AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among IXYS Corporation, Zanzibar Acquisition, Inc. and Zilog, Inc. Dated as of December 5, 2009
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
IXYS
Corporation,
Zanzibar
Acquisition, Inc.
and
Zilog,
Inc.
Dated
as of December 5, 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Article
1
|
DESCRIPTION
OF TRANSACTION
|
1
|
1.1
|
Merger
of Merger Sub into the Company
|
1
|
1.2
|
Effects
of the Merger
|
1
|
1.3
|
Closing;
Effective Time
|
1
|
1.4
|
Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers
|
2
|
1.5
|
Conversion
of Shares
|
2
|
1.6
|
Closing
of the Company’s Transfer Books
|
3
|
1.7
|
Surrender
of Certificates
|
3
|
1.8
|
Further
Action
|
5
|
1.9
|
Dissenting
Shares
|
5
|
Article
2
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
|
5
|
2.1
|
Subsidiaries;
Due Organization; Etc.
|
5
|
2.2
|
Certificate
of Incorporation; Bylaws; Charters and Codes of Conduct
|
6
|
2.3
|
Capitalization,
Etc.
|
6
|
2.4
|
SEC
Filings; Financial Statements
|
7
|
2.5
|
Absence
of Changes
|
9
|
2.6
|
Title
to Assets
|
11
|
2.7
|
Customers
|
11
|
2.8
|
Real
Property; Leasehold
|
11
|
2.9
|
Intellectual
Property
|
11
|
2.10
|
Contracts
|
17
|
2.11
|
Liabilities
|
19
|
2.12
|
Compliance
with Legal Requirements
|
19
|
2.13
|
Certain
Business Practices
|
19
|
2.14
|
Governmental
Authorizations
|
20
|
2.15
|
Tax
Matters
|
20
|
2.16
|
Employee
and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans
|
21
|
2.17
|
Environmental
Matters
|
26
|
2.18
|
Insurance
|
26
|
2.19
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
27
|
2.20
|
Legal
Proceedings; Orders
|
27
|
2.21
|
Authority;
Binding Nature of Agreement
|
27
|
2.22
|
Inapplicability
of Anti-takeover Statutes
|
28
|
2.23
|
Vote
Required
|
28
|
2.24
|
Non-Contravention;
Consents
|
28
|
2.25
|
Opinion
of Financial Advisor
|
29
|
2.26
|
Financial
Advisor
|
29
|
2.27
|
Information
Provided
|
29
|
2.28
|
Disclaimer
|
29
|
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Article
3
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
|
30
|
3.1
|
Due
Organization
|
30
|
3.2
|
Authority;
Binding Nature of Agreement
|
30
|
3.3
|
Non-Contravention;
Consents
|
30
|
3.4
|
Information
Provided
|
30
|
3.5
|
Legal
Proceedings; Orders
|
31
|
3.6
|
Finder’s
Fees
|
31
|
3.7
|
Disclaimer
|
31
|
Article
4
|
CERTAIN
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
|
31
|
4.1
|
Access
and Investigation
|
31
|
4.2
|
Operation
of the Company’s Business
|
32
|
4.3
|
No
Solicitation
|
35
|
4.4
|
Pre-Closing
IP Transfer
|
36
|
Article
5
|
ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
|
37
|
5.1
|
Proxy
Statement
|
37
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5.2
|
Company
Stockholders’ Meeting
|
37
|
5.3
|
Regulatory
Approvals
|
39
|
5.4
|
Company
Stock Plans and ESPP
|
40
|
5.5
|
Employee
Benefits
|
40
|
5.6
|
Indemnification
of Officers and Directors
|
41
|
5.7
|
Notification
|
42
|
5.8
|
Disclosure
|
42
|
5.9
|
Resignation
of Officers and Directors
|
43
|
5.10
|
Section
16 Matters
|
43
|
5.11
|
FIRPTA
Certificate
|
43
|
Article
6
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
|
43
|
6.1
|
Accuracy
of Representations
|
43
|
6.2
|
Performance
of Covenants
|
44
|
6.3
|
Stockholder
Approval
|
44
|
6.4
|
Agreements
and Other Documents
|
44
|
6.5
|
No
Company Material Adverse Effect
|
45
|
6.6
|
Regulatory
Matters
|
45
|
6.7
|
No
Restraints
|
45
|
6.8
|
No
Governmental Proceedings Relating to Contemplated Transactions or Right to
Operate Business
|
45
|
6.9
|
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certifications
|
45
|
6.10
|
Pre-Closing
IP Transfer
|
45
|
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Article
7
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY
|
45
|
7.1
|
Accuracy
of Representations
|
46
|
7.2
|
Performance
of Covenants
|
46
|
7.3
|
Stockholder
Approval
|
46
|
7.4
|
Documents
|
46
|
7.5
|
Regulatory
Matters
|
46
|
7.6
|
No
Restraints
|
46
|
7.7
|
No
Governmental Proceedings Relating to Contemplated
Transactions
|
46
|
Article
8
|
TERMINATION
|
46
|
8.1
|
Termination
|
46
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8.2
|
Effect
of Termination
|
48
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8.3
|
Expenses;
Termination Fees
|
48
|
Article
9
|
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
|
49
|
9.1
|
Amendment
|
49
|
9.2
|
Waiver
|
49
|
9.3
|
Survival
of Representations and Warranties
|
50
|
9.4
|
Entire
Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic
Transmission
|
50
|
9.5
|
Applicable
Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
|
50
|
9.6
|
Disclosure
Schedule
|
50
|
9.7
|
Attorneys’
Fees
|
50
|
9.8
|
Assignability
|
51
|
9.9
|
Notices
|
51
|
9.10
|
Cooperation
|
52
|
9.11
|
Severability
|
52
|
9.12
|
Construction
|
52
|
9.13
|
Time
|
53
|
9.14
|
Specific
Performance
|
53
|
9.15
|
Personal
Liability
|
53
|
Exhibit
A
|
-
|
Certain
Definitions
|
Exhibit
B
|
-
|
Form
of Certificate of Incorporation of Surviving
Corporation
|
Exhibit
C-1
|
-
|
Form
of IP Assignment Agreement
|
Exhibit
C-2
|
-
|
Form
of Patent Assignment
|
Exhibit
C-3
|
-
|
Form
of Trademark Assignment
|
Exhibit
C-4
|
-
|
Form
of Copyright Assignment
|
Exhibit
C-5
|
-
|
Form
of Domain Name Assignment
|
Exhibit
C-6
|
-
|
Form
of Equity Assignment
|
|
SF\730142.5
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER (“Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of December 5, 2009, by and among: IXYS CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“Parent”); ZANZIBAR ACQUISITION, INC., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”); and
ZILOG, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”). Certain
capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.
RECITALS
A. Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub into the
Company (the “Merger”) in
accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL. Upon consummation of the
Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist, and the Company will become a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
B. The
respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company deem it
advisable and in the best interests of each corporation and their respective
stockholders that Parent acquire the Company on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
C. In
order to induce Parent to enter into this Agreement and to cause the Merger to
be consummated certain stockholders of the Company are executing voting
agreements in favor of Parent concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement (the “Voting
Agreements”).
AGREEMENT
The
parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
Article
1
|
DESCRIPTION
OF TRANSACTION
|
1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into
the Company. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), Merger Sub shall be merged with and
into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall
cease. The Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the
Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
1.2 Effects of the
Merger. The
Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable
provisions of the DGCL.
1.3 Closing; Effective
Time. The
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, at 10:00 a.m. (local time) as soon as practicable
(and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) after the satisfaction or
waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6 and 7 (other than the conditions set forth in Sections 6.4 and 7.4,
but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of such
conditions). The date on which the Closing actually takes place is
referred to as the “Closing Date.” A
certificate of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL shall
be duly executed by the
Company
in connection with the Closing and, concurrently with or as soon as practicable
following the Closing, shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware. The Merger shall become effective at the time of the
filing of such certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such certificate of merger
with the consent of Parent (the time as of which the Merger becomes effective
being referred to as the “Effective
Time”).
1.4 Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws; Directors and Officers.
(a) The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and
restated at the Effective Time to conform to Exhibit B.
(b) The
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated as of the
Effective Time to conform to the Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the directors and
officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall
be the respective individuals who are directors and officers of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.5 Conversion of
Shares.
(a) At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on
the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the
Company:
(i) any
shares of Company Common Stock held by the Company or any wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company (or held in the Company’s treasury) immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist,
and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(ii) any
shares of Company Common Stock held by Parent, Merger Sub or any other
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor;
(iii) except
as provided in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” above and subject to Section 1.5(b),
each share of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive $3.5858 (the “Merger
Consideration”); and
(iv) each
share of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of
common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) If,
during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending at the
Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are changed into
a different number or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division or
subdivision of
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shares,
stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification,
recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Merger Consideration
shall be appropriately adjusted.
(c)
(i) As
of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action required
on the part of the holders thereof, each option to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock (each, a “Company Option”)
outstanding under any stock option or equity compensation plan or agreement (the
“Company Stock
Plans”) that is unexpired, unexercised and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall be
deemed to be one hundred percent (100%) vested and exercisable immediately prior
to the Effective Time and shall be canceled and extinguished, and Parent shall,
or shall cause Surviving Corporation to, promptly following the Effective Time,
pay to the holders of such Company Options, an amount in respect thereof equal
to the product of (A) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the
exercise price of each such Company Option and (B) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock subject thereto (such payment, if any, to be net of
applicable Taxes withheld pursuant to Section 1.7(d)).
(ii) The
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to effectuate the foregoing, including,
but not limited to, sending out the requisite notices and obtaining all consents
necessary to cash out and cancel all Company Options necessary to ensure that,
after the Effective Time, no person shall have any right under the Company Stock
Plans, except as set forth herein.
(d) As
of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action or payment
being required on the part of the holders thereof, each Company Restricted Share
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the
right to receive Merger Consideration in accordance with Section
1.7.
1.6 Closing of the Company’s
Transfer Books. At
the Effective Time: (a) in exchange for the right to receive the Merger
Consideration, all shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall
cease to exist, and all holders of certificates representing shares of Company
Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company; and (b) the stock
transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of
Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Common Stock
shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously
representing any shares of Company Common Stock, including any Company
Restricted Shares, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (a
“Company Stock Certificate”) is presented to the Exchange Agent (as defined in
Section 1.7) or to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock
Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section
1.7.
1.7 Surrender of
Certificates.
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(a) Prior
to the mailing of the Proxy Statement, Parent shall select a reputable bank or
trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”) for
the purpose of exchanging Company Stock Certificates for the Merger
Consideration. Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall, and,
if necessary, shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, deposit with the
Exchange Agent cash sufficient to make the payments required pursuant to Section
1.5(a). The cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent are
referred to collectively as the “Exchange
Fund.”
(b) Promptly
after the Effective Time (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days
after the Effective Time), the Exchange Agent will mail to the Persons who were
record holders of Company Stock Certificates immediately prior to the Effective
Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such
provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming
that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss
and title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such
Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent); and (ii) instructions for use
in effecting the surrender of Company Stock Certificates in exchange for Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate to the
Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal
and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or
Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the cash payment that such holder has the right to
receive pursuant to Section 1.5(a) (provided that if the aggregate amount of
such payment would require the payment of a fraction of a cent, the amount to be
paid shall be rounded up to the next whole cent); and (B) the Company Stock
Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as
contemplated by this Section 1.7(b), each Company Stock Certificate shall be
deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to
receive a payment in cash as contemplated by Section 1.5. If any
Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may,
in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any Merger
Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock previously
represented by such Company Stock Certificate, require the owner of such lost,
stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate
affidavit and to deliver a bond (in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Exchange Agent, Parent
or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Company Stock
Certificate.
(c) Any
portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company
Stock Certificates as of the date one (1) year after the Closing Date shall be
delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates
who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in
accordance with this Section 1.7 shall thereafter look only to Parent for
satisfaction of their claims for cash sufficient to make the payments required
pursuant to Section 1.5(a).
(d) Each
of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to
deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of any Company Stock Certificate or Company Option such
amounts as Parent reasonably determines in good faith are required to be
deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or any provision of
state, local or foreign Tax law or under any other applicable Legal
Requirement. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or
withheld,
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such
amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been
paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been
paid.
(e) Neither
Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of any
Company Stock Certificate or to any other Person with respect to any cash
amounts, delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property law, escheat law or similar Legal Requirement.
(f) All
transfer, stamp, documentary and similar Taxes incurred in connection with this
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions shall be the responsibility of the
holders of Company Stock Certificates, unless otherwise required by any
applicable Legal Requirement.
1.8 Further
Action. If,
at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by Parent
or the Surviving Corporation to be necessary or desirable to carry out the
purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right,
title and possession of and to all rights and property of Merger Sub and the
Company, then the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent
shall be fully authorized (in the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Company
and otherwise) to take such action.
1.9 Dissenting
Shares. Notwithstanding
Sections 1.5 and 1.6, any shares of Company Common Stock and any Company
Restricted Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time held by a
holder who has not voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or the Merger or
consented thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such shares in
accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless
such holder fails to perfect, withdraws or otherwise loses the right to
appraisal. If, after the Effective Time, such holder fails to
perfect, withdraws or loses the right to appraisal, such Dissenting Shares shall
be treated as if they had been converted as of the Effective Time into a right
to receive the Merger Consideration. The Company shall give Parent
prompt notice of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of Dissenting
Shares, and Parent shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. Except with the prior
written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not make any payment with respect to,
or offer to settle or settle, any such demands.
Article
2
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
|
Subject
to Section 9.6, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
2.1 Subsidiaries; Due
Organization; Etc.
(a) The
Company has no Subsidiaries, except for the wholly-owned Entities identified in
Part 2.1(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule; and neither the Company nor any of
the other Entities identified in Part 2.1(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule owns
any capital stock of, or any equity interest of any nature in, any other
Entity. None of the Acquired Corporations has
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agreed
or is obligated to make, or is bound by any Contract under which it may become
obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other
Entity.
(b) Each
of the Acquired Corporations is a corporation or other business entity duly
incorporated or organized (as applicable), validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has
all necessary power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the
manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and use
its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and
(iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is
bound.
(c) Each
of the Acquired Corporations is qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation, and is in good standing, under the laws of all jurisdictions where
the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure
to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
2.2 Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws; Charters and Codes of Conduct. The
Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of the
certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other charter and organizational
documents of the respective Acquired Corporations, including all amendments
thereto.
2.3 Capitalization,
Etc.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 60,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock, of which 17,301,654 shares have been issued and are outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Part 2.3(a)(i) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not hold any shares of its capital stock
in its treasury. All of the outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and
nonassessable. There are no shares of Company Common Stock held by any of the
other Acquired Corporations. Except as set forth in Part 2.3(a)(ii)
of the Disclosure Schedule: (i) none of the outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation,
right of maintenance or any similar right; (ii) none of the outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the
Company; and (iii) there is no Company Contract relating to the voting or
registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or
otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect
to), any shares of Company Common Stock. None of the Acquired
Corporations is under any obligation, or is bound by any Contract pursuant to
which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or other securities. Part
2.3(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately and completely describes all
repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to shares of Company Common
Stock (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options), and
specifies which of those repurchase rights are currently
exercisable.
(b) As
of the close of business on December 3, 2009: (i) 160,708 shares of Company
Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to stock options granted and
outstanding under the Company’s 2002 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”); (ii)
1,378,276 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to
stock options granted and outstanding under the Company’s 2004 Omnibus Stock
Incentive Plan (the “2004
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Plan”); and (iii)
923,228 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant
to the Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). Part
2.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with
respect to each Company Option outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (A)
the particular Company Stock Plan pursuant to which such Company Option was
granted; (B) the name of the optionee; (C) the number of shares of Company
Common Stock subject to such Company Option; (D) the exercise price of such
Company Option; (E) the date on which such Company Option was granted; (F) the
applicable vesting schedule, and the extent to which such Company Option is
vested and exercisable as of the date of this Agreement; (G) the date on which
such Company Option expires; and (H) whether such Company Option is an
“incentive stock option” (as defined in the Code) or a non-qualified stock
option. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and
complete copies of all stock option plans pursuant to which any of the Acquired
Corporations has granted stock options which are outstanding as of the date of
this Agreement, and the forms of all stock option agreements evidencing such
options.
