AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among ClearOne Communications, Inc., Alta-Wasatch Acquisition Corporation, NetStreams, Inc., Austin Ventures VIII, L.P., and the Incentive Plan Representative (as identified herein) Dated as of November 3, 2009
Exhibit 2.2
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
ClearOne Communications, Inc.,
Alta-Wasatch Acquisition Corporation,
NetStreams, Inc.,
Austin Ventures VIII, L.P.,
and the
Incentive Plan Representative
(as identified herein)
(as identified herein)
Dated as of November 3, 2009
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
1.01
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Definitions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II
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THE MERGER | 12 | ||||
2.01
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Merger Consideration; Conversion of the Shares; Earnout Consideration | 12 | ||||
2.02
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Company Options | 19 | ||||
2.03
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Escrow | 19 | ||||
2.04
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Closing Adjustment | 19 | ||||
2.05
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Effects of the Merger | 23 | ||||
2.06
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Tax Consequences and Withholding | 24 | ||||
2.07
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Further Assurances | 24 | ||||
2.08
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Dissenting Shares | 25 | ||||
2.09
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Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes | 25 | ||||
2.10
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Transaction Fees | 25 | ||||
2.11
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Incentive Plan Representative | 25 | ||||
ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 26 | ||||
3.01
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Organization and Qualification | 26 | ||||
3.02
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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws | 28 | ||||
3.03
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Capitalization | 28 | ||||
3.04
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Authority Relative to this Agreement | 29 | ||||
3.05
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 30 | ||||
3.06
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Permits; Compliance | 30 | ||||
3.07
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Financial Statements | 31 | ||||
3.08
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events | 32 | ||||
3.09
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Absence of Litigation | 33 | ||||
3.10
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Employee Benefit Plans | 33 | ||||
3.11
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Labor and Employment Matters | 37 | ||||
3.12
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[Intentionally Deleted] | 39 | ||||
3.13
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Absence of Real Property; Title to Assets | 39 | ||||
3.14
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Intellectual Property | 40 | ||||
3.15
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Taxes | 42 |
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3.16
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Environmental Matters | 43 | ||||
3.17
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No Rights Agreement | 44 | ||||
3.18
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Material Contracts | 44 | ||||
3.19
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Customers and Suppliers | 46 | ||||
3.20
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Inventory | 46 | ||||
3.21
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Company Products and Services | 46 | ||||
3.22
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Insurance | 47 | ||||
3.23
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Certain Business Practices | 47 | ||||
3.24
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Full Disclosure | 47 | ||||
3.25
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Brokers | 47 | ||||
3.26
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Merger Consideration Certificate | 47 | ||||
3.27
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Director and Officer Indemnification | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 48 | ||||
4.01
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Corporate Organization | 48 | ||||
4.02
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Authority Relative to This Agreement | 48 | ||||
4.03
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 48 | ||||
4.04
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Brokers | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE V
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 49 | ||||
5.01
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Stockholders’ Meeting or Written Consent and Approval of the Company Stockholder | 49 | ||||
5.02
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Notification of Certain Matters | 49 | ||||
5.03
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Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts | 50 | ||||
5.04
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Public Announcements | 50 | ||||
5.05
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FIRPTA | 50 | ||||
5.06
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[Intentionally Deleted] | 50 | ||||
5.07
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Certain Tax Matters | 50 | ||||
5.08
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Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification | 51 | ||||
5.09
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Conduct of Business | 52 | ||||
5.10
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Conversion of Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Promissory Notes | 54 | ||||
5.11
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Dissolution of NetStreams International, Inc . | 54 |
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | 54 | ||||
6.01
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Conditions to the Merger | 54 | ||||
ARTICLE VII
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CLOSING MATTERS | 59 | ||||
7.01
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The Closing | 59 | ||||
7.02
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Exchange | 59 | ||||
7.03
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Dissenting Shares | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII
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TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, INDEMNIFICATION AND REMEDIES, AND CONTINUING COVENANTS | 61 | ||||
8.01
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Termination by Mutual Consent | 61 | ||||
8.02
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Unilateral Termination | 61 | ||||
8.03
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Effect of Termination | 61 | ||||
8.04
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Amendment | 61 | ||||
8.05
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Waiver | 62 | ||||
8.06
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Survival | 62 | ||||
8.07
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Agreement of Company Stockholder to Indemnify Parent Indemnified Parties | 62 | ||||
8.08
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Agreement of Parent to Indemnify Company Indemnified Parties | 63 | ||||
8.09
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Limitations | 63 | ||||
8.10
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Notice of Claim; Claims Period | 64 | ||||
8.11
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Defense of Third Party Claims | 65 | ||||
8.12
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[Intentionally Deleted] | 65 | ||||
8.13
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Resolution of Notice of Claim | 65 | ||||
8.14
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Release of Remaining Escrow Cash | 66 | ||||
8.15
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Computation of Damages | 67 | ||||
8.16
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Tax Consequences of Working Capital Adjustment, Indemnification Payments and Earnout Payments | 67 | ||||
ARTICLE IX
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GENERAL PROVISIONS | 67 | ||||
9.01
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Notices | 67 | ||||
9.02
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Severability | 69 | ||||
9.03
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Entire Agreement; Assignment | 69 |
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9.04
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Parties in Interest | 69 | ||||
9.05
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Specific Performance | 70 | ||||
9.06
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Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction | 70 | ||||
9.07
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Waiver of Jury Trial | 70 | ||||
9.08
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Headings | 70 | ||||
9.09
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Counterparts | 71 |
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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into as of November 3, 2009 (this
“Agreement”), among ClearOne Communications, Inc., a Utah corporation (“Parent”),
Alta-Wasatch Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger Sub”), NetStreams, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and the following parties that are each entering into this Agreement for the limited purposes set
forth in Sections 2.01(g), 2.03, 2.11, 6.01(a)(v) and 6.01(b)(ix) and Articles VIII and IX: Austin
Ventures VIII, L.P. (“Company Stockholder”) a Delaware limited partnership, and Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx (“Incentive Plan Representative”).
A. The parties intend that, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Merger
Sub shall merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company to be the
surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), on the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the “DGCL”).
B. The Board of Directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub has determined that the Merger is
in the best interests of their respective companies. The Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has determined that the Merger is in the best interests of the Company, and,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to recommend the approval of this Agreement
and the Merger to the Company’s stockholders.
C. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and to prescribe various conditions to the
Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement:
“Action” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.09.
“affiliate” of a specified person means a person who, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
specified person.
“Aggregate Merger Consideration” means (A) One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($1,950,000) (as may be adjusted by the Closing Adjustment), minus (B) Transaction
Expenses.
“Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
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“Arbitrating Accountant” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(v)(B).
“Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes” means the convertible promissory notes
in the aggregate principal amount of $3,500,000 issued by the Company to Austin Ventures VIII, L.P.
“AV VIII Holdings, Inc. Convertible Promissory Note” means the convertible promissory
note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued by the Company to AV VIII Holdings, Inc.
“Basket” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.09(a).
“Board” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals.”
“Bundled Earnout Products” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(ix).
“business day” means any day on which the principal offices of the SEC in Washington,
D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case of determining a date when any payment is due, any
day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the
City of Salt Lake City, Utah.
“Bylaws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.02.
“Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.02.
“Certificate of Merger” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.05(a).
“Charter Documents” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.02.
“Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(a).
“Claims Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(d).
“Closing” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.01.
“Closing Adjustment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
“Closing Cash Consideration” means (A) One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($1,950,000), adjusted upwards or downwards by the Closing Adjustment, minus (B) the sum of
(1) the Transactions Expenses and (2) the Escrow Cash.
“Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.01.
“Closing Working Capital Statement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.04(b)(i).
“COBRA” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.10(o).
“Code” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.10(a).
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“Common Merger Consideration” means a dollar amount, if any, equal to (A) the Post
Preference Merger Consideration less (B) the Series A Merger Consideration, divided by (C) the
number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, which dollar amount is $0, as set
forth in the Merger Consideration Certificate.
“Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Company Capital Stock” means the Company Common Stock, the Company Preferred Stock,
the Company Options, and any other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company from the Company.
“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“Company Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008.
“Company Indemnified Officers and Directors” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 5.08(a).
“Company Indemnified Persons” means the Company, the Company Stockholder and the
Incentive Plan Participants.
“Company IT Systems” means all IT Systems used in or held for use in connection with
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Company Management Incentive Plan” means the management incentive plan adopted by the
Board on May 13, 2009, as amended.
“Company Non-Participating Preferred Stock” means the Company’s Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Company Non-Participating Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company
Non-Participating Preferred Stock.
“Company Option Plan” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.03(b).
“Company Optionholder” means a holder of Company Options.
“Company Options” means all options and warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire
shares of capital stock (or options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire
shares of capital stock) of the Company from the Company.
“Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Non-Participating Preferred Stock and the
Company Series B Stock.
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“Company Revenue” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(vi).
“Company Securityholders” means the Company Stockholder and the Company Optionholders
collectively.
“Company Series B Stock” means the Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Stockholder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
“Company Securityholder Approval” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.04.
“Company Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal period commencing April 1, 2009 and
ended September 30, 2009.
“Company Warrants” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.03(b).
“Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.14(g).
“Contested Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.13(b).
“Contamination” or “Contaminated” means the presence (actual or reasonably
suspected) of Hazardous Substances in, on or under the soil, groundwater, surface water or other
environmental media or any structure or improvement, if any investigatory, remedial, removal
reporting or other response action is required or legally could be required by a governmental
authority under any Environmental Law with respect to such presence or suspected presence of
Hazardous Substances, or if such response action otherwise is reasonable or appropriate under the
circumstances.
“control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under “common control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Current Assets” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
“Current Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
“Damages” means any and all losses, costs, damages, Liabilities and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of
investigation and court costs, but excluding incidental, special, consequential and punitive
damages, other than any incidental, special, consequential and punitive damages payable by any
Parent Indemnified Person to a third party), actually incurred and calculated net of actual
recoveries under existing insurance policies (net of any applicable collection costs and reserves,
deductibles, premium adjustments and retrospectively rated premiums) and net of actual recoveries
received by a Parent Indemnified Person from a third party.
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“De Minimis Threshold” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.09(a).
“DGCL” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals.
“Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the introductory paragraph
of Article III.
“Disputed Amounts” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(iii).
“Dissenting Shares” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.08(a).
“Dissenting Shares Excess Payments” means (a) any payment in respect of Dissenting
Shares in excess of the amount of cash that would have been issuable pursuant to Section 2.01(d) in
respect of such shares or interests had they never been Dissenting Shares, and (b) any expenses,
including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Parent or the Surviving Corporation in connection with
negotiating and preparing any such payment, as contemplated by Section 2.08. Dissenting Shares
Excess Payments shall constitute “Damages” for purposes of Article VIII without regard to
the Basket.
“Earnout Consideration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iii).
“Earnout Participants” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g).
“Earnout Payment Amount” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(B).
“Earnout Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(i).
“Earnout Products” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(vii).
“Earnout Ruling” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(v)(D).
“Earnout Threshold” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g).
“Effective Time” means the time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger (or such
later time as may be mutually agreed in writing by the Company and Parent and specified in the
Certificate of Merger).
“Environmental Laws” means any United States federal, state, local or non United
States laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, codes, orders, other requirements of law and
common law relating to (i) releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances or materials
containing Hazardous Substances; (ii) exposure or alleged exposure to Hazardous Substances; (iii)
the manufacture, handling, transport, recycling, reclamation, use, treatment, storage or disposal
of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; or (iv) pollution, natural
resource damages or protection of the environment, health or safety.
“Environmental Permits” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.16.
“ERISA” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.10(a).
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“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Company and which, together with the Company, is treated as a single
employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“Escrow Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association or such other financial
institution as is reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company.
“Escrow Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.03.
“Escrow Amount” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.03.
“Escrow Cash” means an amount of cash equal to Three Hundred and Fifty-Thousand
Dollars ($350,000).
“Escrow Percentages” means, in the case of the Company Stockholder, eighty-five
percent (85%), and in the case of the Incentive Plan Participants, those percentages set out
opposite the names of the Incentive Plan Participants in the Merger Consideration Certificate.
“Estimated Closing Working Capital” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.04(a).
“Estimated Closing Working Capital Statement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.04(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.07(a).
“GAAP Exceptions” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
“Governmental Authority” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.05(b).
“Hazardous Substances” means (i) those substances defined in or regulated under the
following United States federal statutes and their state and local counterparts, as each may be
amended from time to time, and all regulations thereunder: the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy
Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Clean Air Act; (ii) petroleum
and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof; (iii) natural gas, synthetic
gas, and any mixtures thereof; and (iv) polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, mold and radon.
“Incentive Plan Participants” means those persons identified, in the Merger
Consideration Certificate, as constituting the participants in the Company Management Incentive
Plan.
“Incentive Plan Representative” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
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“Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company: (a) indebtedness created, issued or
incurred for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of securities), including
without limitation, any interest, prepayment penalties, expenses or fees accruing thereon payable
with respect thereto; (b) indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company; and (c) any amounts
payable to the Company Shareholder; provided, however, Indebtedness shall not include obligations
of the Company for capitalized leases and for accrued current liabilities incurred prior to Closing
in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(b).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(b).
“Indemnified Person” means the Parent, acting on its own behalf or on behalf of
another Parent Indemnified Person, or the Company Indemnified Persons, as the context requires.
“Independent Accountants” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(iii).
“Integrated Earnout Products” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(vii).
“Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all of the following worldwide legal
rights, whether or not filed, perfected, registered or recorded, that may exist under the laws of
any jurisdiction to and under all: (i) patents, patent applications, statutory invention
registrations, patent rights, including all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions,
reissues, reexaminations or extensions thereof, whether now existing or hereafter filed, issues or
acquired, and all inventions, whether or not patentable, (ii) trademarks, service marks, domain
names, (including, but not limited to Internet domain names, Internet and World Wide Web URLs, and
domain name registrations and pending applications therefor) trade dress, logos, trade names,
corporate names, and other identifiers of source or goodwill, including registrations and
applications for registration thereof, (iii) rights associated with works of authorship (including
audiovisual works) including mask works and copyrights, including copyrights in Software, and
registrations and applications for registration thereof, and (iv) rights relating to the protection
of trade secrets, know-how, invention rights, and other confidential or proprietary technical,
business and other information, including manufacturing and production processes and techniques,
research and development information, technology, drawings, specifications, designs, plans,
proposals, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information,
business and marketing plans, customer and supplier lists and information, and all rights in any
jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“IT Systems” means computer systems, programs, networks, hardware, Software,
databases, operating systems, Internet websites, website content and links and equipment used to
process, store, maintain and operate data, information and functions.
“knowledge of the Company” or the “Company’s knowledge” means the actual
knowledge of Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx or Xxxx Parse.
“Law” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.05(a).
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“Lease Documents” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.13(b).
“Liability” or “Liabilities” means any debt, liability and obligation, whether
accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, known
or unknown, including those arising under any law, action or government order and those arising
under any contract.
“Licensed Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property licensed to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Licenses.
“Licenses” means all licenses, sublicenses and other contracts pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquired or is authorized to use or exercise any third party
Intellectual Property.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, when used in connection with the Company, any event,
circumstance, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other events,
circumstances, changes and effects occurring after the date hereof, is or would reasonably be
expected to be materially adverse to (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets,
liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the
ability of the Company to consummate the Merger, except to the extent that such effect is caused
by, or results from changes in general economic conditions or changes affecting the industry in
which the Company operates generally (provided that such changes do not affect the Company and its
Subsidiaries in a substantially disproportionate manner), (3) the taking of any action required by
this Agreement; and (4) any breach of this Agreement by the Parent.
“Material Contracts” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.18(a).
“Merger” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals.
“Merger Consideration” means the aggregate of the dollar amounts specified in (A) in
Section 2.01(b) with respect to the AV VIII Holdings, Inc. Convertible Promissory Note, (B) Section
2.01(c) with respect to the Company Management Incentive Plan, and (C) subparagraphs (i) (which,
for clarity, is $0) and (ii) of Section 2.01(d), with respect to the Company Non-Participating
Preferred Stock and the Company Series B Stock, respectively.
“Merger Consideration Certificate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(d)(i).
“Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Merger Sub Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Merger Sub.
“Note Payoff Amount” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(b).
“Notice of Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(b).
“Notification Deadline” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(C).
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“Objection Deadline Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(v).
“One-Year Anniversary Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(i).
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, conducted in accordance with past practices.
“Owned Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property that is owned or
purportedly owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Parent” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Parent Indemnified Person” means the Parent and its officers, directors, agents,
affiliates, representatives, stockholders and employees, and each person, if any, who controls or
may control Parent within the meaning of the Securities Act (such persons being referred to
collectively as “Parent Indemnified Persons”).
“Parent Objection Procedure” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D)(1).
“Payable Post-Closing Adjustment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.04(b)(ii).
“Payable Post-Closing Adjustment Determination” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.03(c)(v).
“person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, syndicate, trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision,
agency or instrumentality of a government.
“Permits” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.06(a).
“Xxxxx Xxxxxxx” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.03.
“Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.03.
“Plans” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.10(a).
“Post-Closing Adjustment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(b).
“Post-Closing Adjustment Threshold” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.04(b)(ii).
