STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of July 30, 2010 by and among PACKETVIDEO CORPORATION, NEXTWAVE WIRELESS INC., NEXTWAVE BROADBAND INC. and NTT DOCOMO, INC.
EXHIBIT
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EXECUTION
COPY
dated
as of July 30, 2010
by
and among
PACKETVIDEO
CORPORATION,
NEXTWAVE
BROADBAND INC.
and
NTT
DOCOMO, INC.
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AGREEMENT
TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES
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(a)
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Purchase
and Sale of the Purchased Shares
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(b)
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Use
of Proceeds
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2.
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CLOSING
CONDITIONS
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(a)
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Purchaser at Closing
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(b)
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Conditions
to Obligations of Seller at Closing
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3.
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CLOSING
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF PARENT, SELLER AND THE
COMPANY
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(a)
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Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification
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(b)
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Capitalization
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(c)
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Authority;
Noncontravention
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(d)
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Valid
Issuance of Purchased Shares
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(e)
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Consents
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(f)
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Financial
Statements Accounts Receivable Undisclosed Liabilities
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(g)
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Brokers
and Other Advisors
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(h)
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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(i)
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Legal
Proceedings
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(j)
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Compliance
with Laws, Permits
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(k)
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Compliance
with Securities Laws
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(l)
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No
Integrated Offering
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(m)
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Subsidiaries
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(n)
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Corporate
Records
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(o)
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Taxes
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(p)
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Property
and Assets
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(q)
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Intellectual
Property
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(r)
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Insurance
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(s)
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Material
Contracts and Obligations
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(t)
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Employee
Benefits
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(u)
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Labor
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(v)
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Related-Party
Transactions
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TABLE OF
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Environmental,
Health and Safety Matters
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(x)
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Customers
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(y)
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SEC
Filings
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(z)
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Solvency
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(aa)
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Fairness
Opinion
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(bb)
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Disclosure
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE PURCHASER
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(a)
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Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification
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(b)
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Authority
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(c)
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No
Conflicts
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(d)
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Purchase
for Own Account
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(e)
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Investment
Experience
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(f)
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Status
of the Purchaser
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(g)
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Reliance
Upon the Purchaser’s Representations
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(h)
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Receipt
of Information
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(i)
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Restricted
Securities
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(j)
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Legends
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6.
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PRE-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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(a)
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Conduct
of Business Prior to the Closing
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(b)
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Access
to Information
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(c)
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Notice
of Certain Events
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(d)
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Governmental
Approvals and Consents
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(e)
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Approval
of Parent’s Stockholders
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(f)
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Settlement
of Working Capital
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(g)
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Communication
with Employees
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7.
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CERTAIN
POST-CLOSING COVENANTS
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(a)
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Certain
Tax Matters
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(b)
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Non-competition;
Non-solicitation
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(c)
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Confidentiality
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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Company
Information and Parent and Seller Information
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(e)
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Proposed
Management and Employee Retention Plan
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8.
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INDEMNIFICATION
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(a)
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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(b)
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Indemnification
Provisions for the Purchaser’s Benefit
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(c)
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Indemnification
Provisions for Parent and Seller’s Benefit
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(d)
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Exclusive
Remedy
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9.
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TERMINATION
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(a)
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Termination
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(b)
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Effect
of Termination
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(c)
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Payment
of Expenses
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10.
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DEFINED
TERMS
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11.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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(a)
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Successors
and Assigns
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(b)
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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(c)
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Specific
Enforcement
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(d)
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Expenses
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(e)
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Counterparts
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(f)
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Headings
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(g)
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Notices
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(h)
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Amendments
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(i)
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Reporting
and Publicity
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(j)
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Waivers
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(k)
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Replacement
of Shares
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(l)
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Severability
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(m)
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Entire
Agreement
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(n)
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Further
Assurances
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(o)
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Meaning
of “Include” and “Including”
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(p)
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No
Presumption Against Drafting Party
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(q)
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No
Third-Party Beneficiaries
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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Facsimile
and E-mail Signatures
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Corporate
Securities Law
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Annex A | - | Resigning Directors and Officers of the Company | |
Exhibit A | - | Officer’s Certificate | |
Exhibit B | - | Wire Transfer Instructions | |
Exhibit C | - | Certain Employees of the Purchaser |
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This
Stock Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is made and entered into as of July 30, 2010, by and among PacketVideo
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
NextWave Wireless Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
NextWave Broadband Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Seller”),
and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (the “Purchaser”
and, together with the Company, Parent and Seller, each a “Party”
and, collectively, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
on July 2, 2009, the Parties entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “2009
Stock Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Seller
agreed to sell, and the Purchaser agreed to purchase, 16,362,500 shares of Class
A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A
Common Stock”), which constituted 100% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Class A Common Stock and 35% of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Parties’ entry into the 2009 Stock Purchase Agreement,
the Parties entered into that certain Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of July
2, 2009 (the “Stockholders’
Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Purchaser was
granted the right (but not the obligation) (the “Option”)
to purchase all (but not less than all) of the common stock of the Company held
by Seller;
WHEREAS,
Seller currently holds 30,387,500 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company,
par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B
Common Stock”), which constitutes 100% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Class B Common Stock and 65% of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company;
WHEREAS,
by a letter dated December 22, 2009, the Purchaser notified Parent and Seller
that the Purchaser desires to exercise the Option and thereby purchase all of
the 30,387,500 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Seller (the “Purchased
Shares”), and by a letter dated June 28, 2010, the Purchaser confirmed in
writing to Parent and Seller that the Purchaser still intended to pursue the
purchase of the Purchased Shares, as further confirmed by entering into this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Purchaser’s exercise of the Option as evidenced hereby, Seller
desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase and
acquire from Seller, the Purchased Shares subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein; and
WHEREAS,
certain capitalized terms are used herein as defined in Article 10
hereof.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises hereinafter
set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows:
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1. AGREEMENT
TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES.
(a) Purchase and Sale of the
Purchased Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), Seller agrees to sell to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, the Purchased Shares for an
aggregate purchase price of $111.6 million (the “Purchase
Price”). The Company, Parent, Seller and the Purchaser have
determined and agree that the Purchase Price represents the Fair Market Value
(as defined and determined in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement) of
the Purchased Shares.
(b) Use of Proceeds. The
Seller shall apply the “Net Proceeds” (as defined by each Note Agreement) from
the sale of the Purchased Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Notes and of the related Note Agreements.
2. CLOSING
CONDITIONS.
(a) Conditions to Obligation of
the Purchaser at Closing. The obligation of the Purchaser to
purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on
or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise
waived by the Purchaser in writing.
(i) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company,
Parent and Seller contained in Article 4 shall be
true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties are qualified by the term “material” or contain a
term such as “Material Adverse Effect,” in which case such representations and
warranties (as so written, including the term “material” or “Material Adverse
Effect”) shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the
same effect as if made on and as of the Closing, without giving effect to
any supplement to the Disclosure Schedule or any notification given pursuant to
Section 6(c)
hereof or otherwise, except for representations and warranties which speak as of
a specific date or time other than the Closing Date which need only be true and
correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representations
and warranties are qualified by the term “material” or contain a term such as
“Material Adverse Effect,” in which case such representations and warranties (as
so written, including the term “material” or “Material Adverse Effect”) shall be
true and correct in all respects) as of such date or time.
(ii) Performance. Each
of the Company, Parent and Seller shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions
contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with
by it on or before the Closing.
(iii) Compliance
Certificate. The President(s) of each of the Company, Parent
and Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate
certifying that the conditions specified in Section 2(a)(i) and (ii) have been
fulfilled.
(iv) Company Secretary’s
Certificate. The Secretary of the Company shall have delivered
to the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate and attached thereto (i) a true
and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company as in effect at the time of the Closing (the “Restated
Certificate of Incorporation”), (ii) the
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Company’s
Bylaws as in effect at the time of the Closing, (iii) good standing certificates
(including tax good standing) with respect to the Company from the applicable
authorities in Delaware and California, dated no more than ten (10) days before
the Closing Date, and (iv) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company
adopting and approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
(v) Parent Secretary’s
Certificate. The Secretary of Parent shall have delivered to
the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate and attached thereto resolutions of
the Board of Directors of Parent adopting and approving the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
under this Agreement and resolving to recommend in the Proxy Materials (as
defined below) filed with the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable
following the date of this Agreement that the holders of shares of Parent’s
capital stock authorize the transactions contemplated hereby.
(vi) Seller Secretary’s
Certificate. The Secretary of Seller shall have delivered to
the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate and attached thereto resolutions of
the Board of Directors of Seller adopting and approving the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
under this Agreement.
(vii) Qualifications. All
authorizations, approvals or Permits, if any, of any governmental authority or
regulatory body of the United States or of any state or country that are
required in connection with the lawful sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to
this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Closing.
(viii) Expiration of Waiting
Period. The filings of the Parties pursuant to the HSR Act, if
any, shall have been made, and the applicable waiting period and any extensions
thereof shall have expired or been terminated.
(ix) Consents. The
Company shall have obtained the consents, Permits and waivers set forth in Schedule 2(a)(ix)
hereto.
(x) No
Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other
binding order, decree or ruling issued by a court or government agency shall be
in effect which shall have the effect of preventing the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(xi) Resignations of Officers and
Directors. The Purchaser shall have received the resignations,
effective as of the Closing, of each director and officer of the Company listed
on Annex A
attached hereto.
(xii) Resignations of Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx. The Purchaser shall have received the resignation,
effective as of the Closing, of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx from each and every position he
has with Parent, including as an employee.
(xiii) Certain Releases and
Documentation. The Purchaser shall have received evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser of the following: (i) the
irrevocable and unconditional release and discharge of all Liens on the assets
of the Company securing obligations of any members of Parent’s Affiliated Group,
and (ii) the delivery of counterparts of
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the
officer’s certificate required under Section 10.4 of each Note Agreement, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (or in such
other form reasonably agreed to by the Parties), duly executed by an officer of
Parent and executed by The Bank of New York Mellon as Agent.
(xiv) Opinion of Seller’s
Counsel. The Purchaser shall have received from Xxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Company, Parent and Seller, an opinion, dated as of the Closing
Date, in a form reasonably agreed to by the Parties.
(xv) FIRPTA
Certificate. The Purchaser shall have received from Seller a
duly executed certificate of non-foreign status meeting the requirements of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2).
(xvi) Stockholder
Approval. The stockholders of Parent shall have, by the
Required Parent Stockholder Vote, adopted and approved this Agreement and
authorized the sale of the Purchased Shares.
(b) Conditions to Obligations of
Seller at Closing. The obligations of Seller to sell the
Purchased Shares to the Purchaser at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment,
on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise
waived by it.
(i) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Purchaser contained in Article 5 shall be
true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties are qualified by the term “material” or contain a
term such as “Material Adverse Effect,” in which case such representations and
warranties (as so written, including the term “material” or “Material Adverse
Effect”) shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing with the
same effect as if made on and as of the Closing, except for representations
and warranties which speak as of a specific date or time other than the Closing
Date which need only be true and correct in all material respects (except to the
extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by the term
“material” or contain a term such as “Material Adverse Effect,” in which case
such representations and warranties (as so written, including the term
“material” or “Material Adverse Effect”) shall be true and correct in all
respects) as of such date or time.
(ii) Performance. The
Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all
covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement
that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the
Closing.
(iii) No
Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other
binding order, decree or ruling issued by a court or government agency shall be
in effect which shall have the effect of preventing the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iv) Qualifications. All
authorizations, approvals or Permits, if any, of any governmental authority or
regulatory body of the United States or of any state or country that are
required in connection with the lawful sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to
this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Closing.
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(v) Expiration of Waiting
Period. The filings of the Parties pursuant to the HSR Act, if
any, shall have been made, and the applicable waiting period and any extensions
thereof shall have expired or been terminated.
(vi) Stockholder
Approval. The stockholders of Parent shall have, by the
Required Parent Stockholder Vote, adopted and approved this Agreement and
authorized the sale of the Purchased Shares.
(vii) Indebtedness. Except
for Indebtedness to be repaid in accordance with Section 6(f), all
Indebtedness owed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or Seller
or any of their other Affiliates, as identified on Schedule 4(s), as
such schedule may be updated through and including the Closing Date, shall have
been repaid in full, and upon such repayment in full, the agreements evidencing
any such Indebtedness shall be terminated and of no further force or effect as
of the Closing Date.