(c) Except
as set forth in Part 2.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no: (i)
outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not
currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other
securities of any of the Acquired Corporations; (ii) outstanding security,
instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable
for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of any of the Acquired
Corporations; (iii) stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred
to as a “poison pill”) or Contract under which any of the Acquired Corporations
is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital
stock or any other securities; or (iv) condition or circumstance that may
give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to
the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of
capital stock or other securities of any of the Acquired
Corporations.
(d) All
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, options, warrants and other
securities of the Acquired Corporations have been issued and granted in material
compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Legal
Requirements, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable
Contracts.
(e) All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable
and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the
ownership thereof, and are owned beneficially and of record by the Company, free
and clear of any Encumbrances.
2.4 SEC Filings; Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has made available, through the SEC’s XXXXX system, to Parent accurate
and complete copies of all registration statements, proxy statements,
Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports, schedules,
forms and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC since March 31, 2007
(the “Company SEC
Documents”) as well as all comment letters received by the Company from
the SEC since March 31, 2007 and all responses to such comment
letters provided to the SEC by or on behalf of the Company. All
statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to have been
filed or furnished by the Company or its officers with the SEC have been so
filed or
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furnished. None
of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any documents with
the SEC. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or
superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of
such filing): (i) each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (as the case may be); and (ii) none of the Company SEC
Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The certifications and statements required by:
(A) the SEC’s Order dated June 27, 2002 pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the
Exchange Act (File No. 4-460); (B) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act; and (C)
18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act) relating to the Company
SEC Documents (collectively, the “Certifications”) are
accurate and complete, and comply as to form and content with all applicable
Legal Requirements.
(b) The
Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under
the Exchange Act) are reasonably designed to ensure that (i) all information
(both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in
the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported to the individuals responsible for preparing
such reports within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC
and (ii) all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and
principal financial officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with
respect to such reports. The Company is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable listing and other rules and regulations of the Nasdaq and
has not since March 31, 2006 received any notice from the Nasdaq asserting any
non-compliance with such rules and regulations.
(c) The
financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in
the Company SEC Documents, (i) have been prepared from and in accordance with
and accurately reflect the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in all material respects, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and, in the case of
unaudited quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the
Exchange Act) on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as
may be indicated in the notes thereto), and (iii) present fairly in all material
respects the consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end
adjustments that have not been and would not be, individually or in the
aggregate, material in magnitude).
(d) The
Company’s auditor has at all times since the date of enactment of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act) and (ii) “independent” with respect
to the Company within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange
Act. All non-audit services performed by the Company’s auditors for
the Company were approved as required by Section 202 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
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(e) The
Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting is sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance (i) that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, (ii) that
receipts and expenditures are executed in accordance with the authorization of
management and (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of the
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that would
materially affect the Company’s financial statements.
2.5 Absence of
Changes. Except
as set forth in Part 2.5 of the Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the
Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet through the date of this Agreement:
(a) there
has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect, and no event has occurred or
circumstance has arisen that, in combination with any other events or
circumstances, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect;
(b) the
Company has not: (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made
any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock; or (ii)
repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of capital stock or
other securities;
(c) none
of the Acquired Corporations has sold, issued or granted, or authorized the
issuance of: (i) any capital stock or other security (except for Company Common
Stock issued upon the valid exercise of outstanding Company Options); (ii) any
option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security
(except for Company Options identified in Part 2.3(b) of the Disclosure
Schedule); or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any
capital stock or other security;
(d) the
Company has not amended or waived any of its rights under, or permitted the
acceleration of vesting under any provision of: (i) any of the Company’s stock
option plans; (ii) any Company Option or any Contract evidencing or relating to
any Company Option; (iii) any restricted stock purchase agreement; or (iv) any
other Contract evidencing or relating to any equity award (whether payable in
cash or stock);
(e) there
has been no amendment to the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other
charter or organizational documents of any of the Acquired Corporations, and
none of the Acquired Corporations has effected or been a party to any merger,
consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization,
reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar
transaction;
(f) none
of the Acquired Corporations has formed any Subsidiary or acquired any equity
interest or other interest in any other Entity;
(g) none
of the Acquired Corporations has made any capital expenditure that, when added
to all other capital expenditures made on behalf of the Acquired Corporations
since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, exceeds $1,000,000 in the
aggregate;
(h) other
than Routine Purchase Orders, none of the Acquired Corporations has made any
expenditure or series of related expenditures in excess of
$1,000,000;
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(i) none
of the Acquired Corporations has amended or terminated, or waived any material
right or remedy under, any Material Contract;
(j) none
of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) acquired, leased or licensed any material
right or other material asset from any other Person; (ii) sold or otherwise
disposed of, or leased or licensed, any material right or other material asset
to any other Person; or (iii) waived, abandoned, allowed to lapse, or
relinquished any material right, in each case except for rights or other assets
acquired, leased, licensed or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices;
(k) none
of the Acquired Corporations has written off as uncollectible, or established
any extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness in excess of $100,000;
(l) none
of the Acquired Corporations has made any pledge of any of its assets or
otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any Encumbrance,
except for pledges of or Encumbrances made in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices;
(m) none
of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) lent money to any Person other than
ordinary course expense advances to employees and consultants; or (ii) incurred
or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money;
(n) none
of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) adopted, established or entered into any
Company Benefit Plan; (ii) caused or permitted any Company Benefit Plan to be
amended in any material respect; or (iii) paid any bonus or made any
profit-sharing or similar payment to, or materially increased the amount of the
wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or
remuneration payable to, any of its directors or officers;
(o) none
of the Acquired Corporations has changed any of its methods of accounting or
accounting practices in any material respect;
(p) none
of the Acquired Corporations has: (i) changed or revoked any material Tax
election; (ii) settled or compromised any claim, notice, audit report or
assessment in respect of material Taxes; (iii) changed any annual Tax accounting
period; (iv) adopted any material method of Tax accounting (other than in the
ordinary course of business) or changed any method of Tax accounting; (v) filed
any amended material Tax Return; (vi) entered into any Tax allocation agreement,
Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or similar Contract relating to
any Tax other than any such agreement among or between the Acquired
Corporations; (vii) surrendered any right to claim a material Tax refund; or
(viii) consented to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period
applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment;
(q) none
of the Acquired Corporations has commenced or settled any material Legal
Proceeding;
(r) none
of the Acquired Corporations has entered into any transaction or taken any other
action that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have or result in, a
Company Material Adverse Effect; and
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(s) none
of the Acquired Corporations has agreed or committed to take any of the actions
referred to in clauses “(c)” through “(r)” above.
2.6 Title to
Assets. The
Acquired Corporations have good and marketable title to, or in the case of
leased property and leased tangible assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of
its material real properties and material tangible assets. All such
assets and real properties, other than assets and real properties in which the
Acquired Corporations has leasehold interests, are free and clear of all
Encumbrances, except for Permitted Encumbrances.
2.7 Customers. Part
2.7 of the Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies, and provides an accurate
and complete breakdown of the revenues to each of the top 20 end-user customers
of the Company, on a consolidated basis, in each of the fiscal year ended March
31, 2009 (after giving effect to removal of discontinued operations) and the six
(6)-month period ended September 30, 2009. None of the Acquired
Corporations has received any written notice that any customer identified in
Part 2.7 of the Disclosure Schedule may cease dealing with any of the Acquired
Corporations or may otherwise reduce the volume of business transacted by such
Person with any of the Acquired Corporations below historical
levels.
2.8 Real Property;
Leasehold. The
Acquired Corporations do not own any real property. Part 2.8 of the
Disclosure Schedule describes all real property leased by the Acquired
Corporations (the “Leased Real Property”). Except as set forth on
Part 2.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Acquired Corporations have a valid
leasehold interest in, all Leased Real Property, in each case free and clear of
all Encumbrances except for Permitted Encumbrances.
2.9 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Products and
Services. Part 2.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies and describes each Company Product that has been during the three (3)
years prior to the Effective Time or is now currently being designed, developed,
manufactured, marketed, distributed, provided, licensed, or sold by any of the
Acquired Corporations.
(b) Registered
IP. Part 2.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies: (a) each item of Registered IP in which any of the Acquired
Corporations has or purports to have an ownership interest of any nature
(whether exclusively, jointly with another Person, or otherwise); (b) the
jurisdiction in which such item of Registered IP has been registered or filed
and the applicable registration or serial number; and (c) any other Person that
has an ownership interest in such item of Registered IP and the nature of such
ownership interest. The Company has provided to Parent complete and
accurate copies of all applications for each such item of Registered
IP.
(c) Inbound
Licenses. Part 2.9(c) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies each Contract pursuant to which any Intellectual Property Right or
Intellectual Property is or has been licensed, sold, assigned, or otherwise
conveyed or provided to the Company, indicating which, if any, of such licenses
have been granted on an exclusive basis (other than (i) agreements between any
of the Acquired Corporations and their respective employees in the Acquired
Corporations’ standard forms thereof; (ii) non-exclusive, royalty-free licenses
to non-customized third-party software that is not incorporated into, or used in
the
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development,
manufacturing, testing, distribution, maintenance, or support of, any Company
Product and that is not otherwise material to the business of any of the
Acquired Corporations (“Standard Commercial
Licenses”); and (iii) Standard Form IP Agreements and agreements required
to be disclosed under Parts 2.9(e) or 2.9(n) of the Disclosure
Schedule).
(d) Outbound
Licenses. Part 2.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies each Contract pursuant to which any Person has been granted any
license under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not
currently exercisable) or interest in, any Company IP (other than agreements
substantially in the form of the Standard Form IP Agreements). Except as set
forth on Part 2.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired
Corporations is bound by, and no Company IP owned by the Acquired Corporations
is subject to, any Contract containing any covenant or other provision that
limits or restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Corporations to use,
exploit, assert, or enforce any Company IP anywhere in the
world. Except as set forth on Part 2.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Acquired Corporations has transferred ownership of (whether a whole
or partial interest), or granted any exclusive right to use, any Company IP to
any Person.
(e) Royalty
Obligations. Part 2.9(e) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and accurate list of all Contracts (other than Standard Form IP
Agreements and Standard Commercial Licenses) pursuant to which any of the
Acquired Corporations is obligated to pay royalties, fees, commissions, and
other amounts (other than sales commissions paid to employees according to the
Acquired Corporations’ standard commissions plan) for the manufacture, sale, or
distribution of any Company Product or the use of any Company IP. No
Person who has licensed Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights to
the Acquired Corporations relating to the business of the Acquired Corporations
has ownership or exclusive license rights in improvements made by the Acquired
Corporations in such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights,
except where (a) such Person has granted rights to the Acquired Corporations
related to such improvements and all Intellectual Property Rights therein and
such licenses do not materially restrict the Acquired Corporations’ ability to
conduct the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted or to
create further improvements to the Company IP owned by the Acquired Corporations
or to the Company Products; or (b) such improvements are not necessary to the
conduct of the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently
conducted.
(f) Standard Form IP
Agreements. The Company has provided to Parent a complete and
accurate copy of each form of Standard Form IP Agreement. Part 2.9(f)
of the Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each executed Standard Form IP
Agreement that deviates in any material respect from the Standard Form IP
Agreement provided to Parent. For clarity, “deviates in any material
respect” as used herein means a deviation from the rights, privileges and
allocation of ownership with respect to any Company IP or any improvements to
Company IP incorporated into or used in connection with any Company Product or
otherwise related to the business, research, or development of any of the
Acquired Corporations.
(g) Ownership Free and
Clear. The Acquired Corporations exclusively own all right,
title, and interest to and in the Company IP (other than any Intellectual
Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Acquired Corporations, as identified
in Part 2.9(c) of the Disclosure Schedule) free and clear of any Encumbrances
(other than non-exclusive outbound licenses to
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Company
IP granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to Standard Form IP
Agreements). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing:
(i) Perfection of
Rights. Each of the Acquired Corporations has made all filings
and payments and taken all other actions required to be made or taken to
maintain each material item of Registered IP that is Company IP in full force
and effect by the applicable deadline and otherwise in accordance with all
applicable Legal Requirements. Part 2.9(g)(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a detailed listing with respect to each item of Registered
IP that is Company IP and all actions, filings and payment obligations due to be
made to any Governmental Body within ninety (90) days following the Effective
Date.
(ii) Employees and
Contractors. Each of the Acquired Corporations has taken
reasonable steps (including, entering into written confidentiality and
nondisclosure agreements with officers, directors, subcontractors, employees,
licensees and customers) to safeguard and maintain the secrecy and
confidentiality of all non-public proprietary information pertaining to the
Acquired Corporations or any Company Product. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to the Knowledge of the Company, no portion of the
source code for any software owned by any of the Acquired Corporations as of
June 29, 2009 has been disclosed or licensed to any escrow agent or other Person
without reasonable confidentiality restrictions. Each Person who is
or was an employee or contractor of any of the Acquired Corporations and who is
or was involved in the creation or development of any Company Product or Company
IP has signed an agreement containing an assignment of Intellectual Property
Rights pertaining to such Company Product or Company IP to such Acquired
Corporation and confidentiality provisions protecting the Company IP and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, such assignment is enforceable. No current
or former shareholder, officer, director, or employee of the Company has any
claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable), or ownership interest in
any Company IP. To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of any
of the Acquired Corporations is (a) bound by or otherwise subject to any
Contract restricting him from performing his duties for any of the Acquired
Corporations or (b) in breach of any Contract with any former employer or other
Person concerning Intellectual Property Rights or confidentiality due to his
activities as an employee of any of the Acquired Corporations.
(iii) Government
Rights. No funding, facilities, or personnel of any
Governmental Body or any public or private university, college, or other
educational or research institution were used, directly or indirectly, to
develop or create, in whole or in part, any Company IP.
(iv) Past IP
Dispositions. Except as set forth in Part 2.9(g)(iv) of the
Disclosure Schedule, since March 31, 2007, none of the Acquired Corporations has
assigned or otherwise transferred ownership of, or agreed to assign or otherwise
transfer ownership of, any Intellectual Property Right owned by or exclusively
licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations to any other Person.
(v) Standards
Bodies. None of the Acquired Corporations is or has ever been
a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or
similar organization that could require or obligate any of the Acquired
Corporations to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any
Company IP.
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(vi) Sufficiency. Each
of the Acquired Corporations owns or otherwise has the right to use all
Intellectual Property and intellectual Property Rights used in the conduct the
business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted.
(h) Valid and
Enforceable. To the Knowledge of the Company, all Company IP
that is Registered IP is valid, subsisting, and enforceable. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Misuse and Inequitable
Conduct. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired
Corporations has engaged in patent or copyright misuse or any fraud or
inequitable conduct in connection with any Company IP that is Registered
IP. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Corporations and
their patent counsel have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure and
have made no material misrepresentations in the filings submitted to the
applicable Governmental Bodies with respect to all patents included in the
Company IP.
(ii) Trademarks. To
the Knowledge of the Company, no trademark or trade name owned, used, or applied
for by any of the Acquired Corporations conflicts or interferes with any
trademark or trade name owned, used, and applied for by any other
Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event or circumstance
(including a failure to exercise adequate quality controls and an assignment in
gross without the accompanying goodwill) has occurred or exists that has
resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, the abandonment of
any material trademark (whether registered or unregistered) owned, used, or
applied for by any of the Acquired Corporations.
(iii) Legal Requirements and
Deadlines. Each item of Company IP that is material Registered
IP is in compliance with all Legal Requirements and all filings, payments, and
other actions required to be made or taken to maintain such item of Company IP
in full force and effect have been made by the applicable
deadline. No application for a patent or a material copyright, mask
work, or trademark registration or any other type of material Registered IP
filed by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations at any time since
March 31, 2008 has been abandoned, allowed to lapse, or rejected.
