AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF JANUARY 29, 2010 BY AND AMONG QUANTRX BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION, NP ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND NURX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
EXECUTION
COPY
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
DATED
AS OF JANUARY 29, 2010
BY
AND AMONG
QUANTRX
BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION,
NP
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AND
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ARTICLE
1
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THE
MERGER
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2
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1.01
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The
Merger
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2
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1.02
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Effective
Time
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1.03
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Effects
of the Merger
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2
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1.04
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Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
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2
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1.05
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Directors
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2
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1.06
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Officers
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2
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1.07
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Closing
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3
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1.08
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Additional
Actions
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3
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ARTICLE
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EFFECT
OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY AND MERGER
SUB
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2.01
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Effect
on Shares of Capital Stock
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3
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2.02
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Options
and Warrants.
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5
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2.03
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Payment
for Common Shares in the Merger
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5
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2.04
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Adjustment
of the Merger Consideration
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ARTICLE
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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3.01
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Corporate
Existence and Power
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3.02
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Corporate
Authorization
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3.03
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Governmental
Authorization
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3.04
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Non-contravention
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3.05
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Company
Capitalization
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3.06
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Subsidiaries
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3.07
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Company
SEC Documents; Financial Statements
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3.08
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Disclosure
Documents
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3.09
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Litigation
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14
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3.10
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Brokers’
Fees
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14
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3.11
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Environmental
Matters
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14
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3.12
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Taxes
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15
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3.13
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Compliance
with Law
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17
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3.14
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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3.15
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Intellectual
Property
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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3.17
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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3.18
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Property
and Leases
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3.19
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Material
Contracts
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3.20
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Insurance
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3.21
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Amendment
to Company Rights Plan
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ARTICLE
4
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF MERGER SUB AND PARENT
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4.01
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Corporate
Existence and Power
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4.02
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Corporate
Authorization
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4.03
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Governmental
Authorization
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4.04
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Non-contravention
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4.05
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Parent
Capitalization
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4.06
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Disclosure
Documents
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4.07
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Subsidiaries
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4.08
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Parent
SEC Documents; Financial Statements
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4.09
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Issuance
of Shares
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4.10
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Litigation
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29
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4.11
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Brokers’
Fees
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29
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4.12
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Environmental
Matters
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4.13
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Taxes
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4.14
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Compliance
with Law
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4.15
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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4.16
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Intellectual
Property
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4.17
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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4.18
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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4.19
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Property
and Leases
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4.20
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Material
Contracts
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4.21
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Insurance
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ARTICLE
5
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COVENANTS
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5.01
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Conduct
of Business of the Company
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5.02
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Conduct
of Business of Parent
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5.03
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Stockholders
Meeting
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5.04
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Filings
and Consents
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5.05
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Access
to Information
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5.06
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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5.07
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Public
Announcements
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5.08
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Indemnification;
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance
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5.09
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Further
Assurances; Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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5.10
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No
Solicitation
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5.11
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SEC
Reports
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5.12
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Termination
of Registration
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5.13
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Stockholder
Litigation
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5.14
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Employee
Matters
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5.15
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Options
and Warrants
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5.16
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Equity
Financings
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5.17
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Parent
Covenants
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ARTICLE
6
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CONDITIONS
TO CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
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6.01
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party
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6.02
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Conditions
to Obligations of Merger Sub and Parent
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6.03
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Conditions
to Obligation of the Company
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ARTICLE
7
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TERMINATION
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7.01
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Termination
by Mutual Consent
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7.02
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Termination
by Merger Sub, Parent or the Company
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7.03
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Termination
by Merger Sub and Parent
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7.04
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Termination
by the Company
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7.05
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Effect
of Termination
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ARTICLE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.01
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Payment
of Expenses
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8.02
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Performance
by Merger Sub and Surviving Corporation
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8.03
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No
Survival
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8.04
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Modification
or Amendment
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8.05
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Entire
Agreement; Assignment
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8.06
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Severability
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8.07
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Notices
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8.08
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Governing
Law
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8.09
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Descriptive
Headings
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8.10
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Counterparts
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8.11
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Certain
Definitions
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8.12
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Specific
Performance
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8.13
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Extension;
Waiver
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8.14
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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8.15
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Submission
to Jurisdiction
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8.16
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as
of January 29, 2010, is entered into by and among QuantRx Biomedical Corporaton,
a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), NP
Acquisition Corporation, a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”), and NuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has
(i) declared the advisability of this Agreement and approved this Agreement and
(ii) recommended the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders
of the Company.
WHEREAS,
Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and the board of directors of
each of Parent and Merger Sub have declared the advisability of this Agreement
and approved this Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company Board, Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and the board
of directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub have approved the merger of Merger
Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving
corporation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement and Chapters 78 and 92A of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“Nevada Law”), and
pursuant to the Articles of Merger substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Articles of Merger”),
whereby each issued and outstanding share of the common stock, par value $0.001
per share (the “Common
Shares”), of the Company (other than Common Shares to be canceled
pursuant to Section
2.01(b) and Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 2.01(d))),
shall be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (as
defined in Section
2.01(a)).
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a
material inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement,
certain stockholders of the Company are executing and delivering to Parent a
Voting Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B pursuant to
which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, such stockholders
have agreed to vote all shares of the Company’s capital stock owned by it in
favor of the adoption of this Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company, Merger Sub and Parent desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger, and also to
prescribe various conditions to the Merger (as defined in Section
1.01).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
1
THE
MERGER
1.01
The
Merger. At the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.02), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with
the provisions of Nevada Law, Merger Sub shall be merged (the “Merger”) with and
into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving
Corporation”) of the Merger.
1.02
Effective
Time. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, on the
Closing Date, the parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing
with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada the Articles of Merger,
executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of Nevada
Law. The Merger shall become effective on the date the Articles of
Merger are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada or at such
later date as is agreed to by the parties hereto and specified in the Articles
of Merger (the date on which the Merger becomes effective is herein referred to
as the “Effective
Time”) For purposes of administration, the Merger shall be
deemed to have occurred at 12:00 p.m. on the
Effective Time.
1.03
Effects of the
Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth herein, in
the Articles of Merger and in Nevada Law. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger
Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.04
Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
(a)
At the
Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company shall be amended to
read in its entirety as the Articles of Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, provided that the name of the
Surviving Corporation shall be “NuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,” and as so amended
shall be the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until duly
amended in accordance with applicable law and the Surviving Corporation’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(b)
The
Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable law and the Surviving Corporation’s Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
1.05
Directors. The
directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
initial directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with applicable law and the Surviving
Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
1.06
Officers. The
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
initial officers of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death,
resignation or removal.
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1.07
Closing. Subject
to the conditions contained in this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the
“Closing”)
shall take place (a) at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US), 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, on the date which is most promptly
practicable following the date of the satisfaction (or waiver if permissible) of
all of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 6 (other than
those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), but in no event later
than the second (2nd) business day following such date, or (b) at such other
place and time and/or on such other date as the Company and Parent may agree in
writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is hereinafter referred to as the
“Closing
Date.”
1.08
Additional
Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of
sale, assignments or assurances in Law or any other acts are necessary or
desirable to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving
Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights,
properties or assets of the Company or Merger Sub, the Company and its officers
and directors shall be deemed to have granted to the Surviving Corporation an
irrevocable power of attorney to execute and deliver all such deeds, assignments
and assurances in Law and to take all acts necessary, proper or desirable to
vest, perfect or confirm title to and possession of such rights, properties or
assets in the Surviving Corporation, and the officers and directors of the
Surviving Corporation are authorized in the name of the Company to take any and
all such action.
ARTICLE
2
EFFECT
OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF
THE COMPANY AND MERGER SUB
2.01 Effect on Shares of Capital
Stock.
(a)
Conversion of Common Shares
of the Company. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of the holder of any Common Shares, the
Company or Merger Sub, each Common Share that is issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) Dissenting Shares, and
(ii) those Common Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.01(b))
shall be canceled and extinguished and converted, subject to Section 2.03, into
the right to receive 1.54448 validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value, of Parent (the “Parent Common
Stock”), payable to the holder thereof (the “Merger
Consideration”). All such Common Shares, when so converted,
shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and each
holder of a certificate or certificates representing any such Common Shares
shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive
the Merger Consideration.
(b)
Cancellation of Certain
Common Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of the holder of any Common Shares, the
Company or Merger Sub, each Common Share that is owned by the Company or any
wholly owned Subsidiary as treasury stock or otherwise or owned by Merger Sub or
Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no
cash or other consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange
therefor.
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(c)
Capital Stock of Merger
Sub. As of the Effective Time, each share of common stock of
Merger Sub (“Merger
Sub Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holders of Merger Sub Common Stock, the Company or Merger Sub, be
converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (“Surviving Corporation Common
Stock”). Each certificate that, immediately prior to the
Effective Time, represented issued and outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common
Stock shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the
necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent the shares of the
Surviving Corporation capital stock into which such shares have been converted
pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the record holder thereof
shall receive, upon surrender of any such certificate, a certificate
representing the shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock into which the
shares of Merger Sub Common Stock formerly represented thereby shall have been
converted pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d)
Dissenting
Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, any Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and held by a holder (a “Dissenting
Stockholder”) who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented
thereto in writing and who has properly demanded appraisal for such Common
Shares in accordance with Nevada Law (“Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration at the
Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.01(a)
hereof, but shall represent and become the right to receive such consideration
as may be determined to be due to such Dissenting Stockholder pursuant to Nevada
Law, unless and until such holder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise
loses such holder’s right to appraisal and payment under Nevada
Law. If, after the Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect or
withdraws or otherwise loses such holder’s right to appraisal, such former
Dissenting Shares held by such holder shall be treated as if they had been
converted as of the Effective Time into a right to receive, upon surrender as
provided above, the Merger Consideration without any interest or dividends
thereon, in accordance with Section
2.01(a). The Company shall give Parent and Merger Sub prompt
notice of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of Common Shares,
withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served pursuant to Nevada
Law and received by the Company, and Parent shall have the right to direct all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Except as
required by Nevada Law, the Company shall not, except with the prior written
consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal of
Common Shares or offer to settle or settle any such demands.
(e)
Fractional
Shares. No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be
issued, but in lieu thereof each holder of Company Shares who would otherwise be
entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by such holder) shall
receive from Parent an amount of cash (rounded up or down to the nearest whole
cent) equal to the product of (i) such fraction, multiplied by
(ii) the average of the closing prices of Parent Common Stock as reported
on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board during the 20 trading days ending (and
including) the trading day immediately prior to the Effective
Time. The fractional share interests of each Company stockholder
shall be aggregated, so that no Company stockholder shall receive cash in
respect of fractional share interests in an amount greater than the value of one
full share of Parent Common Stock.
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2.02
Options and Warrants.
(a)
For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Option” means each
outstanding unexercised option to purchase Common Shares, whether or not then
vested or fully exercisable, granted to any current or former employee,
consultant or director of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any
other person, whether under any stock option plan or otherwise (including,
without limitation, under the Company’s 2007 Stock Compensation Plan of Company,
as amended) (the “Company Stock
Plan”).
(b)
At the
Effective Time, the Company Stock Plan and all Options then outstanding under
the Company Stock Plan shall be assumed by Parent in accordance with Section
5.15(a).
(c)
At the
Effective Time, all warrants to purchase Common Shares or any other shares of
Company capital stock then outstanding (the “Warrants”) shall be
assumed by Parent in accordance with Section
5.15(b).
(d)
Prior to
the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions that are reasonable
requested by Parent or are otherwise necessary or desirable to give effect to
the transactions contemplated by this Section
2.02.
2.03
Payment for Common Shares in
the Merger.
(a)
Prior to
the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint a commercial bank or trust company
reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as exchange agent (the “Agent”) for the
purpose of exchanging certificates representing, immediately prior to the
Effective Time, Common Shares for the aggregate Merger
Consideration. At or as promptly as practicable following the
Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or Parent shall otherwise take all steps
necessary to cause to be deposited, (i) certificates evidencing the shares
of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in exchange for
Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and
(ii) cash in an amount sufficient to permit payment of cash in lieu of
fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.01(e) (such cash and certificates for
shares of Parent Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with
respect thereto, being the “Exchange Fund”),
which deposit shall be used solely and exclusively for purposes of paying the
consideration specified in Section 2.01(a) in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and shall not be used to satisfy
any other obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The
Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose except as provided in this
Agreement.
(b)
As
promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than ten
(10) business days after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall
cause the Agent to mail to each record holder of certificates (the “Certificates”) that
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Common Shares (i) a notice
of the effectiveness of the Merger, (ii) a form letter of transmittal 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 to the
Agent, and (iii) instructions for use in surrendering such Certificates and
receiving the Merger Consideration in respect thereof.
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(c)
Upon
surrender to the Agent of a Certificate for cancellation, together with such
letter of transmittal duly executed and completed in accordance with the
instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to
the instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive,
in exchange therefor, in the case of Common Shares (other than Common Shares to
be canceled pursuant to Section 2.01(b)), the
Merger Consideration in accordance with the instructions provided by such
holder. No interest or dividends will be paid or accrued on the
consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate. If the
consideration provided for herein is to be delivered in the name of a person
other than the person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered,
it shall be a condition of such delivery that the Certificate so surrendered
shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the
person requesting such delivery shall pay any transfer or other taxes required
by reason of such delivery to a person other than the registered holder of the
Certificate, or that such person shall establish to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not
applicable. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of
this Section
2.03, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting
Shares or Common Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.01(b))
shall represent, for all purposes, in the case of Certificates representing
Common Shares (other than Common Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.01(b)),
only the right to receive the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of
Common Shares formerly evidenced by such Certificate without any interest or
dividends thereon.
(d)
The
consideration issued upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with this
Agreement shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to such Common Shares formerly represented thereby. After
the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of
the Surviving Corporation of any Common Shares that were outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time,
Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall be canceled
and exchanged as provided in this ARTICLE
2.
(e)
Any
portion of the Exchange Fund (including any amounts that may be payable to the
former stockholders of the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement) which remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company
upon the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing Date shall be delivered to
Parent, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not
theretofore complied with this ARTICLE 2 shall,
subject to Section
2.03(f), thereafter look to the Surviving Corporation only as general
unsecured creditors thereof for the Merger Consideration, without any interest
or dividends thereon, that may be payable in respect of each Common Share held
by such stockholder.
(f)
None of
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or Agent shall be liable to a holder of
Certificates or any other person in respect of any Merger Consideration or cash
delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar Law. If any Certificates shall not have been
surrendered by the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date (or immediately
prior to such earlier date on which any Merger Consideration, dividends (whether
in cash, stock or property) or other distributions with respect to Common Shares
in respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property
of any Governmental Authority (as defined in Section 3.03)), any
such shares, cash, dividends or distributions in respect of such Certificate
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the
Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interests of any person
previously entitled thereto.
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(g)
In the
event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making
of an affidavit (in form and substance acceptable to the Surviving Corporation)
of that fact by the person (who shall be the record owner of such Certificate)
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount
as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim that may
be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Agent will issue in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration
deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement. Parent and
Company agree that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, payments from the
Exchange Fund to former stockholders pursuant to Section 2.03(c) shall
not be treated as a dividend distribution even if the payments from the Exchange
Fund are attributable to Company deposits into the Exchange Fund.
(h)
Each of
the Agent, the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any holder of Common Shares
pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or
withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any
applicable provision of state, local or foreign tax Law. To the
extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the appropriate
taxing authority by Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such amounts
shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(i)
No
dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time with
respect to the Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time
shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the
shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no cash payment in lieu
of any fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section
2.01(e), until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender such
Certificate.
2.04
Adjustment of the Merger
Consideration.
(a)
The
Merger Consideration payable pursuant to this ARTICLE 2 has been
calculated based upon the representations and warranties made by the Company in
Section 3.05.