“Post Preference Merger Consideration” means the positive difference of (i) the
Aggregate Merger Consideration over (ii) the aggregate amount to be paid to the holders of Company
Series B Stock pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(ii), which dollar amount is $0, as set forth in the
Merger Consideration Certificate.
“Priority Claims” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D).
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“Registered Intellectual Property” means any Owned Intellectual Property subject of an
application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by
any governmental bodies in the United States or applicable foreign jurisdictions, including, but
not limited to, any United States, international and foreign: (A) patents and patent applications
(including provisional applications); (B) registered trademarks, applications to register
trademarks, intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications related to
trademarks; (C) registered Internet domain names; and (D) registered copyrights and applications
for copyright registration.
“Resolution Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(ii).
“Review Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(i).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series A Merger Consideration” means a dollar amount equal to the Post Preference
Merger Consideration divided by the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company
Non-Participating Preferred Stock, which dollar amount is $0, as set forth in the Merger
Consideration Certificate.
“Shrink Wrap Software” means licenses of generally commercially available
off-the-shelf Software licensed pursuant to un-negotiated end-user license or subscription
agreements, shrink-wrap, click-wrap licenses or other similar licenses.
“Software” means computer software, programs and databases in any form, including
Internet web sites, web content and links, all versions, updates, corrections, enhancements, and
modifications thereof, and all related documentation.
“Special Representations” means the representations set forth in Section 3.03
(Capitalization) and 3.04 (Authority Relative to this Agreement), and any representations contained
in the Merger Consideration Certificate.
“Square 1 Loan” means the Indebtedness of the Company to Square 1 Bank pursuant to
that certain Loan and Security Agreement between Square 1 Bank and the Company dated November 12,
2008, as amended from time to time (the “Square 1 Bank Loan Agreement”), but excluding
(notwithstanding the definition of “Indebtedness” herein) any “Success Fee” payable by the Company
to Square 1 Bank upon completion of the Merger pursuant to the terms of the Square 1 Bank Loan
Agreement.
“Statement of Objections” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(ii).
“Stockholder Consent” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.01(a).
“Stockholders’ Meeting” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.01(a).
“Surviving Corporation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Recitals.
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“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” of the Company, the Surviving Corporation,
Parent, as applicable, or any other person, means an affiliate entity controlled by such person,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries.
“Target Working Capital” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(a).
“Tax Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.07(a)(iv).
“Taxes” shall mean (i) any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and
other similar charges of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax
and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Authority or
taxing authority, including, without limitation: taxes or other charges on or with respect to
income, franchise, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock,
payroll, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation or net
worth; taxes or other charges in the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer,
value-added or gains taxes; license, registration and documentation fees; and customers’ duties,
tariffs and similar charges, and (ii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type
described in clause (i) of this sentence as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for any Taxable period, and (iii) any Liability
for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) above as a result of
being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express or implied
obligation to assume such Taxes or to indemnify any other Person.
“Tax Return” means any return, report, schedule, declaration, estimate or election
(including attachments to any of the foregoing) filed or required to be filed with any Governmental
Authority with respect to Taxes.
“Third-Party Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.10(b).
“Transaction Expenses” means all third party fees and expenses incurred by the Company
in connection with the Merger and this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as listed
on Schedule 7.02(d), as such Schedule may be updated at Closing by written agreement among the
Parent, the Company Stockholder and the Company.
“Undisputed Amounts” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.04(c)(iii).
“Unilateral Written Direction” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Unresolved Objections” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(v)(D).
“Working Capital Adjustment” means the Closing Adjustment, as such amount may be
adjusted by the Post-Closing Adjustment.
“Year 1 Balance” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 1 Earnout” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iii).
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“Year 1 Earnout Excess Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2 Earnout” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iii).
“Year 2(A) Balance” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2(A) Earnout Excess Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2(A) Priority Claims” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2(B) Balance” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2(B) Earnout Excess Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
“Year 2(B) Priority Claims” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.01(g)(iv)(D).
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
2.01 Merger Consideration; Conversion of the Shares; Earnout Consideration.
(a) Conversion of Merger Sub Common Stock. At the Effective Time, each share of Merger
Sub Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and the shares of the Surviving Corporation into
which the shares of Merger Sub Common Stock are so converted shall be the only shares of Company
Capital Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time.
(b) AV VIII Holdings, Inc. Convertible Promissory Note. At the Effective Time,
$250,000 plus interest accrued through the Effective Time (such amount, the “Note Payoff
Amount”) of the Closing Cash Consideration shall be payable to AV VIII Holdings, Inc. as
payment in full of the AV VIII Holdings, Inc. Convertible Promissory Note.
(c) Company Management Incentive Plan. At the Effective Time, 15% of (1) the Closing
Cash Consideration less (2) the Note Payoff Amount shall be payable to the Incentive Plan
Participants in accordance with the Merger Consideration Certificate.
(d) Conversion of Company Capital Stock.
(i) Company Non-Participating Stock. Pursuant to the provisions of the Merger
Consideration Certificate (as hereinafter defined), each share of Company Non-
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Participating Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time is
entitled to receive an amount of cash, without interest, equal to either the Series A Merger
Consideration or the Common Merger Consideration, as applicable. However, since both of these
amounts will be nil ($0), each share of Company Non-Participating Stock will be, as at the
Effective Time, cancelled and extinguished, with no payment or distribution being made with respect
thereto. “Merger Consideration Certificate” means a certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A, to be prepared by the Company as of the Closing Date and signed by the
Secretary of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and
delivered to the Parent at Closing, which certificate will represent and warrant to the Parent that
the Merger is treated as a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company under the
Certificate of Incorporation and that the distribution provisions set forth in the Merger
Consideration Certificate with respect to the Merger Consideration are in accordance with the
provisions, including liquidation preferences, of the Certificate of Incorporation.
(ii) Company Series B Stock. Pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Consideration
Certificate, at the Effective Time, each share of Company Series B Stock that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without the
need for any further action on the part of the holder thereof (except as expressly provided
herein), be converted into and represent the right to receive an amount of cash, without interest,
equal to (A) 85% of that amount which is equal to (1) the Closing Cash Consideration, less (2) the
Note Payoff Amount divided by (B) the number of then-outstanding shares of the Company’s Series B
Stock, all as set forth in the Merger Consideration Certificate.
(e) Dissenting Shares. As more fully set forth in Section 7.03, holders of shares of
Company Capital Stock who have complied with all requirements for perfecting dissenters’ rights, as
set forth in the DGCL, shall be entitled to their rights under the DGCL with respect to such
shares.
(f) Cancellation of Certain Shares and Company Options. Notwithstanding Section
2.01(d), (i) each share of Company Capital Stock held by the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time, and (ii) each Company Option that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall in each case, by virtue of the Merger and without the need for any
further action on the part of the holder hereof (except as expressly provided herein), be cancelled
and extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.
(g) Earnout Consideration. In accordance with the Merger Consideration Certificate,
the Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Participants shall together (as such, the
“Earnout Participants”) be entitled to the additional earnout amount set forth below as
determined by future Company Revenue (as defined below) for the Earnout Periods described below on
the following terms:
(i) The earnout period shall consist of two years (each, an “Earnout Period”), the
first beginning on the day following the Closing Date and ending one year thereafter (the “One
Year Anniversary Date”), and the second beginning on the day following the One Year Anniversary
Date and ending one year thereafter.
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(ii) Earnout Threshold. The threshold amounts (each, an “Earnout Threshold”)
shall be $6,000,000 for the first Earnout Period and $9,000,000 for the second Earnout Period.
(iii) Earnout Consideration. The earnout amount payable for each Earnout Period (in
the aggregate for both such Earnout Periods, the “Earnout Consideration”; such amount, with
respect to the first Earnout Period, “Year 1 Earnout”; such amount with respect to the
second Earnout Period, “Year 2 Earnout”) shall be calculated as follows: provided the
Earnout Threshold is achieved for a given Earnout Period, the Earnout Consideration for such
Earnout Period shall equal the product of (A) the Company Revenue during the Earnout Period,
multiplied by (B) seven percent (7.0%); provided that the maximum amount of aggregate
Earnout Consideration for the two Earnout Periods shall not exceed $3,000,000. The parties intend
that, for tax purposes, the payments (set forth in subsections (i) through (iii) above) shall
qualify for installment sale treatment under §453 of the Code. Such payments shall be treated as
imputed interest to the extent required by the Code.
(iv) Payments; Review of Books and Records.
(A) For any Earnout Consideration payments due to the Earnout Participants pursuant to clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 2.01(g), Parent shall pay, in accordance with this Section
2.01(g)(iv), the applicable Earnout Consideration amount to the Escrow Agent, to be dealt with in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement.
(B) Parent shall deliver, by the Notification Deadline (as hereinafter defined), to each of
the Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Representative a certificate of the Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer or Controller of Parent certifying on behalf of Parent the amount of Company
Revenue for the applicable Earnout Period and the amount of any Earnout Consideration payable in
respect of such period (for the purposes of this Section 2.01(g), the “Earnout Payment
Amount”). On at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice from the Company Stockholder to
Parent given within thirty (30) days after the Company’s Stockholder’s receipt of the foregoing
certificate from Parent (with respect to the sale of Earnout Products by the Parent or Parent’s
other subsidiaries), the Company Stockholder, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Incentive Plan
Representative, shall have a right to audit the books and records of the Company and the Parent to
verify Company Revenue for the Earnout Period.
(C) Parent shall pay the Earnout Payment Amount to the Escrow Agent within sixty days after
the close of the Applicable Earnout Period (such date, the “Notification Deadline”). If an
Earnout Ruling (as hereinafter defined) is subsequently duly delivered by the Arbitrating
Accountant (as hereinafter referenced) to the Escrow Agent, then (I) if the Earnout Ruling provides
for additional Earnout Consideration to be added to the Earnout Payment Amount, Parent shall
promptly pay such amount to the Escrow Agent, and (II) if the Earnout Ruling stipulates that
Parent’s original Earnout Payment Amount was too high, the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement, shall promptly pay any overage to Parent.
(D) The parties acknowledge and agree that the Escrow Agreement shall provide that:
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(1) except with respect to funds payable to the Parent pursuant
to an Earnout Ruling, no Earnout Consideration with respect an
Earnout Period shall be released from escrow until a written
direction (“Written Direction”), executed by Parent and
Company Stockholder has been delivered to the Escrow Agent,
confirming either (x) there are no disagreements concerning the
amount of such consideration or (y) an Earnout Ruling with respect to
such consideration has been delivered; provided, however, if Company
Stockholder sends a Written Direction, signed solely by the Company
Stockholder (herein, a “Unilateral Written Direction”), to
the Escrow Agent that there are no disagreements in any Earnout
Payment Amount for a particular Earnout Period, then the Escrow Agent
shall immediately pay out to the Earnout Participants any Earnout
Amounts not otherwise subject to a replenishment of Escrow Cash, a
negative Post-Closing Adjustment, undisputed but unpaid Claims, or
outstanding but unresolved Claims as set forth in subsections (2),
(3) and (4) below of this Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, such Unilateral Written Direction shall not be
effective unless a copy of the same has simultaneously been delivered
to Parent and its legal counsel pursuant to Section 9.01 herein and
seven (7) business days have passed without written objection being
conveyed from Parent or its legal counsel to Company Stockholder and
Escrow Agent (the “Parent Objection Procedure”).
(2) upon receipt of a Written Direction with respect to the Year
1 Earnout, the Escrow Agent shall immediately pay out to the Earnout
Participants any portion of the Year 1 Earnout in excess of $420,000
(such excess, the “Year 1 Earnout Excess Payment”) and shall
then apply the balance (i.e., $420,000) as follows: first, to
replenish any Escrow Cash paid out during the year following Closing
in respect of Claims and a Post-Closing Adjustment, to be available
for settlement of Claims pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and Article
VIII hereof; second, to payment to Parent of any undisputed but
unpaid Claims; third, to a reserve in respect of outstanding but
unresolved Claims by Parent, to be paid out upon settlement of such
Claims pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and Article VIII hereof (such
three applications, collectively, “Priority Claims”); and,
fourth to disbursement of the balance (“Year 1 Balance”), if
any, to the Earnout Participants, provided that the amounts set forth
in part 1 of Schedule 2.01(g) hereto shall be paid out of such Year 1
Balance to the parties listed in part 1 of Schedule 2.01(g) prior to
making any payments to the Earnout Participants; provided further,
that to the extent any Escrow Cash was paid out to Parent in respect
of a Payable Post-Closing Adjustment, then the Year 1 Balance and —
if and to the extent the Year 1 Balance is insufficient for such
purpose — the
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Year 1 Earnout Excess Payment, shall be reduced by such amount,
dollar for dollar, to the extent as may be necessary to satisfy
Priority Claims;
(3) if no Year 1 Earnout was paid — then, upon receipt of a
Written Direction with respect to the Year 2 Earnout, the Escrow
Agent shall immediately pay out to the Earnout Participants any
portion of the Year 2 Earnout in excess of $630,000 (such excess, the
“Year 2(A) Earnout Excess Payment”) and shall then apply the
balance (i.e., $630,000) as follows: first, to payment to Parent of
any undisputed but unpaid Claims; second, to a reserve in respect of
outstanding but unresolved Claims by Parent, to be available for
settlement of Claims pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and Article
VIII hereof (such two applications, collectively, “Year 2(A)
Priority Claims”); and, third to disbursement of the balance
(“Year 2(A) Balance”), if any, to the Earnout Participants,
provided that the amounts set forth in part 2 of Schedule 2.01(g)
hereto shall be paid out of such Year 2(A) Balance to the parties
listed in part 2 of Schedule 2.01(g) prior to making any payments to
the Earnout Participants; provided further, that to the extent any
Escrow Cash was paid out to Parent in respect of a Payable
Post-Closing Adjustment, then the Year 2(A) Balance and — if and to
the extent the Year 2(A) Balance is insufficient for such purpose —
the Year 2(A) Earnout Excess Payment, shall be reduced by such
amount, dollar for dollar, to the extent as may be necessary to
satisfy Year 2(A) Priority Claims;
(4) If the Year 1 Earnout was paid — then, upon receipt of a
Written Direction with respect to the Year 2 Earnout, the Escrow
Agent shall deal with such Year 2 Earnout as follows: first, to
payment to Parent of any undisputed but unpaid Claims; second, to a
reserve in respect of outstanding but unresolved Claims by Parent, to
be available for settlement of Claims pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement and Article VIII hereof (such two applications, both
subject to the limitation set forth in Section 8.09(b), collectively,
“Year 2(B) Priority Claims”); and, third to disbursement of
the balance (“Year 2(B) Balance”), if any, to the Earnout
Participants, provided that that the amounts set forth in part 2 of
Schedule 2.01(g) hereto shall be paid out of such Year 2(B) Balance
to the parties listed in part 2 of Schedule 2.01(g) prior to making
any payments to the Earnout Participants.
Any payment made pursuant to this Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D) to persons listed on Schedule 2.01(g)
shall be referred to herein, in the Escrow Agreement and in any Written Direction or Unilateral
Written Direction as a “Schedule 2.01(g) Payment.” It is specifically acknowledged and agreed by
the parties that the amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01(g) comprise Transaction Expenses, the
payment of which has been deferred
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.01(g)(iv)(D), upon receipt of a
Written Direction or a Unilateral Written Direction (and compliance, in the case of a Unilateral
Written Objection, with the Parent Objection Procedure), all Earnout Amounts which are in escrow
which are not held for (1) replenishment of the Escrow Cash, (2) payment of amounts owed due to
negative Post-Closing Adjustments, (3) payment of unsettled and unpaid Claims or (4) reservation
against outstanding but unresolved Claims, or which are not required to be paid to those persons
and in those amounts described in Schedule 2.01(g), shall be immediately disbursed to the Escrow
Participants, all pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
(v) Disagreements over Earnout Consideration. If the Company Stockholder disagrees
with Parent’s calculation of the Earnout Consideration payable for an Earnout Period, the Company
Stockholder shall, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Incentive Plan Representative, deliver to
Parent, by the date 45 days after the date on which Parent shall have delivered to the Company
Stockholder the certificate indicating the amount of Company Revenue and any applicable Earnout
Consideration payable to the Company Stockholder for the Earnout Period (the “Objection
Deadline Date”), a reasonably detailed statement describing its objections (if any) to Parent’s
calculations and its assertion of the appropriate calculation of Earnout Consideration. If the
Company Stockholder timely objects to such calculations from Parent and offers its own calculation,
such objections shall be resolved as follows:
(A) Parent and the Company Stockholder shall first use reasonable efforts to resolve such
objections.
(B) If Parent and the Company Stockholder do not reach a resolution of all objections set
forth on the Company Stockholder’s statement of objections within 30 days after delivery of such
statement of objections, Parent and the Company Stockholder shall, within 30 days following the
expiration of such 30-day period, engage an Arbitrating Accountant (as referenced below), pursuant
to an engagement agreement executed by Parent, the Company Stockholder and the Arbitrating
Accountant, to resolve any remaining objections set forth on such Company Stockholder’s statement
of objections and its calculation (the “Unresolved Objections”). “Arbitrating
Accountant” shall mean an accountant selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the
Company Stockholder, which has not performed services for Parent or the Company Stockholder.