(viii) 2009 Transaction
Agreements. The Stockholders’ Agreement shall have been terminated and of
no further force or effect, as effected pursuant to a termination agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Parties, and the Registration Rights Agreement
shall have been amended to remove Seller as a party thereto and to extinguish
all rights and obligations of Seller thereunder, as effected pursuant to an
amendment agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Parties.
3. CLOSING.
(a) The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares (the “Closing”)
shall take place at the offices of Seller at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in Article 2 hereof or
at such other time or place as the Parties may mutually agree. The
date of the Closing is referred to herein as the “Closing
Date.”
(b) At the
Closing, against full payment of the Purchase Price for the Purchased Shares, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds by the Purchaser to The Bank of New
York, as collateral agent for and representative of the holders of the Notes,
for the benefit of Seller in accordance with the wire transfer instructions
attached hereto as Exhibit B, which wire
transfer shall constitute full and final payment of the Purchase Price to
Seller, Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser one or more stock certificates
registered in the name of Seller, representing the Purchased Shares and bearing
the legends set forth in Section 5(j) herein,
duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a stock assignment separate from
certificate duly executed in blank. Closing documents may be
delivered by facsimile or by electronic mail.
4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF PARENT, SELLER AND THE COMPANY.
The
Company, Parent and Seller each hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that, except as disclosed in the disclosure schedule delivered to Purchaser in
connection herewith (the “Disclosure
Schedule”), which exceptions shall be deemed to be part of and qualify
the representations and warranties made hereunder, the following representations
and warranties are true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof (or
such other date and time specified in a
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representation
and warranty), and they will be true and correct in all material respects
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by
the term “material” or contain a term such as “Material Adverse Effect,” in
which case such representations and warranties (as so written, including the
term “material” or “Material Adverse Effect”) will be true and correct in all
respects) as of the Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated. The
Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged with specific reference to the Section or
subsection of this Article 4 to which
the information stated in such Disclosure Schedule relates (provided, however, that any
disclosure contained in any section of the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed
to be disclosed with respect to any other Section or subsection of this Article 4 only to the
extent that it is reasonably and readily apparent that such disclosure is
applicable to such other Section or subsection of this Article
4).
(a) Organization, Good Standing
and Qualification. Each of the Company, Parent and Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority
necessary to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as currently proposed by
its management to be conducted. Each of the Company, Parent and
Seller is duly qualified or authorized to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property and each other
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
properties requires such qualification or authorization, except where the
failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Capitalization. The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, consisting of 18,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 16,362,500
shares of which are issued and outstanding, and 57,000,000 shares of Class B
Common Stock, of which 30,387,500 shares are issued and outstanding and owned by
Seller and 16,362,500 shares of Class B Common Stock are reserved for issuance
upon conversion of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and all of
such outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable. All of the
Purchased Shares are free of all Liens (including any option, right of first
refusal, proxy, voting trust or agreement, or Transfer restriction under any
stockholder or similar agreement) and restrictions on Transfer other than
restrictions on Transfer under applicable federal and state securities Laws and
under the 2009 Transaction Documents. All outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company were issued in compliance with all applicable
federal and state securities Laws. No shares of preferred stock are
authorized, issued or outstanding, and no shares of Common Stock or preferred
stock are held by the Company in its treasury. The Company has
reserved 8,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock for issuance to officers,
directors, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to its 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors and approved by
the Company’s stockholders. Of such reserved shares of Common Stock,
no shares have been issued pursuant to restricted stock purchase agreements,
options to purchase 6,364,300 shares have been granted and are currently
outstanding, and 1,885,700 shares of Class B Common Stock remain available for
issuance to officers, directors, employees and consultants pursuant to the 2009
Equity Incentive Plan. The Company has furnished to the Purchasers
complete and accurate copies of the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of
agreements used thereunder. Except as set forth in this Section 4(b), no
awards have been granted under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, and, except
as
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set forth
in the 2009 Transaction Documents, there is no existing option, warrant, call,
right or Contract of any character to which the Company is a party requiring,
and there are no securities of the Company outstanding which upon conversion or
exchange would require, the issuance, sale or Transfer of any additional shares
of capital stock or other equity securities of the Company or other securities
convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or
purchase shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the
Company. Schedule 4(b) sets
forth the capitalization of the Company as of the date of this Agreement,
including the number of shares of the following: (i) issued and outstanding
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, including, with respect to
restricted Class B Common Stock, if any, vesting schedule and repurchase price;
(ii) issued stock options, including vesting schedule and exercise price; (iii)
stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance; and (iv) warrants and
other stock purchase rights, if any. Except as set forth in the 2009
Transaction Documents, none of the Company, Parent and Seller is a party to any
voting trust or other Contract with respect to the voting, redemption, sale,
Transfer or other disposition of the capital stock of the Company other than the
2009 Transaction Documents.
(c) Authority;
Noncontravention.
(i) Each of
the Company, Parent and Seller has all necessary corporate power, authority and
legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein (collectively, the “Transactions”). The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Company, Parent
and Seller of their respective obligations hereunder, and the consummation by
the Company, Parent and Seller of the Transactions, have been duly authorized
and approved by such Party’s board of directors and no other corporate action on
the part of such Party is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by such Party of this Agreement and the consummation of the
Transactions, except for (A) the approval of this Agreement by the Required
Parent Stockholder Vote and (B) the requisite approvals contemplated by Section
4(c)(i). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company, Parent and Seller and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the Purchaser, constitutes legal,
valid and binding obligations of each of the Company, Parent and Seller,
enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, except that such
enforceability (x) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws of general
application affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and (y) is subject to general principles of equity, whether considered
in a proceeding at Law or in equity.
(ii) None of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, Parent and Seller,
the consummation by the Company, Parent and Seller of this Agreement, or
compliance by the Company, Parent and Seller with any of the terms or provisions
of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a violation of or default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss
of a material benefit under, or give rise to any obligation of such Party to
make any material payment under, or to the increased, additional, accelerated or
guaranteed rights or entitlements of any Person under, or result in the creation
of any Liens upon any of the properties or assets of such Party or any
Subsidiary of such Party under, any provision of (A) the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws or other comparable organizational documents of
such
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Party,
(B) any Contract or Permit to which such Party or any Subsidiary of such Party
is a party or by which any of the properties or assets of such Party or any or
any Subsidiary of such Party are bound, (C) any Order of any Governmental
Authority applicable to such Party or any Subsidiary of such Party or any of the
properties or assets of such Party or any Subsidiary of such Party, or (D) any
applicable Law; except in the cases of clauses (B) and (C) for any conflict,
violation, default, loss of benefit, or right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Company Board
Actions. The boards of directors of Parent, Seller and the
Company, at respective meetings duly called and held, have (A) determined that
the Transactions are fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent, Seller and
the Company, respectively, and their respective stockholders, (B) declared the
advisability of and duly approved this Agreement and the Transactions, (C) in
the cases of Parent and Seller, resolved to recommend that their respective
stockholders authorize the Transactions, and (D) to the extent necessary,
adopted a resolution having the effect of causing the Company not to be subject
to any state Takeover Law or similar Law that might otherwise apply to the
Transactions, and, as of the date hereof, none of the aforesaid actions by the
boards of directors of Parent, Seller or the Company have been amended,
rescinded or modified.
(d) Valid Issuance of Purchased
Shares.
(i) The
Purchased Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable,
and free of all Liens, except Liens in favor of holders of the Notes, and
restrictions on Transfer other than restrictions on Transfer under applicable
federal and state securities Laws and under the 2009 Transaction
Documents. Based in part upon the representations of the Purchaser in
Article 5, the
Purchased Shares, upon transfer to the Purchaser, shall have been transferred in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities Laws and free of all
Liens.
(ii) The
Purchase Price represents the Agreed Valuation (as defined in the Stockholders’
Agreement) of the Purchased Shares.
(e)Consents. No consent,
waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or filings, declarations or
registrations with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Authority is
required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company, Parent or Seller, the compliance by the Company, Parent and Seller with
any of the provisions hereof or the consummation by the Company, Parent or
Seller of the Transactions, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of the
Proxy Materials and such reports under Section 13 or 16 of the Exchange Act as
may be required in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, (ii)
compliance with and filings pursuant to the HSR Act, (iii) those consents and
filings set forth on Schedule
4(e) and Schedule
2(a)(ix), and (iv) such consents, waivers, approvals, Orders, Permits, or
authorizations of, or filings, declarations or registrations with, or
notifications to any Person or Governmental Authority that, if not obtained,
made or given, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(f) Financial Statements;
Accounts Receivable; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(i) True,
correct and complete copies of (i) the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the years ending
December 27, 2008 and December 31, 2009, each of which include a statement of
cash flows and statement of operations for such fiscal year and a balance sheet
as at the last day thereof and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the five-month
period ending May 29, 2010, which include a statement of cash flows and
statement of operations for such five-month period and a balance sheet (the
“Balance
Sheet”) as of the last day thereof (the “Balance
Sheet Date”), are attached hereto as Schedule 4(f)(i) (the
financial statements referred to in this clause (ii) are the “Interim
Financial Statements,” and, collectively, the financial statements
referred to in clause (i) above and this clause (ii) are the “Financial
Statements”). Each of the Financial Statements (x) has been
prepared in accordance with the books and records of the Company, (y) has been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and (z)
presents fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
the respective dates for the periods indicates and for the respective periods
indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein and subject to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of notes that will not,
individually or in the aggregate, be material. The Company maintains
a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with
GAAP.
(ii) All
accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are reflected on
the Balance Sheet or on the accounting records of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (collectively, the “Accounts
Receivable”) represent or will represent valid obligations arising from
sales actually made or services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of
Business. Unless paid prior to the Closing Date, the Accounts
Receivable are or will be as of the Closing Date current and collectible net of
the respective reserves shown on the Balance Sheet or on the accounting records
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (which reserves are
believed by the Company to be adequate in all material respects and calculated
consistent with past practice).
(iii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness, Liabilities or
obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise,
whether known or unknown) whether or not required, if known, to be reflected in
or reserved against or otherwise described on a consolidated balance sheet of
the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP or the notes thereto, except
Indebtedness, Liabilities and obligations (A) as and to the extent fully
reflected in, reserved against or otherwise described in the balance sheets
included in the Financial Statements, (B) liabilities incurred for legal and
transactional expenses in connection with the Transactions or this Agreement,
(C) incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business,
which, in all such cases, individually and in the aggregate would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (D) liabilities pursuant to any Material Contract
(as defined in Section
4(s) below) to which a Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
any Contract entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
Ordinary Course of Business (except to the extent any such liability would not
be ascertainable by reference to such Contract). Since the Balance
Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any of its
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Subsidiaries
has failed to promptly pay and discharge any current Liabilities except where
disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and has not accelerated the
collection of any accounts receivable.
(g) Brokers and Other
Advisors. No Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a
broker, finder or financial advisor for the Company, Parent or Seller in
connection with the Transactions, and no Person is entitled to any fee or
commission or like payment in respect thereof.
(h)Absence of Certain Changes or
Events. Since the Balance Sheet Date, there have not been any
events, changes, occurrences or state of facts that, individually or in the
aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have carried on and operated their respective businesses in all
material respects in the Ordinary Course of Business. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, since the Balance Sheet Date, except
as contemplated by the Transactions or this Agreement:
(i) there has
not been any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of
or other ownership interest in the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(ii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any loan (other than advances
of compensation) to, or entered into any other material transaction (other than
employment-related transactions) with, any of its Affiliates, directors,
officers or employees other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(iii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has mortgaged, pledged or been subjected
to any Lien (other than the Permitted Exceptions) on any of its material assets,
or acquired any material assets or sold, assigned, conveyed, leased or otherwise
disposed of or Transferred any material assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
except for assets acquired or sold, assigned, conveyed, leased or otherwise
disposed of or Transferred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iv) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has issued any note, bond or other debt
security or created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for
borrowed money or capitalized lease obligation involving more than $100,000 in
the aggregate;
(v) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has assigned, granted any exclusive
license or sublicense of any rights under or with respect to, or otherwise
Transferred, any material Intellectual Property, except non-exclusive licenses
granted in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(vi) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of, instituted or
settled any material Proceeding;
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(vii) there has
been no change made or authorized in the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or
other comparable organizational documents of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement;
(viii) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has issued, sold or otherwise disposed of any of
its capital stock, or granted any options, warrants or other rights to purchase
or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange or exercise) any of its capital
stock except to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or under the Company’s
2009 Equity Incentive Plan;
(ix) none of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed, committed, arranged or entered
into any understanding to do anything set forth in this Section
4(h).