In the event that, at the Effective Time, the actual number of Common Shares
outstanding and/or the actual number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise
of Options or Warrants or similar agreements, or upon conversion of securities
(including without limitation, as a result of any stock split, reclassification,
stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible
into Common Shares) or recapitalization) is greater than as described in Section 3.05 without
giving effect to changes in the number of shares of Common Shares or the number
of shares issuable upon the exercise of Options or Warrants outstanding as a
result of (i) the exercise of Options or Warrants granted on or prior to the
date hereof, or (ii) the issuance of Common Shares upon the exercise of Options
or Warrants granted on or prior to the date hereof, the exercise of such Options
or Warrants or the issuance of Common Shares upon the exercise of such Options
or Warrants, the Merger Consideration shall be equitably adjusted downward. The
provisions of this Section 2.04(a) shall
not, in any event, adversely affect, constitute a waiver of or otherwise impair
any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s rights under this Agreement (including any of
Parent’s or Merger Sub’s rights arising from any misrepresentation or breach of
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05
hereof).
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(b)
The
Merger Consideration payable pursuant to this ARTICLE 2 has been
calculated based upon the representations and warranties made by Parent in Section 4.05. In the
event that, at the Effective Time, the actual number of shares of Parent Common
Stock outstanding and/or the actual number of shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of stock options or Parent Warrants or similar
agreements, or upon conversion of securities (including without limitation, as a
result of any stock split, reclassification, stock dividend (including any
dividend or distribution of securities convertible into shares of Parent Common
Stock) or recapitalization) is greater than as described in Section 4.05 without
giving effect to changes in the number of shares of Parent Common Stock or the
number of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options or Parent Warrants
outstanding as a result of (i) the exercise of Options or Warrants granted on or
prior to the date hereof, or (ii) the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock
upon the exercise of stock options or Parent Warrants granted on or prior to the
date hereof, the exercise of such stock options or Parent Warrants or the
issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of such stock
options or Parent Warrants, the Merger Consideration shall be equitably adjusted
upward. The provisions of this Section 2.04(b) shall
not, in any event, adversely affect, constitute a waiver of or otherwise impair
any of the Company’s rights under this Agreement (including any of the Company’s
rights arising from any misrepresentation or breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4.05
hereof).
ARTICLE
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as
set forth in the corresponding section of the disclosure schedule delivered by
the Company to Merger Sub and Parent prior to the execution of this Agreement
(the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”) (it being agreed that any disclosure set forth on
any particular section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed
disclosed in another section of the Company Disclosure Schedule if disclosure
with respect to the particular section is sufficient to make reasonably clear
the relevance of the disclosure to such other section), the Company represents
and warrants to each of Merger Sub and Parent as of the date hereof and as of
the Effective Time that:
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3.01
Corporate Existence and
Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Nevada and has all
corporate powers required to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry
on its business as now conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such
qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be
so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). A true
and complete copy of the articles of incorporation of the Company as currently
in effect has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and referenced
as an exhibit in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2009, and a true and complete copy of the bylaws of the
Company as currently in effect has been filed with the SEC and referenced as an
exhibit in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2009. The Company is not in violation of any of the
provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws. As used in
this Agreement, the term “Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any circumstance, effect, event, change or Proceeding that,
individually or in the aggregate (i) had, or is reasonably likely to have, a
materially adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, other than resulting from any Company Excluded Matter, (ii) prevents
or materially delays, or is reasonably likely to prevent or materially delay,
the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to perform their obligations
under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Transactions”)
in accordance with the terms hereof or (iii) would reasonably be expected to
result in Losses to the Company or Parent that exceed $1,000,000 (but only to
the extent such Losses are not otherwise covered and reasonably likely to be
paid by the Company’s insurance policy). As used in this Agreement,
“Company Excluded
Matter” means any one or more of the following: (a) changes in general
economic conditions which do not have a materially disproportionate effect on
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) changes affecting the
specific industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate which do not
have a materially disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole relative to other industry participants, (c) changes caused by
the taking of any action required by this Agreement or the failure to take any
action prohibited by this Agreement, (d) the taking of any action by the Company
that has been previously approved in writing by Parent and Merger Sub, (e)
changes resulting from a modification after the date of this Agreement in
accounting rules or procedures announced by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board with respect to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, (f) changes
resulting from a material breach of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, (g)
changes resulting from any modification in any Law applicable to the Company,
(h) any failure of the Company to meet internal projections or analysts’
expectations for any financial period ending after the date of this Agreement
(provided that the underlying causes of such failure shall not be excluded
pursuant to this clause (h)) or (i) changes that are directly attributable to
the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency of the
Transactions.
3.02
Corporate
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the
Transactions are within the Company’s corporate powers and, except for obtaining
the Stockholder Approval, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company. The affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding Common Shares to approve and adopt this Agreement
and to approve the Merger (the “Stockholder
Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any of the Company’s
capital stock necessary in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger
Sub, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar
applicable Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity. At a meeting duly called and held prior to the execution
of this Agreement at which all directors of the Company were present, the
Company Board duly and unanimously adopted resolutions (i) declaring that this
Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, are fair to and in the
best interests of the Company’s stockholders, (ii) approving and declaring
advisable this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, in
accordance with the requirements of Nevada Law, and (iii) recommending that the
stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement. To the
knowledge of the Company, no state takeover statute is applicable to the Merger
or the other Transactions.
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3.03
Governmental
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the
Transactions require no action by or in respect of, or filing with or
notification to, any domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign government or
governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, commission, board,
bureau, court or instrumentality or arbitrator of any kind (“Governmental
Authority”), other than (i) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the
Nevada Secretary of State and appropriate documents with the relevant
authorities of other states in which the Company is qualified to do business,
(ii) compliance with applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
other applicable securities laws, whether federal, state or foreign, or (iii)
actions, filings or notice the absence of which would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.04
Non-contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the Transactions do not and will not (a)
contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision
of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or equivalent
organization documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, (b) assuming compliance
with the matters referred to in Section 3.03,
contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any foreign or
domestic (federal, state or local) law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
permit, license, injunction, writ, judgment, decree or order (each, a “Law” and,
collectively, “Laws”) applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, (c) conflict with, result in any
breach, require any consent or action by another Person under, constitute a
default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination, amendment,
cancellation, acceleration or require any payment under or other change of any
right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company is entitled under any provision of any contract,
instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license, loan or credit agreement,
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other property agreement, partnership
or joint venture agreement or other legally binding agreement, whether oral or
written (each, a “Contract” and,
collectively, “Contracts”)
applicable to the Company or any such Subsidiary or their respective properties
or assets, or any permit affecting, or relating in any way to, the assets or
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (d) result in the creation or
imposition of any mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, security interest or other
charge, title imperfection or encumbrance (each, a “Lien” and,
collectively, “Liens”) on any asset
of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with such exceptions, in the
case of each of clauses (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 3.04, as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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3.05
Company
Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 150,000,000 shares of Common Shares and 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (“Preferred
Stock”). As of the date of this Agreement (i) 23,444,234
Common Shares were issued and outstanding, (ii) no shares of Preferred Stock
were issued and outstanding, (iii) 3,750,000 Common Shares were reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Company Stock Plan, of which 2,038,061 Common Shares
are subject to outstanding Options, (iv) 3,087,500 Common Shares were reserved
for issuance pursuant to outstanding Warrants and (v) no Common Shares were held
in the treasury of the Company. All outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been, and all shares that may be issued pursuant to
any Options or Warrants will be, when issued in accordance with the respective
terms thereof, duly authorized and validly issued and are (or, in the case of
shares that have not yet been issued, will be) fully paid, nonassessable and
free of preemptive rights. Except as set forth in this Section 3.05 and as
otherwise set forth on Section 3.05 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or for
changes since the date of this Agreement resulting from the exercise of Options
or Warrants outstanding on such date and disclosed on Section 3.05 of the
Company Disclosure, there are not now, and at the Effective Time there will not
be, any outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the
Company, (ii) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (iii) options,
warrants or other rights, agreements or arrangements to acquire from the
Company, or other obligations or commitments of the Company to issue, transfer
or sell any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities or other equity interests
in, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) restricted shares,
restricted share units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares,
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, (v) voting trusts, proxies or other similar
agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party granting to any person or group of persons the right to elect, or to
designate or nominate for election, a director to the Company Board or by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound with respect to the voting of
any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (vi)
contractual obligations or commitments of any character to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound restricting the transfer of, or requiring the registration
for sale of, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (vii) obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the capital stock of the
Company. No capital stock of the Company is owned by any Subsidiary
of the Company. There are no commitments or agreements of any
character to which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the
vesting of any Option as a result of the Merger. All outstanding Company Shares,
all outstanding Options, and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary of the Company have been issued and granted in compliance with (i)
all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws and (ii) all
requirements set forth in applicable contracts.
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3.06
Subsidiaries.
(a)
A true
and complete list of each Subsidiary of the Company is set forth in Section
3.06(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each Subsidiary of the
Company is an organization duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all organizational
powers required to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now conducted. Each such Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such
qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be
so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except for equity
interests in its Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly,
any capital stock or other equity or similar interest in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable for any equity or similar interest in, any
Person. No Subsidiary of the Company owns, directly or indirectly,
any capital stock or other equity or similar interest in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable for any equity or similar interest in, any
Person, except for the capital stock and/or other equity or similar interest in,
or any interest convertible into or exchangeable for any equity or similar
interest in, another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company. The Company has
heretofore made available to Parent and Merger Sub a complete and correct copy
of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent organizational
documents) of each Subsidiary of the Company in full force and effect as of the
date hereof. No Subsidiary of the Company is in violation of any of
the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent
organizational documents).
(b)
All of
the outstanding capital stock of, or other voting securities or equity or
similar interests in each Subsidiary of the Company is owned by the Company,
directly or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other
limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell
or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other voting securities or
ownership interests). There are no outstanding (i) securities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of capital stock or other voting securities or equity or similar interests in
any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) options, warrants or other rights or
arrangements to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or other
obligations or commitments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue,
any capital stock of or other voting securities or equity or similar interests
in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of
or other voting securities or equity or similar interests in, any Subsidiary of
the Company, or (iii) restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, performance
shares, 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, any Subsidiary of the
Company. There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the
capital stock of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(c)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity,
ownership, profit, voting or similar interest in or any interest convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity, profit, voting or similar interest
in, any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company).
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3.07
Company SEC Documents;
Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed each
statement, report, registration statement (with the prospectus in the form
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act), definitive
proxy statement, and other filing required to be filed with the SEC by the
Company between January 1, 2007 and the date hereof, and, prior to the Effective
Time, the Company will file any additional documents required to be filed with
the SEC by the Company prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Company SEC
Documents”). In addition, the Company has made available to
Parent all exhibits to the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof
that are (a) requested by Parent; and (b) not available in complete form through
XXXXX (“Requested
Company Confidential Exhibits”) and will promptly make available to
Parent all Requested Company Confidential Exhibits to any additional Company SEC
Documents filed prior to the Effective Time. All documents required to be filed
as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents have been so filed. As of
their respective filing dates, the Company SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities
Act and none of the Company SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
in which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected by a
subsequently filed Company SEC Document prior to the date hereof. The
financial statements of the Company, including the notes thereto, included in
the Company SEC Documents (the “Company Financial
Statements”), complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations
of the SEC with respect thereto as of their respective dates, and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent throughout the
periods indicated and consistent with each other (except as may be indicated in
the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements included in Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC). The
Company Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition, operating
results and cash flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the dates and
during the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal, recurring year-end adjustments). There has
been no change in the Company accounting policies except as described in the
notes to the Company Financial Statements.
3.08
Disclosure
Documents.
(a)
Each
document required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or required to be
distributed or otherwise disseminated to the Company’s stockholders in
connection with the Transactions (the “Company Disclosure
Documents”), including the proxy or information statement of the Company
which shall be part of Parent’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration
Statement”) registering the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to
the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Merger (collectively, the
“Proxy
Statement”) to be filed with the SEC for use in connection with the
solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders in connection with the
adoption of this Agreement and the Company Stockholders Meeting, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, when filed, distributed or disseminated, as
applicable, will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
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(b)
(i) The
Proxy Statement, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, at the time such
Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to
stockholders of the Company, at the time such stockholders vote on adoption of
this Agreement and at the Effective Time, and (ii) any Company Disclosure
Documents (other than the Proxy Statement), at the time of the filing of such
Company Disclosure Documents or any supplement or amendment thereto and at the
time of any distribution or dissemination thereof, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and
warranties contained in this Section 3.08(b) will
not apply to statements or omissions included in the Company Disclosure
Documents based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by Parent
specifically for use therein.
3.09
Litigation. There
is no litigation, suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation (“Proceeding”) pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against, the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or assets or any of the
directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, its stockholders or representatives (in each case
insofar as any such matters relate to their activities with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before any Governmental Authority,
arbitrator or arbitration panel. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any material property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, is subject to any order, writ, injunction or decree
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or naming the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries as a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, by which any of
the employees or representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
prohibited or restricted from engaging in or otherwise conducting the business
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as presently conducted. To
the knowledge of the Company, there is no investigation or review by any
Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority with respect to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding investigations and reviews of proprietary
rights applications by the intellectual property offices of a Governmental
Authority) or any of their respective employees (insofar as any such
investigation or review relates to their activities with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries) pending or threatened, nor has any Governmental Authority or
self-regulatory authority indicated to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
writing or, to the knowledge of the Company, verbally, an intention to conduct
the same.
3.10
Brokers’
Fees. No broker, finder, financial adviser or investment
banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in
connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by, or on behalf
of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.11
Environmental
Matters.
(a)
Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i)
no
notice, demand, request for information, citation, summons or order has been
received, no complaint has been filed, no penalty has been assessed, no
Proceeding is pending and, to the knowledge of the Company, no investigation or
review is pending or threatened and no Proceeding is threatened by any
Governmental Authority or other Person relating to or arising out of any failure
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental
Law;
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(ii)
the
Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws and all permits required by Environmental Laws;
(iii)
there has
been no release by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to be liable by
Contract or by operation of Law, of any hazardous substance at, under, from or
to any facility or real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(iv)
there are
no liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever,
whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise
arising under or relating to any Environmental Law, and, to the knowledge of the
Company, there is no condition, situation or set of circumstances that would
reasonably be expected to result in or be the basis for any such
liability.
(b)
“Environmental Laws”
shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign (including without limitation
United Kingdom and European Union) statutes, regulations, ordinances and other
requirements having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative
orders and determinations, and all common law concerning public health and
safety, worker health and safety, and pollution or protection of the
environment, as the foregoing are enacted or in effect, on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(c)
There has
been no environmental investigation, study, audit, test, review or other
analysis conducted of which the Company has knowledge in relation to the current
or prior business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property or
facility now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries since January 1, 2007 that has not been
delivered to Parent at least five business days prior to the date
hereof.
(d)
For
purposes of Section
3.11(c), the terms “Company” and “Subsidiaries” shall
include any entity that is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
3.12
Taxes.
(a)
All
material Tax Returns required by applicable Law to be filed with any Taxing
Authority by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been
filed when due in accordance in all material respects with all applicable Laws
(taking into account any extension of time which has been granted within which
to file), and all such Tax Returns are, or shall be at the time of filing, true
and complete in all material respects.
(b)
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has paid (or has had paid on its behalf) or
has withheld and remitted to the appropriate Taxing Authority all Taxes due and
payable, or, where payment is not yet due or where Taxes are being contested in
good faith, has established (or has had established on its behalf and for its
sole benefit and recourse) in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States an adequate accrual for all material Taxes
through the end of the last period for which the Company and its Subsidiaries
ordinarily record items on their respective books.
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(c)
There are
no material Liens or encumbrances for Taxes on any of the assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d)
No
federal, state, local or foreign audits, examinations, investigations or other
Proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with
regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(e)
There is
currently no effective agreement or other document extending, or having the
effect of extending, the period of assessment or collection of any Taxes with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended
to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code in the five
years prior to the date of this Agreement.
