Export Control Matters. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in
compliance in all material respects with all U.S. federal export Laws applicable to it including,
without limitation, the Arms Export Control Act (22 CFR 120-130), the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401-2420) and as implemented through Executive Order, the Export
Administration Regulations (15 CFR 730-774) and the laws and regulations implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasury (31 CFR 500 et
seq.) (collectively, the “International Trade Laws”). No Governmental Entity or other
person has notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any actual or alleged violation or
breach of any International Trade Laws.
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Section 3.24. No Other Representations and Warranties. In entering into this Agreement,
the Company has relied solely upon its independent investigation and analysis of Parent and Merger
Sub, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that it has not been induced by and has not relied
upon any representation, warranty or statement, whether express or implied, made by Parent or
Merger Sub, or any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, controlling persons or
Representatives that are not expressly set forth in this Agreement, whether or not such
representations, warranties or statements were made in writing or orally. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this
Agreement (a) neither Parent nor Merger Sub makes, or has made, any representation or warranty
relating to itself or its business or otherwise in connection with the Merger and the Company is
not relying on any representation or warranty except for those expressly set forth in this
Agreement, (b) no person has been authorized by Parent or Merger Sub to make any representation or
warranty relating to itself or its business or otherwise in connection with the Merger, and if
made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by the Company as having been
authorized by such party and (c) any estimates, projections, predictions, data, financial
information, memoranda, presentations or any other materials or information provided or addressed
to the Company or any of its Representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include
representations or warranties unless any such materials or information are the subject of any
express representation or warranty set forth in Article IV.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that:
Section 4.01. Organization, Standing and Power. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized (in the case of good standing, to the extent the concept is recognized by such
jurisdiction) and has full corporate power and authority and possesses all governmental licenses,
franchises, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to own, lease or otherwise hold and
operate its properties and other assets and to conduct its businesses as presently conducted,
except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing or have such power or
authority or possess such governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations or approvals,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. In this Agreement, the term “Parent Material Adverse Effect”
means any Event that prevents or materially delays Parent or Merger Sub from performing its
obligations under this Agreement in any material respect or the consummation of the Offer, the
Merger and the other Transactions. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed to
do business and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is recognized by such jurisdiction)
in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or its ownership, leasing or operation of its
properties make such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate,
has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.02. Merger Sub.
(a) Since the date of its incorporation, Merger Sub has not carried on any business, conducted
any operations or incurred any liabilities or obligations other than the execution of this
Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and matters ancillary thereto.
(b) The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, all of which have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
are owned by Parent free and clear of any Lien.
Section 4.03. Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability. Each of Parent and Merger
Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by each of Parent and Merger Sub of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub, and, subject to the succeeding sentence, no
other corporate actions on its part are necessary to authorize this Agreement. Parent, as sole
stockholder of Merger Sub, shall adopt this Agreement immediately after the execution and delivery
hereof. Neither the approval nor adoption of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
Transactions requires any approval of the stockholders of Parent. Each of Parent and Merger Sub
has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company, this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability may be (i)
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii)
subject to general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
Section 4.04. No Conflicts; Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery by each of Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement do not, and
the consummation by the Parent and Merger Sub of the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions
and compliance by the Parent and the Merger Sub with the terms hereof will not, conflict with, or
result in any violation or breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, consent, termination, cancelation or acceleration
of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or to increased, additional, accelerated
or guaranteed rights or entitlements of any person under, or result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of Parent’s subsidiaries under, any provision
of (i) the charter or organizational documents of Parent, Merger Sub or any of Parent’s
subsidiaries, (ii) any Contract to which Parent or any of Parent’s subsidiaries is a party or by
which any of their respective properties or assets is bound or (iii) subject to the filings and
other matters referred to in Section 4.04(b), any Judgment or Law applicable to Parent or any of
Parent’s subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) above, any such items that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) No Consent of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is
required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Parent or any of Parent’s subsidiaries in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of
the Transactions, other than (i) compliance with and filings under the HSR Act, (ii) the filing
with the SEC of (A) the Offer Documents and (B) such reports under Sections 13 and 16 of the
Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the
other Transactions, (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of
Delaware, (iv) such filings as may be required in connection with the Taxes described
in Section 6.10, (v) such filings as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq
and (vi) such other items that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05. Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by
Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Offer Documents, the
Schedule 14D-9 or the Information Statement will, at the time that such document is filed with the
SEC, at any time it is amended or supplemented or at the time it is first published, sent or given
to the Company’s stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement will,
at the date it is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time of the Company
Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Offer Documents will comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, except that no representation or warranty is made by Parent or Merger Sub
with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied
by the Company or any of its Representatives for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
Section 4.06. Brokers. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub, nor any of their respective
officers, directors or employees has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred
any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions, finder’s fees, financial adviser’s fee or other
similar fees in connection with the Transactions except Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, whose fees and
expenses will be paid by Parent in accordance with Parent’s agreement with such firm.
Section 4.07. Absence of Litigation. There is no suit, action, claim or proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any subsidiary of Parent that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect. There is no Judgment outstanding against Parent or any subsidiary of Parent or any
of their respective assets that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent has not received any written
notification of, and to the knowledge of Parent there is no, investigation by any Governmental
Entity involving Parent or any subsidiary of Parent or any of their respective assets that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.08. Ownership of the Company Common Stock. None of Parent or Merger Sub or any
of their affiliates owns (directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record) any Company Common
Stock or holds any rights to acquire any Company Common Stock except pursuant to this Agreement and
the Tender Agreement.
Section 4.09. Financing.
(a) Parent and Merger Sub have sufficient funds available to consummate the Offer and the
Merger on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and, at the expiration of the Offer and the
Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub will have available all of the funds necessary for the
acquisition of all shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and the Merger, as the
case may be, to pay all fees and expenses in connection therewith, to make payments to holders of
Company Employee Stock Options pursuant to Section 6.04 and to perform their respective obligations
under this Agreement.
(b) Section 4.09(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, accurate and complete
copy of an executed equity commitment letter (the “Equity Provider Letter”), dated as of
the date hereof among Parent and the Parent Equity Provider.
(c) As of the date hereof, the Equity Provider Letter is in full force and effect and
constitutes the legal, valid, binding obligation of Parent, and, to the knowledge of the Parent,
the Parent Equity Provider. As of the date hereof, the Equity Provider Letter has not been
amended, modified, withdrawn, rescinded or terminated in any respect and no such amendment,
modification, withdrawal, rescission, or termination is contemplated. As of the date hereof, no
event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default
or breach on the part of the Parent or the Parent Equity Provider under any term or condition of
the Equity Provider Letter or the Parent Equity Provider’s governing agreements. Parent has no
reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy on a timely basis any term or condition of the
closing of the Offer or of the Closing to be satisfied by Parent contained in the Equity Provider
Letter or contained in the Parent Equity Provider’s governing agreements. Assuming the
satisfaction of all conditions set forth in Exhibit C, the net proceeds from the Equity
Provider Letter (the “Equity Funding”) will be sufficient, in the aggregate, to (i) pay the
aggregate Offer Price with respect to all shares of the Company Common Stock tendered pursuant to
the Offer, pay the Merger Consideration, and pay any and all expenses incurred by Parent and Merger
Sub pursuant to the Transactions, and (ii) allow Parent and Merger Sub to perform all of their
respective other obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject to
the terms hereof.
(d) As of the date hereof, other than as set forth in the Equity Provider Letter, there are no
contractual contingencies, side letters or other arrangements to which Parent or any of its
affiliates (including the Parent Equity Provider) is a party that would require or permit the
Parent Equity Provider to reduce the total amount of the Equity Funding or to impose any additional
condition precedent to availability of the Equity Funding.
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(e) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Parent Equity Provider
has delivered to the Company the Guaranty. The Guaranty is in full force and effect and is a valid
and binding obligation of the Parent Equity Provider, enforceable against the Parent Equity Provider in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable Laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and similar applicable
Laws governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally) and no event has occurred that, with or without notice,
lapse of time or both, could constitute a default on the part of the Parent Equity Provider under
the Guaranty.
Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Agreements. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any
of its affiliates has entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (in each case,
whether oral or written), or authorized, committed or agreed to enter into any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (in each case, whether oral or written), pursuant to which: (i) any
stockholder of the Company would be entitled to receive consideration of a different amount or
nature than the Offer Price or pursuant to which any stockholder of the Company agrees to vote to
adopt this Agreement or the Merger or agrees to vote against any Superior Company Proposal (other
than the Tender Agreement); or (ii) any current employee of the Company has agreed to (x) remain as
an employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary following the Effective Time (other than
pursuant to any employment Contracts in effect as of the date hereof), (y) contribute or roll over
any portion of such employee’s shares of the Company Common Stock, Company Employee Stock Options
of the Company or Company Restricted Stock to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or Parent or
any of its affiliates or (z) receive any capital stock or equity securities of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or Parent or any of its affiliates.
Section 4.11. Foreign Ownership and Control. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is a foreign
person as defined by 31 C.F.R. §800.216 or 22 C.F.R. §120.16 and no foreign person as so defined
has control, as defined by 31 C.F.R. §800.204, over Parent or Merger Sub or otherwise has the
authority or ability to establish or direct the general policies or day-to-day operations of Parent
or Merger Sub.
Section 4.12. No Other Representations and Warranties. In entering into this Agreement,
each of Parent and Merger Sub has relied solely upon its independent investigation and analysis of
the Company and any Company Subsidiary, and each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees
that it has not been induced by and has not relied upon any representation, warranty or statement,
whether express or implied, made by the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any of their respective
affiliates, stockholders, controlling persons or Representatives that are not expressly set forth
in this Agreement, whether or not such representations, warranties or statements were made in
writing or orally. Parent and Merger Sub each acknowledge and agree that, except for the
representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement (a) the Company does not make,
or has not made, any representation or warranty relating to itself or its business or otherwise in
connection with the Merger and Parent and Merger Sub are not relying on any representation or
warranty except for those expressly set forth in this Agreement, (b) no person has been authorized
by the Company to make any representation or warranty relating to itself or its business or
otherwise in connection with the Merger, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be
relied upon by Parent or Merger Sub as having been authorized by such party and (c) any estimates,
projections, predictions, data, financial information, memoranda, presentations or any other
materials or information provided or addressed to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
Representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express
representation or warranty set forth in Article III.
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ARTICLE V.
