AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among DOBSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, AT&T INC. and ALPINE MERGER SUB, INC. dated as of June 29, 2007
EXHIBIT 2.1
Execution Copy
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
AT&T INC.
and
ALPINE MERGER SUB, INC.
dated as of June 29, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I |
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THE MERGER; CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME |
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1.1. The Merger |
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1.2. Closing |
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1.3. Effective Time |
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ARTICLE II |
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION |
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2.1. The Certificate of Incorporation |
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2.2. The By-Laws |
2 | |||
ARTICLE III |
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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3.1. Directors of Surviving Corporation |
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3.2. Officers of Surviving Corporation |
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ARTICLE IV |
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EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES |
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4.1. Effect on Capital Stock |
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4.2. Exchange of Certificates for Shares |
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4.3. Adjustment to Prevent Dilution |
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4.4. Company Stock Based Plans |
6 | |||
ARTICLE V |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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5.2. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub |
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ARTICLE VI |
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COVENANTS |
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6.1. Interim Operations |
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6.2. Acquisition Proposals |
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6.3. Information Supplied |
31 | |||
6.4. Filings; Other Actions; Notification |
32 | |||
6.5. Access; Consultation |
34 |
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6.6. Stock Exchange De-listing/De-registration |
34 | |||
6.7. Publicity |
34 | |||
6.8. Employee Benefits |
34 | |||
6.9. Expenses |
35 | |||
6.10. Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance |
36 | |||
6.11. Regulatory Compliance |
37 | |||
6.12. Takeover Statute |
38 | |||
6.13. 700 MHz Auction |
38 | |||
6.14. Control of the Company’s or Parent’s Operations |
38 | |||
6.15. Section 16(b) |
38 | |||
6.16. Treatment of Certain Notes |
38 | |||
6.17. Series F Preferred |
40 | |||
6.18. Notice to Stockholders |
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6.19 Potential Sale of Interests |
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ARTICLE VII |
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CONDITIONS |
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7.1. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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7.2. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
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7.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company |
43 | |||
ARTICLE VIII |
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TERMINATION |
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8.1. Termination by Mutual Consent |
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8.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company |
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8.3. Termination by the Company |
44 | |||
8.4. Termination by Parent |
45 | |||
8.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment |
45 | |||
ARTICLE IX |
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MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL |
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9.1. Survival |
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9.2. Modification or Amendment |
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9.3. Waiver |
46 | |||
9.4. Counterparts |
46 | |||
9.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
46 | |||
9.6. Notices |
47 | |||
9.7. Entire Agreement |
48 | |||
9.8. No Third Party Beneficiaries |
48 | |||
9.9. Obligations of Parent and of the Company |
48 | |||
9.10. Severability |
49 | |||
9.11. Interpretation |
49 | |||
9.12. Captions |
49 |
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9.13. Assignment |
49 | |||
Exhibit A Form Joint Bidding Agreement |
A-1 |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Defined Term | Section | |
Acquisition Proposal |
6.2(b) | |
Agreement |
Preamble | |
Audit Date |
5.1(e)(i) | |
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception |
5.1(c)(i) | |
By-Laws |
2.2 | |
Certificate |
4.1(a) | |
Certificate of Merger |
1.3 | |
Charter |
2.1 | |
Class A Common Stock |
5.1(b) | |
Class B Common Stock |
5.1(b) | |
Class C Common Stock |
5.1(b) | |
Class D Common Stock |
5.1(b) | |
Closing |
1.2 | |
Closing Date |
1.2 | |
Code |
4.2(h) | |
Common Stock Unit |
5.1(b) | |
Communications Act |
5.1(d)(i) | |
Communications Licenses |
5.1(i)(ii) | |
Company |
Preamble | |
Company Compensation and Benefit Plans |
5.1(h)(i) | |
Company Disclosure Letter |
5.1 | |
Company Employees |
5.1(h)(i) | |
Company Licenses |
5.1(i)(ii) | |
Company Material Adverse Effect |
5.1(a) | |
Company Option |
4.4(a) | |
Company Preferred Shares |
5.1(b) | |
Company Reports |
5.1(e)(i) | |
Company Requisite Vote |
5.1(c) | |
Company Restricted Share |
4.4(b) | |
Company Share |
5.1(b) | |
Company Shares |
5.1(b) | |
Company Stock Plans |
5.1(b) | |
Computer Software |
5.1(o)(i) | |
Confidentiality Agreement |
9.7 | |
Contamination |
5.1(l) | |
Contracts |
5.1(d)(ii) | |
Costs |
6.10(a) | |
Current Premium |
6.10(c) | |
Debt Offers |
6.16(a) | |
Dissenting Shares |
4.2(g) | |
Dissenting Stockholders |
4.1(a) | |
D&O Insurance |
6.10(c) |
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Defined Term | Section | |
D&O Policies |
5.1(q) | |
Effective Time |
1.3 | |
Environmental Law |
5.1(l) | |
ERISA |
5.1(h)(i) | |
ERISA Affiliate |
5.1(h)(iii) | |
ERISA Plan |
5.1(h)(ii) | |
Exchange Act |
5.1(e)(i) | |
Exchange Fund |
4.2(a) | |
Excluded Company Share |
4.1(a) | |
Excluded Company Shares |
4.1(a) | |
FAA |
5.1(i)(ii) | |
FAA Rules |
5.1(i)(iv) | |
FCC |
5.1(d)(i) | |
FCC Licenses |
5.1(i)(ii) | |
FCC Rules |
6.11(a) | |
Final Order |
7.2(d) | |
GAAP |
5.1(e)(iii) | |
Governmental Consents |
7.1(c) | |
Governmental Entity |
5.1(d)(i) | |
Hazardous Substance |
5.1(l) | |
HSR Act |
5.1(b) | |
Indebtedness |
6.16(a) | |
Indemnified Parties |
6.10(a) | |
Information Statement |
6.3(a) | |
Information Technology |
5.1(o)(ii) | |
Intellectual Property |
5.1(o)(iii) | |
IRS |
5.1(h)(ii) | |
Laws |
5.1(i)(i) | |
Licenses |
5.1(i)(i) | |
Lien |
5.1(b) | |
Material Contracts |
5.1(j)(i)(O) | |
Merger |
Recitals | |
Merger Consideration |
4.1(a) | |
Merger Sub |
Preamble | |
NASDAQ |
5.1(e)(ii) | |
OGCA |
1.1 | |
Offer Documents |
6.16(b) | |
Order |
7.1(d) | |
Parent |
Preamble | |
Parent Disclosure Letter |
5.2 | |
Paying Agent |
4.2(a) | |
Pension Plan |
5.1(h)(ii) | |
Person |
4.2(b) | |
Potential Sale Interest |
6.19 |
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Defined Term | Section | |
Redemption Date |
6.17 | |
Redemption Notice |
6.17 | |
Regulatory Material Adverse Effect |
6.4(a) | |
Representatives |
6.2(a) | |
Required Governmental Consents |
7.1(c) | |
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx |
5.1(e)(i) | |
SEC |
5.1(e)(i) | |
Securities Act |
5.1(e)(i) | |
Series F Preferred |
5.1(b) | |
Special Committee |
Recitals | |
State Licenses |
5.1(i)(ii) | |
Subsidiary |
5.1(a) | |
Superior Proposal |
6.2(b) | |
Surviving Corporation |
1.1 | |
Takeover Statute |
5.1(k) | |
Tax |
5.1(m) | |
Tax Return |
5.1(m) | |
Taxable |
5.1(m) | |
Taxes |
5.1(m) | |
Termination Date |
8.2 | |
Termination Fee |
8.5(c) | |
Uncertificated Company Share |
4.1(a) |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 29, 2007, among
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), AT&T INC., a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and ALPINE MERGER SUB, INC., an Oklahoma corporation and a
wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of the Company and Merger Sub have, by
resolutions duly adopted, declared that the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
“Merger”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable, and the respective Boards of
Directors of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub have approved this Agreement and Parent has
determined that entering into this Agreement is in the best interest of its stockholders;
WHEREAS, a special committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Special
Committee”) has (i) determined that the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and
are in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders and (ii) recommended that the Board of
Directors of the Company approve this Agreement and declare advisable the Merger upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, as an inducement to and a condition of Parent’s willingness to enter into this
Agreement, a stockholder of the Company whose share ownership in Company Shares constitutes more
than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to
vote on this Agreement will be providing its written consent approving and adopting this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, which consent is sufficient to obtain the Company
Requisite Vote; and
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements specified herein in connection with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER; CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME
THE MERGER; CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME
1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease. The Company shall be the
surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes referred to in this Agreement as the “Surviving
Corporation”), and the separate corporate existence of the Company with all its rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger. The Merger
shall have the effects specified in the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, as amended (the
“OGCA”).
1.2. Closing. The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place (i)
at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 8:00 a.m.
local time on the business day after the date on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the
conditions set forth in Article VII shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this
Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), or (ii) at such other place and time
and/or on such other date as the Company and Parent may otherwise agree in writing (the date on
which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”).
1.3. Effective Time. Immediately following the Closing, the Company and Parent will
cause a Certificate of Merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) to be executed, acknowledged
and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma as provided in Section 1081 of the
OGCA. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Certificate of Merger has been duly
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma or such other time as shall be agreed
upon by the parties hereto in writing and set forth in the Certificate of Merger in accordance with
the OGCA (the “Effective Time”).
ARTICLE II
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
2.1. The Certificate of Incorporation. At the Effective Time, the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the “Charter”) shall be the certificate of
incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter
amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
2.2. The By-Laws. The by-laws of Merger Sub in effect at the Effective Time shall be
the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation (the “By-Laws”), until thereafter amended as
provided therein or by applicable Law.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
3.1. Directors of Surviving Corporation. The directors of Merger Sub at the Effective
Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until
their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the By-Laws.
3.2. Officers of Surviving Corporation. The officers of the Company at the Effective
Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation until
their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the By-Laws.
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ARTICLE IV
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
4.1. Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and
without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of any capital
stock of the Company or Merger Sub:
(a) Company Share Merger Consideration. Each Company Share issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than (i) Company Shares that are owned by Parent or
Merger Sub or by the Company or its Subsidiaries and in each case not held on behalf of third
parties and (ii) Company Shares that are owned by stockholders (A) who have not voted such Company
Shares in favor of the Merger or consented to the Merger in writing pursuant to Section 1073 of the
OGCA and (B) who have otherwise taken all of the actions required by Section 1091 of the OGCA to
properly exercise and perfect such stockholders’ appraisal rights with respect to such Company
Shares (“Dissenting Stockholders”) (each Company Share referred to in the foregoing clause
(i) or (ii) being an “Excluded Company Share” and, collectively, “Excluded Company
Shares”), shall be converted into the right to receive $13.00 in cash per Company Share (the
“Merger Consideration”). At the Effective Time, all Company Shares shall no longer be
outstanding, shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and (i) each
certificate (a “Certificate”) formerly representing any of such Company Shares (other than
Excluded Company Shares) and (ii) each uncertificated Company Share (an “Uncertificated Company
Share”) registered to a holder on the stock transfer books of the Company (other than Excluded
Company Shares) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration,
without interest, and each certificate formerly representing Company Shares owned by Dissenting
Stockholders shall thereafter only represent the right to receive the payment to which reference is
made in Section 4.2(g).
(b) Cancellation of Excluded Shares. Each Excluded Company Share (other than such
Excluded Company Shares that are owned by the Subsidiaries of the Company or of Parent which such
Excluded Company Shares shall remain outstanding and unaffected by the Merger) shall, by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, no longer be outstanding,
shall be automatically cancelled and retired without payment of any consideration therefor and
shall cease to exist, subject to any rights the holder thereof may have under Section 4.2(g).
(c) Merger Sub. Each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) Series F Preferred. Each share of Series F Preferred issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, if any, shall remain outstanding as one share of Series F
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Surviving Corporation having the
same powers, preferences and relative participating rights, optional or other special rights and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, as such share of Series F Preferred has
immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to the terms of the Series F Preferred.
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4.2. Exchange of Certificates for Shares.