(g)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “reportable
transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.6011-4(b)(1).
(h) There is
no Contract or other arrangement, plan or agreement by or with the Company or
any of its subsidiaries covering any person that, individually or collectively,
could give rise to the payment of any amount by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that would not be deductible by the Company or such subsidiary by
reason of Sections 280G or 162(m) of the Code (or any corresponding provision of
state, local or foreign law).
(i)
“Tax” means (i) any
tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever
(including withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any
interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
Governmental Authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic
or foreign) (a “Taxing
Authority”), and any liability for any of the foregoing as transferee,
(ii) in the case of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, liability for the
payment of any amount of the type described in clause (i) as a result of being
or having been before the Effective Time a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group, or a party to any agreement or
arrangement, as a result of which liability of a Person or any of its
Subsidiaries to a Taxing Authority is determined or taken into account with
reference to the activities of any other Person, and (iii) liability of a Person
or any of its Subsidiaries for the payment of any amount as a result of being
party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or with respect to the payment of any amount
imposed on any Person of the type described in (i) or (ii) as a result of any
existing express or implied agreement or arrangement (including an
indemnification agreement or arrangement). “Tax Return” means any
report, return, document, declaration or other information or filing required to
be supplied to any Taxing Authority with respect to Taxes, including information
returns, any documents with respect to or accompanying payments of estimated
Taxes, or with respect to or accompanying requests for the extension of time in
which to file any such report, return, document, declaration or other
information. “Tax Sharing
Agreements” means all existing agreements or arrangements (whether or not
written) binding a Person or any of its Subsidiaries that provide for the
allocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax liability or
benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues, receipts or gains
for the purpose of determining any Person’s Tax liability (excluding any
indemnification agreements or arrangements pertaining to the sale or lease of
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).
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(j)
None of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property
holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during
the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the
Code.
(k)
Section
3.12(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information
with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries: a list of (A) the federal
and state income, franchise and occupation Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for any taxable periods ended on or after
September 30, 2003, (B) those federal and state income, franchise and occupation
Tax Returns that have been audited and (C) those federal and state income,
franchise and occupation Tax Returns that currently are the subject of an audit.
The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all
such Tax Returns and related examination reports, and related statements of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company since September 30,
2003.
3.13
Compliance with
Law. The Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses and
operations are and, since January 1, 2007 have been, in compliance
with all Laws applicable to the Company or such Subsidiaries, except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
in effect all material grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, variances,
exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals, and orders (collectively, “Permits”) necessary
for it to own, lease or otherwise hold and to operate its real properties and
tangible assets and to carry on its businesses and operations as now conducted.
Since January 1, 2007, there have occurred no material defaults (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) under, violations of, or events giving to
others any right of termination, amendment or cancellation, with or without
notice or lapse of time or both, of, any such Permit. The Transactions would not
reasonably be expected to cause the revocation or cancellation (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) of any such Permit.
3.14
Labor and Employment
Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreements or understandings
with any labor unions or labor organizations. There is no (i) unfair labor
practice, labor dispute (other than routine individual grievances) or labor
arbitration proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to their businesses,
(ii) activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to the
knowledge of the Company to organize any employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iii) lockout, strike, slowdown, work stoppage or threat
thereof by or with respect to such employees, and during the last three years
there has not been any such action. Since January 1, 2007, (i) there
has been no “mass layoff” or “plant closing” as defined by the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the “WARN Act”) in respect
of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has been affected by any transactions or engaged in layoffs or
employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any
state, local or foreign applicable Law or regulation which is similar to the
WARN Act.
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3.15 Intellectual
Property.
(a)
“Proprietary Rights”
means all intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world
including (i) inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements,
ideas, know-how, formula methodology, processes, technology and patents, patent
applications and patent disclosures in any jurisdiction pertaining to the
foregoing, including re-issues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part,
renewals and extensions; (ii) trademarks (whether registered or unregistered),
service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, Internet domain names
and other indicia of source, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction
pertaining to the foregoing, together with all goodwill associated with each of
the foregoing; (iii) rights of copyright (whether registered or unregistered),
copyrighted and copyrightable works of authorship in any medium or other works,
applications or registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing
and all moral rights related thereto; (iv) trade secrets and confidential
information (including inventions, know-how, research and development
information, technical data, financial, business and marketing plans, and
customer and supplier lists and related information); (v) computer software and
software systems (including data, source code and object code, programming
tools, specifications, databases and related documentation); and (vi) all other
intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind.
(b)
The
Company or its Subsidiaries exclusively own, free and clear of any and all Liens
(other than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course) all of the
Proprietary Rights, or have a valid right to use and otherwise own and possess
all right, title and interest in and to all of the Proprietary Rights that are,
to the Company’s knowledge, necessary for the operation of Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses (collectively, the “Company Proprietary
Rights”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice or claim challenging the Company’s ownership of or use of any of the
Company Proprietary Rights, or challenging the effectiveness or enforceability
of any licenses of Proprietary Rights to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
nor to the knowledge of the Company is there a reasonable basis for any claim
that the Company does not so own or is not so licensed any such Proprietary
Right.
(c)
Each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps in accordance with
standard industry practices to protect its rights in Company Proprietary Rights
and to maintain the confidentiality of all information that constitutes or
constituted a trade secret of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. All current and former employees, consultants and
contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who have made material
contributions to the development of any Company products or have conceived,
developed or reduced to practice any Company Proprietary Rights have executed
and delivered proprietary information, confidentiality, assignment or consulting
agreements, as applicable, substantially in the Company’s standard forms (copies
of which have been made available to Parent), pursuant to which such employees,
consultants or contractors, as the case may be, have an obligation to disclose
the creation of any inventions and assign to the Company or a Subsidiary, as
applicable, all right, title and interest in and to any inventions and other
Company Proprietary Rights created by such employee, consultant or contractor in
conjunction with their work for or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
except where the failure to obtain such agreements does not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no such
employee, consultant or contractor is in breach of any such
agreements. None of the Company’s trade secrets have been disclosed
to any Person, other than pursuant to an adequate form of written
confidentiality agreement, except where the failure to obtain such agreement
does not have a Company Material Adverse Effect on the protection of such trade
secrets.
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(d)
The
Company Proprietary Rights have been duly registered, filed in or issued by the
appropriate governmental entity where such registration, filing or issuance is
necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses as conducted as of the date hereof. All
Company Proprietary Rights, where registered, are subsisting and, to the
knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable, and have not been adjudged
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any notice or claim challenging the validity or
enforceability of any Company Proprietary Rights or alleging any misuse of such
Company Proprietary Rights, except for office actions in the ordinary course of
prosecution. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all required
actions and paid all required fees with respect to maintenance of the registered
Company Proprietary Rights.
(e)
To its
knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any
suit, action or proceeding which involves a claim of infringement, unauthorized
use, misappropriation, disclosure or violation of any Proprietary Rights used or
owned by any Person against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or challenging the
ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Proprietary Rights owned or
used by the Company or its Subsidiaries (excluding actions of the relevant
jurisdiction’s patent and trademark office or other governmental intellectual
property office).
(f)
The
Company and its Subsidiaries are not, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
other party to any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to Company
Proprietary Rights is, in violation or default thereof and no event has occurred
that with or without notice or lapse of time would constitute a violation or
default thereof or permit the termination, modification or acceleration
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions will not (i)
cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be in material violation or
material default under any such license, sublicense or agreement; (ii) result in
the termination or modification of any such license, sublicense or agreement; or
entitle any other party to terminate or modify such license, sublicense or
agreement; (iii) entitle any Person to claim any right to use or practice under
any of the Surviving Corporation’s, Parent’s or any of their respective
Affiliates’ Proprietary Rights; or (iv) materially alter, encumber or impair or
result in the termination of any Company Proprietary Rights.
(g)
Neither
the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted, nor any activity
of the Company, conflicts with, infringes or misappropriates the Proprietary
Rights (excluding Patents) of any other Person, and to the knowledge of the
Company (without any duty to perform patent searches), any patents owned by any
other Person in any jurisdiction where the Company currently conducts
business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any notice or claim asserting or suggesting that any infringement,
misappropriation, violation, dilution or unauthorized use of the Proprietary
Rights of any other Person is or may be occurring or has or may have occurred,
as a consequence of the business activities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, is there a reasonable basis
therefor.
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(h)
To the
knowledge of the Company and except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
there is no infringement, violation, disclosure or misappropriation by any third
party of any of the Company Proprietary Rights. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any Claim of any infringement or
misappropriation by any third party of the Company Proprietary Rights, which
Claim is pending as of the date hereof.
(i)
Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not been in violation of, and
is in compliance with, the Export Administration Act.
3.16 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Since January 1, 2007, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the Company and the Subsidiaries of the
Company have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a
manner consistent with past practice, (b) there has not been any Company
Material Adverse Effect, and (c) none of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company has taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement,
would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section
5.01.
3.17 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a)
Section
3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all employee benefit plans
(as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all
bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred
compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement,
severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all employment,
termination, severance or other contracts or agreements, whether legally
enforceable or not, to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a
party, with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has
any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the benefit of any current or
former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event
such plan has been or were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company could incur liability under Section
4212(c) of ERISA, and (iv) any contracts, arrangements or understandings between
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and any employee of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company including, without limitation, any contracts,
arrangements or understandings relating in any way to a sale of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “Company Plans”). The
Company has made available to Parent a true and complete copy of (i) such
Company Plans, (ii) the most recently filed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500, if
any, (iii) the most recent summary plan description for each Company Plan for
which a summary plan description is required by applicable law, (iv) the most
recently received IRS determination letter, if any, issued by the IRS with
respect to any Company Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of
the Code, and (v) the most recently prepared actuarial report or financial
statement, if any, relating to a Company Plan.
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(b)
None of the Company Plans is a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section
3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”)
or a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of
ERISA) for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company could incur
liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA (a “Multiple Employer
Plan”). None of the Company Plans (i) provides for the payment of
separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii)
obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to pay separation,
severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or artially as a result
of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) obligates the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to make any payment or provide any
benefit as a result of a “change in control”, within the meaning of such term
under Section 280G of the Code. None of the Company Plans provides for or
promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current
or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company and non of the Company Plans is a self-insured group health plan. Each
of the Company Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a
political subdivision thereof.
(c) Each
Company Plan is now and always has been operated in all material respects in
accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws,
including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code. The Company and the
Subsidiary of the Company have performed all obligations required to be
performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or in
violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or violation by any party to,
any Company Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened with respect to any Company Plan (other than claims for benefits in
the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event
exists that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such
Action.
(d) Each
Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS covering all of the provisions applicable to the Company
Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Company
Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Company
Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section
501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is
so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such
determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified
status of any such Company Plan or the exempt status of any such
trust.
(e) There
has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or reportable event (within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Company Plan. Neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary has incurred any liability under, arising out of or by
operation of Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course), including, without
limitation, any liability in connection with (i) the termination or
reorganization of any employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, or
(ii) the withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan, and
no fact or event exists which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any
such liability.
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(f) All
contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any
Company Plan have been made on or before their due dates. All such contributions
have been fully deducted for income tax purposes and no such deduction has been
challenged or disallowed by any Governmental Authority and no fact or event
exists which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such challenge or
disallowance.
(g) All
directors, officers, management employees, and technical and professional
employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company are under written
obligation to the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company to maintain in
confidence all confidential or proprietary information acquired by them in the
course of their employment and to assign to the Company and the Subsidiaries of
the Company all inventions made by them within the scope of their employment
during such employment and for a reasonable period thereafter.
(h) Each
Company Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined
under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and administered in good
faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code since January 1,
2005.
3.18 Property and
Leases.
(a) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have sufficient title to all their properties and
assets to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, with only
such exceptions as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each
parcel of real property owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company (i) is owned or leased free and clear of all Liens and (ii) is neither
subject to any governmental decree or order to be sold nor is being condemned,
expropriated or otherwise taken by any public authority with or without payment
of compensation therefor, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, has any such
condemnation, expropriation or taking been proposed.
(c) Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) there are no contractual or
legal restrictions that preclude or restrict the ability to use any real
property owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the
purposes for which it is currently being used; and (ii) there are no material
latent defects or material adverse physical conditions affecting the real
property, and improvements thereon, owned or leased by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.
3.19 Material
Contracts. The Company has filed with the SEC copies of all
material contracts that were required to be filed with the Company SEC Documents
and there is no other contract or agreement that is material to the financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a)
none of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has received any claim of
default under any contract to which it is a party and none of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such
contract; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in breach or
violation of, or default under, any such contract and (c) neither the execution
of this Agreement nor the consummation of any Transaction shall constitute a
default, give rise to cancellation rights, or otherwise adversely affect any of
the Company’s rights under any such contract.
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3.20
Insurance. The
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage with reputable insurers
in such amounts and covering such risks as are in accordance with normal
industry practice for companies engaged in businesses similar to that of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (taking into account the cost and availability of
such insurance).
3.21
Amendment to Company Rights
Plan. The Company has irrevocably amended, and the Company
Board has taken all necessary action to irrevocably amend, the Stockholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2009, between the Company and Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (the “Company Rights
Plan”), so that (a) Parent and Merger Sub shall each be deemed to be an
Exempt Person (as defined in the Company Rights Plan) solely in connection with
the approval, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Voting Agreement,
and any of the transactions contemplated thereby, including, but not limited to,
the Merger, (b) none of the execution or delivery of this Agreement or the
Voting Agreement, the consummation of the Merger, or the consummation of any
other Transaction will result in (i) the occurrence of the “flip-in event”
described under Section 11 of the Company Rights Plan, (ii) the occurrence of
the “flip-over event” described in Section 13 of the Company Rights Plan, or
(iii) the Rights becoming evidenced by, and transferable pursuant to,
certificates separate from the certificates representing issued and outstanding
Common Shares, and (c) the Rights will expire pursuant to the terms of the
Company Rights Plan at the Effective Time and the Company Rights Plan will
terminate immediately prior to the Effective Time.
ARTICLE
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF MERGER SUB AND PARENT
Except as
set forth in the corresponding section of the disclosure schedule delivered by
Parent to the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure
Schedule”) (it being agreed that any disclosure set forth on any
particular section of the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed disclosed
in another section of the Parent Disclosure Schedule if disclosure with respect
to the particular section is sufficient to make reasonably clear the relevance
of the disclosure to such other section), each of Parent and Merger Sub
represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof and as of the
Effective Time that:
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4.01
Corporate Existence and
Power. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Nevada and has all corporate powers required to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of Parent and
Merger Sub is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except
for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect (as defined below). True and complete copies of the articles
of incorporation of Parent as currently in effect and the bylaws of Parent as
currently in effect have been filed with the SEC and referenced as an exhibit in
Parent’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008. As used in this Agreement, the term “Parent Material Adverse
Effect” means any circumstance, effect, event, or change that,
individually or in the aggregate (i) had, or is reasonably likely to have, a
materially adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, other than resulting from any Parent Excluded Matter or (ii) prevents or
materially delays, or is reasonably likely to prevent or materially delay, the
ability of the Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Subsidiaries to perform
their obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions in
accordance with the terms hereof. “Parent Excluded
Matter” means any one or more of the following: (a) changes in general
economic conditions which do not have a materially disproportionate effect on
Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) changes affecting the specific
industry in which Parent and its Subsidiaries operate which do not have a
materially disproportionate effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole relative to other industry participants, (c) changes caused by the taking
of any action required by this Agreement or the failure to take any action
prohibited by this Agreement, (d) the taking of any action by Parent that has
been previously approved in writing by the Company, (e) changes resulting from a
modification after the date of this Agreement in accounting rules or procedures
announced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board with respect to U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles, (f) changes resulting from a material
breach of this Agreement by the Company, (g) changes resulting from any
modification in any Law applicable to Parent, (h) any failure of Parent to meet
internal projections or analysts’ expectations for any financial period ending
after the date of this Agreement (provided that the underlying causes of such
failure shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (h)) or (i) changes that
are directly attributable to the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency
of the Transactions.