(i) Legal
Proceedings. Except for matters
that have not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, Parent or Seller threatened legal, administrative,
arbitral or other Proceeding against, or governmental or regulatory
investigation of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or to the Knowledge of
the Company, Parent or Seller, pending or threatened, against any of the
officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to their business activities on behalf of the Company), or to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise a party before any Governmental
Authority, nor is there any Order imposed (or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
Parent or Seller threatened to be imposed) upon the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, by or
before any Governmental Authority. To Knowledge of the Company,
Parent or Seller, there is no action, suit, proceeding, hearing or investigation
that is expected to be brought against Company or any Subsidiary that would
have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(j) Compliance with Laws,
Permits.
(i) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all Laws and Permits applicable to it, any of its properties or other
assets or any of its businesses or operations, except for any noncompliance with Permits that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries hold all material Permits
necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses as they are now
being conducted and as currently proposed by their respective managements to be
conducted, and each such material
Permit is in full force and effect and will continue to be in full force and
effect on identical terms upon the consummation of the Transactions, other than
any Permits the failure of which to remain in full force and effect would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) There is
no term or provision of any Law or Order applicable to or binding upon the
Company, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, Parent or Seller, none of
the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any
contract or covenant (either with the Company or with another entity) relating
to employment, patent, other proprietary information
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disclosure,
non-competition, or non-solicitation, other than
any such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(k) Compliance with Securities
Laws. Subject to the accuracy of the representations made by
the Purchaser in Article 5 hereof, the
offer and transfer of the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser is exempt from the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates,
nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to,
advertisement, articles, notices or other communications published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or
any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general
solicitation or general advertising, in connection with the offer and sale of
the Purchased Shares.
(l) No Integrated
Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their
Affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly,
made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any
security, under circumstances that would require registration or qualification
of any of the Purchased Shares under the Securities Act or cause the offering of
the Purchased Shares to be integrated with prior or concurrent offerings by the
Company for purposes of the Securities Act. None of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, their Affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take
any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require
registration or qualification of any of the Purchased Shares under the
Securities Act or cause the offering of the Purchased Shares to be integrated
with any other offering.
(m) Subsidiaries. Schedule 4(m) sets
forth each Subsidiary of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each such
Subsidiary is incorporated or organized, the number of shares of its authorized
capital stock, the number and class of shares thereof duly issued and
outstanding, the names of all stockholders or other equity owners and the number
of shares of stock owned by each stockholder or the amount of equity owned by
each equity owner thereof. Each Subsidiary of the Company is a duly
organized and validly existing corporation or other entity in good standing
under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and is
duly qualified or authorized to do business as a foreign corporation or entity
and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases real property and each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification or
authorization, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be
qualified and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Subsidiary of the Company has all requisite corporate or
entity power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted
and as currently proposed by its management to be conducted. The
outstanding shares of capital stock or equity interests of each Subsidiary have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
were issued in compliance with all applicable securities Laws, and all such
shares or other equity interests represented as being owned by the Company are
owned by it free and clear of any and all Liens (including any option, right of
first refusal, proxy, voting trust or agreement, or Transfer restriction under
any stockholder or similar agreement) except as set forth in Schedule 4(m). No
shares of capital stock are held by any Subsidiary of the Company as treasury
stock. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right or Contract
of any character to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party requiring,
and there
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are no
securities of any Subsidiary of the Company outstanding which upon conversion or
exchange would require, the issuance, sale or other Transfer of any additional
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary of the
Company or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the
right to subscribe for or purchase shares of capital stock or other equity
interests of any Subsidiary of the Company. Other than the
Subsidiaries of the Company, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or equity or
ownership interests in, any other Person (collectively, “Third-Party
Interests”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company have any rights to, or are bound by any commitment or obligation to,
acquire by any means, directly or indirectly, any Third-Party Interests or to
make any investment in any Person.
(n) Corporate
Records.
(i) The
Company has delivered to the Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of the
certificates of incorporation (each certified by the Secretary of State or other
appropriate official of the applicable jurisdiction of organization) and by-laws
(each certified by the secretary, assistant secretary or other appropriate
officer) or comparable organizational, documents of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries.
(ii) The
minute books of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries previously made
available to the Purchaser contain true, correct and complete records of all
meetings and accurately, reflect in all material respects all other corporate
action of the stockholders and board of directors (including committees thereof)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The stock certificate books and
stock transfer ledgers of the Company and its Subsidiaries previously made
available to the Purchaser are true, correct and complete. All stock
transfer Taxes levied or payable with respect to all Transfers of shares of the
Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof have been paid and
appropriate transfer Tax stamps affixed.
(o) Taxes. Except
as set forth on Schedule
4(o):
(i) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all Tax Returns that were
required to be filed by it. All such Tax Returns are true, correct
and complete in all material respects and the Company has maintained, to the
extent required, documentation supporting all positions taken
thereon. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely paid all
Taxes which were required to be paid by it. The amount shown on the
Financial Statements as provision for Taxes is sufficient for payment of all
accrued and unpaid Taxes for the period then ended and all prior
periods.
(ii) Subsequent
to July 19, 2005, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a
member of an Affiliated Group filing a Consolidated Tax Return, other than an
Affiliated Group of which Parent is the parent corporation. Each such
Affiliated Group of which Parent is the parent corporation has filed all
Consolidated Tax Returns that were required to be filed by it for each taxable
period during which any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was a member
of such Affiliated Group. All such Consolidated Tax Returns are true,
correct and complete in all material respects and Parent has maintained, to the
extent required by applicable Laws, documentation supporting all positions taken
thereon to the extent relating to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Subsequent to July 19, 2005, each such
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Affiliated
Group of which Parent is the parent corporation has timely paid all Taxes which
were required to be paid by it for each taxable period during which any of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries was a member of such Affiliated
Group. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to
or bound by any tax sharing, tax allocation, tax indemnity or similar agreement
or arrangement (whether or not written). Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes of another Person (other
than the Company and its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-6 (or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law), as a
transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(iii) Except as
set forth in Schedule
4(o)(iii), none of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ federal or
state income Tax Returns or other material Tax Returns have been audited or
examined by any Taxing Authority, and no controversy with respect to Taxes of
any type in a material amount is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
Parent or Seller, threatened with regard to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 4(o)(iii),
there have been no audits or other examinations of any of the Consolidated Tax
Returns filed by any Affiliated Group for any taxable period during which any of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was a member of such Affiliated Group,
and no controversy with respect to Taxes of any type in a material amount is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, Parent or Seller, threatened with
regard to such Affiliated Group.
(iv) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with
all applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes, and has
duly and timely withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority all
amounts required to be so withheld and paid under all applicable
Laws.
(v) No claim
has been made by any Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to
taxation by, or required to file any Tax Return in, that
jurisdiction.
(vi) There are
no outstanding assessments, claims or deficiencies for any material amount of
Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have been proposed,
asserted or assessed. No issue has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any
prior examination of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, by
application of the same or similar principles, would reasonably be expected to
result in a proposed deficiency of Taxes in a material amount for any subsequent
taxable period. There are no Liens for Taxes (other than Taxes not
yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(vii) None of
the Transactions will give rise to any withholding obligation under any
provision of Law (including Section 1445 of the Code).
(viii) For
purposes of this Section 4
(o) , any reference
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to include any Person
that merged with or was liquidated into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
respectively.
(p) Property and
Assets. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all of the tangible properties and assets that each purports
to own, including all tangible properties and assets reflected in the Financial
Statements, except those disposed of
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since the
Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business, and none of such
properties or assets is subject to any Lien other than the Permitted
Exceptions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any
real property.
(q) Intellectual
Property.
(i) The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or otherwise have (or believes in good faith
they can acquire on commercially reasonable terms) sufficient rights in and to
all Intellectual Property used in and necessary to conduct the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as now being conducted and as currently proposed by
its management to be conducted.
(ii) All Owned
Registered IP (other than patents and patent applications) which is material to
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as now being conducted is
owned entirely by the Company and its Subsidiaries, is valid and subsisting, and
all patents and patent applications owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which are material to the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as now being conducted are owned entirely by the Company and its
Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company are valid and
subsisting. All necessary registration, maintenance, renewal, and
other relevant filing fees due through the date hereof in connection with the
Owned Registered IP (other than any Owned Registered IP that has been
intentionally abandoned by the Company) have been timely paid and all necessary
documents and certificates in connection therewith have been timely filed with
the relevant patent, copyright, trademark, or other authorities in the United
States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of
maintaining such Owned Registered IP in full force and effect, except where the
failure to timely pay such fees or timely file such documents would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) The
Company is not a party to any action, suit or proceeding, and is not asserting
any claim, against any Person for infringing or misappropriating any of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property. To the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
infringing or misappropriating the Intellectual Property rights of any other
Person. No claim or demand is
pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or
any Subsidiary that challenges the validity, enforceability, use or
exclusive ownership of any of Intellectual Property or alleges any infringement,
misappropriation, violation, or unfair competition or trade practices
(including, without limitation, any claim that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries must license or refrain from using any Intellectual Property of any
third party). None of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ owned
Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding Order that restricts in any
manner the use, Transfer or licensing thereof by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or affects the validity, use or enforceability of any such
Intellectual Property, except for any restriction that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(iv) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have executed written agreements with all of their
employees who have contributed to the development of the Intellectual Property
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in which such employees have assigned or
agreed to assign to the Company or its Subsidiaries all their rights in and to
all material Intellectual Property they may develop for the Company in the
course of their employment pursuant to the terms of such
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agreements,
except where the failure to have any such agreement would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have executed
written agreements with all consultants and contractors who have been retained
in connection with the development of material Intellectual Property by which
the consultants and contractors have assigned to the Company or its Subsidiaries
all their rights in and to such material Intellectual Property and agreed to
confidentiality provisions in such agreements, except where the failure to have
such agreements would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No
government funding and no facilities of a university, college, other educational
institution or research center were used in the development of any Intellectual
Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries where, as a result of
such funding or the use of such facilities, the government or any university,
college, other educational institution or research center has any rights in such
Intellectual Property owned by the Company.
(r) Insurance. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has in full force and effect fire and
casualty insurance policies with extended coverage, sufficient in amount
(subject to reasonable deductions) to allow it to replace any of its properties
that might be damaged or destroyed. All such insurance policies are
in force and effect, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely
paid all applicable premiums thereunder. Except as set forth on Schedule 4(r),
to the Knowledge of the Company, Parent and Seller, no event relating to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has occurred which would reasonably be
expected to result in a retroactive upward adjustment in premiums under any such
insurance policies or which would reasonably be expected to result in a
prospective upward adjustment in such premiums.
(s) Material Contracts and
Obligations.
(i) The
Company has made available to the Purchaser copies of all of the following
Contracts (or written summaries in the case of oral Contracts) to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound (but only
to the extent material): (A) all material Contracts to which Parent, Seller or
any of their Affiliates (other than Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries), or
any stockholder, officer, director or “associate” (as such term is defined in
the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act) of any such
Person, is a party, (B) all indenture, loan or credit agreements, note
agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, security agreements, promissory notes and
other Contracts relating to or evidencing Indebtedness, (C) all Contracts
granting any option to purchase assets, or acquire an exclusive license,
preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right to any Person, (D) all
covenants not to compete or similar restriction on its ability to conduct a
business and any standstill agreements, (E) all agreements to register
securities under the Securities Act, and (F) all Contracts with the five (5)
largest customers (based on net sales by the Company and its Subsidiaries) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the most recently
completed fiscal year and for the period beginning on January 3, 2010 and ending
on the Balance Sheet Date (the Contracts described in clauses (A) through (F)
above, collectively referred to as the “Material
Contracts”). To the Knowledge of the Company, all of the
Material Contracts are valid, binding and in force and effect on the
Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
default under any material provision of any of such Material Contracts, except
where any such default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii) As of the
date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written communication from any other party to the Material Contracts stating
that such other party has decided or plans to terminate or otherwise discontinue
such Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to any such
Material Contract is in default under any provision thereof, except in each case
where such termination or discontinuance or default would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(iii) None of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any guaranty of
Indebtedness of another Person.