(a) Paying Agent. At the Closing, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be
deposited, with a paying agent selected by Parent who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company (the “Paying Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of Company Shares (other than
Excluded Company Shares), a cash amount approximately equal to the amount necessary for the Paying
Agent to pay the Merger Consideration in respect of Company Shares, other than Excluded Company
Shares (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”).
(b) Payment Procedures. Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall cause the Paying Agent to mail transmittal materials (to be reasonably agreed to by Parent
and the Company prior to the Effective Time) to each holder of record as of the Effective Time of
Company Shares (other than Excluded Company Shares) represented by Certificates. Such transmittal
materials shall advise the holders of such Company Shares of the effectiveness of the Merger and
the procedure for surrendering the Certificates to the Paying Agent. Upon the surrender of a
Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 4.2(e)) to the Paying
Agent in accordance with the terms of the transmittal materials, the holder of the Certificate
shall be entitled to receive in exchange, and in respect of, such Certificate a cash amount (after
giving effect to any Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(h)) equal to (x) the number of
Company Shares represented by such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in
Section 4.2(e)) multiplied by (y) the Merger Consideration, and the Certificate so surrendered
shall be forthwith cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due
surrender of the Certificates. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Shares that is
not registered in the transfer records of the Company, a check for any cash to be paid upon due
surrender of the Certificate may be issued and/or paid to such a transferee if the Certificate
formerly representing such Company Shares is presented to the Paying Agent, accompanied by all
documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock
transfer Taxes have been paid.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Person” shall mean any individual,
corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any
kind or nature.
(c) Transfers. From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the
stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of Company Shares that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the
proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of the Company 180
days after the Effective Time shall be delivered, at Parent’s option, to Parent. Any stockholders
of the Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article IV shall thereafter look only to
Parent for payment of the Merger Consideration (after giving effect to any required Tax
withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(h)) upon due surrender of their Certificates (or affidavits
of loss in lieu thereof), in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, none of Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Paying Agent or any
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other Person shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly delivered to a public
official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(e) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any Certificate shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming
such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such Person of a bond in the
form customarily required by Parent as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent
or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue a check
in the amount (after giving effect to any Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(h)) equal to
the number of Company Shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate multiplied
by the Merger Consideration.
(f) Uncertificated Company Shares. Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to (i) issue
to each holder of Uncertificated Company Shares a check in the amount equal to (after giving effect
to any Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(h)) (x) the number of Uncertificated Company
Shares held by such holder multiplied by (y) the Merger Consideration and (ii) mail to each such
holder materials (to be reasonably agreed upon by Parent and the Company prior to the Effective
Time) advising such holder of the effectiveness of the Merger and the conversion of their Company
Shares into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
(g) Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to
the contrary, Company Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time and that are held by a stockholder who has not voted such shares in favor of the Merger or
consented to the Merger in writing pursuant to Section 1073 of the OGCA and who has otherwise taken
all of the actions required by Section 1091 of the OGCA to properly exercise and perfect such
stockholder’s appraisal rights (the “Dissenting Shares”) shall be deemed to have ceased to
represent any interest in the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time and shall be entitled
to those rights and remedies set forth in Section 1091 of the OGCA; provided,
however, that in the event that a stockholder of the Company fails to perfect, waives,
withdraws or otherwise loses any such right or remedy granted by the OGCA, the Dissenting Shares
held by such stockholder shall be converted into and represent only the right to receive the Merger
Consideration specified in this Agreement without interest. The Company shall give Parent (i)
prompt notice of any written demands for payment for the Dissenting Shares, attempted withdrawals
of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to applicable Law that are received by
the Company with respect to stockholders’ appraisal rights and (ii) the opportunity to participate
in and direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demands. The Company shall
not, without the prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or
settle or offer to settle any such demands. Merger Sub (or, after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation) shall be responsible for all payments with respect to the Dissenting Shares,
including all reasonable expenses associated with any negotiations and proceedings with respect to
any demands for appraisal under the OGCA.
(h) Withholding Rights. Each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement
such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment
under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), or any other applicable state, local or
foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation or
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Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts (i) shall be remitted by Parent or the
Surviving Corporation, as applicable, to the applicable Governmental Entity, and (ii) shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom
such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the case may be.
(i) No Further Dividends. No dividends or other distributions with respect to capital
stock of the Surviving Corporation with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid
to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate.
4.3. Adjustment to Prevent Dilution. In the event that prior to the Effective Time
there is a change in the number of Company Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for Company Shares issued and outstanding as a result of a distribution,
reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution,
recapitalization, merger, subdivision, issuer tender or exchange offer or other similar
transactions, the Merger Consideration shall be equitably adjusted to eliminate the effects of such
event on the Merger Consideration.
4.4. Company Stock Based Plans.
(a) At the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase Company Shares (a “Company
Option”) under the Company Stock Plans, whether vested or unvested, shall be cancelled and
shall only entitle the holder thereof to receive, as promptly as reasonably practicable following
the Effective Time, an amount in cash equal to (i) the product of (x) the total number of Company
Shares subject to the Company Option (whether vested or unvested) immediately prior to the
Effective Time and (y) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per
share under such Company Option, less (ii) the amount of any applicable Taxes required to be
withheld with respect to such payment.
(b) At the Effective Time, each restricted Company Share reserved for issuance under the
Company Stock Plans (the “Company Restricted Share”), shall be cancelled and shall only
entitle the holder thereof to receive, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective
Time, an amount in cash equal to (i) the product of (x) the number of Company Shares subject to
such Company Restricted Share immediately prior to the Effective Time and (y) the Merger
Consideration, less (ii) the amount of any applicable Taxes required to be withheld with respect to
such payment.
(c) At or prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company and
the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, as applicable, shall take any
actions which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section 4.4, including causing the
Company to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the acknowledgements of all holders of
Company Options (provided that the Company shall obtain acknowledgements from all directors of the
Company) to the treatment under this Section 4.4. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence,
the Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that from and after the Effective Time
neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation will be required to deliver Company Shares or other
capital stock of the Company to
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any Person pursuant to or in settlement of Company Options or Company Restricted Shares after
the Effective Time.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Subject to Section 9.11(c),
except as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered to Parent by the Company at the time this
Agreement is entered into (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) or as set forth in the Company
Reports filed with the SEC on or after January 1, 2007 and prior to the date of this Agreement
(excluding all disclosures in any “Risk Factors” section and any other prospective or
forward-looking information) the qualifying nature of which must be reasonably apparent, the
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as
currently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign legal
entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties
or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has made available to Parent a complete and
correct copy of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
As used in this Agreement, (i) the term “Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person,
any other Person (x) of which at least fifty (50) percent of the securities or ownership interests
having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person
and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, (y) of which such Person is the general partner or (z)
whose business and policies such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries has the power to
control; and (ii) the term “Company Material Adverse Effect” means (x) an effect that would
prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger
or (y) a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities,
business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding
any such effect resulting from or arising in connection with (I) changes or conditions (including
political conditions) generally affecting (A) the United States economy or financial markets or (B)
the United States mobile wireless voice and data industry; (II) any change in GAAP; (III) any
change in the market price or trading volume of Company Shares (but not the underlying cause of
such change); (IV) other than any Governmental Consent, (A) any adopted legislation by any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company and its Subsidiaries or (B) any rule or
regulation enacted by the FCC; (V) any act of terrorism or sabotage; (VI) any earthquake or other
natural disaster; or (VII) the announcement or disclosure of (A) the existence or terms of this
Agreement, (B) the Merger or (C) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except to the
extent that such effects in the cases of clauses (IV), (V) and (VI) above disproportionately affect
the Company and its Subsidiaries as compared
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to other companies in the United States engaged in the industries in which the Company or its
Subsidiaries operate.
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
395,037,226 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of which 325,000,000 shares are
designated Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”),
70,000,000 shares are designated Class B Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class B
Common Stock”), 4,226 shares are designated Class C Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
(the “Class C Common Stock”) and 33,000 shares are designated Class D Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share (the “Class D Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common
Stock, Class B Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock, the “Company Shares” and each a
“Company Share”), of which 152,439,789 shares of Class A Common Stock and 19,418,021 shares
of Class B Common Stock (all of which outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock are owned of
record by Xxxxxx XX Limited Partnership) were issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement and no other Company Shares are outstanding, and 6,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par
value $1.00 per share (“Company Preferred Shares”), of which 1,900,000 Company Preferred
Shares are designated Series F Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
“Series F Preferred”), and 759,896 shares of Series F Preferred were outstanding on the
date of this Agreement and no other Company Preferred Shares are outstanding. All of the
outstanding Company Shares and Company Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Company has no Company Shares, Company Preferred
Shares or other shares of capital stock reserved for or subject to issuance, except that as of the
date of this Agreement, there are an aggregate of (i) 28,648,469 shares of Class A Common Stock
reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and
the 1996 Stock Option Plan (collectively the “Company Stock Plans”), of which Company
Options to purchase 12,540,004 shares of Class A Common Stock are currently outstanding, (ii)
1,000,000 Company Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
(iii) 15,530,960 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to issuance upon conversion of the
Company’s 1.50% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2025 and (iv) 15,508,044 shares of Class A Common
Stock subject to the issuance upon conversion of the Series F Preferred. Section 5.1(b) of the
Company Disclosure Letter contains a correct and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement,
of (x) the number of outstanding Company Options, the exercise prices of all Company Options and
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable at each such exercise price and (y) the
number of outstanding rights, including those issued under the Company Stock Plans, to receive, or
rights the value of which is determined by reference to, Company Shares, the date of grant and
number of Company Shares subject thereto (including restricted stock and restricted stock units)
(each, a “Common Stock Unit”). All outstanding grants of Company Options and Common Stock
Units were made under the Company Stock Plans. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
other securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued
and is fully paid and nonassessable and owned by the Company or by a direct or indirect wholly
owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, pledge, security interest,
claim or other encumbrance (each, a “Lien”). Except as set forth in this Section 5.1(b),
there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock
appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls,
commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or
sell any shares
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of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person
a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. Except
for the Company’s 1.50% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2025, the Company does not have
outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right
to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the
stockholders of the Company on any matter. Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter
contains a true and complete list of each Person in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly,
any voting interest that may require a filing by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”). To the
knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, as of the date of this Agreement, no Person or group
beneficially owns 5% or more of the Company’s voting securities, with the terms “group” and
“beneficially owns” having the meanings ascribed to them under Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act.
(c) Corporate Authority; Adoption and Fairness. (i) The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority, has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger, subject only
to approval and adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the votes outstanding
with respect to the outstanding Company Shares (the “Company Requisite Vote”). This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub) a valid and binding agreement of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the
“Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”). The Board of Directors of the Company (A) has
unanimously approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and resolved to recommend the approval and adoption of this
Agreement by the holders of Company Shares, (B) has received the opinion of its financial advisor
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, dated as of the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the
Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of Company Shares pursuant to this Agreement is
fair from a financial point of view to such holders and (C) directed that this Agreement be
submitted to the holders of Company Shares for its approval and adoption.