4.02
Corporate
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Parent of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent of the Transactions are
within Parent’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Parent and no other corporate proceedings on the
part of Parent are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the
Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by Merger Sub and the consummation by Merger Sub of the Merger and the
Transactions are within Merger Sub’s corporate powers and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Merger Sub and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of Merger Sub are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with respect to
the Merger, the approval and adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the holder
of a majority of the outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock and the
filing of appropriate merger documents as required by Nevada
Law). The board of directors of Merger Sub has unanimously approved
and declared advisable this Agreement and the Transactions, including the
Merger, in accordance with the requirements of Nevada Law and resolved to
recommend to Parent that it vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and
the Transactions, including the Merger, in accordance with Nevada
Law. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of
Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar applicable Laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity. Since incorporation, Merger Sub has not carried on any
business or conducted any operations other than the execution of this Agreement,
the performance of its obligations hereunder and matters ancillary
thereto. Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of
Merger Sub capital stock, free and clear of any Liens. To the knowledge of
Parent and Merger Sub, no state takeover statute is applicable to the Merger or
the other Transactions.
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4.03
Governmental
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and
Merger Sub of the Transactions require no action by or in respect of, or filing
with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, other than (i) the filing
of the Articles of Merger with the Nevada Secretary of State and appropriate
documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which Parent is
qualified to do business, and (ii) actions, filings or notice the absence of
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
4.04
Non-contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement
and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Transactions do not and
will not (a) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of
any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of Merger Sub, (b) assuming compliance with
the matters referred to in Section 4.03,
contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Law
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries or by
which any asset of Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (c) conflict with, result in any breach, require any
consent or action by another Person under, constitute a default, or an event
that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default under, or cause or permit the termination, amendment, cancellation,
acceleration or require any payment under or other change of any right or
obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Parent or Merger Sub or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any Contract
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, or any Permit affecting,
or relating in any way to, the assets or business of Parent and Merger Sub or
(d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent,
Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries, with such exceptions, in the
case of each of clauses (b), (c) and (d) above, as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.05
Parent
Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Parent
consists of 75,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.01 par value (“Parent Preferred
Stock”). As of the date hereof, of the Parent Preferred Stock,
9,750,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(the “Series A
Preferred Stock”) and 10,000,000 have been designated as Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1 Preferred
Stock”). As of the date hereof, there were issued and
outstanding 44,427,630 shares of Common Stock, zero shares of Series A Preferred
Stock and 4,060,397 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. There are
no other outstanding shares of capital stock or voting securities of Parent
other than shares of Parent Common Stock issued after that same date upon the
exercise of options issued under Parent’s 2007 Incentive and Non-Qualified Stock
Option Plan and 1997 Incentive and Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the “Parent Stock
Plans”). All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock and
Series A-1 Preferred Stock have been, and all shares of Parent Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of options and warrants will be, when issued in
accordance with their respective terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and are (or in the case of shares that have not yet been issued, will
be) nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. As of the close of
business on that same date, Parent has reserved 9,272,500 shares of Parent
Common Stock for issuance to employees, directors and independent contractors
pursuant to the Parent Stock Plans, of which 2,855,500 shares are subject to
outstanding, unexercised options (the “Parent Options”), and
14,784,347 shares of Parent Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to
outstanding warrants (the “Parent
Warrants”). Except as set forth in this Section 4.05, or for
changes since the date of this Agreement resulting from the exercise of Parent
Options or Parent Warrants outstanding on such date and disclosed on Section 4.05 of the
Parent Disclosure, there are not now, and at the Effective Time there will not
be, any outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of Parent,
(ii) securities of Parent convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock or voting securities of Parent, (iii) options, warrants or other rights,
agreements or arrangements to acquire from Parent, or other obligations or
commitments of Parent to issue, transfer or sell any capital stock, voting
securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or
voting securities or other equity interests in, Parent or any Subsidiary of
Parent, (iv) restricted shares, restricted share units, stock appreciation
rights, performance shares, 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, Parent, (v) voting trusts, proxies
or other similar agreements or understandings to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party granting to any person or group of persons the right to
elect, or to designate or nominate for election, a director to the Parent’s
board of directors or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is bound with
respect to the voting of any shares of capital stock of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, (vi) contractual obligations or commitments of any character to
which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound restricting the transfer of, or requiring the
registration for sale of, any shares of capital stock of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (vii) obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the capital stock of
Parent. No capital stock of Parent is owned by any Subsidiary of
Parent. There are no commitments or agreements of any character to which Parent
is bound obligating Parent to accelerate the vesting of any Parent Option as a
result of the Merger. All outstanding Parent Common Stock, all Parent Options,
all Parent Warrants, and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary of Parent have been issued and granted in compliance with (i) all
applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws and (ii) all requirements
set forth in applicable contracts.
4.06
Disclosure
Documents. The information with respect to Parent and any of
its Subsidiaries that Parent furnishes to the Company in writing specifically
for use in any Company Disclosure Document will 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 made therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (i) in the case
of the Proxy Statement, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, at the time
such Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to
stockholders of the Company and at the time such stockholders vote on adoption
of this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of any Company Disclosure Document other
than the Proxy Statement, at the time of the filing of such Company Disclosure
Document or any supplement or amendment thereto and at the time of any
distribution or dissemination thereof. Parent shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the SEC. The Registration Statement will 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 made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading at the
time of the filing of the Registration Statement or any supplement or amendment
thereto.
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4.07
Subsidiaries.
(a)
A true
and complete list of each Subsidiary of Parent is set forth in Section 4.07(a)
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule. Each Subsidiary of Parent is an
organization duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of organization and has all organizational powers required
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now
conducted. Each such Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such
qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be
so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Except for equity interests
in its Subsidiaries, Parent does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock or other equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into
or exchangeable for any equity or similar interest in, any Person. No
Subsidiary of Parent owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other
equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable
for any equity or similar interest in, any Person, except for the capital stock
and/or other equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or
exchangeable for any equity or similar interest in, another wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Parent. Parent has heretofore made available to the Company a
complete and correct copy of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent organizational documents) of each Subsidiary of Parent in full force
and effect as of the date hereof. No Subsidiary of Parent is in
violation of any of the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws
(or equivalent organizational documents).
(b)
All of
the outstanding capital stock of, or other voting securities or equity or
similar interests in each Subsidiary of Parent is owned by Parent, directly or
indirectly, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other limitation or
restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise
dispose of such capital stock or other voting securities or ownership
interests). There are no outstanding (i) securities of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock
or other voting securities or equity or similar interests in any Subsidiary of
Parent, (ii) options, warrants or other rights or arrangements to acquire from
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligations or commitments of Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock of or other voting
securities or equity or similar interests in, or any securities convertible into
or exchangeable for any capital stock of or other voting securities or equity or
similar interests in, any Subsidiary of Parent, or (iii) restricted shares,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, 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,
any Subsidiary of Parent. There are no outstanding obligations of
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
of the capital stock of any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries.
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(c)
Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity,
ownership, profit, voting or similar interest in or any interest convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity, profit, voting or similar interest
in, any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Parent).
4.08
Parent SEC Documents;
Financial Statements. Parent has timely filed each statement,
report, registration statement (with the prospectus in the form required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act), definitive proxy
statement, and other filing required to be filed with the SEC by Parent between
January 1, 2007 and the date hereof, and, prior to the Effective Time, Parent
will file any additional documents required to be filed with the SEC by Parent
prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Parent SEC
Documents”). In addition, Parent has made available to the
Company all exhibits to the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof
that are (a) requested by the Company; and (b) not available in complete form
through XXXXX (“Requested Parent
Confidential Exhibits”) and will promptly make available to the Company
all Requested Parent Confidential Exhibits to any additional Parent SEC
Documents filed prior to the Effective Time. All documents required
to be filed as exhibits to the Parent SEC Documents have been so
filed. As of their respective filing dates, the Parent SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the Securities Act and none of the Parent SEC Documents contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent
corrected by a subsequently filed Parent SEC Document prior to the date
hereof. The financial statements of Parent, including the notes
thereto, included in the Parent SEC Documents (the “Parent Financial
Statements”), complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations
of the SEC with respect thereto as of their respective dates, and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent throughout the
periods indicated and consistent with each other (except as may be indicated in
the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements included in Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC). The
Parent Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition,
operating results and cash flow of Parent and its Subsidiaries at the dates and
during the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal, recurring year-end adjustments). There has
been no change in Parent accounting policies except as described in the notes to
the Parent Financial Statements.
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4.09
Issuance of
Shares. The issuance and delivery of the Parent Common Stock
as Merger Consideration in accordance with this Agreement shall be, at or prior
to the Effective Time, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Parent, and, when issued at the Effective Time as contemplated hereby,
such shares of Parent Common Stock will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. Such Parent Common Stock, when so issued and
delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be free and
clear of all Liens and encumbrances and adverse claims, other than restrictions
on transfer created by applicable securities Laws and will not have been issued
in violation of their respective properties or any preemptive rights or rights
of first refusal or similar rights.
4.10
Litigation. There
is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against,
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or
assets or any of the directors or employees of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of Parent, its stockholders or representatives (in each
case insofar as any such matters relate to their activities with Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before any Governmental Authority,
arbitrator or arbitration panel. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor
any material property or asset of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, is subject
to any order, writ, injunction or decree against Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or naming Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as a party or, to the
knowledge of Parent, by which any of the employees or representatives of Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries is prohibited or restricted from engaging in or
otherwise conducting the business of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as
presently conducted. To the knowledge of Parent, there is no
investigation or review by any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory
authority with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding
investigations and reviews of proprietary rights applications by the
intellectual property offices of a Governmental Authority) or any of their
respective employees (insofar as any such investigation or review relates to
their activities with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) pending or threatened,
nor has any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority indicated to
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in writing or, to the knowledge of Parent,
verbally, an intention to conduct the same.
4.11
Brokers’
Fees. No broker, finder, financial adviser or investment
banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in
connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by, or on behalf
of, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.12
Environmental
Matters.
(a)
Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect:
(i)
no
notice, demand, request for information, citation, summons or order has been
received, no complaint has been filed, no penalty has been assessed, no
Proceeding is pending and, to the knowledge of Parent, no investigation or
review is pending or threatened and no Proceeding is threatened by any
Governmental Authority or other Person relating to or arising out of any failure
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental
Law;
(ii)
Parent
and its Subsidiaries are and have been in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws and all Permits required by Environmental Laws;
(iii)
there has
been no release by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to be liable by contract or by
operation of Law, of any hazardous substance at, under, from or to any facility
or real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries; and
(iv)
there are
no liabilities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever,
whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise
arising under or relating to any Environmental Law, and, to the knowledge of
Parent, there is no condition, situation or set of circumstances that would
reasonably be expected to result in or be the basis for any such
liability.
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(b)
There has
been no environmental investigation, study, audit, test, review or other
analysis conducted of which Parent has knowledge in relation to the current or
prior business of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any property or facility
now or previously owned or leased by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since
January 1, 2007 that has not been
delivered to the Company at least five business days prior to the date
hereof.
(c)
For
purposes of Section
4.12(b), the terms “Parent” and “Subsidiaries” shall
include any entity that is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries.
4.13
Taxes.
(a)
All
material Tax Returns required by applicable Law to be filed with any Taxing
Authority by, or on behalf of, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have been filed
when due in accordance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (taking
into account any extension of time which has been granted within which to file),
and all such Tax Returns are, or shall be at the time of filing, true and
complete in all material respects.
(b)
Parent
and each of its Subsidiaries has paid (or has had paid on its behalf) or has
withheld and remitted to the appropriate Taxing Authority all Taxes due and
payable, or, where payment is not yet due or where Taxes are being contested in
good faith, has established (or has had established on its behalf and for its
sole benefit and recourse) in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States an adequate accrual for all material Taxes
through the end of the last period for which Parent and its Subsidiaries
ordinarily record items on their respective books.
(c)
There are
no material Liens or encumbrances for Taxes on any of the assets of Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(d)
No
federal, state, local or foreign audits, examinations, investigations or other
Proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened with regard
to any Taxes or Tax Returns of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
(e)
There is
currently no effective agreement or other document extending, or having the
effect of extending, the period of assessment or collection of any Taxes with
respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f)
Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended
to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code in the five
years prior to the date of this Agreement.
(g)
Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “reportable
transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.6011-4(b)(1).
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(h) There
is no Contract or other arrangement, plan or agreement by or with Parent or any
of its subsidiaries covering any person that, individually or collectively,
could give rise to the payment of any amount by Parent or any of its
subsidiaries that would not be deductible by Parent or such subsidiary by reason
of Sections 280G or 162(m) of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state,
local or foreign law).
(i) None
of Parent and its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property
holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during
the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the
Code.
(j) Section
4.13(j) of Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with
respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries: a list of (A) the federal and state
income, franchise and occupation Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of Parent and
its Subsidiaries for any taxable periods ended on or after December 31,
2003, (B) those federal and state income, franchise and occupation Tax Returns
that have been audited and (C) those federal and state income, franchise and
occupation Tax Returns that currently are the subject of an audit. Parent has
made available to the Company correct and complete copies of all such Tax
Returns and related examination reports, and related statements of deficiencies
assessed against or agreed to by Parent since December 31, 2003.
4.14 Compliance with
Law. Parent and its Subsidiaries and their businesses and
operations are and, since January 1, 2007 have been, in compliance
with all Laws applicable to Parent or such Subsidiaries, except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has in
effect all material Permits necessary for it to own, lease or otherwise hold and
to operate its real properties and tangible assets and to carry on its
businesses and operations as now conducted. Since January 1, 2007, there have
occurred no material defaults (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
under, violations of, or events giving to others any right of termination,
amendment or cancellation, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, of,
any such Permit. The Transactions would not reasonably be expected to cause the
revocation or cancellation (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) of
any such Permit.
4.15 Labor and Employment
Matters. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreements or understandings with any
labor unions or labor organizations. There is no (i) unfair labor practice,
labor dispute (other than routine individual grievances) or labor arbitration
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries relating to their businesses, (ii) activity or
proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to the knowledge of Parent
to organize any employees of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii)
lockout, strike, slowdown, work stoppage or threat thereof by or with respect to
such employees, and during the last three years there has not been any such
action. Since January 1, 2007, (i) there has been no “mass layoff” or
“plant closing” as defined by the WARN Act in respect of Parent or its
Subsidiaries, and (ii) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
affected by any transactions or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations
sufficient in number to trigger application of any state, local or foreign
applicable Law or regulation which is similar to the WARN Act.
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4.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Parent
or its Subsidiaries exclusively own, free and clear of any and all Liens (other
than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course) all of its
Proprietary Rights, or have a valid right to use and otherwise own and possess
all right, title and interest in and to all of the Proprietary Rights that are,
to Parent’s knowledge, necessary for the operation of Parent’s and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses (collectively, the “Parent Proprietary
Rights”). Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any notice or claim challenging Parent’s ownership of or use of any of
the Parent Proprietary Rights, or challenging the effectiveness or
enforceability of any licenses of Proprietary Rights to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of Parent is there a reasonable basis for any
claim that Parent does not so own or is not so licensed any such Proprietary
Right.
(b) Each
of Parent and its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps in accordance with
standard industry practices to protect its rights in the Parent Proprietary
Rights and to maintain the confidentiality of all information that constitutes
or constituted a trade secret of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries. All current and former employees, consultants and
contractors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries who have made material
contributions to the development of any Parent products or have conceived,
developed or reduced to practice any Parent Proprietary Rights have executed and
delivered proprietary information, confidentiality, assignment or consulting
agreements, as applicable, substantially in Parent’s standard forms (copies of
which have been made available to the Company) pursuant to which such employees,
consultants or contractors, as the case may be, have an obligation to disclose
the creation of any inventions and assign to Parent or any of its Subsidiary, as
applicable, all right, title and interest in and to any inventions and other
Parent Proprietary Rights created by such employee, consultant or contractor in
conjunction with their work for or on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries,
except where the failure to obtain such agreements does not have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. To Parent’s knowledge, no such employee,
consultant or contractor is in breach of any such agreements. None of
Parent’s trade secrets have been disclosed to any Person, other than pursuant to
an adequate form of written confidentiality agreement, except where the failure
to obtain such agreement does not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect on the
protection of such trade secrets.