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
Section 5.01. Conduct of Business. Except for matters set forth in Section 5.01 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by Law, from
the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of (1) such time as directors elected or
designated by Parent pursuant to Section 6.11 constitute at least a majority of the Company Board
and (2) the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to, (a)
conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact their current business
organization, keep available the services of their current officers and key employees, and keep and
preserve their present relationships with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers, licensors,
licensees, distributors and others having material business dealings with them. In addition, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for matters set forth in Section 5.01 of
the Company Disclosure Letter, otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by Law
(provided that the Company shall, prior to taking any action required by Law that would otherwise
be prohibited under this Section 5.01, provide Parent with written notice of such action), from the
date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of (x) such time as directors elected or
designated by Parent pursuant to Section 6.11 constitute at least a majority of the Company Board
and (y) the Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Company Subsidiary to,
do any of the following without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) (A) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions in respect
of, any of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, other than dividends and
distributions by a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to its parent, (B)
split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, or issue
or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for
shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, (C) purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of capital stock or any other securities of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares or other securities
(except pursuant to the forfeiture of Company Employee Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock
or the acquisition by the Company of shares of the Company Common Stock in settlement of the
exercise price of a Company Employee Stock Option or the Tax withholding obligations of holders of
Company Employee Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock, in each case in accordance with their
terms as in effect on the date of this Agreement or on the date of grant in accordance with this
Section 5.01) or (D) take any action that would result in any amendment, modification or change of
any terms of any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(b) issue, deliver, sell, pledge, grant or otherwise encumber (A) any shares of its capital
stock, (B) any Voting Company Debt or other voting securities, (C) any securities convertible into
or exchangeable for, or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire, any such shares, Voting
Company Debt, voting securities or convertible or exchangeable securities or (D) any “phantom” stock, “phantom” stock rights, stock appreciation rights or stock-based
performance units, other than (1) the issuance of the Company Common Stock upon the exercise of
Company Employee Stock Options outstanding on the date of this Agreement and in accordance with
their present terms; and (2) the issuance of the Company Common Stock as required pursuant to any
Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement or other written agreement as in effect on the
date of this Agreement;
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(c) amend the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws or other comparable organizational documents
of any Company Subsidiary;
(d) acquire or agree to acquire (A) by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing all or
a substantial equity or voting interest in, or by purchasing all or a substantial portion of the
assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association or other business organization or division thereof or (B) any assets that are material,
individually or in the aggregate, to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(e) (A) grant to any executive officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
any increase in compensation, (B) grant to any current or former executive officer or director of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary any increase in severance or termination pay, (C) enter into
any severance or termination agreement with any such executive officer or director, (D) establish,
adopt, enter into or amend in any material respect any collective bargaining agreement or Company
Benefit Plan or (E) take any action to accelerate any rights or benefits, or make any material
determinations under any Company Benefit Plan, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (A),
(B), (C), (D) and (E), (1) as required pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Plan, Company
Benefit Agreement or other agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement or (2) as otherwise
expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by applicable Law; provided that the
foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) shall not restrict the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries from entering into or making available to newly hired employees or to employees (other
than executive officers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary), in the context of promotions
based on job performance or workplace requirements, in each case in the ordinary course of
business, plans, agreements, benefits and compensation arrangements (including incentive grants)
that have a value that is consistent with the past practice of making compensation and benefits
available to newly hired or promoted employees in similar positions;
(f) make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices materially affecting the
reported consolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company, except insofar
as may have been required by a change in GAAP;
(g) convene any special meeting (or any adjournment thereof) of the stockholders of the
Company, other than (i) a stockholders’ meeting to vote upon the adoption of this Agreement (solely
to the extent such meeting is required by this Agreement and applicable Law) or (ii) by the holders
having a majority of the voting power of all of the Company’s outstanding Company Common Stock in
accordance with the Company Bylaws;
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(h) sell, lease, license, sell and lease back, mortgage or otherwise subject to any Lien or
otherwise dispose of or abandon any of its properties or assets (including any shares of capital
stock, equity or voting interests or other rights, instruments or securities or rights with respect
to any item of Company Registered Intellectual Property), except for sales or dispositions of
assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and Permitted Liens;
(i) (A) repurchase, prepay, incur or modify in any material respect any indebtedness for
borrowed money, except for (1) advances of credit incurred under the Company’s existing credit
facilities in the ordinary course of business and consistent in scope with past practice, (2)
short-term borrowings incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent in scope with past
practice to finance the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ working capital needs, and (3)
indebtedness solely involving the Company and any of its direct or indirect wholly owned
subsidiaries, (B) issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt
securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, guarantee any debt securities of another
person, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition
of another person or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing
or (C) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person,
other than (x) to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, (y) advances to
employees in respect of travel or other related ordinary expenses and in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and (z) advancement of expenses to officers and directors in
accordance with the Company Bylaws and any indemnification agreements to which the Company is a
party;
(j) incur or commit to incur, or make or agree to make, any capital expenditures, or any
obligations or liabilities in connection therewith, that in the aggregate are in excess of the
aggregate amount set forth in Section 5.01(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(k) except in the ordinary course of business, make or change any material Tax election, adopt
or change any material accounting method or period in respect of Taxes, file any material amended
Tax Return or settle or compromise any material Tax liability or refund;
(l) (A) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any material action, litigation, claim or
arbitration, (B) cancel any material indebtedness (individually or in the aggregate) or waive any
claims or rights of material value or (C) waive any material benefits of, or agree to modify in any
material manner, any material confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement to which the Company
or any Company Subsidiary is a party other than (x) in the ordinary course of business or (y) in
accordance with Section 5.03
(m) enter into or amend, extend or terminate in a manner that is adverse in a material respect
to the Company, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims under any Material
Contract or Government Contract (other than any expiration of such Material Contract or Government
Contract in accordance with its terms) or any Contract that would have been deemed to be a Material
Contract or Government Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof, in each case except in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(n) enter into any Contract pursuant to which the consent of the other party thereto would be
required to effect the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions, except as would have been required to be set forth on Section 3.05(a)(ii) or 3.05(a)(iii) of
the Company Disclosure Letter if such Contract had been entered into prior to the date hereof;
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(o) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of such party or any Company Subsidiaries;
(p) write down any of its material assets, including any rights with respect to any item of
Company Registered Intellectual Property, except pursuant to applicable Law or accounting
requirements;
(q) adopt or enter into any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union Contract
applicable to the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; or
(r) authorize any of, or commit, resolve or agree to take any of, the foregoing actions.
Section 5.02. Control of the Operations. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give
Parent, directly or indirectly, rights to control or direct the Company’s operations prior to the
Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms
of this Agreement, complete control and supervision of its and the Company Subsidiaries’
operations.
Section 5.03. No Solicitation.
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary but subject to Section 5.03(c), during the
period (the “Go Shop Period”) beginning on the date hereof and continuing until 11:59 p.m.,
New York City time, on April 1, 2011 (the “No Shop Period Start Date”), the Company may,
directly or indirectly through any officer, director or employee of, or any investment banker,
accountant, attorney or other advisor or representative or any affiliate (collectively,
“Representatives”) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary: (A) solicit, initiate or
encourage, whether publicly or otherwise, any Company Takeover Proposal, including by way of
providing access to or otherwise making available non-public information; provided that the
Company shall only permit such non-public information related to the Company to be made available
pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided, further, that the
Company will within one (1) Business Day make available to Parent all non-public information
regarding the Company that has not previously been made available to Parent that is made available
to any such person; and (B) engage in and maintain discussions or negotiations with respect to any
inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to a Company
Takeover Proposal or otherwise cooperate with or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such
inquiries, proposals, offers, discussions or negotiations or the making of any Company Takeover
Proposal, including providing access to or otherwise making available non-public information in
accordance with the terms set forth in Section 5.03(a)(A). The parties hereto agree that,
notwithstanding the commencement of the obligations of the Company under Section 5.03(b) on the No
Shop Period Start Date, the Company may continue to engage in the activities permitted in Section
5.03(a)(B) with respect to a Qualified Go Shop Bidder until 30 days after the No Shop Period Start
Date (the “Cut-off Date”). No later than two (2) Business Days after the No Shop Period
Start Date, the Company shall notify Parent in writing of the identity of each person that
submitted a Company Takeover Proposal prior to the No Shop Period Start Date.
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(b) Except as otherwise permitted by this Section 5.03, from the No Shop Period Start Date
until the Effective Time, or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms, the Company shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any Company Subsidiary to,
nor shall it authorize any Representatives of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, (i) knowingly solicit, initiate or encourage, whether publicly or otherwise (including
by providing access to non-public information), or take any other action knowingly to facilitate,
the submission of any Company Takeover Proposal or the making of any inquiry, proposal or offer
that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Takeover Proposal, (ii) enter into any
agreement, letter of intent, term sheet or other similar instrument with respect to any Company
Takeover Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance
with Section 5.03(a) or this Section 5.03(b)) or (iii) enter into, continue, conduct, engage,
maintain or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, furnish to any
person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with any person or take
any action knowingly to facilitate, any Company Takeover Proposal or any inquiries or the making of
any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Takeover Proposal. At the No
Shop Period Start Date, the Company shall and shall direct its Representatives to, and shall cause
the Company Subsidiaries to and to direct their Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to
be terminated all existing discussions and negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with
respect to any Company Takeover Proposal (other than with respect to a Qualified Go Shop Bidder but
only until the Cut-Off Date) and shall request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential
information previously furnished in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, prior to the acceptance for payment of shares of the Company Common
Stock pursuant to the Offer, the Company and its Representatives may, subject to compliance with
Sections 5.03(c) and 5.03(d) and the other provisions of this Agreement, in response to a bona fide
written Company Takeover Proposal that the Company Board determines in good faith, after
consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and independent financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation, constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior
Company Proposal, and which Company Takeover Proposal was made after the date hereof and did not
result from a breach of this Section 5.03(b), (x) contact the person making such Company Takeover
Proposal solely to clarify the terms and conditions thereof, (y) provide access or furnish
information with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the person making such
Company Takeover Proposal and its Representatives pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreement and (z) participate in discussions or negotiations (including solicitation of a revised
Company Takeover Proposal) with such person and its Representatives regarding such or any other
Company Takeover Proposal. The Company will within one (1) Business Day provide Parent with all
non-public information regarding the Company that has not previously been provided to Parent that
is provided to any person making such Company Takeover Proposal.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means
a confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are no less favorable in any material
respect to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement; provided that
such confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the submission of Company Takeover Proposals or
amendments thereto to the Company Board.