(ii) The Special Committee has (A) determined that the Merger upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are advisable and are in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders, (B)
has received the opinion of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Financial Advisors, Inc., dated as
of the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the Merger Consideration to be received by
the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock (other than Xxxxxx XX Limited Partnership and
its affiliates) is fair to such holders from a financial point of view, and (C) has
recommended that the Board of Directors of the Company approve this Agreement and declare
advisable the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
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(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations. (i) Other than the necessary notices,
reports, filings, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations (A) pursuant to
Section 1.3, (B) required under the HSR Act and the Exchange Act, (C) to comply with state
securities or “blue-sky” laws and (D) with or to the Federal Communications Commission (the
“FCC”) pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications
Act”), no filings, notices and/or reports are required to be made by the Company with, nor are
any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the
Company from, any domestic or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, court, agency,
commission, body or other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity (each, a
“Governmental Entity”), in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby, except those that the failure to make or obtain would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company do not,
and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a termination (or
right of termination) or a default under, its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or the
comparable governing instruments of any of its Subsidiaries, (B) a breach or violation of,
or a default or termination (or right of termination) under, the acceleration of any
obligations or the creation of a Lien on the Company’s assets or the assets of any of its
Subsidiaries (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) pursuant to, any agreement,
lease, license granted by a Person other than a Governmental Entity, contract, note,
mortgage, indenture, agreement, arrangement or other obligation (“Contracts”)
binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or,
assuming the filings, notices and/or approvals referred to in Section 5.1(d)(i) are made or
obtained, any Law or governmental or non-governmental permit or license to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the rights or obligations of any
party under any of its Contracts, except, in the case of clause (B) or (C) above, for any
breach, violation, termination, default, acceleration, creation or change that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of Contracts
of the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to which consents or waivers are or may be
required prior to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than
those where the failure to obtain such consents or waivers would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Reports; Financial Statements. (i) The Company has made available to Parent
prior to the date of this Agreement each registration statement, report, proxy statement or
information statement prepared by it since December 31, 2006 and filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) prior to the date of this Agreement,
including (x) its Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Audit
Date”), and (y) its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2007, each in the form (including exhibits, annexes and any amendments thereto) filed with or
furnished to the SEC. The Company has filed and furnished all forms, statements, reports and
documents
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required to be filed or furnished by it with or to the SEC pursuant to applicable securities
statutes, regulations, policies and rules since December 31, 2004 (collectively, such forms,
statements, reports and documents filed with or furnished to the SEC since December 31, 2004, or
those filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement, and as amended,
the “Company Reports”). The Company Reports were, or if not yet filed or furnished at the
time filed or furnished will have been, prepared in all material respects in accordance with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to the Company Reports. Each of the Company Reports, at the time
of its filing or being furnished, complied, or if not yet filed or furnished, will comply, in all
material respects, with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”) and any rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder applicable to the Company Reports. As of their respective dates (and, if amended, as of
the date of such amendment), the Company Reports did not, and any of the Company Reports filed with
or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will 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 made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
(ii) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or
15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company is recorded and reported on
a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings
with the SEC and other public disclosure documents. The Company maintains internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the
Exchange Act). Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and includes policies and procedures that (A) pertain to the maintenance of
records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the Company, (B) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures
of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
directors of the Company, and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets
that could have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company has disclosed,
based on the most recent evaluation of its chief executive officer and its chief financial
officer prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s auditors and the audit
committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies in the design
or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information and has identified for the Company’s auditors and audit committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors any material weaknesses in internal control over financial
reporting and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
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reporting. The Company has made available to Parent (I) a summary of any such
disclosure made by management to the Company’s auditors and audit committee since December
31, 2005 and (II) any material communication since December 31, 2005 made by management or
the Company’s auditors to the audit committee required or contemplated by listing standards
of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (the “NASDAQ”), the audit committee’s charter or
professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Since December 31,
2005 and prior to the date of this Agreement, no material complaints from any source
regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, and no concerns from
Company Employees regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters, have been received
by the Company. The Company has made available to Parent prior to the date of this
Agreement a summary of all material complaints or concerns relating to other matters made
since December 31, 2005 and through the execution of this Agreement through the Company’s
whistleblower hot-line or equivalent system for receipt of employee concerns regarding
possible violations of Law. No attorney representing the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has
reported evidence of a violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar
violation by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the
Company’s chief legal officer, audit committee (or other committee designated for the
purpose) of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors pursuant to the rules adopted
pursuant to Section 307 of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx or any Company policy contemplating such
reporting, including in instances not required by those rules.
(iii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference
into the Company Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
as of its date, and each of the consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and of
changes in stockholders’ equity included in or incorporated by reference into the Company
Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects
the results of operations, retained earnings and changes in financial position, as the case
may be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in
the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will
not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied during the periods
involved, except as may be noted therein.
(f) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Audit Date and through the date of this
Agreement, (i) there has not been any event, occurrence, discovery or development which has had or
would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses
only in, and have not engaged in any material transaction other than in accordance with, the
ordinary and usual course of such businesses consistent with past practices, (iii) the Company and
its Subsidiaries have not declared, set aside or paid any dividend or distribution payable in cash,
stock or property in respect of any capital stock other than dividends on the shares of Series F
Preferred in accordance with the terms of the certificate of designation of the Series F Preferred,
(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any material indebtedness for borrowed
money or guaranteed such indebtedness of another Person, or issued
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or sold any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt security of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not transferred,
leased, licensed, sold, mortgaged, pledged, placed a Lien upon or otherwise disposed of any of the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ material property or material assets (including capital stock of any
of the Company’s Subsidiaries) outside of the ordinary course of business, (vi) the Company and its
Subsidiaries have not acquired any business, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of property
or assets or otherwise, (vii) there has not been (A) any increase in the compensation payable or to
become payable to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers or (B) any establishment, adoption,
entry into or amendment of any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for
the benefit of any director, officer or employee, except to the extent required by Law, and (viii)
the Company and its Subsidiaries have not made any material change with respect to accounting
policies or procedures, except as required by changes in GAAP or by Law. Since the Audit Date,
there has not been any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect to any asset or
property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company or its Subsidiaries whether or not covered
by insurance, other than any damage, destruction or loss or damage which would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Litigation and Liabilities. There are no (i) civil, criminal or administrative
actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company’s executive officers, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) obligations or liabilities, whether or not accrued, contingent or
otherwise, or any other facts or circumstances, in either such case, of which the Company’s
executive officers have knowledge that would reasonably be expected to result in any claims against
or obligations or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for (A) those that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (B) those that are reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the
Company (or readily apparent in the notes thereto) filed or incorporated by reference in the
Company Reports prior to the date of this Agreement, and (C) payment or performance obligations
required to be made or performed in accordance with the terms of Contracts to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party and, with respect to performance obligations, to the extent
required by applicable Law.
(h) Employee Benefits. (i) All benefit and compensation plans, contracts, policies
or arrangement maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
covering current or former employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (“Company
Employees”) and current or former directors of the Company, including “employee benefit plans”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”), and incentive and bonus, deferred compensation, stock purchase,
restricted stock, stock option, stock appreciation rights or stock based plans (the “Company
Compensation and Benefit Plans”), are listed in Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Letter. Each such of the Company Compensation and Benefit Plan which has received a favorable
opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service National Office, including any master or prototype
plan, has been separately identified. True and complete copies of all Company Compensation and
Benefit Plans, including any trust instruments or insurance contracts, and with
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respect to any employee stock ownership plan, loan agreements forming a part of any of the
Company Compensation and Benefit Plans, and all amendments thereto, have been made available to the
Parent.
(ii) All of the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans are in substantial compliance
with ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws, except for such failures as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. Each Company Compensation and Benefit Plan which is subject to ERISA (an “ERISA
Plan”) that is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA (a “Pension Plan”) intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the
“IRS”) covering all Tax Law changes prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 or has applied to the IRS for such favorable determination letter
within the applicable remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of the Code, and the
Company’s executive officers are not aware of any circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to result in the loss of the qualification of such plan under Section 401(a) of the
Code. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction with
respect to any ERISA Plan that would subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a Tax
or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or
reasonably expects to incur a Tax or penalty imposed by Section 4980F of the Code or Section
502 of ERISA except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or any liability under Section 4071 of ERISA.
(iii) Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any entity which is considered
one employer with the Company under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code (an
“ERISA Affiliate”) (x) maintains or contributes to or has within the past six years
maintained or contributed to a Pension Plan that is subject to Subtitles C or D of Title IV
of ERISA or (y) maintains or has an obligation to contribute to or has within the past six
years maintained or had an obligation to contribute to a multiemployer plan within the
meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA. No notices have been required to be sent to participants
and beneficiaries or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under Section 302 or 4011 of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
(iv) All contributions required to be made under each Company Compensation and Benefit
Plan as of the date of this Agreement have been timely made and all obligations in respect
of each Company Compensation and Benefit Plan have been properly accrued and reflected on
the most recent consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by reference in the Company
Reports prior to the date of this Agreement to the extent required by GAAP. Neither any
Pension Plans nor any single-employer plan of an ERISA Affiliate has an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (whether or not waived) within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section
302 of ERISA and no ERISA Affiliate has an outstanding funding waiver. Neither any Pension
Plan nor any single-employer plan of an ERISA Affiliate has been required to file
information
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pursuant to Section 4010 of ERISA for the current or most recently completed plan year.
The Company’s executive officers do not reasonably expect that required minimum
contributions to any Pension Plan under Section 412 of the Code will be materially increased
by application of Section 412(l) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has provided, or is required to provide, security to any Pension Plan or to any
single-employer plan of any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code.
(v) There is no material pending or, to the knowledge of the Company’s executive
officers threatened, litigation relating to the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans.
Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have any obligations for retiree health and life
benefits under any ERISA Plan or collective bargaining agreement. The Company or its
Subsidiaries may amend or terminate any such plan at any time without incurring any
liability thereunder other than in respect of claims incurred prior to such amendment or
termination.
(vi) There has been no amendment to, announcement by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Company
Compensation and Benefit Plan that would increase materially the expense of maintaining such
plan above the level of the expense incurred therefor for the most recent fiscal year.
Neither the execution of this Agreement, stockholder adoption of this Agreement, receipt of
approval or clearance from any one or more Governmental Entities of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the consummation of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (A) entitle any employees of the Company or
its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any increase in severance pay upon any termination of
employment after the date of this Agreement; (B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting
or result in any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation
or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any other material obligation
pursuant to, any of the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans; (C) limit or restrict the
right of the Company, or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, Parent, to merge, amend or terminate any of the Company Compensation and Benefit
Plans, or (D) result in payments under any of the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans
which would not be deductible under Section 162(m).
(vii) All Company Compensation and Benefit Plans that are “nonqualified deferred
compensation plans” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) have been operated in
good faith compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations
or other guidance issued thereunder.
(viii) Each Company Option (A) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws and
all of the terms and conditions of the Stock Plans pursuant to which it was issued, (B) has
an exercise price per Company Share equal to or greater than the fair market value of a
Company Share at the close of business on the date of such grant, (C) has a grant date
identical to the date on which the Company’s Board of Directors or compensation committee
actually awarded such Company Option, and (D) qualifies for
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the tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Company Option in the Company’s tax
returns and the Company’s financial statements, respectively.
(i) Compliance with Laws. (i) Since January 1, 2004, the businesses of each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have not been conducted in violation of any applicable federal, state,
local or foreign law, rule, statute, ordinance, regulation, judgment, order, decree, injunction,
arbitration award, license, authorization, opinion, agency requirement or permit of any
Governmental Entity or common law (collectively, “Laws”) pertaining to and binding upon the
Company and its Subsidiaries, except for violations that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of
the Company’s executive officers, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or threatened, nor has any
Governmental Entity indicated an intention to conduct the same, except for those the outcome of
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, no change is
required in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ processes, properties or procedures in
connection with any such Laws, and the Company has not received any written notice or communication
from any Governmental Entity of any noncompliance with any such Laws that has not been cured as of
the date of this Agreement, except for such changes and noncompliance that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has obtained and is in substantial compliance with all permits,
licenses, certifications, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises,
concessions, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity
(collectively, “Licenses”), required to be issued to or held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in order to allow them to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted
and all such Licenses are in full force and effect, except where the failure to possess any such
License or the failure of any such License to be in full force and effect or failure to be in
compliance with any such License, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 5.1(i)(i) do not address, and shall not be deemed to address, any employee
benefits, environmental or Tax matters, including compliance with ERISA, Environmental Laws or Tax
Laws.