(c) The
Parent Proprietary Rights have been duly registered, filed in or issued by the
appropriate governmental entity where such registration, filing or issuance is
necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses as conducted as of the date hereof. All
Parent Proprietary Rights, where registered, are subsisting and, to the
knowledge of Parent, valid and enforceable, and have not been adjudged invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part, and neither Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice or claim challenging the validity or
enforceability of any Parent Proprietary Rights or alleging any misuse of such
Parent Proprietary Rights, except for office actions in the ordinary course of
prosecution. Parent and its Subsidiaries have taken all required
actions and paid all required fees with respect to maintenance of the registered
Parent Proprietary Rights.
(d) To
its knowledge, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any
suit, action or proceeding which involves a claim of infringement, unauthorized
use, misappropriation, disclosure or violation of any Proprietary Rights used or
owned by any Person against Parent or its Subsidiaries, or challenging the
ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Proprietary Rights owned or
used by Parent or its Subsidiaries (excluding actions of the relevant
jurisdiction’s patent and trademark office or other governmental intellectual
property office).
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(e) Parent
and its Subsidiaries are not, and, to the knowledge of Parent, no other party to
any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to Parent Proprietary Rights
is, in violation or default thereof and no event has occurred that with or
without notice or lapse of time would constitute a violation or default thereof
or permit the termination, modification or acceleration
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and the consummation by Parent of the Transactions will not (i) cause Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries to be in material violation or material default under
any such license, sublicense or agreement; (ii) result in the termination or
modification of any such license, sublicense or agreement, or entitle any other
party to terminate or modify such license, sublicense or agreement; (iii)
entitle any Person to claim any right to use or practice under any of the
Surviving Corporation’s, the Company’s or any of their respective Affiliates’
Proprietary Rights; or (iv) materially alter, encumber or impair or result in
the termination of any Parent Proprietary Rights.
(f) Neither
the operation of Parent’s business as currently conducted, nor any activity of
Parent, conflicts with, infringes or misappropriates the Proprietary Rights
(excluding Patents) of any other Person, and to the knowledge of Parent (without
any duty to perform patent searches), any patents owned by any other Person in
any jurisdiction where Parent currently conducts business. Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or claim asserting or
suggesting that any infringement, misappropriation, violation, dilution or
unauthorized use of the Proprietary Rights of any other Person is or may be
occurring or has or may have occurred, as a consequence of the business
activities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of Parent,
is there a reasonable basis therefor.
(g) To
the knowledge of Parent and except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect,
there is no infringement, violation, disclosure or misappropriation by any third
party of any of the Parent Proprietary Rights. Neither Parent nor any
of its Subsidiaries has made any Claim of any infringement or misappropriation
by any third party of the Parent Proprietary Rights, which Claim is pending as
of the date hereof.
(h) Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect, Parent has not been in violation of, and is in
compliance with, the Export Administration Act.
4.17 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Since January 1, 2007, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, (a) Parent and the Subsidiaries of Parent have
conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner
consistent with past practice, (b) there has not been any Parent Material
Adverse Effect, and (c) none of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent has taken any
action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a
breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section
5.02.
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4.18 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Section
4.18(a) of Parent Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all employee benefit plans (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase,
restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life
insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs
or arrangements, and all employment, termination, severance or other contracts
or agreements, whether legally enforceable or not, to which Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent is a party, with respect to which Parent or any Subsidiary
of Parent has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or
sponsored by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent for the benefit of any current
or former employee, officer or director of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent,
(ii) each employee benefit plan for which Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent
could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has
been or were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and
(iv) any contracts, arrangements or understandings between Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent and any employee of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent
including, without limitation, any contracts, arrangements or understandings
relating in any way to a sale of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent
(collectively, the “Parent Plans”).
Parent has made available to the Company a true and complete copy of (i) such
Parent Plans, (ii) the most recently filed IRS Form 5500, if any, (iii) the most
recent summary plan description for each Parent Plan for which a summary plan
description is required by applicable law, (iv) the most recently received IRS
determination letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to any Parent Plan
that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and (v) the most
recently prepared actuarial report or financial statement, if any, relating to a
Parent Plan.
(b) None
of Parent Plans is a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan. None of
Parent Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination
or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates Parent or any Subsidiary
of Parent to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits
solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement, or (iii) obligates Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent to make any
payment or provide any benefit as a result of a “change in control”, within the
meaning of such term under Section 280G of the Code. None of Parent Plans
provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits
to any current or former employee, officer or director of Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent and none of the Parent Plans is a self-insured group health
plan. Each of Parent Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a
political subdivision thereof.
(c) Each
Parent Plan is now and always has been operated in all material respects in
accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws,
including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code, except where such
non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent and the Subsidiary of
Parent have performed all obligations required to be performed by them under,
are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and have no
knowledge of any default or violation by any party to, any Parent Plan. No
Action is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened with respect to any
Parent Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) that would,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect and, to the knowledge of Parent, no fact or event exists
that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such
Action.
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(d) Each
Parent Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or
Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter
from the IRS covering all of the provisions applicable to Parent Plan for which
determination letters are currently available that Parent Plan is so qualified
and each trust established in connection with any Parent Plan which is intended
to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has
received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact
or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters
from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Parent Plan or
the exempt status of any such trust.
(e) There
has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or reportable event (within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Parent Plan. Neither Parent nor any
of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability under, arising out of or by
operation of Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course), including, without
limitation, any liability in connection with (i) the termination or
reorganization of any employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, or
(ii) the withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan, and
no fact or event exists which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any
such liability.
(f) All
contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any
Parent Plan have been made on or before their due dates. All such contributions
have been fully deducted for income tax purposes and no such deduction has been
challenged or disallowed by any Governmental Authority and no fact or event
exists which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such challenge or
disallowance.
(g) All
directors, officers, management employees, and technical and professional
employees of Parent and the Subsidiaries of Parent are under written obligation
to Parent and the Subsidiaries of Parent to maintain in confidence all
confidential or proprietary information acquired by them in the course of their
employment and to assign to Parent and the Subsidiaries of Parent all inventions
made by them within the scope of their employment during such employment and for
a reasonable period thereafter.
(h) Each
Parent Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined
under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and administered in good
faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code since January 1,
2005.
4.19 Property and
Leases
(a) The
Parent and its Subsidiaries have sufficient title to all their properties and
assets to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, with only
such exceptions as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each
parcel of real property owned or leased by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (i)
is owned or leased free and clear of all Liens and (ii) is neither subject to
any governmental decree or order to be sold nor is being condemned, expropriated
or otherwise taken by any public authority with or without payment of
compensation therefor, nor, to the knowledge of Parent, has any such
condemnation, expropriation or taking been proposed.
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(c) Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect: (i) there are no contractual or legal
restrictions that preclude or restrict the ability to use any real property
owned or leased by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for the purposes for which
it is currently being used and (ii) there are no material latent defects or
material adverse physical conditions affecting the real property, and
improvements thereon, owned or leased by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries.
4.20 Material
Contracts. The Parent has filed with the SEC copies of all
material contracts that were required to be filed with Parent SEC Documents and
there is no other contract or agreement that is material to the financial
condition or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (a)
none of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent has received any claim of default
under any contract to which it is a party and none of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such contract;
(b) to Parent’s knowledge, no other party is in breach or violation of, or
default under, any such contract and (c) neither the execution of this Agreement
nor the consummation of any Transaction shall constitute a default, give rise to
cancellation rights, or otherwise adversely affect any of Parent’s rights under
any such contract.
4.21 Insurance. The
Parent and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage with reputable insurers
in such amounts and covering such risks as are in accordance with normal
industry practice for companies engaged in businesses similar to that of Parent
and its Subsidiaries (taking into account the cost and availability of such
insurance).
ARTICLE
5
COVENANTS
5.01 Conduct of Business of the
Company. Except for matters expressly required, permitted or
contemplated by this Agreement, set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, or as otherwise consented to in advance in writing by
Parent, from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice,
maintain in effect all of its Permits necessary to conduct its business in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and (i) preserve intact its
material assets, material proprietary rights of the Company and current business
organization, (ii) keep available the services of its directors, officers and
key employees, and (iii) preserve its relationships with its customers,
partners, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others having
material business relationships with it with the objective of preserving
unimpaired their goodwill and ongoing business. In addition, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for matters expressly permitted
or contemplated by this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time,
the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of
the following without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
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(a) (i)
declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions
(whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any
agreement with respect to the voting of, any capital stock of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, other than dividends and distributions by a direct or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to its parent, (ii) split,
combine or reclassify any capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) purchase, repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any capital stock of the Company or capital stock of the
Subsidiaries of the Company (including, without limitation, securities
exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind
to acquire, capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), other than pursuant to currently existing Contracts providing for
the repurchase of the Company’s capital stock upon the departure or termination
of an employee, (v) amend any term of any capital stock of the Company or of its
Subsidiaries (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise), or
(vi) sell, transfer or pledge, or agree to sell, transfer or pledge, any equity
interest owned by the Company in any of its Subsidiaries or alter through
merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring or in any other fashion the
corporate structure or ownership of any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) authorize
for issuance, issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge, transfer, or agree or commit
to issue, sell or deliver or otherwise encumber or dispose of or subject to any
Lien (whether through the issuance or granting of options, commitments,
subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise), any shares of the Company’s
capital stock or the capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, any other
securities or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or
options to acquire, any such shares, securities or convertible securities or any
other securities or equity equivalents (including without limitation stock
appreciation rights or phantom interests), other than the issuance and delivery
of Common Shares upon the exercise of Options or Warrants that are outstanding
on the date of this Agreement;
(c) amend
or change its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or comparable organizational
documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);
(d) acquire
(i) any material amount of stock or assets of any other Person (in connection
with a purchase of such Person’s business whether in whole or in part), whether
by purchase of stock, purchase of assets, merger, consolidation, or otherwise or
(ii) any other material assets (other than assets acquired in the ordinary
course of business for amounts that are consistent with past
practice);
(e) (i)
establish or acquire any Subsidiary other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries or
Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States and its territorial
possessions or (ii) amend, modify or waive any term of any outstanding security
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(f) pledge,
transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage or otherwise encumber or subject to any
Lien or otherwise dispose of any material Subsidiary of the Company or any of
the assets or properties of the Company or any of its material Subsidiaries,
except for (i) immaterial properties or assets (or immaterial
portions of properties or assets) or (ii) pursuant to existing contracts or
commitments for inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(g) (i)
grant to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company any increase in any manner in
compensation or benefits, or pay any bonus thereto except (x) increases in base
salaries of non-executive officer employees in accordance with past practices so
long as such increases do not exceed 5% of the aggregate current annualized base
salaries of all non-executive officer employees of the Company and Subsidiaries
of the Company, or (y) bonuses granted in the ordinary course consistent with
past practice, (ii) terminate any employee other than in the ordinary course of
business or grant or pay to any current or former director, officer, employee or
consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company any severance or
termination pay or benefits or any increase in severance, change of control or
termination pay or benefits, except in connection with actual termination in the
ordinary course of any such Person to the extent required under applicable Law
or existing plans, policies, agreements or arrangements of the Company, (iii)
establish, adopt, enter into or amend any employee benefit plan or any
agreement, arrangement, plan or policy for the benefit of any current or former
director, officer or employee in existence on the date hereof (other than
entering into offer letters that contemplate “at will” employment without
severance benefits or as otherwise permissible under this Section 5.01) or
collective bargaining agreement except to the extent required under applicable
Law, (iv) take any action to accelerate any rights or benefits or take any
action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or
benefits under any Company benefit plan, or (v) make any Person a beneficiary of
any retention or severance plan under which such Person is not, as of the date
of this Agreement, a beneficiary which would entitle such Person to payments,
vesting, acceleration, or any other right as a consequence of consummation of
the Transactions and/or termination of employment;
(h) (i)
assume, purchase, repurchase, prepay or incur any Indebtedness, including by way
of a guarantee, issuance or sale of debt securities or any merger, business
combination or other acquisition, (ii) issue or sell options, warrants, calls or
other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) guarantee any debt securities of others or enter into any
“keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement or similar
condition of another person or enter into any arrangement having the economic
effect of any of the foregoing, (iv) create any Lien on any material asset of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) make or forgive any loans, advances
or capital contributions to, guarantees for the benefit of, or investments in,
any other Person, other than to the Company or any of its wholly owned
Subsidiaries, or (iv) assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable or
responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of
any other Person, except for the obligations of the Subsidiaries of the Company
permitted under this Agreement;
(i) adopt
or put into effect a plan or agreement of, or resolutions providing for or
authorizing, any complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the
Company or any of its material Subsidiaries, other than any transaction
specifically contemplated by this Agreement;
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(j) institute,
settle, or agree to settle any material pending or threatened suit, action,
claim or litigation, before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental
Authority (for the avoidance of doubt, any settlement or Claim, consent decree
which involves a conduct remedy or injunctive, equitable or similar relief or
has a restrictive impact on business or involves payments in excess of $100,000
in the aggregate shall be deemed to be material);
(k) agree
to (i) any exclusivity provision or covenant of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries not to compete with the business of any other Person, or (ii) any
other covenant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries restricting in any
material respect the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of the
products or services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise
limiting in any material respect the freedom of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area
or to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber
any material assets or that would so limit the freedom of Parent or any of its
Affiliates in any material respect after the consummation of the Merger or the
Transactions;
(l) enter
into any new line of business;
(m) other
than as expressly permitted by Section 5.10, take
any action for the purpose of preventing, delaying or impeding the consummation
of the Merger or the Transactions;
(n) take
any action that would, or would be reasonably likely to, make any representation
or warranty of the Company hereunder, or omit to take any action necessary to
prevent any representation or warranty of the Company hereunder from being,
inaccurate in any material respect at, or as of any time before, the Effective
Time, or take any action that would, or would be reasonably likely to, result
in, or omit to take any action necessary to prevent, any of the conditions to
the Merger set forth in ARTICLE 6 not being
satisfied; or
(o) (i)
enter into any contract or agreement other than in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice; (ii) authorize, or make any
commitment with respect to, any single capital expenditure which is in excess of
$100,000 or capital expenditures which are, in the aggregate, in excess of
$250,000 for the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (iii) enter
into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to
any matter set forth in this Section 5.01(o) or
Section
5.01(h);
(p) amend,
modify or consent to the termination of any material contract, or amend, waive,
modify or consent to the termination of the Company’s rights thereunder, other
than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
(q) take
any action, other than reasonable and usual actions in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice, with respect to accounting policies
or procedures;
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(r) make
any tax election or settle or compromise any United States federal, state, local
or non-United States income tax liability;
(s) pay,
discharge or satisfy any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment,
discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at September 30, 2009, or
subsequently incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practice; or
(t) announce
an intention, authorize, resolve, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing
actions.