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For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Company Takeover Proposal” means any
proposal or offer (whether or not in writing) made by any person (other than Parent and its
subsidiaries) or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act to acquire in any
manner, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, including
by way of a tender offer, exchange offer, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation,
share exchange, sale, lease, contribution, partnership, joint venture, other business combination
or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, 20% or more of (i) the
Company Common Stock, (ii) the beneficial ownership in any class of equity securities of the
Company, (iii) the voting rights in the Company or (iv) the consolidated total assets of the
Company, or such assets to which 20% or more of the Company’s revenues or earnings on a
consolidated basis are attributable, other than the Transactions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Qualified Go Shop Bidder” means any person
or “group”, within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (provided there has not been a
“change of control” (as defined below) of any such person or group) from whom the Company or any of
its Representatives has received a Company Takeover Proposal after the execution of this Agreement
and prior to the No Shop Period Start Date that the Company Board determines, prior to or as of the
No Shop Period Start Date, in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, constitutes or would reasonably
be expected to lead to a Superior Company Proposal and which Company Takeover Proposal has not been
rejected or withdrawn as of the No Shop Period Start Date; provided that notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 5.03 to the contrary, a Qualified Go Shop Bidder shall cease to
be a Qualified Go Shop Bidder for all purposes under this Agreement upon the earlier of (x) the
Cut-off Date and (y) immediately at such time as such Company Takeover Proposal made by such party
is withdrawn, terminated or expires. For purposes hereof, a “change of control” shall be deemed to
occur, with respect to the person or group that submitted or otherwise made a Company Takeover
Proposal prior to the No Shop Period Start Date (any such person or group, a “Qualified
Party”), if at any time after the No Shop Period Start Date: either (A) (i) a Qualified Party
or all Qualified Parties collectively own an amount that is less than 50% of the equity, voting or
other interest of the person or group that makes any such Company Takeover Proposal after the No
Shop Period State Date, in any such case on a fully diluted basis or (ii) a Qualified Party or all
Qualified Parties collectively have the right to appoint less than a majority of the members of the
board of directors (or similar body) of any person or group that makes any such Company Takeover
Proposal after the No Shop Period Start Date or (B) (i) any person or group that was not the person
or part of the group that submitted a Company Takeover Proposal prior to the No Shop Period Start
Date (any such person or group, a “Disqualified Party”) own or have the right to acquire an
amount that is more than 50% of the equity, voting or other interest of the person or group that
makes any such Company Takeover Proposal after the No Shop Period Start Date, in any such case on a
fully diluted basis or (ii) a Disqualified Party or all Disqualified Parties collectively have the
right to appoint more than a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar body) of
any person or group that makes any such Company Takeover Proposal after the No Shop Period Start
Date.
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For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Superior Company Proposal” means any bona
fide written offer that was made after the date hereof and did not result from a breach of Section
5.03(b) made by a third party that, if consummated, would result in such person’s (or in the case of a direct merger between such person and the Company, such person’s stockholders’)
acquiring, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares of the
Company Common Stock or of the voting power of the Company’s capital stock or fifty percent (50%)
or more of the consolidated total assets of the Company, and which offer the Company Board
determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent
financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) (i) would be more favorable from a financial
point of view to the holders of the Company Common Stock than the Transactions (taking into account
any changes to the terms of the Offer or this Agreement proposed by Parent in response to such
Superior Company Proposal pursuant to Section 5.03(c)), taking into account all financial,
regulatory, legal and other aspects of such proposal as the Company Board determines to be relevant
and (ii) solely with respect to any such offer made during the Go Shop Period, not subject to any
condition to closing with respect to the receipt of financing or funds to be used in connection
with such transaction.
(c) Neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) withdraw or modify in a
manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, or propose publicly to withdraw or modify in a manner
adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the approval or recommendation by the Company Board or any such
committee of this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions or (B) approve or
recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, any Company Takeover Proposal or resolve or
agree to take any such action (any action described in this clause (i) being referred to herein as
an “
Adverse Recommendation Change”) or (ii) cause or permit the Company or any of its
controlled affiliates to enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in
principle, acquisition agreement, option agreement,
merger agreement, joint venture agreement,
partnership agreement or other agreement relating to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead
to, any Company Takeover Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into
in accordance with Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(b)) (an “
Alternative Acquisition
Agreement”) or resolve, agree, approve, recommend or publicly propose to take any such action.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the acceptance for payment of shares of
the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer, the Company Board may (x) effect an Adverse
Recommendation Change other than in connection with a Superior Company Proposal if the Company
Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside counsel and its
independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that the failure to take such
action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under
applicable Law;
provided that the Company shall provide Parent with no less than three (3)
Business Days’ notice of any Adverse Recommendation Change prior to such change (and, if and for so
long as Parent requests, during such three (3) Business Day period the Company and its legal
counsel and investment banker shall negotiate in good faith with Parent regarding any revisions to
the terms of the Transactions proposed by Parent), or (y) in response to a Superior Company
Proposal, resolve to accept such Superior Company Proposal and cause the Company to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f);
provided, that concurrently with such termination,
the Company pays the fees required by Section 6.08(b)(i);
provided,
further, that
no valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f) may be made unless the Company
Board shall have first provided prior written notice to Parent that it is prepared to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f) in response to a Superior Company Proposal (a
“
Superior Proposal Notice”), which notice shall (except to the extent prohibited by a
confidentiality agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement) contain a description
of the material terms and conditions of such Superior Company
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Proposal and the terms of any and all material agreements in connection
therewith, including any financing arrangements (it being understood and agreed that the delivery
of such notice shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change), and
Parent does not make, within four (4) Business Days after receipt of such notice, a proposal that
would, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board, after consultation with its outside legal
counsel and its independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, cause the offer
previously constituting a Superior Company Proposal no longer to constitute a Superior Company
Proposal. If Parent has in good faith proposed to the Company revisions to the terms of the
Transactions during the four (4) Business Day period prior to the Company’s terminating this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f), the Company agrees that the Company and its legal counsel
and investment banker shall negotiate in good faith with Parent and its legal counsel and
investment banker (so long as Parent and such legal counsel and investment banker are negotiating
in good faith) until the expiration of such four (4) Business Day period regarding any such
revisions to the terms of the Transactions proposed by Parent. Any material changes to the
financial terms or any material change to other material terms of such Superior Company Proposal
occurring prior to the Company’s effecting an Adverse Recommendation Change or terminating this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f) shall require the Company to provide to Parent a new Superior
Proposal Notice and a new period of three (3) Business Days and, in determining whether to effect
an Adverse Recommendation Change or whether to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.01(f), the Company Board shall take into account any such changes.
(d) In addition to the other obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.03, after
the No Shop Period Start Date, the Company shall, as promptly as possible and in any event within
twenty-four (24) hours after the receipt thereof, advise Parent of (i) any Company Takeover
Proposal (whether made before or after the No Shop Period Start Date) or request for information or
inquiry that expressly contemplates or that the Company believes would reasonably be expected to
lead to a Company Takeover Proposal and (ii) (except to the extent prohibited by a confidentiality
agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement) the material terms and conditions of
such Company Takeover Proposal, request or inquiry (including any change to the financial terms,
conditions or other material terms thereof and the terms of any and all material agreements in
connection therewith (including any financing arrangements)). The Company shall keep Parent
reasonably apprised of any related material developments, discussions and negotiations related to
any such Company Takeover Proposal or inquiry.
(e) Nothing contained in this Section 5.03 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the
Company from (i) taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9,
Rule 14e-2(a) or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) making
any disclosure to the Company’s stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board,
after consultation with outside counsel, failure to so disclose would be inconsistent with its
fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that this Section 5.03(e)
shall not affect the obligations of the Company and the Company Board under Sections 5.03(b) and
5.03(c).
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(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) at any time prior to the
earlier to occur of the closing of the Offer and obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the
Company Board may grant a waiver or release under, or determine not to enforce, any standstill agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company if the
Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the
failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law
and (ii) from the date hereof until the No Shop Period Start Date, the Company may grant any such
waiver or release, or make any such determination not to enforce, solely to permit any counterparty
to any such agreement to make non-public inquiries, proposals or offers that constitute or may
reasonably be expected to lead to any Company Takeover Proposal.
(g) Neither any “stop, look and listen” letter or similar communication of the type
contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, nor any accurate disclosure solely of factual
information (that does not include any opinion or recommendation) to the Company’s stockholders
that is required to be made to such stockholders under applicable Law or in satisfaction of the
Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, shall be deemed an Adverse Recommendation
Change if, prior to making such communication or disclosure, the Company provides a copy thereof to
Parent together with a letter to the effect that such communication or disclosure is being made
pursuant to, and in compliance with, this Section 5.03(g) and is not an Adverse Recommendation
Change.
ARTICLE VI.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 6.01. Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting.
(a) If the adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders is required by Law, the
Company shall, as soon as practicable following the acceptance for payment by Merger Sub of any
shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer (the “Acceptance Time”), prepare
and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement in preliminary form, and each of the Company and Parent
shall use its reasonable efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC
with respect thereto. Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly furnish to the Company all information
concerning Parent and Merger Sub required to be set forth in the Proxy Statement or reasonably
requested by the Company for inclusion therein. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly
correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent that
such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect and to correct any
material omissions therein. The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any
comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or
supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall make available to Parent
copies of all correspondence between the Company and the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy
Statement. If at any time prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval there shall occur
any event that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the
Proxy Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party that discovers
such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, and an appropriate amendment or
supplement describing such information shall be filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by
applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company. The Company shall provide Parent
and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and shall provide Parent and their counsel a reasonable opportunity
to review and comment on all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to
requests for additional information prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC. The
Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent or its
counsel. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be
mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC.