(iv) Schedule 4(s)
attached hereto describes in reasonable detail all Indebtedness owed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or Seller or any of their other
Affiliates.
(t) Employee
Benefits.
(i) The
Company has made available to the Purchaser accurate and complete copies of all
Company Plan documents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor
any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained or contributed to any “defined benefit
plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, nor do any of them have a current or
contingent obligation to contribute to, or Liability with respect to, any
“multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), or any multiple
employer plan within the meaning of ERISA Section 210 or Code Section 413(c), or
any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in ERISA Section
3(40)). No Company Plan is subject to Section 412 of the
Code.
(ii) The
Company Plans have been operated, administered and maintained in all material
respects in accordance with their terms and applicable Law. Each
Company Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and any
related trust thereunder intended to be exempt from federal income taxation
under Section 501(a) of the Code has either (A) applied for a favorable
determination letter, prior to the expiration of the requisite remedial
amendment period under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements,
but has not yet received a response, (B) obtained at least one favorable
determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion letter, as applicable, on
which the Company is entitled to rely, as to its qualified status from the IRS,
or (C) still has a remaining period of time to apply for such a determination
letter from the IRS and to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable
determination, and nothing has occurred with respect to the operation of such
Company Plan that would reasonably be expected to cause the revocation of such
most recent determination (if any), or the imposition of any Liability, penalty
or tax under ERISA or the Code, except where any failure to comply has not had,
nor reasonably would be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iii) None of
the Company Plans provides for post-employment life or health insurance,
benefits or coverage for any participant or any dependent of a participant,
except as may be required under Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of Subtitle B
of Title I of ERISA, and the regulations thereunder, or as may be required under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Title III, Section 3001, and
except at the expense of the participant or the participant’s
dependent(s).
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(iv) Except as
set forth on Schedule
4(t)(iv) or as otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby, neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
Transactions will (A) result in any payment becoming due to any Company
employee, (B) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Plan, or
(C) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such
benefits under any Company Plan.
(u) Labor.
(i) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any labor or collective
bargaining agreement and there are no labor or collective bargaining agreements
which pertain to employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(ii) No
Employees are represented by any labor organization. No labor
organization or group of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has
made a pending demand for recognition, and there are no representation
proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, Parent and Seller, threatened to be brought
or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or other labor relations
tribunal. To the Knowledge of the Company, Parent and Seller, there
is no organizing activity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pending or threatened by any labor organization or group of employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iii) There are
no (A) strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts or arbitrations or (B)
material grievances or other labor disputes pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, Parent and Seller, threatened against or involving the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries. To the Knowledge of the Company, Parent and
Seller, there are no unfair labor practice charges, grievances or complaints
pending or threatened by or on behalf of any employee or group of employees of
the Company that would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) There are
no complaints, charges or claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pending with any Governmental Authority, or, to Knowledge of the Company, Parent
and Seller, that
have been threatened in writing to be brought or filed, with any Governmental
Authority based on, or arising out of, the employment or termination of
employment or failure to employ by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of
any individual. There has been no “mass layoff” or “plant closing” (as defined
by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended)
with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the six (6) months
prior to Closing.
(v) To the
Knowledge of the Company, Parent and Seller, none of the officers or employees
listed on Schedule
4(u)(v) intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company, and
the Company does not have a present intention to terminate the employment of any
such officer or employee.
(v) Related-Party
Transactions. Schedule 4(v) lists
all material Contracts to which the Company, on the one hand, and Parent, Seller
or any of their Affiliates (other than Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries),
or any stockholder, officer, director or “associate” (as such
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term is
defined in the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act), on
the other hand, are parties. Except as set forth in Schedule 4(v) or as
otherwise contemplated by the Transactions, the 2009 Transaction Documents or
this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, no director or officer of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) owns any direct or indirect interest of
any kind in, or controls or is a director, officer, employee or partner of, or
consultant to, or lender to or borrower from or has the right to participate in
the profits of, any Person (excluding Parent, Seller or any of their Affiliates)
which is (A) a competitor, supplier, customer, landlord, tenant, creditor or
debtor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) engaged in a business
related to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) a
participant in any transaction to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party, or (ii) is a party to any Contract with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(w) Environmental, Health and
Safety Matters.
(i) Except as
set forth on Schedule
4(w),
the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with
all Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements.
(ii) Except
for such matters which have not resulted and would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, claim,
subpoena, or
report from any Person (A) alleging any violation by such entity of any
Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements, (B) asserting any claim that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is liable to conduct any investigatory,
remedial or corrective actions under Environmental, Health and Safety
Requirements at any real property formerly or currently occupied by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) asserting any other liability under
Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements.
(iii) The
Company has furnished or made available to the Purchaser all environmental
audits, reports and other material environmental documents (including, without
limitation, Phase I and Phase II site assessments) that are in its possession or
under its reasonable control and relate to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their operation of any facilities or real property ever owned,
operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(x) Customers. Schedule 4(x) sets
forth a true and complete list of the five (5) largest customers (based on net
sales by the Company and its Subsidiaries) of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, for the most recently completed fiscal year and sets forth
opposite the name of each such customer the percentage of consolidated net sales
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, attributable to such
customer and distributor. Schedule 4(x) also
sets forth, for the period beginning on January 3, 2010 and ending on the
Balance Sheet Date, a true and complete list of the five (5) largest customers
(based on net sales by the Company and its Subsidiaries) of Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the current fiscal year and sets forth
opposite the name of each such customer the percentage of consolidated net sales
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, attributable to such
customer.
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(y) SEC
Filings. Parent’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal
years ended December 27, 2008 and January 2, 2010, and all other reports,
registration statements, definitive proxy statements or information statements
filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to January 2, 2010 under the
Securities Act, or under the Exchange Act, in the form filed (collectively, the
“SEC
Filings”) with the SEC as of the date filed, (i) complied in all material
respects as to form with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and (ii) did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each of the
financial statements contained in or incorporated by reference into any such SEC
Filing (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presented in all
material respects Parent’s financial position and that of its Subsidiaries as of
the date of such statement, and each of the consolidated balance sheets,
consolidated statements of earnings, consolidated statements of stockholders’
equity and comprehensive income, and consolidated statements of cash flows or
equivalent statements in such SEC Filings (including any related notes and
schedules thereto) fairly and accurately presented in all material respects, the
results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and changes in cash
flows, as the case may be, of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the periods to
which those statements relate, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied during the periods involved, except in each case as may be noted
therein, and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and as permitted by
Form 10-Q in the case of unaudited statements.
(z) Solvency. Seller,
individually, is, and the Company, Parent and Seller, taken as a whole on a
consolidated basis, are, and after consummating the Transactions will be,
Solvent.
(aa) Fairness
Opinion. Parent has received a written opinion from Moelis
& Company to the effect that, as of July 28, 2010, based upon and subject to
the assumptions, procedures, factors, qualifications and limitations set forth
therein, the Purchase Price is fair, from a financial point of view, to Parent
and Seller, and such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified as of
the date of this Agreement.
(bb) Disclosure. The
Company has made available to the Purchaser all the information reasonably
available to the Company that the Purchaser has requested for deciding whether
to acquire the Purchased Shares. To the Knowledge of the Company, no
representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement, as
qualified by the Disclosure Schedule, and no certificate furnished or to be
furnished by the Company, Parent or Seller to Purchaser at the Closing contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were
made.
5. REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE PURCHASER. The Purchaser
hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Seller that the following
representations and warranties are true and correct as of the date hereof (or
such other date and time specified in a representation and warranty), and they
will be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that
such representations and warranties are qualified by the term “material” or
contain a term such as “Material Adverse Effect,” in which case such
representations and warranties (as so written, including the term “material” or
“Material Adverse
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Effect”)
will be true and correct in all respects) as of the Closing Date, except as
otherwise indicated.
(a) Organization, Good Standing
and Qualification. The Purchaser is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Japan and has
all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate
all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted.
(b) Authority. The
Purchaser has all necessary corporate power, authority and legal capacity to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder, and the consummation
by the Purchaser of the Transactions, have been duly authorized and approved by
all necessary corporate action of the Purchaser and no other corporate action on
the part of such Party is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the
Transactions. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof by each of the Company, Parent and Seller, constitutes legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable against the
Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar Laws of general application affecting or relating
to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) is subject to general
principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at Law or in
equity.
(c) No
Conflicts. None of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Purchaser, the consummation by the Purchaser of the
Transactions, or compliance by the Purchaser with any of the terms or provisions
of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a violation of any applicable
Law.
(d) Purchase for Own
Account. The Purchased Shares are being acquired for
investment for the Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, in the
ordinary course of business, and not with a view to the distribution
thereof. The Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding,
whether or not legally binding, direct or indirect, with any other Person, to
sell or otherwise distribute the Purchased Shares. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge (i) that the Purchaser does not agree to
hold any of the Purchased Shares for any minimum or other specific term, and
(ii) the Purchaser’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or
any part of such securities in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities Laws and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Investment
Experience. The Purchaser understands that the purchase of the
Purchased Shares involves substantial risk. The Purchaser has
experience as an investor in securities of companies and acknowledges that the
Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Purchased
Shares, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment in the
Purchased Shares and protecting the Purchaser’s own interests in connection with
this investment.
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(f) Status of the
Purchaser. The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as such
term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act. The
Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchased Shares were not offered to the
Purchaser by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general
advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature,
including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media, or broadcast over
television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which the Purchaser was
invited by any of the foregoing means of communications.
(g) Reliance Upon the
Purchaser’s Representations; Observance of Foreign Laws. The
Purchaser understands that the transfer of the Purchased Shares to it will not
be registered under the Securities Act on the ground that such transfer will be
exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and that the Company’s and
the Purchaser’s reliance on such exemption is based on the Purchaser’s
representations set forth herein. Purchaser hereby represents that it
has satisfied itself as to observance in all material respects of the Laws of
Japan in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Purchased Shares or
any use of this Agreement in connection with such invitation, including (i) the
material legal requirements within Japan for the purchase of the Purchased
Shares, and (ii) any material governmental or other material consents that may
need to be obtained for the purchase of the Purchased
Shares. Purchaser’s subscription and payment for and continued
beneficial ownership of the Purchased Shares will comply in all material
respects with any applicable securities or other Laws of Japan.
(h) Receipt of
Information. The Purchaser has had an opportunity to ask
questions and receive answers from the Company, Parent and Seller regarding the
terms and conditions of the transfer of the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser
and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and to obtain any additional information requested and,
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and
Parent and Seller in Section 4(y) and 4(aa) hereof, has
received and considered all information the Purchaser deems relevant to make an
informed decision to purchase the Purchased Shares. Neither such
inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser
or its representatives or counsel thereof shall modify, amend or affect the
Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of such
information and the representations and warranties of the Company, Parent and
Seller, contained in this Agreement.
(i) Restricted
Securities. The Purchaser understands that the Purchased
Shares have not been, and will not upon transfer to the Purchaser be, registered
under the Securities Act and that the Purchaser may not Transfer any of the
Purchased Shares unless (i)(A) they are registered with the SEC and qualified by
state authorities, or (B) an exemption from such registration and/or
qualification requirements is available, (ii) upon request of the Company, the
Purchaser provides an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Company, to the effect that the Transfer of the Purchased Shares may be made
without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from such
registration and/or qualification requirements is available, and (iii) the
transferee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that
place restrictions on the Purchased Shares.
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(j) Legends. The
Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares and any securities issued in
respect of or exchange for the Purchased Shares, may bear one or all of the
following legends:
(i) “THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, MAY NOT BE
SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATING THERETO UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”
(ii) Any
legend required by the securities Laws of any state to the extent such Laws are
applicable to the Purchased Shares and any securities issued in respect of or
exchange for the Purchased Shares represented by the certificate so
legended.
6. PRE-CLOSING
COVENANTS.