5.02 Conduct of Business of
Parent. Except for matters expressly required, permitted or
contemplated by this Agreement, set forth in Section 5.02 of the
Parent Disclosure Schedule, or as otherwise consented to in advance in writing
by the Company, from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Parent
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with
past practice, maintain in effect all of its Permits necessary to conduct its
business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and (i) preserve
intact its material assets, material proprietary rights of Parent and current
business organization, (ii) keep available the services of its directors,
officers and key employees, and (iii) preserve its relationships with its
customers, partners, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others
having material business relationships with it with the objective of preserving
unimpaired their goodwill and ongoing business. In addition, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for matters expressly permitted
or contemplated by this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.02 of the
Parent Disclosure Schedule, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective
Time, Parent shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any
of the following without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) (i)
declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions
(whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any
agreement with respect to the voting of, any capital stock of Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries, other than dividends and distributions by a direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent to its parent, (ii) split, combine or
reclassify any capital stock of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) issue
or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or
in substitution for, shares of capital stock of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iv) purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any capital
stock of Parent or capital stock of the Subsidiaries of Parent (including,
without limitation, securities exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls,
commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, capital stock or other equity
interests of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), other than pursuant to
currently existing Contracts providing for the repurchase of Parent’s capital
stock upon the departure or termination of an employee, (v) amend any term of
any capital stock of Parent or of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise), or (vi) sell, transfer or pledge, or agree
to sell, transfer or pledge, any equity interest owned by Parent in any of its
Subsidiaries or alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring
or in any other fashion the corporate structure or ownership of any of its
Subsidiaries;
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(b) authorize
for issuance, issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge, transfer, or agree or commit
to issue, sell or deliver or otherwise encumber or dispose of or subject to any
Lien (whether through the issuance or granting of options, commitments,
subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise), any shares of Parent’s capital
stock or the capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, any other securities or
any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire,
any such shares, securities or convertible securities or any other securities or
equity equivalents (including without limitation stock appreciation rights or
phantom interests), other than the issuance and delivery of shares of Parent
Common Stock upon the exercise of options or Parent Warrants that are
outstanding on the date of this Agreement;
(c) amend
or change its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or comparable organizational
documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);
(d) acquire
(i) any material amount of stock or assets of any other Person (in connection
with a purchase of such Person’s business whether in whole or in part), whether
by purchase of stock, purchase of assets, merger, consolidation, or otherwise or
(ii) any other material assets (other than assets acquired in the ordinary
course of business for amounts that are consistent with past
practice);
(e) (i)
establish or acquire any Subsidiary other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries or
Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States and its territorial
possessions or (ii) amend, modify or waive any term of any outstanding security
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) pledge,
transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage or otherwise encumber or subject to any
Lien or otherwise dispose of any material Subsidiary of Parent or any of the
assets or properties of Parent or any of its material Subsidiaries, except
for (i) immaterial properties or assets (or immaterial portions of
properties or assets) or (ii) pursuant to existing contracts or commitments for
inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(g) (i)
grant to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of
Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent any increase in any manner in compensation or
benefits, or pay any bonus thereto except (x) increases in base salaries of
non-executive officer employees in accordance with past practices so long as
such increases do not exceed 5% of the aggregate current annualized base
salaries of all non-executive officer employees of Parent and Subsidiaries of
Parent, or (y) bonuses granted in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice, (ii) terminate any employee other than in the ordinary course of
business or grant or pay to any current or former director, officer, employee or
consultant of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent any severance or termination
pay or benefits or any increase in severance, change of control or termination
pay or benefits, except in connection with actual termination in the ordinary
course of any such Person to the extent required under applicable Law or
existing plans, policies, agreements or arrangements of Parent, (iii) establish,
adopt, enter into or amend any employee benefit plan or any agreement,
arrangement, plan or policy for the benefit of any current or former director,
officer or employee in existence on the date hereof (other than entering into
offer letters that contemplate “at will” employment without severance benefits
or as otherwise permissible under this Section 5.02) or
collective bargaining agreement except to the extent required under applicable
Law, (iv) take any action to accelerate any rights or benefits or take any
action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or
benefits under any Company benefit plan, or (v) make any Person a beneficiary of
any retention or severance plan under which such Person is not, as of the date
of this Agreement, a beneficiary which would entitle such Person to payments,
vesting, acceleration, or any other right as a consequence of consummation of
the Transactions and/or termination of employment;
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(h) (i)
assume, purchase, repurchase, prepay or incur any Indebtedness, including by way
of a guarantee, issuance or sale of debt securities or any merger, business
combination or other acquisition, (ii) issue or sell options, warrants, calls or
other rights to acquire any debt securities of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) guarantee any debt securities of others or enter into any
“keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement or similar
condition of another person or enter into any arrangement having the economic
effect of any of the foregoing, (iv) create any Lien on any material asset of
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) make or forgive any loans, advances or
capital contributions to, guarantees for the benefit of, or investments in, any
other Person, other than to Parent or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, or
(iv) assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether
directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person,
except for the obligations of the Subsidiaries of Parent permitted under this
Agreement;
(i)
adopt or put into effect a plan or agreement of, or
resolutions providing for or authorizing, any complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other
reorganization of Parent or any of its material Subsidiaries, other than any
transaction specifically contemplated by this Agreement;
(j) institute,
settle, or agree to settle any material pending or threatened suit, action,
claim or litigation, before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental
Authority (for the avoidance of doubt, any settlement or Claim, consent decree
which involves a conduct remedy or injunctive, equitable or similar relief or
has a restrictive impact on business or involves payments in excess of $100,000
in the aggregate shall be deemed to be material);
(k) agree
to (i) any exclusivity provision or covenant of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries not to compete with the business of any other Person, or (ii) any
other covenant of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries restricting in any material
respect the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of the products
or services of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise limiting in any
material respect the freedom of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent to compete in
any line of business or with any Person or in any area or to own, operate, sell,
transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any material assets or that
would so limit the freedom of the Company or any of its Affiliates in any
material respect after the consummation of the Merger or the
Transactions;
(l) enter
into any new line of business;
(m) take
any action for the purpose of preventing, delaying or impeding the consummation
of the Merger or the Transactions;
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(n) take
any action that would, or would be reasonably likely to, make any representation
or warranty of Parent hereunder, or omit to take any action necessary to prevent
any representation or warranty of Parent hereunder from being, inaccurate in any
material respect at, or as of any time before, the Effective Time, or take any
action that would, or would be reasonably likely to, result in, or omit to take
any action necessary to prevent, any of the conditions to the Merger set forth
in ARTICLE 6
not being satisfied; or
(o) (i)
enter into any Contract or agreement other than in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice; (ii) authorize, or make any
commitment with respect to, any single capital expenditure which is in excess of
$100,000 or capital expenditures which are, in the aggregate, in excess of
$250,000 for the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (iii) enter
into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to
any matter set forth in this Section 5.02(o) or
Section
5.02(h);
(p) amend,
modify or consent to the termination of any material contract, or amend, waive,
modify or consent to the termination of Parent’s rights thereunder, other than
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
(q) take
any action, other than reasonable and usual actions in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice, with respect to accounting policies
or procedures;
(r)
make any tax election or settle or compromise any United States federal,
state, local or non-United States income tax liability;
(s) pay,
discharge or satisfy any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment,
discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the
consolidated balance sheet of Parent as at September 30, 2009, or subsequently
incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
or
(t) announce
an intention, authorize, resolve, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing
actions.
5.03 Stockholders
Meeting.
(a) The
Company, acting through the Company Board, shall, in accordance with applicable
Law and its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, duly call, give notice of,
convene and hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Company Stockholders
Meeting”) as soon as reasonably practicable following the clearance by
the SEC of the Proxy Statement for the purpose of considering and voting upon
the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and such other matters
as may be necessary to effectuate the Transactions. The Company Board
shall (i) recommend to the stockholders of the Company the approval and adoption
of this Agreement and the Merger, (ii) include in the Proxy Statement such
favorable recommendation of the Company Board that the stockholders of the
Company vote in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement, (iii) take
all lawful actions to solicit such approval from the stockholders of the Company
and (iv) not withdraw or modify such favorable recommendation, except in the
event and to the extent the Company Board makes an Adverse Recommendation in
accordance with Section 5.10(b). For purposes
of this Agreement, a “Adverse
Recommendation” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the
Company Board or any committee thereof withdraws, modifies or changes its
recommendation of this Agreement, the Merger or the Transactions in a manner
adverse to Parent or shall have resolved or announced an intention to do so;
(ii) the Company Board shall have recommended to the Company’s stockholders a
competing Transaction or shall have resolved to do so or shall have entered into
any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle,
merger agreement acquisition agreement, option agreement, joint venture
agreement, alliance agreement, partnership agreement or similar document or any
agreement, contract or commitment accepting any competing Transaction; (iii) the
Company shall have failed to include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation
of the Company Board in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement and
the approval of the Merger or (iv) the Company fails to call the Company
Stockholders Meeting.
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(b) As
soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of this Agreement and in
connection with the Company Stockholders Meeting, the Company shall (i) promptly
prepare and file with the SEC, use its commercially reasonable efforts to have
cleared by the SEC and thereafter mail to its stockholders as promptly as
practicable the Proxy Statement and all other proxy materials required in
connection with such meeting, (ii) notify Merger Sub and Parent of the receipt
of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any
requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional
information and shall promptly provide to Merger Sub and Parent copies of all
correspondence between the Company or any representative of the Company and the
SEC, (iii) give Merger Sub and Parent and their counsel reasonable opportunity
to review and provide comments to, and the Company shall incorporate any
reasonable comments so provided, the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed
with the SEC and give Merger Sub and Parent and their counsel reasonable
opportunity to review and provide comments to, and the Company shall incorporate
any reasonable comments so provided, all amendments and supplements to the Proxy
Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies
to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC, (iv) subject
to Section
5.03(a), use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary
approvals by its stockholders of this Agreement and the Merger and (v) use its
commercially reasonable efforts otherwise to comply with all legal requirements
applicable to the Company Stockholders Meeting.
(c) Parent,
as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, shall, immediately prior to the execution
of this Agreement by the parties hereto, approve and adopt this Agreement and
the Merger.
5.04 Filings and
Consents. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each Parent and the Company (i) shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with one another in determining which filings are required
to be made by each party prior to the Effective Time with, and which consents,
approvals, Permits or authorizations are required to be obtained by each party
prior to the Effective Time from, Governmental Authorities or other third
parties in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the Transactions and (ii) shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to assist the other in timely making all such filings and timely seeking
all such consents, approvals, Permits, authorizations and waivers required to be
made and obtained by the other party. Prior to making any application
to or filing with any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement,
each party shall provide the other party with drafts thereof (excluding any
confidential information included therein), afford the other party a reasonable
opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall incorporate any reasonable
comments provided into such drafts.
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5.05 Access to
Information. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier
of the Effective Time or the date this Agreement is validly terminated in
accordance with ARTICLE 7, and
subject to the requirements of applicable Law, including any anti-trust Law, the
Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and their
Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
counsel, accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors and representatives
(collectively, the “Company
Representatives”) to, give Merger Sub and Parent and their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, accountants, financial
advisors, representatives, consultants and financing sources (collectively, the
“Purchaser
Representatives”) access, upon reasonable notice and during the Company’s
normal business hours, to the offices and other facilities, to the senior
officers and other Company Representatives, and to the books and records of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries and will cause the Company Representatives
and its Subsidiaries to furnish or make available to Parent, Merger Sub and the
Purchaser Representatives such financial and operating data and such other
information with respect to the business and operations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries as Parent, Merger Sub or the Purchaser Representatives may from
time to time reasonably request. No investigation pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall
affect any representation or warranty in this Agreement of the Company or any
condition to the obligations of Parent hereunder. Unless otherwise
required by Law, each of Parent and Merger Sub will, and will cause the
Purchaser Representatives to, hold any such information in confidence in
accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined
below). Except as otherwise agreed to by the Company, and
notwithstanding termination of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the
Confidentiality Agreement, agreed to as of June 2, 2009 (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”), between Parent and the Company shall apply to all
information furnished to any Purchaser Representative by any Company
Representative hereunder or thereunder.
5.06 Notification of Certain
Matters. Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly notify
the other in writing of (a) receipt of any notice from any third party alleging
that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with
the Transactions, (b) any Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material
Adverse Effect, as the case may be, (c) any material claims, Actions,
proceedings or governmental investigations commenced or, to its knowledge,
threatened, involving or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their property or assets, (d) any representation or warranty made by such
party contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate and (e) any
failure of the Company, Merger Sub or Parent, as the case may be, to comply with
or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied
by it hereunder. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no
such notification or investigation by any party shall affect the
representations, warranties or covenants of any party or the conditions to the
obligations of any party hereunder, nor shall it limit or otherwise affect the
remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.
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5.07 Public
Announcements. Each of Parent and the Company agrees that,
promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall
(a) issue a joint press release in a form mutually agreed to by Parent and the
Company announcing the execution of this Agreement and the Transactions and (b)
each file a current report with the SEC on Form 8-K attaching such press release
and a copy of this Agreement as exhibits. Thereafter, each of Parent
and the Company agrees to consult promptly with each other prior to issuing any
press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to the
Merger and the other Transactions, agrees to provide to each other for review a
copy of any such press release or statement, and shall not issue any such press
release or make any such public statement without the prior written consent of
the other party unless required by applicable Law.
5.08 Indemnification; Directors’
and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) The
Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall
contain provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and
director exculpation substantially similar to those set forth in the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof (to the
extent consistent with applicable Law), which provisions shall not be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified in any manner for a period of six (6) years
following the Effective Time that would adversely affect the rights thereunder
of the persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were entitled to
indemnification, advancement of expenses or exculpation under the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws in respect of actions or omissions occurring
at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the
Transactions), unless otherwise required by applicable Law.
(b) From
and after the Effective Time and for a period of six (6) years following the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless each person who is or has been prior to the date hereof or who becomes
prior to the Effective Time an officer, director, employee or agent of the
Company (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”)
against all losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or amounts that are
paid in settlement of, or otherwise incurred (“Losses”) (but only to
the extent such Losses are not otherwise covered by insurance and paid), in
connection with any claim, action, suit, demand, proceeding or investigation (a
“Claim”) to
which any Indemnified Party is or may become a party to by virtue of his or her
service as a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company and arising out of actual or alleged events, actions or omissions
occurring or alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time
(including, without limitation, the Transactions), in each case to the fullest
extent permitted and provided in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof (and shall pay expenses in advance of the
final disposition of the claim(s) that are reasonably incurred in defending any
such action or proceeding to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent
permitted under Nevada Law as provided in the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof, upon receipt from the
Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced of the undertaking to repay such
advances contemplated by Nevada Law).
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(c) Any
Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 5.08 after
the Effective Time, upon learning of any such Claim, shall notify the Surviving
Corporation thereof (although the failure to so notify the Surviving Corporation
shall not relieve the Surviving Corporation from any liability that the
Surviving Corporation may have under this Section 5.08, except
to the extent such failure materially prejudices the Surviving
Corporation). In the event of any such Claim, the Surviving
Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and the Surviving
Corporation shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal expenses
of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified
Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if the Surviving
Corporation elects not to assume such defense or if there is an actual or
potential conflict of interest between, or different defenses exist for the
Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to him or her and the Surviving
Corporation shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the
Indemnified Party promptly as statements therefor are received by the Surviving
Corporation; provided,
however, that (i) the Surviving Corporation shall not, in connection with
any such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar actions or
proceedings arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all
Indemnified Parties, (ii) the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Parties
will cooperate in the defense of any such matter and (iii) the Surviving
Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior
written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
and provided further,
that the Surviving Corporation shall not have any obligation hereunder to any
Indemnified Party if and when a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately
determine that the indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner
contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.
(d) Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall procure a “tail” directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance policy with
terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Company Board, so long as
the cost thereof does not exceed 175% of the annual premium currently paid by
the Company under its directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in
effect as of the date of this Agreement, it being agreed that the Company shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain competitive quotes for such
insurance coverage in an effort to reduce the cost thereof, provided, that if
the cost for any such coverage is in excess of such amount, Parent or the
Surviving Corporation shall only be required to maintain such coverage as is
available for such amount.
(e) This
Section 5.08
shall survive the consummation of the Merger and is intended to be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Indemnified Parties referred to
herein, their heirs, legal representatives, successors, assigns and personal
representatives and shall be binding on the Surviving Corporation and its
successors and assigns. The provisions of this Section 5.08 are in
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification
that the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and personal representatives may have
by contract or otherwise.