(iv) Interference Proceedings and
Similar Claims. No interference, opposition, reissue,
reexamination, or other Legal Proceeding is or since March 31, 2007 has been
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, in which the scope,
validity, or enforceability of any Company IP is being, has been, or could
reasonably be expected to be contested or challenged. To the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for a claim that any Company IP is
invalid or unenforceable.
(i) Third-Party Infringement of
Company IP. Since March 31, 2007 to the knowledge of the
Company no Person has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, and no
Person is currently infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, any
Company IP. Part 2.9(i) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies (and the Company has provided to Parent a complete and accurate copy
of) each letter or other written or electronic communication or correspondence
that has been sent or otherwise delivered since March 31, 2007 by or to any of
the Acquired Corporations or any representative of the Company regarding any
actual, alleged,
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or
suspected infringement or misappropriation of any Company IP, and provides a
brief description of the current status of the matter referred to in such
letter, communication, or correspondence.
(j) Effects of This
Transaction. Neither the execution, delivery, or performance
of this Agreement (or any of the ancillary agreements) nor the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (or any of the ancillary
agreements) will, with or without notice or lapse of time, result in, or give
any other Person the right or option to cause or declare, (a) a loss of, or
Encumbrance on, any Company IP; (b) a breach of or default under any Company IP
Contract (except for Standard Commercial Licenses and Standard Form IP Contracts
other than material subcontractor agreements with respect to the development or
manufacturing of any Company Products); (c) the release, disclosure, or delivery
of any Company IP by or to any escrow agent or other Person; or (d)
the grant, assignment, or transfer to any other Person of any license or other
right or interest under, to, or in any of the Company IP.
(k) No Infringement of Third
Party IP Rights. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired
Corporations is infringing or has since March 31, 2004, infringed (directly,
contributorily, by inducement, or otherwise), is misappropriating or has since
March 31, 2004, misappropriated or is otherwise violating or making unlawful use
of or has since March 31, 2004, violated or made unlawful use of any
Intellectual Property Right of any other Person or is engaging or has since
March 31, 2004, engaged in unfair competition. To the Knowledge of
the Company, no Company Product, and no method or process used in the
manufacturing of any Company Product, infringes, violates, or makes unlawful use
of any Intellectual Property Right of, or contains any Intellectual Property
misappropriated from, any other Person. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no legitimate basis for a claim that any of the Acquired
Corporations or any Company Product has infringed, misappropriated or violated
any Intellectual Property Right of another Person or engaged in unfair
competition or that any Company Product, or any method or process used in the
manufacturing of any Company Product, infringes, violates, or makes unlawful use
of any Intellectual Property Right of, or contains any Intellectual Property
misappropriated from, any other Person. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing:
(i) Infringement
Claims. No infringement, misappropriation, or similar claim or
Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against
any of the Acquired Corporations or against any other Person who is entitled,
pursuant to a written Contract with any of the Acquired Corporations, to be
indemnified, defended, held harmless, or reimbursed by any of the Acquired
Corporations with respect to such claim or Proceeding. Except as set
forth in Part 2.9(k)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, since March 31, 2007, none
of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice relating to any
actual, alleged, or suspected infringement, misappropriation, or violation by
any of the Acquired Corporations, any of their employees or agents, or any
Company Product of any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person, including
any letter suggesting or offering that the Company obtain a license to any
Intellectual Property Right of another Person to avoid a claim of infringement,
misappropriation, or violation of such Person’s Intellectual Property
Rights.
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(ii) Infringement Claims
Affecting In-Licensed IP. To the Knowledge of the Company, no
claim or Proceeding involving any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property
Right licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations is pending or has been
threatened, except for any such claim or Proceeding that, if adversely
determined, would not adversely affect (a) the use or exploitation of such
Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Right by any of the Acquired
Corporations, or (b) the design, development, manufacturing, marketing,
distribution, provision, licensing or sale of any Company Product is in
existence as of the Effective Date.
(l) Bugs. To
the Knowledge of the Company, none of the software (including firmware and other
software embedded in hardware devices) (i) owned by or licensed to any Acquired
Corporation and (ii) distributed with, or used in the design, development,
manufacturing, production, distribution, testing, maintenance, or support of any
Company Product since March 31, 2008 (“Company Software”)
(1) contains any bug, defect, or error (including any bug, defect, or error
relating to or resulting from the display, manipulation, processing, storage,
transmission, or use of date data) that materially and adversely affects the
use, functionality, or performance of such Company Software or any product or
system containing or used in conjunction with such Company Software; or (2)
fails to comply in all material respects with any applicable warranty or other
contractual commitment relating to the use, functionality, or performance of
such Company Software. The Company has provided to Parent
documentation of known bugs, defects and errors in Company Software owned by the
Acquired Corporations reported to any of the Acquired Corporations since January
1, 2009.
(m) Harmful
Code. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Company Software
owned by the Acquired Corporations or software licensed to any of the Acquired
Corporations for use in or in conjunction with the current version of any
Company Product contains any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,”
“Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the
software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of
performing, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, harming,
or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or providing unauthorized
access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is
stored or installed; or (ii) damaging or destroying any data or file without the
user’s consent.
(n) Source
Code. The source code for all Company Software owned by the
Acquired Corporations contains annotations, programmer’s comments and
documentation consistent with the software development current practices of
Company. Except with respect to outbound licenses pursuant to which
source code for any Company Software owned by the Acquired Corporations has been
licensed or placed into escrow in the ordinary course of Company’s business
under Standard Form IP Agreements or other agreements disclosed under Part
2.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) no Company Software source code owned by
the Acquired Corporations has been delivered, licensed, or made available to any
escrow agent or other Person and (ii) the Company has no duty or obligation
(whether present, contingent, or otherwise) to deliver, license, or make
available the source code for any Company Software owned by the Acquired
Corporations to any escrow agent or other Person. To the Knowledge of
the Company, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists,
that could reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license, or
disclosure of the source code for any Company Software owned by the Acquired
Corporations to any other Person (other than
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pursuant
to the agreements disclosed under Part 2.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule or any
applicable Standard Form IP Agreements).
(o) Open
Source. Part 2.9(o) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
identifies and describes (i) each item of Open Source Code that is contained in,
distributed with, or used in the development of the Company Products or from
which any part of any Company Product is derived, (ii) the applicable license
agreement for each such item of Open Source Code, and (iii) the Company
Product or Company Products to which each such item of Open Source Code
relates. No Company Product contains, is derived from, is distributed
with, or is being or was developed using Open Source Code that is licensed under
any terms that (A) imposes a requirement or condition that any Company Software
owned by the Acquired Corporations or part thereof (1) be disclosed or
distributed in source code form, (2) be licensed for the purpose of making
modifications or derivative works, or (3) be redistributable at no charge, or
(B) otherwise impose or could impose any other material limitation, restriction,
or condition on the right or ability of any of the Acquired Corporations to use
or distribute any Company Product.
(p) The
Acquired Corporations have provided Parent, or Part 2.9(p) of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth, a complete and accurate listing of all product warranty
claims received and logged by the Acquired Corporations regarding any Company
Product since January 1, 2008, including a listing of the resolution of all
such product warranty claims.
2.10 Contracts.
(a) Part
2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Contract that
constitutes a “Material Contract”
(other than end user license agreements for Company Software entered into by an
Acquired Corporation, or an authorized distributor of an Acquired Corporation,
in the ordinary course of business) as of the date of this
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following
shall be deemed to constitute a “Material Contract” to the extent it is
executory:
(i) any
Contract (A) pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations is or may become
obligated to make any severance, termination or similar payment to any current
or former employee or director other than standard employment agreements outside
of the United States; or (B) pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations
is or may become obligated to make any bonus or similar payment (other than
payments constituting base salary) in excess of $50,000 to any current or former
employee or director;
(ii) any
Company IP Contract, other than Standard Form IP Agreements and Standard
Commercial Licenses;
(iii) any
Contract relating to the acquisition, sale, spin-off, outsourcing or disposition
of any business operation or unit of any Acquired Corporation;
(iv) any
Contract in which another Person is or was appointed as a distributor, reseller
or sales representative with respect to any Company Software owned by the
Acquired Corporations or Company Product (except pursuant to a Standard Form IP
Agreement);
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(v) any
Contract imposing any restriction on the right or ability of any Acquired
Corporation: (A) to compete with any other Person; (B) to acquire any product or
other asset or any services from any other Person; (C) to solicit, hire or
retain any Person as an employee, consultant or independent contractor; (D) to
develop, sell, supply, distribute, offer, support or service any product or any
technology or other asset to or for any other Person; (E) to perform services
for any other Person; or (F) to transact business or deal in any other manner
with any other Person;
(vi) any
Contract (other than Contracts evidencing Company Options): (A) relating to the
acquisition, issuance, voting, registration, sale or transfer of any securities;
(B) providing any Person with any preemptive right, right of participation,
right of maintenance or similar right with respect to any securities; or (C)
providing any of the Acquired Corporations with any right of first refusal with
respect to, or right to repurchase or redeem, any securities;
(vii) any
Contract incorporating or relating to any guaranty, any warranty, any sharing of
liabilities or any indemnity or similar obligation, except for Contracts
substantially identical to the standard forms of end-user licenses previously
delivered by the Company to Parent or Contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(viii) any
Contract guarantying debt for borrowed money;
(ix) any
Contract relating to any currency hedging;
(x) any
Contract: (A) imposing any confidentiality obligation on any of the Acquired
Corporations or on any other Person (other than routine confidentiality or
nondisclosure agreements entered into by any Acquired Corporation in the
ordinary course of business that do not otherwise constitute Material Contracts
under this Section 2.10(a) and Standard Form IP Agreements); or (B) containing
“standstill” or similar provisions which apply against the Company;
(xi) any
Contract to which any Governmental Body is a party;
(xii) any
Contract requiring that any of the Acquired Corporations give any notice or
provide any information to any Person prior to considering or accepting any
Acquisition Proposal or similar proposal, or prior to entering into any
discussions, agreement, arrangement or understanding relating to any Acquisition
Transaction or similar transaction;
(xiii) other
than Routine Purchase Orders, any Contract that contemplates or involves the
payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or having a
value in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, or contemplates or involves the
performance of services having a value in excess of $500,000 in the
aggregate;
(xiv) any
lease relating to any Leased Real Property described on Part 2.7 of the
Disclosure Schedule; and
(xv) any
other Contract, if a breach of such Contract would reasonably be expected to
have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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The
Company has made available to Parent an accurate and complete copy of each
Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract (other than Company IP
Contracts that do not need to be specifically identified in Part 2.10 of the
Disclosure Schedule).
(b) Each
Company Contract that constitutes a Material Contract is valid and in full force
and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its respective terms, subject
to (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and
the relief of debtors, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, except to the extent it has
previously expired in accordance with its terms.
(c) Except
as set forth in the applicable subsections of Part 2.10(c) of the Disclosure
Schedule, as of the date hereof, none of the Acquired Corporations is in
violation of, or default under, any Material Contract; and, to the Knowledge of
the Company, no other Person is in violation or breach of any Material
Contract.
2.11 Liabilities. None
of the Acquired Corporations has, and none of the Acquired Corporations is
responsible for performing or discharging, any accrued, contingent or other
liabilities of any nature, either matured or unmatured, except
for: (a) liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for
in the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet or disclosed in the notes thereto; (b)
normal and recurring current liabilities that have been incurred by the Acquired
Corporations since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the
ordinary course of business; (c) liabilities for performance of obligations of
the Acquired Corporation under Company Contracts, to the extent such liabilities
are readily ascertainable (in nature, scope and amount) from the copies of such
Company Contracts made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement;
(d) liabilities described in Part 2.11 of the Disclosure Schedule and (e)
liabilities or obligations incurred under this Agreement or in connection with
the Contemplated Transactions.
2.12 Compliance with Legal
Requirements. Each
of the Acquired Corporations is, and has at all times since March 31, 2007 been,
in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, except for such
non-compliance that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Since March 31, 2007 until the date
of this Agreement, none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written
communication from any Governmental Body regarding any violation of, or failure
to comply with, any Legal Requirement.
2.13 Certain Business
Practices. None
of the Acquired Corporations has, and to the Knowledge of the Company no
officer, employee, agent or other Person associated with or acting for or on
behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations has, at any time, directly or
indirectly: (a) used any corporate funds (i) to make any unlawful political
contribution or gift or for any other unlawful purpose relating to any political
activity, (ii) to make any unlawful payment to any governmental official or
employee, or (iii) to establish or maintain any unlawful or unrecorded fund
or account of any nature; (b) made any payoff, influence payment, bribe, rebate,
kickback or unlawful payment to any Person; (c) made any unlawful payment to any
Person, or provided any unlawful favor to any Person, for the purpose of
obtaining or paying for (i) favorable treatment in securing business, or
(ii) any other special concession; (d) violated any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (e) agreed, committed
or
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offered
(in writing or otherwise) to take any of the actions described in clauses “(a)”
through “(d)” above.
2.14 Governmental
Authorizations.
(a) The
Acquired Corporations hold all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to
enable the Acquired Corporations to own, lease and operate their respective
properties and to conduct their respective businesses in the manner in which
such businesses are currently being conducted. All such Governmental
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect. Each Acquired
Corporation is, and all at times since March 31, 2007 has been, in compliance in
all material respects with the terms and requirements of such Governmental
Authorizations. Since March 31, 2007, none of the Acquired
Corporations has received any written communication from any Governmental Body
regarding: (i) any actual or possible violation of or failure to comply with any
term or requirement of any material Governmental Authorization; or (ii) any
actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination
or modification of any material Governmental Authorization.
(b) Since
March 31, 2007, none of the Acquired Corporatons has received any grant,
incentive or subsidy provided or made available to or for the benefit of any of
the Acquired Corporations by any U.S. or foreign Governmental Body either (i)
relating to Intellectual Property Rights or (ii) in excess of
$100,000.
2.15 Tax
Matters.
(a) Each
of the Acquired Corporations has duly filed all material Tax Returns that it was
required to file under applicable Legal Requirements (taking into account any
extensions of time within which to file such Tax Returns). All such
Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects. All material
Taxes due and owing by each of the Acquired Corporations (whether or not shown
on any Tax Return) have been paid. The Company has not received any
written notice that has not been previously resolved, and to the Knowledge of
the Company, no claim is presently pending, that any of the Acquired
Corporations is or may be subject to taxation in a jurisdiction where the
Acquired Corporations do not file Tax Returns. There are no liens for
Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of any
of the Acquired Corporations.
(b) Each
of the Acquired Corporations has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have
been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any
employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third
party.
(c) No
audits, assessments or other proceedings are pending or being conducted with
respect to any material Taxes of the Acquired Corporations. None of
the Acquired Corporations has received from any Governmental Body any notice,
that has not been previously resolved, (i) indicating an intent to open an audit
or other review, (ii) of deficiency or proposed adjustment of or any
material amount of Tax proposed, asserted, or assessed by any Governmental Body
against any of the Acquired Corporations, or (iii) requesting information in
connection with any material Tax matter or proceeding described in clauses (i)
or (ii) above.
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(d) The
Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all federal
income and other material Tax Returns, examination reports, and statements of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by any of the Acquired Corporations
filed or received since March 31, 2006.
(e) None
of the Acquired Corporations has waived any statute of limitations in respect of
Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency.
(f) None
of the Acquired Corporations has been a party to a transaction that is a
“reportable transaction,” as such term is defined in Section 1.6011-4(b)(1) of
the Treasury Regulations. None of the Acquired Corporations is a
party to or bound by any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax
indemnity agreement or similar Contract, other than among or between the
Acquired Corporations. Each of the Acquired Corporations has (A) not
been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax
Return (other than a group the common parent of which is the Company) and (B) no
liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than an Acquired Corporation) under
Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any corresponding or similar
provision of state, local, or foreign Tax law), as a transferee or successor or
by Contract.