(C) Parent and the Company Stockholder shall jointly submit to the Arbitrating Accountant,
within 10 days after the date of the engagement of the Arbitrating Accountant (as evidenced by the
date of the engagement agreement), a copy of such calculations of the Earnout Consideration, a copy
of the statement of objections delivered by the Company Stockholder to Parent, and a statement
setting forth the resolution of any objections agreed to by Parent and the Company Stockholder.
Each of Parent and the Company Stockholder shall submit to the Arbitrating Accountant (with a copy
delivered to the other party on the same day), within 45 days after the date of the engagement of
the Arbitrating Accountant, a memorandum (which may include supporting exhibits) setting forth
their respective positions on the Unresolved Objections. Each of Parent and the Company Stockholder
may (but shall not be required to) submit to the Arbitrating Accountant (with a copy delivered to
the other party on the same day), within 60 days after the date of the engagement of the
Arbitrating Accountant, a memorandum responding to the initial memorandum submitted to the
Arbitrating Accountant by the other
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party. Unless expressly requested in writing by the Arbitrating Accountant in a request made
known to both Parent and the Company Stockholder, neither party may present any additional
information or arguments to the Arbitrating Accountant, either orally or in writing.
(D) Within 90 days after the date of its engagement hereunder (the “Determination
Deadline”), the Arbitrating Accountant shall determine whether the objections raised by the
Company Stockholder are valid in light of the definition of Company Revenue contained herein and
the calculation of Earnout Consideration under Section 2.01(g)(iii) and shall issue a ruling
(“Earnout Ruling”) which shall include a calculation of the Earnout Consideration for the
Earnout Period in accordance with Section 2.01(g), as adjusted pursuant to any resolutions to
objections agreed upon by Parent and the Company Stockholder and pursuant to the Arbitrating
Accountant’s resolution of the Unresolved Objections. Such calculation of the Earnout Consideration
for the Earnout Period shall be deemed to be final. The Arbitrating Accountant shall provide
copies, by the Determination Deadline, of any Earnout Ruling to each of the Parent, the Company
Stockholder, the Incentive Plan Representative and the Escrow Agent.
(E) The resolution by the Arbitrating Accountant of the Unresolved Objections shall be
conclusive and binding upon Parent, the Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Representative.
Parent and the Company Stockholder agree that the procedure set forth in this Section 2.01(g)(v)
for resolving disputes with respect to the payout of the Earnout Consideration for the Earnout
Period shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving any such disputes; provided that this
provision shall not prohibit either party from instituting litigation to enforce the ruling of the
Arbitrating Accountant.
(F) The fees and expenses of the Arbitrating Accountant shall be borne by Parent or the
Company Securityholders depending on which party’s calculation of the Earnout Consideration is
furthest away from the final Earnout Consideration determined by the Arbitrating Accountant (and to
the extent that the Company Stockholder’s calculation of the Earnout Consideration is furthest away
from that determined by the Arbitrating Accountant, Parent and the Company Stockholder shall cause
the Escrow Agent to deduct such fees and expenses of the Arbitrating Accountant and to pay such
amount to Parent).
(vi) Company Revenue. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Revenue” for
an Earnout Period shall be the aggregate amount of revenue from sales (excluding taxes) in the
Earnout Period of the Earnout Products, Integrated Earnout Products and Bundled Earnout Products
(as such terms are hereinafter defined) by the Company, the Parent, or the Parent’s other
subsidiaries into the Company’s or the Parent’s sales channels, as determined in accordance with
GAAP and as consistently applied by the Company in the Company Financial Statements or the Parent
in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements, as the case may be. Any subsequent change in
the GAAP voluntarily adopted by the Company in its financial statements or the Parent in the
Parent’s consolidated financial statements, as the case may be, that would adversely affect Company
Revenue shall not be taken into account for purposes of calculating Company Revenue for purposes of
this Agreement (regardless of how Company Revenue is accounted for other purposes such as Parent’s
reporting or internal accounting). For purposes of determining Company Revenue for an Earnout
Period, Parent shall not impose on
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the Company any adjustment or charge in the nature of a general and administrative, management
or similar adjustment or charge.
The Company Revenue from the Bundled Earnout Products shall be computed by the following
formula:
(Sale price of the Bundled Earnout Products) x (Revenue from Bundled SKUs)
(Sale price of the Bundled Earnout Products + Sale Price of Parent Products)
(Sale price of the Bundled Earnout Products + Sale Price of Parent Products)
The Company Revenue from the Integrated Earnout Products shall be computed by the following
formula:
(Cost of the Integrated Earnout Product) x (Revenue from the integrated product of the Parent)
Cost of the Integrated Earnout Product of the Parent
Cost of the Integrated Earnout Product of the Parent
Cost for the above purposes would be computed in accordance with GAAP.
(vii) Earnout Products. For purposes of this Agreement, “Earnout Products”
shall mean each of the products currently produced, manufactured, marketed, licensed, sold or
distributed by the Company and its Subsidiaries or currently in development by the Company or its
Subsidiaries and not yet in the marketplace, including derivatives and updates of all such
products.
(viii) Integrated Earnout Products. For purposes of this Agreement, “Integrated
Earnout Products” shall mean Earnout Products sold during an Earnout Period which have been
integrated into products of the Parent.
(ix) Bundled Earnout Products. For purposes of this Agreement “Bundled Earnout
Products” shall mean an Earnout Product sold during an Earnout Period, where products of the
Parent and Earnout Products are sold in combination as a unique and single SKU.
2.02 Company Options.
Parent is not assuming, and shall not assume, any obligations or Liabilities under (a) any
option or similar plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) any outstanding Company Options, or
(c) any other direct or indirect rights to acquire shares of Company Capital Stock (other than to
make the payments contemplated under Section 2.01(d)). On the Closing Date, any option or similar
plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company Options, and any other direct or indirect
rights to acquire shares (or Company Options) of Company Capital Stock from the Company shall be
terminated without further obligation or Liability of the Company, Parent or the Surviving
Corporation. Parent shall not be required to substitute any equivalent option or right for any such
terminated Company Option or right.
2.03 Escrow.
At the Effective Time, Parent shall withhold the Escrow Cash from the Closing Cash
Consideration payable, in accordance with the Merger Consideration Certificate, to the Incentive
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Plan Representative (on behalf of the Incentive Plan Participants), the Company Stockholder
and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. (“Xxxxx Xxxxxxx”). For the purposes of this Section 2.03, the
Incentive Plan Representative and the Company Stockholder are together referred to as the
“Escrow Participants.” Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Parent, the Incentive Plan Representative (on behalf of the Incentive Plan Participants) and the
Escrow Agent shall enter into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) which will
provide the terms and conditions for the release of the Escrow Cash, along with any other amounts
deposited with the Escrow Agent as security for the indemnification obligations of Article VIII
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (such amounts, together with the Escrow Cash, comprising
the “Escrow Amount”), after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to the
terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. On the Closing Date, Parent shall cause the
Escrow Cash to be deposited with the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Amount as
security for the indemnification rights under Article VIII and pursuant to the terms of that
certain letter agreement dated as of October 30, 2009 between Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and NetStreams, L.L.C.
(the “Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement”), amending that certain engagement letter between Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx and NetStreams, L.L.C. dated February 2, 2009. The parties intend that, for tax purposes,
the Escrow Cash shall qualify for installment sale treatment under §453 of the Code. A portion of
the Escrow Cash will be treated as imputed interest to the extent required under the Code.
2.04 Closing Adjustment.
(a) Closing Adjustment. As soon as practicable before the Closing, the Company shall
prepare and deliver to Parent a statement setting forth its good faith estimate of Closing Working
Capital (the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”), which statement shall contain an
estimated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the
transactions contemplated herein), a calculation of Estimated Closing Working Capital (the
“Estimated Closing Working Capital Statement”), and a certificate of the Company’s Chief
Financial Officer that the Estimated Closing Working Capital Statement was prepared in accordance
with GAAP, consistently applied, subject to the following (the “GAAP Exceptions”):
(i) With respect to accounts receivable, no allowance shall be provided for doubtful accounts.
All known bad debts as of the Effective Date would be deducted from accounts receivable.
Receivables attributable to products sent as advance replacement to customers shall be valued at
10% of the recorded receivable, and products loaned to customers and manufacturer representatives
shall be valued at 42% of their cost.
(ii) With respect to inventory, refurbished inventory in normal working condition shall be
valued at 70% of the average cost. Inventory returned by customers, but not yet refurbished to
working condition shall be valued at 35% of the average cost. No other reserves against inventory
shall be permitted.
(iii) With respect to accounts payable, all known payables including with respect to inventory
received, shall be taken into account.
(iv) With respect to accrued expenses, in calculating accrued expenses, the following amounts
shall be disregarded:
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(A) expenses for services received but for which amounts due are not known or invoiced, not
exceeding $50,000 in aggregate before the Effective Date;
(B) salaries and related employer taxes accrued until the Effective Date in respect of the
first payroll to be paid after closing, excluding termination bonuses and other payments;
(C) vacation accrued for continuing employees; and
(D) interest and finance charges accrued to the extent of $17,000.
(v) With respect to warranty claims, accrual for warranty claims shall be restricted to
$85,000.
The “Closing Adjustment” shall be an amount equal to the Estimated Closing Working
Capital minus $1,000,000 (the “Target Working Capital”). If the Closing Adjustment is a
positive number, the Closing Cash Consideration shall be increased by the amount of the Closing
Adjustment. If the Closing Adjustment is a negative number, the Closing Cash Consideration shall be
reduced by the amount of the Closing Adjustment.
“Closing Working Capital” shall be defined as the Current Assets of the Company as at
the Closing Date less the Current Liabilities of the Company as at the Closing Date. “Current
Assets” of the Company shall mean the sum of accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, inventories
and all other current assets of the Company, including cash and cash equivalents, all as determined
in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. “Current Liabilities” of the Company shall
mean the sum of all accounts payable, accrued expenses, and all other current payables or current
accrued liabilities of the Company, but excludes any Indebtedness or Transaction Expenses, all as
determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
(b) Post-Closing Adjustment.
(i) Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Parent shall prepare and deliver to Company
Stockholder a statement setting forth its calculation of Closing Working Capital, which statement
shall contain a balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the
transactions contemplated herein), a calculation of Closing Working Capital (the “Closing
Working Capital Statement”) and a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of Parent that the
Closing Working Capital Statement was prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied,
subject to the GAAP Exceptions.
(ii) The Closing Working Capital Statement shall indicate whether a post-closing adjustment is
payable with respect to working capital. The post-closing adjustment shall be an amount equal to
the Closing Working Capital minus the Estimated Closing Working Capital (the “Post-Closing
Adjustment”), provided that no amount shall be payable pursuant to this Section 2.04 with
respect to a Post-Closing Adjustment unless the Post-Closing Adjustment exceeds $50,000 (the
“Post-Closing Adjsutment Threshold”). If the Post-Closing Adjustment Threshold is met,
then only that amount of the Post-Closing Adjustment in excess of $25,000 shall be payable
hereunder (such amount, the “Payable Post-Closing Adjustment”).
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(c) Examination and Review.
(i) Examination. After receipt of the Closing Working Capital Statement, Company
Stockholder shall have 30 days (the “Review Period”) to review the Closing Working Capital
Statement. During the Review Period, Company Stockholder and Company Stockholder’s Accountants
shall have full access to the books and records of the Company, the personnel of, and working
papers prepared by, Parent and/or Parent’s Accountants to the extent that they relate to the
Closing Working Capital Statement and to such historical financial information (to the extent in
Parent’s possession) relating to the Closing Working Capital Statement as Company Stockholder may
reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing the Closing Working Capital Statement and to
prepare a Statement of Objections (defined below), provided, that such access shall be in a manner
that does not interfere with the normal business operations of Parent or the Company.
(ii) Objection. On or prior to the last day of the Review Period, Company Stockholder
may object to the Closing Working Capital Statement by delivering to Parent a written statement
setting forth Company Stockholder’s objections in reasonable detail, indicating each disputed item
or amount and the basis for Company Stockholder’s disagreement therewith (the “Statement of
Objections”). If Company Stockholder fails to deliver the Statement of Objections before the
expiration of the Review Period, the Closing Working Capital Statement and the Post-Closing
Adjustment, as the case may be, reflected in the Closing Working Capital Statement shall be deemed
to have been accepted by Company Stockholder. If Company Stockholder delivers the Statement of
Objections before the expiration of the Review Period, Parent and Company Stockholder shall
negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections within 30 days after the delivery of the
Statement of Objections (the “Resolution Period”), and, if the same are so resolved within
the Resolution Period, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the Closing Working Capital Statement with
such changes as may have been previously agreed in writing by Parent and Company Stockholder, shall
be final and binding.
(iii) Resolution of Disputes. If Company Stockholder and Parent fail to reach an
agreement with respect to all of the matters set forth in the Statement of Objections before
expiration of the Resolution Period, then any amounts remaining in dispute (“Disputed
Amounts” and any amounts not so disputed, the “Undisputed Amounts”) shall be submitted
for resolution to the office of PMB Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP or, if PMB Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP is unable to
serve, Parent and Company Stockholder shall appoint by mutual agreement the office of an impartial
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants other than Company
Stockholder’s Accountants or Parent’s Accountants (the “Independent Accountants”) who,
acting as experts and not arbitrators, shall resolve the Disputed Amounts only and make any
adjustments to the Post-Closing Adjustment, as the case may be, and the Closing Working Capital
Statement. The parties hereto agree that all adjustments shall be made without regard to
materiality. The Independent Accountants shall only decide the specific items under dispute by the
parties and their decision for each Disputed Amount must be within the range of values assigned to
each such item in the Closing Working Capital Statement and the Statement of Objections,
respectively.
(iv) Fees of the Independent Accountants. Company Stockholder shall pay a portion of
the fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants equal to 100% multiplied
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by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of Disputed Amounts submitted to the
Independent Accountants that are resolved in favor of Parent (that being the difference between the
Independent Accountants’ determination and Company Stockholder’s determination) and the denominator
of which is the total amount of Disputed Amounts submitted to the Independent Accountants (that
being the sum total by which Parent’s determination and Company Stockholder’s determination differ
from the determination of the Independent Accountants). Parent shall be entitled, at its option, to
request the Escrow Agent to pay any such amount payable by the Company Stockholder, as such amount
shall be noted by the Independent Accountants in the Payable Post-Closing Adjustment Determination,
out of the Escrow Amount. Parent shall pay that portion of the fees and expenses of the
Independent Accountants that Company Stockholder is not required to pay hereunder.
(v) Determination by Independent Accountants. The Independent Accountants shall make a
determination (“Payable Post-Closing Adjustment Determination”) as soon as practicable
within 30 days (or such other time as the parties hereto shall agree in writing) after their
engagement, and shall deliver copies of such Determination to Parent, Company Stockholder,
Incentive Plan Representative and Escrow Agent. The Independent Accountants’ resolution of the
Disputed Amounts and their adjustments to the Closing Working Capital Statement and/or the
Post-Closing Adjustment, if any, shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto.
(vi) Payments of Post-Closing Adjustment. Except as otherwise provided herein, any
payment of the Payable Post-Closing Adjustment, together with interest calculated as set forth
below, shall be due within ten (10) Business Days of acceptance of the applicable Closing Working
Capital Statement or, if there are Disputed Amounts, then within ten (10) Business Days of the
delivery of the Payable Post-Closing Adjustment Determination. Any Payable Post-Closing Adjustment
payable to Parent shall be paid out of the Escrow Cash, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. Any Payable Post-Closing Adjustment payable to Company Stockholder and Incentive Plan
Participants shall paid by Parent to the Escrow Agent, and shall thereafter be immediately
disbursed by the Escrow Agent. The amount of any Payable Post-Closing Adjustment shall bear
interest from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of payment at a rate per
annum equal to six percent (6%). Such interest shall be calculated daily on the basis of a 365 day
year and the actual number of days elapsed, without compounding, and shall be included in the total
amount of any Payable Post-Closing Adjustment reflected in a Payable Post-Closing Adjustment
Determination.
(d) Adjustments for Tax Purposes. Any payments made pursuant to this Section 2.04
shall be treated as adjustments to the Merger Consideration by the parties for Tax purposes, unless
otherwise required by Law.
2.05 Effects of the Merger. At and upon the Effective Time:
(a) the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and Merger Sub shall be merged with and
into the Company, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation of the Merger pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement and a certificate of merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (as
required by the DGCL) (the “Certificate of Merger”) which shall have been filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
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(b) the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended in its
entirety to read as set forth in the Certificate of Merger;
(c) the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended in its entirety to read as the
bylaws of Merger Sub;
(d) the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be appointed as
the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time until their
respective successors are duly appointed;
(e) the members of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be elected as the members of the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation
immediately after the Effective Time until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified; and
(f) the Merger shall, from and after the Effective Time, have all of the effects provided by
the DGCL.
