AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of May 12, 2008 Among FINMECCANICA - SOCIETÁ PER AZIONI, DRAGON MERGER SUB, INC. And DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
EXECUTION VERSION
__________________________________________________________
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
Dated
as of May 12, 2008
Among
FINMECCANICA
- SOCIETÁ PER AZIONI,
DRAGON
MERGER SUB, INC.
And
DRS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
__________________________________________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
The
Merger
Section
1.01
|
The
Merger
|
1
|
Section
1.02
|
Closing
|
1
|
Section
1.03
|
Effective
Time
|
2
|
Section
1.04
|
Effects
|
2
|
Section
1.05
|
Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws
|
2
|
Section
1.06
|
Directors
|
2
|
Section
1.07
|
Officers
|
2
|
ARTICLE
II
Effect
on the Capital Stock of the
Constituent
Corporations; Exchange of Certificates
Section
2.01
|
Effect
on Capital Stock
|
2
|
Section
2.02
|
Exchange
of Certificates
|
3
|
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
Section
3.01
|
Organization,
Standing and Power
|
6
|
Section
3.02
|
Company
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
|
7
|
Section
3.03
|
Capital
Structure
|
7
|
Section
3.04
|
Authority;
Execution and Delivery; Enforceability
|
8
|
Section
3.05
|
No
Conflicts; Consents
|
9
|
Section
3.06
|
SEC
Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities
|
10
|
Section
3.07
|
Information
Supplied
|
11
|
Section
3.08
|
Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
|
12
|
Section
3.09
|
Taxes
|
13
|
Section
3.10
|
Labor
Relations
|
15
|
Section
3.11
|
Employee
Matters
|
15
|
Section
3.12
|
Litigation
|
19
|
Section
3.13
|
Compliance
with Applicable Laws
|
19
|
Section
3.14
|
Compliance
with Environmental Laws
|
20
|
Section
3.15
|
Contracts
|
21
|
Section
3.16
|
Title
to Properties
|
25
|
Section
3.17
|
Intellectual
Property
|
25
|
Section
3.18
|
Transactions
with Related Persons
|
28
|
Section
3.19
|
Insurance
|
28
|
Section
3.20
|
Brokers;
Schedule of Fees and Expenses
|
28
|
Section
3.21
|
Opinion
of Financial Advisors
|
28
|
Section
3.22
|
Customers
or Suppliers
|
28
|
Section
3.23
|
No
Other Representations or Warranties
|
28
|
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Sub
Section
4.01
|
Organization,
Standing and Power
|
29
|
Section
4.02
|
Sub
|
29
|
Section
4.03
|
Authority;
Execution and Delivery; Enforceability
|
29
|
Section
4.04
|
No
Conflicts; Consents
|
29
|
Section
4.05
|
Information
Supplied
|
30
|
Section
4.06
|
Brokers
|
30
|
Section
4.07
|
Litigation
|
30
|
Section
4.08
|
Availability
of Funds
|
30
|
Section
4.09
|
No
Vote Required
|
31
|
Section
4.10
|
No
Other Representations or Warranties
|
31
|
ARTICLE
V
Covenants
Relating to Conduct of Business
Section
5.01
|
Conduct
of Business
|
31
|
Section
5.02
|
No
Solicitation
|
34
|
ARTICLE
VI
Additional
Agreements
Section
6.01
|
Preparation
of Proxy Statement
|
38
|
Section
6.02
|
Stockholders
Meeting
|
39
|
Section
6.03
|
Access
to Information; Confidentiality; Cooperation
|
39
|
Section
6.04
|
Reasonable
Best Efforts; Notification
|
42
|
Section
6.05
|
Stock
Options; Restricted Stock; RSUs
|
44
|
Section
6.06
|
Company
Debt Instruments
|
45
|
Section
6.07
|
Employee
Matters
|
45
|
Section
6.08
|
Indemnification
|
48
|
Section
6.09
|
Fees
and Expenses
|
50
|
Section
6.10
|
Public
Announcements
|
50
|
Section
6.11
|
Transfer
Taxes
|
50
|
Section
6.12
|
Stockholder
Litigation
|
51
|
ii
Section
6.13
|
Director
Resignations
|
51
|
ARTICLE
VII
Conditions
Precedent
Section
7.01
|
Conditions
to Each Party's Obligation To Effect The Merger
|
51
|
Section
7.02
|
Conditions
to Obligations of Parent and Sub
|
52
|
Section
7.03
|
Conditions
to Obligation of the Company
|
53
|
ARTICLE
VIII
Termination,
Amendment and Waiver
Section
8.01
|
Termination
|
53
|
Section
8.02
|
Effect
of Termination
|
55
|
Section
8.03
|
Amendment
|
55
|
Section
8.04
|
Extension;
Waiver
|
55
|
Section
8.05
|
Procedure
for Termination, Amendment, Extension or Waiver
|
55
|
ARTICLE
IX
General
Provisions
Section
9.01
|
Nonsurvival
of Representations and Warranties
|
55
|
Section
9.02
|
Notices
|
56
|
Section
9.03
|
Definitions
|
57
|
Section
9.04
|
Interpretation
|
59
|
Section
9.05
|
Severability
|
59
|
Section
9.06
|
Counterparts
|
59
|
Section
9.07
|
Entire
Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
|
59
|
Section
9.08
|
Governing
Law
|
60
|
Section
9.09
|
Assignment
|
60
|
Section
9.10
|
Enforcement
|
60
|
iii
GLOSSARY OF DEFINED
TERMS
Term
|
Section
|
Acquisition
Agreement
|
5.02(b)
|
Adverse
Recommendation Change
|
5.02(b)
|
affiliate
|
9.03
|
Anti-Bribery
Laws
|
3.13(c)
|
Appraisal
Shares
|
2.01(d)
|
Bid
|
3.15(b)
|
business
day
|
9.03
|
CEO
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
CEO
Agreement
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
1.03
|
Certificates
|
2.02(b)
|
Closing
|
1.02
|
Closing
Date
|
1.02
|
Code
|
2.02(h)
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
Company
Agreement
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Company
Benefit Plan
|
3.11(a)
|
Company
Board
|
3.04(b)
|
Company
By-laws
|
3.01
|
Company
Capital Stock
|
3.03(a)
|
Company
Charter
|
3.01
|
Company
Common Stock
|
Recitals
|
Company
Disclosure Letter
|
Article
III
|
Company
Government Contract
|
3.15(b)
|
Company
Government Subcontract
|
3.15(b)
|
Company
License Agreements
|
26
|
Company
Material Adverse Effect
|
9.03
|
Company
Preferred Stock
|
3.03(a)
|
Company
Recommendation
|
3.04(b)
|
Company
Restricted Stock
|
3.03(a)
|
Company
SEC Documents
|
3.06(a)
|
Company
Stock Options
|
3.03(a)
|
Company
Stock Plans
|
3.03(a)
|
Company
Stock-Based Award
|
9.03
|
Company
Stockholder Approval
|
3.04(c)
|
Company
Subsidiaries
|
3.01
|
Company
Superior Proposal
|
5.02(e)
|
Company
Takeover Proposal
|
5.02(e)
|
Company
Welfare Plans
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Competition
Authorities
|
6.04(b)(ii)
|
Confidentiality
Agreement
|
6.03
|
Consent
|
3.05(b)
|
iv
Continuing
Employees
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Contract
|
3.05(a)
|
Convertible
Notes
|
6.06(a)
|
Copyrights
|
28
|
DGCL
|
1.01
|
Effective
Time
|
1.03
|
Environmental
Claim
|
3.14(d)
|
Environmental
Laws
|
3.14(d)
|
Environmental
Permits
|
3.14(b)
|
ERISA
|
3.11(c)
|
ERISA
Affiliate
|
3.11(a)
|
Exchange
Act
|
3.05(b)
|
Exchange
Fund
|
2.02(a)
|
Executive
Agreements
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Exon-Xxxxxx
|
3.05(b)
|
Export
Control Laws
|
3.13(b)
|
FAR
|
3.05(b)
|
Filed
Company SEC Documents
|
Article
III
|
Financial
Statements
|
3.06(a)
|
FOCI
|
3.05(b)
|
GAAP
|
3.06(a)
|
Governmental
Entity
|
3.05(b)
|
Hazardous
Materials
|
3.14(d)
|
HSR
Act
|
3.05(b)
|
Indentures
|
6.06(a)
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
28
|
IRS
|
3.11(b)
|
Judgment
|
3.05(a)
|
Knowledge
|
9.03
|
Law
|
3.05(a)
|
Lease
|
3.16(b)
|
Liens
|
3.02(a)
|
Management
Incentive Program
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Material
Company Contracts
|
3.15(a)
|
Maximum
Premium
|
6.08(b)
|
Merger
|
Recitals
|
Merger
Consideration
|
2.01(c)
|
NISPOM
|
3.05(b)
|
Notes
|
6.06(a)
|
Outside
Date
|
8.01(b)(i)
|
Parent
|
Preamble
|
Parent
Material Adverse Effect
|
9.03
|
Patents
|
28
|
Paying
Agent
|
2.02(a)
|
Permits
|
3.13(a)
|
Permitted
Liens
|
9.03
|
v
person
|
9.03
|
Post-Closing
Plans
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Post-Closing
Welfare Plans
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Proxy
Statement
|
3.05(b)
|
Proxy
Threshold Event
|
9.03
|
Related
Persons
|
3.18
|
Release
|
3.14(d)
|
Representatives
|
5.02(a)
|
RSUs
|
3.03(a)
|
SEC
|
Article
III
|
Section
262
|
2.01(d)
|
Securities
Act
|
3.06(a)
|
SOX
|
3.06(a)
|
Special
Meeting
|
6.02
|
Specified
Agreement
|
Section
6.07(a)
|
Sub
|
Preamble
|
subsidiary
|
9.03
|
Surviving
Corporation
|
1.01
|
tax
|
3.09(j)(i)
|
tax
return
|
3.09(j)(ii)
|
taxes
|
3.09(j)(i)
|
Termination
Fee
|
6.09(b)
|
Trademarks
|
28
|
Transfer
Taxes
|
6.11
|
vi
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of May 12, 2008 among Finmeccanica - Societá per
azioni, a societá per azioni organized under the laws of Italy ("Parent"), Dragon
Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sub") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent, and DRS Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company").
WHEREAS
the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Sub and the Company have approved
Parent's acquisition of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS
the respective boards of directors of Parent, Sub and the Company have approved
and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the merger of Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger") whereby each
issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company (the "Company
Common Stock") not owned by Parent, Sub or the Company or their
respective subsidiaries shall be converted into the right to receive $81.00 in
cash; and
WHEREAS
Parent, Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe
various conditions to the Merger.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
The
Merger
SECTION
1.01 The
Merger. On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), Sub shall be
merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. At the
Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving
Corporation"). At the election of Parent, any direct or
indirect U.S. wholly owned subsidiary of Parent may be substituted for Sub as a
constituent corporation in the Merger or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Parent may acquire all of the shares of capital stock of Sub currently held by
Parent. In such event, the parties shall execute an appropriate
amendment to this Agreement in order to reflect the foregoing.
SECTION
1.02 Closing. The
closing of the Merger (the "Closing") shall take
place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, 000 00xx Xxxxxx, XX,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 at 10:00 a.m. on the second business day following the
satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by Law, waiver by all parties) of the
conditions set forth in Section 7.01, or, if on such day any condition set forth
in Section 7.02 or 7.03 has not been satisfied (or, to the extent permitted by
Law, waived by the party or parties entitled to the benefits thereof), as soon
as practicable after
all
the conditions set forth in Article VII have been satisfied (or, to the extent
permitted by Law, waived by the party or parties entitled to the benefits
thereof), or at such other place, time and date as shall be agreed in writing
between Parent and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs
is referred to in this Agreement as the "Closing
Date."
SECTION
1.03 Effective
Time. Prior
to the Closing, the parties shall prepare, and on the Closing Date shall file
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, a certificate of merger
(the "Certificate of
Merger") executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL
and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL to
effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time
as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with such Secretary of State, or at
such other time as Parent and the Company shall agree and specify in the
Certificate of Merger (the time the Merger becomes effective being the "Effective
Time").
SECTION
1.04 Effects. The
Merger shall have the effects set forth in Section 259 of the DGCL.
SECTION
1.05 Certificate of Incorporation
and By-laws. (a) The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by
applicable Law.
(b) The
By-laws of Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
By-laws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as
provided therein or by applicable Law.
SECTION
1.06 Directors. The
directors of Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time (which shall have been
selected in consultation with the Company) shall be the directors of the
Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time Subject to
Section 6.13, such directors shall serve until the earlier of their resignation
or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as the case may be.
SECTION
1.07 Officers. The
officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified, as the case may be.
ARTICLE
II
Effect on the Capital Stock
of the
Constituent Corporations;
Exchange of Certificates
SECTION
2.01 Effect on Capital
Stock. At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holder of any shares of Company Common Stock or any shares of capital
stock of Sub:
2
(a) Capital Stock of
Sub. Each issued and outstanding share of capital stock of Sub
shall be converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock
and Parent-Owned Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock
that is owned by the Company, Parent, Sub or by any of their respective
wholly-owned subsidiaries shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall
cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in
exchange therefor.
(c)
Conversion of Company Common
Stock. (1) Subject to Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(d),
each issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock shall be converted
into the right to receive $81.00 in cash, without interest (the "Merger
Consideration").
(2) As
of the Effective Time, all such shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer
be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease
to exist, and each holder of book-entry shares or a certificate representing any
such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect
thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration and certain
dividends or other distributions in accordance with Section 2.02(c) upon
surrender of such certificate (or affidavit or loss in lieu thereof) or
book-entry shares in accordance with Section 2.02.
(d) Appraisal
Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, shares ("Appraisal Shares") of
Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time and that are held by any person who is entitled to demand and properly
demands appraisal of such Appraisal Shares pursuant to, and who complies in all
respects with, Section 262 of the DGCL ("Section 262") shall
not be converted into Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c), but
rather the holders of Appraisal Shares shall be entitled to payment of the fair
value of such Appraisal Shares in accordance with Section 262; provided, however, that if any
such holder shall fail to perfect or otherwise shall waive, withdraw or lose the
right to appraisal under Section 262, then the right of such holder to be paid
the fair value of such holder's Appraisal Shares shall cease and such Appraisal
Shares shall be deemed to have been converted as of the Effective Time into, and
to have become exchangeable solely for the right to receive, Merger
Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c). The Company shall serve
prompt notice to Parent of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of
any shares of Company Common Stock, any withdrawals of such demands, and any
other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL received by the Company, and
Parent shall have the right to participate in and direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective
Time, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent,
make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such
demands, or agree to do any of the foregoing.
SECTION
2.02 Exchange of
Certificates. (a) Paying
Agent. As of the Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank or
trust company to act as paying agent (the "Paying Agent") for
the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates (or
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or book-entry shares representing Company
Common Stock. Parent shall provide, or cause to be provided to the
Paying Agent on a timely basis, as and when needed after
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the
Effective Time, cash necessary to pay for the shares of Company Common Stock
converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section
2.01(c) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange
Fund").