(g) The
reserve for any unpaid Taxes of the Acquired Corporations as reflected in the
Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet has been determined in accordance with GAAP, and
since the date of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet through the Closing Date,
the Acquired Corporations have not incurred any Tax liability other than (i) in
the ordinary course of business or (ii) in connection with any transaction
contemplated by this Merger.
(h) None
of the Acquired Corporations will be required to include any item of income in,
or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any change in
method of accounting that occurred after the date of the Unaudited Interim
Balance Sheet, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(i) None
of the Acquired Corporations has been a party to any transaction intended to
qualify under Section 355 of the Code.
(j) None
of the Acquired Corporations (i) is or was a “surrogate foreign corporation”
within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or is treated as a U.S.
corporation under Section 7874(b) of the Code; or (ii) was created or organized
both in the United States and in a foreign jurisdiction such that such entity
would be taxable in the United States as a domestic entity pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 301.7701-5(a).
2.16 Employee and Labor Matters;
Benefit Plans.
(a) The
Company has made available to Parent the following information with respect to
each employee of each of the Acquired Corporations (including any employee of
any of the Acquired Corporations who is on a leave of absence or on layoff
status):
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(i) the
name of such employee, the Acquired Corporation by which such employee is
employed and the date as of which such employee was originally hired by such
Acquired Corporation;
(ii) such
employee’s title;
(iii) the
aggregate dollar amount of the compensation (including wages, salary,
commissions, director’s fees, fringe benefits, bonuses, profit sharing payments
and other payments or benefits of any type) received by such employee from the
applicable Acquired Corporation with respect to services performed in the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2009;
(iv) such
employee’s annualized compensation as of the date of this Agreement, including
amounts contingent upon performance or other events;
(v) any
Governmental Authorization that is held by such employee and that relates to or
is useful in connection with the businesses of the Acquired Corporations;
and
(vi) with
respect to any employee of the Acquired Corporations who is on a leave of
absence, the expected date of return to full service.
(b) Part
2.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each former employee of
any of the Acquired Corporations who is receiving or is scheduled to receive (or
whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to receive) any
severance or benefits (whether from any of the Acquired Corporations or
otherwise) relating to such former employee’s employment with any of the
Acquired Corporations; and Part 2.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately
describes such severance and benefits.
(c) The
employment of each of the Acquired Corporations’ employees is terminable by the
applicable Acquired Corporation at will, except as required by any applicable
Legal Requirement. The Company has delivered or made available to
Parent accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks
relating to the employment of the Company Associates.
(d) To
the Knowledge of the Company (i) as of the date hereof, no employee of any of
the Acquired Corporations intends to terminate his employment with the Company,
nor has any such employee threatened or expressed any intention to do so; and
(ii) no employee of any of the Acquired Corporations is a party to or is bound
by any confidentiality agreement or noncompetition agreement that may prevent
the performance by such employee of any of his duties or responsibilities as an
employee of such Acquired Corporation.
(e) Part
2.16(e) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately sets forth, with respect to each
Person who is an independent contractor of any of the Acquired Corporations and
who may be entitled to receive in excess of $25,000 from any of the Acquired
Corporations:
(i) the
name of such independent contractor and the Acquired Corporation with which such
independent contractor is under contract and the date as of which such
independent contractor was originally hired by such Acquired Corporation;
and
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(ii) the
terms of compensation of such independent contractor.
(f) Except
as set forth in Part 2.16(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired
Corporations is a party to, bound by, or has a duty to bargain for, any
collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization
representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations
representing, purporting to represent or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
seeking to represent any employees of any of the Acquired
Corporations.
(g) Since
May 1, 2002, there has not been, nor to the Knowledge of the Company has there
been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union
organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity
or dispute, affecting any of the Acquired Corporations or any of their
employees. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred,
and to the Knowledge of the Company no condition or circumstances exists, that
might give rise to the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage,
lockout, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any
similar activity or dispute.
(h) Since
May 1, 2004, other than matters which have been fully paid and resolved, none of
the Acquired Corporations has engaged in any unfair labor practice within the
meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. There is no Legal
Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened relating to any employment contract, privacy right,
labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification,
harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety
or discrimination matter involving any Company Associate, including charges of
unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints.
(i) No
Acquired Corporation has any material liability, whether absolute or contingent,
including any obligations under any Company Benefit Plan, with respect to any
misclassification of a Person performing services for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as an independent contractor rather than as an employee or with
respect to any temporary or leased employees that were not treated as employees
of such Acquired Corporation.
(j) Part
2.16(j) of the Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list as of
the date hereof of each Company Benefit Plan.
(k) With
respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has delivered or made
available to Parent: (i) an accurate and complete copy of all documents setting
forth the terms of such Company Benefit Plan, including all amendments thereto
and all related trust documents; (ii) a complete and accurate copy of the annual
report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached
thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code, with respect to such Company
Benefit Plan for the most recent plan year; (iii) if such Company Benefit Plan
is subject to the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, the most
recent annual and periodic accounting of such Company Benefit Plan’s assets;
(iv) the most recent summary plan description together with the summaries of
material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to
such Company Benefit Plan; (v) if such Company Benefit Plan is funded through a
trust or any third party funding vehicle, an accurate and
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complete
copy of the trust or other funding agreement (including all amendments thereto)
and accurate and complete copies of the most recent financial statements
thereof; (vi) accurate and complete copies of all material Contracts relating to
such Company Benefit Plan, including service provider agreements, insurance
contracts, minimum premium contracts, stop-loss agreements, investment
management agreements, subscription and participation agreements and
recordkeeping agreements; (vii) all material forms of written materials provided
to any Company Associate relating to such Company Benefit Plan relating to any
material amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in
benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events that
would result in any liability to any of the Acquired Corporations or any Company
Affiliate; (viii) all material correspondence, if any, to or from any
Governmental Body relating to such Company Benefit Plan; (ix) all forms and
related notices required under COBRA with respect to such Company Benefit Plan;
(x) all insurance policies, if any, in the possession of any of the Acquired
Corporations or any Company Affiliate pertaining to fiduciary liability
insurance covering the fiduciaries for such Company Benefit Plan; (xi) if such
Company Benefit Plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code, all discrimination tests, if any, required under the Code for such Company
Benefit Plan for the three most recent plan years; (xii) if such Company Benefit
Plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the most
recent IRS determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) received with
respect to such Company Benefit Plan and (xiii) if such Company Benefit Plan is
a Foreign Plan, all Governmental Authorizations received from any foreign
Governmental Body with respect to such Company Benefit Plan.
(l) Each
of the Company Benefit Plans has been operated and administered in all material
respects in accordance with its terms and with applicable Legal Requirements,
including ERISA, the Code, applicable U.S. and non-U.S. securities laws and
regulations and applicable foreign Legal Requirements. Any Company
Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has
obtained a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as
to its qualified status under the Code or has pending or has time remaining in
which to file, an application for such determination from the Internal Revenue
Service, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is not and there has never
been any event, condition or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to
result in disqualification under the Code (or, in the case of a Foreign Plan,
the equivalent of disqualification under any applicable foreign Legal
Requirement). There are no claims or Legal Proceedings pending, or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated (other
than routine claims for benefits), against any Company Benefit Plan or against
the assets of any Company Benefit Plan. To the Knowledge of the
Company, no breach of fiduciary duty has occurred with respect to which any
Acquired Corporation or any of its fiduciaries could reasonably be expected to
incur a material liability. No Company Benefit Plan is under audit or
investigation, or is subject to any other Legal Proceeding commenced by the IRS,
the DOL or any other Governmental Body, nor is any such audit, investigation or
other Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
None of the Acquired Corporations nor any Company Affiliate has ever incurred
any penalty or tax with respect to any Company Benefit Plan under Section 502(i)
of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code, and to the Knowledge of the
Company, no events have occurred with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that
could result in an assessment of any such tax against an Acquired Corporation or
Company Affiliate. No mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other Encumbrance of any kind has been imposed under the Code, ERISA
or any foreign Legal Requirement with respect to any Company
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Benefit
Plan or any of the assets of any Company Benefit Plan. All
contributions, premiums and expenses to or in respect of each Company Benefit
Plan have been paid in full or, to the extent not yet due, have been adequately
accrued on the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet. None of the Company
Benefit Plans that is an “employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section
3(1) of ERISA) is self-insured.
(m) None
of the Acquired Corporations nor any Company Affiliate has ever maintained,
established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to any: (i) Company
Benefit Plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or 430
of the Code; (ii) ”multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37)
of ERISA; or (iii) “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section
413(c) of the Code). The fair market value of the assets of each
funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan funded
through insurance, or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan,
together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide in
full for the accrued benefit obligations, with respect to all current and former
participants in such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and
valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to and
obligations under such Foreign Plan.
(n) No
Company Benefit Plan provides (except at no cost to the Acquired Corporations or
any Company Affiliate), or reflects or represents any liability of any of the
Acquired Corporations or any Company Affiliate to provide, retiree life
insurance, retiree health benefits or other retiree employee welfare benefits to
any Person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other
applicable Legal Requirements.
(o) Except
as set forth in Part 2.16(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution
of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions
(either alone or in combination with another event, whether contingent or
otherwise) will (i) result in any bonus, severance or other payment or
obligation to any Company Associate (whether or not under any Company Benefit
Plan); (ii) materially increase the benefits payable or provided to, or result
in a forgiveness of any indebtedness of, any Company Associate;
(iii) accelerate the vesting, funding or time of payment of any
compensation, equity award or other similar benefit; (iv) result in any “excess
parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code; or (v) cause any compensation
to fail to be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(p) Except
as set forth in Part 2.16(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the Acquired
Corporations and Company Affiliates: (i) is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Legal Requirements respecting employment,
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in
each case, with respect to Company Associates, including the health care
continuation requirements of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA, the requirements
of HIPAA and any similar provisions of state law; (ii) has withheld and reported
all amounts required by any Legal Requirement or Contract to be withheld and
reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to any Company
Associate; (iii) has no liability for any arrears of wages or any penalty for
failure to comply with the Legal Requirements applicable to any of the
foregoing; and (iv) has no liability for any payment to any trust or other fund
governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body with respect
to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or
obligations for any Company Associate (other than routine payments to be made in
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business
and consistent with past practice). Since March 31, 2006, none of the Acquired
Corporations has effectuated a “plant closing,” partial “plant closing,” “mass
layoff,” “relocation” or “termination” (each as defined in the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act or any similar Legal Requirement) affecting any
site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site
of employment or facility of any of the Acquired Corporations.
(q) Each
Company Benefit Plan which is a “non-qualified deferred compensation plan” (as
such term is defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has, at all times, been
administered in good faith compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code and applicable guidance issued thereunder and in all cases so that the
additional tax described in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code will not be
assessed against the individuals participating in any such non-qualified
deferred compensation plan with respect to benefits due or accruing thereunder,
and any such Company Benefit Plan complied in form with Section 409A of the Code
and the guidance issued thereunder as of December 31, 2008 to the extent that
such plan was in effect as of such date.
2.17 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(a) the Acquired Corporations are in compliance with all applicable federal,
state, and local laws governing pollution or the protection of human health or
the environment (“Environmental Laws”), (b) none of the Acquired Corporations
has received any written notice with respect to the business of, or any property
owned or leased by, the Acquired Corporations from any Governmental Body or
third party that remains outstanding alleging that any of the Acquired
Corporations is not in compliance with any Environmental Law, and (c) to the
Knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired Corporations has caused a
“release” of a “hazardous substance”, as those terms are defined in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
§9601 et seq., in excess of a reportable quantity on any real property owned or
leased by any of the Acquired Corporations that is used for the business of the
Acquired Corporations which release remains
unresolved.
2.18 Insurance.
(a) All
material insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business,
equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers or directors of the
Company (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”)
or renewals thereof are in full force and effect. Except as set forth
in Part 2.18(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, since March 31, 2007, none of the
Acquired Corporations has received any written notice regarding any actual or
possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy;
(ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of
any material claim under any insurance policy; or (iii) material adjustment
in the amount of the premiums payable with respect to any insurance
policy. Except as set forth in Part 2.18(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule, there are no material claims under or based upon any insurance policy
of any of the Acquired Corporations. No insurance carrier has issued
a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any Legal
Proceeding, or informed any of the Acquired Corporations in writing of its
intent to do so.
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(b) The
Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all current
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies issued to the
Company. Part 2.18(b) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately sets
forth the most recent annual premiums paid by the Company with respect to the
Existing D&O Policies.
2.19 Transactions with
Affiliates. Except
as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, since the date of the Company’s last proxy statement filed with the
SEC, as of the date of this Agreement no event has occurred that would be
required to be reported by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC.
2.20 Legal Proceedings;
Orders.
(a) As
of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in Part 2.20(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending Legal Proceeding, and (to the Knowledge
of the Company) since March 31, 2008 no Person has threatened in writing to
commence any Legal Proceeding (i) that involves any of the Acquired Corporations
or any of their respective businesses or assets or any of the directors or
employees of the Acquired Corporations in their capacity as such (ii) that
challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal
or otherwise interfering with, the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions, or, (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its stockholders
or Representatives (in each case insofar as any such matters relate to their
activities with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). As of the
date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred,
and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement
of any such Legal Proceeding.
(b) There
is no order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which any of the Acquired
Corporations, or any of the material assets owned or used by any of the Acquired
Corporations, is subject. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer
of any of the Acquired Corporations is subject to any order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree that prohibits such officer or other employee from engaging
in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of
any of the Acquired Corporations.
2.21 Authority; Binding Nature of
Agreement. The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. Prior to the date of
this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (at a meeting duly called
and held): (a) unanimously determined that the Merger is advisable and fair to
and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; (b) unanimously
authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and unanimously adopted this Agreement and approved the
Merger; and (c) unanimously recommended the adoption and approval of
this Agreement by the holders of Company Common Stock and directed that this
Agreement and the Merger be submitted for consideration by the Company’s
stockholders at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) laws of
general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of
debtors; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief
and other
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equitable
remedies. Prior to the execution of the Voting Agreements, the Board
of Directors of the Company approved the Voting Agreements and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
2.22 Inapplicability of
Anti-takeover Statutes. The
board of directors of the Company has taken all actions necessary to ensure that
the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of
the DGCL are inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and to the consummation of the Merger and the other Contemplated
Transactions. No other state takeover statute or similar Legal
Requirement applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement or any of
the other Contemplated Transactions.
2.23 Vote
Required. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Company Common
Stock outstanding on the record date for the Company Stockholders’ Meeting and
entitled to vote (the “Required Stockholder Vote”) is the only vote of the
holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to adopt
or approve this Agreement and approve the Merger or the other Contemplated
Transactions.
2.24
Non-Contravention;
Consents. Except
as set forth in Part 2.24 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither (x) the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements
referred to in the Agreement by the Company, nor (y) the consummation of the
Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions, will directly or
indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(a) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or (ii) any resolution
adopted by the stockholders, the board of directors or any committee of the
board of directors of the Company;
(b) assuming
compliance with, and the approval of, the matters referred to in the last
sentence of this Section 2.24, contravene, conflict with or result in a
violation of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to
challenge the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions or to
exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any
order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which any of the Acquired
Corporations, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired
Corporations, is subject;
(c) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of,
or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel,
terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by any of the
Acquired Corporations or that otherwise relates to the business of any of the
Acquired Corporations or to any of the assets owned or used by any of the
Acquired Corporations, except as would not be reasonably expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) except
as would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a
default under, any provision of any Material Contract, or give any Person the
right to: (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Material
Contract; (ii) a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule
under any such Material Contract; (iii) accelerate the maturity or
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performance
of any Material Contract; or (iv) cancel, terminate or modify any term of
any Material Contract; or
(e) except
as would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to
any asset owned by any of the Acquired Corporations.