2.06 Tax Consequences and Withholding.
(a) The parties intend that the Merger shall be treated as a taxable purchase of securities of
the Company pursuant to the Code and each party shall report the transactions contemplated hereby
consistently with such intent. However, no party hereto makes any representation or warranty
regarding the Tax consequences of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Parent or Parent’s agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger
Consideration any amounts required to be deducted and withheld under the Code, or any applicable
provision of state, local or foreign tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the
extent that amounts are so withheld and properly remitted to the appropriate Governmental
Authority, such withheld amounts shall be (i) treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the Company Stockholder or the Incentive Plan Participants, as applicable, and (ii)
deposited on such person’s behalf with the appropriate taxing authorities.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, each party (and its
representatives, agents and employees) may consult any tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal tax
treatment and U.S. federal tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby and may disclose
to any person, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal tax treatment and U.S. federal tax
structure of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials (including opinions or other
tax analyses) that are provided relating to such treatment or structure.
2.07 Further Assurances.
If at any time before or after the Effective Time Parent reasonably believes or is advised
that any further instruments, deeds, assignments or assurances are reasonably necessary or
desirable to consummate the Merger or to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement at or
after the Effective Time, then the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective
officers or directors shall execute and deliver all such proper deeds, assignments,
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instruments and assurances and do all other things reasonably necessary or desirable to
consummate the Merger and to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
2.08 Dissenting Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital
Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by a
stockholder of the Company who shall have neither voted in favor of the Merger nor consented
thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal for such shares in
accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not
be converted into, or represent the right to receive, any Merger Consideration. Such stockholder
shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such Company Capital Stock held by
them in accordance with the provisions of such Section 262, except that all Dissenting Shares held
by stockholders of the Company who shall have failed to perfect or who effectively shall have
withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such shares under such Section 262 shall thereupon
be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective
Time, the right to receive any Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon surrender
of the certificate or certificates, if any, that formerly evidenced such shares.
(b) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by
the Company, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and
received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings
with respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL.
2.09 Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes.
The Company and the Company Stockholder will cause any principal and interest due under the
Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes to be converted, in accordance with the terms thereof
and immediately prior to Closing, into shares of Company Series B Stock.
2.10 Transaction Fees.
Each of Parent and the Company shall bear and pay all of its respective fees, costs and
expenses (including all legal fees and expenses) that have been incurred or that may in the future
be incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, whether or not the Merger is
consummated.
2.11 Incentive Plan Representative.
(a) The Incentive Plan Participants shall appoint Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx as Incentive Plan
Representative, to act as agent and attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of the Incentive Plan
Participants and to authorize distribution of the Escrow Cash in satisfaction of claims by such
Parent Indemnified Parties, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of
Incentive Plan Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. No bond shall be required
of the Incentive Plan Representative, and the Incentive Plan Representative shall not receive
compensation for his or her services. Notices or communications to or from the
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Incentive Plan Representative shall constitute notice to or from each Incentive Plan
Participant. The Incentive Plan Representative shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire
as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement.
As to any matters not expressly provided for in this Agreement, the Incentive Plan Representative
shall not exercise any discretion or take any action. The Incentive Plan Representative shall have
no ability to consent to the amendment of the terms of this Agreement, except with respect to
matters which do not have or are not reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect upon
the Incentive Plan Participants, but shall be entitled to waive or agree to a delay of performance
by Parent or Merger Sub of their covenants hereunder.
(b) The Incentive Plan Representative shall delegate the Company Stockholder to act as agent
for the Incentive Plan Representative and the Incentive Plan Participants with respect to the
Post-Closing Adjustment, the Earnout Payment Amounts and Claims under Article VIII and any disputes
or disagreements thereto; provided, however, the Incentive Plan Representative shall be copied on
all notices regarding the Earnout Payment Amounts, the Post-Closing Adjustments and any Claims
under Article VIII, and the Company Stockholder shall keep the Incentive Plan Representative
reasonably informed as to the status of any such disputes or Claims and shall take into
consideration the reasonable recommendations of the Incentive Plan Representative with respect to
such disputes or Claims.
(c) If the Incentive Plan Representative resigns or becomes legally incapacitated, or is
otherwise similarly unable to carry out its duties hereunder, then Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx shall be
designated as the Incentive Plan Representative, and if that person resigns or becomes legally
incapacitated, or is otherwise similarly unable to carry out its duties hereunder, then the Company
Stockholder shall become the Incentive Plan Representative.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
As an inducement to Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, and except as
disclosed in or qualified by the disclosure schedule prepared by the Company and delivered by the
Company to Parent and Merger Sub simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
(the “Disclosure Schedule”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub that:
3.01 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated
and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
requisite corporate power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the
failure to have such power, authority and governmental approvals would not prevent or materially
delay consummation of the Merger and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign legal entity to do business, and is
in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the
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properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such
qualification or licensing necessary.
(b) Subsidiaries.
(i) Section 3.01(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list
of each Subsidiary of the Company. Each Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation or other
business entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization and has the requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority and all
necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted.
(ii) Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign legal entity to
do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties
owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing
necessary.
(iii) Except as otherwise set forth on Section 3.01(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company is the direct or indirect owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock or other equity ownership interests of each Subsidiary, free and clear of all Encumbrances,
and all such shares or interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and are not subject to any preemptive right or right of first refusal created by statute, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing
documents, as applicable, of such Subsidiary or any contract to which such Subsidiary is a party or
by which it is bound. For those Subsidiaries, if any, where the Company does not directly or
indirectly own all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership
interests of such Subsidiary, Section 3.01(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth an
accurate list of all outstanding shares of capital stock or other units of equity ownership and the
number of shares or other units owned by the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company and by each
other person owning capital stock or other units of such entity.
(iv) Except as set forth on Section 3.01(b)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, “put” or “call” rights, exchangeable or convertible
securities or other contracts of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock,
membership interests or other securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or otherwise obligating
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire or sell any such securities. Except with respect to the Subsidiaries of the
Company set forth in Section 3.01(b)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not directly
or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, company,
partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity.
(v) As of the time of its dissolution, NetStreams International, Inc. will not hold any assets
or have any outstanding liabilities.
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3.02 Charter Documents.
(a) The Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of: (i) the certificate
of incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) and bylaws (“Bylaws”), including
all amendments thereto, of the Company (the “Charter Documents”); and (ii) the minutes and
other records of the meetings and other proceedings (including any actions taken by written consent
or otherwise without a meeting) of the stockholders, the Board and all committees of the Board
since January 1, 2006, which minutes or other records contain a complete, in all material respects,
summary of all meetings of directors, stockholders and members, and all actions taken thereat or by
written consent, since January 1, 2006. All actions taken and all transactions entered into by the
Company requiring approval under applicable Law, Material Contracts or Charter Documents have been
duly approved by all necessary action of the Board and stockholders of the Company. There has been
no violation of any of the provisions of the Charter Documents of the Company, and the Company has
not taken any action that is inconsistent in any material respect with any resolution adopted by
the Company’s stockholders, the Board or any committee of the Board. The books of account, stock
records, minute books and other records of the Company are accurate, up-to-date and complete in all
material respects. The Company has also delivered to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of
the organizational and governing instrument or document of each Subsidiary of the Company, in each
case as amended to date, and each such organizational and governing instrument or document is in
full force and effect. No Subsidiary of the Company is in violation of any of the provisions of its
organizational and governing instrument or document, as the case may be.
3.03 Capitalization.
(a) Immediately before the Effective Time, the authorized Company Capital Stock shall consist
of 45,264,535 shares: (i) 25,900,000 shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
of which 1,965,101 are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 19,364,535 shares of Company Preferred
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, comprised of (A) 6,300,000 shares designated as “Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock,” of which 4,550,000 are issued and outstanding, (ii) 1,879,999 shares
designated as “Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock,” of which 1,866,666 are issued and
outstanding, (iii) 1,184,536 shares designated as “Series A-2 Preferred Stock, of which 1,091,203
are issued and outstanding, and (iv) 10,000,000 are designated as “Series B Redeemable Preferred
Stock,” of which 9,128,558 are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership
thereof.
(b) An aggregate of 4,285,379 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance under
the Company’s 2004 Stock Plan (the “Company Option Plan”), 3,348,131 shares of Company
Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Options issued under
the Company Option Plan, and 1,676,728 shares of Company Preferred Stock are reserved for future
issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants (the “Company Warrants”). All outstanding Company
Options (other than the Company Warrants) have been granted pursuant to the Company Option Plan.
Except for the Company Options, there are no options, warrants, convertible securities or other
rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued
Company Capital Stock, or
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obligating the Company to issue or sell any shares of such capital stock, or other equity
interests in, the Company. Section 3.03 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following
information with respect to each Company Option outstanding on the date of this Agreement: (i) the
name of the Company Option recipient; (ii) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock subject to
such Company Option; (iii) the exercise or purchase price of such Company Option; (vi) the date on
which such Company Option expires; (vii) the tax status of each such Company Option; and (viii)
whether the exercisability of, or right to repurchase, such Company Option will be accelerated in
any way by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has made available to
Parent accurate and complete copies of the Company Option Plan and the form of all stock option
agreements evidencing such Company Options, along with copies of each of the Company Warrants. All
shares of Company Capital Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and
conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of Company Capital Stock or to provide funds to, or make any
investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other person. Except
as set forth on Section 3.03(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no commitments or agreements
of any character to which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of
any Company Stock Option as a result of the Merger. All outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock
and all outstanding Company Options have been issued and granted in compliance in all material
respects with all requirements set forth in any applicable contract, agreement or instrument to
which the Company is party. The Company Stockholder is the only holder of outstanding shares of
Company Series B Stock.
(d) The Company Options that are cancelled and terminated by virtue of the Merger as
contemplated by Section 2.01(d) may be cancelled and terminated without the consent of the holders
of such Company Options and without the payment of any consideration to the holders of such Company
Options.
(e) The Company has not, since the date of its incorporation, made any repurchases of its own
stock in violation of Section 160 of the DGCL.
3.04 Authority Relative to this Agreement.
The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Merger. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Merger have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and
no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement
or to consummate the Merger (other than, with respect to the Merger, the adoption of this Agreement
by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock at a properly
convened meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present (“Company Securityholder
Approval”) and the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by DGCL).
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company,
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enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to laws of general
application relating to the public policy, bankruptcy, insolvency and relief of debtors and rules
of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The Board of
the Company has approved this Agreement and the Merger.
3.05 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 3.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and the performance of this Agreement, by the Company, and the
consummation of the Merger, shall not, (i) conflict with or violate the Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws or any resolution, currently in effect, adopted by the Board (or any
committee thereof), (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals and other authorizations described
in Section 3.05(b) have been obtained and that all filings and other actions described in Section
3.05(b) have been made or taken, violate any United States or non-United States national, state,
provincial, municipal or local statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order,
injunction, judgment, decree or other order (“Law”) applicable to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or
affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any right of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or
other encumbrance on any material property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to,
any Material Contract.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of
this Agreement by the Company will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of,
or filing with or notification to, any United States or non-United States national, state,
provincial, municipal or local government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority,
agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body (a
“Governmental Authority”) that shall not have been obtained or filed as of the Closing,
except for the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents and as required by the DGCL.
3.06 Permits; Compliance.
(a) The Company has all material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental
Authority necessary for the Company and its Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its properties
or to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (the “Permits”). Section 3.06 of
the Disclosure Schedule lists all Permits of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No suspension or
cancellation of any of the Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, in any material respect, in default, breach or
violation of, (i) any Law applicable to the Company or a Subsidiary or by which any property or
asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (ii) any material note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, Permit, franchise or other instrument or
obligation to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or a Subsidiary
or any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound.
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(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received, at any time since March 31, 2009, any formal written notice
or other formal written communication from any Governmental Authority or any other person regarding
(i) any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or
requirement of any Permit, or (ii) any actual, proposed, possible, or potential revocation,
withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination of, or modification to any Permit. To the
knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, all applications required to have been filed for the
renewal of any Permit have been duly filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental
Authority, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to any such Permit have
been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Authority.
3.07 Financial Statements.
(a) Section 3.07 of the Disclosure Schedule includes the Company Financial Statements. The
Company Financial Statements (i) are derived from and in accordance with the books and records of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements with respect thereto as of their respective dates, (iii) have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other, and
(iv) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries at the dates therein indicated and the results of operations and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Company (including its Subsidiaries) did not have at March 31, 2009, nor has it
incurred since that date, any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) of any nature, except, as disclosed in Section 3.07 of the Disclosure Schedule, (1)
those that are accrued or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements or reflected in the
notes thereto or were incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, (2) those that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries or have been discharged or paid in full prior to the date hereof, and (3) those which
are not required to be reflected in the Company Financial Statements prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.07(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company Unaudited
Financial Statements (i) are consistent with and were derived from the books and records of the
Company, (ii) present fairly the financial position and results of operations of the Company at the
dates and for the periods indicated, and (iii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied.
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth in the Company Unaudited Financial Statements,
including any notes thereto, or as otherwise reflected in Section 3.07(c) of the Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Liability, other than those incurred after
September 30, 2009 in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not result from any breach of
contract, tort or violation of law. Section 3.07(c) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all persons
who hold outstanding credit cards issued to the Company.
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(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a standard system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with GAAP. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls for the Company and its Subsidiaries sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity
with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Section 3.07(d) of the Disclosure
Schedule lists, and the Company has made available to Parent complete and correct copies of, all
written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such internal
accounting controls.
(e) All accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected in the Company
Unaudited Financial Statements, or those that have arisen after the date thereof, have arisen from
bona fide transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(f) Section 3.07(f)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the names and locations of all
banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions at which the
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain accounts of any nature and the names of all persons
authorized to draw thereon or make withdrawals therefrom. Section 3.07(f)(ii) of the Disclosure
Schedule further lists those deposits or other amounts of cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of the Closing Date that are restricted cash.
3.08 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in Section 3.08 of
the Disclosure Schedule, since March 31, 2009 there has not been:
(a) any event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether
in cash, shares or property) with respect to any Company Capital Stock or any repurchase for value
by the Company of any Company Capital Stock, or with respect to the equity interest of any
Subsidiary;
(c) any split, combination or reclassification of any Company Capital Stock or any issuance or
the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of the Company Capital Stock, or any combination or reclassification of any
equity interest of any Subsidiary, or any issuance of any other equity interests in respect of, in
lieu of, or in substitution for equity interests of any Subsidiary;
(d) (A) any granting by the Company or any Subsidiary to any director or executive officer of
the Company or any Subsidiary of any increase in compensation, (B) any granting by the Company or
any Subsidiary to any such director or executive officer of any increase in severance or
termination pay, or (C) any entry by the Company or any Subsidiary into, or any amendment of, any
employment, severance or termination agreement with any such director or executive officer; or
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(e) any change in financial accounting methods, principles or practices by the Company
(including any Subsidiary) materially affecting the assets, liabilities or results of operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, except insofar as may have been required by a change in GAAP,
provided that any such change required by GAAP is specifically identified in Section 3.08 of the
Disclosure Schedule.
3.09 Absence of Litigation.
There is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, action, proceeding or investigation (an
“Action”) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing by or against
the Company or any Subsidiary, or against any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary,
before any Governmental Authority nor is there any Action pending that seeks to materially delay or
prevent the consummation of the Merger. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any property or
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree,
settlement agreement or similar written agreement with, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority.
3.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all employee benefit plans (as
defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive,
deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or
other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all employment, termination, severance
or other material contracts or agreements (other than offer letters or agreements, forms of which
have been furnished to Parent (including by posting such documents on Parent’s FTP website), that
are terminable at the will of the Company and do not provide for severance or termination
payments), to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, with respect to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any current obligation or which are currently maintained,
contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of any
current or former employee, officer or director of, or any current or former consultant to, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been
or were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and (iv) any other contracts (including loan
agreements) or arrangements between the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any employee of
the Company and/or such Subsidiary relating to the provision of services by such employee for the
Company and/or such Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). Each Plan is in writing and the
Company has furnished to Parent (including by posting such documents on Parent’s FTP website) a
true and complete copy of each Plan (and all amendments and restatements thereto), including any
welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that is self-insured, clearly identified
as such, and any stop-loss insurance policies pertaining to such plan, and has delivered to Parent
a true and complete copy of each material document, if any, prepared in connection with each such
Plan, including, without limitation, (i) a copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii)
each summary plan description, summary of material modifications, and material employee
communications, (iii) the
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three most recently filed IRS Forms 5500, including all Forms 5558 (extension of time to
file), attachments, schedules, financial statements, and accountants’ opinions prepared in
connection with such Forms 5500, (iv) the most recently received opinion, advisory, notification
and/or determination letter, as applicable, from the IRS for each such Plan, and (v) the most
recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plan. The
Company does not have any commitment (i) to create, incur liability with respect to or cause to
exist any other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (ii) to enter into any contract or
agreement to provide compensation or benefits to any individual, or (iii) to modify, change or
terminate any Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by
ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or other applicable
Law.
(b) (i) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Plans (A) provides for the payment of any material separation, severance or termination benefits to
any person, (B) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay separation, severance or
termination benefits solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement, or (C) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payment or provide
any benefit as a result of a “change in control,” within the meaning of such term under Section
280G of the Code.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Section 3.10(b)(ii) sets forth all
severance, termination, separation or “employee incentive” obligations that will be payable by
Company in connection with the effectiveness of the Merger, either through termination of
employment or otherwise.