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(b) If the adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders is required by Law, the
Company shall, as soon as practicable following the Acceptance Time, (i) duly call, establish a
record date for, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the “Company
Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking the Company Stockholder Approval (the record
date for which shall not be prior to the Acceptance Time, and once the Company has established the
record date the Company shall consult with Parent prior to changing the record date or establishing
a different record date for the Company Stockholders Meeting), and, (ii) through the Company
Board, recommend to its stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval and it shall
include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement (except to the extent that the Company Board
shall have withdrawn or modified its approval or recommendation of this Agreement, the Offer or the
Merger as permitted by Section 5.03(c)); provided, however, that, to the extent
that, following the Acceptance Time, Parent, Merger Sub and their affiliates collectively own at
least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, at the Company’s election,
in lieu of the Company Stockholders Meeting, Parent, Merger Sub and such affiliates shall adopt
this Agreement by executing an action by written consent, signed by Parent, Merger Sub and any of
their respective affiliates that own shares of the Company Common Stock, as the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL
(the “Stockholder Consent”), in which case the Company shall, in accordance with and
subject to the requirements of applicable Law, (x) as promptly as practicable thereafter, in
consultation with Parent, duly set a record date for an action by written consent of the
stockholders of the Company for the purpose of adopting this Agreement (which record date shall not
be prior to the Acceptance Time) and (y) as promptly as practicable after the Company is legally
permitted to do so under applicable Law, consummate the actions approved in the Stockholder
Consent. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 6.01(a) shall apply to any Proxy
Statement to be prepared in connection with a Stockholder Consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if Parent, Merger Sub and any other affiliate of Parent collectively acquire at least 90% of the
outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, Parent promptly shall, and shall cause Merger Sub
to, cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the Acceptance Time without a
stockholders meeting or a written consent in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL.
(c) Parent and Merger Sub shall (i) in the case of a Stockholders Meeting, cause all shares of
the Company Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Offer and all other shares of the Company Common
Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any of their affiliates to be voted in favor of the adoption
of this Agreement and (ii) in the case of an action by written consent, execute, or cause to be
executed, the Stockholder Consent with respect to all of the shares of the Company Common Stock
purchased pursuant to the Offer and all other shares of the Company Common Stock owned by Parent,
Merger Sub or any of their affiliates.
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(d) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall execute and deliver,
in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL and in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger
Sub, a written consent adopting this Agreement.
Section 6.02. Access to Information; Confidentiality. Subject to applicable Law, and upon
reasonable prior written notice, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company
Subsidiaries to, afford to Parent and to its Representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours during the period prior to the Effective Time to all of their properties, offices
and other facilities, officers, personnel and books, records, Contracts, Permits and other
information and, during such period, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company
Subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to Parent all financial, operating and other data, documents and
information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request;
provided, however, that any such access shall not interfere unreasonably with the
business or operations of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or otherwise result in any
unreasonable interference with the prompt and timely discharge by such employees of their normal
duties. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary shall be required to (i) provide access to
or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would reasonably be expected to result
in the loss of the attorney-client privilege of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (provided
that the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure in a
manner that would not reasonably be expected to jeopardize the attorney-client privilege) or
contravene any Law or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii)
provide access to or to disclose such portions of documents or information relating to pricing or
other matters that are highly sensitive where such access or disclosure is reasonably expected to
result in antitrust difficulties for the Company or any of its affiliates. All information
exchanged pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be subject to the non-disclosure agreement, dated as
of February 11, 2011, between the Company and Parent (the “Confidentiality Agreement”).
Section 6.03. Reasonable Best Efforts; Notification.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in
doing, all things necessary to fulfill all conditions applicable to such party pursuant to this
Agreement and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the
Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) obtaining all necessary actions or
non-actions, waivers, Consents, qualifications and approvals from Governmental Entities and making
all necessary registrations, filings and notifications and taking all reasonable steps as may be
necessary to obtain an approval, clearance, non-action letter, order, authorization, waiver or
exemption from any Governmental Entity (including under the HSR Act); (ii) obtaining all necessary
consents, qualifications, approvals, waivers or exemptions from non-governmental third parties;
(iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative,
challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, including seeking to have any
stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or
reversed; and (iv) executing and delivering any additional documents or instruments necessary to
consummate the Transactions and to carry out this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Company and its Representatives shall not be prohibited under this Section 6.03 from taking any action
permitted by Section 5.03.
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(b) Each of Parent and the Company has submitted an appropriate filing of a Notification and
Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions. Without limiting any party’s
obligations under Section 6.03(a), each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its
reasonable best efforts to (i) make as soon practicable any other required submissions under the
HSR Act that the Company or Parent determines should be made, in each case with respect to the
Transactions, and to take all other actions necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the
applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable. Additionally, as soon as
practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and submit to the
Defense Security Service of the United States Department of Defense (“DSS”) or other
cognizant government security agency and, to the extent applicable, any other agency of the U.S.
Government, notification of the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to the NISPOM and any
other applicable national or industrial security regulations, and fully cooperate with Parent and
Merger Sub in requesting from DSS approval to operate the classified business of the Company upon
consummation of the Transactions.
(c) The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall cooperate with each other in connection with the
making of all such filings, including furnishing to the others such information and assistance as a
party may reasonably request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission that is
necessary or allowable under applicable competition or other Law or reasonably requested by any
competition authorities. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their respective reasonable
best efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing
to be made pursuant to any Law (including all information required to be included in the Company’s
disclosure documents) in connection with the Transactions. To the extent permitted by applicable
Law or any relevant Governmental Entity, and subject to all applicable privileges, including the
attorney client privilege, each party hereto shall (i) give the other parties hereto prompt notice
upon obtaining knowledge of the making or commencement of any request, inquiry, investigation,
action or legal proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger or any
of the other Transactions, (ii) keep the other parties hereto informed as to the status of any such
request, inquiry, investigation, action or legal proceeding and (iii) promptly inform the other
parties hereto of any material communication to or from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S.
Department of Justice, any foreign competition authority or any other Governmental Entity regarding
the Merger or any of the other Transactions. To the extent permitted by applicable Law or any
relevant Governmental Entity, and subject to all applicable privileges, including the attorney
client privilege, the parties hereto will consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in
good faith the views of one another, in connection with, and provide to the other parties in
advance, any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and
proposals to be made or submitted by or on behalf of any party hereto, including reasonable access
to any materials submitted in connection with any proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act or
any other applicable Federal, state or foreign competition, merger control, antitrust or similar
Law, including any proceeding under 16 C.F.R. § 803.20.
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(d) Any party may, as it deems advisable, reasonably designate any competitively sensitive
material provided to the other parties under this section as “outside counsel only.” Such
materials and the information contained therein shall be given only to the outside legal counsel of
the recipient and will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to employees, officers or directors
of the recipient, unless express written permission is obtained in advance from the source of such
materials. In addition, except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Entity or by any Law, each
party hereto will permit authorized Representatives of the other parties to be present at each
meeting or telephone conference with representatives of any Governmental Entity relating to any
such material request, inquiry, investigation, action or legal proceeding and to have access to and
be consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any
Governmental Entity in connection with any such request, inquiry, investigation, action or
proceeding, except for those of a purely ministerial nature.
(e) Without limiting any other obligations of Parent and the Company hereunder, Parent and the
Company shall respond to and seek to resolve as promptly as reasonably practicable any objections
asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Transactions, and shall defend any action,
suit, dispute, litigation, proceeding, hearing, arbitration or claim by or before any Governmental
Entity or any arbitrator or arbitration panel, whether judicial or administrative, whether brought
by private parties or Governmental Entities or officials, challenging this Agreement or the
consummation of the Transactions. The required actions by Parent hereunder shall include
acceptance by Parent of (i) any and all divestitures of the businesses or assets of it or its
subsidiaries or its affiliates or of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (ii) any
agreement to hold any assets of Parent or its subsidiaries or its affiliates or of the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries separate, (iii) any agreement to license any portion of the
business of Parent or its subsidiaries or its affiliates or of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, and (iv) any limitation to or modification of any of the businesses, services or
operations of Parent or its subsidiaries or its affiliates or of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, in each case as may be required by any applicable Governmental Entity in order to
obtain approval for the Transactions; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Section 6.03 shall not require, or be
construed to require, any party hereto or their respective affiliates to take or agree to take any
action or agree or consent to any limitations or restrictions on freedom of action with respect to,
or its ability to retain, or make changes in, any such businesses, assets, licenses, services or
operations of Parent, the Company or the Surviving Corporation (or any of their respective
affiliates) that individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect (provided that, for such
purposes, “Parent Material Adverse Effect” shall have the same meaning as Company Material Adverse
Effect, disregarding clause (ii) thereof and substituting Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, after giving effect to the Merger for the Company and the Company Subsidiaries).
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(f) Each of the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall,
to the extent permitted by applicable Law and any relevant Governmental Entity and subject to all
privileges (including the attorney client privilege), promptly (and in any event within two (2)
Business Days) notify the other party in writing of:
(i) the occurrence of any Event that is, or that would reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) any notice or other communication from any person alleging that the consent of such
person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions and a copy of such notice or
communication;
(iii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the
Transactions and a copy of such notice or communication;
(iv) any actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to its knowledge,
threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, that, if pending on
the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to any of the
representations and warranties contained herein, or that relate to the consummation of the
Transactions;
(v) any inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement at any time
during the term hereof that would reasonably be expected to cause any of the conditions to the
Merger set forth in Article VII or conditions to the Offer set forth in Exhibit C not to be
satisfied; and
(vi) any failure of such party to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement
to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder.
(g) The filing fees assessed under the HSR Act shall be paid by Parent. If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 8.01(b) at a time when the waiting period under the HSR Act shall
not have expired or been terminated, then with respect to any actions taken by the Company pursuant
to this Section 6.03 after the filing of the initial notification submitted pursuant to the HSR
Act, Parent shall promptly reimburse the Company for all reasonable documented out-of-pocket fees
and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with or relating to review of the Transactions
pursuant to the HSR Act or any other antitrust laws (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
all attorneys, consultants, economists and other experts retained by the Company and all reasonable
duplicating, travel and related expenses).
(h) The parties hereto agree that this Section 6.03 shall not govern the obligations of the
parties hereto with respect to obtaining the Equity Funding, which obligations are set forth in
Section 6.06.
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Section 6.04. Treatment of Equity Compensation.
(a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company Board (or, if
appropriate, any committee administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or
take such other actions as are required to (i) adjust the terms of all outstanding Company Employee
Stock Options heretofore granted under any Company Stock Plan to provide that each unexercised
Company Employee Stock Option (whether vested or unvested) outstanding immediately prior to the
consummation of the Offer shall be canceled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company of an
amount equal to (A) the excess, if any, of (x) the highest price per share of the Company Common Stock to be paid pursuant to the Offer over (y)
the exercise price per share of the Company Common Stock subject to such Company Employee Stock
Option, multiplied by (B) the number of shares of the Company Common Stock for which such Company
Employee Stock Option shall not theretofore have been exercised, subject to and reduced by the
amount of any withholding that is required under applicable Tax Laws; (ii) adjust the terms of all
outstanding Company Restricted Stock heretofore granted under any Company Stock Plan to provide
that each share of Company Restricted Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of
the Offer shall be canceled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company of an amount equal to the
highest price per share of the Company Common Stock to be paid pursuant to the Offer, subject to
and reduced by the amount of any withholding that is required under applicable Tax Laws; and (iii)
adjust the terms of all outstanding cash settled stock units so that each such unit outstanding
immediately prior to the consummation of the Offer shall be canceled in exchange for a cash payment
by the Company of an amount equal to the highest price per share of the Company Common Stock to be
paid pursuant to the Offer, subject to and reduced by the amount of any withholding that is
required under applicable Tax Laws.