(f)
If the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or
(ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to any Person, then, and in each case, as a condition to such consolidation,
merger, transfer or conveyance, proper provision shall be made so that the
successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation shall assume and agree to
perform the obligations set forth in this Section
5.08.
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5.09 Further Assurances;
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto shall use
their commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all such
actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate, as
expeditiously as practicable, the Merger and the other Transactions on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
5.10 No
Solicitation.
(a) The
Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates shall not, and shall
cause the Company Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit,
initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information or
assistance), or take any other action to induce or facilitate, any inquiry in
connection with or the making of any proposal from any Person that constitutes,
or may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in
Section
5.10(e)), (ii) enter into, explore, maintain, participate in or continue
any discussion or negotiation with any Person (other than Merger Sub, Parent or
any of the Purchaser Representatives, as applicable) regarding an Acquisition
Proposal, or furnish to any Person (other than Merger Sub, Parent or any of the
Purchaser Representatives, as applicable) any information or otherwise cooperate
in any way with, or assist or participate in, induce, facilitate or encourage,
any effort or attempt by any other Person (other than Merger Sub, Parent or any
of the Purchaser Representatives, as applicable) to make or effect an
Acquisition Proposal or (iii) enter into any agreement, arrangement or
understanding with respect to, or otherwise endorse, any Acquisition Proposal;
provided, however, that
nothing contained in this Section 5.10 shall
prohibit the Company Board, prior to approval of this Agreement by the
stockholders of the Company at the Company Stockholders Meeting, from furnishing
information to, or engaging in discussions or negotiations with, any Person that
makes an unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal (which did not result from a
breach of this Section
5.10) if (A) the Company Board determines in good faith, after
consultation with its independent outside legal counsel, that failure to take
such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under
applicable Law, (B) the Company Board determines in good faith, after
consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized
reputation that, the Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be
expected to lead to, after taking into consideration of any revised proposal
that Parent makes in accordance with Section 5.10(b), a
Superior Proposal (as defined in Section 5.10(f)), (C)
the Company Board has provided written notice to Parent of its intent to furnish
information, or enter into discussions with such Person at least two business
days prior to taking any such action, (D) the Company Board has obtained from
such Person an executed confidentiality agreement on terms no less favorable to
the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement and (E) any
information furnished to such Person has previously been provided to Parent or
is provided to Parent prior to or substantially concurrent with the time it is
provided to such Person. The Company shall take all action necessary to enforce,
and shall not waive or amend, each confidentiality, standstill or similar
agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
any of them is bound (in each case, other than any such agreement with Parent);
provided, however, that
the Company may waive any standstill or similar agreement and permit a proposal
to be made if the Company Board (or committee thereof) determines in good faith,
after consultation with outside counsel, that failure to do so would be
inconsistent with its fiduciary duty under applicable Law. From and
after the date hereof, the Company shall not and shall cause its Subsidiaries
not to enter into any confidentiality or other agreement with any Person or
group that restricts or prohibits the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
providing to Parent the foregoing information regarding (including the identity
of the Person submitting) an Acquisition Proposal or which provides for any
exclusive right of negotiation or dealing. The Company agrees not to
release any third party from, or waive any provisions of, any confidentiality or
standstill agreement to which the Company is a party and shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to enforce any such agreement at the request of
or on behalf of Parent, unless the Company Board determines in good faith (after
receiving the advice of its outside legal counsel and financial advisor) that
such action (or inaction, in the case of failing to provide any such release or
waiver) would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable
Law.
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(b) The
Company (i) will promptly (but in any event within one day) notify Parent orally
and in writing of the receipt of any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry
regarding the making of an Acquisition Proposal, including any request for
information, the terms and conditions of such request, Acquisition Proposal or
inquiry and the identity of the Person making such request, Acquisition Proposal
or inquiry, (ii) will keep Parent fully informed of the status and details
(including amendments and proposed amendments) of any such request, Acquisition
Proposal or inquiry and (iii) provide to Parent as soon as practicable after
receipt or delivery thereof a summary of the material terms and the identity of
such Person. Prior to taking any of the actions referred to in Section 5.10(a), the
Company Board shall promptly (but in any event within one day) notify Parent
orally and in writing of any action it proposes to take with respect to such
Acquisition Proposal. After taking any such action, the Company Board
shall promptly advise Parent orally and in writing of the status of such action
as developments arise or as requested by Parent. Without limiting the
foregoing, and subject to the compliance at all times with the provision of
Section 5.10,
(I) if a written Acquisition Proposal is made prior to the Company Stockholder
Approval, the Company Board may make an Adverse Recommendation, if:
(i) the Company Board has determined in good faith (after receiving
the advice of its outside legal counsel and independent financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation) that (A) that failing to make such Adverse
Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable
Law, and (B) such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal;
(ii) the Company shall have provided Parent two business days’ prior
notice (the “Notice
Period”) following Parent’s receipt of written notice (a “Notice of Superior
Proposal”) from the Company (A) representing to Parent that the Company
Board has received a Superior Proposal not in violation of the provisions of
Section 5.10,
(B) specifying the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal, (C)
identifying the Person making such Superior Proposal and (D) stating that the
Company Board will consider making an Adverse Recommendation; it being
understood and agreed that, prior to any such Adverse Recommendation occurring,
any amendment to the consideration to be paid in connection with such Superior
Proposal or material amendment to such Superior Proposal shall require a new
Notice of Superior Proposal with respect to such amendments (a “Subsequent Notice”)
and a new three business day Notice Period (a “Subsequent Notice
Period”); (iii) during such Notice Period or Subsequent Notice Period, as
the case may be, if requested by Parent, the Company shall have engaged in good
faith negotiations with Parent and its Representatives so as to permit Parent to
propose to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Acquisition Proposal
that was determined to constitute a Superior Proposal is no longer determined to
constitute a Superior Proposal; and (iv) at the end of the Notice Period or any
Subsequent Notice Period, as the case may be, such Acquisition Proposal has not
been withdrawn and continues to constitute a Superior Proposal, and (II) after
an Adverse Recommendation is made in accordance with the foregoing clause (I),
the Company shall be entitled to enter into a definitive and binding Acquisition
Agreement providing for a Superior Proposal if this Agreement is terminated by
the Company pursuant to Section 7.04(b) and,
concurrently with and as a condition to the effectiveness of any such
termination by the Company, the Company shall, concurrently with entering into
such definitive and binding Acquisition Agreement, have paid all amounts due to
Parent pursuant to Section
8.01(b). The Company agrees that it will not enter into an
Acquisition Agreement providing for a Superior Proposal referred to in this
Section 5.10(b)
until at least the sixth (6th) business day after it has provided the Notice of
Superior Proposal or until at least the fourth (4th) business day after it has
provided a Subsequent Notice, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Board may make an Adverse Recommendation not involving a Superior
Proposal if the Board has determined in good faith that the failure to take such
action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under
applicable Law.
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(c)
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the
Company Board from taking, and disclosing to the Company’s stockholders, a
position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange
Act or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A, or from making any required 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
required under applicable Law; provided, however, that none
of the Company, the Company Board (or any committee thereof) or any Company
Representative shall, except as permitted by Section
5.10(b), propose to approve or recommend any Acquisition
Proposal.
(d) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall immediately cease and cause its
Affiliates and the Company Representatives to cease any and all existing
activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties (other than Merger Sub,
Parent or any of the Purchaser Representatives, as applicable) conducted
heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal
that may be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, request the prompt
return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished in
connection therewith and immediately terminate all physical and electronic
dataroom access previously granted to any such party..
(e) For
purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Proposal”
shall mean, other than the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any
offer or proposal (whether or not in writing) for, or any indication of interest
in, (i) any direct or indirect (including by way of merger, consolidation, share
exchange, other business combination, partnership, joint venture, sale of
capital stock of or other equity interests in a Subsidiary or otherwise)
acquisition or purchase of the total assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries representing 20% or more of the consolidated revenues, net income
or assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single
transaction or series of related transactions, (ii) any direct or indirect
(including by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange, other business
combination, partnership, joint venture, sale of capital stock of or other
equity interests in a Subsidiary or otherwise) acquisition or purchase of 20% or
more of any class of equity securities (or options, rights or warrants to
purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, such securities)
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (including a
self-tender offer) that if consummated would result in any Person beneficially
owning 20% or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (iv) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction
involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (v) any public announcement
of an agreement, proposal or plan to do any of the foregoing.
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(f) For
purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal”
shall mean any written offer to consummate an Acquisition Proposal by a Person
pursuant to which such Person would acquire, directly or indirectly, more than
50% of the Common Shares or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole that (i) the Company Board has determined in
good faith, after consultation with an independent financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation, is more favorable from a financial point of
view to the Company than the Merger (including any adjustment to the terms and
conditions thereof proposed in writing by Parent in response to any such
Acquisition Proposal), (ii) the Company Board has determined in good faith,
after consultation with its independent outside legal counsel, is of such a
nature that failure to accept such Acquisition Proposal would be inconsistent
with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (iii) is reasonably likely to
be completed in a timely manner (taking into account all financial, regulatory,
legal and other aspects of such proposal (including, without limitation, the
ready availability of cash on hand and/or commitments for the same, in each case
as applicable, required to consummate any such Acquisition Proposal and any
antitrust or competition Law approvals or non-objections)).
5.11 SEC
Reports. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 7 or the
Effective Time, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file on
a timely basis all SEC reports required to be filed by it with the SEC under the
Exchange Act (“SEC
Reports”), the Securities Act and the published rules and regulations of
the SEC under either of the foregoing applicable to such SEC Reports, which SEC
Reports shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the published rules and regulations of the
SEC thereunder, each as applicable to such SEC Reports.
5.12 Termination of
Registration. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to
cooperate with the other in taking, or causing to be taken, all actions
necessary to terminate the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange
Act; provided that such termination shall not be effective until or after the
Effective Time.
5.13 Stockholder
Litigation. Each of Parent and the Company shall give the
other the reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of any
stockholder litigation against the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable,
and their directors relating to the Transactions. The Company agrees
that it will not settle any litigation currently pending, or commenced after the
date hereof, against the Company or any of its directors by any stockholder of
the Company relating to this Agreement or the Merger, without the prior written
consent of Parent (which will not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or
delayed). The Company will not voluntarily cooperate with any third
party which has sought or may hereafter seek to restrain, prohibit or otherwise
oppose the Merger and will cooperate with Parent to resist any such effort to
restrain, prohibit or otherwise oppose the Merger.
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5.14 Employee
Matters. With respect to the employees of the Company who
remain employed after the Effective Time by the Company following the Effective
Time (the “Continuing
Employees”), and to the extent not prohibited under the terms of Parent’s
applicable benefit plans, Parent shall treat and cause its applicable benefit
plans to treat the service of the Continuing Employees with the Company prior to
the Effective Time as service rendered to Parent or any Affiliate of Parent for
purposes of eligibility to participate and vesting, including applicability of
minimum waiting periods for participation, and for the purpose of determining
future vacation and severance. Continuing Employees shall receive
employee benefits no less favorable in aggregate than those provided to
similarly situated Parent employees. Parent shall, or shall cause its
applicable Subsidiary to, assume and perform the Company’s employment and change
in control agreements. Parent shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to provide that no such Continuing Employee, or any of his or her
eligible dependents, who, at the Effective Time, are participating in the
Company’s group health plan shall be excluded from Parent’s group health plan,
or limited in coverage thereunder, by reason of any waiting period restriction
or pre-existing condition limitation other than waiting period restrictions or
pre-existing condition limitations that were applicable to such Continuing
Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time and to provide credit for any
coinsurance and deductibles prior to the Effective Time but in the same plan
year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall not be required to
provide any coverage, benefits or credit inconsistent with the terms of any
Parent benefit plans. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Section 5.14 shall
require or imply that the employment of the employees of the Company who are
employed at the Effective Time will continue for any particular period of time
following the Effective Time. This Section is not intended, and shall
not be deemed, to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the
parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns,
to create any agreement of employment with any Person or to otherwise create any
third party beneficiary hereunder, or to be interpreted as an amendment to any
plan of Parent or any Affiliate of Parent.
5.15 Options and
Warrants.
(a) At
the Effective Time, each Option which is outstanding at the Effective Time,
whether or not exercisable, shall be converted into and become rights with
respect to Parent Common Stock, and Parent shall assume each Option, in
accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plan and stock option agreement
by which it is evidenced, except that from and after the Effective Time,
(i) Parent and its Board of Directors shall be substituted for the Company
and the Company’s Board of Directors administering such Company Stock Plan,
(ii) each Option assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of
Parent Common Stock (or cash, if so provided under the terms of such Option),
(iii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Option
shall be equal to the number of Common Shares subject to such Option immediately
prior to the Effective Time multiplied by 1.54448 (the “Exchange Ratio”), and
(iv) the per share exercise price under each such Option shall be adjusted by
dividing the per share exercise price under each such Option by the Exchange
Ratio and rounding up to the nearest cent. Notwithstanding the
provisions of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, Parent shall not be
obligated to issue any fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock upon exercise
of Options and any fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock that otherwise
would be subject to a converted Option shall represent the right to receive a
cash payment upon exercise of such converted Option equal to the product of such
fraction and the difference between the market value of one share of Parent
Common Stock at the time of exercise of such converted Option and the per share
exercise price of such converted Option. In addition, notwithstanding
the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first sentence of this
Section
5.15(a), (1) each Option which is an “incentive stock option” shall be
adjusted as required by Section 424 of the Code, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, so as not to constitute a modification, extension or
renewal of the option, within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code and
(2) each Option shall be adjusted in a manner so as to comply with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Company agrees to take
all necessary steps to effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.15(a),
including using its best efforts to obtain from each holder of a Option any
consent or contract or agreement that may be deemed necessary or advisable in
order to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section
5.15(a). Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, Parent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, not to
deliver the consideration provided in this Section 5.15(a) to a
former holder of a Option who has not delivered such consent or contract or
agreement.
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(b) At
the Effective Time, each Warrant which is outstanding at the Effective Time,
whether or not exercisable, shall be converted into and become rights with
respect to Parent Common Stock, and Parent shall assume each Warrant, in
accordance with its terms, except that from and after the Effective Time,
(i) each Warrant assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of
Parent Common Stock (or cash, if so provided under the terms of such Warrant),
(ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Warrant
shall be equal to the number of Common Shares subject to such Warrant
immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied the Exchange Ratio, and (iii)
the per share exercise price under each such Warrant shall be adjusted by
dividing the per share exercise price under each such Warrant by the Exchange
Ratio and rounding up to the nearest cent. Notwithstanding the
provisions of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, Parent shall not be
obligated to issue any fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock upon exercise
of Warrants and any fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock that otherwise
would be subject to a converted Warrant shall represent the right to receive a
cash payment upon exercise of such converted Warrant equal to the product of
such fraction and the difference between the market value of one share of Parent
Common Stock at the time of exercise of such converted Warrant and the per share
exercise price of such converted Warrant. The Company agrees to take
all necessary steps to effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.15(b),
including using its best efforts to obtain from each holder of a Warrant any
consent or contract or agreement that may be deemed necessary or advisable in
order to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section
5.15(b). Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, Parent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, not to
deliver the consideration provided in this Section 5.15(b) to a
former holder of a Warrant who has not delivered such consent or contract or
agreement.
5.16 Equity
Financings. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE 7 or the
Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of the other party, issue, or enter into any agreement to issue, any
shares of capital stock or any other securities convertible into, or any rights,
warrants or options to acquire, any such shares, securities or convertible
securities or any other securities or equity equivalents in connection with a
capital raising transaction.