(ii) Section 5.1(i)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete
list, as of the date of this Agreement, of (A) all Licenses issued or granted to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries by the FCC (“FCC Licenses”), and all Licenses issued or
granted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by public utility commissions regulating
telecommunications businesses (“State Licenses” and collectively with the FCC
Licenses, the “Communications Licenses”); (B) all pending applications for Licenses
that would be Licenses if issued or granted; and (C) all pending applications by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries for modification, extension or renewal of any License. Each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with its obligations under each of the FCC
Licenses and the rules and regulations of the FCC, and with its obligations under each of
the State Licenses, except for such failures to be in compliance with Communications
Licenses as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers,
there is not pending or threatened before the FCC, the
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Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) or any other Governmental Entity
any proceeding, notice of violation, order of forfeiture or complaint or investigation
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any of the Licenses of the
Company or its Subsidiaries (the “Company Licenses”), in each case, except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The FCC actions granting all FCC Licenses, together with all underlying
construction permits, have not been reversed, stayed, enjoined, annulled or suspended, and
there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, threatened
any application, petition, objection or other pleading with the FCC, the FAA or any other
Governmental Entity which challenges or questions the validity of or any rights of the
holder under any such License, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) All of the currently operating cell sites and microwave paths of the Company and
its Subsidiaries in respect of which a filing with the FCC was required have been
constructed and are currently operated in all respects as represented to the FCC in
currently effective filings, and modifications to such cell sites and microwave paths have
been preceded by the submission to the FCC of all required filings, in each case, except for
such failures as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(iv) All transmission towers owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries are
obstruction-marked and lighted by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent required by,
and in accordance with, the rules and regulations of the FAA (the “FAA Rules”),
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Appropriate notification to the FAA has been made for each
transmission tower owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent
required to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by, and in accordance with,
the FAA Rules, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company does not hold any License to provide local exchange services or
interexchange services.
(j) Certain Contracts. (i) Section 5.1(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract to which either the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound which:
(A) provides that any of them will not compete with any other Person;
(B) purports to limit in any material respect either the type of business in
which the Company or its Subsidiaries (or, after the Effective Time, Parent or its
Subsidiaries) may engage or the manner or locations in which any of them may so
engage in any business;
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(C) requires the purchase or disposition of any assets (including wireless
spectrum) or line of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, after the
Effective Time, Parent or its Subsidiaries with a value of $5 million or more;
(D) requires them to deal exclusively with any Person or group of related
Persons;
(E) provides for a material indemnification obligation by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries under any Contract entered into outside of the ordinary course of
business;
(F) is an interconnection or similar agreement in connection with which the
Company’s or a Subsidiary of the Company’s equipment, networks and services are
connected to those of another service provider in order to allow their respective
customers access to each other’s services and networks;
(G) is an agency, dealer, reseller or other similar Contract (except for those
that are terminable, without penalty on 30 days or less notice);
(H) contains any commitment to (w) provide wireless services coverage in a
particular geographic area, (x) build out tower sites in a particular geographic
area, or requires (y) payment for a specified number of minutes or (z) the
acquisition of video content to be placed on or accessed over a mobile wireless
device or otherwise;
(I) provides for the lease of real or personal property providing for annual
payments of $500,000 or more or aggregate payments of $1 million or more;
(J) provides, individually or together with related Contracts, for the purchase
of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets (other than any
Contract that is terminable without any payment or penalty on not more than 90 days
notice by the Company or its Subsidiaries) that provides for or is reasonably likely
to require either (x) annual payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries of $1
million or more or (y) aggregate payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries of $5
million or more;
(K) (other than among direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of the
Company) relates to indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price
of property (in either case, whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any
asset) each in excess of $10 million;
(L) is required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;
(M) contains a put, call or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries could be required to purchase or sell, as applicable,
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(i) any wireless spectrum or (ii) any equity interests of any Person or other
assets that have a fair market value or purchase price of at least $1 million;
(N) any roaming agreement that cannot be terminated on 30 days or less notice;
and
(O) any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement or arrangement
relating to any partnership or joint venture in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries own a 10% or greater voting or economic interest, other than any such
interests that have a financial statement carrying and fair market value of less
than $10 million and the Company and its Subsidiaries have no future funding
obligation (the Contracts described in (A) through (O) above, together with all
exhibits and schedules to such Contracts being the “Material Contracts”).
(ii) A true and complete copy of each Material Contract has been made available to
Parent prior to the date of this Agreement. Each Material Contract is a valid and binding
agreement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and is in full
force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge
of the Company’s executive officers, any other party thereto is in default or breach in any
respect under the terms of any such Contract, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Takeover Statutes. No “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition” or
other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (each, a “Takeover Statute”) as in effect
on the date of this Agreement is applicable to the Company, Company Shares, the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(l) Environmental Matters. Except for such matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) since January
1, 2004, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) no portion of any property currently or formerly
owned, leased or occupied by the Company or any Subsidiary is materially Contaminated; (iii)
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice from any Governmental
Entity or third party that it has been named or may be named as a responsible or potentially
responsible party, relating to any unresolved suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation
under any Environmental Law for any site Contaminated by Hazardous Substances and, to the knowledge
of the executive officers of the Company, there are no circumstances or conditions that would
reasonably be expected to result in such notice; (iv) since January 1, 2004, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or is expected to incur any liability for any Hazardous
Substance disposal or contamination on any third party property; (v) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information
alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be in violation of or liable under any
Environmental Law (including any claims relating to electromagnetic fields or microwave
transmissions); (vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any orders,
decrees or injunctions issued by any Governmental
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Entity or is subject to any contractual indemnity obligation or other agreement with any third
party relating to liability under any Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous Substances; and
(vii) there are no other circumstances or conditions involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in any material claims, liability,
investigations, costs or restrictions on the ownership, use, or transfer of any of its properties
pursuant to any Environmental Law.
As used herein, the term “Contamination” means the presence of Hazardous Substances
in, on or under any environmental media at levels that would reasonably be expected to require
investigation or remediation pursuant to any Environmental Law or result in an enforcement action
or clean up order by a Governmental Entity.
As used herein, the term “Environmental Law” means any Law relating to: (A) the
protection, investigation or restoration of the environment, health, safety or natural resources,
(B) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance
or (C) noise, odor, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons
or property in connection with any Hazardous Substance.
As used herein, the term “Hazardous Substance” means any substance that is listed,
classified or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any petroleum product or
by-product, asbestos-containing material, lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radioactive materials or radon.
(m) Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) have prepared in good faith
and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all
material Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns are
complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have paid all material Taxes that are required
to be paid or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold from amounts
owing to any employee, creditor or third party; and (iii) have not waived any statute of
limitations with respect to material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a
material Tax assessment or deficiency. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, threatened audits, examinations,
investigations or other proceedings in respect of material Taxes or material Tax matters. There
are not, to the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, any unresolved questions or claims
concerning the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Tax liability that would, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company
has made available to Parent true and correct copies of the United States federal income Tax
Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries for each of the fiscal years ended December 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability with
respect to income, franchise or similar Taxes that accrued on or before December 31, 2003 in excess
of the amounts accrued with respect thereto that are reflected in the financial statements included
in the Company Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement. None of the Company or its
Subsidiaries has been a party to any distribution occurring during the last 30 months in which the
parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code (or
any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) applied. No payments to be made to any of
the officers and employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries
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will as a result of consummation of the Merger be subject to the deduction limitations under
Section 280G of the Code.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any transaction that is the
same as, or substantially similar to, a transaction which is a “reportable transaction” for
purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b) (including any transaction which the IRS has
determined to be a “listed transaction” for purposes of 1.6011-4(b)(2)), or would be reportable to
a similar extent under any other provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has been included in any “consolidated,” “unitary” or “combined” Tax
Return (other than Tax Returns which include only the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) provided
for under the laws of the United States, any foreign jurisdiction or any state or locality for any
taxable period for which the statute of limitations has not expired. Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries is the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with any taxing authority.
As used in this Agreement, (A) the term “Tax” (including, with correlative meaning,
the terms “Taxes”, and “Taxable”) includes all federal, state, local and foreign
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severance,
stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise,
production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever,
together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any
interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (B) the term “Tax Return” includes
all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and
information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes.
(n) Labor Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or
otherwise bound by a collective bargaining agreement or other similar Contract with a labor union
or labor organization, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the subject of any proceeding
asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has committed an unfair labor practice or is
seeking to compel the Company to bargain with any labor union or labor organization nor is there
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, threatened in writing, nor has
there been for the past five years, any labor strike, dispute, walkout, work stoppage, slow-down or
lockout involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in each case as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
To the knowledge of the Company’s executive officers, there are no organizational efforts with
respect to the formation of a collective bargaining unit being made or threatened involving
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those the formation of which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(o) Intellectual Property. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or
possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all Intellectual Property and Information Technology
necessary to carry on its business as operated by it on the date of this Agreement. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property which would,
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individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
As used herein,
(i) “Computer Software” means all computer software and databases (including
source code, object code and all related documentation).
(ii) “Information Technology” means ownership license rights for use of the
computers, Computer Software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs,
switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment and
elements, and associated documentation, in each case, which are necessary for the operation
of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as conducted as of the date of
this Agreement.
(iii) “Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all United States and
foreign (A) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks,
d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, assumed names, fictitious
names, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations for the
foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including all
renewals of same; (B) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all issued
patents, invention disclosures and applications therefor, including provisionals,
divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and including
renewals, extensions and reissues; (C) trade secrets and confidential information and
know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes,
models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists; and (D) published and unpublished works
of authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including databases and other compilations of
information), copyrights therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor,
and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof.
(p) Affiliate Transactions. There are no material transactions, arrangements or
Contracts between the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and its affiliates (other than
its wholly owned Subsidiaries), on the other hand.
(q) Insurance. The Company has made available to Parent prior to the date of this
Agreement true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s director and officer and error and
omissions insurance policies (the “D&O Policies”) and all other material policies of
insurance to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a beneficiary or named insured. The
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage with reputable insurers in such amounts
and covering such risks as are in accordance with normal industry practice for companies engaged in
businesses similar to that of the Company or its Subsidiaries (taking into account the cost and
availability of such insurance).
(r) Brokers and Finders. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s officers,
directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or the other
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transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except that the Company has employed Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated as the Company’s financial advisor and the Special Committee has
employed Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital Inc. as its financial advisor, in each case the
arrangements with which have been disclosed to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.
(s) No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Section 5.1, the Company is not making and has not
made, and no other Person is making or has made on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, any express or implied representation or warranty in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Person is authorized to make such representation or
warranty on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.2. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub. Subject to Section
9.11(c), except as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered to the Company by Parent at the
time of entering into this Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure Letter”), Parent and Merger
Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a
legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective
jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted and
is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign legal entity in each jurisdiction
where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in good
standing, or to have such power or authority, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent and
Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Corporate Authority and Approval. Parent and Merger Sub each has all requisite
corporate or similar power and authority and each has taken all corporate or similar action
necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
consummate the Merger, other than the approval of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of Merger
Sub which will be obtained immediately following the execution of this Agreement. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and is (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Company) a valid and binding agreement of Parent and
Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject
to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. The Board of Directors of Parent has unanimously by all
directors in attendance approved this Agreement. The Board of Directors of Merger Sub has, by
resolutions duly adopted, approved this Agreement and declared the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby advisable, and the sole stockholder of Merger Sub will, promptly
following execution of this Agreement, approve and declare advisable this Agreement.
(c) Governmental Filings; No Violations. (i) Other than the necessary notices,
reports, filings, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations (A) pursuant to
Section 1.3, (B) required under the HSR Act and the Exchange Act, (C) to comply with state
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securities or “blue-sky” laws and (D) with or to the FCC pursuant to the Communications Act,
no filings, notices and/or reports are required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are
any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent
or Merger Sub from, any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger
Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, except those that the failure to
make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub
do not, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation
of, or a termination (or right of termination) or a default under, Parent’s or Merger Sub’s
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (B) a breach or violation of, or a default or
termination (or right of termination) under, the acceleration of any obligations or the
creation of a Lien on Parent’s assets or the assets of any of its Subsidiaries (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) pursuant to, any Contract binding upon Parent or
Merger Sub or, assuming the filings, notices and/or approvals referred to in Section
5.2(c)(i) are made or obtained, any Law or governmental or non-governmental permit or
license to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (C) any change in the
rights or obligations of any party under any of its Contracts, except, in the case of clause
(B) or (C) above, for any breach, violation, termination, default, acceleration, creation or
change that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Litigation and Liabilities. There are no civil, criminal or administrative
actions, suits, claims, hearings, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Parent’s executive officers, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially
delay or materially impair the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Available Funds. Parent has available to it, and as of the Effective Time will
have available to it, all funds necessary for payment of the Merger Consideration.