(b) All amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6.04 shall be paid within five (5) Business
Days after the consummation of the Merger and without interest.
(c) The Company Board (or, if appropriate, any committee administering the Company Stock
Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as are required to cause the Company
Stock Plans to terminate as of the Effective Time, and the provisions in any other Company 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 ensure that following the Effective Time no holder of a Company Employee
Stock Option or any participant in any Company Stock Plan or other Company Benefit Plan shall have
any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock of the Company or the Surviving Corporation.
(d) The Company shall take all actions as may be reasonably required to cause the transactions
contemplated by this Section 6.04 and any other disposition of Company equity securities (including
derivative securities) in connection with this Agreement by any person who is a director or officer
of the Company subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 under the
Exchange Act.
(e) In this Agreement:
“Company Employee Stock Option” means any option to purchase the Company Common Stock
granted under any Company Stock Plan.
“Company Stock Plans” means the SFA, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan and the 2009 Performance
Incentive Plan.
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Section 6.05. Benefit Plans.
(a) Until the first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to provide to employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (the “Company Employees”) who remain employed by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries following the Effective Time: (i) base compensation and incentive
opportunities (exclusive of any equity-based compensation) that are no less favorable in the
aggregate than the base compensation and incentive opportunities provided to such employees by the
Company immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) employee benefits that, taken as a whole,
are no less favorable to such employees in the aggregate than those provided to such employees
under the Company Benefit Plans. Such compensation and employee benefits may be provided through
the Surviving Corporation’s continuation of one or more of the Company Benefit Plans, through the
admission of the Company Employees to any one or more employee benefit policies, plans or programs
maintained by Parent or its affiliates from time to time (each, a “Parent Plan”), or
through a combination of the foregoing alternatives, as determined in Parent’s sole and absolute
discretion.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation
to, honor in accordance with their respective terms (as in effect on the date of this Agreement),
the employment, severance and termination agreements, and deferred compensation plans disclosed as
Company Benefit Plans or Company Benefit Agreements in the Company Disclosure Letter, including
with respect to any payments, benefits or rights arising as a result of the Transactions (either
alone or in combination with any other event), in accordance with their terms (including any terms
relating to the amendment or termination thereof) as disclosed to Parent and subject to applicable
Law.
(c) With respect to any Parent Plan that is an “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA and including any vacation, paid time off and severance plans whether or not subject
to ERISA, in which Company Employees participate after the Effective Time, for all purposes (other
than for purposes of any defined benefit pension plan), including determining eligibility to
participate, level of benefits, benefit accruals and vesting, each Company Employee’s service with
the Company or any Company Subsidiary (as well as service with any predecessor employer of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to the extent service with such predecessor employer is
recognized by the Company or such Company Subsidiary) shall be treated as service with Parent or
any of Parent’s subsidiaries; provided, however, that such service need not be
recognized to the extent that such recognition would result in any duplication of benefits or
service credit under a newly established plan for which prior service is not taken into account for
employees of Parent and its subsidiaries generally.
(d) Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to waive, or cause to be waived, any
pre-existing condition limitation, exclusions, actively-at-work requirements and waiting periods
under any Parent Plan that is an “employee welfare benefit plan “ (within the meaning of Section
3(1) of ERISA) in which the Company Employees (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to
participate from and after the Effective Time, except to the extent that such pre-existing
condition limitation, exclusions, actively-at work requirements and waiting periods would have been
applicable under the comparable Company Benefit Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to recognize, or cause to be recognized, the
dollar amount of all expenses incurred by each Company Employee (and his or her eligible
dependents) during the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs for purposes of satisfying
such year’s deductible and co-payment limitations under the relevant comparable welfare benefit plans in which they will be eligible to participate from and after
the Effective Time.
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(e) If requested by Parent at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Effective Time, the Company
shall terminate any and all Company Plans intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code that
include a cash or deferred arrangement intended to satisfy the provisions of Section 401(k) of the
Code, effective not later than the day immediately preceding the Effective Time. If Parent requests
that such 401(k) plan(s) be terminated, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such
401(k) plan(s) have been terminated pursuant to resolution of the Company Board (the form and
substance of which shall be subject to review and approval by Parent, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) not later than the day immediately preceding the
Effective Time.
(f) Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement, including this Section 6.05, is intended
or shall be construed to (i) confer upon or give any person, other than the parties hereto, any
right or remedy under or by reason of this Agreement or (ii) amend any Company Benefit Plan or
Company Benefit Agreement.
Section 6.06. Financing.
(a) Parent hereby agrees to maintain the availability, in full, of all funds referred to in
Section 4.09 until the later of (i) the completion of the Merger and the payment of all amounts in
connection therewith (including pursuant to Section 6.04) and (ii) the valid termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Article VIII.
(b) Parent shall, and shall cause its affiliates to, take, or cause to be taken, all actions
and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to arrange and obtain the
proceeds of the Equity Funding on the terms and conditions described in the Equity Provider Letter,
including to: (i) satisfy, or cause its Representatives to satisfy, on a timely basis all
conditions in the Equity Provider Letter, (ii) immediately trigger any call provisions under the
Equity Provider Letter and (iii) cause the Equity Funding to be funded prior to the time
contemplated hereunder for the Acceptance Time, including by seeking to enforce (including through
litigation) its rights in connection therewith.
(c) Parent shall not agree to any amendments or modifications to, or grant any waivers of, any
condition or other provision under the Equity Provider Letter without the prior written consent of
the Company if such amendments, modifications or waivers would (i) reduce the aggregate amount of
the Equity Funding or (ii) impose new or additional conditions or expand, modify or amend any
existing condition in a manner that would reasonably be expected to (A) prevent or delay the
ability of Parent to consummate the Transactions or otherwise delay the Acceptance Time or Parent’s
receipt of the financing thereunder or (B) adversely impact the ability of Parent to enforce its
rights against the Parent Equity Provider.
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(d) In the event that any portion of the Equity Funding becomes unavailable on the terms and
conditions contemplated in the Equity Provider Letter, Parent shall promptly notify the Company and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any such unavailable portion from alternative
sources in an amount sufficient to consummate the Transactions upon terms not materially less favorable to the parties hereto as promptly as practicable following the
occurrence of such event, and in no event later than the Closing Date. Parent shall promptly
provide the Company with the documentation evidencing such alternative sources of financing and
shall give the Company prompt notice (but in any event within two (2) Business Days) of any
material breach by any party to the Equity Provider Letter or any termination of the Equity
Provider Letter. Parent shall keep the Company informed on a reasonably current basis in
reasonable detail of the status of its efforts to arrange for replacement financing, if necessary.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge that their obligations
hereunder are not conditioned on the receipt of the Equity Funding or any other financing, and that
if Parent fails to obtain the Equity Funding contemplated by the Equity Provider Letter, or any
alternative financing, Parent and Merger Sub shall continue to be obligated to perform their
obligations under this Agreement, including this Section 6.06, and to consummate the Offer, the
Merger and the other Transactions on the terms contemplated hereby (subject only to satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII and Exhibit C, as applicable) unless and
until this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms. The parties hereby agree
and acknowledge that, with respect to Parent’s obligations pursuant to this Section 6.06, time is
of the essence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) there shall be no
cure period for any breach by Parent of this Section 6.06 and (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall
preclude any party to this Agreement from asserting that any purported termination was not valid.
(f) Parent shall (i) furnish the Company with complete, correct and executed copies of the
financing agreements promptly upon their execution, (ii) give the Company prompt notice of any
material breach or material threatened breach by any party of the Equity Provider Letter, any
alternative financing commitment, the financing agreements, or any alternative financing agreement
of which Parent becomes aware or any termination thereof, and (iii) otherwise keep the Company
reasonably informed of the status of its efforts to arrange the Equity Funding (or any alternative
financing); provided that neither Parent nor any of its affiliates shall be under any
obligation to disclose any information that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege, but
only if such privilege is asserted in good faith.
Section 6.07. Indemnification.
(a) Parent and Merger Sub agree that all rights to indemnification and exculpation from
liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (and rights for
advancement of expenses) in favor of the current or former directors or officers of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries as provided in the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws, and the respective
comparable organizational documents of the Company Subsidiaries, and any indemnification or other
agreements of the Company (in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as made
available to Parent prior to the date hereof) shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation in the
Merger, without further action, at the Effective Time, and shall survive the Merger and shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms until the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations with respect to any claims against such directors or officers
arising out of such acts or omissions (and until such later date as such claims and any proceedings
arising therefrom shall be finally disposed of), and from and after the Effective Time Parent shall ensure that the Surviving Corporation complies with and honors the
foregoing obligations.
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(b) Parent shall cause to be maintained the Company’s current directors’ and officers’
liability insurance and indemnification policies, in each case for a claims reporting or discovered
period of not less than six (6) years from the Effective Time (provided that Parent may
substitute therefor policies with reputable and financially sound carriers of at least the same
coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable to the Indemnified
Parties) with respect to events occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O
Insurance”) for all persons who are currently covered by such D&O Insurance, so long as the
annual premium therefor would not be in excess of 300% of the last annual premium paid prior to the
date of this Agreement (such 300% amount, the “Maximum Premium”) (which aggregate premiums
with respect to 2010 are hereby represented and warranted by the Company to be the amount set forth
on Section 6.07(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter); provided that (i) if the annual
premiums for such D&O Insurance exceed the Maximum Premium, Parent shall maintain the most
favorable policies of directors’ and officers’ insurance obtainable for an annual premium equal to
the Maximum Premium and (ii) Parent may satisfy their obligations under this Section 6.07(b) by
causing the Company to obtain, on or prior to the Closing Date, prepaid (or “tail”) directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy at Parent’s expense, the material terms of which, including
coverage and amount, are no less favorable to such directors and officers than the insurance
coverage otherwise required under this Section 6.07(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Company in its sole discretion elects, by giving written notice to Parent at least two (2) Business
Days prior to the Effective Time, then, in lieu of the foregoing insurance, effective as of the
Effective Time, the Company shall purchase a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance “tail” or
“runoff” insurance program for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time with respect to
wrongful acts and/or omissions committed or allegedly committed at or prior to the Effective Time
(such coverage to have an aggregate coverage limit over the term of such policy in an amount not to
exceed the annual aggregate coverage limit under the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’
liability policy, and in all other respects to be comparable to such existing coverage).