Except
as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the DGCL, any
foreign antitrust Legal Requirement and the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules (as they
relate to the Proxy Statement), none of the Acquired Corporations was, is or
will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any
Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in the
Agreement by the Company, or (y) the consummation of the Merger or any of the
other Contemplated Transactions.
2.25 Opinion of Financial
Advisor. The
Company’s board of directors has received the opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co.
Inc., financial advisor to the Company, to the effect that, subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth therein and as of the date
of such opinion, the Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of
Company Common Stock (other than Parent, Merger Sub and their respective
affiliates) is fair, from a financial point of view, to such
holders.
2.26 Financial
Advisor. Except
for the Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc., no broker, finder or investment banker is
entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, opinion fee, success fee,
transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Merger or any
of the other Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations. The Company has furnished
to Parent accurate and complete copies of all agreements under which any such
fees, commissions or other amounts may become payable and all indemnification
and other agreements related to the engagement of Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co.
Inc.
2.27 Information
Provided. None
of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for
inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, at the time
the Proxy Statement is mailed to the stockholders of the Company or at the time
of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement
thereof), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all
material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
2.28 Disclaimer. EXCEPT
FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS ARTICLE 2, THE
COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY FORECASTS OR
PROJECTIONS
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MADE
AVAILABLE TO PARENT OR MERGER SUB IN CERTAIN DATA ROOMS, UNLESS EXPRESSLY AND
SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE 2.
Article
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER
SUB
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Parent
and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Due
Organization. Each
of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all necessary
power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in
which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and use its assets
in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and (iii) to
perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is
bound. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation, and is in good standing, under the laws of all
jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have
or result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Merger Sub was formed
solely for the purpose of engaging in the Contemplated Transactions and since
the date of its formation has engaged in no activities other than in connection
with or as contemplated by this Agreement.
3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of
Agreement. Parent
and Merger Sub have the absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to
perform their obligations under this Agreement; and the execution, delivery and
performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement have been duly authorized
by any necessary action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub and their
respective boards of directors. This Agreement constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against them
in accordance with its terms, subject to: (a) laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (b) rules of
law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies.
3.3 Non-Contravention;
Consents. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub nor the
consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger will: (a) conflict with or
result in any breach of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or
Merger Sub; (b) result in a default by Parent or Merger Sub under any Contract
to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party, except for any default that has not
had and will not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or (c) result in a
violation by Parent or Merger Sub of any Legal Requirement or any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or Merger Sub is subject, except
for any violation that will not have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect. Except as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, state securities or “blue sky” laws, the DGCL, any foreign antitrust Legal
Requirement and the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules (as they relate to the Proxy
Statement), neither Parent nor Merger Sub was, is and will be required to make
any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any
Governmental Body in connection with: (i) the execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement; or (ii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other
Contemplated Transactions.
3.4 Information
Provided. None
of the information to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent for inclusion in the
Proxy Statement will, at the time the Proxy Statement is mailed to
the
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stockholders
of the Company or at the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (or any
adjournment or postponement thereof), contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or
warranty is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements made or
incorporated by reference therein about the Acquired Corporations supplied by
the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement.
3.5 Legal Proceedings;
Orders.
(a) As
of the date of this Agreement there is no pending Legal Proceeding, and (to the
Knowledge of Parent) no Person has threatened in writing to commence any Legal
Proceeding that involves Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably
be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There
is no order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
3.6 Finder’s
Fees. No
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s
fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in
connection with the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent.
3.7 Disclaimer. EXCEPT
FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS ARTICLE 3,
PARENT AND MERGER SUB DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY FORECASTS OR PROJECTIONS
MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENT, UNLESS EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS
ARTICLE 3.
Article
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CERTAIN
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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4.1 Access and
Investigation. Subject
to the Confidentiality Agreement, during the period commencing on the date of
this Agreement and ending at the Effective Time (the “Pre-Closing Period”), upon
reasonable advance notice, the Company shall (i) provide Parent and Parent’s
Representatives with reasonable access to the Acquired Corporations’
Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax
Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the
Acquired Corporations; (ii) give to Parent and its Representatives reasonable
access during normal business hours to the offices, properties, books, records,
Tax Returns and related work papers, Contracts, Governmental Authorizations,
documents, officers and employees of the Acquired Corporations, (iii) furnish to
Parent and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other
information as such Persons may reasonably request and (iv) instruct its
Representatives to cooperate with Parent and its
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Representatives
in its investigation; provided that the Company may
restrict the foregoing access to the extent that (A) any applicable Legal
Requirement requires the Company to restrict or prohibit access to any such
properties or information, (B) such disclosure would, based on the advice of
outside counsel, violate any agreement to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, or (C) such disclosure would, based on the advice of
outside counsel, result in a waiver of attorney-client privilege, work product
doctrine or any other applicable privilege applicable to such
information. Any request for access or information pursuant to this
Section 4.1 shall be directed to any of the persons listed on Section 4.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule and any investigation pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall be
conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of
the business of the Acquired Corporations.
4.2 Operation of the Company’s
Business.
(a) Except
for matters contemplated by this Agreement, during the Pre-Closing
Period:
(i) the
Company shall ensure that each of the Acquired Corporations conducts its
business and operations: (A) in the ordinary course of business in
all material respects consistent with past practices and (B) in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements;
(ii) the
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that each of the Acquired
Corporations preserves intact its current business organization, keeps available
the services of its current officers and other employees and maintains its
relationships and goodwill with its material customers, partners, suppliers,
licensors, licensees, distributors and others having material business
relationships with it;
(iii) the
Company shall keep in full force all material insurance policies referred to in
Section 2.18 (other than any such policies that are immediately replaced with
substantially similar policies);
(iv) the
Company shall cause to be provided all notices, assurances and support required
by any Company IP Contract as would be reasonably expected to decrease the
likelihood of: (A) any transfer or disclosure by any Acquired Corporation of any
Company Software source code owned by the Acquired Corporations to any other
Person; or (B) a release from any escrow to any other Person of any Company
Software source code owned by the Acquired Corporations that has been deposited
or is required to be deposited in escrow under the terms of such Company
Contract;
(v) the
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that, except as may be
prohibited by applicable Legal Requirement, stock certificates representing all
shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company owned or held by any
Person other than the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company are delivered
to Parent or its designees at or prior to the Effective Time, endorsed in blank
or accompanied by duly executed assignment documents, in form satisfactory to
Parent; and
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(vi) the
Company shall promptly notify Parent of: (A) any notice or other communication
from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required
in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions; and (B) any Legal
Proceeding against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting any of the
Acquired Corporations that is commenced, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against, any of the Acquired Corporations.
(b) Except
for matters contemplated by this Agreement, set forth on Schedule 4.2(b) or
required by applicable Legal Requirements, during the Pre-Closing Period, the
Company shall not (without the prior written consent of Parent), and shall not
(without the prior written consent of Parent) permit any of the other Acquired
Corporations to:
(i) declare,
accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect
of any shares of capital stock, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any
shares of capital stock or other securities, other than dividends and
distributions by a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to
its parent;
(ii) sell,
issue, grant or authorize the sale, issuance or grant
of: (A) any capital stock or other security; (B) any option,
call, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or other security; or (C)
any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other
security, except that the Company may issue shares of Company Common
Stock: (1) upon the valid exercise of Company Options outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement; and (2) pursuant to the ESPP;
(iii) amend
or waive any of its rights under, or increase the benefits, including permitting
the acceleration of the vesting under, any provision of: (A) any of the
Company’s stock option plans; (B) any Company Option or any agreement evidencing
or relating to any outstanding stock option; (C) any restricted stock purchase
agreement; or (D) any other Contract evidencing or relating to any equity award
(whether payable in cash or stock); provided, however, that this subsection
will not restrict any acceleration of vesting which would occur pursuant to the
existing terms of any such plan, agreement or Contract as of the date
hereof;
(iv) amend
or permit the adoption of any amendment to its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws or other charter or organizational documents, or effect or become a party
to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination,
amalgamation, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse
stock split, division or subdivision of shares, consolidation of shares or
similar transaction;
(v) form
any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other
Entity;
(vi) incur
any material capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in respect
thereof not in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) make
any capital expenditure (except a capital expenditure that: (A) is in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; (B) does not
exceed
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$50,000
individually; and (C) when added to all other capital expenditures made by or on
behalf of the Acquired Corporations since the date of this Agreement, does not
exceed $100,000 in the aggregate);
(viii) other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, enter
into or become bound by, or permit any of the assets owned or used by it to
become bound by, any Material Contract, or amend or terminate, or waive or
exercise any material right or remedy under, any Material Contract;
(ix) sell,
lease, license, pledge, transfer, subject to any Encumbrance or otherwise
dispose of any of its material assets or properties except (A) sales of
inventory or used equipment in the ordinary course of business, (B) any
Permitted Encumbrance, (C) any non-exclusive license of Company IP in the
ordinary course of business and (D) pursuant to existing
Contracts;
(x) make
any pledge of any of its material assets or permit any of its material assets to
become subject to any Encumbrances, except for Permitted
Encumbrances;
(xi) lend
money to any Person other than ordinary course expense advances to employees and
consultants or incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed
money;
(xii) establish,
adopt, enter into or amend any Company Benefit Plan, pay any bonus or make any
profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages,
salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation (including
equity-based compensation, whether payable in stock, cash or other property) or
remuneration payable to, any of its directors or any of its officers (or other
employees to the extent that such establishment, adoption, amendment, payment or
increase is material);
(xiii) hire
or promote any employee except in order to fill a position vacated after the
date of this Agreement;
(xiv) make
(other than in the ordinary course of business), change or revoke any material
Tax election; settle or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment
in respect of material Taxes; change any annual Tax accounting period; adopt any
Material method of Tax accounting (other than in the ordinary course of
business) or change any method of Tax accounting; file any amended material Tax
Return; enter into any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, or Tax
indemnity agreement or similar Contract relating to any Tax, other than any such
agreement among or between the Acquired Corporations; surrender any right to
claim a material Tax refund; or consent to any extension or waiver of the
statute of limitations period applicable to any material Tax claim or
assessment;
(xv) institute,
settle, or agree to settle any material Legal Proceeding pending or threatened
before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Body; or
(xvi) agree
or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses ”(i)” through
“(xv)” of this Section 4.2(b).
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(c) During
the Pre-Closing Period, each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the
other in writing if it obtains knowledge of any of the following: (i)
any material inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement at any time during the term hereof; and (ii) any material breach by
the Company of any covenant contained in this Agreement at any time during the
term hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company shall promptly advise Parent in writing of any Legal Proceeding or
material claim threatened, commenced or asserted in writing against or with
respect to, or otherwise affecting, any of the Acquired Corporations that would
have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Article 2 of this
Agreement. No notification given to Parent pursuant to this Section
4.2(c) shall limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or obligations of the Company contained in this
Agreement.
(d) The
Company shall (to the extent directed by Parent in writing) timely exercise in
full any right or option it may have to repurchase shares of its capital stock
which is or becomes exercisable during the Pre-Closing Period. The
Company shall use reasonable efforts to notify Parent in writing at least ten
(10) days in advance of any such repurchase right or option becoming
exercisable.
4.3 No
Solicitation.
(a) The
Company shall not directly or indirectly do, and shall ensure that no
Representative of any of the Acquired Corporations directly or indirectly does,
any of the following: (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, induce or
facilitate the communication, making, submission or announcement of any
Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or take any action that would
reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition
Inquiry; (ii) subject to Section 4.3(b), furnish any information regarding any
of the Acquired Corporations to any Person in connection with or in response to
an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or engage in discussions or
negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or
Acquisition Inquiry; or (iii) subject to Section 5.2(c), approve, endorse, agree
to or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or execute or enter into any letter of
intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating
to any Acquisition Transaction.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained in Section 4.3(a) (but subject to the other provisions of
this Agreement), prior to the adoption and approval of this Agreement by the
Required Stockholder Vote, the Company may furnish nonpublic information
regarding the Acquired Corporations to, or enter into discussions or engage in
negotiations with, any Person that has submitted (and not withdrawn) a bona fide written Acquisition
Proposal that the board of directors of the Company has reasonably determined in
good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and
financial advisor, constitutes a Superior Offer or could reasonably be expected
to lead to a Superior Offer if: (A) neither the Company nor any Representative
of any of the Acquired Corporations shall have materially breached any of the
provisions set forth in this Section 4.3; (B) the board of directors of the
Company determines in good faith, after having considered the advice of its
outside legal counsel, that such action is required in order for the board of
directors of the Company to comply with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s
stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements; (C) prior to or concurrent
with furnishing any such nonpublic information to, or entering into discussions
or negotiations
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with,
such Person, the Company gives Parent written notice of the identity of such
Person and of the Company’s intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or
enter into discussions or negotiations with, such Person; (D) the Company
receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing
nondisclosure provisions, use restrictions, non-solicitation provisions and no
hire provisions at least as favorable to the Company as those contained in the
Confidentiality Agreement; and (E) concurrent with furnishing any such nonpublic
information to such Person, the Company furnishes such nonpublic information to
Parent (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been previously
furnished by the Company to Parent).
(c) If
the Company or any Representative of the Company receives an Acquisition
Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry at any time during the Pre-Closing Period, then
the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours after receipt of
such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry) advise Parent of such
Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, including the identity of the
Person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and
the terms thereof. The Company shall promptly (and in no event later
than 24 hours) provide notice to Parent of any material change in the status and
terms of any such Acquisition Proposal and any modification or proposed
modification thereto.
(d) The
Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective
Representatives to, cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all
existing activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, with any third party
conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or
Acquisition Inquiry.
(e) The
Company shall not release or permit the release of any Person from, or waive or
permit the waiver of any provision of or right under, any “standstill” or
similar agreement with respect to any Company Common Stock unless the board of
directors of the Company determines in good faith, after having considered the
advice of its outside legal counsel, that failure to release would be reasonably
likely to result in a breach of its fiduciary duties. The Company
either has or shall promptly request each Person that has executed a
confidentiality or similar agreement in connection with its consideration of a
possible Acquisition Transaction or equity investment in the Company in the last
twelve (12) months prior to the date of this Agreement to return to the Company
all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf
of any of the Acquired Corporations or destroy such confidential information in
each case to the extent such third-party is required to do so under the terms of
such confidentiality agreement.
4.4 Pre-Closing IP
Transfer. If
requested by Parent no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, after satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 6 and
Article 7 the Company shall execute and deliver each of the transfer and
assignment documents attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 through C-6 (the “IP Transfer
Documents”) requested by Parent in order to effectuate the transfer,
effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, of all of the right, title
and interest of the Acquired Corporations in the Company IP owned by the Company
or any Acquired Corporation to the Subsidiary of Parent referenced in the IP
Transfer Documents (such transfer to be collectively referred to herein as the
“Pre-Closing IP
Transfer”). Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to
the contrary, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge that they shall consummate
the Merger immediately following the consummation of the Pre-Closing IP
Transfer.
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Article
5
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ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
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5.1 Proxy
Statement. As
promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall
prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC the Proxy Statement. The
Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply with
the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to respond promptly
to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to have the Proxy Statement cleared
by the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable after such
filing. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy
Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable
after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC. The Company shall as
promptly as practicable notify Parent of the receipt of any oral or written
comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement. The Company
shall promptly furnish to Parent all information concerning the Acquired
Corporations and the Company’s stockholders that may be required or reasonably
requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section
5.1. Whenever any event occurs that should be disclosed in an
amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall promptly
inform Parent of such occurrence and shall cooperate in filing such amendment or
supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or
supplement to the stockholders of the Company. The Company shall
cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment
on the draft of the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement
thereto) and all responses to requests for additional information by and replies
to comments of the SEC, prior to filing such with or sending such to the SEC,
and the Company will provide Parent with copies of all such filings made and
correspondence with the SEC.
5.2 Company Stockholders’
Meeting.