(a) Conduct of Business Prior to
the Closing. From the date hereof until the Closing, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by the Purchaser
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company
shall, and Parent and Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the
Company to, (x) conduct the business of the Company in the Ordinary Course of
Business; and (y) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact
the current organization, business and franchise of the Company and to preserve
the rights, franchises, goodwill and relationships of its employees, customers,
lenders, suppliers, regulators and others having business relationships with the
Company, except for any failure to so preserve or maintain such organization,
business or franchise of the Company or otherwise preserve such rights and other
matters that would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
.. Without limiting the foregoing, from the date hereof until the
Closing Date, the Company shall, and Parent and Seller shall use reasonable best
efforts to cause the Company to:
(i) preserve
and maintain all of the Company’s material Permits;
(ii) pay the
Company’s debts, Taxes and other material obligations when due;
(iii) maintain
the properties and assets owned, operated or used by the Company in the same
condition as they were on the date of this Agreement, subject to reasonable wear
and tear;
(iv) continue
without material modification all fire and casualty insurance policies that the
Company maintains on the date of this Agreement, except as required by
applicable Law;
(v) defend
and protect the Company’s material properties and assets from infringement or
usurpation in substantially the same manner as the Company has defended and
protected such properties and assets prior to the date of this
Agreement;
(vi) perform
in all material respects all of the Company’s obligations under all
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material
Contracts relating to or affecting the Company’s properties, assets or
business;
(vii) maintain
the Company’s books and records in accordance with past practice;
(viii) comply in
all material respects with all applicable Laws; and
(ix) not agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Access to
Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall, and Parent and Seller shall use reasonable
best efforts to cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to, (i) afford the
Purchaser and its representatives full and free access to and the right to
inspect all of the properties, assets, premises, books and records, Contracts
and other documents and data related to the Company and its Subsidiaries; (ii)
furnish the Purchaser and its representatives with such financial, operating and
other data and information related to the Company and its Subsidiaries as the
Purchaser or any of its representatives may reasonably request; and (iii)
instruct the representatives of Seller, the Company and the Company’s
Subsidiaries to cooperate with the Purchaser in the Purchaser’s investigation of
the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries. Any investigation
pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be
at the Purchaser’s sole cost and shall be conducted during normal business hours
in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business
of Seller, the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries. Except as set
forth in Section
8(b)(iv), no investigation by the Purchaser or other information received
by the Purchaser shall operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement given or made by Seller, Parent
or the Company in this Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges that all confidential
information provided hereunder shall be subject to the confidentiality provision
set forth in Section 1(f) of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
(c) Notice of Certain
Events.
(i) From the
date hereof until the Closing, Seller shall promptly notify the Purchaser in
writing of:
(A) any
fact, circumstance, event or action the existence, occurrence or taking of which
(1) has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (2) has resulted in, or could reasonably
be expected to result in, any material inaccuracy in any representation or
warranty made by Parent, Seller or the Company hereunder or (3) has resulted in,
or could reasonably be expected to result in, the failure of any of the
conditions set forth in Section 2(a) to be
satisfied;
(B) any
notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with
the Transactions; and
(C) any
Proceeding commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, Parent or Seller,
threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company,
Parent or Seller that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been
required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section 4(i) or that
relates to the consummation of the Transactions.
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(ii) Except as
set forth in Section
8(b)(iv), the Purchaser’s receipt of information pursuant to this Section 6(c) shall
not (A) operate as a waiver of or otherwise affect any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement given or made by Parent, Seller or the Company in this
Agreement (including Section 9(a)(ii)),
(B) operate as a waiver of or otherwise affect the Purchaser’s right to require
that the conditions set forth in Section 2(a) be
fulfilled on or before the Closing or the Purchaser’s rights to terminate this
Agreement under Section 9(a), or (C)
be deemed to amend or supplement the Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Governmental Approvals and
Consents.
(i) Each of
the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all appropriate action to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary,
proper or advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make
effective the Transactions as promptly as practicable, including to (A) obtain
from Governmental Authorities and other Persons all consents, approvals,
authorizations, qualifications and orders as are necessary for the consummation
by such Party of the Transactions and (B) promptly after the date of this
Agreement, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this
Agreement, make all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other required
submissions, with respect to the Transactions required to be made by such Party
under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the
“HSR
Act”) or any other applicable Law. Each Party shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as may be required to cause
the expiration of the notice period under the HSR Act with respect to the
Transactions as promptly as possible. The Parties hereto shall not
willfully take any action that will have the effect of delaying, impairing or
impeding the receipt of any required consents, authorizations, orders and
approvals.
(ii) Parent
and Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to give all notices to, and obtain
all consents from, all third parties that are described in Section 2(a)(ix) and
Section 4(e) of
the Disclosure Schedule.
(iii) Without
limiting the generality of the Parties’ undertakings pursuant to Sections 6(d)(i) and
6(d)(ii) above,
each of the Parties shall use all reasonable best efforts to:
(A) respond
to any inquiries by any Governmental Authority regarding antitrust or other
matters with respect to the Transactions;
(B) avoid
the imposition of any order or the taking of any action that would restrain,
alter or enjoin the Transactions; and
(C) in
the event any Governmental Order adversely affecting the ability of the Parties
to consummate the Transactions has been issued, to have such Governmental Order
vacated or lifted.
(iv) If any
consent, approval or authorization necessary to preserve any right or benefit
under any Contract to which the Company is a party is not obtained prior to the
Closing, Parent and Seller shall, subsequent to the Closing, cooperate with the
Purchaser and the Company in attempting to obtain such consent, approval or
authorization as promptly thereafter as practicable. If such consent,
approval or authorization cannot be obtained, Parent and Seller
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shall use
their reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with the rights and
benefits of the affected Contract for the term thereof, and, if Parent and
Seller provide such rights and benefits, the Company shall assume all
obligations and burdens thereunder.
(v) All
analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs,
filings, arguments, and proposals made by or on behalf of any Party before any
Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority,
in connection with the Transactions (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not
including any interactions between Parent, Seller or the Company with any
Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business thereof, any
disclosure which is not permitted by Law, or any disclosure containing
confidential information) shall be disclosed to the other Parties, or indirectly
to them and restricted to their outside counsel to the extent that the
information’s highly confidential nature reasonably requires, in advance of any
filing, submission or attendance, and, to the extent reasonably possible, the
Parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith
the views of one another, in connection with any such analyses, appearances,
meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments, and
proposals. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of
the Parties, unless prohibited or restricted by Law or any Governmental
Authority, shall promptly notify the other Parties of any communication it or
any of its Affiliates receives from any Governmental Authority relating to a
Proposed Exercise and permit the other Parties to review in advance any proposed
communication by such Party to any Governmental Authority. No Party
shall agree to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Authority in
respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry unless it consults with
the other Parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental
Authority, gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate at
such meeting.
(vi) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6(d) shall
require, or be construed to require, the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates to
agree to (A) sell, hold, divest, discontinue or limit, before or after the
Closing Date, any assets, businesses or interests of the Purchaser, the Company
or any of their respective Affiliates; (B) any conditions relating to, or
changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses or
interests which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely impact the economic or
business benefits to the Purchaser of the Transactions; or (C) any material
modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(e) Approval of Parent’s
Stockholders.
(i) As
promptly as reasonably practicable, to the extent the approval of the
stockholders of Parent is required pursuant to applicable Law in order to permit
the sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder, Parent shall prepare and file with
the SEC within ten (10) Business Days of the date of this Agreement the notices
to stockholders and proxy materials necessary to solicit the requisite vote of
such stockholders at an annual or special meeting of Parent (the “Proxy
Materials”), which meeting shall be scheduled for no more than twenty-two
(22) Business Days following the date on which the Proxy Materials are sent to
Parent’s stockholders. The Company, Parent, Seller and the Purchaser
shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the Proxy
Materials. Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
have the Proxy Materials cleared by any Governmental Authority from which
clearance is
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required
by Law as promptly as practicable. Parent shall as promptly as
practicable notify the other Parties of the receipt of any oral or written
comments to the Proxy Materials from any applicable Governmental
Authority. Parent shall cooperate and provide the other Parties with
a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Proxy
Materials (including each amendment or supplement thereto). If, at
any time prior to the Closing Date, any information should be discovered by any
Party that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy
Materials so that the Proxy Materials would not include any misstatement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such
information shall promptly notify the other Parties and, to the extent required
by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such
information shall be promptly filed by Parent with any applicable Governmental
Authority and disseminated by Parent to the other Parties.
(ii) Subject
to the other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent the approval of the
stockholders of Parent is required pursuant to Delaware Law in order to permit
the sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder, Parent shall (A) take all action
necessary in accordance with Parent’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws
and applicable Law to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of
its stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable following the mailing of
the Proxy Materials for the purpose of obtaining the requisite approval of
Parent’s stockholders to consummate the Transactions, and (B) use its best
efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of the
Transactions.
(f) Settlement of Working
Capital. The Company, the Purchaser, Parent and Seller each
acknowledge and agree that (x) the Company owes Parent $2.5 million in principal
amount (plus interest accrued thereon) under that certain Working Capital and
Intercompany Agreement dated June 27, 2009, by and between Parent and the
Company, as amended on June 30, 2010 and subject to that certain forbearance
letter dated July 13, 2010 (as amended and subject to the forbearance letter,
the “Working
Capital Agreement”), which shall be repaid by the Company to Parent no
later than August 30, 2010, and (y) no further borrowing by the Company from
Parent shall occur after the date hereof under the Working Capital Agreement or
otherwise under any of the 2009 Transaction Documents.
(g) Communication with
Employees. The Company shall, and Parent and Seller shall
cause the Company to, reasonably facilitate communication by the Purchaser with
the Company’s employees to enable the Purchaser to communicate to the Company’s
employees (including, if requested by the Purchaser, at a meeting with the
Company’s employees) the Purchaser’s views and intentions with respect to the
operation of the Company’s business after the Closing.
7. CERTAIN POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS.
(a) Certain Tax
Matters.
(i) Filing of Tax
Returns. Purchaser shall prepare and file or cause to be
prepared and filed all Tax Returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries that are
filed after the Closing Date, except for Consolidated Tax Returns (as defined in
the Stockholders’ Agreement)
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that are
required to be filed by Parent pursuant to Section 10 of the Stockholders’
Agreement, which Consolidated Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed by Parent
in accordance with Section 10 of the Stockholders’ Agreement. At
least fifteen (15) days prior to the due date of any Tax Return that includes a
period prior to the Closing Date, the party responsible pursuant to this Section 7(a)(i) for
filing the Tax Return (the “Filing
Party”) (i.e., either the Purchaser or Parent) shall deliver to the other
party (the “Reviewing
Party”) (i.e., Parent in the case of a Tax Return to be filed by the
Purchaser and to the Purchaser in the case of a Tax Return to be filed by
Parent) for their review a draft of such Tax Returns (or in the case of a
Consolidated Tax Return, those portions of such Tax Return relating to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries). The Filing Party shall consider
in good faith any comments that the Reviewing Party may have with respect to
such Tax Returns (or portions thereof).
(ii) Cooperation on Tax
Matters. Each of the Parties agrees to cooperate fully, as and
to the extent reasonably requested by any other Party, in connection with the
filing of Tax Returns pursuant to this Section 7(a) and any
audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries for any taxable period beginning prior to the Closing
Date. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the
reasonable request of Purchaser or Parent, as the case may be) the provision of
records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such audit,
litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually
convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any
material provided hereunder. The Company and its Subsidiaries, on the
one hand, and on the other, Seller and Parent, agree (A) to retain all books and
records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Company and its
Subsidiaries relating to any taxable period beginning prior to the Closing Date
until the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable thereto (and, to
the extent notified by Purchaser or Parent, any extensions thereof), and to
abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority,
and (B) to give Parent or Purchaser, as applicable, reasonable written notice
prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and,
if requested by Parent or Purchaser, as the case may be, Purchaser, Company and
its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and on the other, Seller and Parent, shall
allow Parent or Purchaser, as applicable, to take possession of such books and
records. Purchaser and Parent further agree, upon the request of the
other Party, to provide such other Party with all information that Parent,
Seller or the Company may be required to report pursuant to Sections 6043 or
6043A of the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(iii) Tax Sharing
Agreements. Any tax allocation, tax sharing, tax indemnity or
other similar agreement or arrangement (including Section 10 of the
Stockholders’ Agreement), whether written or oral, between the Company (or any
of its Subsidiaries) and Parent (or any of its other Affiliates) shall be
terminated as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be bound thereby or have any liability
thereunder.