(c) From and after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, Parent shall,
and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and provide
advancement of expenses to, the present and former officers and directors of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries (each an “Indemnified Party”) against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement (in the case of settlements, with the approval of the indemnifying party
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld)) (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred
(payable monthly upon written request, which request shall include reasonable evidence of the
Losses set forth therein) to the extent arising from, relating to, or otherwise in respect of, any
actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, in respect of actions or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time in connection with such Indemnified Party’s duties as
an officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including in respect of this
Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions; provided, however, that an
Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.07(c) for Losses
arising out of actions or omissions by the Indemnified Party constituting (i) a material breach of
this Agreement or (ii) criminal conduct. Any Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced shall, to the extent required by Law, provide an
undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is
not entitled to indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation not to) settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise
terminate any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation of a covered person for which
indemnification may be sought under this Section 6.07(c) unless such settlement, compromise,
consent or termination includes an unconditional release of such person from all liability arising
out of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation.
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(d) This Section 6.07 is intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each
of the Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs and legal representatives. The rights
provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnified Party
is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, contract or otherwise.
(e) In the event that, Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and is not the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or
conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, or if Parent dissolves
or dissolves the Surviving Corporation then, and in each such case, Parent shall cause the
successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, to assume the
obligations of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, set forth in this Section 6.07.
(f) Parent shall pay all reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that may
be incurred by any Indemnified Party in enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided in
this Section 6.07.
Section 6.08. Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as expressly provided below and in Section 6.03(g), all fees and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions shall be paid
by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Offer or the Merger is
consummated.
(b) The Company shall pay to Parent a Termination Fee if: (i) the Company terminates this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f); (ii) if Parent terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.01(d); or (iii) (A) prior to the valid termination of this Agreement, a Company Takeover Proposal
is publicly proposed or announced or otherwise becomes publicly known, or any person shall have
publicly announced an intention (whether or not conditional and whether or not withdrawn) to make a
Company Takeover Proposal, (B) thereafter this Agreement is terminated by either Parent or the
Company pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) and (C) within nine (9) months of such termination the
Company enters into a definitive agreement to consummate, or consummates, the transactions
contemplated by a Company Takeover Proposal (whether made before or after valid termination of this
Agreement) (solely for purposes of this Section 6.08(b)(iii)(C), the term “Company Takeover
Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Company Takeover Proposal
contained in Section 5.03(b) except that all references to twenty percent (20%) shall be deemed
references to fifty percent (50%)). Any fee due under this Section 6.08(b) shall be paid by wire transfer of same-day funds to an account
designated by Parent as follows: in the case of clause (i) above, prior to or simultaneously with
the valid termination of this Agreement; in the case of clause (ii) above, within five (5) Business
Days after the date of termination; and in the case of clause (iii) above, prior to or
simultaneously with the consummation of such Company Takeover Proposal.
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(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Termination Fee” means an amount equal to
$3,533,000 (inclusive of Parent and Merger Sub expenses) if the Termination Fee becomes payable in
connection with a transaction or Alternative Acquisition Agreement executed during the Go Shop
Period or with a Qualified Go Shop Bidder after the Go Shop Period pursuant to a termination by the
Company pursuant to Section 8.01(f) and shall mean an amount equal to $7,067,000 (inclusive of
Parent and Merger Sub expenses) in all other circumstances.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the fee set
forth in Section 6.08(b) is paid in accordance therewith, payment thereof shall be the sole and
exclusive remedy of Parent, Merger Sub and their respective subsidiaries, stockholders, affiliates,
officers, directors, employees and Representatives against the Company and any of its directors,
officers, employees, Representatives or affiliates with respect to (i) any loss or damage suffered,
directly or indirectly, as a result of the failure of any Transaction, including the purchase of
shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and the Merger, to be consummated, (ii)
the valid termination of this Agreement, (iii) any liabilities or obligations arising under this
Agreement, or (iv) any claims or actions arising out of or relating to any breach, termination or
failure of or under this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in no event
shall the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee due under Section 6.08(b) on more than one
occasion, whether or not such fee may be payable under more than one provision of this Agreement at
the same or at different times or upon the occurrence of different events.
(e) The Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 6.08 are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these
agreements, Parent would not have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails
promptly to pay the amounts due pursuant to Section 6.08 and, in order to obtain such payment,
Parent commences a suit that results in a final judgment against the Company for the amounts set
forth in this Section 6.08, the Company shall pay to Parent its reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such suit and any appeal relating
thereto, together with interest on the amounts set forth in this Section 6.08 at the prime rate of
Citibank, N.A. in effect on the date such payment was required to be made.
Section 6.09. Public Announcements. The parties hereto agree that the initial press
release to be issued with respect to the Transactions shall be in the form heretofore agreed upon
by the parties hereto. Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand,
shall consult with each other before issuing, and provide each other a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment upon, any press release or other public statements with respect to the Offer,
the Merger and the other Transactions, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such
public statement prior to such consultation, except as may be required by applicable Law, court
process or obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities exchange or
national securities quotation system.
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Section 6.10. Transfer Taxes. All stock transfer, real estate transfer, documentary,
stamp, recording and other similar Taxes (including interest, penalties and additions to any such
Taxes) (“Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with the Transactions shall be paid by
either Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation; and the Company shall cooperate with Merger Sub and
Parent in preparing, executing and filing any Tax Returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes.
Section 6.11. Directors.
(a) Promptly upon the Acceptance Time, Parent or Merger Sub shall be entitled, subject to
compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act, to designate, from time to time, such number of
directors on the Company Board as will give Merger Sub representation on the Company Board equal to
at least such number of directors, rounded up to the nearest whole number, that is the product of
(a) the total number of directors on the Company Board (giving effect to the directors elected or
appointed pursuant to this sentence) multiplied by (b) the percentage that (i) such number of
shares of the Company Common Stock so accepted for payment and paid for by Merger Sub plus the
number of shares of the Company Common Stock otherwise owned by Parent or Merger Sub or any
subsidiary of Parent bears to (ii) the number of such shares outstanding, and the Company shall, at
such time, take all action reasonably requested by Parent to cause Merger Sub’s designees to be so
elected or appointed; provided, however, that in the event that Merger Sub’s
designees are appointed or elected to the Company Board, until the Effective Time the Company Board
shall have at least three (3) directors who are directors on the date of this Agreement and who
will be independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act (the “Independent
Directors”); provided, further, that, in such event, if the number of
Independent Directors shall be reduced below three (3) for any reason whatsoever, any remaining
Independent Directors (or Independent Director, if there shall be only one (1) remaining) shall be
entitled to designate persons to fill such vacancies who shall be deemed to be Independent
Directors for purposes of this Agreement or, if no Independent Directors then remain, the other
directors shall designate three (3) persons to fill such vacancies who will be independent for
purposes of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, and such persons shall be deemed to be Independent
Directors for purposes of this Agreement. The Company’s obligations under this Section 6.11 shall
be subject to Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder. Subject to
applicable Law, the Company shall take all action requested by Parent necessary to effect any such
election, including mailing to its stockholders the Information Statement containing the
information required by Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder,
and the Company shall make such mailing with the mailing of the Schedule 14D-9 (provided that
Merger Sub shall have provided to the Company on a timely basis all information required to be
included in the Information Statement with respect to Merger Sub’s designees). In connection with
the foregoing, the Company shall promptly, at the option of Merger Sub, either increase the size of
the Company Board or use reasonable efforts to obtain the resignation of such number of its current
directors as is necessary to enable Merger Sub’s designees to be elected or appointed to the
Company Board as provided above. At such time, the Company shall, if requested by Parent, take all
action necessary to cause individuals designated by Parent to constitute the number of members,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, on (A) each committee of the Company Board and (B) each
board of directors of each Company Subsidiary (and each committee thereof) that represents the same
percentage as such individuals represent on the Company Board in each case to the extent permitted
by applicable Law or the rules of the Nasdaq. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 6.11 shall be subject in its entirety to obtaining any
and all required approvals under the Security Control Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2010,
between Global Strategies Group Holding SA, Kende Holding kft, Contego Systems, Inc., the Company
and the United States Department of Defense.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if Parent’s or Merger Sub’s
designees constitute a majority of the Company Board prior to the Effective Time, then the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors shall (in addition to the approval
rights of the Company Board or the stockholders of the Company as may be required by the governing
documents of the Company or applicable Law) be required for the Company (i) to amend or terminate
this Agreement, (ii) to extend the time of performance of, or waive, any of the obligations or
other acts of Parent or Merger Sub under this Agreement, or to exercise or waive any of the
Company’s rights, benefits or remedies hereunder, if such action would adversely affect the holders
of shares of the Company Common Stock (other than Parent or Merger Sub), (iii) except as expressly
provided herein, to amend any governing document of the Company in a manner that would reasonably
be expected adversely to affect the holders of shares of the Company Common Stock (other than
Parent or Merger Sub), or (iv) to take any other action or make any other determination of the
Company Board under or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions if such action would
reasonably be expected adversely to affect the holders of shares of the Company Common Stock (other
than Parent or Merger Sub). The Independent Directors shall have, and Parent shall cause the
Independent Directors to have, the authority to retain such counsel (which may include current
counsel to the Company or the Company Board) and other advisors at the expense of the Company as
determined by the Independent Directors, and the authority (acting as a committee of the Company
Board, which hereby shall be deemed to be constituted) to institute any action on behalf of the
Company to enforce performance of this Agreement.
Section 6.12. Rule 14d-10(d) Matters. Prior to the Acceptance Time, the Company (acting
through the Company Board and its compensation committee) will take all such steps as may be
required to cause to be exempt under Rule 14d-10(d), as amended, promulgated under the Exchange Act
any employment compensation, severance or employee benefit arrangements that have been entered into
on or after the date hereof by the Company or any of its controlled affiliates with current
directors, officers or employees of the Company and its controlled affiliates and to ensure that
any such arrangements fall within the safe harbor provisions of such rule.