(a) The
Company shall take all action necessary under all applicable Legal Requirements
and the Company’s bylaws to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the
holders of Company Common Stock to vote on the adoption and approval of this
Agreement (the “Company Stockholders’
Meeting”). The Company Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held (on
a date selected by the Company in consultation with Parent) as promptly as
reasonably practicable following clearance of the Proxy Statement by the
SEC. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure
that all proxies solicited in connection with the Company Stockholders’ Meeting
are solicited in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, the Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders’
Meeting after consultation with Parent to the extent necessary to ensure that
any necessary supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to its
stockholders in advance of a vote on this Agreement or, if as of the time for
which the Company Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy
Statement) there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented
(either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the
business of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting.
(b) Subject
to Section 5.2(c): (i) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the
effect that the board of directors of the Company recommends that the
Company’s
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stockholders
vote to adopt and approve this Agreement at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting
(the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors that the Company’s
stockholders vote to adopt and approve this Agreement being referred to as the
“Company Board
Recommendation”); and (ii) the Company Board Recommendation shall not be
withdrawn, modified or changed in a manner adverse to Parent (an “Adverse Recommendation
Change”), and no resolution by the board of directors of the Company or
any committee thereof to effect an Adverse Recommendation Change shall be
adopted or proposed.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.2(b), at any time prior to the
adoption of this Agreement by the Required Stockholder Vote, (i) an Adverse
Recommendation Change may be effected if (A) there shall occur or
arise after the date of this Agreement a material development or a
material change in circumstance that relates to the Acquired Corporations but
does not relate to an Acquisition Proposal (an “Intervening Event”),
(B) neither the board of directors of the Company nor the executive officers of
the Company had knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, that there was a
reasonable possibility that such Intervening Event would occur or arise after
the date of this Agreement, and (C) the board of directors of the Company
determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal
counsel, that in light of such circumstances, the board of directors of the
Company must effect an Adverse Recommendation Change in order for the board of
directors of the Company to comply with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s
stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements; and (ii) an Adverse
Recommendation Change may be effected or the Company may terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) if (A) any third party has made to the
Company (and not withdrawn) a bona fide written Acquisition
Proposal that the Company board of directors has reasonably determined in good
faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and of a
financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, constitutes a Superior
Offer, (B) neither the Company nor any Representative of the Acquired
Corporations has materially breached Section 4.3 or this Section 5.2, and (C)
the board of directors of the Company concludes in good faith, after having
considered the advice of its outside legal counsel, that in light of such
circumstances, the board of directors of the Company must effect an Adverse
Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) in
order for the board of directors of the Company to comply with its fiduciary
duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements; provided, however, that any such action
referred to in this clause (ii) may only be taken at a time that is (y) after
the fourth (4th) Business Day following delivery to Parent of a written notice
from the Company that the board of directors of the Company intends to take such
action if such Acquisition Proposal remains a Superior Offer (the “Subsequent Determination
Notice”), which notice will specify the material terms of the applicable
Superior Offer and identify the Person making such Superior Offer (it being
understood and agreed that any material amendment to such Superior Offer,
including the financial terms of such Superior Offer, shall require the delivery
of a new Subsequent Determination Notice and the commencement of an additional
three (3) day waiting period), and (z) at the end of any such period referred to
in clause (y), the Company board of directors determines in good faith, after
considering all amendments or revisions irrevocably committed to by Parent and
after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and a financial
advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that such Superior Offer remains a
Superior Offer. During any period referred to in clause (y) of the
preceding sentence, Parent shall be entitled to deliver to Company one or more
counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal, and Company shall give Parent the
opportunity to meet with the Company and its Representatives,
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and
at Parent’s request, shall negotiate in good faith regarding the terms of any
possible revisions to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Company’s board of directors from
complying with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2(a) or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A
under the 1934 Act or from making any required disclosure to the Company’s
stockholders if the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith,
after consultation with outside counsel, that such action is necessary for such
board of directors to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Legal
Requirements; provided,
however, that any
statement or disclosure made by or on behalf of the Company board of directors
(other than a “stop, look and listen communication” of the type contemplated by
Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, and within the time period contemplated by
Rule 14d-9(f)(3)) shall be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change unless
it is accompanied by a statement of the Company board of directors expressly
reaffirming the Company Board Recommendation in connection with such statement
or disclosure.
5.3
Regulatory
Approvals.
(a) Each
party shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to file or
otherwise submit, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, all
notices, reports and other documents required to be filed by such party with or
otherwise submitted by such party to any Governmental Body with respect to the
Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, and to submit promptly any
additional information requested by any such Governmental
Body. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
and Parent shall, promptly after the date of this Agreement, prepare and file
any notification or other document required to be filed in connection with the
Merger under any applicable foreign Legal Requirement relating to antitrust or
competition matters as promptly as practicable. The Company and
Parent shall respond as promptly as practicable to any inquiries or requests
received from any state attorney general, foreign antitrust or competition
authority or other Governmental Body in connection with antitrust or competition
matters.
(b) Parent
and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be taken
all actions necessary to consummate the Merger and make effective the other
Contemplated Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each party to this Agreement: (i) shall make all filings and other
submissions (if any) and give all notices (if any) required to be made and given
by such party in connection with the Merger and the other Contemplated
Transactions; (ii) shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
each Consent (if any) required to be obtained (pursuant to any applicable Legal
Requirement or Contract, or otherwise) by such party in connection with the
Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions; and (iii) shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to lift any injunction prohibiting, or any other
legal bar to, the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions. Each party shall provide the other with a copy of each
proposed filing with or other submission to any Governmental Body relating to
any of the Contemplated Transactions, and shall give the other party a
reasonable time prior to making such filing or other submission in which to
review and comment on such proposed filing or other submission. Each
party shall promptly deliver to the other a copy of each such filing or other
submission made, each notice given and each Consent obtained during the
Pre-Closing Period.
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5.4 Company Stock Plans and
ESPP.
(a) At
the Effective Time, Parent may, at its election, assume either or both of the
2002 Plan or the 2004 Plan. If Parent elects to assume either of such
Company Stock Plans, then, under such Company Stock Plan, Parent shall be
entitled to grant stock awards, to the extent permissible under applicable Legal
Requirements (including any applicable Nasdaq listing requirements), using the
share reserves of such Company Stock Plan as of the Effective Time, except that:
(i) stock covered by such awards shall be shares of Parent Common Stock; (ii)
each reference in such Company Stock Plan to a number of shares of Company
Common Stock shall be deemed amended to refer instead to a number of shares of
Parent Common Stock determined by multiplying the number of referenced shares of
Company Common Stock by the Option Exchange Ratio, and rounding the resulting
number down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock; and
(iii) Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof shall succeed to the
authority and responsibility of the Company’s board of directors or any
committee thereof with respect to the administration of such Company Stock
Plan.
(b) Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions that may be necessary
to: (i) cause the exercise (as of the last Business Day prior to the Closing
Date) of each outstanding purchase right under the ESPP, and make any pro-rata
adjustments that may be necessary to reflect the shortened offering period but
otherwise cause such shortened offering period to be treated as a fully
effective and completed offering period for all purposes under the ESPP; and
(ii) provide that no further offering period or purchase period shall commence
under the ESPP after the Effective Time; provided, however, that such
exercise of outstanding purchase rights, and the cessation of further offering
and purchase periods, shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the
Merger. On the last Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall apply the funds credited as of such date under the ESPP within
each participant’s payroll withholding account to the purchase of whole shares
of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the
ESPP. Immediately prior to and effective as of the Effective Time
(and subject to the consummation of the Merger), the Company shall terminate the
ESPP.
5.5 Employee
Benefits.
(a) Parent
agrees that, subject to any transition period of not more than 60 days and
subject to any applicable plan provisions, contractual requirements or Legal
Requirements, all employees of the Acquired Corporations who continue employment
with Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Surviving
Corporation after the Effective Time (“Continuing
Employees”) shall be eligible to participate in Parent’s benefit plans,
to substantially the same extent as similarly situated employees of
Parent. Nothing in this Section 5.5(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall be construed to create a right in any Company Associate to employment with
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Surviving
Corporation, and the employment of each Continuing Employee shall be “at will”
employment (except as otherwise required to comply with applicable Legal
Requirements.) Except for Indemnified Persons (as defined in Section 5.6(a)) to
the extent of their respective rights pursuant to Section 5.6, no Company
Associate or Continuing Employee shall be deemed to be a third-party beneficiary
of this Agreement.
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(b) Parent
shall, to the extent permitted by Parent benefits plans, (i) waive, or shall
cause to be waived, any applicable pre-existing condition exclusions and waiting
periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements in any
replacement or successor welfare benefit plan in which any Continuing Employee
is eligible to participate following the Closing to the extent such exclusions
or waiting periods were inapplicable to, or had been satisfied by, such
Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Closing under the analogous Company
Employee Plan in which such Continuing Employee participated, (ii) provide, or
cause to be provided, each Continuing Employee with credit for any co-payments
and deductibles paid prior to the Closing (to the same extent such credit was
given under the analogous Company Employee Plan prior to the Closing) in
satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements and (iii)
recognize service prior to the Closing with the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility to participate and vesting (and, in
respect of vacation and severance benefits, determination of level of benefits)
to the same extent such service was recognized by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under the analogous Company Employee Plan in which such Continuing
Employee participated immediately prior to the Closing; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to the extent it would result in any duplication of benefits for
the same period of service.
(c) Unless
otherwise directed by Parent, prior to the Closing the Company shall take (or
cause to be taken) all actions necessary or appropriate to terminate, effective
no later than the day prior to the date on which the Merger becomes effective,
any Company Benefit Plan that contains a cash or deferred arrangement intended
to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code (a “Company 401(k)
Plan”); as soon as practicable following the termination date of such
Company 401(k) Plan, to the extent permitted pursuant to Parent’s 401(k) plan,
Parent shall permit each Continuing Employee who was eligible to participate in
the Company 401(k) Plan immediately prior to the termination date elect to roll
over his or her account balance from such terminated Company 401(k) Plan to the
Parent 401(k) plan. If the Company (or an Acquired Corporation or
Company Affiliate) is required to terminate any Company 401(k) Plan, then the
Company shall provide to Parent prior to the Closing Date written evidence of
the adoption by the board of directors of the Company (or of the applicable
Acquired Corporation or Company Affiliate) of resolutions authorizing the
termination of such Company 401(k) Plan (the form and substance of which
resolutions shall be subject to the prior review and approval of
Parent).
(d) For
the twelve (12) months following the Closing, except as otherwise agreed in
writing between Parent and a Company employee, Parent will honor and will cause
to be honored, in accordance with its terms, each existing employment, change in
control, severance, or other termination protection plan (including the
Severance Plan and the Key Employee Plan) between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and any officer or employee.
5.6 Indemnification of Officers
and Directors.
(a) All
rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from
liabilities existing in favor of each individual who is a current or former
officer or director of the Acquired Corporations (each such individual, an
“Indemnified
Person”) for his acts and omissions as a director or officer of the
Company occurring prior to the Effective Time, as provided in the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable organizational documents
as in effect as of the date of this Agreement) or as provided in any
Indemnification
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Contract
between the Company and such Indemnified Person (as in effect as of the date of
this Agreement) shall be assumed by Parent and the Surviving Corporation in the
Merger, without further action, at the Effective Time, and shall survive the
Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their
terms (to the fullest extent such rights to indemnification are available under
and are consistent with Delaware law) for a period of six (6) years from the
date on which the Merger becomes effective, and the Surviving Corporation shall,
and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, comply with and honor the
foregoing obligations.
(b) Prior
to the Effective time, the Company shall purchase a director and officer “tail”
policy in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time
covering each Indemnified Person currently covered by the Company’s officers’
and directors’ liability insurance policy for six (6) years after the Effective
Time on terms with respect to coverage and amount at least as, and not
materially more, favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date
hereof, and with an aggregate premium not to exceed two hundred twenty-five
percent (225%) of the amount per annum the Company paid in respect of its last
annual policy period.
(c) If
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger,
or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary,
proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or
the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set
forth in this Section 5.6.
(d) This
Section 5.6 is for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified
Person and their respective heirs and legal representatives. The
rights and remedies provided for in this Section 5.6 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnified Person is entitled,
whether pursuant to law, contract or otherwise.
5.7 Notification. The
Company will give prompt written notice to Parent of any development occurring
after the date of this Agreement, or any item about which the Company did not
have Knowledge on the date of this Agreement, which causes or reasonably would
be expected to cause the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 not to be
satisfied. Parent will give prompt written notice to the Company of
any development occurring after the date of this Agreement, or any item about
which Parent did not have Knowledge on the date of this Agreement, which causes
or reasonably would be expected to cause the conditions set forth in Sections
7.1 or 7.2 not to be satisfied. No disclosure by any party pursuant
to this Section 5.7 will be deemed to amend or supplement the Disclosure
Schedule or to prevent or cure any misrepresentation or breach of any
representation, warranty, or covenant.
5.8 Disclosure. Parent
and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any press release,
making any other public statement, or scheduling any press conference or
conference call with investors or analysts, with respect to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby and, except as may be required by
applicable Legal Requirements or any listing agreement with or rule of any
national securities exchange or association, shall not issue any such press
release, make any such other public statement, or schedule any such press
conference or conference call before such consultation.
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5.9 Resignation of Officers and
Directors. The
Company shall use reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent at or prior
to the Effective Time the resignation of each officer and director of each of
the Acquired Corporations; provided, that such
resignation shall not affect any change of control rights or other benefits to
which such officers or directors may be entitled to and shall not change such
officers’ or directors’ status, if applicable, as an employee of the Acquired
Corporations.
5.10 Section 16
Matters. Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall take such reasonable steps as are
required to cause the disposition of Company Common Stock and Company Options in
connection with the Merger by each individual who is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company to
be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act.
5.11 FIRPTA
Certificate. On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a
certification (to the effect that any interests in the Company do not constitute
“U.S. real property interests” within the meaning of Code Section 897(c)(1))
that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(1)(i),
dated within thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date (“FIRPTA
Certificate”)and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent,
and a notice form that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section
1.897-2(h)(2), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, along with
written authorization for Parent to deliver such notice form to the Internal
Revenue Service on behalf of the Company upon Closing; provided that, if the Company
fails to comply with this Section 5.11, the Merger shall nonetheless close and
Parent may withhold or cause to be withheld from the Merger Consideration and
pay over to the appropriate taxing authorities the amount required to be
withheld under Section 1445 of the Code as determined by Parent.
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PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER
SUB
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The
obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger and otherwise
consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Closing are subject to the
satisfaction, at or prior to the consummation of the Pre-Closing IP Transfer, of
each of the following conditions:
6.1 Accuracy of
Representations.
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (other
than the representations and warranties in Section 2.3, Section 2.21 and Section
2.23) shall have been accurate in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement; provided,
however, that (i) in determining the accuracy of such representations and
warranties for purposes of this Section 6.1(a): (A) all materiality
qualifications that are contained in such representations and warranties and
that limit the scope of such representations and warranties shall be
disregarded; and (B) any update of or modification to the Disclosure Schedule
made or purported to have been made on or after the date of this Agreement shall
be disregarded; and (ii) the representations and warranties shall be deemed to
not be accurate in all material respects only if the circumstances giving rise
to all inaccuracies (considered collectively) have resulted in or could
reasonably be expected to result in the Acquired Corporations incurring
liabilities in excess of $5,000,000. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section
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2.3,
Section 2.21 and Section 2.23 shall have been accurate in all respects as of the
date of this Agreement; provided, however, that in
determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties for purposes of
this Section 6.1(a): (1) inaccuracies with respect to share numbers in Section
2.3 shall be disregarded if the inaccuracies represent less than 152,000 shares
of Company Common Stock in the aggregate; and (ii) any update of or modification
to the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made on or after the
date of this Agreement shall be disregarded.