(f) Capitalization of Merger Sub. The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists
of 1,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, all of which are validly issued and
outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub is, and at the
Effective Time will be, owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, and there are (A) no other shares
of capital stock or other voting securities of Merger Sub, (B) no securities of Merger Sub
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other voting securities of Merger
Sub and (C) no options or other rights to acquire from Merger Sub, and no obligations of Merger Sub
to issue, any capital stock, other voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for capital stock or other voting securities of Merger Sub. Merger Sub has not
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conducted any business prior to the date of this Agreement and has no, and prior to the
Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those
incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Brokers and Finders. Neither Parent nor any of Parent’s officers, directors or
employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees,
commissions or finders fees in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated in
this Agreement, except that Parent has employed Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. as its financial advisor.
(h) No Ownership of Company Securities. Parent and its Subsidiaries do not own,
beneficially or of record, more than 1% of Company Shares. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub, alone or
together with any of their Affiliates and Associates (each as defined in the OGCA), has been the
owner of 15% or more of Company Shares at any time during the three years preceding the date of
this Agreement.
(i) No Other Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and
warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Section 5.2, Parent and Merger Sub are not
making and have not made, and no other Person is making or has made on behalf of Parent or Merger
Sub, any express or implied representation or warranty in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and no Person is authorized to make any such representation or
warranty on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
6.1. Interim Operations.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Company covenants and
agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that from and after the date of this Agreement and prior
to the Effective Time, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in all
material respects in the ordinary and usual course and, to the extent consistent therewith, the
Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to preserve its
business organization intact in all material respects and to maintain in all material respects the
Company’s existing relations and goodwill with customers, suppliers, regulators, agents, resellers,
creditors, lessors, employees and business associates. In addition, the Company covenants and
agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, from and after the date of this Agreement and prior
to the Effective Time (unless Parent shall otherwise approve in writing (which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and except as otherwise expressly contemplated
by this Agreement or disclosed in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter):
(i) it shall not (A) amend its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or comparable
governing instruments; (B) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify its outstanding shares of
capital stock; (C) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution payable in cash,
stock or property in respect of any capital stock, other than
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(I) dividends and distributions by a wholly owned Subsidiary to its parent Person and
(II) cash dividends on the Series F Preferred required under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation; or (D) other than the redemption of Series F Preferred contemplated by
Section 6.17, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its or its Subsidiaries’ shares
of capital stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any
such shares of capital stock;
(ii) it shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person, except for any such
transactions among wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company, or adopt a plan of liquidation;
(iii) it shall not (A) establish, adopt, amend in any material respect or terminate any
Company Compensation and Benefit Plan or amend the terms of any outstanding equity-based
awards, except (I) to comply with applicable Law, including the requirements of Section 409A
of the Code, and (II) if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated
prior to December 31, 2007, subject to prior consultation with Parent, the Company shall be
entitled to establish a 2008 cash bonus plan having terms reasonably comparable in all
material respects to the terms of the Company’s 2007 bonus plan; (B) grant or provide any
severance or termination payments or benefits to any director, officer or employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except to comply with applicable Law or the provisions
of the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans as in effect on the date hereof or the
provisions of this Agreement; (C) increase the compensation, bonus or pension, welfare,
severance or other benefits of, pay any bonus to, or make any new equity awards to any
director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for (I) the
payment of bonuses in accordance with Company Compensation and Benefit Plans existing as of
the date hereof, (II) the payment of cash bonuses established pursuant to clause
(iii)(A)(II) of this Section 6.1(a), (III) increases in base salary in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice for current, promoted or newly hired employees who
are not officers and (IV) increases in base salary related to normal periodic performance
reviews, including the annual performance reviews in March 2008 if the Closing has not
occurred by that time; (D) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment, or fund or
in any other way secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Company
Compensation and Benefit Plan, except to the extent already provided in any such Company
Compensation and Benefit Plan or provided in this Agreement; (E) change any actuarial or
other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Company
Compensation and Benefit Plan or to change the manner in which contributions to such plans
are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be required
by GAAP or to comply with applicable Law, including the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code; or (F) forgive any loans to directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(iv) it shall not incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee such
indebtedness of another Person, or issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other
rights to acquire any debt security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
(A) indebtedness for borrowed money incurred in the ordinary course of business (including,
subject to Section 6.13, in connection with the upcoming
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auction of 700 MHz spectrum ) consistent with the terms of the Company’s existing
indebtedness for borrowed money not to exceed $195 million in the aggregate; (B)
indebtedness for borrowed money to fund the redemption of Series F Preferred contemplated by
Section 6.17 consistent with the terms of the Company’s existing indebtedness for borrowed
money; (C) indebtedness for borrowed money in replacement of existing indebtedness for
borrowed money or permitted to be incurred under this clause (iv) consistent with the terms
of the Company’s existing indebtedness for borrowed money; (D) guarantees by the Company of
indebtedness of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; and (E) indebtedness for borrowed money used
to make the capital expenditures permitted under clause (v) of this Section 6.1(a);
(v) it shall not make or commit to any capital expenditures, other than in the ordinary
course of business and in any event (A) with respect to the period through December 31,
2007, not in excess of 103% of the aggregate amount contemplated by the Company’s capital
expenditure budget for the year 2007, a copy of which capital expenditure budget for the
year 2007 is attached to the Company Disclosure Letter, reduced for all amounts spent or
committed to prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that the timing of all
expenditures under such budget shall be substantially consistent with the timing
contemplated in such budget, and (B) with respect to the year 2008, not in excess of $165
million in the aggregate and not more than $50 million in any fiscal quarter;
(vi) it shall not transfer, lease, license, sell, mortgage, pledge, place a Lien upon
or otherwise dispose of any of their respective property or assets (including capital stock
of any of its Subsidiaries), except for (A) transfers, leases, licenses, sales, or other
dispositions of inventory and equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice (B) leases or licenses of spectrum in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, (C) dispositions or sales of their respective properties or
assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with a fair market
value not to exceed $15 million individually or $35 million in the aggregate and (D) Liens,
mortgages and pledges on properties or assets to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money
permitted by clause (iv) of this Section 6.1(a);
(vii) it shall not issue, deliver, sell, or place a Lien upon shares of its capital
stock or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any
such shares, except (A) any shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to Company
Options and other awards outstanding on the date of this Agreement under the Company Stock
Plans; (B) shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of (x) the Company’s 1.50%
Senior Convertible Debentures due 2025 or (y) the Series F Preferred; and (C) Liens on the
capital stock of its Subsidiaries to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money permitted by
clause (iv) of this Section 6.1(a);
(viii) subject to Section 6.13, it shall not acquire any business, whether by merger,
consolidation, purchase of property or assets or otherwise;
(ix) it shall not make any change with respect to accounting policies or procedures,
except as required by changes in GAAP or by Law;
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(x) except as required by Law, it shall not (A) make any material Tax election or take
any material position on any material Tax Return filed on or after the date of this
Agreement or adopt any material accounting method therefor that is inconsistent with
elections made, positions taken or accounting methods used in preparing or filing similar
Tax Returns in prior periods or (B) settle or resolve any material Tax controversy;
(xi) it shall not (A) enter into any line of business in any geographic area other than
the current lines of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and products and services
reasonably ancillary thereto, including any current line of business and products and
services reasonably ancillary thereto in any geographic area for which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries currently holds a FCC License authorizing the conduct of such business,
product or service in such geographic area, or (B) except as currently conducted, engage in
the conduct of any business in any state which would require the receipt or transfer of a
Communications License or any other license issued by any Governmental Entity authorizing
operation or provision of any communication services or foreign country that would require
the receipt or transfer of, or application for, a Company License to the extent such license
would be reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein;
(xii) subject to Section 6.13, it shall not file for any Company License (A) outside of
the ordinary course of business or (B) the receipt of which would reasonably be expected to
prevent, impair or delay consummation of the Merger;
(xiii) subject to Section 6.13 and other than investments in marketable securities in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, it shall not make any loans,
advances or capital contributions to or investments in any Person (other than the Company or
any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company);
(xiv) subject to Section 6.13, it shall not enter into (A) any non-competition Contract
or other Contract that (I) purports to limit in any material respect either the type of
business in which the Company or its Subsidiaries (or, after the Effective Time, Parent or
its Subsidiaries) may engage or the manner or locations in which any of them may so engage
in any business or (II) could require the disposition of any material assets or line of
business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Parent or its
Subsidiaries, (B) any Contract requiring the Company or its Subsidiaries to deal exclusively
with a Person or related group of Persons, (C) any other Contract or series of related
Contracts with respect to which the Company would be required to file a Current Report on
Form 8-K pursuant to Item 1.01 thereof or that is reasonably likely to provide for payments
to the Company and its Subsidiaries, or by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in excess of $1
million in any twelve-month period or (D) that would or would be reasonably likely to
prevent, delay or impair the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement;
(xv) it shall not settle any litigation or other proceedings before or threatened to be
brought before a Governmental Entity for an amount to be paid by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 (exclusive of any amounts paid by or under any insurance
policy maintained by the Company or its Subsidiaries) or
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which would be reasonably likely to have any adverse impact on the operations of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of a non-monetary settlement;
(xvi) it shall not change (other than pursuant to software updates, upgrades and
patches) any of the material technology used in its respective businesses;
(xvii) it shall not assign, transfer, cancel, fail to renew or fail to extend any FCC
License or material State License, except for cancellations or modifications of FCC Licenses
for microwave facilities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
or cancellations or modifications of FCC Licenses for microwave facilities in connection
with negotiated relocation agreements in accordance with Sections 27.1111, et seq. and
Sections 101.69, et seq. of the FCC Rules, provided that such actions would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(xviii) it shall not enter into any collective bargaining agreement; and
(xix) it shall not authorize or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Prior to making any written communications to the directors, officers or employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pertaining to compensation or benefit matters that are affected
by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall provide Parent with a copy of
the intended communication, Parent shall have a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the
communication, and Parent and the Company shall cooperate in providing any such mutually agreeable
communication.
6.2. Acquisition Proposals.
(a) No Solicitation or Negotiation. The Company agrees that neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor any of its or its Subsidiaries’ executive officers or directors shall, and that it
shall use its reasonable best efforts to instruct and cause its and its Subsidiaries’ non-executive
officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or
representatives (such directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants
and other advisors or representatives, collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or
indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit or knowingly facilitate or encourage any inquiries or the making
of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any
Acquisition Proposal; or
(ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations
regarding, or provide any non-public information or data to any Person relating to, or
otherwise knowingly facilitate, any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably
be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, on or prior to August 31, 2007, in response to an
unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that the Board of Directors of the Company
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has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial
advisor, is or is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal, (A) provide public or
non-public information or data in response to a request of the Person who has made such an
unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal, provided that the Company (i) shall
have entered into with the Person so requesting such information or data a confidentiality
agreement containing terms at least as favorable to the Company in all material respects as the
terms contained in the Confidentiality Agreement and (ii) promptly discloses (and, if applicable,
provides copies of) any such information to Parent to the extent not previously provided to Parent
and (B) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person who has made such
an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal, if and only to the extent that prior to
taking any action described in clause (A) or (B) above, the Board of Directors of the Company
determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to
take such action is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under
Oklahoma Law.
(b) Definition. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Acquisition Proposal” means (i) any proposal or offer with respect to a merger, joint
venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization,
reorganization, spin-off, extraordinary dividend, share exchange, business combination or similar
transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any such transaction that
is permitted by Sections 6.1(a)(ii) or 6.1(a)(viii)) or (ii) any proposal or offer to acquire in
any manner, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of any class of the Company’s equity securities or
those of any of its Subsidiaries or 25% or more of the consolidated total assets (including equity
securities of its Subsidiaries) of the Company, in each case other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Superior Proposal” means an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal
involving all or substantially all of the assets (on a consolidated basis) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries or the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company that the Board of
Directors of the Company has determined in its good faith judgment, after consultation with its
outside legal counsel and financial advisor, is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance
with its terms, and taking into account all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal
and the Person making the proposal, would, if consummated, result in a transaction more favorable
to the Company’s stockholders from a financial point of view than the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (after taking into account any revisions to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement proposed by Parent in accordance with Section 6.2(f)).
(c) Certain Permitted Disclosure. Nothing contained in this Section 6.2 shall be
deemed to prohibit the Company from complying with its disclosure obligations under U.S. federal or
state Law.