(iii) None of the Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance
benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.10(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the
Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, each Plan is now and always has been
operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all
applicable Laws including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any
material respect in default under or in violation of, and has no knowledge of any default or
violation by any party to, any Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to
the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to any such Action.
(d) With respect to each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code, (i) each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has timely received a
favorable opinion, advisory, notification and/or determination letter, as applicable, that such
Plan satisfies the requirement of the Code and is so qualified, and nothing has occurred since
issuance of such opinion, advisory, notification and/or determination letter, as applicable, which
would reasonably be expected to cause the loss or the tax-qualified status of such Plan; (ii) each
of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has applied
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timely to the Internal Revenue Service for such letter or has a remaining period of time to
apply for such letter, or (iii) the Company relies on a favorable Internal Revenue Service opinion
letter or advisory letter issued to the master and prototype or volume submitter plan sponsor of
such Plan. Each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from
federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination or opinion
letter from the IRS that it is so exempt. To the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, no
fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination or opinion letter or letters from
the IRS which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such
Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(e) To the knowledge of the Company, no Action has been brought, or is threatened in writing,
against or with respect to any such Plan, including any audit or inquiry by the IRS or United
States Department of Labor.
(f) Each Plan can be terminated following the Effective Time in accordance with its terms
without material liability to the Company or Parent (other than ordinary administration expenses).
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any self-insured Plans.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, all individuals who, pursuant to the
terms of any Plan, are entitled to participate in such Plan are currently participating in such
Plan or have been offered an opportunity to do so and have declined.
(i) There has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Plan for which the Company has any Liability. None
of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
incurred, or could reasonably be expected to incur, any liability under, arising out of or by
operation of Title IV of ERISA.
(j) All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any Plan have
been timely made under the terms of the applicable Plan, ERISA, the Code, and any other applicable
law. All such contributions have been fully deducted for income tax purposes and no such deduction
has been challenged or disallowed by any Governmental Authority and no fact or event exists which
could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such challenge or disallowance.
(k) There has been no termination or partial termination of any Plan within the meaning of
Section 411(d)(3) of the Code.
(l) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, no benefit payable or
that may become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any agreement or
arrangement, including the Company Management Incentive Plan, or as a result of, in connection with
or arising under this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger shall constitute a “parachute payment”
(as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) that is subject to the imposition of an excise tax
under Section 4999 of the Code or that would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of the
Code. Except as set forth in Section 3.10(l) of the Disclosure
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Schedule, the Company is not a party to any: (i) contract agreement or arrangement with any
person (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon
the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company in the nature of the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any material term of employment or
compensation guarantee, or (C) providing severance benefits or other benefits after the termination
of employment of such employee regardless of the reason for such termination of employment; or (ii)
benefit plan or arrangement, any of the benefits of which shall be increased, or the vesting of
benefits of which shall be accelerated, by the occurrence of the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any event subsequent to the Merger such as the
termination of employment of any person, or the value of any of the benefits of which shall be
calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to pay any material amount or provide any
material benefit to any former employee or officer.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any benefit plan which constitutes, or
has since the enactment of ERISA, constituted, (i) a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA, (ii) a “multiple employer plan” as defined in ERISA or Code Section 413(c), or
(iii) a “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Code Section 419. No pension plan of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(n) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(n) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any benefit plan or arrangement that has been established or
maintained, or that is required to be maintained or contributed to by the law or applicable custom
or rule of the relevant jurisdiction, outside of the United States.
(o) Each Plan, to the extent applicable, is in compliance in all material respects with the
continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code, Sections 601 through 608 of ERISA,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Women’s Health and
Cancer Rights Act of 1998, and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the Newborns’ and Mothers’
Health Protection Act of 1996 (including any amendments to or regulations or other guidance
promulgated under any of the foregoing acts), or any similar provisions of state law, as such
requirements affect the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and their employees. The Company and each
applicable Subsidiary of the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
health care continuation and notice provisions of the Consolidation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”) and the regulations (including any proposed regulations)
thereunder, or any similar state statute. No Plan (other than life insurance arrangements) provides
post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any person for any reason, except as may be
required by COBRA or other applicable law.
(p) There has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or not
written) by the Company relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any
Plan that would increase materially the expense of maintaining such Plan above the level of the
expense incurred in respect thereof during the most recent fiscal year.
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(q) Section 3.10(q) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all “nonqualified deferred
compensation plans” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party. Each such
nonqualified deferred compensation plan to which the Company or such Subsidiary is a party complies
in all material respects with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Section 409A(a) of
the Code by its terms and has been operated in accordance with such requirements. No event has
occurred that would be treated by Section 409A(b) as a transfer of property for purposes of Section
83 of the Code. The exercise price of all Company Options is at least equal to the fair market
value of the Company Common Stock on the date such Company Options were granted and neither the
Company nor Parent has incurred or will incur any liability under Section 409A of the Code upon the
vesting of any such Company Options.
3.11 Labor and Employment Matters.
(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following information with respect to
each current employee (“Current Employee”) of the Company and all Subsidiaries of the
Company: (i) job title; (ii) whether such person is employed on a full-time or part-time basis;
and (iii) the entity by which the person is employed. The Company has previously furnished to
Parent a schedule which accurately sets forth the names of all Current Employees and, with respect
to each such Current Employee, information as to current salary, bonus, and rights with respect to
other employee benefits. Such employees of the Company and/or Subsidiaries are sufficient to staff
the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently defined by the Company’s
management. Except as set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) to the
knowledge of the Company each Current Employee is legally entitled to work in the United States,
(ii) the employment of each Current Employee is terminable by the Company at will, (iii) there are
no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened Actions between the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, on one hand, and any of the Current Employees, on the other hand, and (iv)
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or similar
labor union contract applicable to Current Employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, are
there any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees.
(b) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including those related to wages,
hours, immigration and naturalization, collective bargaining and the payment and withholding of
taxes and other sums as required by the appropriate Governmental Authority and have withheld and
paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority or are holding for payment not yet due to such
Governmental Authority all amounts required to be withheld from employees of the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, and is not liable for any material arrears of wages, taxes,
penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. Each of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has paid in full to all employees all wages, salaries, commissions,
bonuses, benefits and other compensation due to or on behalf of such employees as of the date of
this Agreement, and there is no claim with respect to payment of wages, salary or overtime pay that
has been asserted or is now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the
Company or any Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority with respect to any persons currently
or formerly employed by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is a party to, or
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otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental Authority
relating to employees or employment practices. There is no charge or proceeding with respect to a
violation of any occupational safety or health standards that has been asserted in writing or is
now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no
charge of discrimination in employment or employment practices, for any reason, including, without
limitation, age, gender, race, religion or other legally protected category, which has been
asserted or is now pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing to be filed before
the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any other Governmental Authority in
any jurisdiction in which the Company has employed, employs or has been alleged to employ any
person, and there is no such charge that, if adversely determined, would individually or in the
aggregate, result in any material Liability to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, no employee or consultant of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is in material violation of (i) any contract or agreement with the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii) any restrictive covenant relating to the right of any such
employee or consultant to be employed by the Company or such Subsidiary or to use trade secrets or
proprietary information of others.
(d) The Company is not, nor has it ever been, a “covered employer” as that term is currently
defined by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
(e) All directors, officers, management employees and technical and professional employees of
the Company and its Subsidiaries are under written obligation to the Company or such Subsidiary, as
the case may be, to maintain in confidence all confidential or proprietary information acquired by
them in the course of their employment and to assign to the Company all inventions made by them
within scope of their employment during such employment and for a reasonable period thereafter.
(f) The Company has delivered to Parent copies of all current employee manuals and handbooks
and other written policies relating to the employment of the Current Employees.
(g) To the knowledge of the Company, no Current Employee at the level of senior manager or
above (i) has given the Company written or formal notice of his intention to terminate his
employment with the Company (or its Subsidiaries), (ii) has notified in writing the Company that he
has received an offer to join a business that may be competitive with the Company’s business, or
(iii) is a party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, noncompetition agreement or other
agreement (with any person) that may have a materially adverse affect on (A) the performance of
such employee of any of his or her duties or responsibilities as an employee of the Company (or its
Subsidiaries), or (B) the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(h) No labor organization or group of employees has filed any representation petition or made
any written or oral demand for recognition to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; to the
knowledge of the Company, no union organizing efforts are underway or
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threatened and no other question concerning representation exists; and no labor strike, work
stoppage, slowdown, or other material labor dispute has occurred, and none is underway or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any workers compensation liability,
experience or matter outside the Ordinary Course of Business.
(j) Each current employee has entered into the Company’s form Employee Proprietary Information
Agreement or similar agreement which contains a restrictive non-competition provision.
3.12 [Intentionally Deleted].
3.13 Absence of Real Property; Title to Assets.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owns or has ever owned real property.
(b) Section 3.13(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists each parcel of real property currently
leased or subleased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with the name of the lessor and the
date of the lease, sublease, assignment of the lease, any guaranty given or leasing commissions
payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith and each amendment to any
of the foregoing (collectively, the “Lease Documents”). True and complete copies of all
Lease Documents have been delivered to Parent. All such current leases and subleases are in full
force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is
not, under any of such leases, any existing material default or event of default (or event which,
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, by the other party to such lease or sublease, or
person in the chain of title to such leased premises. The premises and facilities subject to the
leases and subleases comprising the Lease Documents are sufficient for the conduct of the
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no contractual or legal restrictions that
preclude or restrict the ability to use any real property leased by the Company or any Subsidiary
for the purposes for which it is currently being used. To the knowledge of the Company, there are
no material latent defects or material adverse physical conditions affecting the real property, and
improvements thereon, leased by the Company or any Subsidiary.
(d) The Company, either directly or through a Subsidiary, has good and valid title to, or, in
the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold or subleasehold interests in, all of its
material properties and assets, tangible and intangible, real, personal and mixed, used or held for
use in its business, free and clear of any liens, except for such imperfections of title, if any,
that do not materially interfere with the present value of the subject property and liens for taxes
not yet due and payable.
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3.14 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all
Registered Intellectual Property, including the owner(s) of each such item of Registered
Intellectual Property and the jurisdictions in which each such item of Registered Intellectual
Property has been issued or registered or in which any application for such issuance and
registration has been filed, (ii) all (A) actions that are required to be taken by the Company or
its Subsidiaries within ninety (90) days of the date of this Agreement with respect to any of the
Registered Intellectual Property in order to avoid loss of such Registered Intellectual Property,
and (B) proceedings or actions before any governmental body (including the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or equivalent authority anywhere else in the world) with respect to any of the
Registered Intellectual Property, including without limitation any (x) interference, reissue,
reexamination or similar proceedings pertaining to the scope, validity and/or ownership of any
patents comprising Registered Intellectual Property, (y) trademark opposition or cancellation
proceedings pertaining to trademarks comprising Registered Intellectual Property, or (z)
proceedings relating to Internet domain names comprising Registered Intellectual Property, (iii)
any unregistered trademarks that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
and (iv) all Licenses (other than Licenses in respect of Shrink Wrap Software that have an
acquisition cost of less than $20,000).
(b) To the knowledge of the Company the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not conflict with, infringe upon, misappropriate or
otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. To the knowledge of the
Company, no Actions are pending or threatened in writing against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries alleging any of the foregoing, nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received any
opinion of counsel that the operation of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, as
previously or currently conducted, infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property rights of
any third party. To the knowledge of the Company, no person is engaging in any activity that
infringes upon, misappropriates or otherwise violates the Owned Intellectual Property.
(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries own and have good and exclusive title to each item of
Owned Intellectual Property, which are, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, free and
clear of any liens and encumbrances, and subject to the licenses listed on Section 3.18(a)(x) of
the Disclosure Schedule or carved out of the representation made in Section 3.18(a)(xi) each of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the valid right to use the Owned Intellectual Property and
Licensed Intellectual Property in the continued operation of its business as presently conducted.
(d) All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with
Registered Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been made and
all necessary documents, recordations and certificates in connection with such Registered
Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant governmental bodies in the United States or
those foreign jurisdictions in which applications for such Registered Intellectual Property have
been filed, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Registered Intellectual
Property. No Owned Intellectual Property or, to the knowledge of the Company, no Licensed
Intellectual Property, is subject to any outstanding
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decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling restricting the use of such Intellectual
Property or that would impair the validity or enforceability of such Intellectual Property. To the
knowledge of the Company, the Owned Intellectual Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property,
are subsisting, valid and enforceable, and have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole
or part.
(e) To the knowledge of the Company the Owned Intellectual Property and the Licensed
Intellectual Property include all of the Intellectual Property material to the operation of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no other
items of Intellectual Property that are material to the operation of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
(f) To the knowledge of the Company, (i) each License is valid and enforceable, is binding on
all parties thereto, and is in full force and effect; (ii) no party to any License is in material
breach thereof or default thereunder; and (iii) subject to the procurement of any required consent,
neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Merger shall adversely affect
any of the rights of the Company with respect to the Owned Intellectual Property or Licensed
Intellectual Property.
(g) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable
steps to maintain the confidentiality of the trade secrets of the Company and other confidential
information included in the Owned Intellectual Property (“Confidential Information”). To
the knowledge of the Company, (i) there has been no misappropriation by any person of any
Confidential Information; (ii) no employee, former employee, independent contractor or agent of the
Company or any Subsidiary has misappropriated any trade secrets of any other person in the course
of performance as an employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company; and (iii) no
employee, former employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company is in default or breach
of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, assignment of invention agreement
or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use
or transfer of Owned Intellectual Property or Confidential Information. Without limiting the
foregoing, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have and enforce policies requiring
each employee and contractor involved in proprietary aspects of the business or who have or may
have access to Confidential Information to execute an agreement containing a nondisclosure
provision. All persons who have contributed to the creation, invention, modification or improvement
of any Company Owned Intellectual Property, in whole or in part, have signed written agreements
designed to ensure that all such Intellectual Property is assigned to and owned exclusively by the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(h) The Company employs commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the products and
services of the Company and its Subsidiaries are free of all viruses, worms, and other known
contaminants, and do not contain any errors or problems, that would disrupt the ordinary operation
of such products and services. Except as set forth on Section 3.14(h) of the Disclosure Schedule,
the products and services of the Company and its Subsidiaries do not incorporate any software or
other material that has been licensed by the Company under a “free software,” “open source
software” or similar license or distribution terms.
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3.15 Taxes.
Except as specifically disclosed in Section 3.15 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(a) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has filed all material Tax Returns
required to be filed by the Company or such Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date; and (ii) has
timely collected and paid or adequately reserved on its books and records, in all material
respects, all Taxes required to be collected and paid prior to the Closing Date (whether or not
shown on any material Tax Return) other than any such Taxes incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
currently is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. All Tax
Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date are true, correct and
complete in all material respects to the extent relevant to computing the amount of Taxes payable
to the applicable Governmental Authority for the period covered by the Tax Return. No deficiencies
for any material Tax have been proposed or assessed in writing against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notification from
the IRS or any other taxing authority regarding any material issues that (i) are currently pending
before the IRS or any other taxing agency or authority (including any sales or use taxing
authority) regarding the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) have been raised by the IRS or other
taxing agency or authority and not yet finally resolved. To the knowledge of the Company, no Tax
Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is under audit by the IRS or any other taxing
agency or authority and any such past audits (if any) have been completed and fully resolved to the
satisfaction of the applicable taxing agency or authority conducting such audit and all Taxes
finally determined as a result of such audit to be due from the Company or such Subsidiary have
been paid in full. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any waiver of any
statute of limitations with respect to, or any extension of a period for the assessment of, any Tax
that is still effective.
(b) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in all material respects has withheld and
paid (and until the Effective Time will withhold and pay) all material Taxes required to have been
withheld and paid (including withholding of taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of
the Code or similar provisions under any foreign law) in connection with any amounts paid or owing
to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, Company Stockholder, holder of any equity
interests in such Subsidiary or other third party, and have timely filed all withholding Tax
Returns. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has material liability for the Taxes
of any other person (other than the Company or such Subsidiary) by reason of having joined in the
filing of a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return, by contract, by transferee liability or
otherwise; (ii) is a party to or bound by any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity, or Tax allocation
agreement; (iii) has filed any disclosures under Section 6662 of the Code or comparable provisions
of state, local or foreign law to prevent the imposition of penalties with respect to any Tax
reporting position taken on any Tax Return; (iv) has consummated or participated in, and is
currently participating in any transaction which, to the knowledge of the Company, was or is a “tax
shelter” transaction as defined in Sections 6662, 6011, 6012 or 6111 of the Code or the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder; (v) has been a member of a consolidated, combined, unitary or
aggregate group of which the Company or such Subsidiary was not the ultimate parent corporation;
(vi) has been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution intended
to qualify under Section
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355(e) of the Code within the past five years; (vii) has received any notice from a taxing
authority for a jurisdiction in which a Tax Return has not been filed asserting that the filing of
such a Tax Return may be required; (viii) has been a member of any entity taxable, to the knowledge
of Company, as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or the holder of a beneficial
interest in any trust for any period for which the statute of limitations for any Tax has not
expired.
(c) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has not been nor to the knowledge of the
Company will the Company or such Subsidiary be required to include any item of income in, or
exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Merger as a result of any: (i) Code Section 481 inclusion as a result of a change
in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Merger; (ii) “closing
agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of
state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Merger; (iii) installment sale
or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Merger; or (iv) prepaid amount received on
or prior to the Merger.
(d) The Company is not, and has not been at any time during the past five years, a United
States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code.
(e) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or plan that has resulted or could result (based on the current Code), separately or in
the aggregate, in the payment of (i) any ''excess parachute payment’’ within the meaning of Code
§280G (or any corresponding provision of applicable state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law) and (ii) any
amount that will not be fully deductible as a result of Code §162(m) (or any corresponding
provision of applicable state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law).
(f) [Intentionally Deleted]
(g) [Intentionally Deleted]
(h) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been a party to any ''reportable
transaction,’’ as defined in Code §6707A(c)(1) and Reg. §1.6011-4(b).
3.16 Environmental Matters.
Except as described in Section 3.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the
Company, (a) each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws; (b) no portion of any property owned, leased or occupied by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is Contaminated in any material respect; (c) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received from any Governmental Authority or any other person notice that it has
been named or may be named as a responsible or potentially responsible party under any
Environmental Law for any site Contaminated by Hazardous Substances: (d) neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has assumed the liability of any other person or entity for, nor agreed to
indemnify any other person or entity against, claims arising out of the release of Hazardous
Substances into the environment; (e) each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has all
permits, licenses and other authorizations required under any Environmental
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Law for the operation of its business (“Environmental Permits”); and (f) each of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with its Environmental Permits (if
any).
3.17 No Rights Agreement.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has adopted any stockholders’ rights plan or
comparable arrangement.
3.18 Material Contracts.
(a) Section 3.18(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following types of contracts and
agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party (such contracts and agreements as are
required to be set forth in Section 3.18(a) of the Disclosure Schedule being the “Material
Contracts”) (each reference to “the Company” in this Section 3.18 shall refer to the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be):
(i) each contract and agreement, whether or not made in the Ordinary Course of Business, that
contemplates an exchange of consideration with a value of more than $15,000 annually (excluding any
employment contracts);
(ii) all contracts and agreements involving any loan, guaranty, pledge, performance or
completion bond or indemnity or surety arrangement, including officer and/or director
indemnification agreements;
(iii) all joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance and business acquisition or
divestiture agreements;
(iv) any subscription agreements or similar agreements (excluding Company Warrants and options
issued pursuant to the Company Option Plan) providing for the sale of securities by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) all agreements between the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand;
(vi) all broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise, agency, sales
promotion, market research, marketing consulting and advertising contracts and agreements to which
the Company is a party and any other contract that compensates any person based on any sales by the
Company;
(vii) all management contracts (excluding contracts for employment and indemnification
agreements described in Section 3.18(ii) above) and contracts with consultants, under which the
Company has or may have any current material obligations;
(viii) all contracts involving the payment of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon
the revenues or income of the Company or income or revenues related to any product of the Company
to which the Company is a party;
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(ix) all contracts and agreements with any Governmental Authority to which the Company is a
party;
(x) all Licenses other than Licenses for Shrink Wrap Software that have an individual
acquisition cost of less than $20,000;
(xi) all licenses, sublicenses and other contracts pursuant to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has (A) granted any person any right or interest in any Intellectual Property or
Licensed Intellectual Property, or (B) agreed to any restriction on the right of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to use or enforce any Owned Intellectual Property or pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries agrees to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect
to any Owned Intellectual Property;
(xii) all contracts and agreements that (A) limit, or purport to limit, the ability of the
Company to compete in any line of business or with any person or in any business market, geographic
area or during any period of time, (B) grant exclusive sales, distribution, marketing or other
exclusive rights, rights of refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights and/or terms to
any person, (C) contain a provision of the type commonly referred to as a “most favored nation”
provision, or (D) otherwise limit the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to sell,
distribute or manufacture any products or services or to purchase or otherwise obtain any software,
components, parts, subassemblies or services;
(xiii) any contract (other than the Company’s standard employee proprietary information
agreements) providing for the development of any product, product candidate, device, component,
technology or Intellectual Property, independently or jointly, by or for the Company or any
Subsidiary, including, but not limited to, any proof-of-concept, collaboration, development or
co-development agreement, and any contract to license or authorize any third party to manufacture
any of the foregoing;
(xiv) all agreements with the customers and suppliers identified in Section 3.19 of the
Disclosure Schedule, along with any agreements relating to warehousing of the Company’s inventory;
(xv) all material contracts or arrangements that result in any person or entity holding a
power of attorney from the Company that relates to the Company or its businesses; and
(xvi) any other contracts and agreements not otherwise listed in (1) through (xv) of this
Section 3.18(a), the termination of which by the contracting party would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)(i) Each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company; (ii) the
Company has not received any claim of material default under or cancellation of any Material
Contract, and the Company is not, to the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, in any
material respect, in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract; and (iii) to
the Company’s knowledge, no other party is, in any material respect, in breach or violation of, or
default under, any Material Contract. The Company has furnished or made
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available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts (or the forms thereof),
including any material amendments thereto.
3.19 Customers and Suppliers.
Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ top ten (10) customers and top ten (10) suppliers (based on the revenue from
such customer, or purchases from such supplier, as the case may be, during the 12-month period
ended September 30, 2009). As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ customers listed in Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule and no material supplier
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries listed in Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule, (i)
has cancelled or otherwise terminated any contract with the Company or such Subsidiary prior to the
expiration of the contract term, or (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, has threatened, or indicated
its intention, to cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or such
Subsidiary or to reduce substantially its purchase from or sale to the Company or such Subsidiary
of any products, equipment, goods or services.
3.20 Inventory.
All inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including consigned inventory, consists of
a quality and quantity usable and salable in the Ordinary Course of Business. All inventory shall
be valued in accordance with GAAP, subject to the GAAP Exceptions. Section 3.20 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth the location of all items of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
inventory, including consigned inventory as of the date of this Agreement and the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s procedures for tracking and controlling consigned inventory, and such procedures are
adequate for such purposes and have been followed by the Company and such Subsidiary consistent
with past practice.
3.21 Company Products and Services.
(a) Each product manufactured, sold, or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on or
prior to the Closing Date has been, to the knowledge of the Company, in conformity in all material
respects with all applicable contractual commitments, any applicable Law and all express and
implied warranties, and, to the knowledge of the Company, each of the Company and each Subsidiary
has no material Liabilities for replacement or repair thereof or other damages in connection
therewith. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has not been required to file any
notice or other report with, or provide information to, any product safety agency, commission,
board or other Governmental Authority concerning actual or potential hazards with respect to any
product manufactured by the Company or such Subsidiary other than routine filings required of all
manufacturers similarly situated. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any material Liability arising out of any injury to persons or property as a
result of the ownership, possession or use of any product manufactured, sold, leased or delivered
by the Company or such Subsidiary.
(b) Since August 1, 2007, there have been no (i) recalls related to any product manufactured
sold, leased or delivered by the Company, or (ii) withdrawals of any product manufactured sold,
leased or delivered by the Company due to quality or safety issues.
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3.22 Insurance.
Each of the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company maintains insurance policies of the
types and for the amounts that are usual and customary in the context of the businesses and
operations in which the Company and such Subsidiary is engaged.
3.23 Certain Business Practices.
None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any directors
or officers, agents or employees of the Company or such Subsidiary, has (i) used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political
activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees
or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iii) made any payment in the nature of criminal
bribery.
3.24 Full Disclosure. None of the representations and warranties of the Company set
forth in this Agreement, in any of the certificates, schedules, lists, documents, exhibits or other
instruments delivered, or to be delivered, to Parent as contemplated by any provision hereof, to
the knowledge of the Company, contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.25 Brokers.
Except for fees to be paid to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx pursuant to that certain engagement letter between
the NetStreams, L.L.C. and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. dated January 23, 2009, as amended by the Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Agreement, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or
other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the Merger based upon arrangements
made by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of the Company.
3.26 Merger Consideration Certificate. The provisions of the Merger Consideration
Certificate conform to, are in compliance with and accurately reflect the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and the Company Management Incentive Plan.
3.27 Director and Officer Indemnification. The Company has not, since October 31,
2004, received any claim from any officer or director pursuant to or in respect of any
indemnification provisions under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as such were
in effect during such period) or pursuant to any written indemnification agreement between the
Company and any officer or director, no such claim is currently outstanding, and to the knowledge
of the Company, there are no circumstances that have occurred since October 31, 2004 which could
give rise to such a claim.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
As an inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub hereby,
jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that:
4.01 Corporate Organization.
Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate
power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to
be so organized, existing or in good standing or to have such power, authority and governmental
approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or delay consummation of the Merger.
4.02 Authority Relative to This Agreement.
Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Merger. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent
and Merger Sub of the Merger have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Merger (other
than the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by DGCL). This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in
accordance with its terms.
4.03 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub will not, and the consummation of the Merger
by Parent and Merger Sub will not, (i) conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of either Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals and other
authorizations described in Section 4.03(b) have been obtained and that all filings and other
actions described in Section 4.03(b) have been made or taken, conflict with or violate any Law
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any property or asset of either of them is bound or
affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or
other encumbrance on any property or asset of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to, any note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or
obligation to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any
property or asset of either of them is bound or affected, except, with
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respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or
other occurrences which would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay
consummation of the Merger.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except
for (i) filings under the Exchange Act, (ii) the filing and recordation of appropriate merger
documents as required by DGCL, and (iii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not prevent or
materially delay consummation of the Merger.
4.04 Brokers.
No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or
commission in connection with the Merger based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or
Merger Sub, other than any broker, finder or investment banker the fees of which will be payable
solely by Parent or Merger Sub.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.01 Stockholders’ Meeting or Written Consent and Approval of the Company Stockholder.
The Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with this Agreement, the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and DGCL prior to the Closing Date or on and as of the
Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time or otherwise prior to the Effective Time, as
the case may be, to call, notice, convene, hold and conduct a meeting of the Company’s stockholders
(the “Stockholders’ Meeting”) for the purpose of voting upon approval of the Merger and
adoption of this Agreement or otherwise to secure the written consent or approval of the requisite
stockholders of the Company in lieu of a meeting approving the Merger and adopting this Agreement
(each, a “Stockholder Consent”) and required in order to effectuate each of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.02 Notification of Certain Matters.
The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the
Company, of (a) the occurrence, or non-occurrence, of any event the occurrence, or non-occurrence,
of which reasonably could be expected to cause any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement and made by such person to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (b) any
failure of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, to comply in all material
respects with or satisfy any covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder
and (c) any other material development relating to the business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice
pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder
to the party receiving such notice under Article VI or Section 8.02.
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5.03 Further Action; Reasonable Efforts.
(a) No party will take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
representations and warranties contained in Article III or Article IV, as the case may be, to be
untrue on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto
shall use its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do,
or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate
and make effective the Merger. In case, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers and
directors of each party to this Agreement shall use their reasonable efforts to take all such
action.
5.04 Public Announcements.
Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or
otherwise making any public statements with respect to this Agreement or the Merger and shall not
issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except
as may be required by Law or the rules or regulations of any United States or non-United States
securities exchange. The parties have agreed upon the form of a joint press release announcing the
execution of this Agreement.
5.05 FIRPTA. The Company agrees to provide to Parent at Closing a certificate (in a
form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and Merger Sub) meeting the requirements of Treasury
regulation section 1.1445-2(b)(2).
5.06 [Intentionally deleted].
5.07 Certain Tax Matters.
(a) Income Tax Straddle Periods.
(i) [Intentionally deleted].
(ii) Parent shall cause the Company and each Subsidiary to prepare and timely file all Tax
Returns required to be filed after the Closing Date. Such Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed
timely and on a basis consistent with procedures, accounting methods, and practices of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to the treatment of
specific items on such Tax Returns unless otherwise required by applicable Law. Parent shall not,
and shall not allow the Company or any Subsidiary, to file any amended Tax Return relating to any
period (or portion thereof) ending on before the Closing Date without the prior written permission
of the Company Stockholder (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned).
(iii) [Intentionally deleted]
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(iv) If any Governmental Authority issues to the Company or any Subsidiary (i) a written
notice of its intent to audit, examine or conduct another proceeding with respect to Taxes or Tax
Returns of the Company or any Subsidiary for periods ending prior to the Closing Date or (ii) a
written notice of deficiency, a written notice of reassessment, a written proposed adjustment, a
written assertion of claim or written demand concerning Taxes or Tax Returns for periods ending on
or prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall notify the Company Stockholder of its receipt of such
communication from the Governmental Authority within ten (10) business days of receipt
(collectively, a “Tax Claim”). Parent shall not allow the Company or any Subsidiary to
settle or otherwise resolve any Tax Claim with respect to which the Company Stockholder could have
a liability for Taxes under this Agreement without the prior written approval of the Company
Stockholder.
(b) Cooperation on Tax Matters.
(i) Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company Stockholder shall cooperate
fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other Party, in connection with the filing
of Tax Returns pursuant to this §5.07 and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to
Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s request) the
provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or
other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide
additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Company and its
Subsidiaries and the Company Stockholder agree (A) to retain all books and records with respect to
Tax matters pertinent to the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to any taxable period beginning
before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent
notified by Parent or the Company Stockholder, any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable
periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority,
and (B) to give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or
discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, the Company and its
Subsidiaries or the Company Stockholder, as the case may be, shall allow the other Party to take
possession of such books and records.
(ii) Parent and the Company Stockholder further agree, upon request, to use their reasonable
best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any governmental authority or any
other person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that could be imposed
(including, but not limited to, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).
5.08 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification.
(a) If the Merger is consummated, then until the first anniversary of the Effective Time, the
Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of
the Company to its directors and officers as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the
“Company Indemnified Officers and Directors”) pursuant to any indemnification provisions
under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws as in effect on the Agreement Date with
respect to claims arising out of matters occurring prior to the Effective Time.
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(b) Until the first anniversary of the Effective Time, the Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation not to amend, subject to applicable Law, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company in a manner that would eliminate, reduce or terminate the benefit of the
indemnification provisions in favor of the Company’s directors and officers, as contained in the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect as of the Agreement Date, for actions or
omissions on the part of such directors and officers prior to the Closing Date.
(c) The provisions of this Section 5.08 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable by, the Company Indemnified Officers and Directors.
5.09 Conduct of Business. During the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing until the Effective Time, the Company agrees that (except as expressly contemplated or
permitted by this Agreement or as required by applicable Law), without the prior written consent of
Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (each reference to “the Company” in
this Section 5.09 shall refer to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be):
(a) Ordinary Course of Business.
(i) The Company shall carry on in the Ordinary Course of Business in all material respects, in
substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, and shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to keep available the services of its present officers and key employees, preserve intact
its present lines of business, maintain its rights and franchises and preserve its relationships
with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it to the end that its ongoing
businesses shall not be impaired in any material respect at the Effective Time.
(ii) The Company shall not, (A) enter into any new material line of business or (B) incur or
commit to any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in connection therewith other
than capital expenditures and obligations or liabilities in connection therewith incurred or
committed to in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(b) Dividends; Changes in Share Capital. The Company shall not, and shall not propose
to, (1) declare or pay any dividends on or make other distributions in respect of any of its
capital shares, (2) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital shares or issue or authorize or
propose the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, its
capital shares or (3) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its capital shares or any
securities convertible into or exercisable for any of its capital shares.
(c) Issuance of Securities. The Company shall not, issue, deliver, sell, pledge or
dispose of, or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, sale, pledge or disposition of, any of
its capital shares of any class, any debt or any securities convertible into or exercisable for, or
any rights, warrants, calls or options to acquire, any such shares or debt, or enter into any
commitment, arrangement, undertaking or agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
(d) Governing Documents. Except to the extent required to comply with its obligations
hereunder or with applicable Law, the Company shall not amend or propose to so amend its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws.
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(e) No Acquisitions. The Company shall not acquire or agree to acquire by merger or
consolidation, or by purchasing a substantial equity interest in or a substantial portion of the
assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or
other business organization or division thereof or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any
assets.
(f) No Dispositions. The Company shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, or
agree to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, any of its assets, other than in the Ordinary Course
of Business.
(g) Investments; Indebtedness. The Company shall not (1) enter into any material
joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, (2) make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than any capital contributions to or
other obligations in respect of any joint ventures of the Company pursuant to an agreement in
existence on or prior to the date of this Agreement, or (3) incur indebtedness or guarantee any
indebtedness for borrowed money of another person (in each case other than in the Ordinary Course
of Business), enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement
condition of another person or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the
foregoing, other than refinancings of pre-existing indebtedness.
(h) Compensation. The Company shall not: (A) enter into, adopt, amend, create new
benefit plans, (B) terminate any benefit plan, (C) increase the compensation or benefits payable to
any current or former employee, officer, director, or consultant of the Company (including any such
increase pursuant to any bonus, pension, equity compensation, profit sharing or other plan or
commitment) or pay any amounts under such arrangements or benefit plans (including severance
arrangements) not otherwise due, (D) enter into any collective bargaining agreement or similar
agreement with respect to the Company or any employees thereof, (E) make contributions to
tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans other than to the extent required by law or modify the
actuarial assumptions in effect with respect to any such plan or (F) provide any funding for any
rabbi trust or similar arrangement.
(i) Cash Management. The Company shall conduct its financial operations in the
Ordinary Course of Business in all material respects, in the same manner as heretofore conducted,
including, by way of example and not limitation, the timely and orderly collection of all accounts
receivable and other amounts owed to the Company. The Company shall make no expenditures in excess
of $5,000 without receiving prior written approval from Parent after prior delivery to Parent of
written request with all supporting documentation to support such request.
(j) Accounting Methods. The Company shall not change in any material respect its
methods of financial accounting in effect at March 31, 2009. The Company shall not make any
material Tax election.
(k) Non-Compete. The Company shall not, enter into any agreement that limits (other
than in an insignificant manner) the ability of the Company, or would limit (other than in an
insignificant manner) the ability of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent after the Effective Time,
to compete in or conduct any line of business or compete with any Person in any geographic area or
during any period, it being understood that any restriction that by its terms
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does not extend more than two months beyond the Effective Time and is not applicable to the
business of Parent at any time shall be deemed to be insignificant.
(l) Materials Contracts. The Company shall not (1) modify, amend or terminate any
Material Contract, (2) waive any material rights under any Material Contract or (3) enter into any
agreement that would constitute a Material Contract if entered into as of the date of this
Agreement other than (with respect to clauses (1) and (3)) in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(m) Claims; Litigation. The Company shall not, settle or compromise any claim,
demand, lawsuit or state or federal regulatory proceeding, whether now pending or hereafter made or
brought, or waive, release or assign any rights or claims, in any such case in an aggregate amount
in excess of $10,000, and the Company shall notify Parent in writing regarding any pending
litigation hereafter made or brought against the Company.
(n) Intellectual Property. The Company shall not, take any action which would limit
in any material respect the Company’s freedom to license, cross-license or otherwise dispose of any
material Intellectual Property to which the Company has rights as of the date of this Agreement.
5.10 Conversion of Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes. The Company
Stockholder shall, immediately prior to and effective at Closing, convert the Austin Ventures VIII.
L.P. Convertible Notes into Company Series B Stock.
5.11 Dissolution of NetStreams International, Inc. The Company shall, prior to and as
a condition of Closing, obtain all necessary approvals to file, and shall file, a certificate of
dissolution with the Division of Corporations in the Delaware Department of State with respect to
NetStreams International, Inc.
5.12 [Intentionally Deleted]
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
6.01 Conditions to the Merger.
(a) Company’s Conditions. The Company’s obligations to consummate the Merger and take
the other actions required to be taken by the Company at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment
or satisfaction as of the Closing, of each of the following conditions (it being understood that
(I) any one or more of the following conditions may be waived by the Company in a writing signed on
behalf of the Company and (II) by proceeding with the Closing, the Company shall be deemed to have
waived any of such conditions that remain unfulfilled or unsatisfied):
(i) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Article IV (a) that are qualified as to materiality
shall be true and correct and (b) that are not qualified as to materiality shall be true
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and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Closing (except for any
such representations or warranties that by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates,
in which case such representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality shall be
true and correct, and such representations and warranties that are not qualified as to materiality
shall be true and correct in all material respects, on and as of such specified date or dates),
except to the extent the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct
does not have a material adverse effect on Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the
Merger or to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and at the Closing the
Company shall have received a certificate to such effect executed by an officer of Parent.
(ii) Covenants. Parent shall have performed and complied in all material respects with
all of its covenants contained in this Agreement on or before the Closing (to the extent that such
covenants require performance by Parent on or before the Closing), except to the extent the failure
to so perform and comply with such covenants does not have a material adverse effect on Parent’s
ability to consummate the Merger or to perform its obligations under this Agreement and at the
Closing the Company shall have received a certificate to such effect executed by an officer of
Parent.
(iii) Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints; No Litigation. There shall not be
issued, enacted or adopted, or threatened in writing by any Governmental Authority, any order,
decree, temporary, preliminary or permanent injunction, legislative enactment, statute, regulation,
action or proceeding, or any judgment or ruling by any Governmental Authority that prohibits or
renders illegal or imposes limitations on the Merger or any other material transaction contemplated
by this Agreement.
(iv) Government Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the Closing
such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all such other actions by any
Governmental Authority or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the parties and the
actions herein proposed to be taken, as may be required to lawfully consummate the Merger.
(v) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
Parent, the Escrow Agent, the Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Representative.
(vi) Approval of Company’s Stockholders. The Merger and this Agreement shall have been
duly and validly approved and adopted, as required by DGCL and the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws, each as in effect on the date of such approval and adoption, by the
requisite vote or written consent of the Company’s stockholders.
(vii) Square 1 Bank Joinder Agreement. Square 1 Bank shall executed and delivered to
Parent a Joinder Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, in its sole discretion,
with respect to the Square 1 Loan and the current and future rights of the Company and/or Parent to
extend payment terms, refinance or otherwise modify the terms of the Square 1 Loan, and Square 1
Bank shall have consented in writing to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b) Parent’s and Merger Sub’s Conditions. Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations to
consummate the Merger and take the other actions required to be taken by them at the Closing are
subject to the fulfillment or satisfaction, as of the Closing, of each of the following conditions
(it being understood that (a) any one or more of the following conditions may be waived by Parent
and Merger Sub in a writing signed by Parent and (b) by proceeding with the Closing, Parent and
Merger Sub shall be deemed to have waived any of such conditions that remains unfulfilled or
unsatisfied):
(i) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.
(A) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III (other than in
Section 3.03 and Section 3.04) shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for any
statements in a representation or warranty that expressly include a standard of materiality, which
statements shall be true and correct in all respects giving effect to such standard) as of the
Closing, except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date shall remain true and correct in all material respects (except for any statements
in a representation or warranty that expressly include a standard of materiality, which statements
shall be true and correct in all respects giving effect to such standard) as of such date (it being
understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties,
any update of, or modification to, the Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made
after the execution of this Agreement shall be given effect only if accepted in writing by Parent).
Parent shall have received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the
Company by the Company’s President or Chief Executive Officer.
(B) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.03 and Section
3.04 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing, and, at the Closing, Parent shall have
received a certificate to such effect executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(ii) Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects
with all of its covenants contained in this Agreement at or before the Closing (to the extent that
such covenants require performance by the Company at or before the Closing), and at the Closing
Parent shall have received a certificate to such effect executed by the Company’s President or
Chief Executive Officer.
(iii) Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints; No Litigation. There shall not be
issued, enacted or adopted, by any Governmental Authority, any order, decree, temporary,
preliminary or permanent injunction, legislative enactment, statute, regulation, proceeding,
judgment or ruling by any Governmental Authority that prohibits or renders illegal or imposes
material limitations on: (a) the Merger or any other material transaction contemplated by this
Agreement; or (b) Parent’s right (or the right of any Subsidiary of Parent) to own, retain, use or
operate any of its products, services, properties or assets (including equity, properties or assets
of the Company) or conduct the Company Business as a result of the Merger or seeking a disposition
or divestiture of any such properties or assets. No litigation or proceeding shall be pending for
the purpose of enjoining or preventing the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
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(iv) Opinion of Company’s Legal Counsel. Parent shall have received from Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx, legal counsel to the Company, an opinion of counsel in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement.
(v) Company Approvals.
(A) The Board shall have recommended to the Company’s stockholders that such stockholders vote
in favor of the approval of the Merger and adoption of this Agreement at the Stockholders’ Meeting
or deliver a written consent in lieu of a meeting approving the Merger and adopting this Agreement.
The Board shall not have withdrawn, amended or modified, or proposed or resolved to withdraw, amend
or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the recommendation of the Board that the Company
Stockholder vote or deliver a written consent in favor of and approve the Merger and adopt this
Agreement
(B) The Merger and this Agreement shall have been duly and validly approved and adopted, as
required by DGCL and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as in effect on
the date of such approval and adoption, by the requisite written consent or vote of the Company
Stockholder in respect of all Company Capital Stock owned by it.
(vi) Resignations of Directors and Officers. Each person holding the position of a
director or officer of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall have resigned
from such positions in writing effective as of the Effective Time, pursuant to forms of resignation
in form and substance satisfactory to Parent.
(vii) Company Good Standing Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate from
the State of Delaware certifying that the Company is validly existing and in good standing in such
jurisdiction, and that all applicable franchise taxes and fees of the Company have been paid.
(viii) Officers’ Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate dated as of the
Closing Date and executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and its
Secretary, (a) certifying as to the (i) Certificate of Incorporation, (ii) Bylaws, (c) Board
resolutions approving the Merger and adopting this Agreement, (d) Company Stockholder’s resolution
approving the Merger and adopting this Agreement, and (e) Board resolutions authorizing the
termination of the Company Options and the Company Option Plan as of the day prior to the Closing
Date, and (b) providing a representation and warranty to the Parent that all Company Options have
been properly terminated in accordance with their terms and, in the case of stock options, in
accordance with the provisions of the Company Option Plan.
(ix) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
Parent, the Escrow Agent, the Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Representative.
(x) Incentive Plan Participant Agreements. Each of the Incentive Plan Participants
shall have executed and delivered an Incentive Plan Participant Agreement.
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(xi) Merger Consideration Certificate. The Company shall have delivered a
duly-executed Merger Consideration Certificate to Parent.
(xii) Management Incentive Plan Acknowledgment. Parent shall have also received, the
delivery of which is effective upon Parent’s payment as contemplated by Section 7.02(c), a
Management Incentive Plan Acknowledgement, Release and Indemnification Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D, executed by each Incentive Plan Participant.
(xiii) Dissolution of NetStreams International, Inc. The Company shall have delivered
to Parent evidence satisfactory to Parent that the dissolution of NetStreams International, Inc.
has been effected, along with a certificate of the Company, signed by the Company’s chief executive
officer and chief financial officer, that any and all indebtedness of NetStreams International,
Inc. has been paid prior to Closing.
(xiv) Termination of Employees. The Company shall have terminated, or caused to be
terminated, the employment of those persons designated in a writing to be furnished by Parent to
Company prior to Closing, and the Company shall have delivered to Parent releases from each such
terminated employee, in form and substance acceptable to Parent.
(xv) Tax Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Parent the certificate
described in Section 5.05 herein.
(xvi) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement. The Company shall have delivered to the Parent a copy
of the fully executed Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement, providing for such terms and conditions as are
acceptable to Parent, in its sole discretion.
(xvii) Transaction Expenses. The Company shall have provided to the Parent an updated
Schedule 7.02(d), in form and content acceptable to Parent, reflecting Transaction Expenses
as of the Effective Time.
(xviii) Releases from Company Stockholder and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. The Company shall have
delivered, on behalf of the Company Stockholder and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, releases, in form and
substance acceptable to Parent, of all claims against the Company and its officers and directors,
in their capacities as such, excepting any claims that may arise pursuant to this Agreement.
(xix) Company Stockholder Stock Certificates. The Company Stockholder shall have
delivered for cancellation all certificates representing stock of the Company held by it (save and
except in respect of the Series B Stock to be issued to the Company Stockholder upon conversion of
the Austin Ventures VIII, L.P. Convertible Notes).
(xx) Square 1 Bank Joinder Agreement. Square 1 Bank shall executed and delivered to
Parent a Joinder Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, in its sole discretion,
with respect to the Square 1 Loan and the current and future rights of the Company and/or Parent to
extend payment terms, refinance or otherwise modify the terms of the Square 1 Loan, and Square 1
Bank shall have consented in writing to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(xxi) Termination of Shareholder Agreements. The Company shall have entered into that
certain Termination Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, providing for the termination of that
certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of August 24, 2006, (2) that
certain Amended and Restated Voting Agreement dated as of August 24, 2006 (the “Voting Agreement”)
and (3) that certain Management Rights Letter dated as of April 14, 2004.
(xxii) Square 1 Credit Card Facility. The Company shall have delivered to Parent, or
Parent’s representative, any and all credit cards that were issued pursuant to the Square 1 Bank
Credit Card facility.
(xxiii) S3 Ventures Fund II. L.P. Summary of Terms Agreement. With respect to that
certain Summary of Terms Agreement (“S3 Agreement”) dated for reference October 8, 2009
between the Company and S3 Ventures Fund II, L.P. (“S3”), the Company shall have received a
letter, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, whereby S3 agrees that, upon Closing and
receipt by S3 of its legal fees (as reflected in Schedule 7.02(d)), the S3 Agreement will be deemed
terminated and S3 shall waived any and all rights and claims under such agreement.
(xxiv) Confirmation of Mailing of §228 Notice. Company shall have provided evidence
satisfactory to Parent that it has delivered to those of the Company’s stockholders that have not
otherwise approved the Merger by written consent, an appraisal rights notice, which notice shall
include the stockholder resolutions approving the Merger as previously approved by the Company’s
stockholders by written consent in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
ARTICLE VII
CLOSING MATTERS
7.01 The Closing.
Subject to termination of this Agreement as provided in Article VIII, the closing of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the
offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx on November 2,
2009, or at such other place, date and time as may be mutually agreed in writing by the Company and
Parent (sometimes referred to herein as the “Closing Date”). Concurrently with the Closing,
the Certificate of Merger shall be filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance with
the DGCL. All documents delivered and actions taken at Closing shall be deemed to have been
delivered or taken simultaneously, and no such delivery or action shall be considered effective or
complete unless or until all other such deliveries or actions are completed or waived in writing by
the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced.
7.02 Exchange.
(a) At the Effective Time, all outstanding Company Capital Stock shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without further action, cease to exist, and all such securities shall be converted into
the right to receive from Parent the cash amount to which the holder thereof is
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entitled pursuant to Section 2.01(d), subject to the provisions of Section 2.01(e) (regarding
rights of holders of Dissenting Shares), Section 2.03 (regarding the withholding of the Escrow
Cash) and Section 2.04 (regarding the Closing Adjustment).
(b) On the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall pay to the
Company stockholders which have voted in favor of the approval of the Merger and adoption of this
Agreement at the Stockholders’ Meeting or have delivered a Stockholder Consent, the portion of the
Closing Cash Consideration to which each stockholder of the Company is entitled pursuant to
Sections 2.01(d)(i) and (ii).
(c) On the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall pay, or cause
to be paid by check, on behalf of the Company, to the various Incentive Plan Participants and those
amounts comprising part of the Closing Cash Consideration that are specified in the Merger
Consideration Certificate or in a schedule or exhibit thereto.
(d) On the Closing Date, Parent shall pay, or cause to be paid, on behalf of the Company by
wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Transaction Expenses to the persons and in the
amounts set forth on Schedule 7.02(d), as such Schedule may be updated at Closing by
written agreement among the Parent, the Company Stockholder and the Company.
(e) After the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock
transfer books of the Company or its transfer agent of any Company Capital Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
7.03 Dissenting Shares.
If, in connection with the Merger, holders of Company Capital Stock are entitled to
dissenters’ rights pursuant to the DGCL, any Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into a right
to receive cash as provided in Section 2.01(d), but shall be converted into the right to receive
such consideration as may be determined to be due with respect to such Dissenting Shares pursuant
to the DGCL. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who, pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL, becomes
entitled to payment of the fair value of such shares shall receive payment therefor in accordance
with the DGCL (but only after the value therefor shall have been agreed upon or finally determined
pursuant to the DGCL). In the event that any Company Stockholder fails to make an effective demand
for payment or fails to perfect its dissenters’ rights as to its shares of Company Capital Stock or
any Dissenting Shares shall otherwise lose their status as Dissenting Shares, then any such shares
shall immediately be converted into the right to receive the consideration issuable pursuant to
Article II in respect of such shares had such shares never been Dissenting Shares, and
Parent shall issue and deliver to the holder thereof, at (or as promptly as reasonably practicable
after) the applicable time or times specified in Section 7.02, following the satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 7.02, the cash, without interest thereon, to which such
Company Stockholder would have been entitled under Section 2.01(d) with respect to such shares,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.03 (regarding the withholding of the Escrow Cash). The
Company shall give Parent prompt notice (and in no event more than two business days) of any demand
received by the Company for appraisal of Company Capital Stock or notice of exercise of a Company
Stockholder’s dissenters’ rights. The Company agrees that, except with Parent’s prior written
consent, it shall not voluntarily make
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any payment or offer to make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any
such demand for appraisal or exercise of dissenters’ rights.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER, SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS,
INDEMNIFICATION AND REMEDIES, AND CONTINUING COVENANTS
INDEMNIFICATION AND REMEDIES, AND CONTINUING COVENANTS
8.01 Termination by Mutual Consent.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the mutual written
consent of Parent and the Company.
8.02 Unilateral Termination.
(a) Either Parent or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this
Agreement if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority shall have issued a
nonappealable final order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, in each case having the
effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger or any other
material transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Either Parent or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this
Agreement if the Merger shall not have been consummated by 5:00 p.m., Salt Lake City time, on
November 6, 2009; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.02(b) shall not be available to any party whose breach of a representation or warranty or
covenant made under this Agreement by such party results in the failure of any condition set forth
in Article VI to be fulfilled or satisfied on or before such date.