(b) The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (other
than the representations and warranties in Section 2.3, Section 2.21 and Section
2.23) shall be accurate in all respects as of the Closing Date as if made on and
as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that: (i)
in determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties for purposes
of this Section 6.1(b): (A) all materiality qualifications that are contained in
such representations and warranties and that limit the scope of such
representations and warranties shall be disregarded; and (B) any update of or
modification to the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made on
or after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded; and (ii) any
inaccuracies in such representations and warranties will be disregarded if the
circumstances giving rise to all such inaccuracies (considered collectively) do
not constitute, and could not reasonably be expected to have or result in, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The representations and warranties
of the Company contained in Section 2.3, Section 2.21 and Section 2.23 shall be
accurate in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that in
determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties for purposes of
this Section 6.1(b): (i) inaccuracies with respect to share numbers in Section
2.3 shall be disregarded if the inaccuracies represent less than 152,000 shares
of Company Common Stock in the aggregate; and (ii) any update of or modification
to the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made on or after the
date of this Agreement shall be disregarded.
6.2 Performance of
Covenants. Each
of the covenants or obligations in this Agreement that the Company is required
to comply with or to perform at or prior to the Closing shall have been complied
with and performed by the Company in all material respects.
6.3 Stockholder
Approval. This
Agreement shall have been duly adopted and approved by the Required Stockholder
Vote.
6.4 Agreements and Other
Documents. Parent
and the Company shall have received the following agreements and other
documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect:
(a) a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company confirming that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2,
6.3 and 6.5 have been duly satisfied; and
(b) written
resignations in forms satisfactory to Parent, dated as of the Closing Date and
effective as of the Closing, executed by the officers and directors of the
Acquired Corporations.
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6.5 No Company Material Adverse
Effect. Since
the date of this Agreement, there shall have not occurred any Company Material
Adverse Effect, and no event shall have occurred or circumstance shall exist
that, in combination with any other events or circumstances, would reasonably be
expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Regulatory
Matters. Any
mandatory waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under any
applicable material foreign antitrust or competition law shall have expired or
otherwise been terminated. Any Governmental Authorization or other
Consent required to be obtained under any applicable material antitrust or
competition law or regulation shall have been obtained and shall remain in full
force and effect.
6.7 No
Restraints. No
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
preventing the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or
other Governmental Body and remain in effect, and there shall not be any Legal
Requirement enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger or any of the other
Contemplated Transactions that makes consummation of the Merger or any of the
other Contemplated Transactions illegal.
6.8 No Governmental Proceedings
Relating to Contemplated Transactions or Right to Operate
Business. There
shall not be pending any Legal Proceeding in which a Governmental Body is a
party: (a) challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the
consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions; (b)
seeking to prohibit or limit in any material respect Parent’s ability to vote,
transfer, receive dividends with respect to or otherwise exercise ownership
rights with respect to the stock of the Surviving Corporation; (c) seeking to
prohibit or limit in any material respect the right or ability of Parent or any
of the Acquired Corporations to own the assets or operate the business of any of
the Acquired Corporations; or (d) seeking to compel any of the Acquired
Corporations, Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent to dispose of or hold separate
any material assets as a result of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions.
6.9 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certifications. Neither
the chief executive officer nor the chief financial officer of the Company shall
have failed to provide, with respect to any Company SEC Document filed (or
required to be filed) with the SEC on or after the date of this Agreement, any
necessary certification in the form required under Rule 13a-14 under the
Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. §1350.
6.10 Pre-Closing IP
Transfer. If
requested by Parent in accordance with Section 4.4, the Company shall have
executed and delivered the IP Assignment to Parent, and the Pre-Closing IP
Transfer shall have occurred immediately prior to the Effective Time pursuant to
the terms of the IP Assignment.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATION OF THE
COMPANY
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The
obligation of the Company to effect the Merger and consummate the transactions
to be consummated at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to
the consummation of the Pre-Closing IP Transfer, of the following
conditions:
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7.1 Accuracy of
Representations. The
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this
Agreement shall be accurate in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that: (i)
in determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties for purposes
of this Section 7.1, all materiality qualifications that are contained in such
representations and warranties and that limit the scope of such representations
and warranties shall be disregarded; and (ii) any inaccuracies in such
representations and warranties will be disregarded if the circumstances giving
rise to all such inaccuracies (considered collectively) do not constitute, and
could not reasonably be expected to have or result in, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
7.2 Performance of
Covenants. All
of the covenants and obligations in this Agreement that Parent and Merger Sub
are required to comply with or to perform at or prior to the Closing shall have
been complied with and performed in all material respects.
7.3 Stockholder
Approval. This
Agreement shall have been duly adopted and approved by the Required Stockholder
Vote.
7.4 Documents. The
Company shall have received a certificate executed by an executive officer of
Parent, confirming that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 have
been duly satisfied.
7.5 Regulatory
Matters. Any
mandatory waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under any
applicable material foreign antitrust or competition law shall have expired or
otherwise been terminated. Any Governmental Authorization or other
Consent required to be obtained under any applicable material antitrust or
competition law or regulation shall have been obtained and shall remain in full
force and effect.
7.6 No
Restraints. No
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
preventing the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or
other Governmental Body and remain in effect, and there shall not be any Legal
Requirement enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger or any of the other
Contemplated Transactions that makes consummation of the Merger or any of the
other Contemplated Transactions illegal.
7.7 No Governmental Proceedings
Relating to Contemplated Transactions. No
Proceeding brought by any Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction seeking to
prevent the consummation of the Merger shall be pending, except as permitted,
required or contemplated by this Agreement.
Article
8
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after
the adoption and approval of this Agreement by the Required Stockholder
Vote):
(a) by
mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
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(b) by
either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by
May 31, 2010; provided,
however, that a party shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 8.1(b) if the failure to consummate the Merger by May
31, 2010 is attributable to a failure on the part of such party to perform any
covenant or obligation in this Agreement that is required to be performed by
such party at or prior to the Effective Time;
(c) by
either Parent or the Company if a court of competent jurisdiction or other
Governmental Body shall have issued a final and nonappealable order, decree or
ruling, or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of permanently
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger;
(d) by
either Parent or the Company if: (i) the Company Stockholders’ Meeting
(including any adjournments and postponements thereof) shall have been held and
completed and the Company’s stockholders shall have taken a final vote on a
proposal to adopt and approve this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement shall not
have been adopted and approved at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (and shall
not have been adopted and approved at any adjournment or postponement thereof)
by the Required Stockholder Vote; provided, however, that a
party shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(d) if the failure to have this Agreement adopted and approved by the
Required Stockholder Vote is attributable to a failure on the part of such party
to perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement that is required to be
performed by such party at or prior to the Effective Time;
(e) by
Parent (at any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required
Stockholder Vote) if a Triggering Event shall have occurred;
(f) by
Parent if: (i) any of the Company’s representations and warranties contained in
this Agreement shall be inaccurate as of the date of this Agreement, or shall
have become inaccurate as of a date subsequent to the date of this Agreement (as
if made on and as of such subsequent date), such that the condition set forth in
Section 6.1 would not be satisfied (it being understood that, in determining the
accuracy of such representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement
or as of any subsequent date for purposes of this Section 8.1(f) any update of
or modification to the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made
on or after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded); or (ii) any of the
Company’s covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement shall have been
breached such that the condition set forth in Section 6.2 would not be
satisfied; provided,
however, that if an inaccuracy in any of the Company’s representations
and warranties or a breach of a covenant or obligation by the Company is curable
by the Company within thirty (30) days after the date of the occurrence of such
inaccuracy or breach and the Company is continuing to exercise reasonable
efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach, then Parent may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 8.1(f) on account of such inaccuracy or
breach: (A) during the thirty (30)-day period commencing on the date
on which the Company receives notice of such inaccuracy or breach; or (B) after
such thirty (30)-day period if such inaccuracy or breach shall have been fully
cured during such thirty (30)-day period in a manner that does not result in a
breach of any covenant or obligation of the Company;
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(g) by
the Company if: (i) any of Parent’s representations and warranties contained in
this Agreement shall be inaccurate as of the date of this Agreement, or shall
have become inaccurate as of a date subsequent to the date of this Agreement (as
if made on and as of such subsequent date), such that the condition set forth in
Section 7.1 would not be satisfied; or (ii) any of Parent’s covenants or
obligations contained in this Agreement shall have been breached such that the
condition set forth in Section 7.2 would not be satisfied; provided, however, that if an
inaccuracy in any of Parent’s representations and warranties or a breach of a
covenant or obligation by Parent is curable by Parent within thirty (30) days
after the date of the occurrence of such inaccuracy or breach and Parent is
continuing to exercise reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach,
then the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(g) on
account of such inaccuracy or breach: (1) during the thirty (30)-day period
commencing on the date on which Parent receives notice of such inaccuracy or
breach; or (2) after such thirty (30)-day period if such inaccuracy or
breach shall have been fully cured during such thirty (30)-day period in a
manner that does not result in a breach of any covenant or obligation of Parent;
or
(h) by
the Company, if prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required
Stockholder Vote the Company board of directors shall have effected an Adverse
Recommendation Change in response to a Superior Offer in compliance with Section
5.2 and concurrently therewith (i) the Company enters into a definitive written
agreement providing for the consummation of such Superior Offer and (ii) the
Company pays to Parent the Breakup Fee due pursuant to Section 8.3(c) of this
Agreement.
8.2 Effect of
Termination. In
the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1, this
Agreement shall be of no further force or effect; provided, however, that (a) this
Section 8.2, Section 8.3 and Section 9 (and the Confidentiality Agreement) shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and
effect, and (b) the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party
from any liability from the willful breach by such party (x) to fulfill a
condition to the performance of the obligations of any other party, or (y) to
perform a covenant hereof.
8.3 Expenses; Termination
Fees.
(a) Except
as set forth in this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be
paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger is
consummated.
(b) If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.1(d)
and after the date of this Agreement but prior to such termination (i) an
Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly disclosed, announced, commenced or
made and not publicly withdrawn and (ii) on or prior to the first anniversary of
such termination the Company shall have entered into any binding, definitive
written Contract for any Acquisition Transaction, then the Company shall pay to
Parent, at the time specified in Section 8.3(d), a fee in an amount equal to
$1,900,000 (the “Breakup Fee”) (it
being understood that for purposes of this Section 8.3(b), all references to
“15%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be treated as references
to “50%”).
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(c) If
this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(e) or by the
Company pursuant to Section 8.1(h), then the Company shall pay to Parent, at the
time specified in Section 8.3(d), a fee in an amount equal to the Breakup
Fee.
(d) Any
payment to be made by the Company to Parent pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall
be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated
by Parent. In the case of termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.1(d), any payment required to be made pursuant to
Section 8.3(b) shall be made by the Company no later than five (5) Business Days
after the execution of the Contract referred to in Section 8.3(b). In
the case of termination of this Agreement by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(e),
any payment required to be made pursuant to Section 8.3(c) shall be made no
later than five (5) Business Days after such termination. In the case
of termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(h), any
payment required to be made pursuant to Section 8.3(c) shall be made
concurrently with, and as a condition to, such termination.
(e) The
parties acknowledge and agree that the payment provisions set forth in this
Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and are included herein in order to induce Parent to enter into this
Agreement. If the Company fails to pay any such amount, and Parent
commences a suit which results in a judgment against the Company for any such
amount due or any portion thereof, then the Company shall pay Parent its costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements) in
connection with such suit, together with interest through the date of payment on
any amount due under this Section 8.3 at the prime rate as quoted on Bloomberg
screen (PRIMBB Index) in effect on the date such payment was required to be
made.
Article
9
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
9.1 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended with the approval of the respective boards of directors
of the Company and Parent at any time (whether before or after the adoption and
approval of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders); provided, however, that after
any such adoption and approval of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders,
no amendment shall be made which by law requires further approval of the
stockholders of the Company without the further approval of such
stockholders. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties
hereto.
9.2 Waiver.
(a) No
failure on the part of any party to exercise any power, right, privilege or
remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party in exercising
any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a
waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial
exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or
remedy.
(b) No
party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or
any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver
of
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such
claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written
instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party; and any such
waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific
instance in which it is given.
9.3 Survival of Representations
and Warranties. None
of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any
certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the
Merger.
9.4 Entire Agreement;
Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission. This
Agreement and the other agreements referred to in this Agreement constitute the
entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both
written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, that,
except as set forth in the parenthetical set forth below, the Confidentiality
Agreement shall not be superseded and shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms (it being understood that the “standstill” provisions
contained therein shall be deemed to have terminated as of the date of this
Agreement and shall be of no further force or effect). This Agreement
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in
counterparts or otherwise) by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in
“portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means
intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a
document, shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
9.5 Applicable Law;
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. 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. In any action or suit
between any of the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement: (a) each of the parties
irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of
Delaware; (b) if any such action or suit is commenced in a state court, then,
subject to applicable Legal Requirements, no party shall object to the removal
of such action or suit to any federal court located in the State of Delaware;
and (c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS.
9.6 Disclosure
Schedule. The
Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in separate parts corresponding to the
numbered and lettered sections contained in Section 2, and the information
disclosed in any numbered or lettered part shall be deemed to relate to and to
qualify only the particular representation or warranty set forth in the
corresponding numbered or lettered section in Section 2, and shall not be deemed
to relate to or to qualify any other representation or warranty, except where
such matter on its face would reasonably be expected to be pertinent to a
particular section of the Disclosure Schedule in light of the disclosure made in
such section.
9.7 Attorneys’
Fees. In
any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement or the rights of
any of the parties under this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action or
suit
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shall
be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys’ fees and all other
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
9.8 Assignability. This
Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to
the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns;
provided, however, that
neither this Agreement nor any of the Company’s rights or obligations hereunder
may be assigned or delegated by the Company without the prior written consent of
Parent, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of
such rights or obligations by the Company without Parent’s prior written consent
shall be void and of no effect. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied,
is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than: (a) the parties
hereto; and (b) the Indemnified Persons to the extent of their respective rights
pursuant to Section 5.6) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever
under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.9 Notices. Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any party
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered,
given and received when delivered by hand, by registered mail, by courier or
express delivery service or by facsimile to the address or facsimile telephone
number set forth beneath the name of such party below (or to such other address
or facsimile telephone number as such party shall have specified in a written
notice given to the other parties hereto):
if
to Parent or Merger Sub:
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a copy to:
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Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
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9.10 Cooperation. The
Company agrees to cooperate fully with Parent and to execute and deliver such
further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such
other actions as may be reasonably requested by Parent to evidence or reflect
the Contemplated Transactions and to carry out the intent and purposes of this
Agreement.
9.11 Severability. Any
term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or
enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in
any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination
shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words
or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is
valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the
invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid
and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not
exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree
to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and
enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the
economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or
provision.
9.12 Construction.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number
shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the
feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and
neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine
genders.
(b) The
parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied
in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) As
used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations
thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(d) Except
as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,”
“Exhibits” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement
and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement.
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(e) The
bold-faced headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be
referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
(f) The
use of “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated
otherwise.
9.13 Time. Time
is of the essence in the performance of this Agreement.
9.14 Specific
Performance. The
parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that
the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent
breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the
terms and provisions hereof in any federal court located in the State of
Delaware or any Delaware state court, in addition to any other remedy to which
they are entitled at law or in equity.
9.15 Personal
Liability. Neither
this Agreement nor any other document delivered in connection with this
Agreement shall create or be deemed to create or permit any personal liability
or obligation on the part of any officer or director of the
Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above
written.
IXYS
CORPORATION
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Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
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EXHIBIT
A
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
Acquired
Corporations. “Acquired Corporations” shall mean the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time.
Acquisition
Inquiry. “Acquisition Inquiry” shall mean an inquiry,
indication of interest or request for information (other than an inquiry,
indication of interest or request for information made or submitted by Parent)
that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition
Proposal.
Acquisition
Proposal. “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any offer or
proposal (other than an offer or proposal made or submitted by Parent)
contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction.