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5.17 Parent
Covenants. Following the Effective Time, Parent shall take
reasonable actions to (i) change its name to “QuantRx Diagnostics Corp.,” (ii)
qualify for listing on the American Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Global Market,
(iii) increase the number of shares under the Parent Stock Plans such that the
shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Parent Stock Plans represent
fifteen percent (15%) of the capital stock of Parent post-Merger on a fully
diluted basis, (iv) maintain a board of directors of Parent consisting of five
(5) directors, which shall consist of three directors to be designated by Parent
and two of the directors to be designated by the Company, (v) designate an
executive management team that shall consist of Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx, M.D. and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, with the exact officer positions of
such individuals to be determined prior to the Effective Time, and (vi)
terminate the Limited Liability Company Agreement of QN Diagnostics, LLC, and to
wind up and dissolve the affairs of such limited liability company in a tax
efficient manner.
ARTICLE
6
CONDITIONS
TO CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER
6.01 Conditions to the
Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) Company Stockholder
Approval. The Company shall have obtained the Stockholder
Approval at the Company Stockholders Meeting in accordance with Nevada Law, the
Company’s articles of incorporation and its bylaws.
(b) No Orders and
Injunctions. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted,
issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, rule, regulation, executive
order or decree, judgment, injunction, ruling or other order, whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent (collectively, “Order”), that is then
in effect and has the effect of preventing or prohibiting consummation of the
Merger or otherwise imposing material limitations on the ability of Merger Sub
and Parent effectively to acquire or hold the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that each of the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to have any such Order vacated.
(c) Material
Consents. All material consents, approvals, Permits of,
authorizations from, notifications to and filings with any Governmental
Authorities required to be made or obtained prior to the consummation of the
Merger shall have been made or obtained.
(d) No
Litigation. There shall not be pending by any Governmental
Authority any suit, action or proceeding (i) challenging or seeking to restrain
or prohibit the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions,
(ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries of any material portion of the business or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to dispose of or hold separate any material
portion of the business or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as
a result of the Merger or any of the other Transactions or (iii) seeking to
impose limitations on the ability of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Affiliates, to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership
of, any Common Shares, including, without limitation, the right to vote Common
Shares on all matters properly presented to the stockholders of the
Company.
(e) Form
S-4. The SEC shall have declared the Registration Statement
effective under the Securities Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and no
proceeding shall have been initiated by the SEC.
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6.02 Conditions to Obligations of
Merger Sub and Parent. The obligations of each of Merger Sub
and Parent to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction, at or
before the Effective Time, of each of the following additional conditions,
unless waived by Parent, acting under the direction of its board of directors,
in writing prior to the Effective Time:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
(ignoring for purposes of a determination of any breach of such representations
and warranties any qualification based upon “material,” “materiality,” “Company
Material Adverse Effect” or any similar qualification contained in such
representations and warranties) (i) as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) as
of the Closing Date as though then made on and as of the Closing Date, except
for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a
particular date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of such date); provided, however, that, in
the event of a breach of a representation or warranty, the condition set forth
in this Section
6.02(a) shall be deemed satisfied unless the effect of all such breaches
of representations and warranties taken together has had, or would reasonably be
expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Covenants and
Agreements. The Company shall have, in all material respects
performed all obligations and complied with all agreements and covenants
required to be performed by it or complied with by it under this Agreement at or
prior to the Effective Time.
(c) No Company Material Adverse
Effect. No circumstance, effect, event or change shall have
occurred prior to the Effective Time which, individually or in the aggregate,
has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Officers’
Certificate. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver an
Officers’ Certificate, duly executed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or
Chief Financial Officer and dated as of the Closing Date, stating that the
conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 6.02(a) and
(b) above have
been satisfied.
(e) Minimum Cash
Balance. Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall
provide evidence that is reasonably satisfactory to Parent that the Company has
cash or cash equivalents equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
6.03 Conditions to Obligation of
the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the
Merger are subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Effective Time, of each
of the following additional conditions, unless waived by the Company in writing
prior to the Effective Time:
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(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects (ignoring for purposes of a determination of any breach of such
representations and warranties any qualification based upon “material,”
“materiality,” “Parent Material Adverse Effect” or any similar qualification
contained in such representations and warranties) (i) as of the date of this
Agreement and (ii) as of the Closing Date as though then made on and as of the
Closing Date, except for those representations and warranties that address
matters only as of a particular date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date);
provided, however,
that, in the event of a breach of a representation or warranty, the condition
set forth in this Section 6.03(a) shall
be deemed satisfied unless the effect of all such breaches of representations
and warranties taken together has had, or would reasonably be expected to have,
a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Covenants and
Agreements. Each of Merger Sub and Parent shall have, in all
material respects, performed all obligations and complied with all agreements
and covenants required to be performed by them or complied with by them under
this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time.
(c) No Parent Material Adverse
Effect. No circumstance, effect, event or change shall have
occurred prior to the Effective Time which, individually or in the aggregate,
has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Officers’
Certificate. At the Closing, each of Merger Sub and Parent
shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate, duly executed by their respective Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer and dated as of the Closing Date,
stating that the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 6.03(a) and
(b) above have
been satisfied.
ARTICLE
7
TERMINATION
7.01 Termination by Mutual
Consent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and
other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time,
before or after the approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company, by the mutual written consent of the Company, acting under the
direction of the Company Board, and Parent and Merger Sub, acting under the
direction of their respective boards of directors.
7.02 Termination by Merger Sub,
Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated and
the Merger and other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Effective Time, before or after the approval of this Agreement by the
stockholders of the Company, by either Merger Sub and Parent, on the one hand,
by action of their respective boards of directors, or the Company, on the other
hand, by action of the Company Board, if:
(a) any
Governmental Authority shall have issued an Order (which has not been vacated,
withdrawn or overturned) permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting the consummation of the Merger and such Order shall have become
final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.02(a) shall
not be available to any party that has failed to perform in all material
respects its obligations under Section 5.09 or the
proviso contained in Section
6.01(b);
(b) the
Merger shall not have been consummated on or before June 30, 2010 (the “Expiration Date”);
provided, however, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.02(b) shall
not be available to any party whose failure to perform any covenant or
obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure
of the Merger to have been consummated on or before the Expiration
Date;
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(c) there
shall be any Law that makes consummation of the Merger illegal or otherwise
prohibited; or
(d) the
Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained by the earlier to occur of (i)
the Company Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof
at which a vote on such approval was taken or (ii) the date that is two (2)
business days prior to the Expiration Date.
7.03 Termination by Merger Sub
and Parent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger
and other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time,
before or after the approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company, by action of the board of directors of Merger Sub and the board of
directors of Parent, if:
(a) the
Company shall have breached any of its representations, warranties, covenants
(other than Section
5.10) or other agreements set forth in this Agreement or any such
representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this
Agreement (in either case, a “Terminating Company
Breach”) and such Terminating Company Breach (i) would give rise to the
failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.02(a) or
Section 6.02(b)
and (ii) has not been cured within twenty business days after notice thereof is
received by the Company; provided, however, that
Parent and Merger Sub shall have no right to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section
7.03(a) if there is an uncured Terminating Merger Sub Breach at the time
of the Terminating Company Breach;
(b) the
Company Board shall have made an Adverse Recommendation; or
(c) the
Company shall have materially breached any of its obligations under Section
5.10;
7.04 Termination by the
Company. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company,
acting under the direction of the Company Board, and the Merger and other
Transactions may be abandoned, if:
(a) at
any time prior to the Effective Time, before or after the approval of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, Merger Sub or Parent shall have
breached any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other
agreements set forth in this Agreement or any such representation or warranty
shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement (in either case, a
“Terminating Merger
Sub Breach”) and such Terminating Merger Sub Breach (i) would give rise
to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.03(a) or
Section 6.03(b)
and (ii) is not cured within twenty business days after written notice thereof
is received by Merger Sub and Parent; provided, however, that the
Company shall have no right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.04(a) if
there is an uncured Terminating Company Breach at the time of the Terminating
Merger Sub Breach; or
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(b) at
any time prior to the approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.10
(provided that the Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5.10 in all
material respects, including, without limitation, the notice provisions therein,
and shall have concurrently with such termination made all payments to Merger
Sub and Parent required by Section
8.01).
7.05 Effect of
Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement
and abandonment of the Merger and other Transactions pursuant to this ARTICLE 7, this
Agreement shall forthwith become null and void and have no effect, without any
liability on the part of any party or its officers, directors, stockholders,
Affiliates and agents, other than the provisions of the last sentence of Section 5.05 and the
provisions of Sections
5.07, 7.05, 8.01, 8.03 and 8.08. Nothing
contained in this Section 7.05 shall
relieve any party hereto from liability for any intentional breach of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
8
MISCELLANEOUS
8.01 Payment of
Expenses.
(a) Except
as otherwise specified in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall bear
its own Expenses (as defined below) incurred by or on behalf of such party in
preparing for, entering into and carrying out this Agreement and the
consummation of the Merger and the financing of the
Transactions. “Expenses” as used in
this Agreement shall include all actual, documented out-of-pocket expenses
(including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of outside counsel,
investment bankers, banks, other financial institutions, accountants, financial
printers, experts and consultants to a party hereto) incurred by a party or on
its behalf in connection with or related to the investigation, due diligence
examination, authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance
of this Agreement and the Transactions and the financing thereof and all other
matters contemplated by this Agreement and the closing thereof, together with
any actual, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any party in
enforcing any of its rights set forth in this Agreement, whether pursuant to
litigation or otherwise.
(b) If
this Agreement is terminated by (i) the Company pursuant to Section 7.04(b) or
(ii) by Parent pursuant to Section 7.03(b) or
(iii) Parent or the Company (A) pursuant to Section 7.02(d) due to the
failure of the Company’s stockholders to approve this Agreement or the Merger,
(B) prior to the time of such failure to so approve this Agreement or the Merger
a competing Transaction shall have been publicly announced with respect to the
Company and (C) the Company enters into an agreement providing for a Third Party
Acquisition (as defined below) within 12 months after the date of such
termination, then, concurrently with any such termination of this Agreement, the
Company shall pay to Parent the Break Up Fee. “Break Up Fee” means
cash in immediately available funds in an amount equal to $260,000 minus the amount of any
Expenses paid by the Company to Parent under Section 8.01(c).
“Third Party
Acquisition” means, other than the Transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, any offer or proposal for, or any indication of interest in, (i) any
direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of 50% or more of the total assets of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, (ii) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of 50%
or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (iii)
any tender offer or exchange offer (including a self-tender offer) that if
consummated would result in any Person beneficially owning 50% or more of any
class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any
merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization,
reclassification or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or (v) any public announcement of an agreement, proposal or
plan to do any of the foregoing.
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(c) All
amounts payable by a party under this Section 8.01 shall be
paid within ten (10) business days in cash and in
immediately available funds to such account as Parent may designate in
writing.
(e) The
parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in Section 8.01 are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that,
without these agreements, the parties would not enter into this
Agreement. If one party fails to promptly pay to the other any
expense reimbursement or fee due under this Section 8.01, the
defaulting party shall pay the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) in connection with any action, including the filing of any
Action, taken to collect payment, together with interest on the amount of any
unpaid fee at the publicly announced prime rate of Citibank N.A. plus five
percent (5%) per annum, compounded quarterly, from the date such expense
reimbursement or fee was required to be paid.
8.02 Performance by Merger Sub
and Surviving Corporation. Parent agrees to cause Merger Sub
and Surviving Corporation to perform all of their respective agreements,
covenants and obligations under this Agreement. Parent hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual performance of
Merger Sub’s obligations hereunder.
8.03 No
Survival. The representations, warranties and agreements made
in this Agreement shall not survive beyond the Effective Time or the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE 7
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agreements set forth in
ARTICLE 1 and
ARTICLE 2,
Section 5.08
and ARTICLE 8
shall survive the Effective Time and those set forth in Section 7.05, Section 8.01 and
Section 8.02
shall survive termination.
8.04 Modification or
Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto
at any time before or after approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of
the Company; provided,
however, that after any such approval, there shall not be made any
amendment that by Law requires the further approval by such stockholders without
such further approval. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement
may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the
parties.
8.05 Entire Agreement;
Assignment. This Agreement (including the documents and the
instruments referred to herein) and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the
entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both
written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests
or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether
by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other
party (except that each of Parent and Merger Sub may assign its rights,
interests and obligations to any of their respective Affiliates or direct or
indirect Subsidiaries without the consent of the Company, so long as they remain
primarily obligated with respect to any such delegated
obligation). Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will
be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and
their respective successors and assigns.
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8.06 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, unless the effects of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability would prevent the parties from
realizing the major portion of the economic benefits of the Merger that they
currently anticipate obtaining therefrom, all other conditions and provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect. 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 as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law in an acceptable manner to the end that the Transactions are
fulfilled to the extent possible.
8.07 Notices. All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing (including facsimile transmission) and shall be given as
follows:
if to Parent or Merger Sub,
to:
QuantRx
Biomedical Corp.
000 X.
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, LLP
The
MetLife Building
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
if to the Company,
to:
00
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy to:
DLA Piper
LLP (US)
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
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or to
such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for
such purpose by notice to each other party hereto. All such notices,
requests and other communications shall be deemed received (i) on the date of
delivery if delivered personally, (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt of
transmission by facsimile transmission, or (iii) on the date of confirmation of
receipt if delivered by an internationally recognized courier
service.
8.08 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada, regardless of the Laws that
might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of Laws
thereof.
8.09 Descriptive
Headings. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
8.10 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Original signatures hereto may be delivered by facsimile
or by portable data format (PDF) which shall be deemed originals.
8.11 Certain
Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
(a) “Affiliate,” as
applied to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including,
with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under
common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by Contract or otherwise;
(b) “Indebtedness” means,
with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) indebtedness for borrowed
money or issued in substitution for or exchange of indebtedness for borrowed
money, (ii) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments, (iii) obligations under leases (contingent or otherwise, as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise) required to be accounted for as capitalized
leases pursuant to generally agreed accounting principles, (iv) obligations for
amounts drawn under acceptances, letters of credit, contingent reimbursement
liabilities with respect to letters of credit or similar facilities, (v) any
liability for the deferred purchase price of property or services, contingent or
otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, (vi) any liability which is deemed a
long-term liability under generally agreed accounting principles, (vii)
guarantees and similar commitments relating to any of the foregoing items, and
(viii) any accrued and unpaid interest on, and any prepayment premiums,
penalties or similar contractual charges in respect of, any of the
foregoing;
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(c) “Person” or “person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or any
other entity or group (which term shall include a “group” as such term is
defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); and
(d) “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or other entity of which such Person (either alone or
through or together with any other Subsidiary), owns, directly or indirectly,
more than 50% of the stock or other equity or beneficial interests, the holders
of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of
directors or other governing body of such corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other entity.
8.12 Specific
Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage
would occur to one party in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached by the other party. It is accordingly agreed that
either party shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent
breaches of this Agreement by the other party and to seek to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement against the other party
without bond or other security being required, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
8.13 Extension;
Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, a party may
(a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts
of the other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties of the other party contained in this Agreement or in any document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) subject to the proviso in Section 8.04, waive
compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained
in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party 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 of any party to this
Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall
not constitute a waiver of such rights.
8.14 Third-Party
Beneficiaries. Except for the provisions of Section 5.08, this
Agreement is not intended to confer upon any person other than the parties
hereto any rights or remedies.
8.15 Submission to
Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada or the United States District
Court for the District of Nevada, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto agrees that, subject to
rights with respect to post-trial motions and rights of appeal or other avenues
of review, a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive
and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by Law. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in
the state courts of the State of Nevada or the United States District Court for
the District of Nevada. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court.
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8.16 Waiver of Jury
Trial. THE PARTIES, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
HEREBY KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY, WITH AND UPON THE ADVICE OF
COMPETENT COUNSEL, WAIVE, RELINQUISH AND FOREVER FORGO THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF EITHER PARTY OR
ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, PARTNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR ATTORNEYS, OR ANY OTHER PERSONS AFFILIATED WITH EITHER OF
THE PARTIES IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT
OR OTHERWISE.
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63
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement and Plan of
Merger to be executed on its behalf by its respective officer thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
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Title:
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CEO and President | |
NP ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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President | |
QUANTRX BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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CEO |