(b) Exchange Procedure. As
soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the
Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates
(the "Certificates") or
book-entry shares that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that were converted into the right to
receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.01(c) (i) a letter of
transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of
loss and title to the Certificates or book-entry shares shall pass, only upon
delivery of the Certificates (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or
book-entry shares to the Paying Agent and shall be in such form and have such
other provisions as Parent and the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii)
instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates (or
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or book-entry shares in exchange for Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss
in lieu thereof) or book-entry shares for cancellation to the Paying Agent,
together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed, and such other
documents as may reasonably be required by the Paying Agent, the holder of such
Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or book-entry shares shall be
entitled to receive in exchange therefore the amount of cash into which the
shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate (or
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or book-entry shares shall have been
converted pursuant to Section 2.01 and certain dividends and other
distributions in respect of Company Common Stock in accordance with Section
2.02(c), and the Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or
book-entry shares so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the
event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that is not registered
in the transfer records of the Company, payment may be made to a person other
than the person in whose name the Certificate or book-entry shares so
surrendered is registered, if such Certificate or book-entry shares shall be
properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person
requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason
of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate
or book-entry shares or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such tax
has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated
by this Section 2.02, each Certificate or book-entry shares shall be deemed at
any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon
such surrender the Merger Consideration, without interest, and certain dividends
or other distributions in accordance with Section 2.02(c). No
interest shall be paid or accrue on the cash payable upon surrender of any
Certificate or book-entry shares.
(c) No Further Ownership Rights
in Company Common Stock. The Merger Consideration paid in
accordance with the terms of this Article II upon surrender of any Certificate
or book-entry shares shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of
all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock, subject, however, to the
Surviving Corporation's obligation to pay, without interest thereon, any
dividends or make any other distributions with a record date prior to the
Effective Time that may have been declared or made by the Company on such shares
of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or prior
to the date of this Agreement and which remain unpaid at the Effective Time and
after the Effective Time there shall be no further registration of transfers on
the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company
Common Stock that were
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outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, any certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock are
presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they
shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(d) Termination of Exchange
Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains
undistributed to the holders of Company Common Stock for nine months after the
Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any holder of
Company Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with this Article II shall
thereafter look only to Parent for payment of its claim for Merger
Consideration.
(e) No
Liability. None of Parent, Sub, the Company or the Paying
Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash from the Exchange
Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate or book-entry
shares has not been surrendered prior to five years after the Effective Time (or
immediately prior to such earlier date on which Merger Consideration in respect
of such Certificate or book-entry shares would otherwise escheat to or become
the property of any Governmental Entity), any such cash, dividends or
distributions in respect of such Certificate or book-entry shares shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving
Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously
entitled thereto.
(f) Investment of Exchange
Fund. The Parent may cause the Paying Agent to invest the cash
included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent, on a daily
basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments
shall be paid to Parent and any losses resulting from such investments shall be
borne by Parent. No such investment shall relieve Parent or the
Paying Agent from making the payments required by this Article II, and following
any losses that result in the amount of cash included in the Exchange Fund to be
insufficient to make the remaining payments contemplated to be paid by the
Paying Agent from the Exchange Fund pursuant to this Article II, Parent shall
promptly provide additional funds to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the
holders of Company Common Stock, Company Options, Restricted Stock Awards and
RSUs, as applicable.
(g) Lost
Certificates. If any Certificate has been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the
posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct
as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such
Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration with respect thereto, without
interest.
(h) Withholding
Rights. Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Paying Agent
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise
payable to any holder of Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement such
amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the
making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), or
under any provision of any supranational, national, federal, state, local or
municipal (whether domestic or foreign) tax Law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority by
Parent, the
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Surviving
Corporation or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of
Company Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made
by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, as
applicable.
ARTICLE
III
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
Except
as expressly set forth (i) in the reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents filed by the Company with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") after March 31,
2005 and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (the "Filed Company SEC
Documents") (excluding any risk factor disclosure and disclosure of risks
included in any "forward-looking statements" disclaimer or other statements
included in such Filed SEC Documents to the extent that they are predictive or
forward-looking in nature), or (ii) in the attached disclosure letter, dated the
date of this Agreement, from the Company to Parent (the "Company Disclosure
Letter"); provided that, (x)
any facts, items or exceptions disclosed in any section of the Company
Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be disclosed on another section of the
Company Disclosure Letter if the applicability of such fact, item or exception
to such other section would be reasonably apparent and (y) any listing of any
fact, item or exception in any section of the Company Disclosure Letter shall
not be construed as an admission of liability under any applicable Law or for
any other purpose and shall not be construed as an admission that such fact,
item or exception is in fact material or create a measure of materiality for
purposes of this Agreement or otherwise, the Company represents and warrants to
Parent and Sub as follows:
SECTION
3.01 Organization, Standing and
Power. Each
of the Company and each of its subsidiaries (the "Company
Subsidiaries") is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has the
requisite power and authority to conduct its businesses as presently
conducted. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified
to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or their
ownership or leasing of its properties make such qualification necessary, except
failures to be so qualified that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had
or would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete
copies of the restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, as amended
to the date of this Agreement (as so amended, the "Company Charter"),
and the amended and restated by-laws of the Company, as amended to the date of
this Agreement (as so amended, the "Company By-laws"),
and the comparable charter and organizational documents of each Company
Subsidiary, in each case as amended through the date of this
Agreement. The Company is not in material violation of any provision
of the Company Charter or the Company By-laws. The Company has made
available to Parent true and complete copies of the minutes of all meetings of
the stockholders of the Company, the board of directors of the Company and the
committees of the board of directors of the Company, in each case held since
April 1, 2005.
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SECTION
3.02 Company Subsidiaries; Equity
Interests. (a) The
Company Disclosure Letter lists each Company Subsidiary and its jurisdiction of
organization. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Company Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable
and are owned by the Company, by a wholly owned Company Subsidiary or by the
Company and a wholly owned Company Subsidiary, free and clear of all pledges,
liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or
nature whatsoever (collectively, "Liens"), except for
Permitted Liens.
(b) As
of the date of this Agreement, except for its interests in the Company
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest or
other equity interest with a fair market value as of the date of this Agreement
in excess of $500,000 in any person.
SECTION
3.03 Capital
Structure. (a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $10.00
per share (the "Company Preferred
Stock", and together with the Company Common Stock, the "Company Capital
Stock"). At the close of business on May 9, 2008, (i)
41,419,131 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, of which
576,333 shares were subject to vesting and restrictions on transfer
(collectively "Company
Restricted Stock"), (ii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held by
the Company in its treasury, (iii) an aggregate of 5,832,169 shares of Company
Common Stock were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the Company's
2006 Omnibus Plan and Amended and Restated 1996 Omnibus Plan (the "Company Stock
Plans"), of which 2,101,800 shares were subject to outstanding Company
Stock Options and 22,921 shares of Company Common Stock were issuable upon the
vesting of outstanding Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), and (iv) no
shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding or reserved for
issuance or were held by the Company in its treasury. Section 3.03 of
the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list, as of the
close of business on May 9, 2008, of all outstanding options to purchase shares
of Company Common Stock (collectively, "Company Stock
Options") and all outstanding Company Stock-Based Awards granted under
the Company Stock Plans or otherwise and all other rights (other than pursuant
to the Convertible Notes), if any, to purchase or receive Company Common Stock
issued or granted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject thereto, the grant dates, expiration dates,
exercise or base prices (if applicable) and vesting schedules thereof and the
names of the holders thereof. Except for the Company Restricted Stock
and RSUs or as otherwise disclosed in Section 3.03 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, there are no outstanding Company Stock-Based Awards. The
Company has delivered to Parent true and complete copies of all Contracts in
connection with all rights (other than the Company Stock Options) issued or
granted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to purchase any capital stock
of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company. The exercise
price of each Company Stock Option is no less than the fair market value of a
share of Company Common Stock as determined on the date of grant of such Company
Stock Option. All outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are,
and all shares which may be issued pursuant to the Company Stock Options and
RSUs will be, when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in
violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of
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the
DGCL, the Company Charter, the Company By-laws or any Contract to which the
Company is a party or otherwise bound. There are no bonds,
debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
and, except for the Company Common Stock, no securities or other instruments or
other obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (1) having the right
to vote on any matters on which stockholders of the Company may vote or (2)
except for the Company Stock Options, RSUs and Convertible Notes, convertible
into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote on any matters on
which stockholders of the Company may vote. Except as set forth above
in this Section 3.03, (x) as of the close of business on May 9, 2008, there are
not issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (A) any shares of Company
Capital Stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, (B) any warrants, calls or options or other securities
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or other rights to acquire, shares of Company Capital Stock or
other voting securities or equity interests of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or (C) any other rights the value of which is in any way based upon
or derived from, or that give any person the right to receive any economic
benefit or right similar to or derived from the economic benefits and rights
accruing to holders of, Company Capital Stock, and (y) as of the date of this
Agreement, there exists no obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to issue, any Company Capital Stock, voting securities, equity interests or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock,
voting securities or equity interests of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
and there are not any outstanding Contracts or obligations of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such
securities or to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold, any such securities or obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to
enter into any such security or interests. Neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is a party to any voting agreement with respect to the
voting of any such securities.
(b) As
of the date of this Agreement, (i) the only outstanding indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is (A) $1.495 billion
in aggregate principal amount of Notes, including $345 million in Convertible
Notes, (B) $179.5 million in aggregate principal amount of loans under the
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2006 by and
among the Company, the lenders referred to therein and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and (C) CDN $6.9 million in aggregate principal amount of
loans under the Credit Agreement, dated March 29, 2006, by and between DRS
Technologies Canada Company and Bank of America, National Association, and (ii)
there are no guarantees by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of
indebtedness of third parties for borrowed money, other than (y) guarantees by
the Company of the Company Subsidiaries' indebtedness for borrowed money and
guarantees by any Company Subsidiary of the Company's indebtedness for borrowed
money, or (z) other indebtedness between and among the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries.
SECTION
3.04 Authority; Execution and
Delivery; Enforceability. (a) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are or
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will
be necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Company has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and, assuming the legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent and
Sub, this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditor's rights, and to general equitable
principles).
(b) The
board of directors of the Company (the "Company Board"), at a
meeting duly called and held, duly and unanimously adopted resolutions (i)
approving this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, (ii) determining that the terms of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are fair to and in the best interests of the
Company's stockholders, (iii) declaring the Agreement advisable, (iv) directing
that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted to a vote at a meeting of the
Company's stockholders, and (v) resolving to recommend to the Company's
stockholders that they adopt this Agreement (such recommendation, the "Company
Recommendation"), which resolutions have not been subsequently rescinded,
modified or withdrawn in any way. The provisions of Section 203 of
the DGCL are inapplicable to this Agreement, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby. To the Company's Knowledge, no
state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation applies or purports to
apply to the Company with respect to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) The
only vote or consent of holders of any class or series of Company Capital Stock
necessary to approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger is the adoption of
this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Common
Stock in accordance with the DGCL and the regulations of the New York Stock
Exchange (the "Company
Stockholder Approval").
SECTION
3.05 No Conflicts;
Consents. (a) Subject
to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the terms
hereof will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of or default (with
or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a
material benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
material assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under, any provision of
(i) the Company Charter, the Company By-laws or the comparable charter or
organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary, (ii) any contract,
subcontract, lease, sublease, conditional sales contract, purchase order, sales
order, license, indenture, note, bond, loan, instrument, understanding, permit,
concession, franchise, commitment or other agreement (a "Contract"), to which
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their
respective assets is bound or (iii) subject to the filings and other matters
referred to in Section 3.05(b), any judgment, order, ruling, award, assessment,
writ, injunction, decree, stipulation or determination, in each case whether
preliminary or final ("Judgment") or
statute, law (including common law), ordinance, rule, regulation or order
("Law")
applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their
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respective
properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above,
any such items that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and could
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) No
consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization ("Consent") of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, or permit from, any
supranational, national, federal, state, local or municipal (whether domestic or
foreign) government or any court of competent jurisdiction, tribunal,
arbitrator, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, authority,
commission or board or other governmental department, bureau, branch, authority
or instrumentality or any non-governmental self regulatory agency or authority
(a "Governmental
Entity") is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than (i) compliance with and filings under (A) the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act") and other
applicable U.S. and non-U.S. competition Laws, (B) the Exon-Xxxxxx Provision of
the Defense Production Act of 1950, 50 U.S.C. app. § 2170, as amended ("Exon-Xxxxxx"), and
(C) the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual ("NISPOM"), (ii)
approval of the Defense Security Service of a plan to enter into an agreement to
mitigate foreign ownership, control or influence ("FOCI"), (iii) the
filing with the SEC of (A) a proxy statement relating to the adoption of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Company (the "Proxy Statement") and
(B) such reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange
Act"), as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and
appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of the other jurisdictions
in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is qualified to do business, (v)
such filings as may be required in connection with the taxes described in
Section 6.11, (vi) such other items required solely by reason of the
participation of Parent (as opposed to any United States domiciled entity or any
other third party) in the transactions contemplated hereby, (vii) such Consents,
registrations, declarations, filings, notices or permits set forth on Section 3.06(b) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, (viii) such filings as may be required in
connection with the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"), the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and U.S. Export Laws and Regulations,
and (ix) such other Consents, registrations, declarations, filings, notices or
permits the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.06 SEC Documents; Undisclosed
Liabilities. (a) The
Company has filed with or furnished to the SEC, true and complete copies of all
forms, reports, schedules, statements, certificates and other documents required
to be filed or furnished by it since April 1, 2006, under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
(collectively, the "Company SEC
Documents"). As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of
the date of the last such amendment, each Company SEC Document, including any
financial statements or schedules included therein, did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated in such Company SEC Document, or necessary in order to make the
statements in such Company SEC Document, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective
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dates,
and if amended or restated, as of the date of such respective amendments or
restatements, the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 ("SOX"), as the case
may be, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the Exchange
Act, the Securities Act and SOX, as the case may be. None of the
Company Subsidiaries is, or at any time since April 1, 2006, has been, required
to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. Each of
the consolidated financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents (the
"Financial
Statements") (w) has been prepared from, and is in accordance with, the
books and records of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, (x) complies
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with
the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect to such
requirements, (y) has been prepared in accordance with the United States
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), in all
material respects, applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the Financial Statements or in the notes to the
Financial Statements and subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure), and (z)
fairly presents, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows (and changes in
financial position, if any) of the Company and its consolidated Company
Subsidiaries as of the date and for the periods referred to in the Financial
Statements.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any
commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet
partnership or any similar contract or arrangement (including any contract
relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company and any
Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate,
including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or
person, on the other hand or any "off-balance sheet arrangements" (as defined in
Item 303(a) of Regulation S K of the SEC)), where the result, purpose or effect
of such arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction
involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any Company Subsidiaries
in the Company's or such Company Subsidiary's audited financial statements or
other Company SEC Documents.
(c) As
of the date of this Agreement, since March 31, 2007, neither the chief executive
officer nor the chief financial officer of the Company has become aware of, and
neither the Company Board nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company's
auditors has been advised of (i) any fact, circumstance or change that is
reasonably likely to result in a "significant deficiency" or a "material
weakness" (each as defined in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing
Standard 2) in the Company's internal controls over its consolidated
financial reporting or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
internal controls over its consolidated financial reporting.
SECTION
3.07 Information
Supplied. None
of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first
mailed to the Company's stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no representation is made
by the Company with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference
therein based on information supplied by Parent or Sub for inclusion or
incorporation by reference therein.
SECTION
3.08 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. From
March 31, 2007 to the date of this Agreement, the Company has conducted its
business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and
during such period there has not been:
(a) any
event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has
had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
except for the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) other
than the quarterly dividend paid by the Company to its shareholders consistent
with past practice any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any
Company Capital Stock or any repurchase or redemption for value by the Company
of any Company Capital Stock;
(c) any
purchase, redemption or other acquisition of (i) any shares of Company Capital
Stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the Company, (ii) any
warrants, calls or options or other securities of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or other rights
to acquire, shares of Company Capital Stock or other voting securities or equity
interests of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iii) any other rights the
value of which is in any way based upon or derived from, or that give any
person the right to receive any economic benefit or right similar to or derived
from the economic benefits and rights accruing to holders of, Company Capital
Stock;
(d) any
split, combination or reclassification of any Company Capital Stock or any
issuance, or the authorization of any issuance, of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of Company Capital
Stock;
(e) except
in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, (i) any
granting by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any current or former
director, officer or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of (A)
any acceleration of the vesting or time of payment of, or material increase in,
compensation, bonus, fringe or other benefits or any granting of any type of
compensation or benefits, except (x) as required pursuant to applicable
contracts in effect as of December 31, 2007 and disclosed or incorporated by
reference in the Company SEC Documents, (y) for normal increases in
compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or (z) as was required under any Company Benefit Plan in effect as of
December 31, 2007 in accordance with its terms in effect
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on
such date, (B) any severance or termination pay or material increase therein, or
(ii) any entry by the Company or any Company Subsidiary into, or any material
amendments of, any employment, deferred compensation, consulting, severance,
retention, bonus, change of control, termination or indemnification agreement or
any other agreement the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which
are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the
Company of a nature contemplated by this Agreement with or providing benefits to
any current or former director, officer employee or consultant of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary or (iii) any adoption of, material amendment to or
termination of any Company Benefit Plan, or any material change in any actuarial
or other assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any
Company Benefit Plan (to the extent applicable), or any change in the manner in
which contributions to any Company Benefit Plan are made or the basis on which
such contributions are determined, in each case except as required to
comply with applicable Law or any Company Benefit Plan in effect as of December
31, 2007 in accordance with its terms in effect on such date;
(f) any
material change in accounting methods, principles or practices by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary affecting the consolidated assets, liabilities or results
of operations of the Company, except insofar as may have been required by a
change in GAAP and/or as may have been disclosed in the Filed Company SEC
Documents;
(g) any
material revaluation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any assets that
are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
or
(h) any
sale, lease (as lessor), license or other disposition of, or subjecting to any
Lien (other than Permitted Liens), any assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (excluding Intellectual Property Rights) which are material to the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice.
SECTION
3.09 Taxes. (a) Each
of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has timely filed, or has caused to be
timely filed on its behalf, all material tax returns required to be filed by it
(in each case taking due account of lawful extensions validly obtained), and all
such tax returns are true, complete and accurate in all material
respects. All taxes shown to be due on such tax returns, or otherwise
owed, have been timely paid or have been adequately reserved against on the
Financial Statements except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All
taxes that the Company and each Company Subsidiary were required by law to
withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent
required, have been properly paid to the appropriate governmental
authority. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been
informed in writing by any governmental authority that such authority believes
that the Company or such Company Subsidiary was required to file any material
tax return that was not filed.
(b) The
most recent financial statements contained in the Filed Company SEC Documents
reflect an adequate reserve, based on GAAP principles, for all material taxes
payable
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by
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (in addition to any reserve for deferred
taxes to reflect timing differences between book and tax items) for all taxable
periods and portions thereof through the date of such financial
statements. No deficiency, audit examination, refund litigation,
proposed adjustment or matter in controversy with respect to any taxes has been
proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company or any Company Subsidiary in
writing, except in each case as have been adequately reserved against on the
Financial Statements. The U.S. federal income tax returns of the
Company and of each Company Subsidiary have been audited by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service or are closed by the applicable statute of limitations for all
taxable years through the taxable year specified in Section 3.09(b) of the
Company Disclosure Letter. There is no agreement or other document
waiving or extending, or having the effect of waiving or extending, the period
of assessment or collection of any taxes and no power of attorney with respect
to any taxes has been executed or filed with any taxing authority by or on
behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(c) There
are no material Liens for taxes (other than for current taxes not yet due and
payable) on the assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is bound
by any agreement with respect to taxes, other than customary tax indemnification
or other arrangements contained in any credit or other commercial agreements the
primary purpose of which does not relate to taxes.
(d) None
of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has constituted either a
"distributing corporation" or a "controlled corporation" (in each case within
the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock
qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (i) in the two
years prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution which could
otherwise constitute part of a "plan" or "series of related transactions"
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the
Merger.
(e) Neither
the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has been, at any time during the
period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A) of the Code, a United States real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the
Code.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has ever participated in an international
boycott described in Section 999 of the Code.
(g) No
Company Subsidiary is or has been a "passive foreign investment company" within
the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
(h) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to a gain recognition
agreement under Section 367 of the Code.
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(i) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has engaged in any "listed transaction"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law) for any
open tax year.
(j) For
purposes of this Agreement:
(i) "tax" or "taxes" means all
supranational, national, federal, state, local or municipal (whether domestic or
foreign) taxes, assessments, duties, fees, levies or similar charges of any
kind, including all sales, payroll, employment and other withholding taxes
imposed by a Governmental Entity, and including all interest, penalties and
additions imposed with respect to such amounts; and
(ii) "tax return" means all
supranational, national, federal, state, local or municipal (whether domestic or
foreign) tax returns, declarations, statements, reports, schedules, forms and
information returns and any amended tax return relating to taxes.
SECTION
3.10
Labor
Relations. There
are no collective bargaining or other labor union agreements to which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is bound. As of the date of this Agreement, none
of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary are represented by any
union with respect to their employment by the Company or such Company
Subsidiary. As of the date of this Agreement, since January 1, 2008,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has experienced any material
labor disputes, union organization attempts or work stoppages, slowdowns or
lockouts due to labor disagreements.
SECTION
3.11 Employee
Matters. (a) Section
3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of
each material Company Benefit Plan. "Company Benefit Plan"
means each bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase,
stock option, stock ownership, employment or consulting, severance pay or
benefit, retention, change in control, savings, medical, life or other
insurance, vacation, welfare benefit, fringe benefit, cafeteria, profit-sharing
or pension benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, and each other
employee benefit or compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement,
sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or by any trade or business, whether or not
incorporated, that together with the Company or any Company Subsidiary would be
deemed a "single employer" under Section 414 of the Code (an "ERISA Affiliate") or
as to which the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has, or
may have, any liability or obligation. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, neither the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate
has any formal plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to create any
additional plan or modify or change any existing Company Benefit Plan that would
affect any current or former employee, director or other service provider of or
to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
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(b) With
respect to each of the Company Benefit Plans, the Company has made available to
Parent true and complete copies of each of the following
documents: (i) the Company Benefit Plan, the related trust agreement
(if any) and any other related documents (including all amendments to such
Company Benefit Plan and related documents); (ii) the most recent annual
reports, actuarial reports, and financial statements, if any; (iii) the most
recent summary plan description, together with each summary of material
modifications, required under ERISA with respect to such Company Benefit Plan;
(iv) the most recent determination letter or opinion letter received from the
Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") with respect to
each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under the Code; and
(v) any material communications to or from the IRS or any other governmental or
regulatory authority relating to each Company Benefit Plan.
(c) Except
as would not be material, no liability under Title IV of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), has been
incurred by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate that has
not been satisfied in full, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no condition
exists that presents a material risk to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or
any ERISA Affiliate of incurring a liability under such Title (other than
liability for the payment of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums,
which have been or will be paid when due). No Company Benefit Plan
subject to Sections 412, 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 302, 303,
304, or 305 of ERISA has incurred an accumulated funding deficiency,
whether or not waived. Except as set forth in Section 3.11(c) of
the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company Benefit Plan is subject to Sections
412, 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Title IV or Sections 302, 303, 304, or 305
of ERISA). None of the assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary are subject to any lien arising under ERISA or Subchapter D of
Chapter 1 of the Code, and no condition exists that presents a material
risk of any such lien arising.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor any ERISA Affiliate, nor any of the
Company Benefit Plans, nor any trust created thereunder, nor any trustee or
administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the
Company, any Company Subsidiary, any ERISA Affiliate, any of the Company Benefit
Plans or any such trust could, directly or indirectly, be subject to any
material civil liability or penalty pursuant to Title I of ERISA, a tax imposed
pursuant to Chapter 43 of the Code, or any other liability in an amount that
would be material.
(e) All
contributions required to have been made under the terms of any Company Benefit
Plan or pursuant to ERISA and the Code have been timely made and all obligations
in respect of each Company Benefit Plan have been properly accrued and reflected
in the Filed Company SEC Documents.
(f) With
respect to each Company Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, the aggregate
fair market value of the assets of such Company Benefit Plan was, as of the most
recently computed actuarial valuation of such plan prepared by such plan's
actuary, equal to or greater than the aggregate value of its liabilities
assessed on an ongoing basis and calculated in
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accordance
with the actuarial methods and assumptions disclosed in the actuarial valuation
report relating to such valuation. No reportable event under Section 4043
of ERISA with respect to which the reporting requirement has not been waived has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Company Benefit
Plan on or before the Closing Date other than any reportable event occurring by
reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) None
of the Company Benefit Plans is, and neither the Company, nor any Company
Subsidiary, nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever contributed to or had an obligation
to contribute to or incurred any liability in respect of, any "multiemployer
plan" (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), a "multiple employer welfare
arrangement" (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), or a single employer plan
that has two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under
common control, within the meaning of Section 4063(a) of ERISA.
(h) Each
of the Company Benefit Plans that is intended to be "qualified" within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and a favorable
determination or opinion letter to that effect has been issued by the IRS with
respect to each such Company Benefit Plan, and nothing has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any Company
Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code or require the filing of a
submission under the IRS's employee plans compliance resolution system or the
taking of other corrective action pursuant to such system in order to maintain
the qualified status of such Company Benefit Plan. Each of the
Company Benefit Plans that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section
125, 423 or 501(c)(9) of the Code satisfies such requirements in all
material respects. Each of the Company Benefit Plans has been
operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms
and applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the
Code.
(i) Except
as set forth in Section 3.11(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no payment or
benefit paid or provided, or to be paid or provided, to current or former
employees, directors or other service providers of or to the Company or any
Company Subsidiary (including pursuant to this Agreement) will fail to be
deductible for federal income tax purposes under Section 280G of the
Code.
(j) There
are no material claims pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
or anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against or involving any
Company Benefit Plan, the assets of any Company Benefit Plans or against the
Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any
Company Benefit Plan. There is no judgment, decree, injunction, rule
or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against or in
favor of any Company Benefit Plan or any fiduciary thereof (other than rules of
general applicability). There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened audits or investigations by any Governmental Entity
involving any Company Benefit Plan.
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(k) No
Company Benefit Plan provides benefits, including without limitation death or
medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current or former
employees, directors or other service providers after retirement or other
termination of service (other than (i) coverage mandated by applicable Law, (ii)
death benefits or retirement benefits under any "employee pension benefit plan"
(as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), or (iii) deferred compensation benefits
accrued as liabilities in the Filed Company SEC Documents. No Company
Benefit Plan is funded through a "welfare benefit fund" as defined in Section
419 of the Code.
(l) Except
as set forth in Section 3.11(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the
execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (either alone or together with any other event) result
in or is a precondition to (i) any current or former employee, director or other
service provider of or to the Company or any Company Subsidiary becoming
entitled to severance pay or any similar payment, (ii) the acceleration of the
time of payment or vesting of, or an increase in the amount of, any compensation
due to any current or former employee, director or other service provider of or
to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (iii) the renewal or extension of
the term of any agreement regarding the compensation of any current or former
employee, director or other service provider of or to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary.
(m) Each
Company Benefit 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 from the period beginning January 1,
2005 through the date hereof.
(n) Except
as set forth in Section 3.11(n) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company
Benefit Plan subject to Title I of ERISA holds any "employer security" or
"employer real property" (each as defined in Section 407(d) of
ERISA).
(o) All
Company Benefit Plans required to have been approved by any non-U.S.
Governmental Entity have been so approved, no such approval has been revoked
(or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has revocation been threatened) and no
event has occurred since the date of the most recent approval or application
therefor relating to any such Company Benefit Plan that could reasonably be
expected to materially affect any such approval relating thereto or materially
increase the costs relating thereto. Each Company Benefit Plan
subject to any Law other than U.S. federal, state or local Law ("Foreign Plan") that
is intended to comply with the requirements of any tax or pension Laws in order
for contributions thereto or benefits thereunder to receive intended tax
benefits or favorable tax treatment complies in all material respects with such
Laws. Except as set forth in Section 3.11(o) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, other than such amounts that would not be material, each
Foreign Plan is fully funded or fully insured on both an ongoing and termination
or solvency basis (determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions), and the
fair market value of the assets held under each Foreign Plan that is a pension
plan or that is funded on an actuarial basis is sufficient so as to permit a
termination of each such Foreign Plan, in full compliance with applicable Law,
immediately after the Closing
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Date
without Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates being
required to make additional contributions to such Foreign Plan (or related
trust) or to incur any liability with respect to the funding or payment of
benefits under such Foreign Plan.
SECTION
3.12 Litigation. There
is no (i) suit, claim, action or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, or to the Knowledge of the Company any investigation,
against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their
respective assets, or (ii) Judgment of a Governmental Entity or arbitrator
outstanding against, or notice of violation, order of forfeiture or complaint by
any Governmental Entity involving, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except
in each case, that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the
amount of accruals recorded by the Company at December 31, 2007 for those
matters that the Company considers to be probable and that can be reasonably
estimated.
SECTION
3.13 Compliance with Applicable
Laws. (a) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Laws
and Judgments, except such non-compliance that, individually or in the
aggregate, has not had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received any communication during the past two years from a
Governmental Entity that alleges that the Company or a Company Subsidiary is
not, or may not be, in compliance in any material respect with, or has, or may
have, liability under, any applicable Law or Judgment or is subject to any
investigation, inquiry or claim by such Governmental Entity, except those that,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had or would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries has in effect all approvals,
authorizations, certificates, filings, franchises, licenses, notices, permits
and rights of or with all Governmental Entities (collectively, "Permits"), necessary
for it to own, lease or operate its assets and to carry on its business as
presently conducted, except those that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. There has occurred no default under, or violation of, any
such Permit, and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby will
not cause the revocation or cancellation of any such Permit, except those that,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had or would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. This Section
3.13(a) does not relate to matters with respect to taxes, which are the subject
of Section 3.09, environmental matters, which are the subject of Section 3.14,
export control laws, which are the subject of Section 3.13(b) or anti-bribery
laws, which are the subject of Section 3.13(c).
(b) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with all statutory
and regulatory requirements under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778),
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. § 120 et seq.), the
Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730 et seq.) and associated
executive orders, and the Laws implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets
Controls, United States Department of the Treasury (collectively the "Export Control
Laws"). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(b), since April
1, 2003, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written
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communication
that alleges that the Company or a Company Subsidiary is not in compliance with,
or has liability under, the Export Control Laws.
(c) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects
with all material statutory and regulatory requirements under the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.) and international
anti-bribery conventions and local anti corruption and bribery Laws in
jurisdictions in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are operating
(the "Anti-Bribery
Laws"). Since April 1, 2003, neither the Company nor any of
the Company Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any
Governmental Entity that alleges that the Company, a Company Subsidiary or any
agent thereof is in material violation of, or has a material liability under,
the Anti-Bribery Laws.
SECTION
3.14 Compliance with
Environmental Laws. (a) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Environmental
Laws, except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and, since April 1, 2007, neither the Company
nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any written communication that
alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or may be, in material
violation of, or has any material liability under, any Environmental
Law.
(b) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have obtained, maintained and complied with
all Permits necessary under any Environmental Law for them to own, lease or
operate their respective assets and to carry on their respective businesses as
presently conducted ("Environmental
Permits"), except for such Permits the failure to obtain, maintain or
comply with, that individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(c) There
are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, that, individually or
in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) To
the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no Releases of any Hazardous
Material that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any
Environmental Claim against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, that,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to be material to
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) As
used in this Agreement:
"Environmental Claim"
means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial suits, claims, actions,
proceedings, investigations, Judgments, demands, Liens or written notices
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of
noncompliance or violation, in any such case, by or from any person alleging any
liability (i) related to the failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or
(ii) for the costs of investigations, remediation or governmental response,
natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, penalties,
contribution, indemnification and injunctive relief, arising out of, based on or
resulting from the Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous
Materials;
"Environmental Laws"
means all applicable supranational, national, federal, state, local and
municipal (whether domestic or foreign) Laws, Judgments, or Permits issued,
promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Entity, relating to
pollution, natural resources or protection of endangered or threatened species,
human health, safety to the extent relating to the handling of or exposure to
Hazardous Materials, or the environment;
"Hazardous Materials"
means any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials or wastes,
friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated
biphenyls, and any other chemical, material, substance or waste regulated under
any applicable Environmental Law as toxic or hazardous; and
"Release" means any
release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit,
disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the
environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or
subsurface strata).
SECTION
3.15
Contracts.
(a) Except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Filed Company SEC
Documents and purchase orders entered into in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of each of
the following Contracts (collectively, with the Contracts set forth on Section
3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the "Material Company
Contracts"):
(i) all
Contracts of the Company or any Company Subsidiary made in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice having an aggregate value, or
involving payments by or to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, of more than
$25.0 million, and for which there has been no final close out and final payment
under such Contract has not been made;
(ii) all
Contracts currently in effect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is
a party that contain a covenant that would materially restrict the ability of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete or engage in any line of
business, or to develop, market or distribute any products or services, in each
case, in any geographic territory;
(iii) all
standstill or similar agreements to which the Company is a party;
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(iv) all
joint venture, partnership, material teaming or other similar agreements to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (including all amendments
thereto);
(v) all
Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party providing
for indemnity (including any obligations to advance funds for expenses) to the
current or former directors or officers of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary;
(vi) all
Contracts which are material to the Company or any operating segment providing
for termination, acceleration of payment or other special rights upon the
occurrence of a change of control of the Company; and
(vii) all
other Contracts that constitute a "material contract" (as such term is defined
in item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K).
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in breach, default or violation of
(and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which with notice
or the lapse of time or both would constitute a default or violation by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary of) any term, condition or provision of any
indebtedness, guarantee or any Material Company Contract, including any
specification, schedule, quality assurance provision, inspection or test
requirement, or performance or payment milestone, to which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective assets is
bound, which breach, default or violation would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Except
where the following matters have not had or would not be reasonably expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Material Company
Contract between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any Governmental
Entity and each outstanding bid, quotation or proposal by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary (each, a "Bid") that if
accepted or awarded would lead to a Material Company Contract between the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and any Governmental Entity (each, a "Company Government
Contract") and each Material Company Contract between the Company or any
Company Subsidiary and any prime contractor or upper-tier subcontractor relating
to a Contract between such person and any Governmental Entity and each
outstanding Bid that if accepted or awarded would lead to a Material Company
Contract between the Company or a Company Subsidiary and a prime contractor or
upper-tier subcontractor relating to a Contract between such person and any
Governmental Entity (each, a "Company Government
Subcontract"):
(i) to
the Knowledge of the Company (A) each such Company Government Contract or
Company Government Subcontract was legally awarded, is binding on the Company or
the applicable Company Subsidiary thereto, and is in full force and effect and
(B)
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each
such Company Government Contract (or, if applicable, each prime Contract under
which such Company Government Subcontract was awarded) is not currently the
subject of bid or award protest proceedings,
(ii) the
Company and each Company Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with
all terms and conditions of such Company Government Contract or Company
Government Subcontract, including all clauses, provisions and requirements
incorporated expressly by reference therein,
(iii) the
Company and each Company Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with
all requirements of all Laws, including the Armed Services Procurement Act, the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, the FAR, the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement, the Truth in Negotiations Act, the government
contracts cost principles (FAR Part 31), the Cost Accounting Standards, the Buy
American Act, the Trade Agreements Act and the Procurement Integrity Act,
whether incorporated explicitly, by reference or by operation of
law,
(iv) neither
the United States government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other
person or entity has notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in writing,
that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has breached or violated any Law or
material certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement
pertaining to such Company Government Contract or Company Government
Subcontract, and all facts set forth or acknowledged by any disclosures,
representations or certifications submitted by or on behalf of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary in connection with such Company Government Contract or
Company Government Subcontract were current, accurate and complete in all
material respects on the date of submission,
(v) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of termination
for convenience, notice of termination for default, cure notice or show cause
notice pertaining to such Company Government Contract or Company Government
Subcontract,
(vi) except
as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company, other than in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, to the Knowledge
of the Company, no cost incurred by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
pertaining to a Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract
has been questioned or challenged is the subject of any audit or investigation
or has been disallowed by any Governmental Entity, and
(vii) no
material payment due to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pertaining to such
Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract has been withheld
based upon negative performance related allegations or claims
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and
no claim has been made in writing to withhold payment based upon negative
performance related allegations or claims.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company,
any of their respective directors, officers or employees, is or since March 31,
2005 has been under administrative, civil or criminal investigation, indictment
or information by any Governmental Entity, or any audit or investigation by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, with respect to any alleged act or omission
arising under or relating to any Company Government Contract or Company
Government Subcontract.
(e) There
exist (i) no outstanding material claims against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, either by any Governmental Entity or by any prime contractor,
subcontractor, vendor or other person, arising under or relating to any Company
Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract, and (ii) no outstanding
material claims or requests for equitable adjustment or disputes between the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and the United States government under the
Contract Disputes Act, as amended, or any other Law, or between the Company or
any Company Subsidiary and any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other
person arising under or relating to any Company Government Contract or Company
Government Subcontract. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary received any material adverse or negative
past performance evaluations or ratings in connection with any Company
Government Contract, Company Government Subcontract or other Contract with a
Governmental Entity within the past three years. Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has (i) any pending claim against any Governmental
Entity or (ii) any pending claim against any prime contractor, subcontractor,
vendor or other person arising under or relating to any Company Government
Contract or Company Government Subcontract.
(f) Except
as described in Section 3.15(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no
claims or disputes relating to the Company Government Contracts which, if
resolved unfavorably to the Company, would, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. In addition, to the Knowledge
of the Company, there are no known or reasonably foreseeable expenditures which
would materially increase the estimated cost to complete performance of the
Company Government Contracts above the amounts set forth in the estimates
to complete, or that would otherwise cause any Company Government Contract,
including but not limited to fixed price Company Government
Contracts.
(g) To
the Knowledge of the Company, since March 31, 2004, neither the Company nor any
operating segment has been debarred or suspended for 90 days or more in any
consecutive twelve-month period, or proposed for debarment or suspension, or
received notice of actual or proposed debarment or suspension, from
participation in the award of Contracts with the United States government
(excluding for this purpose ineligibility to bid on certain contracts due to
generally applicable bidding requirements). To the Knowledge of the
Company, since March 31, 2004, there exist no facts or circumstances that would
warrant the institution of
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suspension
or debarment proceedings or the finding of nonresponsibility or ineligibility on
the part of the Company or any operating segment.
(h) The
Company and each Company Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with
all applicable requirements under each of the Company Government Contracts and
Company Government Subcontracts relating to the safeguarding of, and access to,
classified information.
SECTION
3.16 Title to
Properties. (a) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or valid
leasehold interests in, all their respective material real property assets
except for those that are no longer used or useful in the conduct of their
respective businesses or as have been disposed of in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and except for defects in title,
easements, restrictive covenants and similar encumbrances or impediments that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. All such assets, other than assets in which
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has leasehold interests, are free
and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens.
(b) Each
of the Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries has complied in all material
respects with the terms of each material lease, sublease, license and other
Contract relating to real property (each, a "Lease") to which it
is a party. Section 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a true and complete list of all material leases and real property owned by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement, and the
Company has made available to Parent true and correct copies of each
Lease.
SECTION 3.17
Intellectual
Property. (a) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries own, or are validly licensed or, to their
Knowledge, otherwise have the right to use, all Intellectual Property Rights
which are used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted
Liens, except where the failure to so own or license would not reasonably be
expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(b) Section
3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a description of all
registered and pending applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
included in the Company Intellectual Property and that are material to the
conduct of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(c) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, either individually or in the aggregate, no
suits, claims, actions or proceedings are pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened (i) with regard to the Company's or any Company Subsidiary's
use or ownership of any of the Company Intellectual Property Rights or (ii)
alleging that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is infringing on,
misappropriating or otherwise adversely affecting the rights of any person
with regard to any Intellectual Property Right. Except as would not
reasonably be
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expected
to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, either
individually or in the aggregate, to the Knowledge of the Company, no person is
infringing on the rights of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect
to any Company Intellectual Property Right.
(d) Section
3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list as
of the date of this Agreement of all material Contracts pursuant to which (i)
material Intellectual Property Rights are licensed to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary by third parties, other than software licenses for generally
available software ("Company License Agreements") and
(ii) material Company Intellectual Property Rights are licensed by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary to any third party on an exclusive basis.
(e) There
are no outstanding material royalties, fees or other payments payable under any
Contract by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any third party by reason
of the ownership, use, license, sale or disposition of any of the Company
Intellectual Property Rights.
(f) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect the
material Company Intellectual Property Rights. All registrations
which are owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for material Company
Intellectual Property Rights are in force and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
valid (with all related filing fees due as of the date of this Agreement having
been duly paid). There are no known ongoing interferences,
oppositions, reissues, reexaminations, cancellations, challenges or other
proceedings involving any of the Company Intellectual Property Rights, including
ex parte and post-grant proceedings, in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or in any foreign patent office or similar Governmental
Entity. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no published
patents, patent applications, articles, prior art references or other facts or
circumstances that could reasonably be expected to render invalid or enforceable
of any of the Company Intellectual Property Rights. With respect to
each patent application set forth on Section 3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure
Letter (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any
intentional misrepresentation or misstatement or intentionally failed to
disclose material information during the prosecution of such patent application,
and (ii) such patent application was filed in accordance with applicable
Law.
(g) To
the Knowledge of the Company, each person who has or has had any rights in or to
the Company Intellectual Property Rights, including, each inventor named on the
patents and patent applications listed in Section 3.17(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, has either (i) executed an agreement assigning such person's
entire right, title and interest in and to such Company Intellectual Property
Rights, and the inventions embodied, described or claimed therein, to the
Company or a Company Subsidiary or (ii) executed an agreement with the Company
or a Company Subsidiary obligating such person to assign the entire right, title
and interest in and to such Company Intellectual Property Rights, and inventions
embodied, described or claimed therein, to the Company or such Company
Subsidiary, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such person has any
contractual or other obligation that would
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preclude
or conflict with any such assignment or otherwise conflict with the
obligations of such person to the Company or such Company Subsidiary under such
agreement with the Company or such Company Subsidiary.
(h) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to the Knowledge of the Company, all
Company Intellectual Property Rights delivered by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary in performance of a Company Government Contract or Company Government
Subcontract, other than third party software, have included the proper
restrictive legends, such as "Restricted Rights," "Government Purpose
Rights," "Limited Rights" or "Special Purpose Rights," within the meaning
of the United States Federal Acquisition Regulations.
(i) There
has been no disclosure of any material proprietary confidential information of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and pursuant to Contracts requiring such third
party to keep such proprietary confidential information confidential for a
reasonable period of time.
(j) To
the Knowledge of the Company, immediately following the Closing, all material
software systems and applications used by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
in the operation of their businesses that are Company Intellectual Property
Rights or are licensed pursuant to Company License Agreements will be available
for use by the Company or such Company Subsidiary on substantially the same
terms and conditions under which the Company or such Company Subsidiary used
such software systems and applications immediately prior to the
Closing.
(k) As
used in this Agreement:
(i) "Intellectual Property
Rights" means all of the following: (i) patents, patent rights, patent
applications and patent disclosures (collectively, "Patents"), (ii)
trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, service marks,
service xxxx rights, logos, corporate names and Internet domain names, together
with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing (collectively, "Trademarks"), (iii)
copyrights and copyrightable works (collectively, "Copyrights"), (iv)
computer software (including source code, object code, data, databases and
documentations), (v) inventions, trade secrets, mask works, confidential
information, know-how (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to
practice) and (vi) other proprietary information and intellectual
property.
(ii) "Company Intellectual
Property Rights" means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by the
Company or a Company Subsidiary.
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SECTION
3.18 Transactions with Related
Persons. Section
3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all
material Contracts entered into since April 1, 2007 and in effect as of the date
of this Agreement with Related Persons, true and complete copies of which have
been made available to Parent prior to the date of this
Agreement. "Related Persons"
shall mean any officer, director or affiliate of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any person who has a family relationship (as defined in Item
401(d) of Regulation S-K) with any officer, director or affiliate of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
SECTION
3.19 Insurance. The
Company and each Company Subsidiary has obtained and maintained in full force
and effect insurance with insurance companies or associations in such amounts,
with such deductibles, on such terms and covering such risks and losses, as is
customarily carried by reasonably prudent persons conducting businesses or
owning or leasing assets similar to those conducted, owned or leased by the
Company and each Company Subsidiary, as the case may be.
SECTION
3.20 Brokers; Schedule of Fees
and Expenses.
No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other person, other than as
set forth in Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the fees and
expenses of which will be paid by the Company, is entitled to any broker's,
finder's, financial advisor's or other similar fee or commission in connection
with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company
has furnished to Parent a true and complete copy of all agreements between the
Company and the parties identified in Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure
Letter relating to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION
3.21 Opinion of Financial
Advisors. The
Company has received the opinions of the financial advisors identified in
Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Letter, in customary form, to the effect
that, as of such date, the consideration to be received in the Merger by the
holders of Company Common Stock is fair from a financial point of view, signed
copies of which will be delivered for informational purposes to Parent promptly
after the execution of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.22 Customers or
Suppliers. Since
March 31, 2007, (a) no material customer or supplier of the Company or any
operating segment has canceled or otherwise terminated its relationship with the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, no
material customer or supplier of the Company or any operating segment has
provided written notice to the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its intent
to terminate its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to
cancel any material Company Contract, and (c) the Company has no reason to
believe that any material customer or supplier of the Company or any operating
segment will otherwise seek to preclude the Company or any Company Subsidiary
from participation in awards for new Contracts.
SECTION
3.23 No Other Representations or
Warranties. Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III, neither
the Company nor any other person on behalf of the Company makes any express or
implied representation or warranty with
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respect
to the Company or with respect to any other information provided to Parent or
Sub in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations and
Warranties of Parent and Sub
Parent
and Sub, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company
that:
SECTION
4.01 Organization, Standing and
Power. Each
of Parent and Sub is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has the requisite
power and authority to conduct its businesses as presently
conducted.
SECTION
4.02 Sub. (a) Since
the date of its incorporation, 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.
(b) The
authorized capital stock of Sub consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, all of which have been validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned by Parent free and clear of any Lien.
SECTION
4.03 Authority; Execution and
Delivery;
Enforceability. Each
of Parent and Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery by each of Parent and Sub of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Parent and Sub, except that Parent, as sole stockholder of Sub, has not adopted
this Agreement, but will act promptly to do so immediately following the
execution of this Agreement. Each of Parent and Sub has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement, and, assuming the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except
as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditor's rights, and to general
equitable principles).
SECTION
4.04 No Conflicts;
Consents. (a) The
execution and delivery by each of Parent and Sub of this Agreement do not, and
the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby and compliance with the terms hereof and thereof will not, conflict
with, or result in any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets of Parent or any of its
subsidiaries under, any provision of (i) the charter or organizational documents
of Parent or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Contract to which Parent or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets is
bound or (iii) subject
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to
the filings and other matters referred to in Section 4.04(b), any Judgment or
Law applicable to Parent or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above,
any such items that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and could
not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) No
Consent of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, or permit
from, any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by or with
respect to the Parent or Sub in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than (i) compliance with and filings or notifications
under (A) the HSR Act and other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. competition Laws,
(B) Exon-Xxxxxx, and (C) the NISPOM, (ii) approval of the Defense Security
Service of a plan to enter into an agreement to mitigate FOCI, (iii) the filing
with the SEC of such reports under the Exchange Act, as may be required in
connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, (iv) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (v) such filings as may be required
in connection with the taxes described in Section 6.11, (vi) such other items
that may be required solely by reason of the participation of the Company (as
opposed to any other third party) in the transactions contemplated hereby and
(vii) such other Consents, registrations, declarations, filings, notices or
permits the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.05 Information
Supplied. None
of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or Sub regarding Parent
or Sub for (i) inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or
(ii) for purposes of Section 6.04 hereof, will, at the date the Proxy Statement
is first mailed to the Company's stockholders or such other information
submitted to the relevant Governmental Entity, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
SECTION
4.06 Brokers. No
broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other person, other than those
identified on Schedule 4.06 hereto, the fees and expenses of which will be paid
by Parent, is entitled to any broker's, finder's, financial advisor's or other
similar fee or commission in connection with the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
Parent.
SECTION
4.07 Litigation.There
is no claim, action, proceeding, or investigation pending or, to the knowledge
of Parent, threatened against any of Parent or Sub or any of their respective
properties or assets at law or in equity, and there are no Judgments before any
arbitrator or Governmental Entity, in each case, as have had or would reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.08 Availability of
Funds. Parent's
and Sub's obligations hereunder are not subject to any conditions regarding
Parent's, Sub's or any other person's ability to obtain financing for the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Sub has received and furnished to the Company a true and
correct copy of a commitment letter pursuant to which Parent has received a
commitment from financial
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institutions
recognized in the European market to make available funds to Parent for the
purpose of consummating the Merger (the "Commitment
Letter"). As of the date hereof, the Commitment Letter has not
been withdrawn and is in full force and effect and there is no breach or default
existing (or which with notice or lapse of time or otherwise may exist)
thereunder. There are no other agreements, side letters or
arrangements relating to the Commitment Letter that would reasonably be expected
to adversely affect the availability of funds covered thereby, and, subject to
the conditions contained in Sections 7.01 and 7.02, neither Parent nor Sub has
reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy on a timely basis any term
or condition of closing to be satisfied by it contained in the Commitment
Letter. The aggregate proceeds of the financing contemplated by the
Commitment Letter or any alternative financing arrangement contemplated by
Parent, together with cash on hand, are sufficient to pay all costs and expenses
incurred by Parent and Sub in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (x) any obligations in
connection with the Appraisal Shares and any other payments or obligations of
Parent and Sub pursuant to this Agreement, (y) the aggregate sum of all Option
Cash Payments, RSU Payments and Restricted Stock Payments and (z) the aggregate
amount necessary to pay the Merger Consideration to the stockholders of the
Company.
SECTION
4.09 No Vote
Required. No
vote of, or consent by, the holders of any class or series of capital stock of
Parent is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by
Parent of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or otherwise required by the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
Parent, the DGCL, or any Governmental Entity.
SECTION
4.10 No Other Representations or
Warranties. Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV, neither
Parent nor Sub nor any other person on behalf of Parent or Sub makes any express
or implied representation or warranty with respect to Parent of Sub or with
respect to any other information provided to the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
V
Covenants Relating to
Conduct of Business
SECTION
5.01 Conduct of
Business. (a) Conduct
of Business by the Company. Except (i) as required by Law, (ii) as
consented to in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) contemplated by this Agreement or (iv)
as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Letter, from the date of
this Agreement to the Effective Time the Company shall, and shall cause each
Company Subsidiary to, conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary
course consistent with past practice and use all commercially reasonable efforts
to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the
services of its current officers and employees and keep its relationships with
customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, Governmental Entities
and others having business dealings with them to the end that its goodwill and
ongoing business shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. In
addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except (i) as
required by Law, (ii) as consented to in writing by Parent (which consent
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shall
not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) expressly permitted
pursuant to this Agreement or (iv) as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Company Subsidiary to, do any of the
following:
(i) (A)
declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions in
respect of, any of its capital stock, other than regular quarterly cash
dividends not to exceed $0.03 per share with declaration, record and payment
dates no earlier than such dates for the comparable quarterly period in the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 and dividends and distributions by a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to its parent, (B) effect any
reorganization or recapitalizations or split, combine or reclassify any of its
capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, or
(C) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire (1) any shares of Company Capital
Stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, (2) any Company Stock Options and any warrants, calls or
options or other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or other rights to acquire, shares of
Company Capital Stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or (3) any Company Stock-Based Awards or
other rights the value of which is in any way based upon or derived from, or
that give any person the right to receive any economic benefit or right similar
to or derived from the economic benefits and rights accruing to holders of,
Company Capital Stock;
(ii) issue,
deliver, sell or grant, pledge or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien, (A)
any shares of Company Capital Stock or other voting securities or equity
interests of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (B) any securities of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Company Capital Stock or other voting securities or
equity interests of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (C) any Company
Stock Based Awards, warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or that give any person the right to receive
any economic benefit or right similar to or derived from the economic benefits
and rights occurring to holders of Company Capital Stock, other than (1)
the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Stock Options
outstanding on the date of this Agreement and in accordance with their terms as
in effect on the date of this Agreement and (2) the issuance of Company Common
Stock pursuant to the vesting of RSUs outstanding on the date of this Agreement
in accordance with their terms as in effect on the date of this
Agreement;
(iii) amend
its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other comparable charter or
organizational documents;
(iv) acquire or agree to
acquire (A) by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial
equity interest in or portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any
business or any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other
business organization or division thereof, or (B) any assets that are material,
individually or in the aggregate, to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
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(v) except
as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as required to ensure that any
Company Benefit Plan is not then out of compliance with applicable Law
(including Section 409A of the Code) or to comply with any Contract or Company
Benefit Plan entered into prior to the date hereof (complete and accurate copies
of which have been heretofore delivered to Parent) and in accordance with their
respective terms in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (A) adopt, enter
into, terminate or amend (1) any Company Benefit Plan (or any grants or awards
thereunder) or (2) any other agreement, plan or policy involving the Company or
any Company Subsidiary and one or more of their respective current or former
directors, officers, employees or consultants, (B) materially increase, in the
aggregate, in any manner the compensation, bonus or fringe or other benefits of,
or pay any bonus of any kind or amount whatsoever (including making
discretionary grants or awards under any Company Benefit Plan) that is material
in the aggregate, to current or former directors, officers, employees or
consultants, except for any planned salary increases and payment of bonuses as
described in Section 5.01(a)(v) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (C) grant or
pay any severance or termination pay, which is material in the
aggregate, to current or former directors, officers, employees or
consultants of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as described in
Section 5.01(a)(v) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (D) take any action to fund
or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any
Company Benefit Plan that is not required to be funded by applicable Law, (E)
take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or
benefit under any Company Benefit Plan or (F) materially change any actuarial or
other assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any
Company Benefit Plan (to the extent applicable), or change the manner in which
contributions to any Company Benefit Plan are made or the basis on which such
contributions are determined;
(vi) make
any change in accounting methods, principles or practices materially affecting
the reported consolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of the
Company, except insofar as may have been required by a change in
GAAP;
(vii) sell,
lease (except as Sub lessor), license or otherwise dispose of, or subject to any
Lien (other than Permitted Liens), any assets, except (i) in the ordinary course
of business, consistent with past practice and (ii) those with a value not
exceeding $10 million;
(viii) (A)
repurchase, prepay or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any
such indebtedness of another person (other than any wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Company), issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to
acquire any debt securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, guarantee
any debt securities of another person (other than any wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Company), enter into any "keep well" or other agreement to maintain any
financial statement condition of another person or enter into any arrangement
having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, except for short-term
borrowings under the Company's revolving credit facility, in each case incurred
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in an amount
not to exceed $125 million, or (B) make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than to or in the
Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company;
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(ix) make
or agree to make any capital expenditure or expenditures that would result in
the total capital expenditures in any fiscal quarter exceeding $30
million;
(x) (A)
pay, discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute,
accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the
payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of liabilities
reflected or reserved against in, or contemplated by, the most recent
consolidated financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the Company included
in the Filed Company SEC Documents or incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or (B) cancel any material indebtedness
(individually or in the aggregate) or waive any claims or rights of substantial
value;
(xi) waive
the benefits of, or agree to modify in any material manner, any material
confidentiality agreement or any standstill or similar agreement to which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party;
(xii) enter
into a Contract or make a Bid that if accepted would lead to a Contract, which
if entered into, would be a Material Company Contract, a Contract with a Related
Party, a Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract under
which the Company or a Company Subsidiary would or would be expected to incur a
loss or amend, revise, renew or terminate any Material Company Contract, any
Contract with a Related Party, any Company Government Contract or Company
Government Subcontract under which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is
incurring or is expected to incur a loss or that are related to facts, claims or
disputes of the type described in Section 3.15(f); or
(xiii) authorize
any of, or commit or agree to take any of, the foregoing actions.
(b) Other
Actions. The Company and Parent shall not, and shall not
permit any of their respective subsidiaries to, take any action that would, or
that could reasonably be expected to, result in (i) any of the representations
and warranties of such party set forth in this Agreement that is qualified as to
materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect becoming untrue, (ii) any of such
representations and warranties that is not so qualified becoming untrue in any
material respect or (iii) any condition to the Merger set forth in Article VII,
not being satisfied.
(c) Advice of
Changes. The Company shall promptly advise Parent orally and
in writing of any change or event that has had or would reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.02 No
Solicitation. (a) From
and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the date,
if any, on which this Agreement is terminated
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pursuant
to Section 8.01, the Company shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any
Company Subsidiary to, nor shall it authorize any officer, director or employee
of, or any investment banker, attorney, accountant or other advisor or
representative (collectively, "Representatives") of,
the Company or any Company Subsidiary to, and shall direct all Representatives
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly (i)
solicit, purposefully facilitate, initiate or encourage the submission of, any
Company Takeover Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any
Company Takeover Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement in accordance
with this Section 5.02) or resolve, agree or propose to take any such actions,
or (iii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to
any person any information with respect to, or take any other action to
purposely facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that
constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Takeover
Proposal. The Company shall, shall cause each Company Subsidiary to,
and shall direct each Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or
negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any Company
Takeover Proposal and request the prompt return or destruction of all
confidential information previously furnished to such person or its
Representatives and terminate access by each such person to any online or other
data rooms containing any information in respect of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to the
receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company and the Representatives
of the Company may, in response to a bona fide written Company Takeover Proposal
that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside
counsel and the Company's financial advisor) constitutes or is reasonably likely
to lead to a Superior Proposal, and which Company Takeover Proposal was not
solicited by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective
Representatives and did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section 5.02,
and subject to compliance with Section 5.02, (x) furnish information with
respect to the Company and any Company Subsidiary to the person making such
Company Takeover Proposal (and its Representatives) pursuant to a customary
confidentiality agreement not less restrictive as a whole of such person than
the Confidentiality Agreement (provided that such confidentiality agreement and
any related agreement shall not contain any provision calling for a right to
negotiate exclusively with the person making such Company Takeover Proposal or
having the effect of prohibiting the Company from satisfying any of its
obligations under this Agreement), provided, that all
information provided to a third party under this Section 5.02 is provided or
made available on a substantially concurrent basis to Parent and Sub if such
information has not previously been provided to Parent or Sub, and (y)
participate in discussions or negotiations with the person making such Company
Takeover Proposal (and its Representatives) regarding such Company Takeover
Proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any
violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.02 by any
Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any Representative of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a breach of this
Section 5.02(a) by the Company. Neither the Company nor the Company
Board shall approve, or take any action to render Section 203 of the DGCL or any
similar takeover statute inapplicable to, any Company Takeover Proposal other
than in connection with entering into a definitive agreement with respect to a
Company Superior Proposal to the extent permitted under Section
5.02(b).
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(b) Neither
the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) recommend the approval
or adoption of any Company Takeover Proposal, (B) withdraw (or modify in a
manner adverse to Parent or Sub) the Company Recommendation, the approval of
this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby,
(C) recommend that the stockholders of the Company reject this Agreement, the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or (D) resolve,
agree or publicly propose to take any such actions (each such action set forth
in this Section 5.02(b) (i) being referred to herein as an "Adverse Recommendation
Change"), (ii) adopt or
approve any Company Takeover Proposal or resolve, agree or propose to adopt or
approve any Company Takeover Proposal, or (iii) cause or permit the Company to
enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in
principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint
venture agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement (each, an "Acquisition
Agreement") constituting or related to, or which is intended to or is
reasonably likely to lead to, any Company Takeover Proposal (other than a
confidentiality agreement referred to in Section 5.02(a)), or resolve, agree or
propose to take any such actions. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, at any time prior to the receipt of the Stockholder Approval, the
Company Board may (i) if the Company Board determines in good faith (after
consultation with outside counsel and the Company's financial advisor) that the
failure to do so would be inconsistent with the directors' exercise of their
fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, make
an Adverse Recommendation Change or (ii) solely in response to a Superior
Proposal which was not solicited by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or
Affiliate, or any of their respective Representatives and did not otherwise
result from a breach of this Section 5.02, make an Adverse Recommendation Change
and/or cause the Company to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.01(f) in order to cause the Company to enter into a binding Acquisition
Agreement containing the terms of a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that (A) no
such termination of this Agreement by the Company may be made, in each case
until after the fifth business day following Parent's receipt of written notice
from the Company advising Parent that the Company Board intends to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f) and specifying, in the case of
clause (i), reasonable details regarding the cause for and nature of the Adverse
Recommendation Change and, in the case of clause (ii), the terms and conditions
of (including in such notice a copy of the proposed agreement setting forth such
terms and conditions), and the identity of any Person making, the Superior
Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial
terms or any other material term of such Superior Proposal shall require a new
written notice by the Company and a new five business day period); provided, however, that it is
understood and agreed that the delivery of such notice shall not, in and of
itself, be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change, (B) the Company shall,
and shall cause its financial and legal advisors to, during such five business
day period described above, negotiate with Parent and Sub in good faith, to the
extent Parent and Sub desire to negotiate, to make such changes in the terms and
conditions of this Agreement so that such Company Takeover Proposal ceases to
constitute a Company Superior Proposal or that the cause for such Adverse
Recommendation Change ceases to exist, and (C) the Company shall not terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f), and any purported termination
pursuant to Section 8.01(f) shall be void and of no force or effect, unless the
Company shall have complied with all applicable requirements of Section 6.09(b)
(including the payment of the Termination Fee prior to or simultaneously with
such termination). In determining whether to make an Adverse Recommendation
Change or to terminate this Agreement as described in this Section
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5.02(b),
the Company Board shall take into account any changes to the financial and other
terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in response to any such written
notice by the Company or otherwise.
(c) The
Company shall promptly (but in no case later than 48 hours after receipt) advise
Parent orally and in writing of the receipt of any Company Takeover Proposal and
of the price and other material terms and conditions of any such Company
Takeover Proposal (including the identity of the Person making such Company
Takeover Proposal) and of any changes or supplements thereto. The
Company (i) promptly (but in no case later than 48 hours thereafter) shall
advise Parent orally and in writing of the commencement of any discussions with
any third party or its representatives regarding a Company Takeover Proposal by
such third party and (ii) will keep Parent reasonably informed on a reasonably
current basis of any material related developments, discussions, and
negotiations and shall provide to Parent promptly (but in no case later than 48
hours) after receipt or delivery thereof all material terms of such Company
Takeover Proposal (including any amendments or supplements thereto and other
information provided in writing to the Company by the party making such Company
Takeover Proposal).
(d) Nothing
contained in this Section 5.02 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the
Company or the Company Board from (i) complying with Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated
under the Exchange Act or (ii) making any disclosure to the Company's
stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board, after
consultation with outside counsel, failure so to disclose would be inconsistent
with the directors' exercise of their fiduciary duties or any other obligation
of the directors or the Company under applicable Law; provided, that any such
compliance or disclosure (other than a "stop, look and listen" letter or similar
communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act)
shall be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change unless the Board of
Directors of the Company publicly reaffirms its recommendation in favor of the
adoption of this Agreement within two (2) business days after a request by
Parent to do so.
(e) For
purposes of this Agreement:
"Company Takeover
Proposal" means any proposal or offer (i) for a merger, consolidation,
dissolution, recapitalization or other business combination involving the
Company, (ii) for the issuance by the Company of over 20% of its equity
securities as consideration for the assets or securities of another person or
(iii) to acquire in any manner (including by tender offer or otherwise),
directly or indirectly, over 20% of the equity securities or consolidated total
assets of the Company, in each case other than the Merger.
"Company Superior
Proposal" means any bona fide written offer by a third party that (i) if
consummated would result in such third party (or in the case of a direct merger
between such third party and the Company, the stockholders of such third party)
acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the
Company Common Stock or all or
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substantially
all the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
for consideration consisting of cash and/or securities, (ii) that the Company
Board determines in its good faith judgment (after consultation with the
Company's financial advisor and after considering such factors as the Company
Board considers to be appropriate, including the legal, financial, timing,
regulatory and other aspects of the proposal), if consummated, would result in a
transaction that is more favorable to the Company's stockholders than the
Merger, taking into account, among other things, any changes to the terms of
this Agreement offered by Parent in response to such Company Superior Proposal
or otherwise, and (iii) is reasonably capable of being completed, taking into
account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such
proposal.
ARTICLE
VI
Additional
Agreements
SECTION
6.01 Preparation of Proxy
Statement.
(a) As
soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company
shall file with the SEC the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement to be
disseminated to the holders of the Company Common Stock, as and to the extent
required by applicable federal securities Laws. Subject to Section
5.02(b), the Proxy Statement will contain the Company
Recommendation.
(b) Parent
and Sub will provide for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement all information relating to Parent or its Affiliates required by the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be set
forth in the Proxy Statement. Parent and its counsel shall be given
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement, and the
Company shall consult with Parent and reasonably consider any such comments,
before it is filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company will
provide Parent and its counsel any comments or other communications, whether
written or oral, that the Company or its counsel may receive from time to time
from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement promptly after the
receipt of such comments or other communications, and Parent and its counsel
shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed
response to the SEC comments by the Company (either by way of modification to
the Proxy Statement or otherwise), and the Company shall consult with Parent and
reasonably consider any such comments of Parent.
(c) Each
of the Company, Parent and Sub agrees to promptly (i) correct any information
provided by it specifically for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent
that such information shall have become false or misleading in any material
respect (ii) supplement the information provided by it specifically for use in
the Proxy Statement to include any information that shall become necessary in
order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) use its
reasonable best efforts to resolve all comments from the SEC with respect to the
Proxy
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Statement
as promptly as practicable. The Company further agrees to cause the
Proxy Statement as so corrected or supplemented promptly to be filed with the
SEC and to be disseminated to the holders of the Shares, in each case as and to
the extent required by applicable federal securities Laws.
SECTION
6.02 Stockholders
Meeting.
Subject
to Section 5.02, the Company shall, as soon as practicable after the date of
this Agreement, in accordance with applicable Law, duly call, give notice of,
convene and hold a special meeting of the Company's stockholders for the purpose
of voting upon the adoption and approval of this Agreement (the "Special
Meeting"). At such Special Meeting, and except to the extent
permitted by Section 5.02, the Company shall make the Company
Recommendation. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated in
accordance with Section 8.01, the Company shall submit this Agreement to its
stockholder at its Special Meeting even if its Board of Directors shall have
effected an Adverse Recommendation Change.
Parent
shall vote, or cause to be voted, all of the shares of Company Common Stock then
owned by it, Sub or any of its other Subsidiaries and Affiliates (other than any
shares of Company Common Stock that may be owned, for investment purposes only,
by a pension or other plan for the benefit of the employees of Parent, its
ultimate parent company, or their respective Affiliates) in favor of the
approval of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement.
SECTION
6.03 Access to Information;
Confidentiality;
Cooperation.
(a) From the date
hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the date on which this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and
shall cause each Company Subsidiary to, afford to Parent, and to Parent's
officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors, financing sources
and other representatives, reasonable access during normal business hours and
upon reasonable prior notice from Parent during the period prior to the
Effective Time to their respective properties, books, contracts, commitments,
personnel and records and, during such period, the Company shall, and shall
cause each Company Subsidiary to, furnish promptly to Parent (a) a copy of each
material report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by it
during such period pursuant to the requirements of supranational, national,
federal, state, local or municipal (whether domestic or foreign) Law and (b) all
other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent
may reasonably request. All information exchanged pursuant to this
Section 6.03 shall be subject to the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement dated as of
January 30, 2008 between the Company and Parent (the "Confidentiality
Agreement"). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to facilitate access to the Company's customers, partners and prime contractors
of Material Contracts to which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is a
subcontractor, including without limitation joint venture and teaming partners,
by Parent and Parent's officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financial
advisors, financing sources and other representatives, either together with the
Company or otherwise with the Company's prior written consent, during normal
business hours prior to the Effective Time for the purpose of discussions and
information requests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not be required to provide access to,
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or
cause the Company Subsidiaries to provide access to, any information or
documents which would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, (i) breach any
agreement of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with any third-party
including for these purposes considerations regarding the terms reasonably
expected to be included in a Special Security Agreement or other agreement to
mitigate FOCI), (ii) constitute a waiver of the attorney-client or other
privilege held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iii) otherwise violate
any applicable Laws, or (iv) which would result in a competitor of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary receiving material information which is competitively
sensitive. Parent and the Company shall cooperate and consult with
each other to develop announcement materials and undertake discussions with
customers, partners and prime contractors of Material Contracts to which the
Company or a Company Subsidiary is a subcontractor, and make appropriate
management available at presentations related to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement as reasonably requested by the other party, in each case, in a
manner that would not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the
business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(b) Parent
shall use its reasonable efforts to (i) arrange and implement the Financing on
the terms and conditions described in the Commitment Letter (together, the
"Financing Commitments"),
(ii) enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and
conditions contained in the Financing Commitments (or on revised terms no less
favorable in any material respect to Parent (as determined in the reasonable
judgment of Parent)), which agreements shall be in effect as promptly as
practicable after the date hereof in no event later than the Closing, and (iii)
consummate the financing under the Commitment Letter no later than the
Closing. In the event that any portion of the Financing becomes
unavailable in the manner or from the sources contemplated in the Financing
Commitments, (A) Parent shall promptly notify the Company in writing and (B)
Parent and Sub shall use their reasonable best efforts to arrange to obtain any
such portion from alternative sources, on terms that are no more adverse in any
material respect (the "Alternative Financing
Commitments"), as promptly as reasonably practicable following the
occurrence of such event, including entering into definitive agreements with
respect thereto (such definitive agreements entered into pursuant to the first
or second sentence of this Section being referred to as the "Financing
Agreements"). Parent and Sub shall, and shall cause their
affiliates and Representatives to, use their reasonable efforts to comply with
the terms, and satisfy on a timely basis the conditions that are within their
control of the Financing Commitments, any Alternative Financing Commitments, the
Financing Agreements and any related fee and engagement letters, except for any
failure to so comply or satisfy that would not materially adversely affect
Parent's or Sub's ability to perform its obligations upon Closing of the
Merger. Parent shall (x) furnish complete, correct and executed
copies of the Financing Agreements promptly upon their execution, (y) give
the Company prompt notice of any material breach by any party of any of the
Financing Commitments, any Alternative Financing Commitment or the Financing
Arrangements of which Parent or Sub becomes aware or any termination thereof and
(z) otherwise keep the Company informed on a reasonably current basis, at all
times during the period between the date hereof and the Closing, of any material
developments regarding its efforts to arrange the Financing (or any replacement
thereof). From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective
Time, the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its
terms, or the date on which the Board shall have made an Adverse Recommendation
Change, the Company shall provide to Parent and Sub, and shall cause the Company
Subsidiaries to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
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respective
officers, employees and Representatives of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries to, provide to Parent and Sub and any affiliate of Parent
designated by Parent all cooperation reasonably requested by Parent that is
necessary or reasonably required in connection with the financing to be provided
under the Commitment Letter and any equity, debt or other securities issuance or
loan to refinance or to replace all or any part of such financing (together, the
"Financing"),
including the following: (i) causing the Company's senior officers and using its
reasonable best efforts to cause its other Representatives to participate in
meetings, presentations, road shows, due diligence sessions (including
accounting due diligence sessions), drafting sessions and sessions with rating
agencies; (ii) assisting with the preparation of appropriate and customary
materials for rating agency presentations, offering documents, bank information
memoranda (including the delivery of customary representation letters) and
similar documents reasonably required in connection with the Financing; (iii)
assist with the preparation of, and executing, any pledge and security
documents, any loan agreement, currency or interest hedging agreement, other
definitive financing documents on terms reasonably satisfactory to Parent, or
other certificates, legal opinions or documents as may be reasonably requested
by financing sources and reasonable and customary for receiving equivalent
financing, to become effective only on or after the Effective Time; (iv)
facilitate or execute the pledging of collateral; (v) using reasonable best
efforts to furnish on a confidential basis to Parent and Sub and their financing
sources, as promptly as practicable, with financial and other pertinent
information regarding the Company and in the Company's possession or control as
may be reasonably requested by financing sources, including all financial
statements and other financial data as may be reasonably required and customary
in receiving equivalent financing; (vi) providing monthly
financial statements to the extent the Company customarily prepares such
financial statements within the time such statements are customarily prepared;
and (vii) using reasonable best efforts to cause its independent accountants to
cooperate with and assist Parent in preparing customary and appropriate
information packages and offering materials as the parties to the Financing may
reasonably request for use in connection with the offering and/or syndication of
equity securities, debt securities, loan participations and other matters
relating to the Financing; provided that nothing
in this Agreement shall require senior officers and other Representatives of the
Company to participate in meetings, presentations, road shows, due diligence
sessions in a manner that would unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the
Company's or such Representatives' business; provided further that
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, until the Effective
Time occurs, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required
to pay any commitment or other similar fee or put in effect any collateral,
encumbrance, pledge or similar arrangement with respect to any of the Company's
or the Company Subsidiaries' assets. Parent shall, promptly upon
written request by the Company, reimburse the Company for all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket costs to the extent such costs are incurred by the
Company or its subsidiaries at the request of Parent in connection with such
cooperation provided by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, their
respective officers, employees and other Representatives pursuant to the terms
of this Section 6.03(b) or in connection with compliance with its obligations
under this Section 6.03(b) and Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries and their respective officers,
employees and Representatives from and against any and all liabilities or losses
suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement of the Financing
and any information utilized in connection therewith (other than arising from
information provided in writing by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
specifically for use in connection with the Financing or its
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subsidiaries),
except in the event such liabilities or losses arose out of or result from the
wilful misconduct or gross negligence of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective Representatives. The Company hereby consents
to the use of its and its subsidiaries' logos in connection with the
Financing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
in no event shall the Company or any Company Subsidiary be required to incur,
guarantee or otherwise become an obligor on any indebtedness, grant any lien or
pledge any assets, or otherwise enter into any agreement or action as part of
the Financing that would be or otherwise cause a Default under any of the
Indentures governing the Notes.
SECTION
6.04 Reasonable Best Efforts;
Notification. (a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the
parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the
other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate
and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated hereby, including (i) the obtaining of all
necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from
Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings
(including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all
reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to
avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of
all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the
defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or
administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or
temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity
vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional
instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to
fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
(b) In
connection with and without limiting the foregoing,
(i) as
soon as practicable, Parent and the Company shall jointly submit to the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") a draft
voluntary notice of the Merger pursuant to Exon-Xxxxxx and, within approximately
five (5) business days thereafter, a final Exon-Xxxxxx notice. Parent
and the Company shall each, to their fullest ability, provide CFIUS with any
additional or supplemental information requested by CFIUS or its member agencies
during the Exon-Xxxxxx review process. Parent and the Company, in
cooperation with each other, shall each take all commercially reasonable steps
advisable, necessary or desirable to finally and successfully complete the
Exon-Xxxxxx review process as promptly as practicable. In addition,
as soon as practicable, Parent and the Company shall prepare and submit to the
Defense Security Service ("DSS") of the United
States Department of Defense ("DoD") and, to the
extent applicable, any other agency of the United States Government,
notification of the Merger pursuant to the NISPOM and any other applicable
national or industrial security regulations, and fully cooperate in requesting
from DSS approval to operate the business of the Company pursuant to a proposed
FOCI mitigation plan in accordance with the NISPOM. Subject to
Section 6.04(b)(ii) herein, Parent and the Company shall enter into a Special
Security Agreement ("SSA") with DoD in
accordance with the
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NISPOM
and, where necessary to perform contracts requiring access to Navy Nuclear
Propulsion Information or proscribed classified information as defined in the
NISPOM, a Proxy Agreement in accordance with the
NISPOM. With the exception of an SSA covering the Company or a Proxy
Agreement that does not result in a Proxy Threshold Event, neither Parent nor
the Company shall be required to agree to any other structural or conduct remedy
pursuant to this paragraph which would have a material adverse effect on the
business of Parent and/or the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving
effect to the Merger;
(ii) Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, should a Proxy Threshold Event occur in which the
Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries be required to place under a Proxy
Agreement operations of the Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries that account
for a percentage equal to 35.0% or more but less than 40.0% of the Company’s
total revenue during the immediately preceding fiscal year, prior to exercising
its termination rights under Section 8.01(g) herein, Parent shall consult with
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a 30-day period (provided that in
no event shall such period extend beyond the Outside Date) regarding the
potential for Parent to waive its termination right under Section 8.01(g), and
such consultation shall take into account the extent to which the inclusion of
any business operations under the Proxy Agreement would not impact the expected
synergies of the combined company;
(iii) each
party shall take promptly all reasonable actions necessary to make all
notifications and filings required for the transactions contemplated hereby
under applicable competition Laws (including the HSR Act), and submitting
responses to all requests for further information from the applicable
Governmental Entities that are responsible for applying merger control or
antitrust legislation (the "Competition
Authorities"), in each case, in substantial compliance with the
requirements of the applicable competition Law, and shall furnish to the other
such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in
connection with its preparation of any filing or submission that is necessary
under applicable competition Law or requested by any Competition Authorities.
Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain promptly any
clearance required under the HSR Act or other applicable competition Laws for
the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereby. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall
each use its respective best efforts to avoid or eliminate each and every
impediment under the HSR Act or other applicable competition Laws that may be
asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable
the consummation of the Merger to occur on or prior to the date specified in
Section 8.01(b)(i); provided, however, that Parent
shall not be required to enter into any structural or conduct remedy which would
have a material adverse effect on the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries,
including the Surviving Corporation;
(iv) the
Company and the Company Board shall (A) take all action reasonably necessary to
ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or
becomes applicable to any transactions contemplated hereby or this Agreement and
(ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes
applicable to this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby
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may
be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the this
Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and
(v) the
Company shall cooperate with Parent in the preparation of all notifications and
filings required to be filed by Parent with any Governmental Entities within 30
days after the Closing Date in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, and in submitting responses to all requests for further
information from the applicable Governmental Entities, including without
limitation providing to Parent all information reasonably requested by Parent
for the purpose of preparing all such notifications and filings.
(c) Each
of the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Sub, on the other hand, shall,
with regard to the review and/or defense of the transactions contemplated
hereby, (i) promptly inform and provide the other a copy of any material
communication received by such party from the Federal Trade Commission, the
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, other Competition Authorities,
CFIUS or any other Governmental Entity or private litigant; and (ii) permit the
other party reasonable time and notice to (x) review and comment in advance on
any material communication to be made or delivered to any such Governmental
Entity or private litigant, including any proposed understanding, undertakings,
or agreements, (y) consult with the other party in advance of any meeting or
conference with any such Governmental Entity or private litigant, and (z) attend
and participate in such meetings and conferences (to the extent permitted by
such Governmental Entity or private litigant).
(d) The
Company shall deliver to Parent at the Closing a duly executed and acknowledged
certificate, in form and substance acceptable to Parent and in compliance with
the Code and Treasury regulations, certifying such facts as to establish that
the sale of Company Common Stock is exempt from withholding under Section 1445
of the Code.
(e) Parent
agrees that the Company will be operated as a stand-alone subsidiary of Parent's
group in accordance with the NISPOM following the Merger with the objective of
continuity of management and operations. Parent plans to grow the
business of the Company as part of the Parent group, as well as the overall
business of Parent group, in the United States and expects to work with
management and the board of directors of the Company following the Merger to
promote and further such goals of growth. Parent currently plans to
continue operating the businesses of the Surviving Corporation after the Merger
substantially as they exist prior to the Merger, except as may otherwise be
required in connection with any governmental regulatory approval or by
Law.
SECTION
6.05 Stock Options; Restricted
Stock; RSUs. (a) As
of the Effective Time, each unexercised Company Stock Option outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether or not then vested) shall be
converted at the Effective Time into the right to receive an amount of cash
equal to (A) the excess, if any, of (1) the Merger Consideration per share of
Company Common Stock over (2) the exercise price per share of Company Common
Stock subject to such Company Stock Option, multiplied by (B) the number
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of
shares of Company Common Stock for which such Company Stock Option shall not
theretofore have been exercised, which amount shall be paid immediately
following the Effective Time, without interest.
(b) As
of the Effective Time, each share of Company Restricted Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become at the Effective Time fully
vested and free of restrictions on transfer and the holder thereof shall be
entitled to receive the Merger Consideration subject to the terms and conditions
of Article II hereof.
(c) As
of the Effective Time, each RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted at the Effective Time (whether or not then vested) into
the right to receive, for each share of the Company's Common Stock that would be
issuable upon the vesting of such RSU, a cash payment equal to the per share
Merger Consideration, which amount shall be paid immediately following the
Effective Time, without interest.
(d) The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary to
implement the foregoing provision of this Section 6.05.
(e) All
amounts payable pursuant to Sections 6.05(a) through (c) shall be subject to any
required withholding taxes or proof of eligibility of exemption
therefrom.
SECTION
6.06 Company Debt
Instruments. (a) The
Company shall provide, or shall cause to be provided, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of each of the indentures relating to (i) the $345 million
aggregate principal amount of 2% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Convertible Notes"),
(ii) the $550 million aggregate principal amount of 67/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, (iii) the $350 million aggregate principal
amount of 65/8%
Senior Notes due 2016 and (iv) the $250 million aggregate principal amount of
75/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (such Convertible Notes and other Notes,
collectively, the "Notes" and such
indentures, collectively, the "Indentures"), to the
trustee under each such Indenture and to each Holder (as defined in each
respective Indenture), any notices required by the Indentures by virtue of a
Fundamental Change or Change of Control (each as defined in each
Indenture).
(b) Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall be obligated to take all such further
actions, including the delivery of any officers' certificates and opinions of
counsel required by the Indentures, as may be necessary to comply with all of
the terms and conditions of the Indentures.
SECTION
6.07 Employee
Matters.
(a) All
employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be employed by the Surviving Corporation or its
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Subsidiaries
as of the Effective Time (the "Continuing
Employees"). Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to, provide, for the period commencing on the Effective Time through
and including December 31, 2009, the Continuing Employees with
compensation and employee benefits that, in the aggregate, are
substantially comparable to the compensation (including base salary, annual
cash-based incentive compensation opportunities and the value of equity-based
incentive compensation) and employee benefits (disregarding any severance
benefits provided under any executive employment agreement) provided to such
individuals by the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the
Effective Time. Parent agrees that the Surviving Corporation shall
cause the Surviving Corporation’s employee benefit plans established following
the Closing Date and any other employee benefit plans covering the Continuing
Employees following the Effective Time, but excluding any incentive compensation
plans of the Parent (the included plans being, collectively, the "Post-Closing Plans"),
to recognize the service of each Continuing Employee (including service
recognized by the Company) for purposes of eligibility, vesting and
determination of the level of benefits (but not for benefit accrual purposes)
under the Post-Closing Plans, solely to the extent that such Post-Closing Plans
are made available to the Continuing Employees. For the calendar year
including the Effective Time, the Continuing Employees shall not be required to
satisfy any deductible, co-payment, out-of-pocket maximum or similar
requirements under the Post-Closing Plans that provide medical, dental and other
welfare benefits (collectively, the "Post-Closing Welfare
Plans") to the extent of amounts previously credited for such purposes
under the Company Plans that provide medical, dental and other welfare benefits
(the "Company Welfare
Plans"). Any waiting periods, pre-existing condition
exclusions and requirements to show evidence of good health contained in such
Post-Closing Welfare Plans shall be waived with respect to the Continuing
Employees (except to the extent any such waiting period, pre-existing condition
exclusion, or requirement of show evidence of good health was already in effect
with respect to such employees and that have not been satisfied under the
applicable Company Welfare Plan in which the participant then participates or is
otherwise eligible to participate as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time).
(b) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, as of the Effective Time, Parent shall
cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to honor in accordance with
their terms, all employment, change in control, severance and other compensation
plans, agreements and arrangements existing immediately prior to the execution
of this Agreement which are between the Company or any Subsidiary and any
director, officer or employee thereof or maintained by the Company or any
Subsidiary and, including, without limitation, those set forth in Section
6.07(b)of the Company Disclosure Letter (each a "Company Agreement");
provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the Surviving Corporation from
amending any such Company Agreement in accordance with its terms, including such
amendments as may be necessary to avoid the imposition of a tax under Section
409A of the Code. Parent and the Company hereby agree that the
occurrence of the Closing shall constitute a "Change in Control" for purposes of
any Company Agreement and all Company Benefit Plans and related trusts set
forth in Section 6.07(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Parent and the
Company further agree that the occurrence of the Closing shall constitute Good
Reason (as defined therein) with respect to the four employment agreements
identified in Section 6.07(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter (each a "Specified
Agreement"). At the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall
cause the Surviving Corporation to, pay to the Continuing Employees who are
parties to the
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Specified
Agreements the amounts provided under Section 5.3(b)(ii)(B) of the respective
Specified Agreements.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no provision of this Agreement shall
be deemed to (i) guarantee employment for any period of time for, or preclude
the ability of the Surviving Corporation to terminate, any Continuing Employee
following the Effective Time or (ii) subject to the limitations and requirements
specifically set forth in this Section 6.07, require the Surviving Corporation
to continue any Parent Plan or Company Benefit Plan or prevent the amendment,
modification or termination thereof in each case in accordance with the terms of
such Parent Plan or Company Benefit Plan after the Effective Time.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as an amendment of any employee benefit plan or
policy of the Parent or its affiliates, and (y) except to the extent provided in
Section 6.07(h), no provision of this Section 6.07 shall create any third party
beneficiary rights in any employee or former employee (including any beneficiary
or dependent of such employee or former employee) of the Company in respect of
continued employment (or resumed employment) or any other matter.
(d) Parent
acknowledges that the Company shall be entitled to pay the annual cash bonuses
earned by employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of the
Company's fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, in the ordinary course (with the
amounts of such bonuses being determined in a manner consistent with past
practices) and at the time that such bonuses would ordinarily be
paid. The Surviving Corporation shall pay annual cash bonuses under a
substantially equivalent annual incentive plan established for the Company's
fiscal year commencing on April 1, 2008 in such amounts as it shall reasonably
determine based on the financial results of the Company during such fiscal year
and other applicable performance criteria. If Parent and the
Surviving Corporation operate on a calendar fiscal year and determine to pay
bonuses based on a fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, bonus amounts shall be
pro rated for the shortened year and the subsequent annual bonus period shall
commence January 1, 2009.
(e) The
Company shall pay or provide cash retention bonus payments to the Continuing
Employees in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in
Section 6.07(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(f) At
the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Company to, provide an
incentive compensation program for management of the Surviving Corporation (the
"Management Incentive
Program") in order to provide participants with incentive compensation
that is intended to replace and provide economic value that is substantially
comparable on an overall basis to that provided by the equity-based incentive
compensation plans of the Company (it being recognized that stock options will
not be a component of the Management Incentive Program).
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(g) The
Parties agree that the Company shall enter into a new employment agreement
with the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the
"CEO"),
effective on the Closing Date, providing for (i) base salary and bonus
opportunities that are no less favorable than the base salary and bonus
opportunities currently in effect for the CEO under his Company Agreement, as
listed in Section 6.07(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the "CEO Agreement"), and
(ii) such other terms and conditions that are substantially comparable on an
overall basis (taking into account the full term of the agreement) to the other
terms and conditions currently in effect for the CEO under the CEO
Agreement. Parent agrees that following the Effective Time it will
cause the Surviving Corporation to enter into agreements or arrangements with
the officers of the Company set forth in Section 6.07(g) of the Company
Disclosure Letter (the "Other
Executives") providing for (x) base salary and bonus opportunities
that are no less favorable than the base salary and bonus opportunities
currently in effect for the Other Executives under their respective Company
Agreements as listed in Section 6.07(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(collectively, the "Executive
Agreements") and (y) such other terms and conditions that are
substantially comparable on an overall basis (taking into account the full term
of the agreement) to the other terms and conditions currently in effect for such
Other Executives under their respective Executive
Agreements. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Section
6.07(g), severance and other customary terms shall be negotiated.
(h) The
last two sentences of Section 6.07(b) and the provisions of Section 6.07(g) are
intended for the benefit of the individuals set forth in Section 6.07(h) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of
such provisions.
SECTION
6.08 Indemnification. (a) Parent
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, cause the Surviving Corporation
to keep in effect all of the Company's obligations to indemnify (including any
obligations to advance funds for expenses) the current or former directors or
officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries for acts or omissions by such
directors or officers occurring prior to the Effective Time to the extent that
such obligations of the Company exist on the date of this Agreement, whether
pursuant to the Company Charter, the Company By-laws, the organizational
documents of any Company Subsidiaries, individual indemnity agreements, by Law
or otherwise, and such obligations shall survive the Merger and shall continue
in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of the Company Charter,
the Company By-laws, Law and such individual indemnity agreements from the
Effective Time until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
with respect to any claims against such directors or officers arising out of
such acts or omissions.
(b) Without
limiting the provisions of Section 6.08(a), during the period beginning on the
Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary of the date on which the
Effective Time occurs, to the fullest extent that the Company would be permitted
by applicable Law, the Surviving Corporation will: (i) indemnify and hold
harmless each of the current and former directors or officers of the Company and
its Subsidiaries against and from any costs or expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any claim, action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, to the extent such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation arises out of or pertains to the Merger, the Merger
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Agreement
and any transactions contemplated hereby; and (ii) pay in advance of the final
disposition of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation
the expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any such director or officer upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer
is not entitled to be indemnified; provided, however, that the
Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement effected without
the Surviving Corporation's prior written consent and the Surviving Corporation
shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(selected by a plurality of the applicable directors and/or officers) for all
such directors and/or officers in any jurisdiction with respect to any single
such claim unless the use of one counsel for such director or officer would
present such counsel with a conflict of interest that would make such joint
representation inappropriate for which indemnification may be sought under this
Section 6.08(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Section 6.08(b)or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation
shall not (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation not to) settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination
with respect to any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, unless
such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional
release of the applicable directors or officers covered by the settlement from
all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation.
(c) For
a period of six years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be
maintained in effect the current policies of directors' and officers' liability
insurance maintained by the Company (provided that Parent may substitute
therefor policies with reputable and financially sound carriers of at least the
same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less
advantageous to the beneficiaries thereof) with respect to claims arising from
or related to facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time;
provided, however, that Parent
shall not be obligated to make annual premium payments for such insurance to the
extent such premiums exceed 200% of the annual premiums paid as of the date
hereof by the Company for such insurance (such 200% amount, the "Maximum
Premium"). If such insurance coverage cannot be obtained at
all, or can only be obtained at an annual premium in excess of the Maximum
Premium, Parent shall maintain the most advantageous policies of directors' and
officers' insurance obtainable for an annual premium equal to the Maximum
Premium.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 6.08 shall
survive the consummation of the Merger indefinitely and shall be binding,
jointly and severally, on all successors and assigns of Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, and shall be enforceable by the current and former directors and
officers of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and their successors,
heirs or representatives. In the event that the Surviving Corporation
or any of its successors or assigns 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 transfers or conveys all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving
Corporation shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section
6.08.
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SECTION
6.09 Fees and
Expenses. (a) Except
as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses,
whether or not the Merger is consummated.
(b) In
the event that (i) (A) a Company Takeover Proposal has been made to the Company
or its stockholders or a Company Takeover Proposal shall have otherwise become
publicly known, (B) thereafter this Agreement is terminated by either Parent or
the Company pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) or Section 8.01(b)(iii), and (C)
within 12 months after such termination, the Company or any of its subsidiaries
enters into any Acquisition Agreement with respect to, or consummates, any
Company Takeover Proposal (provided that, solely for purposes of this Section
6.09(b), the number "40" shall be substituted for the number "20" in the
definition of Company Takeover Proposal), (ii) this Agreement is terminated by
the Company pursuant to Section 8.01(f), or (iii) this Agreement is terminated
by Parent pursuant to Section 8.01(c), then the Company shall pay Parent a fee
equal to $90,000,000 (the "Termination Fee") by
wire transfer of same day funds to an account designated by Parent (x) in the
case of a termination by the Company pursuant to Section 8.01(f), prior to or
simultaneously with such termination, (y) in the case of a termination by Parent
pursuant to Section 8.01(c), within two business days after such termination and
(z) in the case of a payment as a result of any event referred to in Section
6.09(b)(i)(C), upon the consummation of such Company Takeover
Proposal.
(c) The
Company acknowledges that the agreement contained in Section 6.09(b) is an
integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that, without this
agreement the Company would not have entered into this Agreement, and that the
amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6.09 do not constitute a
penalty. Accordingly, if the Company fails promptly to pay any
amounts due to Parent pursuant to Section 6.09(b) within the time periods
specified in Section 6.09(b), and in order to obtain such payment, Parent
commences a claim, suit, proceeding or other action that results in a final,
non-appealable Judgment against the Company, the Company shall pay to Parent
interest on the amount set forth it is required to pay under this Section 6.09
from and including the date payment of such amount was due to but excluding the
date of actual payment at the prime rate of Citibank, N.A. in effect on the date
such payment was required to be made plus 1%, together with reasonable legal
fees and expenses incurred in connection with such claim, suit, proceeding or
other action.
SECTION
6.10 Public
Announcements. Parent
and Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall consult with
each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to review and
comment upon, any press release or other public statements with respect to the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall not
issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such
consultation, except as may be required by applicable Law, court process or by
obligations pursuant to the rules of any securities exchange or self regulatory
authority (including the New York Stock Exchange and the Borsa
Italiana).
SECTION
6.11 Transfer
Taxes. Subject
to Section 2.02(b), all stock transfer, real estate transfer, documentary,
stamp, recording and other similar taxes (including
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interest,
penalties and additions to any such taxes) ("Transfer Taxes")
incurred in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid by either Parent or the Surviving Corporation, and the
Company shall cooperate with Sub and Parent in preparing, executing and filing
any tax returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes, including supplying in a
timely manner any information with respect to such property that is reasonably
necessary to complete such tax returns.
SECTION
6.12 Stockholder
Litigation. The
Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate, subject to a customary
joint defense agreement, in, but not control, the defense or settlement of any
stockholder litigation against the Company and its directors relating to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that no such
settlement shall be agreed to without Parent's consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.
SECTION
6.13 Director
Resignations.
As
soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time, each director of
the Surviving Corporation shall resign and appoint a successor director in
accordance with the requirements of NISPOM. Such directors shall
serve until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may
be.
ARTICLE
VII
Conditions
Precedent
SECTION
7.01 Conditions to Each
Party's Obligation To Effect The
Merger. The
respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) on or prior
to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder
Approval. The Company shall have obtained the Company
Stockholder Approval.
(b) Governmental
Approvals. (i) Any waiting period (and any extensions thereof)
applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act and any agreement with any
Competition Authority not to consummate the transaction shall have expired or
terminated, (ii) any other required consents, authorizations or approvals of
other Competition Authorities shall have been obtained, (iii) the period of time
for any applicable review process by CFIUS under Exon-Xxxxxx shall have expired,
and the President of the United States shall not have taken action to block or
prevent the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
hereby on the basis that they threaten to impair the national security of the
United States, and (iv) DSS shall have approved a plan to operate the business
pursuant to a FOCI mitigation agreement that is consistent with the criteria in
Section 6.04(b)(i); and, to the extent applicable, DoD shall have provided
assurances that, in accordance with the NISPOM or any other applicable national
or industrial security regulations, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
will be granted authorization for continued access to proscribed or other
classified or unclassified controlled
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information
following the Effective Time as may be necessary for the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries to continue to perform substantially all of the U.S. Government
prime contracts or subcontracts of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries.
(c) No Injunctions or
Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other legal restraint or Law or other actions by any
Governmental Entity preventing the consummation of the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated hereby shall be in effect; provided, however, that prior
to asserting this condition, subject to Section 6.04, each of the parties shall
have used its reasonable best efforts to prevent the entry of any such
injunction or other order and to appeal as promptly as possible any such
injunction or other order that may be entered.
SECTION
7.02 Conditions to Obligations of Parent and
Sub. The
obligations of Parent and Sub to effect the Merger are further subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Section 3.03 shall be true and correct as of the Closing
Date as though made on the Closing Date, except (y) to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which
case as of such earlier date), and (z) for decreases and except for increases of
not more than 0.05% in the number of the Company outstanding shares of Company
Capital Stock, Company Stock Options and Company Stock-Based Awards disclosed in
Section 3.03, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth
in Sections 3.13(c) and 3.15(g) (solely with respect to Contracts with the
United States government) that are qualified as to materiality or Company
Material Adverse Effect or like words shall be true and correct, and those not
so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as
of Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date, except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in
which case as of such earlier date), and (iii) the remainder of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III shall be
true and correct as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date (in which case as of such earlier date), except where the failure
of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving
effect to any “materiality,” “Company Material Adverse Effect” or like
qualifiers set forth therein), individually or in the aggregate, has not had,
and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect,
and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by
the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company to
such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer and
the chief financial officer of the Company to such effect.
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(c) Absence of Company Material
Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall
not have been any event, change, effect or development that, individually or in
the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
7.03 Conditions to Obligation of
the Company. The
obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is further subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Sub in this Agreement that are qualified as to materiality or Parent Material
Adverse Effect or like words shall be true and correct and those not so
qualified shall be true and correct except for such failures to be true and
correct as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date as though made on the Closing Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which
case such representations and warranties shall have been true as of such earlier
date), and the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of
Parent by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of Parent
to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of the Parent
and Sub. Parent and Sub shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations to be performed by them under this Agreement at or
prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall have received a certificate
signed on behalf of Parent by the chief executive officer and the chief
financial officer of Parent to such effect.
ARTICLE
VIII
Termination, Amendment and
Waiver
SECTION
8.01 Termination. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated at
any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a) by
mutual written consent of Parent, Sub and the Company;
(b) by
written notice of either Parent or the Company:
(i) if
the Merger is not consummated on or before December 15, 2008 (the "Outside Date"),
unless the failure to consummate the Merger is the result of a material breach
of this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate this Agreement in a manner
that shall have caused the failure of the consummation of the Merger prior to
the Outside Date; provided, however, that if, as of the Outside Date, all
conditions to each party’s obligations to effect the Merger set forth in Article
VII have been satisfied or waived (other than those that are satisfied
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by
action taken at the Closing) other than as set forth in Section 7.01(b)(iii),
then the Outside Date shall be extended to January 31, 2009.
(ii) if
any Governmental Entity issues an order, decree or ruling or takes any other
action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger
and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and
nonappealable; provided that the
party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.01(b)(ii)
shall have complied with its obligations under Section 6.04; or
(iii) if
the Special Meeting (including any adjournments and postponements thereof) shall
have concluded without the Company Stockholder Approval having been obtained by
reason of the failure to obtain the required vote of the holders of shares of
Company Common Stock.
(c) by
written notice of Parent if an Adverse Recommendation Change shall have
occurred.
(d) by
written notice of Parent, if the Company breaches or fails to perform any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure
of a condition set forth in Section 7.02(a) or 7.02(b), and (ii) cannot be cured
or has not been cured within 30 days after the giving of written notice to the
Company of such breach (provided that Parent is not then in willful and material
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement);
(e) by
written notice of the Company, if Parent or Sub breaches or fails to perform any
of its representations, warranties or covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure
of a condition set forth in Section 7.03(a) or 7.03(b), and (ii) cannot be cured
or has not been cured within 30 days after the giving of written notice to the
Company of such breach (provided that the Company is not then in willful and
material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement);
(f) by
written notice of the Company only prior to the receipt of the Stockholder
Approval, in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a
Company Superior Proposal; provided that the
Company shall have complied with all provisions of Section 5.02(b) and shall
have paid or shall concurrently pay the fees due under Section
6.09(b); or
(g) by
written notice of Parent if a Proxy Threshold Event shall have occurred;
provided, that Parent shall have complied with the obligations set forth in the
last sentence of Section 6.04(b)(ii), if applicable.
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SECTION
8.02 Effect of
Termination. In
the event of termination of this Agreement by either the Company or Parent as
provided in Section 8.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no
effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Sub or the
Company, other than Section 3.20, Section 4.06, the second sentence of Section
6.03, Section 6.09, Section 6.10, this Section 8.02 and Article IX, which
provisions shall survive such termination, and except to the extent that such
termination results from the willful and material breach by a party of any
representation, warranty or covenant set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION
8.03 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended by the parties at any time; provided, however, that (i)
after the Company Stockholder Approval has been obtained, there shall be made no
amendment that by Law requires further approval by the stockholders of the
Company without the further approval of such stockholders, and (ii) no amendment
shall be made to this Agreement after the Effective Time. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties.
SECTION
8.04 Extension;
Waiver. At
any time prior to the Effective Time, subject to applicable Law, the parties may
(a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts
of the other parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to
this Agreement or (c) subject to the proviso of Section 8.03, waive compliance
with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this
Agreement. Subject to the proviso in Section 8.03, no extension or
waiver by the Company shall require the approval of the stockholders of the
Company. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure or
delay 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 nor shall
any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of
any other right hereunder.
SECTION
8.05 Procedure for Termination,
Amendment, Extension or Waiver. A
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01, an amendment of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.03 or an extension or waiver pursuant to Section
8.04 shall, in order to be effective, require in the case of Parent, Sub or the
Company, action by its board of directors or the duly authorized designee of its
board of directors. Termination of this Agreement prior to the
Effective Time shall not require the approval of the stockholders of the
Company.
ARTICLE
IX
General
Provisions
SECTION
9.01 Nonsurvival of
Representations and Warranties. None
of the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective
Time. This Section 9.01 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of
the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective
Time.
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SECTION
9.02 Notices. All
notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt by the parties at the
following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified
by like notice):
(a) if
to Parent or Sub, to
Finmeccanica
- Societá per azioni
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0
00000
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Facsimile:
+ 39-06-326-57-252
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq., Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs and
General Counsel
E-mail:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
with
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP
000
00xx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
E-mail:
xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx, Esq.
E-mail:
xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
(b) if
to the Company, to
DRS
Technologies, Inc.
0
Xxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Esq., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
E-mail:
xxxxx@xxx.xxx
with
a copy to:
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Independent
Director of DRS Technologies, Inc.
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Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail:
Xxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
with
a copy to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
E-mail:
Xxxxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
SECTION
9.03 Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement:
An
"affiliate" of
any person means another person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such first person.
A
"business day"
means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are
authorized by Law to close in New York, New York or Rome, Italy.
A
"Company Material
Adverse Effect" means any change, effect, event or circumstance that is
or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate,
materially adverse to (a) the business, assets, financial condition, or results
of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b)
the ability of the Company and each Company Subsidiary to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or (c) the ability of the Company to consummate
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, none of the
following shall constitute a material adverse effect for the purposes of this
definition: (i) changes in general economic conditions or securities
or financial markets in general; (ii) general changes in the industry in which
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (iii) any changes in Laws
applicable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets or interpretations thereof by any Governmental
Entity; (iv) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or war (whether declared
or not declared) or any act of terrorism; (v) the announcement or the existence
of, or compliance with, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(including without limitation the impact thereof on relationships with customers
or employees); (vi) changes in GAAP, or the interpretation thereof; (vii) the
matters set forth on Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure Letter; and (viii)
any change in the market price or trading volumes of the Company Common Stock
after the date hereof (it being understood that the underlying facts or
occurrences
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giving
rise or contributing to such change shall be taken into account in determining
whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect), except, in the case
of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent such changes or
developments referred to therein would reasonably be expected to have a
materially disproportionate impact on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the business and industry in
which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.
"Knowledge" in the
case of the Company means the actual knowledge of Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Vice Admiral Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Rambler, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx.
"Company Stock-Based
Award" means any stock appreciation right, "phantom" stock right,
performance unit, restricted stock unit, restricted stock, right to receive
shares of Company Common Stock on a deferred basis or other right (other than a
Company Stock Option) issued by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is
linked to the value of Company Common Stock.
"Parent Material Adverse
Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of Parent or
Sub to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or (iii) the
ability of Parent or Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
"Permitted Liens"
means (i) Liens for current taxes not yet due or payable, or the validity or
amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
(ii) Liens of any materialmen, mechanics, workmen, repairmen, contractors,
warehousemen, carriers, suppliers, vendors or equivalent Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in respect of amounts
that are not yet due or payable, or the validation or amount of which is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iii) Liens that secure any
indebtedness reflected as liabilities in the Financial Statements, and (iv) any
other Liens that are not material in amount or do not materially detract from
the value of or materially impair the existing use of the property affected by
such Lien.
A
"person" means
any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, company, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, Governmental Entity or other
entity.
A
"Proxy Threshold
Event" means an event where, after a reasonable period of discussions
with the U.S. government in accordance with the provisions of Section
6.04(b)(i), Parent reasonably concludes that in order for the Company and/or the
Company Subsidiaries to retain facility security clearances necessary to perform
their existing classified contracts accounting for 35.0% or more of the
Company’s total revenue during the immediately preceding
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fiscal
year, the Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries would be required to implement
a Proxy Agreement under the NISPOM.
A
"subsidiary" of
any person means another person, an amount of the voting securities, other
voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect
at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body (or, if
there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of
which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first person.
SECTION
9.04 Interpretation. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, Subsection, Exhibit or
Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section or Subsection of, or an Exhibit
or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table
of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. Whenever the words "include", "includes" or "including"
are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
"without limitation". The words "hereby", "hereof", "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The words "date hereof" shall refer to the date of this
Agreement. The term "or" is not exclusive. The word
"extent" in the phrase "to the extent" shall mean the degree to which a subject
or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply
"if". The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to
the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. Any agreement
or instrument defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument
that is referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented. References to a person are also to its
permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION
9.05 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any rule or Law, or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect
so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any
party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original
intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end
that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.
SECTION
9.06 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall be considered one
and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts
have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other
parties.
SECTION
9.07 Entire Agreement; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This
Agreement, taken together with the Company Disclosure Letter, and the
Confidentiality Agreement (a) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties
with respect to the Merger, and (b) are not intended to confer on any person
other than the parties any rights and remedies, except for (i)
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the
rights of the Company's stockholders to receive the Merger Consideration after
the Effective Time; (ii) with respect to the CEO and the Other Executives, as
provided in the second and third sentences of Section 6.07(b) and Section
6.07(g); and (iii) as provided in Section 6.08 (which is intended for the
benefit of the former and current officers and directors of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this
provision).
SECTION
9.08 Governing
Law. This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of
the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
SECTION
9.09 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this
Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or
otherwise by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other
parties, except that Sub may assign, in its sole discretion, any of or all its
rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to Parent or to any
direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, but no such assignment
shall relieve Sub of any of its obligations under this Agreement. Any
purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to
the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors
and assigns.
SECTION
9.10 Enforcement.
(a) The
parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed
that, prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01, the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of
this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which either such party
is entitled at law or in equity.
(b) Each
of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction
of any Delaware state court, any Federal court located in the State of Delaware
or the State of New York or any New York state court in the event any dispute
arises out of any this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, (b)
agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by
motion or other request for leave from any such court, (c) agrees that it will
not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby in any court other than any New York state court, any Federal court
sitting in the State of New York or the State of Delaware or any Delaware state
court and (d) waives any right to trial by jury with respect to any action
related to or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Sub and the Company have duly executed this Agreement,
all as of the date first written above.
FINMECCANICA
- SOCIETÁ PER AZIONI
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by:
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/s/ Pier Francesco Guarguaylini | ||
Name:
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Pier Francesco Guarguaylini | ||
Title:
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
DRAGON
MERGER SUB, INC.
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by:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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President | ||
DRS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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by:
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Chairman,
President and
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Chief
Executive Officer
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