8.03 Effect of Termination.
In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.02, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and, except as expressly provided in Section 8.03(ii), there shall be
no liability or obligation whatsoever on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company or their
respective officers, directors, stockholders or affiliates; provided, however, that (i) the
provisions of this Section 8.03 (Effect of Termination) and Article XI (General Provisions)
shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement, and (ii)
nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability in connection with any material breach
of any of such party’s covenants contained herein or intentional material breach of such party’s
representations and warranties.
8.04 Amendment.
This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
parties hereto.
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8.05 Waiver.
Subject to applicable law, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party hereto, (b)
waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any other party contained herein or
in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any agreement of any other
party or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall
be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound
thereby.
8.06 Survival.
(a) If the Merger is consummated, the representations and warranties of the Company and
contained in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of any of the parties to this
Agreement, until the two-year anniversary of the Effective Time, after which time the
representations and warranties shall not form the basis for any claim for Damages (as defined
below); provided, however, that the Special Representations will remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of any of the
parties to this Agreement, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for claims
in respect thereof.
(b) If the Merger is consummated, the covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the
Effective Time and remain in full force and effect until the two-year anniversary of the Effective
Time, after which time the covenants shall not form the basis for any claim for Damages (as defined
below); provided, however, that if the covenant explicitly states that it shall survive until a
date before or after the two-year anniversary of the Effective Time, then such covenant shall
survive for the period of time so specified.
(c) The obligations to indemnify and hold harmless a party pursuant to this Article
VIII with respect to a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant shall terminate when
the applicable survival period with respect to such representation, warranty or covenant has
expired pursuant to Sections 8.06(a) and 8.06(b), respectively; provided, however that no right to
indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII in respect of any claim based upon any breach
of a representation, warranty or covenant that is set forth in a Notice of Claim delivered prior to
the expiry of the applicable survival period with respect to such representation, warranty or
covenant shall be affected by the expiration of such representation or warranty; and
(d) the expiration date of a representation or warranty shall not affect the rights of any
Parent Indemnified Person under this Article VIII or otherwise to seek recovery, until the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, of damages arising out of any fraud, willful
breach or intentional misrepresentation of the Company.
8.07 Agreement of Company Stockholder to Indemnify Parent Indemnified Parties. The
Company Stockholder and the Incentive Plan Participants, as between the Company Stockholder on the
one hand, and the Incentive Plan Participants on the other, will severally indemnify and hold
harmless, in proportion to their respective Escrow Percentages, the Parent
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Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Damages arising out of, resulting from or in
connection with: (i) any failure of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this
Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule (including the schedules thereto) to be true and correct as of
the Closing Date; (ii) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the
Company in any certificate delivered to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be
true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Parent; (iii) any breach of or
default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company in this
Agreement; (iv) any Liabilities arising out of termination, as requested by Parent, of any of
Company’s employees in connection with the anticipated effectiveness of the Merger and the
acquisition of the Company by Parent; or (v) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments.
8.08 Agreement of Parent to Indemnify Company Indemnified Persons. Parent will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Damages
arising out of, resulting from or in connection with: (i) any failure of any representation or
warranty made by the Parent in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the Closing Date; (ii)
any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Parent in any certificate
delivered to Company or the Company Stockholder pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be
true and correct as of the date such certificate is so delivered; and (iii) any breach of or
default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Parent in this Agreement.
8.09 Limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Indemnified Person may
recover in respect of any claim for indemnification that is made pursuant to either Section 8.07 or
Section 8.08, as appropriate, and does not involve fraud, willful breach or intentional
misrepresentation by the other Indemnified Person unless and until Damages in an individual amount
greater than $10,000 (the “De Minimis Threshold”) and in an aggregate amount greater than
$25,000 (the “Basket”) have been incurred, paid or properly accrued, in which case the
Parent Indemnified Persons or Company Indemnified Persons, as the case may be, may make claims for
indemnification in respect of any Damages from the first dollar (including the first $25,000);
provided that all claims for indemnification which individually exceed the De Minimis Threshold may
be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the Basket has been reached, and that, for
purposes of determining whether claims for indemnification individually exceed the De Minimis
Threshold and whether such De Minimis Threshold has been reached, all claims for indemnification
arising out of the same, similar or related set of facts, circumstances or events giving rise to an
alleged breach or violation of the representations and warranties contained herein shall be
aggregated; provided further, however, that any Damages covered by clauses (iv) and (v) of Section
8.07 or arising from or relating to a breach of any Special Representation are not subject to
either of the De Minimis Threshold or the Basket and may be deducted from Escrow Cash on a dollar
for dollar basis.
(b) Any obligation to indemnify a Parent Indemnified Person for Damages shall be satisfied as
follows: first, out of the Escrow Cash pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, as such
amount may be replenished pursuant to Section 2.01(g)(iv) herein, in which case the Escrow Cash
shall be reduced by the amount of any such Damages; second, through any Earnout Consideration paid
into Escrow and comprising part of the Escrow Amount pursuant to
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Section 2.01(g)(iv); and third, if and to the extent such Damages include a Payable
Post-Closing Adjustment, if the aggregate of all Damages exceeds both the Escrow Cash and any
Earnout Consideration payable hereunder, Company Shareholder shall promptly pay such excess amount
directly to Parent Indemnified Persons; provided, however, that, absent fraud, the maximum amount
of Damages for which the Company Stockholder and Incentive Plan Participants shall be liable
hereunder (including Section 8.11) shall be $980,000, plus the amount of any Payable Post-Closing
Adjustment.
8.10 Notice of Claim; Claims Period.
(a) As used herein, the term “Claim” means a claim by an Indemnified Person for
indemnification or Damages under this Article VIII.
(b) Either the Company Stockholder (acting on its own behalf or on behalf of the Incentive
Plan Representative) or the Parent (acting on its own behalf or on behalf of another Parent
Indemnified Person) may give notice of a Claim under this Agreement, whether for its own Damages
or, in the case of Parent, for Damages incurred by any other Parent Indemnified Person. Such party
(for the purposes of this Article VIII, the “Indemnified Party”) shall give written
notice of a Claim (a “Notice of Claim”) to the other party (for the purposes of this
Article VIII, the “Indemnifying Party”) (with a copy to the Escrow Agent if the
Claim involves recovery against the Escrow Cash) promptly after the Indemnified Party becomes aware
of the existence of any potential claim for indemnification under this Article VIII arising
from or relating to (i) any matter specified in Sections 8.07 or 8.08, or, (ii) in the case of
Parent, the assertion, whether orally or in writing, against Parent or any other Parent Indemnified
Person of a claim, demand, suit, action, arbitration, investigation, inquiry or proceeding brought
by a third party against Parent or such other Parent Indemnified Person that is based on, arises
out of or relates to any matter specified in Section 8.07 (in each such case, a “Third-Party
Claim”).
(c) Each Notice of Claim given pursuant to this Section 8.10 shall contain the following
information:
(i) that the Indemnified Party has directly or indirectly incurred, paid or properly accrued
(in accordance with GAAP) or, in good faith, believes it shall have to directly or indirectly
incur, pay or accrue (in accordance with GAAP), Damages in an aggregate stated amount arising from
such Claim (which amount may be the amount of damages claimed by a third party in an action brought
against any Parent Indemnified Person based on alleged facts, which if true, would give rise to
liability for Damages to such Parent Indemnified Person under this Article VIII); and
(ii) a brief description, in reasonable detail (to the extent reasonably available to the
Indemnified Party), of the facts, circumstances or events giving rise to the alleged Damages based
on the Indemnified Party’s good faith belief thereof, including the identity and address of any
third-party claimant (to the extent reasonably available) and copies of any formal demand or
complaint, the amount of Damages, the date each such item was incurred, paid or properly accrued,
or the basis for such anticipated liability, and the specific nature of the breach to which such
item is related.
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(d) The period during which a Claim may be initiated (as applicable, the “Claims
Period”) shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate thirty (30) days following the end
of the applicable survival period described in Section 8.06 with respect to the factual basis upon
which such Claim is made. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any Claims for
Damages specified in any Notice of Claim delivered prior to expiration of the Claims Period with
respect to facts and circumstances existing prior to expiration of the Claims Period shall remain
outstanding until such Claims for Damages have been resolved or satisfied, notwithstanding the
expiration of such Claims Period. Until the expiration of the Claims Period, no delay on the part
of an Indemnified Party in delivering a Notice of Claim shall relieve such Indemnified Party from
any of its obligations under this Article VIII unless (and then only to the extent that)
the other Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby.
8.11 Defense of Third Party Claims.
(a) Parent shall determine and conduct the defense or settlement of any Third-Party Claim, and
the costs and expenses incurred by Parent in connection with such defense or settlement (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees and court or arbitration costs)
shall be included in the Damages for which Parent may seek indemnification pursuant to a Claim made
by any Parent Indemnified Person hereunder.
(b) The Company Stockholder shall have the right to receive copies of all pleadings, notices
and communications with respect to the Third-Party Claim to the extent that receipt of such
documents by the Company Stockholder does not affect any privilege relating to the Parent
Indemnified Person and may participate in, but not to determine or conduct, any defense of the
Third-Party Claim or settlement negotiations with respect to the Third-Party Claim.
(c) Parent shall seek the prior written consent of the Company Stockholder, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, before entering into any settlement
with respect to a Third-Party Claim. In the event that the Company Stockholder consents to such a
settlement of a Third-Party Claim, then Parent shall, subject to the provisions of Article
VIII, be entitled to recover the total amount of all Damages incurred in connection with
settlement of such Third-Party Claim from the Company Shareholder (subject to the limitations set
forth in Section 8.09), and the Company Stockholder shall otherwise have no power or authority to
object under any provision of this Article VIII to such recovery. In the event that the
Parent elects to enter into such settlement of a Third-Party Claim and Company Stockholder has not
consented thereto, then such settlement shall not be conclusive evidence of the amount of Damages
incurred by the Parent or Parent Indemnified Person in respect of such Third-Party Claim.
(d) To the extent there is an inconsistency between this Section 8.11 and Section 5.07(a) with
respect to any Tax Claim, Section 5.07(a) shall control.
8.12 [Intentionally Deleted.]
8.13 Resolution of Notice of Claim.
Each Notice of Claim shall be resolved as follows:
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(a) Uncontested Claims. If, within 30 days after a Notice of Claim is received, the
Indemnifying Party does not contest such Notice of Claim in writing as provided in Section 8.13(b),
the Indemnifying Party shall be conclusively deemed to have consented to the recovery by the
Indemnified Party of the full amount of Damages specified in the Notice of Claim in accordance with
this Article VIII, including, as applicable, the forfeiture of Escrow Cash, and, without
further notice, to have stipulated to the entry of a final judgment for damages for such amount in
any court having jurisdiction over the matter where venue is proper.
(b) Contested Claims. If, however, the Indemnifying Party gives written notice
contesting all or any portion of a Notice of Claim (a “Contested Claim”) (with, in the case
where the Indemnified Party is represented by the Company Stockholder, a copy to the Escrow Agent)
within the 30 day period specified in Section 8.13(a), then such Contested Claim shall be resolved
by either (i) a written settlement agreement executed by both the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party (a copy of which shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent) or (ii) in the absence
of such a written settlement agreement within 60 business days following receipt of the Contested
Claim from the Indemnifying Party, by binding litigation in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Section 8.13(c). If either the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying Party receives
written notice of a Contested Claim, it shall within five business days provide written notice of
receipt to the other Indemnified Person.
(c) Litigation of Contested Claims. Either the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying
Party may bring suit to resolve a Contested Claim. The decision of the trial court as to the
validity and amount of any claim in such Notice of Claim shall be nonappealable, binding and
conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to act in
accordance with such decision and make or withhold payments out of the Escrow Cash in accordance
therewith. Judgment upon any award rendered by the trial court may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. For purposes of this Section 8.13(c), in any suit hereunder each party shall pay its
own expenses, including attorneys’ fees and costs.
8.14 Release of Remaining Escrow Cash.
Within thirty (30) days following the end of the Earnout Period (the “Escrow Release
Date”), the Escrow Cash shall be released to the Company Stockholder and Incentive Plan
Participants pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, other than any Escrow Amount that is necessary to
satisfy all unresolved, unsatisfied or disputed claims for Damages specified in any Notice of Claim
delivered to the Company Stockholder before the end of the Escrow Release Date. If any Claims for
which Parent has delivered a Notice of Claim to the Company Stockholder before the expiration of
the applicable Claims Period are unresolved, unsatisfied or disputed as of the expiration of the
applicable Claims Period, then the Escrow Agent shall retain possession and custody of that amount
of Escrow Cash that equals the total maximum amount of Damages then being claimed by Parent
Indemnified Persons in all such unresolved, unsatisfied or disputed Claims, and as soon as all such
Claims have been resolved, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Company Stockholder and Incentive
Plan Participants any remaining Escrow Amount not required to satisfy such Claims.
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8.15 Computation of Damages.
For the purposes of this Article VIII, all Damages of an Indemnified Person as a
result of an event or circumstance for which such Indemnified Person is subject to indemnification
under this Article VIII shall be computed net of any Tax benefit that such Indemnified
Person actually realizes in the year it incurs the Damages as a result of being able to currently
deduct the Damages for Tax purposes. For purposes of the prior sentence, the amount of any Tax
benefit shall be reduced to the extent an Indemnified Person or its Affiliate actually incurs any
Tax detriment as a result of currently including an indemnification payment into income as required
under applicable law.
8.16 Tax Consequences of Indemnification Payments and Earnout Payments.
(a) All payments (if any) made pursuant to any indemnification obligations under this
Article VIII will be treated as adjustments to the Merger Consideration for tax purposes
and such agreed treatment will govern for purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise required by
law.
(b) All payments (if any) of Earnout Consideration will be treated as additional Merger
Consideration and, except to the extent such payments are required to be treated as interest under
Code Section 483 or analogous provisions of the Code or state or local law, such treatment shall
govern for all Tax purposes.
8.17 Sole Remedy. From and after the Closing, the indemnification provided for in
this Article VIII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Parent Indemnified Persons
and the Company Indemnified Persons, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, excepting fraud, for
all matters arising under or in connection with this Agreement, the transaction documents delivered
pursuant to this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including,
without limitation, for any inaccuracy or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement set forth herein. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Article VIII shall not apply to any claim arising by reason of fraud of any party
hereto.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.01 Notices.
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in
person, by overnight courier, by facsimile or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other
address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.01):
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if to Parent or Merger Sub:
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ClearOne Communications, Inc. | |
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Zee Hakimoglu, President and | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx | |
1800 — 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
if to the Company:
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NetStreams, Inc. | |
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx # 000 | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President and | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, | |
Professional Corporation | ||
900 South Capital of Texas Highway | ||
Las Cimas IV, Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
if to the Company Stockholder:
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Austin Ventures VIII, L.P | |
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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with a copy to:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx | |
900 South Capital of Texas Highway | ||
Las Cimas IV, Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
if to the Incentive Plan
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Xxxxx X Xxxxxx | |
Representative:
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0000 Xxxx Xxxxx | |
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
H: 512.358.9198 | ||
C: 512.657.5573 | ||
Personal Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx |
9.02 Severability.
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal
substance of the Merger is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such
determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that
the Merger be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
9.03 Entire Agreement; Assignment.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among
the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be
assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise), except that Parent and
Merger Sub may assign all or any of their rights and obligations hereunder to any affiliate of
Parent, provided that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning party of its obligations
hereunder if such assignee does not perform such obligations.
9.04 Parties in Interest.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and
nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person
any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, other
than Section 5.08 (which is intended to be for the benefit of the persons covered thereby and may
be enforced by such persons) and any rights conferred hereunder to Incentive Plan Participants,
exercisable through the Incentive Plan Representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow
Agreement identifies Square 1 Bank as an intended
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third party beneficiary hereunder of what is referred to therein as the “Square 1 Payments,”
which are provided for hereinabove, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such is in fact the
case.
9.05 Specific Performance.
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be
entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or
equity.
9.06 Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State. The parties
hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Utah
and the Federal courts of the United States of America located within the County of Salt Lake in
the State of Utah solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this
Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including resolution of disputes under Section 8.13(c)), and
hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the
interpretation or enforcement hereof or thereof, that it is not 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 Utah State or Federal
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 9.01 or
in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable law, shall be valid and sufficient service
thereof. With respect to any particular action, suit or proceeding, venue shall lie solely in Salt
Lake County, Utah.
9.07 Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any
right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising
out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Merger. Each of the parties hereto (a)
certifies that 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 that
foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been induced to enter into
this Agreement and the Merger, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and
certifications in this Section 9.07.
9.08 Headings.
The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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9.09 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission) in one or
more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement.
[Signature Page to Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
CLEARONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and CEO | |||
ALTA-WASATCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and CEO | |||
NETSTREAMS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and CEO | |||
AUSTIN VENTURES VIII, L.P. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | General Partner | |||
INCENTIVE PLAN REPRESENTATIVE: |
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
XXXXX X. XXXXXX | ||||
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