(d) Existing Discussions. The Company agrees that it will immediately cease and cause
to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted
heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. The Company agrees that it will take the
necessary steps to promptly inform Persons referred to in the first sentence hereof of the
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obligations undertaken in this Section 6.2. The Company also agrees that it will promptly
request each Person that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its
consideration of acquiring it or any of its Subsidiaries to return or destroy all confidential
information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of it or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) Notice. The Company agrees that it will promptly (and, in any event, within 24
hours) notify Parent if any inquiries, proposals or offers which would reasonably be expected to
lead to an Acquisition Proposal are received by the Company or its Representatives or if any
inquiry or request for non-public information is made to, or any discussions or negotiations are
sought to be initiated or continued with, it or any of its Representatives that would reasonably be
expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, indicating, in connection with such notice, the name
of the Person making such inquiries, proposals, offers or request and the material terms and
conditions of any proposals or offers (including, if applicable, copies of any written requests,
proposals or offers, including proposed agreements).
(f) Acceptance of Superior Proposal. If the Company receives a Superior Proposal and
the Company’s Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside
legal counsel, that accepting such Superior Proposal and terminating this Agreement is required in
order to comply with the Company’s directors’ fiduciary duties under Oklahoma Law, the Company’s
Board of Directors may, in response to such a Superior Proposal, terminate this Agreement pursuant
to Section 8.3(b), provided that the Company’s Board of Directors shall not terminate this
Agreement unless and until (i) the Company has given Parent five calendar days’ prior written
notice of its intention to terminate this Agreement to enter into a transaction contemplated by a
Superior Proposal, which notice shall specify the terms and conditions of any such Superior
Proposal and the identity of the Person making such Superior Proposal and shall contemporaneously
provide Parent with a copy of the most current written draft agreements and ancillary documents
with the Person making such Superior Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any material
revision to such Superior Proposal shall require a new five calendar days’ prior written notice to
Parent from the Company) and (ii) the Company shall, and shall cause its financial advisors and
legal counsel to, negotiate with Parent and its representatives in good faith (to the extent Parent
desires to negotiate) to attempt to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this
Agreement so that such proposal no longer constitutes a Superior Proposal and the Company’s Board
of Directors shall have considered in good faith any proposed changes to this Agreement proposed in
writing by Parent.
6.3. Information Supplied.
(a) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC an Information Statement on
Schedule 14C in connection with the Merger (the “Information Statement”). The Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Information Statement cleared by the SEC as
promptly as practicable after such filing, and shall promptly thereafter mail the Information
Statement to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent shall also use their
respective reasonable best efforts to satisfy prior to the mailing date of the Information
Statement all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” notice requirements in connection with
the Merger and to consummate the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company
shall cause the Information Statement to comply with Section 1073C of the OGCA.
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(b) The Company and Parent each agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the
information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Information Statement will, at the time the Information Statement is mailed to the
stockholders of the Company, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company and Parent will cause
the Information Statement to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
6.4. Filings; Other Actions; Notification.
(a) Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their
respective Subsidiaries and any Persons of which it is a Subsidiary to use, their respective
reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all
things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to
consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
as promptly as reasonably practicable (it being understood that nothing contained in this Agreement
shall require Parent to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations prior to the
Termination Date), including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all
documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (including by filing no
later than 30 days after the date hereof, all applications required to be filed with the FCC and
the notification and required form under the HSR Act; provided, however, that the
failure to file within such 30 day period will not constitute a breach of this Agreement so long as
the filing is made as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter); (ii) subject to the
foregoing, obtaining as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents, registrations, approvals,
permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any
Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; and (iii) defending any lawsuits or other judicial proceedings, whether judicial
or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, including seeking
to avoid the entry of, or to have reversed, terminated or vacated, any stay or other injunctive
relief entered by any court or other Governmental Entity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require,
or be construed to require, (i) Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to take
or refrain from taking any action or to agree to any restriction or condition with respect to any
of their assets or operations, in each case that would take effect prior to the Effective Time or
(ii) Parent or its Subsidiaries to take or refrain from taking any action or to agree to any
restriction or condition with respect to (A) the operations or assets of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries that are not their mobile wireless voice and data businesses (as offered by AT&T
Mobility LLC and its Subsidiaries and affiliates), (B) the operations or assets of Parent’s and its
Subsidiaries’ mobile wireless voice and data businesses (as offered by AT&T Mobility LLC and its
Subsidiaries and affiliates) that are not de minimis in the aggregate (it being understood that,
for this purpose, in determining if restrictions or conditions are de minimis, whether something is
de minimis shall be considered by reference to the financial condition, properties, assets,
liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, rather than that of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (C) the Company or the
Company’s Subsidiaries unless such actions, restrictions and conditions would not, individually or
in the aggregate, with respect to the matters described in this clause (C) together with any
restrictions or conditions described in clause (B), reasonably be
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expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on Parent and
its Subsidiaries at or following the Effective Time (it being understood that, for this purpose,
materiality shall be considered by reference to the financial condition, properties, assets,
liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, rather than that of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) (a “Regulatory
Material Adverse Effect”). For purposes of determining whether a Regulatory Material Adverse
Effect would reasonably be expected to occur, (A) both positive and negative effects of any such
actions, restrictions and conditions, including any sale, divestiture, licensing, lease or
disposition, shall be taken into account and (B) any loss of synergies anticipated from the Merger
as a result of such actions, restrictions or conditions, including any sale, divestiture,
licensing, lease or disposition, shall not be taken into account. The Company shall not be
permitted to agree to any actions, restrictions or conditions with respect to obtaining any
consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of Parent, which, with respect to
the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall not be unreasonably (taking into account the other
provisions of this Section 6.4(a)) withheld, conditioned or delayed. Subject to applicable Laws
relating to the exchange of information, Parent and the Company shall have the right to review in
advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult the other on, all of the information
relating to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries,
that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party and/or any
Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including the Information Statement). To the extent permitted by Law, each party shall
provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it (or its advisors) and any
Governmental Entity relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, to the extent
reasonably practicable, all telephone calls and meetings with a Governmental Entity regarding the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall include representatives of Parent and the
Company. In exercising the foregoing rights, each of the Company and Parent shall act reasonably
and as promptly as practicable.
(b) Upon the written request of Parent, the Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, at the Closing, one or more supplemental indentures and other instruments
(in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company) required for the due assumption of the
Company’s outstanding debt, guarantees, securities and other agreements to the extent required by
the terms of such debt, guarantees, securities or other agreements.
(c) The Company and Parent each shall, upon request by the other, furnish the other with all
information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and stockholders and such
other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Information
Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any third party and/or any Governmental Entity
in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Company and Parent each shall keep the other apprised of the status of matters
relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the
other with copies of notice or other written communications received by Parent or the Company, as
the case may be, or any of its Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any
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Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e) Within ten business days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall mail to
all of the holders of record of Company Shares, a notice of appraisal rights in accordance with
the provisions of Section 1091 of the OGCA.
6.5. Access; Consultation. Upon reasonable notice, and except as may otherwise be
prohibited by applicable Law, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford
Parent’s representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours throughout the period
prior to the Effective Time, to its properties, books, contracts and records and, during such
period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to Parent and
Parent’s representative, all information concerning its or any of its Subsidiaries’ business,
properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request, provided that no investigation
pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty
made by the Company hereunder; and provided, further, that the foregoing shall not
require the Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the
reasonable judgment of the Company would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third
parties or violate any of its obligations with respect to confidentiality if the Company shall have
used reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent of such third party to such inspection or
disclosure. All requests for information made pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be directed to an
executive officer of the Company or such Person as may be designated by any such executive officer,
as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to afford
Parent or its representatives any access to any properties, books contracts, commitments, personnel
or records relating to, or in respect of, any forward product plans, product specific cost
information, pricing information, customer specific information, merchandising information or other
similar competitively sensitive information. All information provided or made available pursuant
to this Section 6.5 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, and the Confidentiality
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
6.6. Stock Exchange De-listing/De-registration. The Company shall take all actions
necessary to permit Company Shares to be de-listed from NASDAQ and de-registered under the Exchange
Act following the Effective Time.
6.7. Publicity. The initial press release with respect to the Merger shall be a joint
press release and thereafter the Company and Parent shall consult with each other prior to issuing
any press releases or otherwise making public announcements with respect to the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and prior to making any filings with any third
party and/or any Governmental Entity (including any national securities exchange) with respect
thereto, except as may be required by Law or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with
or rules of any national securities exchange, and except any consultation that would not be
reasonably practicable as a result of requirements of Law.
6.8. Employee Benefits.
(a) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation for at least 12 months after the Effective
Time to provide or cause to be provided to current Company Employees compensation
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(including wages, salary, bonus and other compensation opportunities (other than equity
compensation) and benefit plans (other than the deferred compensation plan(s) listed in Section
6.1(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter) that are reasonably comparable, in the aggregate, to
the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans; provided, however, that with respect to
employees who are subject to collective bargaining, all benefits shall be provided only in
accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to assume and perform, pursuant to their
terms, all obligations to current and former employees under the Company Compensation and Benefit
Plans listed in Section 6.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, pay to any
participant under the Company’s 2007 executive incentive bonus plan whose employment is terminated
without cause as of or after the Effective Time a pro rata bonus payment thereunder which (i)
assumes that all subjective and individual performance criteria of such participant have been 100%
satisfied and (ii) with respect to any objective Company performance criteria applicable to such
participant compares the actual performance of the Company for 2007 through the end of the month
prior to the employment termination date against the Company budget targets for those applicable
objective Company criteria levels for such periods.
(c) The Company shall terminate the Company’s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on the date
hereof.
(d) To the extent applicable with respect to employee benefit plans, programs, policies and
arrangements that are established or maintained by Parent or its Subsidiaries (including the
Company and its Subsidiaries) for the benefit of Company Employees and their eligible dependents
shall be given credit for their service with the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) for all purposes
of eligibility to participate and vesting (but not benefit accrual under a qualified defined
benefit pension plan or a non-qualified defined benefit pension plan) to the extent such service
was taken into account under a corresponding Company Compensation and Benefit Plan, and (ii) for
purposes of satisfying any waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements, or the
application of any pre-existing condition limitations and shall be given credit for amounts paid
under a corresponding Company Compensation and Benefit Plan during the same period for purposes of
applying deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket maximums as though such amounts had been paid
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the plans, programs, policies and arrangements
maintained by Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, service and other amounts shall not be
credited to Company Employees or their eligible dependents to the extent the crediting of such
service or other amounts would result in the duplication of benefits. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 6.8 shall (A) be treated as an amendment of any
particular Company Compensation and Benefit Plan, (B) give any third party any right to enforce the
provisions of this Section 6.8 or (C) obligate Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their
Subsidiaries to (x) maintain any particular Company Compensation and Benefit Plan or (y) retain the
employment of any particular employee.
6.9. Expenses. Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expense, except that
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expenses incurred in connection with the filing, printing and mailing the Information
Statement shall be shared equally by Parent and the Company.
6.10. Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation
to, indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, and each Person who served at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, trustee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
pension or other employee benefit plan or other enterprise (when acting in such capacity)
determined as of the Effective Time (the “Indemnified Parties”), against any costs or
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection
with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the
Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the
fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall also
advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided the
Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is
ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification). The indemnification
rights hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights such Indemnified Party may have under the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
under the Laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Surviving Corporation. The certificate
of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain, and Parent shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor, provisions with respect to indemnification, exculpation
and advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as those set
forth in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws as of the date of this Agreement,
which (subject to Section 6.10(d)) shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a
period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights
thereunder of any of the Indemnified Parties.
(b) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.10(a), upon
learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify Parent
and the Surviving Corporation thereof, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve Parent or the
Surviving Corporation of any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party except to the extent
that such failure does not actually prejudice Parent or the Surviving Corporation. In the event of
any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the
Effective Time), (i) the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof
and the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable to such Indemnified Parties for any legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Parties
in connection with the defense thereof, except that if the Surviving Corporation elects not to
assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Parties advises that there are issues which
raise conflicts of interest between the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Parties, the
Indemnified Parties may retain counsel satisfactory to them, and Parent and the Surviving
Corporation shall jointly and severally pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for
the Indemnified Parties promptly; provided, however, that Parent and the Surviving
Corporation shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph (b) to pay for only one firm of counsel
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Indemnified Parties in any jurisdiction, (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall cooperate in the
defense of any such matter, and (iii) Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for
any settlement effected without their prior written consent.