(b) Non-competition;
Non-solicitation.
(i) For a
period of two (2) years commencing on the Closing Date (the “Restricted
Period”), Parent and Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of their
respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the world,
compete with the Company with respect to the business of development,
distribution, sale, provision, license and maintenance of
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multimedia
software and related technology, services and equipment for home and/or mobile
devices as currently conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Restricted
Business”).
(ii) During
the Restricted Period, Parent and Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of
their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, hire or solicit any
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or encourage any such
employee to leave such employment or hire any such employee who has left such
employment, except pursuant to a general solicitation which is not directed
specifically to any such employees; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 7(b) shall
prevent Parent or Seller or any of their respective Subsidiaries from hiring (A)
any employee whose employment has been terminated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Purchaser or (B) after 90 days from the date of termination
of employment, any employee whose employment has been terminated by the
employee.
(iii) During
the Restricted Period, Parent and Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of
their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, solicit or entice, or
attempt to solicit or entice, any client or customer of the Company to terminate
or materially modify its relationship with the Company with respect to the
Restricted Business;
(iv) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7(b) shall be
deemed to restrict Parent or Seller or any of their respective Subsidiaries from
managing, operating, marketing or selling the wireless spectrum assets as
described in Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 2, 2010 or from otherwise engaging in any activity
related to the provision of wireless services utilizing such wireless spectrum
assets.
(v) If Parent
or Seller breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of
this Section
7(b), the Purchaser and the Company shall have the right to pursue the
following rights and remedies, each of which rights and remedies shall be
independent of the others and severally enforceable, and each of which is in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the
Purchaser or the Company under Law or in equity:
(A) the
right and remedy to have such provision specifically enforced by any court
having jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or
threatened breach may cause irreparable injury to each of the Purchaser and the
Company and that money damages may not provide an adequate remedy to the
Purchaser or the Company; and
(B) the
right and remedy to recover from Parent and Seller, jointly and severally, all
monetary damages suffered by the Purchaser and/or the Company as the result of
any acts or omissions constituting a breach of this Section
7(b).
(vi) Each of
Parent and Seller acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 7(b) are
reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Purchaser
and constitute a material inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this
Agreement and consummate the Transactions. In the event that any
covenant or agreement contained in this Section 7(b) should
ever be adjudicated to exceed the time or other limitations permitted
by
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applicable
Law in any jurisdiction, then any court is expressly empowered to reform such
covenant, and such covenant or agreement shall be deemed reformed, in such
jurisdiction to the maximum time or other limitations permitted by applicable
Law. The covenants and agreements contained in this Section 7(b) and each
provision hereof are severable and distinct covenants and
provisions. The invalidity or unenforceability of any such covenant
or provision as written shall not invalidate or render unenforceable the
remaining covenants or agreements or provisions hereof, and any such invalidity
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such covenant or agreement or provision in any other
jurisdiction.
(c) Confidentiality. For
a period of two (2) years after the Closing, Parent and Seller shall, and shall
cause their respective Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries)
to, hold, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause their respective
representatives to hold, in confidence any and all proprietary and confidential
information, whether written or oral, concerning the Company, except to the
extent that Parent or Seller can show that such information (i) is generally
available to or known by the public through no fault of Parent or Seller, or
their respective Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries); (ii)
is or has been independently conceived by Parent, Seller and their respective
Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries) without use of
confidential information of the Company; or (iii) is lawfully acquired by Parent
or Seller, any of their respective Affiliates or their respective
representatives from and after the Closing from sources without a breach of any
obligation of confidentiality that such source may have to the Company; provided, however, that Parent and
Seller and their respective Affiliates may disclose confidential and proprietary
information concerning the Company (A) to its attorneys, accountants,
consultants, advisors, employees, directors and other professionals, provided
that they are bound by contract, fiduciary duty or otherwise to maintain the
confidentiality of such confidential information or (B) as may otherwise be
required to be disclosed by Law, provided that, to the extent reasonably
practicable, Parent notifies the Company of such proposed disclosure to enable
the Company to seek an appropriate protective order and, upon the reasonable
request of the Company, Parent agrees to take reasonable steps to cooperate with
the Company, as applicable, in connection therewith.
(d) Company Information and
Parent and Seller Information. For a period of two (2) years commencing
on the Closing Date, (i) upon reasonable request of the Company, Parent and
Seller will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Company copies
of any historical financial and business records of the Company pertaining to
periods prior to the Closing that are within the custody and control of Parent
or Seller, respectively, and (ii) upon reasonable request of Parent or Seller,
the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Parent or
Seller, as applicable, copies of any historical financial and business records
of Parent or Seller, respectively, pertaining to periods prior to the Closing
that are within the custody and control of the
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(d), no
Party shall be required to provide copies of or otherwise disclose any financial
or business records or other documents or information where such provision or
disclosure would violate or contravene the rights of employees, customers or
vendors of the Party receiving the request or any of its Subsidiaries,
jeopardize any attorney-client privilege, work product privilege or other
similar privilege, or violate or contravene any applicable Law, fiduciary duty
or Contract entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that a
Party withholding such records, documents or information shall deliver to the
requesting Party a written log notifying the
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requesting
Party of the existence of, and the basis for withholding or denying access to,
such records, documents or information.
(e) Proposed Management and
Employee Retention Plan. Promptly after the Closing Date (but
no later than six (6) months after the Closing), the Company shall diligently
prepare proposed forms of written agreements, amendments, plans, policies and
other documents as may be necessary to (i) implement 2010 merit increases for
the Company’s senior executives, (ii) establish a cash bonus program, (iii)
amend the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, (iv) establish a severance pay
program for the Company’s senior executives, (v) establish long-term incentive
and retention bonus programs, (vi) adopt policies pertaining to the Purchaser’s
rules and procedures for internal reporting and consultation, and (vii) enter
into a management agreement with the Purchaser, in each case as contemplated by
and containing the applicable terms and conditions set forth in that certain
term sheet dated July 30, 2010 and entitled “PacketVideo Proposed Management and
Employee Retention Plan,” as executed by the Purchaser and the
Company. The agreements, amendments, plans, policies and documents
prepared by the Company pursuant to this Section 7(e) shall be
subject to the review and approval of the Purchaser, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Survival of Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of
eight (8) months after the Closing Date. The covenants and other
agreements of the Parties set forth herein shall survive the Closing Date until
they are otherwise terminated, whether by their terms or as a matter of
applicable Law.
(b) Indemnification Provisions
for the Purchaser’s Benefit.
(i) Parent
and Seller, jointly and severally, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser, the Purchaser’s Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Purchaser
Indemnitees”) from and against the entirety of any Damages any of the
Purchaser Indemnitees may suffer, sustain or become subject to (including any
Damages a Purchaser Indemnitee may suffer, sustain or become subject to after
the end of any applicable survival period, provided that the Purchaser makes a
written claim for indemnification within the applicable survival period)
resulting from, arising out of, or caused by (A) any inaccuracy or breach of any
representation or warranty of the Company, Parent or Seller contained in Article 4 of this
Agreement; or (B) any breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company, Parent
or Seller contained in Sections 1(b) or
6(e).
(ii) The
indemnification obligations of Parent and Seller under Section 8(b)(i)
hereof shall in no event exceed $8.0 million in the aggregate (the “Indemnification
Cap”); provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Indemnification Cap shall not apply to indemnification claims based upon,
arising out of or relating to any matter constituting fraud.
(iii) Parent
and Seller shall not be liable to the Purchaser Indemnitees for any Damages in
connection with a claim pursuant to Section 8(b)(i)
hereunder unless and until the
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aggregate
amount of such Damages exceed $200,000 (the “Indemnity
Basket”) and then, only for the amount by which Damages exceed the
Indemnity Basket.
(iv) For
purposes of this Article 8, neither
Parent nor Seller shall be deemed to have breached any representation or
warranty of the Company, Parent or Seller contained in this Agreement, if (A)
the Purchaser had, on or prior to the Closing Date, any knowledge of a breach
occurring after July 2, 2009 of, or of any facts or circumstances that would
constitute or result in a breach occurring after July 2, 2009 of, such
representation or warranty (including without limitation any knowledge acquired
by the Purchaser pursuant to Sections 6(b) or
6(c)), or (B)
such breach resulted from any action or inaction or omission by or on behalf of
Purchaser. For purposes of clause (A) above, the Purchaser shall be
deemed to have knowledge of any breach, facts or circumstances if, and only if,
any of the persons listed on Exhibit C had actual
knowledge of such breach, facts or circumstances or if actual knowledge of such
breach, facts or circumstances was otherwise acquired by the Purchaser pursuant
to Sections
6(b) or 6(c).
(c) Indemnification Provisions
for Parent and Seller’s Benefit. The Purchaser shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent, Seller, their Affiliates and their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns
(collectively, the “Seller
Indemnitees”) from and against the entirety of Damages any of the Seller
Indemnitees may suffer, sustain or become subject to (including any Damages a
Seller Indemnitee may suffer, sustain or become subject to after the end of any
applicable survival period, provided that the Seller makes a written claim for
indemnification within the applicable survival period) resulting from, arising
out of, or caused by any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
of the Purchaser contained in Article 5 of this
Agreement.
(d) Exclusive
Remedy. Except in the case of fraud, breaches of any covenants
or agreements set forth in Article 7 to be
performed after the Closing, or as otherwise specified herein, the indemnities
and the conditions thereon provided in this Agreement shall be the sole and
exclusive remedy for any breach of this Agreement or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby, whether sounding in contract, tort, warranty,
strict liability or any other form, and no party shall be able to avoid the
provisions set forth in this Article 8 by electing
to pursue some other remedy, provided, however, it being
understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit specific performance if
available under applicable Law as a remedy exercisable by either party with
respect to any breach by the other parties hereto of any provision of this
Agreement; provided,
further, that neither Parent nor Seller shall be liable for any breach by
the Company of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 7(a), (d) or (e).
9. TERMINATION.
(a) Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time
prior to the Closing, whether before or after this Agreement has been adopted by
the Required Parent Stockholder Vote:
(i) by the
mutual written consent of Parent and the Purchaser;
(ii) by the
Purchaser by written notice to Parent if:
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(A) the
Purchaser is not then in material breach of any provision of this Agreement and
there has been a material breach, inaccuracy in or failure to perform any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Parent, Seller or the
Company pursuant to this Agreement that would give rise to the failure of any of
the conditions specified in Section 2(a) and such
breach, inaccuracy or failure has not been cured by Parent, Seller or the
Company, as the case may be, within twenty (20) days of receipt by Parent,
Seller or the Company, as the case may be, of written notice of such breach from
the Purchaser; or
(B) any
of the conditions set forth in Section 2(a) shall
not have been, or if it becomes apparent that any of such conditions will not
be, fulfilled by the End Date, unless such failure shall be due to the failure
of the Purchaser to perform or comply with any of the covenants, agreements or
conditions hereof to be performed or complied with by it prior to the Closing or
if Purchaser has otherwise caused such condition not to be fulfilled by the End
Date;
(iii) by Parent
by written notice to the Purchaser if:
(A) Neither
Parent nor Seller is then in material breach of any provision of this Agreement
and there has been a material breach, inaccuracy in or failure to perform any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Purchaser pursuant
to this Agreement that would give rise to the failure of any of the conditions
specified in Section
2(b) and such breach, inaccuracy or failure has not been cured by the
Purchaser within twenty (20) days of the Purchaser’s
receipt of written notice of such breach from Parent or Seller; or
(B) any
of the conditions set forth in Section 2(b) shall
not have been, or if it becomes apparent that any of such conditions will not
be, fulfilled by the End Date, unless such failure shall be due to the failure
of Parent, Seller or the Company to perform or comply with any of the covenants,
agreements or conditions hereof to be performed or complied with by it prior to
the Closing or if Parent or Seller has otherwise caused such condition not to be
fulfilled by the End Date; or
(iv) by the
Purchaser or Parent in the event that (A) there shall be any Law that makes
consummation of the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibited, (B) any
Governmental Authority shall have issued an order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree or determination restraining or enjoining the Transactions, and such
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or determination shall have become
final and non-appealable, or (C) the Required Parent Stockholder Vote to adopt
and approve this Agreement and authorize the sale of the Purchased Shares shall
not have been obtained at a duly convened meeting of the stockholders of
Parent.