Section 6.13. Merger Sub Compliance. Parent shall cause Merger Sub to comply promptly with
all of Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement and Merger Sub shall not engage in any
activities of any nature except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.14. Stockholder Litigation. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to
participate in the defense or settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company or its
directors arising after the date of this Agreement as a result of the Transactions, and with
respect to any settlement in connection therewith other than a settlement solely for monetary
damages and entirely paid for with proceeds of insurance, no such settlement shall occur without
Parent’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. It is
understood and agreed that this Section 6.14 shall not give Parent the right to direct any such
defense.
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ARTICLE VII.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 7.01. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligation of each party hereto to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or
prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. If required by Law, the Company shall have obtained the
Company Stockholder Approval.
(b) Antitrust. Any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the
Merger under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired.
(c) No Injunctions or Restraints. No Judgment issued by any Governmental Entity or
other Law preventing the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect; provided,
however, that prior to asserting this condition, each of the parties hereto shall have
complied with Section 6.03.
(d) Purchase of the Company Common Stock in the Offer. Merger Sub shall have
previously accepted for payment all shares of the Company Common Stock validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Offer.
(e) Company Certification. A statement of the Company, complying with Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), certifying that the Company Common Stock does
not constitute a “United States real property interest” under Section 897(c) of the Code.
ARTICLE VIII.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 8.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Effective Time, except as otherwise provided below, whether before or after receipt of the Company
Stockholder Approval, upon written notice (other than in the case of Section 8.01(a) below) from
the terminating party to the non-terminating party specifying the subsection of this Section 8.01
pursuant to which such termination is effected:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or the Company:
(i) if the Acceptance Time shall not have occurred on or before May 31, 2011 (the “Outside
Date”), unless the failure to consummate the Merger is the result of a breach of or
noncompliance with this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate this Agreement (which, in the
case of Parent, includes any breach by Merger Sub); or
(ii) if there shall be in effect any Law or Judgment permanently enjoining, restraining or
prohibiting the consummation of the Offer or the Merger that shall have become final and
nonappealable;
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(c) by Parent, if there has been a failure of a condition set forth in clause (c) or (d) of
Exhibit C and (ii) such breach or failure is incapable of being cured by the Company by the Outside
Date or, if capable of being cured by the Company by the Outside Date, has not been cured prior to
the earlier of (x) twenty-five (25) days after the delivery of written notice to the Company of
such breach and (y) the Outside Date (provided that neither Parent nor Merger Sub is then
in material breach of any representation or warranty or has failed to perform in any material
respect any covenant contained in this Agreement); provided, however, that this
Agreement may not be terminated pursuant to this clause (c) after the Acceptance Time;
(d) by Parent prior to the acceptance of shares of the Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer if (i) (A) an Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred at any time or (B) on or after the
No Shop Period Start Date, a Superior Proposal Notice has been delivered (other than any such
notice delivered with respect to a Superior Company Proposal that is made by a person that is
deemed to be a Qualified Go Shop Bidder pursuant to the terms hereof at the time such Superior
Company Proposal is made) or (ii) (A) a Company Takeover Proposal is publicly proposed or announced
or otherwise becomes publicly known and (B) the Company Board shall fail to confirm the
recommendation by the Company Board of this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or the other
Transactions within five (5) Business Days of a request from Parent to do so (which request may
only be made once with respect to any such Company Takeover Proposal and each amendment thereto);
(e) by the Company, if (i) either (A) any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement shall not be true and correct (without giving effect to any
limitation as to “materiality” or any derivative thereof or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” set
forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Acceptance Time as if made at and as
of such date (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties speak as of a
specified date, in which case only as of such specified date) and the failure or failures of such
representations and warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitations
as to “materiality” or any derivative thereof or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” set forth
therein) has had or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect or (B) Parent or Merger Sub shall have failed to perform in all
material respects its agreements and covenants to be performed or complied with by it under this
Agreement and (ii) such breach or failure to perform is incapable of being cured by Parent or
Merger Sub by the Outside Date or, if capable of being cured by Parent or Merger Sub by the Outside
Date, has not been cured prior to the earlier of (x) twenty-five (25) days after the delivery of
written notice to Parent or Merger Sub of such breach and (y) the Outside Date (provided
that the Company is not then in material breach of any representation or warranty or failed to
perform in any material respect any covenant contained in this Agreement); provided,
however, that this Agreement may not be terminated pursuant to this clause (e) after the
Acceptance Time; or
(f) by the Company prior to the acceptance of shares of the Company Common Stock for payment
pursuant to the Offer in accordance with Section 5.03; provided, however, that the
Company shall have complied in all material respects with all provisions thereof, including the
notice provisions therein.
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Section 8.02. Effect of Termination. In the event of valid termination of this Agreement
by either the Company or Parent as provided in Section 8.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become
void and have no effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or
the Company, other than the last sentence of Section 6.02, Section 6.08, this Section 8.02 and
Article IX, which provisions shall survive such termination. The valid termination of this
Agreement shall not relieve or release any party hereto from any liability arising out of its
intentional and knowing breach of this Agreement or any fraud.
Section 8.03. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time
before or after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval; provided, however,
that (a) after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, there shall be made no amendment that
by Law requires further approval by the stockholders of the Company without the further approval of
such stockholders and (b) no amendment shall be made to this Agreement after the Effective Time.
This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of
the parties hereto.
Section 8.04. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties
hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the
other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in
this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) subject to the
proviso of Section 8.03, waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in
this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall
be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure
or delay by any party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or
otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights nor shall any single or partial exercise by
any party to this Agreement of any of its rights under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise of such rights or any other rights under this Agreement.
Section 8.05. Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or Waiver. A valid
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01, an amendment of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.03 or an extension or waiver pursuant to Section 8.04 shall, in order to be effective,
require in the case of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, action by its Board of Directors or the
duly authorized designee of its Board of Directors; provided, however, that after
the election or appointment of Merger Sub’s designees to the Company Board pursuant to Section 6.11
and prior to the Effective Time, the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors shall be
required for the Company to (i) amend or terminate this Agreement, (ii) exercise or waive any right
of the Company under this Agreement or (iii) extend the time for performance of any obligation of
Parent or Merger Sub under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 9.01. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations
and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall
survive the Effective Time. This Section 9.01 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the
parties hereto that by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
Section 9.02. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (i) upon personal delivery, (ii)
one (1) Business Day after being sent via a nationally recognized overnight courier service, (iii)
three (3) Business Days after being sent, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail or (iv)
upon receipt of electronic or other confirmation of transmission if sent via facsimile, in each
case, at the addresses or facsimile numbers (or at such other address or facsimile number for a
party as shall be specified by like notice) set forth below:
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if to Parent or Merger Sub, to |
x/x Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx XXX, L.P.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Senior Partner
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Partner
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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if to the Company, to |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
XxXxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
and:
Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 X. Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Grill, Esq.
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Section 9.03. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
An “affiliate” of any person means another person that directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first
person.
“Business Day” means any day on which the principal offices of the SEC in Washington,
D.C. are open to accept filings or, in the case of determining a date when any payment is due, any
day on which banks are not required or authorized by Law to close in New York, New York.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, development, condition, event,
effect or occurrence (each, an “Event”) that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) has or
would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (ii) prevents or materially delays the ability of the Company to consummate
the Offer or the Merger; provided, however, that none of the following shall be
deemed either alone or in combination to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into
account in determining whether there has been or would be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: any
Event (A) generally affecting (1) the geographic regions or industry in which the Company primarily
operates (including changes in the use, adoption or non-adoption of industry standards) to the
extent that they do not disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, in relation to other companies in the industry in which the Company primarily operates
or (2) the economy, or financial, credit, foreign exchange, securities or capital markets,
including any disruption thereof, in the United States or elsewhere in the world to the extent that
they do not disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
in relation to other companies in the industry in which the Company primarily operates or (B) to
the extent (but only to the extent) arising or resulting from any of the following: (1) changes in
applicable Law or applicable accounting regulations or principles or interpretations thereof, (2)
any Events directly or indirectly attributable to the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or
the anticipated consummation of the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions (including the
identity of Parent as the acquiror of the Company, or any action taken, delayed or omitted to be
taken by the Company at the request or with the prior consent of Parent or Merger Sub), including
the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with employees, customers,
subcontractors or partners, (3) national or international political conditions, any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities, insurrection or war, whether or not pursuant to declaration of a
national emergency or war, acts of terrorism, sabotage, strikes, freight embargoes or similar
calamity or crisis to the extent that
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they do not disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in relation to other companies in the industry in
which the Company primarily operates, (4) fires, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, earthquakes,
hurricanes, tornados or other natural disasters, (5) any decline in the market price, or change in
trading volume, of the capital stock of the Company or any failure to meet publicly announced
revenue or earnings projections (whether such projections or predictions were made by the Company
or independent third parties) or internal projections (provided that any Event giving rise to such
decline, change or failure (other than an Event in the foregoing clause (A) or (B)(1), (B)(2),
(B)(3) or (B)(4) or in the following clause (B)(6), (B)(7) or (B)(8)) may be taken into account in
determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect), (6) any proceeding by any of
the Company’s stockholders arising out of, concerning or related to this Agreement or any of the
Transactions (other than any such proceeding initiated against the Company by the Key Stockholder),
(7) the failure of the federal government to adopt a budget for the 2011 fiscal year, the extension
of any effective continuing resolution under which the federal government is operating or the shut
down of the federal government upon expiration of any continuing resolution or (8) any Event that
has been cured prior to the then scheduled expiration time of the Offer (provided that the Company
Material Adverse Effect, if any, resulting from such Event has also been cured prior to the then
scheduled expiration time of the Offer).
“knowledge” means, with respect to any matter in question, (a) as to the Company, the
actual knowledge of the persons listed on Section 9.03 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and (b) as
to Parent, the actual knowledge of the persons listed on Section 9.03 of the Parent Disclosure
Letter.
A “person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, company, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, association, Governmental Entity or other entity.
A “subsidiary” of any person means another person, an amount of the voting securities,
other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a
majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting
interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such
first person.
Section 9.04. Interpretation; Exhibits and Disclosure Letters. The headings contained in
this Agreement or in any Exhibit hereto or the Company Disclosure Letter and in the table of
contents to this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or the Company
Disclosure Letter, but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this
Agreement. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section or Exhibit, such
reference shall be to a Section or Article of, or an Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “hereto”, “hereby”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The term “or” is
not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the
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degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms
of such terms. Any matter disclosed pursuant to any Section of the Company Disclosure Letter whose
relevance or applicability to any representation or warranty made elsewhere in this Agreement is
reasonably apparent on its face shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to such Sections of
such Company Disclosure Letter, notwithstanding the omission of a reference or cross reference
thereto. Any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or
instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented. References to a person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns. References to matters disclosed in the Filed Company SEC Documents are made without
giving effect to any amendment to any such Filed Company SEC Document filed on or after the date
hereof and exclude any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section, sections relating to
forward looking statements and any other disclosures included in such Filed Company SEC Documents
that constitute predictive, cautionary or forward-looking statements.
Section 9.05. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined
to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or law, or public policy, all
other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith
to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as
possible in an acceptable manner to the end that Transactions are fulfilled to the extent possible.
Section 9.06. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts
(including by facsimile), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall
become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and
delivered to the other parties hereto.
Section 9.07. Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, taken
together with the Exhibits hereto, the Company Disclosure Letter, and the Confidentiality
Agreement, (a) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, whether written or oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and (b) except for Section 6.07, are not intended to confer upon any person
other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, whether as third-party
beneficiaries or otherwise.
Section 9.08.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the Laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof.
Section 9.09. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or
otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties
hereto. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding
sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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Section 9.10. Consents and Approvals. For any matter under this Agreement requiring the
consent or approval of any party to be valid and binding on the parties hereto, such consent or
approval must be in writing and executed and delivered to the other parties hereto by a person duly
authorized by such party to do so.
Section 9.11. Enforcement; Arbitration.
(a) The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they
are entitled at law or in equity.
(b) The parties hereto agree that any and all disputes arising under or related in any way to
this Agreement or the Transactions shall be resolved solely in arbitration before the Court of
Chancery of the State of
Delaware (the “
Delaware Court of Chancery”) as set forth below.
Accordingly, and for the sake of clarity, the parties hereto agree that they are waiving and
relinquishing the right to bring any dispute arising under or related in any way to this Agreement
or the Transactions before a court of any state or the United States; that they are waiving any
right to have such dispute decided by a jury; and that they are also waiving any right to argue
that the forum for the arbitration is an inconvenient one. The parties intend that this Section
9.11 be interpreted as broadly as possible, and in favor of prompt and binding arbitration.
(c) The parties hereto agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or the Transactions (a “Dispute”) shall be arbitrated in the Delaware Court of
Chancery pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 349 and the Rules of the Delaware Court of Chancery promulgated
thereunder (the “Chancery Rules”). The parties hereto agree to take all steps necessary or
advisable, including execution of documents to be filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery, in
order properly to submit such Dispute for Arbitration (as defined in the Chancery Rules) in
accordance with this Section 9.11, and each such party agrees that it shall raise no objection to
the submission of such Dispute to Arbitration in accordance with this Section 9.11 and further
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that it may have or
hereafter have to the submission of such Dispute for Arbitration or any right to lay claim to
jurisdiction in any venue.
(d) The Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Chancery Rules; provided
that the parties hereto may agree to amend, modify or alter such rules, and/or adopt new rules, in
each case with the consent of the Arbitrator. Any such amendments, modifications or alterations
shall be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each such party. The Arbitration
shall take place in Delaware or such other location as the parties and the Arbitrator may agree.
(e) The Arbitration shall be presided over by one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) who
shall be a chancellor or vice-chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery appointed as an
arbitrator by the Delaware Court of Chancery.
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(f) Any issue concerning the extent to which any Dispute is subject to Arbitration shall be
decided by the Arbitrator.
(g) The arbitral award (the “Award”) shall (i) be written or oral, (ii) state the
reasons for the award, and (iii) be the sole and exclusive binding remedy with respect to the
Dispute between and among the parties. The parties hereto acknowledge that time is of the essence
and the parties hereto agree that they shall not seek to vary the timing provisions of the Chancery
Rules. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. All Awards
of the Arbitrator shall be final, nonappealable and binding on the parties. The parties hereto
waive any right to refer any question of law and right of appeal on the law and/or merits to any
court, including any appeal contemplated by 10 Del. C. § 349(b). The Award shall be deemed an
award of the United States, the relationship between the parties shall be deemed commercial in
nature, and any Dispute arbitrated pursuant to this Section 9.11 shall be deemed commercial.
(h) The Arbitrator shall have the authority to grant any equitable or legal remedies that
would be available in any judicial proceeding intended to resolve a Dispute, including entering
injunctive or other equitable relief pending the final decision of the Arbitrator or the rendering
of the Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that any petition for
arbitration submitted pursuant to this Section 9.11 shall seek specific performance of the
Transactions, and may also seek monetary damages but only in the event that a grant of an award of
specific performance of the consummation of the Offer, the Merger and other Transactions is not
awarded.
(i) The parties hereto agree that the Arbitration, and all matters relating thereto or arising
thereunder, including the existence of the Dispute, the proceeding and all of its elements
(including any pleadings, briefs or other documents submitted or exchanged, any testimony or other
oral submissions, and any decision of the Arbitrator or Award), shall be kept strictly
confidential, and each party hereto hereby agrees that such information shall not be disclosed
beyond (i) the Arbitrator or such other persons as are contemplated by 10 Del. C. § 349(b), (ii)
such party’s legal counsel, for any purpose related to the Dispute, (iii) the other party to the
Dispute, (iv) the other party’s legal counsel, for any purpose related to the Dispute, (v) any
person necessary to the conduct of the Arbitration, and (vi) solely in connection with a party’s
enforcement of an Award in a court having jurisdiction thereof in accordance with Section 9.11(f),
such court; provided, however, that each party hereto agrees that, prior to
disclosing any information to any party listed in subclauses (ii), (iv) or (v) above, such party
shall use its best efforts to cause the recipient of such information to agree to maintain the
confidentiality of such agreement in a manner consistent with the terms hereof.
(j) Each party hereto shall bear its own legal fees and costs in connection with the
Arbitration; provided, however, that each such party shall pay one-half of any
filing fees, fees and expenses of the Arbitrator or other similar costs incurred by the parties in
connection with the prosecution of the Arbitration.
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(k) The parties hereto acknowledge that the Arbitrator may impose rules different from, or in
addition to, those set forth in this Section 9.11, and nothing in this Section 9.11 shall be
construed to limit or restrict the Arbitrator from adopting any such rules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party hereto shall use its best efforts to cause the Arbitration to be
conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions of this Section
9.11, and hereby further waives the right to object to the conduct of the Arbitration in accordance
therewith.
(l) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.11, each party hereto shall be
entitled to seek interim or provisional relief in the Delaware Court of Chancery or, if the
Delaware Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any Federal court located in the
State of Delaware to (i) protect the rights or property of such party, (ii) maintain the status quo
until such time as the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved, or
(ii) prevent breaches of this Agreement. By doing so, such party does not waive any right or
remedy under this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) irrevocably submits itself to the personal
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery or any Federal court located in the State of
Delaware in any proceeding seeking such relief, and (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or
defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have duly executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT C
Conditions of the Offer
Notwithstanding any other term of the Offer or this Agreement, Merger Sub shall not be
required to, and Parent shall not be required to cause Merger Sub to, accept for payment or,
subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-1(c) under the
Exchange Act (relating to Merger Sub’s obligation to pay for or return tendered shares of the
Company Common Stock promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay for any shares
of the Company Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer, and, to the extent permitted by this
Agreement, may amend or terminate the Offer, unless (i) there shall have been validly tendered and
not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer that number of shares of the Company Common
Stock that, together with shares of the Company Common Stock already owned by Parent and Merger
Sub, would represent at least a majority of the Fully Diluted Shares (the “Minimum Tender
Condition”), and (ii) any waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been
terminated. The term “Fully Diluted Shares” means all outstanding securities entitled
generally to vote in the election of directors of the Company on a fully diluted basis, after
giving effect to the exercise or conversion of all options, rights and securities exercisable or
convertible into such voting securities regardless of the conversion or exercise price, the vesting
schedule or other terms and conditions thereof (other than the Top-Up Option). Furthermore,
notwithstanding any other term of the Offer or this Agreement, Merger Sub shall not be required to,
and Parent shall not be required to cause Merger Sub to, accept for payment or, subject as
aforesaid, to pay for any shares of the Company Common Stock not theretofore accepted for payment
or paid for if, at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and before the expiration of the
Offer, any of the following conditions exists and is continuing at the Expiration Time:
(a) there shall have been any Law or Judgment enacted, enforced, amended, issued, in effect or
deemed applicable to the Offer or the Merger, by any Governmental Entity (a “Government
Action”) that makes illegal or otherwise prohibits, enjoins or restrains consummation of the
Offer or the Merger (provided that Parent and Merger Sub have used reasonable best efforts
to oppose any such Government Action);
(b) there shall be instituted or pending any suit, action or proceeding by any Governmental
Entity seeking any of the consequences referred to in paragraph (a) above;
(c) (1) any of the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.03, 3.04 and
3.20 (subject, in the case of Section 3.03, to de minimis exceptions of not more than 1% of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of the Measurement Date) shall not be true and
correct as of the date of the Agreement or as of the Acceptance Time as if made at and as of such
date (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties speak as of a specified
date, in which case only as of such specified date) and (2) any of the representations of the
Company set forth in this Agreement (other than those listed in the previous clause (1)) shall not
be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any derivative
thereof or “Company Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) as of the date of the Agreement or
as of the Acceptance Time as if made at and as of such date (except to the extent that any such
representations and warranties speak as of a specified date, in which case only as of such specified date) and the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be
so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any derivative
thereof or “Company Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the Company shall have failed to perform in all material respects its agreements and
covenants to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement and shall not have cured such
breach, failure to perform or noncompliance;
(e) this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms; or
(f) there shall have occurred any Event that, individually or in the aggregate with other
Events, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
The foregoing conditions shall be in addition to, and not a limitation of, the rights of
Parent and Sub to extend, terminate and/or modify the Offer pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
The foregoing conditions are for the benefit of Parent and Merger Sub, may be asserted by
Parent or Merger Sub regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such conditions and may be
waived by Parent or Merger Sub in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in their sole
discretion (other than the Minimum Tender Condition), in each case, subject to the terms of the
Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The failure by Parent or Merger Sub
at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any such right,
the waiver of any such right with respect to particular facts and circumstances shall not be deemed
a waiver with respect to any other facts and circumstances and each such right shall be deemed an
ongoing right that may be asserted at any time and from time to time.