(c) For a period of six years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to, and the Surviving Corporation shall, maintain a policy of officers’ and directors’
liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) for acts and omissions occurring prior to the
Effective Time with coverage in amount and scope at least as favorable as the Company’s D&O
Policies; provided, however, that, if the existing D&O Policies expire, are
terminated or cancelled, or if the annual premium therefor is increased to an amount in excess of
300% of the last annual premium paid prior to the date of this Agreement (such amount, as stated in
Section 6.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the “Current Premium”), in each case
during such six year period, Parent and the Surviving Corporation will use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain D&O Insurance in an amount and scope as great as can be obtained for the
remainder of such period for a premium not in excess (on an annualized basis) of 300% of the
Current Premium; and provided, further, that in lieu of such coverage, Parent may
substitute a prepaid “tail” policy for such coverage, which it may cause the Company to obtain
effective immediately prior to the Closing.
(d) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their successors or assigns (i) shall
consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the continuing or
surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any individual, corporation or other entity, then
and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent
or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in
this Section 6.10.
(e) The provisions of this Section 6.10 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives. No release
executed by an Indemnified Party in connection with his or her departure from the Company or its
Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a release or waiver of any of the indemnity or other rights
provided such Indemnified Party in this Section 6.10, unless the release or waiver of the
provisions of this Section 6.10 is expressly provided in such release.
6.11. Regulatory Compliance.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
(i) cure no later than the Effective Time any violations and defaults by any of them under any
applicable rules and regulations of the FCC (“FCC Rules”) and the FAA Rules, (ii)
substantially comply with the terms of the FCC Licenses and the FAA Rules, (iii) file or cause to
be filed with the FCC and the FAA all reports and other filings required to be filed under
applicable FCC Rules and FAA Rules and (iv) take all reasonable actions requested in writing by
Parent on or before the Closing Date (provided that no such action shall be required if it would
require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take or refrain from taking any action or to
agree to any restriction or condition with respect to any of their respective assets or operations,
in each case that would take effect prior to the Effective Time) for each of them to be in
compliance upon the consummation of the Closing with the provisions of Sections 271 and
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272 of the Communications Act (including any orders issued by the FCC interpreting or
implementing such provisions). Parent agrees that if this Agreement is terminated by the Company
pursuant to Section 8.3, it shall promptly thereafter reimburse the Company for any reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company following incurrence and delivery of reasonable
documents by the Company at the direction of Parent pursuant to clause (iv) of this Section
6.11(a).
(b) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing, the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) take all actions reasonably necessary
to maintain and preserve the Licenses and (ii) refrain from taking any action that would give the
FCC or any other Governmental Entities with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries reasonable grounds to institute proceedings for the suspension, revocation or adverse
modification of any Licenses, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) where the failure to take
such action, or the taking of such action, as the case may be, would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.12. Takeover Statute. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the
Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its Board of
Directors shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such
transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this
Agreement and otherwise use reasonable best efforts to act to eliminate or minimize the effects of
such statute or regulation on such transactions.
6.13. 700 MHz Auction. The Company shall concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement enter into a bidding agreement with Parent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6.14. Control of the Company’s or Parent’s Operations. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall give Parent or the Company, directly or indirectly, rights to control, affect,
influence or direct the operations of the other prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the
Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision of its operations.
6.15. Section 16(b). The Board of Directors of the Company shall, prior to the
Effective Time, take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to cause the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other dispositions of equity securities of the Company
(including derivative securities) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by each individual who is a director or executive officer of the Company to be exempt
under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
6.16. Treatment of Certain Notes.
(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable
best efforts to commence, promptly after the receipt of a written request from Parent to do so and
the receipt of the Offer Documents from Parent, offers to purchase, and any related consent
solicitations with respect to, any indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively,
the “Indebtedness”) on the terms and conditions specified by Parent (collectively,
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the “Debt Offers”), and Parent shall assist the Company in connection therewith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the closing of the Debt Offers shall be conditioned on the
completion of the Merger and otherwise in compliance with applicable Laws and SEC rules and
regulations. The Company shall provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause their respective representatives to, provide cooperation
reasonably requested by Parent in connection with the Debt Offers. With respect to any series of
Indebtedness, if requested by Parent in writing, in lieu of commencing a Debt Offer for such series
(or in addition thereto), the Company shall, to the extent permitted by the indenture and officers’
certificates or supplemental indenture governing such series of Indebtedness (i) issue a notice of
optional redemption for all of the outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness of such series
pursuant to the requisite provisions of the indenture and officer’s certificate governing such
series of Indebtedness or (ii) take actions reasonably requested by Parent that are reasonably
necessary for the satisfaction and/or discharge and/or defeasance of such series pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the indenture and officer’s certificate or supplemental indenture
governing such series of Indebtedness, and shall redeem or satisfy and/or discharge and/or
defeasance, as applicable, such series in accordance with the terms of the indenture and officer’s
certificate or supplemental indenture governing such series of Indebtedness at the Effective Time,
provided that to the extent that any action described in clause (i) or (ii) can be
conditioned on the occurrence of the Effective Time, it will be so conditioned, and
provided, further, that prior to the Company being required to take any of the
actions described in clause (i) or (ii) above that cannot be conditioned on the occurrence of the
Effective Time, prior to the Closing, Parent shall irrevocably deposit, or shall cause to be
irrevocably deposited with the trustee under the relevant indenture governing such series of
Indebtedness sufficient funds to effect such redemption or satisfaction or discharge. The Company
shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, waive any of the conditions to the Debt Offers (other
than that the Merger shall have been consummated and that there shall be no Law prohibiting
consummation of the Debt Offers) as may be reasonably requested by Parent and shall not, without
the written consent of Parent, waive any condition to the Debt Offers or make any changes to the
Debt Offers other than as agreed between Parent and the Company.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees that, promptly following any consent solicitation
expiration date, assuming the requisite consents are received, each of the Company and its
applicable Subsidiaries as is necessary shall (and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
the applicable trustee to) execute supplemental indentures to the indentures governing each series
of Indebtedness for which the requisite consent has been received, which supplemental indentures
shall implement the amendments described in the offer to purchase, related letter of transmittal,
and other related documents (collectively, the “Offer Documents”) and shall become
operative only concurrently with the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including the conditions to the Debt Offers). Concurrent with the Effective Time,
Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to accept for payment and thereafter promptly pay for
any Indebtedness that has been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Debt
Offers and in accordance with the Debt Offers using funds provided by or at the direction of
Parent.
(c) Parent shall prepare all necessary and appropriate documentation in connection with the
Debt Offers, including the Offer Documents. Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause their
respective Subsidiaries to, reasonably cooperate with each other in the preparation of
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the Offer Documents. The Offer Documents (including all amendments or supplements) and all
mailings to the holders of Indebtedness in connection with the Debt Offers shall be subject to the
prior review of, and comment by, the Company and its legal counsel. If at any time prior to the
completion of the Debt Offers any information in the Offer Documents should be discovered by the
Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or Parent, on the other, which should be set forth
in an amendment or supplement to the Offer Documents, so that the Offer Documents shall not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall use reasonable best
efforts to promptly notify the other party, and an appropriate amendment or supplement prepared by
Parent describing such information shall be disseminated by or on behalf of the Company or its
Subsidiaries to the holders of the applicable Indebtedness (which supplement or amendment and
dissemination may, at the reasonable direction of Parent, take the form of a filing of a Current
Report on Form 8-K). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.16(c), the Company
shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other applicable Law to the extent such laws are applicable in connection with
the Debt Offers and such compliance will not be deemed a breach hereof.
(d) In connection with the Debt Offers, Parent may select one or more dealer managers,
information agents, depositaries and other agents, in each case as shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Company, to provide assistance in connection therewith and the Company shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, enter into customary agreements (including indemnities) with such
parties so selected. Parent shall pay the fees and out-of pocket expenses of any dealer manager,
information agent, depositary or other agent retained in connection with the Debt Offers upon the
incurrence of such fees and out-of-pocket expenses, and Parent further agrees to reimburse the
Company and their Subsidiaries for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs
incurred in connection with the Debt Offers.
6.17. Series F Preferred. At least fifty days prior to the Effective Time, but not
prior to August 20, 2007, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption to each holder of shares of
the Series F Preferred in accordance with the terms of the certificate of designation of the Series
F Preferred (the “Redemption Notice”). The Redemption Notice shall specify that all shares
of the Series F Preferred shall be redeemed at the applicable price in cash only determined in
accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation on the date specified in the Redemption
Notice, which date shall be the 45th day after the Redemption Notice is mailed (the “Redemption
Date”). The Company shall take all steps necessary under the certificate of incorporation of
the Company and the certificate of designations of the Series F Preferred to cause all shares of
Series F Preferred to no longer be deemed outstanding from and after the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to take any of the actions
contemplated by this Section 6.17 if the Company determines in its reasonable discretion that such
actions, individually or in the aggregate, would constitute or result in a breach or violation of,
or a default or termination (or right of termination) under, the acceleration of any obligations or
the creation of a Lien (other than an immaterial Lien) on the Company’s assets or the assets of any
of its Subsidiaries (with or without notice, lapse of time or both), under any Contract in effect
as of the date of this Agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.
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6.18. Notice to Stockholders. Promptly following the adoption of this Agreement by
the Company Requisite Vote, the Company shall mail notice of such adoption to all of the holders of
record of Company Shares as of the time of such adoption in accordance with applicable Law.
6.19. Potential Sale of Interests. Between the date of this Agreement and the
Effective Time, to the extent reasonably requested by Parent, the Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to, cooperate with Parent to facilitate the disposition immediately prior to, at
or after the Effective Time of those assets or ownership interests held by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that are identified on Section 6.19 of the Parent Disclosure Letter (such assets
or interests being “Potential Sale Interest”). To the extent reasonably requested by
Parent, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to
(a) permit Persons whom Parent identifies to the Company as potential purchasers of a Potential
Sale Interest to conduct (and cooperate with such Persons’) reasonable investigations with respect
to such Potential Sale Interest (provided that any such Person executes and delivers to the
Company a confidentiality agreement containing customary terms), (b) comply with any applicable
right of first refusal, right of first offer, right of approval or similar provisions that may be
applicable to a proposed transfer of a Potential Sale Interest, and (c) deliver such notices, make
such filings and execute such Contracts relating to the disposition of Potential Sale Interests as
maybe reasonably requested by Parent; provided that neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be required to execute any such Contract under which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may be required to dispose of any Potential Sale Interest other than immediately prior
to, at or after the Effective Time, or to agree to restrictions on their businesses or operations
prior to the Effective Time. Parent shall be permitted to identify potential purchasers of
Potential Sale Interests and negotiate any Contracts with respect to dispositions of Potential Sale
Interests; provided that the Company may (and, to the extent reasonably requested by
Parent, shall) participate in such negotiations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Parent shall
reimburse the Company and its Subsidiaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs in complying
with this Section 6.19 promptly following incurrence and delivery of reasonable documentation of
such costs, and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to breach the terms of
any Contract with respect to such Potential Sale Interest.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS
7.1. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior
to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Consent. This Agreement shall have been duly adopted by holders of
Company Shares constituting the Company Requisite Vote and have been duly adopted by the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub.
(b) Distribution of Information Statement. The Company shall have delivered by
certified mail the Information Statement, at least 20 calendar days prior to the Closing.
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(c) Regulatory Consents. (i) The waiting period (and any extensions thereof)
applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act shall have expired or been earlier
terminated, (ii) all Governmental Consents required to be obtained from the FCC for the
consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained, (iii) if necessary, the approval and consent
referred to in Section 7.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter
shall have been obtained, and (iv) all other Governmental Consents, the failure of which to make or
obtain would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect or reasonably be expected to subject any officer or director of the Company to any
criminal liability, shall have been made or obtained (such Governmental Consents, together with
those described in Sections 7.1(c)(i), 7.1(c)(ii), 7.1(c)(iii) and 7.1(c)(iv), the “Required
Governmental Consents”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Governmental
Consents” shall mean all notices, reports and other filings required to be made prior to the
Effective Time by the Company or Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries with, and all
consents, registrations, approvals, permits, clearances and authorizations required to be obtained
prior to the Effective Time by the Company or Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries from,
any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) Litigation. No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted,
issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that
is in effect and restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, an “Order”).
7.2. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent
and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or
prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Section 5.1(b) relating to the capital stock of the Company and set forth in
Section 5.1(i)(v) shall be true and correct in all material respects (A) on the date of this
Agreement and (B) at the Closing (except to the extent that such representation and warranty speaks
only as of a particular date; in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); (ii) the other representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct (A) on the date of
this Agreement and (B) at the Closing (except to the extent that any such representation and
warranty speaks only as of a particular date, in which case such representation and warranty shall
be true and correct as of such earlier date); provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the condition set forth in this Section 7.2(a)(ii)
shall be deemed to have been satisfied even if any representations and warranties of the Company
are not so true and correct unless the failure of such representations and warranties of the
Company to be so true and correct (read for purposes of this Section 7.2(a)(ii) without any
materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification or any similar qualification), individually or
in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect; and (iii) Parent shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by an executive officer of the Company to the effect that the condition set forth in this
Section 7.2(a) has been satisfied.
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(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed in
all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or
prior to the Closing, and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company
by an executive officer of the Company to such effect.
(c) Governmental Consents. All Governmental Consents that have been obtained shall
have been obtained without the imposition of any term, condition or consequence that would (x)
require Parent or its Subsidiaries to take or refrain from taking any action or to agree to any
restriction or condition with respect to the operation or assets of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries that are not their mobile wireless voice and data businesses (as offered by AT&T
Mobility LLC and its Subsidiaries and affiliates) or (y) reasonably be expected to have a
Regulatory Material Adverse Effect, and all Required Governmental Consents obtained from the FCC
shall have been obtained by Final Order. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Final Order”
means an action or decision that has been granted as to which (i) (A) no request for a stay or any
similar request is pending, no stay is in effect, the action or decision has not been vacated,
reversed, set aside, annulled or suspended and (B) any deadline for filing such a request that may
be designated by statute or regulation has passed, (ii) (A) no petition for rehearing or
reconsideration or application for review is pending and (B) the time for the filings of any such
petition or application has passed, (iii) (A) no Governmental Entity has undertaken to reconsider
the action on its own motion and (B) the time within which it may effect such reconsideration has
passed, and (iv) (A) no appeal is pending (including other administrative or judicial review) or in
effect and (B) any deadline for filing any such appeal that may be specified by statute or rule has
passed, which in any such case (i)(A), (ii)(A), (iii)(A) or (iv)(A) is reasonably likely to result
in vacating, reversing, setting aside, annulling, suspending or modifying such action or decision
(in the case of any modification in a manner that would impose any term, condition or consequence
that would reasonably be expected to have a Regulatory Material Adverse Effect.)
(d) Material Adverse Effect. After the date of this Agreement, there shall not have
occurred any event, occurrence, discovery or development that, individually or in the aggregate,
has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
7.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect
the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the Closing
of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of Parent
and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (A)
on the date of this Agreement and (B) at the Closing (except to the extent that any such
representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date, in which case such
representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date);
and (ii) the Company shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of Parent
and Merger Sub by the executive officers of Parent and Merger Sub to the effect that the condition
set forth in this Section 7.3(a) has been satisfied.
(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. Each of Parent and Merger
Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it
under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing, and the Company shall have received a
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certificate signed on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by executive officers of Parent and
Merger Sub to such effect.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
8.1. Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger
may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the adoption of
this Agreement by stockholders of the Company referred to in Section 7.1(a), by mutual written
consent of the Company and Parent, by action of their respective Boards of Directors.
8.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time whether before or after the
adoption of this Agreement by stockholders of the Company referred to in Section 7.1(a), by action
of the Board of Directors of either Parent or the Company if (a) the Merger shall not have been
consummated by June 30, 2008 (the “Termination Date”); provided, however,
that, if the condition set forth in Section 7.2(c) shall not have been satisfied solely by reason
of a Required Governmental Consent that has been obtained but is not yet a Final Order, neither
party may terminate this Agreement prior to the 60th day after receipt of such Required
Governmental Consent, or (b) any Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
consummation of the Merger shall become final and non-appealable, provided that the right
to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 8.2 shall not be available to
any party that has breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any
manner that shall have proximately contributed to the failure of the Merger to be consummated.
8.3. Termination by the Company. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may
be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the adoption of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Company referred to in Section 7.1(a), by action of the Board
of Directors of the Company (a) if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement, or any such representation
and warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, such that Section 7.3(a) or
7.3(b) would not be satisfied, and such breach or failure to be true is not curable or, if curable,
is not cured by the earlier of (i) the 90th day after notice of such breach is given by
the Company to Parent and (ii) the Termination Date, or (b) at any time on or prior to August 31,
2007 if (i) the Company has not materially breached any of its obligations under Section 6.2, (ii)
the Board of Directors of the Company authorizes the Company, subject to complying with the terms
of this Agreement, to enter into a definitive transaction agreement with respect to a Superior
Proposal and the Company notifies Parent in writing that it intends to enter into such an
agreement, attaching the most current version of such agreement to such notice, (iii) after
compliance with the terms of Section 6.2(f) such Superior Proposal remains a Superior Proposal and
(iv) the Company prior to such termination pays to Parent the Termination Fee. The Company agrees
that it will not enter into the binding agreement referred to in clause (ii) above until the sixth
calendar day after it has provided the notice to Parent required by Section 6.2(f).
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8.4. Termination by Parent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of the Board of Directors of Parent if
(a) there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the
Company in this Agreement, or any such representation and warranty shall have become untrue after
the date of this Agreement, such that Section 7.2(a) or 7.2(b) would not be satisfied and such
breach or failure to be true is not curable or, if curable, is not cured by the earlier of (i) the
90th day after notice of such breach is given by Parent to the Company and (ii) the
Termination Date (as the same may be extended) or (b) the Company Requisite Vote shall not have
been obtained by July 1, 2007 or (c) at any time on or prior to August 31, 2007, if the Company or
any of its executive officers or directors shall have materially breached the provisions of Section
6.2.
8.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment.
(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant
to this Article VIII, this Agreement (other than as set forth in this Section 8.5 and Section 9.1)
shall become void and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto (or of any of
its representatives); provided, however, that no such termination shall relieve any
party hereto from any liability for damages to any other party resulting from any willful breach of
this Agreement or from any obligation to pay, if applicable, any amount payable pursuant to this
Section 8.5.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.4(b), then the Company
shall promptly, but in no event later than two business days after the date of such termination,
pay Parent a fee equal to $100 million, payable by wire transfer of same day funds to an account
designated by Parent.
(c) If this Agreement is (i) terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.3(b), then the
Company shall pay Parent a fee equal to $85 million (the “Termination Fee”) at the time set
forth in Section 8.3(b), payable by wire transfer of same day funds to an account designated by
Parent (it being understood and agreed that Parent shall provide the Company with wire transfer
instructions for the payment of the Termination Fee within one calendar day after receipt of the
notice contemplated by Section 8.3(b)(ii)), or (ii) terminated by Parent pursuant to Section
8.4(c), then the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two business days after the
date of such termination, pay Parent the Termination Fee, payable by wire transfer of same day
funds to an account designated by Parent.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be required to pay both the
Termination Fee and the fee contemplated by Section 8.5(b) or to pay the Termination Fee on more
than one occasion. The Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.5 are
an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these
agreements, Parent and Merger Sub would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company
fails to pay promptly any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.5, and, in order to obtain such
payment, Parent or Merger Sub commences a suit which results in a judgment against the Company, the
Company shall pay to Parent and Merger Sub their costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with such suit, together
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with interest on the amount of the fee at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the
date such payment should have been made.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
9.1. Survival. This Article IX and the agreements of the Company, Parent and Merger
Sub contained in Section 6.10 (Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance) shall survive
the consummation of the Merger. This Article IX (other than Section 9.2 (Modification or
Amendment), Section 9.3 (Waiver of Conditions) and Section 9.13 (Assignment)) and the agreements of
the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in Section 6.9 (Expenses), the last sentence of
Section 6.11 (Regulatory Compliance) and Section 8.5 (Effect of Termination and Abandonment) shall
survive the termination of this Agreement. All other representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in this Agreement shall not survive the consummation of the Merger or the termination of
this Agreement.
9.2. Modification or Amendment. Subject to the provisions of applicable Law, at any
time prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto may modify or amend this Agreement, by written
agreement executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the respective parties; it being
understood that after receipt of the Company Requisite Vote, no amendment shall be made that by Law
requires further approval by the Company’s stockholders without the further approval of such
stockholders.
9.3. Waiver.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be waived prior to the Effective Time if, and only if,
such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. Except as
otherwise herein provided, the rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
9.4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall
together constitute the same agreement.
9.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The parties
hereby irrevocably submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York
located in the borough of Manhattan and the Federal courts of the United States of America located
in the Southern District of New York, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or
proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that it is not
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subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not
maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement
or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably
agree that all claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in
such a Federal or state court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction
over the Person of such parties and over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing
of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided
in Section 9.6 or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law, shall be valid and sufficient
service thereof.
(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii)
EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH SUCH
PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.5.
9.6. Notices. Notices, requests, instructions or other documents to be given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given, (i) when sent if sent by facsimile,
provided that the fax is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, (ii) when
delivered, if delivered personally to the intended recipient, and (iii) one business day later, if
sent by overnight delivery via a national courier service, and in each case, addressed to a party
at the following address for such party:
if to Parent or Merger Sub
AT&T Inc.
000 X. Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Fax: (000) 000-0000
000 X. Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
if to the Company
Xxxxxx Communications Corporation
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Mayer, Brown, Xxxx & Maw LLP
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such
notice as provided above.
9.7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any exhibits hereto), the
Confidentiality Agreement, dated March 14, 2007 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), between
the Company and Parent, the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter constitute
the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and
warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.8. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 6.10
(Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance), this Agreement is not intended to, and does
not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
9.9. Obligations of Parent and of the Company. Whenever this Agreement requires a
Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking
on the part of Parent to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement
requires a Subsidiary of the Company to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to
include an undertaking on the part of the Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and,
after the Effective Time, on the part of the Surviving Corporation to cause such Subsidiary to take
such action.
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9.10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and
the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to
any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision
shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the
intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this
Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not,
subject to clause (a), be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, except as a result of
such substitution, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or
enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
9.11. Interpretation.
(a) The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not
constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the
provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section or Exhibit, such
reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(b) The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the
event that an ambiguity or a 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 provision of this Agreement.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent has or may have set forth information in its respective
disclosure letter in a section thereof that corresponds to the section of this Agreement to which
it relates. A matter set forth in one section of a disclosure letter need not be set forth in any
other section of the disclosure letter so long as its relevance to the latter section of the
disclosure letter or section of this Agreement is reasonably apparent. The fact that any item of
information is disclosed in a disclosure letter shall not be construed to mean that such
information is required to be disclosed by this Agreement. Such information and the dollar
thresholds set forth herein shall not be used as a basis for interpreting the terms “material,”
“Company Material Adverse Effect” or “Regulatory Material Adverse Effect.”
9.12. Captions. The Article, Section and paragraph captions herein are for
convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to
limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.
9.13. Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of law or
otherwise; provided, however, that Parent may designate prior to the Effective
Time, by written notice to the Company, another wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of
Parent to be a party to the Merger in lieu of Merger Sub (unless doing so would reasonably be
expected to prevent or delay other than in an immaterial respect consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby), in which event all references herein to Merger Sub shall be deemed references
to such other Subsidiary (except with respect to representations and warranties made
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herein with respect to Merger Sub as of the date of this Agreement) and all representations
and warranties made herein with respect to Merger Sub as of the date of this Agreement shall also
be made with respect to such other Subsidiary as of the date of such designation. Any assignment
in contravention of the preceding sentence shall be null and void.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized
officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |||
AT&T INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President – Corporate Development |
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ALPINE MERGER SUB, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||