(b) Effect of
Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement in
accordance with this Agreement, all rights and obligations of the Parties
hereunder this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no
liability on the part of any Party, except that:
(i) this
Section 9(b)
and Section
9(c) and Articles 10 and 11 shall survive such
termination; and
(ii) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, a breaching Party shall
not be relieved or released from any liability or obligation to pay
or
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reimburse
the Expenses of any non-breaching Party as provided under Law.
(c) Payment of
Expenses.
(i) If Termination by
Parent. If Parent intends to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to Section
9(a)(iii)(B) due to the failure of the condition set forth in Section 2(b)(vi) to
have been satisfied and/or pursuant to Section 9(a)(iv)(C),
Parent and Seller, jointly and severally, shall pay, in cash by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, the Expenses of the Purchaser, up to $700,000, on
the date of and as a precondition to such termination.
(ii) If Termination by the
Purchaser. If the Purchaser terminates this Agreement pursuant
to Section
9(a)(ii)(B) due to the failure of the condition set forth in Section 2(a)(xvi) to
have been satisfied and/or pursuant to Section 9(a)(iv)(C),
Parent and Seller, jointly and severally, shall pay, in cash by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, the Expenses of the Purchaser, up to $700,000,
within three (3) Business Days of the date of such termination.
10. DEFINED
TERMS. For the purposes
of this Agreement:
“2009
Transaction Documents” means, collectively, the 2009 Stock Purchase
Agreement; the Stockholders’ Agreement; the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of July 2, 2009 by and between the Company and the Purchaser; and any and all
other agreements, instruments, documents, schedules, exhibits and certificates
entered into pursuant to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “2009
Transaction Documents” does not include the Master Technology Collaboration
Agreement effective as of August 31, 2009 by and among the Company and the
Purchaser.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person, where the term “control”
(including the terms “controlled
by” and “under
common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
‘‘Affiliated
Group’’ means an “affiliated group” within the meaning of
Section 1504(a) of the Code or any similar consolidated, combined or
unitary group defined under any similar or comparable provision of state, local
or foreign Tax Law.
“Business
Day” means a day, except a Saturday or a Sunday, on which banks in New
York, New York and Tokyo, Japan, are open for business during normal banking
hours.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company
Plans” mean each “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA, and each other employment, consulting, bonus or other incentive
compensation, salary continuation during any absence from active employment for
disability or other reasons, supplemental retirement, cafeteria benefit (Section
125 of the Code) or dependent care (Section 129 of the Code), sick pay, tuition
assistance, club membership, employee discount, employee loan, vacation pay,
severance, deferred compensation, incentive, fringe benefit,
perquisite,
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change in
control, retention, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock or other
compensatory plan, policy, agreement or arrangement (including, without
limitation, any collective bargaining agreement) (A) that is currently
maintained, administered, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company or any Subsidiary, (B) to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party
or has any Liability, or (C) that covers any current or former officer,
director, employee or independent contractor (or any of their dependents) of the
Company, or any Subsidiary.
“Consolidated
Tax Return” means a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return and any
returns of estimated income tax filed by Parent or any of its Affiliates that
includes the Company.
“Contract”
means a loan instrument, credit agreement, debenture, indenture, note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, contract, agreement,
commitment, obligation, or other legally binding arrangement, whether written or
oral.
“Damages”
means all damages, awards, judgments, dues, penalties, fines, out-of-pocket
costs, obligations, deficiencies, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities,
Taxes, Liens, losses, expenses and fees, including court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses; provided, however, that for
the purposes of computing the amount of Damages incurred, paid, or accrued by a
Person, there shall be deducted an amount equal to the amount of any insurance
proceeds actually received by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates in
connection with the Damages or the circumstances giving rise thereto (it being
understood that no party shall be obligated to pursue any such proceeds as a
condition to recover Damages or otherwise); and provided further that Damages
shall not include any consequential, incidental, punitive or special
damages.
“End
Date” means the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of this Agreement
(or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day); provided, however, that if
any of the conditions set forth in Sections 2(a)(vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xiii) or (xvi) or 2(b)(iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) relating to, or
requiring receipt of, any required stockholder or regulatory approvals or
required third-party consents, have not been satisfied on or prior to the
sixtieth (60th) day following the date of this Agreement (or if such day is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), “End Date” shall mean the six
month anniversary of the date of this Agreement or such later date as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Parties.
“Environmental,
Health and Safety Requirements” means all Laws relating to the protection
of the environment, natural resources or health and safety of persons
(including, without limitation, employees), including without limitation, Laws
relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous
Substances into or on land, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, personal
property or structures (including the protection, cleanup, removal, remediation
or damage thereof), or otherwise related to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, discharge or
handling of Hazardous Substances.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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“ERISA
Affiliate” means any Person at any relevant time considered a single
employer under Code Section 414 with the Company or any Subsidiary; or any
member of a controlled group of corporations, groups of trades or businesses
under common control or affiliated service group that includes the Company or
any Subsidiary (as defined for purposes of Section 414(b), (c) and (m) of the
Code).
“Exchange
Act” means the United States Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
from time to time thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
“Expenses”
means all expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the Transactions, including filing fees under the HSR Act with respect to the
Transactions, and all fees and expenses of agents, representatives, counsel,
financial advisors and accountants, and other professional fees and
expenses.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States.
“Governmental
Authority” means any government or governmental or regulatory body
thereof, or political subdivision thereof, whether federal, state, local or
foreign, or any agency, instrumentality or authority thereof, or any court or
arbitrator (public or private).
“Hazardous
Substance” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated or
governed by any Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements, including,
without limitation, any substance, material or waste that is defined, used or
listed as “hazardous waste,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous
waste,” “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “toxic substance,” “toxic
waste,” “solid waste,” “pollutant” or “contaminant” under any applicable
Law.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (i) the principal of and premium (if
any) and prepayment penalties (if any) in respect of (A) indebtedness of such
Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures,
bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is
responsible or liable, (ii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as
the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of
such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued current
liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course of Business), (iii) all obligations
of such Person under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP,
(iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any
letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, and (v) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of any Persons
for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable or for which any
property or asset of such Person is secured by a Lien, under any legally binding
obligation, including as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise.
“Intellectual
Property” means all intellectual property or other proprietary rights of
every kind throughout the world arising from or in respect of: (a) inventions,
utility models and invention disclosures, (b) patents, patent applications and
patent disclosures, together with all revisions, renewals, extensions,
reexaminations, provisionals, reissuances, continuations,
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continuations-in-part,
divisionals and patents of addition thereof and any applications for any of the
foregoing, and all filings claiming priority to or serving as a basis for
priority thereof, (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress,
corporate names, logos, slogans, domain names, uniform resource locators (URLs),
packaging design, any other source identifiers of any kind or nature, together
with all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof, all
common law rights therein, and the goodwill associated with all of the
foregoing, and any applications (including intent to use applications),
registration and renewals for any of the foregoing, (d) copyrights, copywritable
works, website content, all derivative works thereof, and any copyright
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith, (e) mask
works, design rights and any applications, registrations and renewals for any of
the foregoing, (f) industrial designs and any applications, registrations and
renewals for industrial designs, (g) technology, trade secrets, know-how and
confidential or proprietary business or technical information, and (h)
Software.
“IRS”
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Knowledge”
means, with respect to any Person, the actual knowledge of the Chief Executive
Officer and President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and
General Counsel of such Person and such knowledge as would reasonably be
expected to be known by such Persons in the ordinary and usual course of the
performance of the duties and professional responsibilities of such
offices.
“Law”
means any foreign, federal, state or local law (including common law) statute,
ordinance, code, rule, regulation, or Order issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
any Governmental Authority.
“Liability”
means any debt, loss, damage, adverse claim, liability or obligation (whether
known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or
unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, and whether in
contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise).
“Lien”
means all liens, pledges, charges, mortgages, encumbrances, transfer
restrictions, adverse rights, leases, charges, pledges or claims and security
interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any restriction on the
right to vote or transfer the same, except for such transfer restrictions of
general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act and the “blue
sky” Laws of the various States of the United States) .
“Material
Adverse Effect” means any condition, change, situation or set of
circumstances that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the
business, assets, properties, liabilities, financial condition, operations, or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
(ii) the ability of the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or perform its material obligations under this Agreement; excluding, however, any
condition, change, situation or set of circumstances or effect that directly and
primarily results from (A) changes adversely affecting the United States or
global economy as a whole (so long as the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby), (B) changes adversely
affecting the industry in which the
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Company
and its Subsidiaries operate (so long as the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby), (C) acts of terrorism
or war, (D) changes in applicable Laws or in GAAP, (E) public or industry
knowledge of the Transaction, or (F) the consummation of the Transactions or any
action by any Party required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement or
reasonably necessary to consummate the Transactions.
“Notes”
means, collectively, (i) the 7% Senior Secured Notes issued pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (as amended or replaced from time to time pursuant to that
certain First Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of March 12, 2008, that
certain Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of September 26, 2008,
that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note Agreements dated as of
April 1, 2009 (the “April
2009 Amendment”), that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note
Agreements dated as of June 22, 2009 (the “June 2009
Amendment”), and that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note
Agreements dated as of March 16, 2010 (the “March
2010 Amendment”)), dated as of July 17, 2006, among NextWave Wireless
LLC, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, the Purchasers set forth in
Schedule 1.2B thereto, and The Bank of New York, (ii) the Senior-Subordinated
Secured Second Lien Notes issued pursuant to the Second Lien Subordinated Note
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2008 (as amended or replaced from
time to time pursuant to the April 2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment, the
March 2010 Amendment, and as supplemented by that certain Second Lien
Incremental Indebtedness Agreement dated as of July 2, 2009), among NextWave
Wireless LLC, Parent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, the
purchasers set forth in Schedule 1.2B thereto and the Bank of New York Mellon,
and (iii) the Third Lien Subordinated Secured Convertible Notes issued pursuant
to the Third Lien Subordinated Exchange Note Exchange Agreement, dated as of
October 9, 2008 (as amended or replaced from time to time pursuant to the April
2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment, and the March 2010 Amendment), among
Parent, NextWave Wireless LLC, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto,
the purchasers set forth in Schedule 1.2 thereto, and The Bank of New York
Mellon.
“Note
Agreements” means, collectively, as may be amended from time to time, (i)
the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2006 (as amended by that certain
First Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of March 12, 2008, that certain
Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of September 26, 2008, the April
2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment and the March 2010 Amendment), among
NextWave Wireless LLC, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, the
purchasers set forth in Schedule 1.2B thereto, and The Bank of New York; (ii)
the Second Lien Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 9,
2008 (as amended by the April 2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment, the March
2010 Amendment, and as supplemented by that certain Second Lien Incremental
Indebtedness Agreement dated as of July 2, 2009), among NextWave Wireless LLC,
Parent, each Guarantor from time to time party thereto, the purchasers set forth
in schedule 1.2B thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon; (iii) the Third Lien
Subordinated Exchange Note Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2008 (as
amended by the April 2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment, and the March 2010
Amendment), among Parent, NextWave Wireless LLC, each Guarantor from time to
time party thereto, the purchasers set forth in Schedule 1.2 thereto, and The
Bank of New York Mellon; and (iv) all loan documents related to the agreements
referenced in (i) through (iii) above (including without limitation the “Note
Documents” as such term is defined in each Note Agreement).
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“Order”
means any order, award, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment
or arbitration award entered, issued, made or rendered by any Governmental
Authority and any settlement agreement or stipulation.
“Ordinary
Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of Company and
its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice. When determining
whether any occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act or transaction
is in the Ordinary Course of Business, the Parties shall take into
consideration, among other things and without limitation (i) the frequency with
which such occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act or transaction
occurred (or failed to occur) and (ii) quantitative factors such as costs and
amounts involved in the particular occurrence, event, incident, action, failure
to act or transaction in question (relative to that involved in similar
occurrences, events, incidents, actions, failures to act or
transactions.