Acquisition
Transaction. “Acquisition Transaction” shall mean, other than
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any transaction or series of
related transactions involving:
(a) any
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination,
issuance of securities, acquisition of securities, reorganization
recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction: (i)
in which any of the Acquired Corporations is a constituent corporation; (ii) in
which a Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder) of Persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or
record ownership of securities representing more than fifteen percent (15%) of
the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of any of the
Acquired Corporations; or (iii) in which any Acquired Corporation issues
securities representing more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding
securities of any class of voting securities of such Acquired
Corporation;
(b) any
sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of any
business or businesses or assets that constitute or account for: (i)
fifteen percent (15%) or more of the consolidated net revenues of the Acquired
Corporations, consolidated net income of the Acquired Corporations or
consolidated book value of the assets of the Acquired Corporations; or (ii)
fifteen percent (15%) or more of the fair market value of the assets of the
Acquired Corporations; or
(c) any
liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization, extraordinary dividend or other
significant corporate reorganization of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Agreement. “Agreement”
shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger to which this Exhibit A is attached,
as it may be amended from time to time.
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Business
Day. “Business Day” shall mean each day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions located in San
Francisco, California are authorized or obligated by Legal Requirements or
executive order to close.
COBRA. “COBRA”
shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
Code. “Code” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company
Affiliate. “Company Affiliate” shall mean any Person under
common control with any of the Acquired Corporations within the meaning of
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code, and the regulations issued
thereunder.
Company Associate. “Company
Associate” shall mean any current or former employee, independent contractor who
is a natural person, officer or director of any of the Acquired Corporations or
any Company Affiliate.
Company Benefit Plan. “Company
Benefit Plan” shall mean each employment, consulting (with consultants who are
natural persons), salary, bonus, vacation, deferred compensation, incentive
compensation, stock purchase, stock option or other equity-based, severance,
termination, retention, change-in-control, death and disability benefits,
hospitalization, medical, life or other insurance, flexible benefits,
supplemental unemployment benefits, other welfare fringe benefits,
profit-sharing, pension or retirement plan, agreement, program, Contract or
commitment and each other employee benefit plan or arrangement, whether written
or unwritten, and whether funded or unfunded, including each Foreign Plan and
each “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
(whether or not ERISA is applicable to such plan), that is sponsored,
maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by any of the
Acquired Corporations or any Company Affiliate for the benefit of any Company
Associate or with respect to which any of the Acquired Corporations or any
Company Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation.
Company Common
Stock. “Company Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share, of the Company.
Company
Contract. “Company Contract” shall mean any Contract to which
any of the Acquired Corporations is a party.
Company
IP. “Company IP” shall mean (a) all
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in or pertaining to the
Company Products or methods or processes used to manufacture the Company
Products owned by or exclusively licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations,
and (b) all other Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights owned
by or exclusively licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations.
Company IP Contract. “Company IP
Contract” shall mean any Contract to which any of the Acquired Corporations is a
party or by which any of the Acquired Corporations is bound, that contains any
assignment or license of, or covenant not to assert or enforce, any Intellectual
Property Right or that otherwise relates to any Company IP or any Intellectual
Property developed by, with, or for any of the Acquired
Corporations.
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Company Material Adverse
Effect. “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any
effect, change, event or circumstance that, considered together with all other
effects, changes, events or circumstances, is or would reasonably be expected to
be materially adverse to: (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Acquired Corporations taken
as a whole, excluding any such effect, change, event or circumstance resulting
from or arising out of (i) any adverse effect (including any loss of or adverse
change in the relationship of the Acquired Corporations with their respective
employees, customers, distributors, licensors, partners, suppliers or similar
relationship) arising out of or related to the announcement or pendency of the
Merger, (ii) general economic market conditions (including acts of terrorism or
war) that do not disproportionately affect the Acquired Corporations, taken as a
whole, relative to other participants in the industry in which the Acquired
Corporations operate, (iii) general conditions in the industry in which the
Acquired Corporations operate that do not disproportionately affect the Acquired
Corporations, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry
in which the Acquired Corporations operate, (iv) any changes (after the date
hereof) in GAAP or applicable laws that do not disproportionately affect the
Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the
industry in which the Acquired Corporations operate, (v) any failure of the
Acquired Corporations to take any action as a result of restrictions or other
prohibitions pursuant to this Agreement, (vi) any failure of the Company to meet
internal or analysts’ expectations or projections (provided that the underlying
cause of any such failure may be considered in determining whether there has
been a Company Material Adverse Effect), (vii) any change in the market price or
trading volume of the Company Common Stock, in and of itself, or the Nasdaq
generally (provided
that the underlying cause of any such change may be considered in determining
whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); (viii) any Proceeding
made or brought by any third party (including any Company stockholder on such
holder’s own behalf or on behalf of the Company) arising out of or related to
this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ix) the
taking of any action, or failure to take action, to which Parent has consented
or approved in writing; (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger
or any of the other Contemplated Transactions or to perform any of its covenants
or obligations under the Agreement; or (c) Parent’s ability to vote, transfer,
receive dividends with respect to or otherwise exercise ownership rights with
respect to any of the stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Company Product. “Company
Product” shall mean any product or service owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations as of June 29, 2009 that is or was designed, developed,
manufactured, marketed, distributed, provided, licensed, or sold at any time by
any of the Acquired Corporations.
Company Restricted Share.
“Company Restricted Share” means a restricted share of Company Common Stock
issued pursuant to any of the Company Stock Plans that remains
unvested.
Confidentiality
Agreement. “Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean the
Confidentiality Agreement dated May 28, 2009 between the Company and
Parent.
Consent. “Consent”
shall mean any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or
authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
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Contemplated
Transactions. “Contemplated Transactions” shall mean the
Merger and the other transactions and actions contemplated by this Agreement,
including the Pre-Closing IP Transfer.
Contract. “Contract”
shall mean any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease,
understanding, arrangement, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order,
license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding
commitment or undertaking of any nature.
DGCL. “DGCL” shall
mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Disclosure
Schedule. “Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure
schedule that has been prepared by the Company in accordance with the
requirements of Section 9.6 of the Agreement and that has been delivered by the
Company to Parent on the date of the Agreement.
DOL. “DOL” shall
mean the United States Department of Labor.
Encumbrance. “Encumbrance”
shall mean, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference,
option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property right or
other adverse claim of any kind in respect of such property or asset (but
excluding (i) licenses and other agreements related to Intellectual Property
Rights which are not intended to secure an obligation, (ii) any obligation to
accept returns of inventory and (iii) any obligation arising by reason of
restrictions on transfer under federal, state and foreign securities
laws). For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to
own subject to an Encumbrance, any property or asset that it has acquired or
holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such
property or asset.
Entity. “Entity”
shall mean any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture,
estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited
liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise,
association, organization or entity.
ERISA. “ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
Exchange
Act. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
FMLA. “FMLA” shall mean the
Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended.
Foreign
Plan. “Foreign Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy or
other arrangement mandated by a Governmental Body outside the United States to
which any of the Acquired Corporations is required to contribute or under which
any of the Acquired Corporations has or may have any liability and any Company
Benefit Plan that is subject to any of the Legal Requirements of any
jurisdiction outside the United States and that covers or has covered any
Company Associate whose services are or have been performed primarily outside of
the United States.
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Governmental
Authorization. “Governmental Authorization” shall mean
any permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, variance,
clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given
or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body
or pursuant to any Legal Requirement.
Governmental
Body. “Governmental Body” shall mean any: (a) nation, state,
commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other
jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or
other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental division, department, agency, commission,
instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization,
unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal); or (d) self-regulatory
organization (including Nasdaq).
HIPAA. “HIPAA” shall mean the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as
amended.
Intellectual
Property. “Intellectual Property” shall mean algorithms,
application programmers’ interfaces (APIs), apparatus, circuit designs and
assemblies, gate arrays, IP cores, net lists, photomasks, semiconductor devices,
test vectors, databases, data and results from simulations or tests, design
rules, diagrams, formulae, GDSII files, inventions (whether or not patentable),
know-how, logos, marks (including brand names, product names, logos and
slogans), methods, network configurations and architectures, processes,
proprietary information, protocols, schematics, simulation methods or
techniques, specifications, software, software code (in any form, including
source code and executable or object code), software development tools,
subroutines, techniques, test vectors, user interfaces, uniform resource
locators (URLs), web sites, works of authorship and other forms of technology
(whether or not embodied in any tangible form and including all tangible
embodiments of the foregoing, such as instruction manuals, laboratory notebooks,
prototypes, samples, studies and summaries).
Intellectual Property
Rights. “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all rights
of the following types, which may exist or be created under the laws of any
jurisdiction in the world: (a) rights associated with works of authorship,
including exclusive exploitation rights, copyrights, moral rights and mask
works; (b) trademark and trade name rights and similar rights; (c) trade
secret rights; (d) patent and industrial property rights; (e) other proprietary
rights in Intellectual Property; and (f) rights in or relating to registrations,
renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions and reissues of, and applications
for, any of the rights referred to in clauses “(a)” through “(e)”
above.
IRS. “IRS” shall mean the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
Key Employee
Plan. “Key Employee Plan” means the Key Employee Protection
Plan adopted by the Company’s board of directors on July 23, 2008.
Knowledge. “Knowledge”
shall mean, with respect to the Acquired Corporations, the actual knowledge of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx and with respect to Parent and
Merger Sub, the actual knowledge of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx.
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Legal
Proceeding. “Legal Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit,
litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit,
examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Body or any
arbitrator or arbitration panel (but excluding ordinary course prosecution
proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office
and other IP registries).
Legal
Requirement. “Legal Requirement” shall mean any federal,
state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, constitution, principle
of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation,
ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or
otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (or
under the authority of Nasdaq).
Nasdaq. “Nasdaq”
means The NASDAQ Global Market.
Open Source Code. “Open Source
Code” shall mean any software code that is distributed as “free software” or
“open source software” or is otherwise distributed publicly in source code form
under terms that permit modification and redistribution of such
software. Open Source Code includes software code that is licensed
under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Mozilla
License, Common Public License, Apache License, BSD License, Artistic License,
or Sun Community Source License.
Option Exchange
Ratio. “Option Exchange Ratio” shall mean the quotient
obtained by dividing (a) the Merger Consideration by (b) the closing price per
share of Parent Common Stock on the last trading day immediately preceding the
Closing Date.
Parent Common
Stock. “Parent Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share, of Parent.
Parent Material Adverse
Effect. “Parent Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any
effect, change, event or circumstance that is or would reasonably be expected to
be materially adverse to the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger or any
of the other Contemplated Transactions or to perform any of its covenants or
obligations under the Agreement.
Person. “Person”
shall mean any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
Permitted Encumbrances.
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean (i) Encumbrances disclosed on the
Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, (ii) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due or
being contested in good faith by any appropriate proceedings and for which
accruals or reserves have been established on the Unaudited Interim Balance
Sheet in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Encumbrances (other than those securing
indebtedness) incurred in the ordinary course of business which do not (in any
case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets
subject thereto or materially interfere with any present use of the property or
assets to which such Encumbrances relate.
Proxy
Statement. “Proxy Statement” shall mean the proxy statement to
be sent to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Company
Stockholders’ Meeting.
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Registered
IP. “Registered IP” shall mean all Intellectual Property
Rights that are registered, filed, or issued under the authority of any
Governmental Body, including all patents, registered copyrights, registered mask
works, and registered trademarks and all applications for any of the
foregoing.
Representatives. “Representatives”
shall mean directors, officers, other employees, agents, attorneys, accountants,
advisors and representatives.
Routine Purchase Orders.
“Routine Purchase Orders” shall mean purchase orders issued by the Company to
(a) subcontractors solely for the production of masks, (b) foundries solely for
the production of wafers and (c) assembly houses solely for the assembly and
test of semiconductors.
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act” shall mean the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002, as it may be amended from time to time.
SEC. “SEC” shall mean the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities
Act. “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Severance Plan. “Severance
Plan” means the Severance Pay Plan adopted by the Company’s board of directors
on July 23, 2008.
Standard Form IP
Agreements. “Standard Form IP Agreements” shall mean the
following standard form agreements of any Acquired Corporations used by any of
the Acquired Corporations at any time since March 31, 2006: (a)
employee agreements containing any assignment or license of Intellectual
Property Rights; (b) consulting or independent contractor agreement containing
any Intellectual Property assignment or license of Intellectual Property Rights;
(c) confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements; and (d) non-exclusive outbound
license agreements and end-user licenses granted in the ordinary course of
business in connection with any Company Product. For the avoidance of
doubt, Standard Form IP Agreements shall be deemed to include predecessor
versions of those agreements qualifying as Standard Form IP Agreements, provided, however, that such
predecessor versions must have contained material terms that adequately
protected the Company IP in a manner substantially similar to the corresponding
Standard Form IP Agreement.
Subsidiary. An
Entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of another Person if such Person
directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record, (a)
an amount of voting securities of other interests in such Entity that is
sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of
such Entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least fifty
percent (50%) of the outstanding equity, voting, beneficial or financial
interests in such Entity.
Superior
Offer. “Superior Offer” shall mean an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition
Proposal made by a third party that the board of directors of the Company
determines, in its reasonable, good faith judgment, by a majority vote, after
consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation, is reasonably capable of being consummated,
and if consummated would be more favorable from a
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financial
point of view to the stockholders of the Company (in their capacity as such)
than the Merger, taking into account at the time of such vote (A) all of the
terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, including any break-up fees,
expense reimbursement provisions and financing or other conditions to
consummation and (B) any adjustment to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement irrevocably committed to by Parent in response to such Acquisition
Proposal (it being understood that for purposes of this definition, all
references to “15%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be treated
as references to “50%”).
Tax. “Tax” shall mean any
federal, state, local, foreign or other tax (including any income tax, franchise
tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, estimated
tax, unemployment tax, national health insurance tax, excise tax, ad valorem
tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, business tax,
withholding tax or payroll tax), levy, assessment, tariff, duty (including any
customs duty), deficiency or fee, and any related charge or amount (including
any fine, penalty, addition to tax or interest), imposed, assessed or collected
by or under the authority of any Governmental Body.
Tax Return. “Tax
Return” shall mean any return (including any information return), report,
statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form,
election, certificate or other document or information, and any amendment or
supplement to any of the foregoing, filed with or submitted to, or required to
be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the
determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection
with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any
Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
Treasury
Regulations. “Treasury Regulations” shall mean the regulations
promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the
Code.
Triggering Event. A
“Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (a) the board
of directors of the Company shall have failed to recommend that the Company’s
stockholders vote to adopt and approve the Agreement, or shall have withdrawn or
modified in a manner adverse to Parent the Company Board Recommendation; (b) the
Company shall have failed to include in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement the
Company Board Recommendation or a statement to the effect that the board of
directors of the Company has determined and believes that the Merger is
advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders;
(c) the board of directors of the Company fails to reaffirm publicly the Company
Board Recommendation, or fails to reaffirm its determination that the Merger is
advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders,
within ten (10) Business Days after Parent requests in writing that such
recommendation or determination be reaffirmed publicly; (d) the board of
directors of the Company shall have approved, endorsed or recommended any
Acquisition Proposal; (e) the Company shall have executed any letter of intent,
memorandum of understanding or definitive Contract providing for the
consummation of an Acquisition Transaction; (f) a tender or exchange offer
relating to securities of the Company shall have been commenced and the Company
shall not have sent to its securityholders, within ten (10) Business Days after
the commencement of such tender or exchange offer, a statement disclosing that
the Company recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (g) an
Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced, and the Company fails to issue a
press release announcing its opposition to such Acquisition Proposal within ten
(10) Business Days after such Acquisition Proposal is
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announced;
or (h) any of the Acquired Corporations or any of their respective
Representatives materially breaches any of the provisions set forth in Section
4.3 or Section 5.2.
Unaudited Interim Balance
Sheet. “Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet” shall mean the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of September 27, 2009, included in the Company’s Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 27, 2009, as filed with the SEC
prior to the date of this Agreement.
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