“Owned
Registered IP” means (A) each issued patent owned by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (B) each pending patent application filed by or on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) each trademark registration,
service xxxx registration, and copyright registration owned by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (D) each application for trademark registration,
service xxxx registration, and copyright registration made by or on behalf of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (E) each domain name registered by
or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Permits”
means any licenses, franchises, permits, consents, certificates, approvals and
authorizations of, from or required by a Governmental Authority.
“Permitted
Exceptions” means (i) all defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements,
rights of way and encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which
have been disclosed to Purchaser, (ii) statutory liens for current Taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the amount or
validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
(iii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar Liens arising or
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business that are not material to the
business, operations and financial condition of the properties and assets of the
Company so encumbered, (iv) zoning, entitlement and other land use and
environmental regulations by any Governmental Authority, provided that such
regulations have not been violated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(v) statutory or common law liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or
renters under leases or rental agreements, (vi) deposits or pledges made in
connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance or similar programs mandated by applicable Law, (vii) any right, title
or interest of a licensor under a license disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule
or entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business that are immaterial to the
Company and its Subsidiaries in the absence of any default by the licensee,
(viii) leases or subleases disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or entered into
in the Ordinary Course of Business following the date of this Agreement that are
immaterial to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ix) licenses or sublicenses
granted to others pursuant to any Contract, (x) immaterial, non-exclusive
licenses or sublicenses that are not required to be included on the Disclosure
Schedule.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association, firm, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, or any other entity, including a Governmental Authority or
political subdivision thereof.
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“Proceeding”
means any proceeding, action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation,
charge, complaint, claim, demand, litigation or suit, foreign or domestic
(whether civil, criminal, legal, administrative, judicial or investigative,
whether formal or informal, whether public or private) commenced, brought,
conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator.
“Required
Parent Stockholder Vote” means the approval of the holders of a majority
of the issued and outstanding shares of the Parent’s Common Stock.
“SEC”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor
statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated from time
to time thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination both (i)
(a) the then fair saleable value of the property of such Person is (x) greater
than the total amount of liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities but excluding amounts payable under intercompany
promissory notes and the like) of such Person and (z) not less than the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on such Person’s then
existing debts as they become absolute and matured, (b) such Person’s capital is
not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or
undertaken transaction, and (c) such Person does not intend to incur, or believe
(nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they become due, and (ii) such Person is “solvent” within
the meaning given that term and similar terms under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 11
U.S.C. 101 et seq., and
applicable Laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For
purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time
shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably
be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether
such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“Software”
means any and all computer programs, whether in source code or object code form,
together with all related documentation.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Party, any Person of which such Party directly or
indirectly owns voting securities, other voting rights or voting partnership
interests which are sufficient to elect at least a majority of such Person’s
board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting
interests, such Party directly or indirectly owns fifty percent (50%) or more of
the equity interests of such Person).
“Takeover
Law” means any state “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business
combination,” “fair price” or other form of anti-takeover Law.
‘‘Tax
Return’’ means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or
information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
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“Taxes”
means (i) all federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, imposts,
levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross receipts, capital,
sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory,
capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security,
unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated
taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments and other taxes of any kind whatsoever,
(ii) all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts
imposed by any Taxing Authority in connection with any item described in clause
(i), and (iii) any transferee liability in respect of any items described in
clauses (i) and/or (ii) payable by reason of contract, assumption, transferee
liability, operation of Law, Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any
predecessor or successor thereof of any analogous or similar provision under
Law) or otherwise.
“Taxing
Authority” means the IRS and any other Governmental Authority responsible
for the administration of any Tax.
“Transfer”
means, with respect to any Common Stock, any transfer, sale, gift, exchange,
assignment (including by operation of Law) or pledge of, or the creation of any
Lien on such Common Stock or making any other disposition thereof.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Successors and
Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted
assigns of the Parties. The rights and obligations of each Party
hereunder may not be assigned to any Person without the prior written consent of
each other Party hereto.
(b) Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial.
(i) This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of
the State of California, applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed
entirely within that state; provided, however, that the
Federal Arbitration Act shall apply in lieu of any arbitration Law or rules that
may now exist or hereafter be enacted dealing with the subject of
arbitration.
(ii) Except as
provided in Section
11(c)
hereof, all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any
relationship created by or in accordance with this Agreement shall be finally
settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
(the “Rules”)
by three arbitrators. Judgment on the award rendered by the panel of
arbitrators shall be binding upon the Parties and may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. The Company, Parent and Seller, on the
one hand, shall nominate one arbitrator, and the Purchaser, on the other hand,
shall nominate one arbitrator. The arbitrators so nominated shall
jointly nominate the third arbitrator within fifteen (15) days following the
confirmation of both Party-nominated arbitrators. If the
Party-nominated arbitrators cannot agree on the third arbitrator, then such
third arbitrator shall be selected as provided in the Rules. The
place of the arbitration and all hearings and meetings shall be New York, New
York unless all Parties to the arbitration otherwise agree. The
arbitrator shall apply the governing law as set forth in this
Agreement. The language of the arbitral proceedings shall be
English. The arbitrators shall not issue any award, grant any relief
or take any action that is prohibited by or inconsistent with
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the
provisions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the
arbitrators may include attorney’s fees in any award. The arbitrators
may order the pre-hearing production or exchange of documentary evidence and may
require written submissions from the Parties, but may not otherwise order
pre-hearing depositions or discovery. Unless the Parties otherwise
agree, the arbitrators shall not have the power to appoint
experts. The Federal Rules of Evidence shall apply to the
arbitration. Each Party shall bear its own attorney’s fees in
connection with any arbitral proceedings.
(iii) No
arbitration pursuant to this Section 11(b) shall be
commenced until the Party intending to request arbitration has first given
thirty (30) days written notice of its intent to the other Parties and has
offered to meet and confer with one or more responsible executives of such other
Parties in an effort to resolve the dispute(s) described in detail in such
written notice. If one or more responsible executives of the Company,
Parent and Seller, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, agree,
within thirty (30) days after receipt of such written notice, to meet and confer
with the requesting Party, then no arbitration shall be commenced until the
executives have met and conferred in an effort to resolve the dispute(s) or
until sixty (60) days has elapsed from the date such written notice has been
given.
(iv) The
provisions of this Section 11(b) shall not be
construed as prohibiting any party to this Agreement from applying pursuant to
Section 11(c)
hereof to any court of competent jurisdiction for such specific performance,
injunctive and/or other equitable relief as may be necessary to protect that
party from irreparable harm or injury or to preserve the status quo pending
resolution of a dispute.
(c) Specific
Enforcement. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would
occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled
to seek specific performance, injunctive and/or other equitable relief to
prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement in any court of competent jurisdiction without bond
or other security being required, this being in addition to any other remedy to
which they may be entitled at Law or in equity.
(d) Expenses. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Party to this Agreement
will bear its respective Expenses.
(e) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
(f) Headings. The
headings and captions used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and
are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this
Agreement. All references in this Agreement to articles, sections,
paragraphs, exhibits and schedules will, unless otherwise provided, refer to
articles, sections and paragraphs hereof and exhibits and schedules attached
hereto, all of which exhibits and schedules are incorporated herein by
reference.
(g) Notices. All
notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and may
be delivered by hand, by air mail, by internationally recognized private
courier
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(for
delivery in no fewer than two (2) Business Days), or by
facsimile. Except as provided otherwise herein, notices delivered by
hand shall be deemed given upon receipt; notices delivered by air mail shall be
deemed given ten (10) days after being deposited in the mail system, postage
prepaid; notices delivered by internationally recognized private courier shall
be deemed given on the second Business Day following deposit with the private
courier for delivery in no fewer than two (2) Business Days; and notices
delivered by facsimile shall be deemed given twenty-four hours (24) after the
sender’s receipt of confirmation of successful transmission. All
notices shall be addressed as follows:
If to the
Company, Parent or Seller,
00000 Xx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to,
Xxxxxx
LLP
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
If to the
Purchaser,
NTT
DOCOMO, INC.
0-00-0,
Xxxxxx-xxx, Xxxxxxx-xx
Xxxxx
000-0000 Xxxxx
Attn:
Managing Director, Product Department
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to,
Squire,
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
Gaikokuho
Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho
Ebisu
Prime Square Tower, 16/F
0-0-00
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx-xx
Xxxxx
000-0000
Xxxxx
Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
and/or to
such other respective addresses and/or addressees as may be designated by notice
given in accordance with the provisions of this Section
11(g).
(h) Amendments. This
Agreement may be amended only with the written consent of the Company, Parent
and the Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with
this
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Section 11(h) will be
binding upon the Purchaser, Parent, the Company and their respective successors
and assigns.
(i) Reporting and
Publicity. Except as otherwise required by Law or applicable
stock exchange rules, press releases and other publicity concerning the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be made only with the prior
agreement of the Company and Parent, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the
other hand (and in any event, the Parties hereto shall use all reasonable
efforts to consult and agree with each other with respect to the content of any
such required press release or other publicity). Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Purchaser agrees that Parent may describe
the terms of the Transactions in a press release and in a Current Report on Form
8-K to be filed with the SEC, and that it intends to file this Agreement as an
exhibit to a Parent periodic or current report. The Parent and Purchaser shall
cooperate with one another in determining whether to request, and if so, taking
reasonable steps to obtain, confidential treatment of portions of this
Agreement.
(j) Waivers. The
waiver by a Party of any breach of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of
this Agreement or of any right or privilege conferred by this Agreement shall
not be construed as a subsequent waiver of any such terms, covenants,
conditions, rights or privileges or as a waiver of any other terms, covenants,
conditions, rights or privileges. No waiver shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving
Party.
(k) Replacement of
Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Purchased Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall
issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate
or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable
indemnity, if requested.
(l) Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable under applicable
Law, such provision will be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the
Agreement will be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and will be
enforceable in accordance with its terms. Further, the Parties agree
to use commercially reasonable efforts to replace such unenforceable provision
of this Agreement with an enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent
possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such unenforceable
provision.
(m) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Stockholders’
Agreement and all exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, constitutes the
entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior negotiations, correspondence,
agreements and understandings between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
(n) Further
Assurances. From and after the date of this Agreement, upon
the request of the Company or the Purchaser, the Company and the Purchaser will
take such actions, including the execution and delivery of instruments,
documents or other writings, as is
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reasonably
necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate fully the
intent and purposes of this Agreement.
(o) Meaning of “Include” and
“Including”. Whenever in this Agreement the word “include” or
“including” is used, it shall be deemed to mean “include, without limitation” or
“including, without limitation,” as the case may be, and the language following
“include” or “including” shall not be deemed to set forth an exhaustive
list.
(p) No Presumption Against
Drafting Party. Each of the Parties acknowledges that each
Party has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions and that the Parties have participated jointly in the drafting of
this Agreement. Accordingly, in the event an ambiguity or question of
intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted
jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the
provisions of this Agreement.
(q) No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended, and shall not
be deemed, to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, to create any
agreement of employment with any Person, or to otherwise create any third-party
beneficiary hereto.
(r) Facsimile and E-mail
Signatures. Any signature page hereto delivered by facsimile
machine or by e-mail (including in portable document format (pdf), as a joint
photographic experts group (jpg) file, or otherwise) shall be binding to the
same extent as an original signature page, with regard to any agreement subject
to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto. Any Party who delivers
such a signature page agrees to later deliver an original counterpart to any
Party who requests it.
(s) Corporate Securities
Law. THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS
AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN QUALIFIED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH SECURITIES OR THE PAYMENT OR
RECEIPT OF ANY PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR SUCH SECURITIES PRIOR TO SUCH
QUALIFICATION IS UNLAWFUL, UNLESS THE SALE OF SECURITIES IS EXEMPT FROM
QUALIFICATION BY SECTION 25100, 25102 OR 25105 OF THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS
CODE. THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY
CONDITIONED UPON SUCH QUALIFICATION BEING OBTAINED, UNLESS THE SALE IS SO
EXEMPT.
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of Page Intentionally Left Blank – Signature Page Follows
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by their duly authorized signatories as of the date first above
written.
PACKETVIDEO
CORPORATION
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X. Xxxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxxxx, Ph.D.
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and Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President—
Chief
Financial Officer
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NEXTWAVE
BROADBAND INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Treasurer
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NTT
DOCOMO, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
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President
& CEO
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Annex A
Resigning Directors and
Officers of the Company
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx