EXHIBIT 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
BUSINESS OBJECTS AMERICAS,
FLAGSHIP ACQUISITION CORP.,
FIRSTLOGIC, INC.,
and
XXXXX XXXXX, XX.
dated as of
February 8, 2006
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 Definitions |
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ARTICLE II THE MERGER |
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Section 2.1 The Merger |
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Section 2.2 Closing; Effective Time |
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Section 2.3 Effect of the Merger |
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Section 2.4 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws |
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Section 2.5 Directors and Officers |
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Section 2.6 Effect on Capital Stock |
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Section 2.7 Merger Consideration Adjustment |
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Section 2.8 Escrow |
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Section 2.9 Payment for Company Common Stock and Stock Options |
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Section 2.10 Adjustments |
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Section 2.11 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock or Stock Options |
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Section 2.12 Withholding Rights |
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ARTICLE III SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE |
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Section 3.1 Shareholder Representative |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 4.1 Organization; Qualification |
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Section 4.2 Capital Structure; Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.3 Authorization; Validity of Agreement |
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Section 4.4 Consents and Approvals; No Violations |
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Section 4.5 Financial Statements |
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Section 4.6 Books and Records |
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Section 4.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 4.8 Accounts Receivable |
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Section 4.9 Disputed Accounts Payable |
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Section 4.10 Prepayment of Company Debt |
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Section 4.11 Absence of Certain Changes |
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Section 4.12 Title to Properties; Encumbrances |
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Section 4.13 Real Property |
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Section 4.14 Plant and Equipment |
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Section 4.15 Environmental Matters |
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Section 4.16 Material Contracts |
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Section 4.17 Customers |
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Section 4.18 Insurance |
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Section 4.19 Casualties |
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Section 4.20 Litigation |
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Section 4.21 Compliance with Laws; Permits and Licenses |
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Section 4.22 Employee Benefit Plans |
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Section 4.23 Tax Matters |
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Section 4.24 Intellectual Property |
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Section 4.25 Privacy |
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Section 4.26 HIPAA Compliance |
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Section 4.27 Labor Matters |
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Section 4.28 Personnel |
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Section 4.29 Warranties; Product Claims |
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Section 4.30 Potential Conflict of Interest |
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Section 4.31 Propriety of Past Payments |
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Section 4.32 Brokers or Finders |
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Section 4.33 Vote Required |
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Section 4.34 Transaction Expenses |
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Section 4.35 State Takeover Statutes |
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Section 4.36 Full Disclosure |
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Section 4.37 Affiliate Transactions |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT, PARENT AMERICAS AND MERGER SUB |
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Section 5.1 Organization and Qualification |
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Section 5.2 Authority |
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Section 5.3 Non-Contravention |
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Section 5.4 Necessary Approvals |
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Section 5.5 Brokers or Finders |
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Section 5.6 Financing Resources |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 Interim Operations of the Company |
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Section 6.2 Access; Confidentiality |
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Section 6.3 Efforts and Actions to Cause Closing to Occur |
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Section 6.4 Notification of Certain Matters |
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Section 6.5 No Solicitation |
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Section 6.6 Employee Matters |
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Section 6.7 Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance |
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Section 6.8 Litigation |
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Section 6.9 Termination of Agreements |
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Section 6.10 Resignation of Directors and Officers |
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Section 6.11 General Cooperation |
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Section 6.12 Certain Tax Matters |
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Section 6.13 Shareholder Meeting |
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Section 6.14 Public Announcements |
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Section 6.15 Financial Statements and Consents of Accountants |
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ARTICLE VII TAX MATTERS |
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Section 7.1 Tax Return Filings |
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Section 7.2 Tax Indemnification |
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Section 7.3 Cooperation |
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Section 7.4 Tax Sharing Agreements |
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Section 7.5 Calculation of Losses |
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Section 7.6 Procedures Relating to Indemnification of Tax Claims |
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Section 7.7 Transfer Taxes |
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Section 7.8 FIRPTA Certificate |
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Section 7.9 Amended Returns and Settlements |
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS |
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Section 8.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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Section 8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub to
Effect the Merger |
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Section 8.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company to Effect the Merger |
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Section 8.4 Obligations to Effect the Merger |
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
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Section 9.1 Termination |
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Section 9.2 Effect of Termination |
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ARTICLE X INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 10.1 Survival of Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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Section 10.2 Indemnification by the Effective Time Company Shareholders |
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Section 10.3 Indemnification by Parent and Parent Americas |
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Section 10.4 Indemnification Procedures |
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Section 10.5 Limitations |
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Section 10.6 Right to Bring Action |
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 11.1 Fees and Expenses |
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Section 11.2 Amendment and Modification |
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Section 11.3 Publicity |
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Section 11.4 Notices |
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Section 11.5 Counterparts |
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Section 11.6 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 11.7 Severability |
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Section 11.8 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 11.9 Enforcement; Venue |
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Section 11.10 Time of Essence |
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Section 11.11 Extension; Waiver |
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Section 11.12 Election of Remedies |
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Section 11.13 Assignment |
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EXHIBITS: |
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Exhibit A Shareholders Executing Voting and Support Agreement |
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Exhibit B Cash Escrow Agreement |
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Exhibit C Xxxxxxx, Carton & Xxxxxxx LLP Opinion |
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SELECTED SCHEDULES |
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Schedule A Current Assets |
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Schedule B Current Liabilities |
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Schedule B-1 B Deferred Revenue |
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Schedule C Balance Sheet Rules |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 8, 2006 (this “
Agreement”), by and
among
Business Objects S.A., a
société anonyme organized under the laws of the Republic of France
(“
Parent”), Business Objects Americas, a
Delaware corporation (“
Parent Americas”)
and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, Flagship Acquisition Corp., a Wisconsin corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent Americas (“
Merger Sub”), Firstlogic, Inc., a Wisconsin
corporation (the “
Company”), and Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xx., acting solely as the “
Shareholder
Representative” referred to herein.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub and the
Company have each approved the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company
being the Surviving Corporation (the “Merger”), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the shareholders of the Company set forth on Exhibit A and the Board
Optionholders (as defined below) have entered into a Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (the “Voting and Support Agreements”), pursuant to which such shareholders and
Board Optionholders have, among other things, agreed to vote in favor of the transactions
contemplated hereby; have consented to the appointment of the Shareholder Representative pursuant
to Section 3.1; have granted an option on the purchase of their shares of Company Common Stock (as
defined below); and have agreed to be bound as of the Effective Time (as defined below) by the
indemnification provisions set forth in Section 10.2 of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Parent Americas, the Company and each of the persons listed on Schedule 8.2(i) hereto
have entered into an employment agreement or an employment and transition agreement (collectively,
the “Employment Agreements”) to be in effect at the Effective Time (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Parent, Parent Americas, the Shareholder Representative on behalf of each Shareholder
and Board Optionholder of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Effective
Time Company Shareholders”) and U.S. Bank, National Association, a federally chartered bank
(the “Escrow Agent”), have entered into an escrow agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Cash Escrow Agreement”) to be in effect at the
Effective Time in order to satisfy any Losses (as defined below) suffered or reasonably expected to
be suffered by the Parent Indemnified Parties (as defined below) prior to the 18 month anniversary
of the Effective Time and to provide a potential payment to Parent Americas as a result of the
Working Capital Adjustment (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the
Company and the Shareholder Representative hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any proposal or offer made by any Person other than
Parent and Parent Americas or any Subsidiary of Parent to acquire 15% or more of, or obtain an
exclusive license to, the business or properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other
than pursuant to a license agreement for the Company’s products in the ordinary course of business)
or acquire or obtain an option to acquire any capital stock of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, whether by merger, tender offer, exchange offer, sale of assets, exclusive license
arrangements or similar transactions involving the Company or any Subsidiary, division or operating
or principal business unit of the Company.
“Affiliate” of a Person shall mean a Person that directly or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such mentioned
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings,
the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of securities, by
contract or otherwise.
“All-Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage” means, with respect to any Company Shareholder or
holder of a Stock Option entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section
2.6(d), the quotient obtained (and expressed as a percentage) by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time plus (ii) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Stock Options in respect of which Per
Share Merger Consideration is payable, that are owned by such Company Shareholder or holder of a
Stock Option entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(d), as
the case may be, by (y) the sum of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding at the Effective Time plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of Stock Options in respect of which Per Share Merger Consideration is payable,
that are owned by all holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(d).
“Allocation Certificate” shall mean that certain certificate delivered to Parent and
Parent Americas by the Company, which sets forth as of the Effective Time (i) for each Company
Shareholder, the number of shares of Company Common Stock held of record, the estimated aggregate
amount of cash payable to and percentage interest in the proceeds of the Merger, the
estimated amount payable promptly after the Effective Time (in accordance with Section 2.9)
and payable into the Escrow Fund (as defined in Section 2.8(c)), the estimated amount of cash
payable to
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such Person in lieu of any fractional shares, the stock certificate numbers held by each
such Person and such Person’s federal tax identification number to the extent such number is known,
(ii) for each Board Optionholder, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective Time, the aggregate exercise price of
such Stock Options, the estimated aggregate amount of cash payable to and percentage interest in
the proceeds of the Merger, the amount of cash payable promptly after the Effective Time and
payable into the Escrow Fund, the amount of cash payable to such Person in lieu of any fractional
shares, such Person’s federal tax identification number to the extent such number is known and
(iii) for each holder of Stock Options, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective Time, the aggregate exercise price of
such Stock Option, the aggregate amount of cash payable to and percentage interest in the proceeds
of the Merger and such person’s federal tax identification number if known.
“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean the Voting and Support Agreements, the Cash Escrow
Agreement, the Employment Agreements and any other agreements required in connection with the
consummation of the Transactions.
“Applicable Law” shall mean any law, regulation, rule, order, judgment or decree to
which the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their assets is subject.
“Applicable Rate” shall mean the interest rate for one-year U.S. Government treasury
bills (constant maturities) as shown, from time to time, at the Federal Reserve website
(xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/x00/xxxxxxx).
“Associate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the
Exchange Act.
“Balance Sheet” shall mean the most recent audited balance sheet of the Company and
its consolidated Company Subsidiaries included in the Financial Statements.
“Balance Sheet Date” shall mean the date of the Balance Sheet.
“Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Board Optionholders” shall mean each of Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx.
“Business Day” shall mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks
located in the States of Wisconsin and California are authorized or obligated to close.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any
successor provisions and transition rules, whether or not codified.
“Company Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b) of this
Agreement.
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“Company Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule of even date herewith
prepared and signed by the Company and delivered to Parent and Parent Americas simultaneously with
the execution hereof.
“Company Group” means any affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504 of the
Code of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is or has been a member.
“Company Indemnified Parties” shall mean each of the Company Shareholders.
“Company Intellectual Property” shall mean all Intellectual Property that (i) is owned
or used in the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ business or that is necessary to conduct the
Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ business as presently conducted or as currently proposed to
be conducted or (ii) was owned or had been used in the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’
business, is no longer used but has not been sold or transferred to a third party, including with
respect to all Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary all rights to
xxx at law or in equity for any infringement, misappropriation or other impairment of any of the
Intellectual Property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and the right to collect damages and
proceeds therefrom.
“Company IP Contract” shall mean the agreements listed in Sections 4.24(c), 4.24(k)
and 4.24(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
“Company Shareholders” shall mean the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, other
than the Parent and Parent Americas and their respective Affiliates.
“Company Subsidiary” shall mean each Person which is a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Computer Hardware” shall mean any computer hardware or peripheral device.
“Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean that certain letter agreement dated December
15, 2005, between the Company and Parent.
“Confidentiality Obligations” shall mean any confidentiality obligations set forth
herein or in any other agreement to which the parties hereto are parties or by which they are
bound, including the Confidentiality Agreement.
“Copyrights” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, copyrights and mask
works, including all renewals and extensions thereof, copyright registrations and applications for
registration thereof, and non-registered copyrights.
“Current Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the consolidated current assets of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, which current assets shall
include only the line items set forth on Schedule A under the heading “Current Assets” and
no other current assets.
“Current Liabilities” shall mean, as of any date, the consolidated current liabilities
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (other than Deferred Revenue) determined in
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accordance with GAAP which current liabilities shall include only the line items set forth on
Schedule B under the heading “Current Liabilities” and no other current liabilities.
“Defect” shall mean a defect or impurity of any kind, whether in design, manufacture,
processing, or otherwise, including any dangerous propensity associated with any reasonably
foreseeable use of a Product, or the failure to warn of the existence of any defect, impurity, or
dangerous propensity; provided, however, that with regard to software products,
Defect shall mean the failure of the programming to perform as warranted or otherwise described in
the concomitant standard user or technical document for it.
“Deferred Revenue” shall mean, as of any date, the consolidated deferred revenue of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, which deferred revenue
shall include only the line items set forth on Schedule B-1 under the heading “Deferred
Revenue” and no other deferred revenue.
“DOJ” shall mean the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.
“Encumbrances” shall mean any and all liens, charges, security interests, options,
claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or
arrangements or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever.
“Environmental Claim” shall mean any Liability, claim, action, cause of action,
investigation or notice (written or oral) by any Person alleging actual or potential liability for
investigatory, cleanup or governmental response costs, or natural resources or property damages, or
personal injuries, attorney’s fees or penalties arising out of or relating to (i) the presence, or
release into the environment, of any Materials of Environmental Concern at any location, now or in
the past, (ii) circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any
Environmental Law or (iii) any exposure of any Person to a Material of Environmental Concern.
“Environmental Law” shall mean each Law, Permit or agreement with any Governmental
Entity relating to a Material of Environmental Concern, including without limitation those relating
to (i) pollution or to protection or preservation of human health or the environment including
ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata, and natural resources,
(ii) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Materials of Environmental Concern,
(iii) exposure to, or the manufacturing, processing, distribution, use, treatment, generation,
storage, containment (whether aboveground or underground), disposal, transport or other handling of
Materials of Environmental Concern, or (iv) the preservation of the environment or mitigation of
adverse effects thereon and including each Law, permit or agreement with regard to record keeping,
notification, disclosure and reporting requirements respecting Materials of Environmental Concern.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that
together with the Company would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
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“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.
“Excluded Liabilities” shall mean any and all liabilities of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary resulting from or arising out of any misclassification of any employees of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary as exempt or non-exempt.
“Expenses” shall mean any and all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with
investigating, defending or asserting any claim, action, suit or proceeding incident to any matter
indemnified against hereunder (including court filing fees, court costs, arbitration fees or costs,
witness fees, and reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel, investigators, expert
witnesses, accountants and other professionals).
“Federal Income Tax” means any Tax imposed under Subtitle A of the Code.
“Final Determination” shall mean (i) with respect of Federal Income Taxes, a
“determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code or execution of an Internal Revenue
Service Form 870-AD, and (ii) with respect to Taxes other than Federal Income Taxes, any final
determination of liability in respect of a Tax that, under applicable law, is not subject to
further appeal, review or modification through proceedings or otherwise (including the expiration
of a statute of limitations or a period for the filing of claims for refunds, amended returns or
appeals from adverse determinations).
“Financial Statements” shall mean (a) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and the consolidated Company Subsidiaries as at December 31 in each of the years 2001 through 2004,
together with consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of
the years then ended, and the financial statement notes related thereto, all certified by either
Ernst & Young LLP, independent certified public accountants, or other independent certified public
accountants reasonably acceptable to Parent and Parent Americas whose reports thereon are included
therein, and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the consolidated
Company Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and unaudited consolidated statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended.
“FTC” shall mean the United States Federal Trade Commission.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied, as in effect on the date hereof.
“Governmental Entity” shall mean a court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental or other regulatory authority or agency or any Person owned or
controlled by any of the foregoing.
“HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as
amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“HSR Act” shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
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“Indebtedness” shall mean (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business and payable in accordance with customary practices), (ii) any other
indebtedness that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (iii) all
obligations under financing leases, (iv) all obligations in respect of letters of credit, whether
or not drawn, and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person, (v) all obligations
in respect of acceptances issued or created, (vi) all liabilities secured by any lien on any
property, (vii) all guarantee obligations, (viii) all interest rate and currency swaps, collars,
caps and similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are obligated to be made by
such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency and (ix) all obligations
under leases which have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean all Copyrights, Internet Assets, Patents, Software,
Trade Secrets, Trademarks and IP Licenses and any tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing
rights.
“Internet Assets” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, domain names,
Internet addresses and other computer identifiers, web sites, web pages and similar rights and
items.
“IP Licenses” shall mean all licenses, sublicenses, distributor agreements,
development agreements, research agreements, consent to use agreements, covenants not to xxx and
permissions, including without limitation, the right to (i) receive royalties or any other
consideration relating to Copyrights, Internet Assets, Patents, Software, Trade Secrets and
Trademarks and (ii) copy and/or distribute Third Party Software and databases.
“Knowledge of the Company or “Company’s Knowledge” concerning a particular subject,
area or aspect of the Company’s business or affairs shall mean the knowledge of Art Xxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx and
Xxxx Xxxxx after due inquiry.
“Leased Real Property” shall mean the leasehold interests held by the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries under the Real Property Leases.
“Letter of Intent” shall mean that certain letter of intent, dated December 15, 2005,
as amended, by and between Parent and the Company.
“Liabilities” shall mean the debts, liabilities, claims, security interests,
Encumbrances, demands, expenses, commitments and obligations (whether accrued or not, known or
unknown, disclosed or undisclosed, fixed or contingent, asserted or unasserted, liquidated or
unliquidated, arising prior to, at or after the Closing) of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), claim, limitation in voting rights, other encumbrances of
any nature or preference, priority, right or other security interest or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever.
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“Losses” shall mean any and all losses, costs, claims, assessments, obligations,
liabilities, settlement payments, interest, other carrying costs, diminution in value, awards,
judgments, fines, penalties, damages, Expenses, deficiencies or other charges (in each case net of
insurance proceeds received from insurance policies held by the Company at the Effective Time in
connection with any such Loss).
“Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” shall mean, with
respect to any Person, any event, change, circumstance or effect that, individually or in the
aggregate, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to (i) the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of such Person to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to consent to the Transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including, without limitation, the Merger other than for (i) and (ii) any event, change,
circumstance or effect relating (A) to the economy or financial markets in general or (B) in
general to the industries in which such Person operates.
“Materials of Environmental Concern” shall mean (a) any chemical, material or
substance, which is regulated, prohibited, limited or required under any Law as a danger to human
health or the environment, including petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials,
regulated asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that
contains dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; and (b) any
chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous
substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous substances”,
“restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “pollutants”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”,
or words of similar import under any Law.
“Net Working Capital” shall mean, at any date the difference between the Current
Assets and Current Liabilities all as of such date as defined in accordance with GAAP and the
Balance Sheet Rules set forth in Schedule C attached hereto.
“Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean, an action that (i) is recurring in nature,
(ii) consistent with the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ past practices and (iii) is taken
in the ordinary course of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ normal day to day operations.
“Parent Indemnified Parties” shall mean each of Parent, Parent Americas and their
Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, subsidiaries, partners,
members and controlling persons.
“Patents” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, patents, patent renewals
and renewal rights, extension patents, patent applications and inventions, designs and improvements
described and claimed therein, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, or interferences
thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such
applications are modified, withdrawn, or resubmitted).
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
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“Per Share Merger Consideration” shall mean the quotient (expressed as a dollar
amount) obtained by dividing (x) $57,500,000 by (y) the sum of (i) the number of shares of Company
Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding Stock Options entitled to receive consideration
pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of this Agreement at the Effective Time, determined using the Treasury
Method; provided, that such quotient shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section
2.7 of this Agreement.
“Permits” shall mean permits, certificates, licenses, filings, approvals and other
authorizations of any Governmental Entity.
“Person” shall mean a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Entity or other entity or organization.
“Plan” shall mean each deferred compensation and each incentive compensation, stock
purchase, stock option and other equity compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement; each
severance or termination pay, medical, surgical, hospitalization, life insurance plan, fund or
program and each other “welfare plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA); each
profit-sharing or stock bonus plan, fund or program; each “pension plan” (within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA); each employment, consulting, change in control, termination or severance
agreement; and each other employee benefit plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement, in each
case, that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company or by any ERISA Affiliate, or with respect to which the Company or an ERISA Affiliate is a
party or has or could have any liability, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, whether
written or oral, for the benefit of any officer, director, employee or former employee of the
Company, any ERISA Affiliate or any Company Subsidiary.
“Post-Closing Tax Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning
after the close of business on the Closing Date.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or
before the close of business on the Closing Date.
“Product” shall mean any product, component, library or directory designed, developed,
duplicated, shipped, sold, marketed, licensed, sublicensed, distributed and/or otherwise introduced
into the stream of commerce by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any agent
of the Company, including any product sold in the United States by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary as the distributor, agent, or pursuant to any other contractual relationship with a
manufacturer.
“Pro Rata Percentage” means with respect to any Company Shareholder or Board
Optionholder, the quotient obtained (and expressed as a percentage) by dividing (x) the sum of (i)
the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time plus (ii) the number
of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Stock Options in respect of which Per
Share Merger Consideration is payable, that are owned by such Company Shareholder or Board
Optionholder, as the case may be, by (y) the sum of (i) the aggregate number of shares of
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Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time plus (ii) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Stock Options in respect of which Per Share Merger
Consideration is payable, that are owned by all Company Shareholders (other than the Parent, Parent
Americas and their Affiliates) and all Board Optionholders.
“Representative” shall mean any officer, director, employee, agent, advisor or
consultant of a Person.
“Self-Help Mechanism” shall mean any back door, time bomb, drop dead device, or other
software routine designed to disable a computer program automatically with the passage of time,
upon the occurrence of a defined event(s) or under the positive control of a Person other than an
authorized licensee or owner of a copy of the program or the right and title in and to the program.
“Software” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, computer software
programs, including, without limitation, all source code as fully commented source code as exists,
object code, specifications, components, libraries, directories, designs and documentation related
thereto, definitions of files, fields of files, variables, details, parameters, installation and
maintenance specifications, inputs and outputs (including codes and acronyms), program
descriptions, file descriptions, formats and layouts, report descriptions and layouts, screen
descriptions and layouts, graphical and non-graphical user interfaces, input documents, data
elements, paper processing flowcharts, computer processing flowcharts, processing narratives,
editing rules, password development and protection rules, telecommunications requirements,
glossaries and manual procedures with respect to the aforesaid computer programming. Software
shall include, without limitation, derivative works, customizations, supplemental works, interim
works, works in progress and all other works and attendant Intellectual Property , and portions
thereof, with respect to the Software, whether or not fixed in a tangible medium of expression, all
moral rights, with respect to all computer platforms and configurations known or unknown
(e.g., PC, midrange, LAN, WAN, client server, mini, mainframe), all APIs, DLLs and other
programming by which the Software integrates or communicates with other software and/or
hardware/equipment, together with all Documentation. “Documentation” shall mean all concomitant
installation, technical, functional or user documentation or specifications related to the
foregoing, regardless of the media on which the Documentation is contained. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, “Software” licensed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary from
Third Parties only includes the foregoing materials to the extent in the possession of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (a) at least a majority of the
securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or
other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by any one or
more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries or (b) such Person
or any other Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner (excluding any such partnership where
such Person or any Subsidiary of such party does not have a majority of the voting interest in such
partnership).
“Superior Proposal” shall mean any unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal
received after the date of this Agreement which would result in a Person (or in the case of a
direct merger between a Person and the Company, the stockholders of such Person) acquiring,
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directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company
Common Stock or all or substantially all the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, which the Board of Directors of the Company (acting by a majority of the entire
board) determines in its good faith judgment (after consultation with its independent financial
advisors and independent legal counsel) taking into account all relevant aspects of the Acquisition
Proposal, that (i) such Acquisition Proposal is more favorable from a financial point of view to
the Company Shareholders than this Agreement, (ii) the conditions to the consummation of such
Acquisition Proposal are reasonably capable of being satisfied promptly and (iii) financing for
such transaction, to the extent required, is then committed.
“Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean (i) any and all federal, state, provincial, local,
foreign and other taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties, and similar governmental charges (including
any interest, fines, assessments, penalties or additions to tax imposed in connection therewith or
with respect thereto or attributable to any failure to comply with any requirement regarding Tax
Returns) including, without limitation (x) taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise,
profits or gross receipts, and (y) ad valorem, value added, capital gains, sales, goods and
services, use, real or personal property, capital stock, license, branch, payroll, estimated
withholding, employment, social security (or similar), unemployment, compensation, utility,
severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and gains
taxes, and customs duties, and (ii) any transferee liability in respect of any items described in
clause (i) above.
“Tax Benefit” with respect to any event or adjustment for any Person means the
positive excess, if any, of the Tax liability of such Person without regard to such event or
adjustment over the Tax liability of such Person taking into account such event or adjustment, with
all other circumstances remaining unchanged.
“Tax Cost” with respect to any event adjustment for any Person means the positive
excess, if any, of the Tax liability of such Person taking such event or adjustment into account
over the Tax liability of such Person without regard to such event or adjustment, with all other
circumstances remaining unchanged.
“Tax Return” shall mean any return (including estimated returns), report, information
return, statement, declaration, claim for refund, election, disclosure or other document (including
any related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed with any United States
federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Entity in connection with any determination,
assessment or collection of any Tax (collectively, “returns”) and any schedule or
attachment thereto or amendment thereof.
“Taxing Authority” shall mean any governmental or regulatory authority, body or
instrumentality exercising any authority to impose, regulate or administer the imposition of Taxes.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person other than the Company, Parent, Parent Americas,
Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates.
“Title IV Plan” shall mean a Plan that is subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA
or Section 412 of the Code.
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“Trade Secrets” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, trade secrets,
know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information,
concepts, ideas, designs, research or development information, techniques, technical information,
specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, methods, technical data,
discoveries, modifications, extensions, improvements, and other proprietary information and rights
(whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, mask work, or trade secret protection).
“Trademarks” shall mean, as they exist anywhere in the world, trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, designs, logos, or corporate names, whether
registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration thereof, and
all goodwill related thereto.
“Transactions” shall mean all the transactions provided for or contemplated by the
Cash Escrow Agreement, the Employment Agreements, the Voting and Support Agreements or this
Agreement, including the Merger.
“Transfer Tax” or “Transfer Taxes” shall mean any federal, state, county,
local, foreign and other sales, use, transfer, conveyance, documentary transfer, recording or other
similar tax, fee or charge imposed upon the sale, transfer or assignment of property or any
interest therein or the recording thereof, and any penalty, addition to tax or interest with
respect thereto.
“Treasury Method” means the treasury stock method which assumes that all outstanding
“in the money” Stock Options are exercised, with the proceeds from such exercises being used to
purchase as many shares of Company Common Stock as possible.
“Unauthorized Code” shall mean any virus, Trojan horse, worm, or other software
routines or hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access; or to disable, erase, or
otherwise harm any computer, systems, data or other electronically stored records or files or
Software.
“WARN Act” shall mean the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988,
as amended.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
Article VIII hereof, and in accordance with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the
“WBCL”), at the Effective Time (as defined below), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
the Company, and as a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall
cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Corporation”) of the Merger and shall become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent Americas.
Section 2.2 Closing; Effective Time. Unless this Agreement shall have terminated and the transactions contemplated in the
Agreement shall have been abandoned pursuant to Article IX hereof, and if the Agreement has not
been terminated pursuant to Article IX hereof, subject to the
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fulfillment or waiver of all of the
conditions contained in Article VIII hereof, on the later of (i) April 3, 2006 or (ii) a date
within five (5) Business Days following the satisfaction of all of the conditions contained in
Article VIII hereof (other than those conditions which by their terms are to be satisfied at the
Closing (as defined below)), a closing (the “Closing”) will be held at the offices of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, located at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (or such other place as the parties may agree). The date on which the
Closing is actually held is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” On the Closing Date,
Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub and the Company shall cause the Merger to be consummated by
filing articles of merger with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (the
“Wisconsin Department”) (the “Articles of Merger”), and the Articles of Merger
shall have been executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the WBCL. The Merger shall
become effective at such time as the Articles of Merger are duly filed with the Wisconsin
Department, or at such other time as Merger Sub and the Company shall agree should be specified in
the Articles of Merger (the time the Merger becomes effective being hereinafter referred to as the
“Effective Time”).
Section 2.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger
shall be as provided in the Articles of Merger and the applicable provisions of the WBCL. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all of the
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and
duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.4 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.
(a) At and after the Effective Time, the articles of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7, shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to be identical to the articles of incorporation of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub
Charter”), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until amended in accordance
with the WBCL, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be “Firstlogic Inc.”
(or such other name as the parties mutually agree).
(b) At and after the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.7, shall be amended and restated in its entirety to be identical to the
bylaws of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Bylaws”), as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time until amended in accordance with the WBCL, except that the name of the Surviving
Corporation shall be “Firstlogic Inc.”
Section 2.5 Directors and Officers. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
directors of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, and the officers of Merger Sub immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.
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Section 2.6 Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the Company or the
holders of any of Company’s securities:
(a) Merger Sub Common Stock. Each share of common stock, no par value per share, of
Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into
and become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, no par value per
share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) Company Common Stock. Each share of common stock, no par value per share, of the
Company (the “Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (other than Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares) shall be converted by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof into the right to receive the
Per Share Merger Consideration without interest thereon, upon surrender of the certificates
representing such shares of Company Common Stock as provided in Section 2.9. For the avoidance of
doubt the aggregate amount payable by Parent Americas to the Company Shareholders pursuant to this
Section 2.6(b) and to the holders of Stock Options entitled to receive consideration pursuant to
Section 2.6(d) shall be equal to $57,500,000 (the “Aggregate Merger Consideration”). The
amount of the Per Share Merger Consideration and Aggregate Merger Consideration shall be subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 2.7, and the Aggregate Merger Consideration and the Per Share
Merger Consideration payable to the Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options shall be
subject to the escrow holdback as provided in Section 2.8.
(c) Cancellation of Shares. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding
and owned by Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent,
Parent Americas or Merger Sub or shares of Company Common Stock that are owned by the Company and
in each case not held on behalf of third parties (collectively, “Excluded Shares”)
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holder of such Excluded Share, no longer be outstanding, shall be canceled and
retired without payment of any consideration therefor and shall cease to exist.
(d) Company Stock Options. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each outstanding
option, warrant or other right to purchase Company Common Stock (each such right, a “Stock
Option”), including but not limited to options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
granted under the Company’s existing stock option plan (the “Company Stock Option Plan”),
whether or not exercisable or vested, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part of the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled in consideration of a cash payment (the
“Option Consideration”) equal to (a) the excess, if any, of (x) the Per Share Merger
Consideration, as adjusted pursuant to this Article II, over (y) the per share exercise price of
such Stock Option, multiplied by (b) the number of unexercised shares subject to such Stock Option.
All
payments of Option Consideration shall be subject to applicable withholding. Stock Options
with an exercise price equal to or greater than the Per Share Merger Consideration as adjusted and
finally determined pursuant to this Article II will be cancelled without any consideration. Parent
Americas shall reduce the aggregate Option Consideration paid to the holders of Stock Options based
upon their respective All-Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage of the escrow holdback provided for in
Section 2.8. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take or cause to be taken such actions
as are required (including providing any necessary notices) to cause (i) the Company Stock Option
Plan
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to terminate as of the Effective Time and (ii) the provisions in any other Plan providing for
the issuance, transfer or grant of any capital stock of Company or any interest in respect of any
capital stock of Company to be deleted as of the Effective Time. All administrative and other
rights and authorities granted under any Plan to the Company, the Board of Directors or any
committee or designee thereof, shall, following the Effective Time, reside with the Surviving
Corporation.
(e) Dissenters’ Rights. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, any shares of Company Common Stock held by a holder who demands and perfects such
holder’s right for appraisal of such shares in accordance with the WBCL (“Dissenting
Shares”), if any, shall not be converted into the Per Share Merger Consideration but shall
instead 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 WBCL. The Company shall provide the Company
Shareholders with any notices required under the WBCL with respect to dissenter’s or appraisal
rights arising under the WBCL and shall give Parent and Parent Americas prompt notice of any demand
received by the Company to require the Company to purchase shares of Company Common Stock, and
Parent and Parent Americas shall have the right to direct and participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demand. The Company agrees that, except with the prior written
consent of Parent and Parent Americas, or as required under the WBCL, it will not voluntarily make
any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such purchase demand. Each holder
of Dissenting Shares who, pursuant to the provisions of the WBCL, becomes entitled to payment of
the fair value for shares of Company Common Stock shall receive payment therefor (but only after
the value therefor shall have been agreed upon or finally determined pursuant to such provisions).
If any Dissenting Shares shall lose their status as Dissenting Shares, Parent Americas shall issue
and/or deliver, upon surrender by such shareholder of certificates representing shares of Company
Common Stock, the Per Share Merger Consideration to which such shareholder would otherwise be
entitled under this Section 2.6.
(f) Allocation of Per Share Merger Consideration. At least five days prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent and Parent Americas a draft of the Allocation
Certificate, and shall provide a final Allocation Certificate, signed by its Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Executive Officer at the Closing. Parent and Parent Americas shall be entitled
to rely on such final Allocation Certificate in connection with the payment of the Per Share Merger
Consideration in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 2.9. The Shareholder Representative shall update
the Allocation Certificate and deliver such updated Allocation Certificate to Parent and Parent
Americas on or prior to the date that the payments contemplated by Sections 2.7(f) and 2.7(g) are
requested to be made by Parent Americas.
Section 2.7 Merger Consideration Adjustment
(a) At least five days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cause to be prepared and
delivered to Parent and Parent Americas for and on behalf of the Effective Time Company
Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options a certificate from its Chief Financial Officer
attaching, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of
each of December 31, 2005 and January 31, 2006 and the final or a good faith estimate of the
anticipated consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the close
of business on each of February 28, 2006 and March 31, 2006 (collectively, the “Estimated
Adjustment Balance Sheet”), prepared in accordance with GAAP and in accordance with the balance
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sheet rules attached hereto as Schedule C (the “Balance Sheet Rules”) and (ii) a
statement which sets forth as of each of as of each of December 31, 2005 and January 31, 2006 and
the final or a good faith estimate of the anticipated Deferred Revenue of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries as of the close of business on the February 28, 2006 and March 31, 2006
(collectively, the “Estimated Deferred Revenue Statement”), prepared in accordance with
GAAP and in accordance with the Balance Sheet Rules. The foregoing certificate and the Estimated
Adjustment Balance Sheet shall be accompanied by a statement (the “Estimated Statement of Net
Working Capital”) setting forth the Company’s calculations of the actual or estimated Net
Working Capital of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of each of December 31, 2005,
January 31, 2006, February 28, 2006 and March 31, 2006 (collectively, the “Measurement
Dates”). The sum of (i) the actual or estimated Net Working Capital as of each of the
Measurement Dates divided by (ii) four (4) shall be referred to herein as the “Estimated
Average Net Working Capital”. The foregoing certificate and the Estimated Deferred Revenue
Statement shall include the Company’s calculation of the actual or estimated Deferred Revenue of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of each of the Measurement Dates. The sum of (i) the
actual or estimated Deferred Revenue of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for each of the
Measurement Dates divided by (ii) four (4) shall be referred to herein as the “Estimated
Average Deferred Revenue”.
(b) If the Estimated Average Net Working Capital is (A) greater than $4,655,973, Parent
Americas shall pay the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options, the
amount of such excess in cash on the Closing Date in immediately available funds, and the Aggregate
Merger Consideration will be deemed increased by such excess and the Per Share Merger Consideration
will be increased by an amount equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) such excess amount by
(y) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock (determined by adding (i) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time, plus (ii) the number of shares of
Company Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding Stock Options as of the Closing Date determined
using the Treasury Method, after giving effect to such increase in the Per Share Merger
Consideration contemplated by this Section 2.7(b)), outstanding on the Closing Date or (B) less
than $4,655,973, Parent Americas shall reduce the Aggregate Merger Consideration by the amount of
such shortfall and the Per Share Merger Consideration shall be reduced pro rata by an amount equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) such shortfall amount by (y) the aggregate number of
shares of Company Common Stock (determined by adding (i) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock outstanding at the Effective Time, plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Stock issuable
upon exercise of outstanding Stock Options as of the Closing Date determined using the Treasury
Method, after giving effect to such decrease in the Per Share Merger Consideration contemplated by
this Section 2.7(b)), outstanding on the Closing Date. The Escrow Agent shall make a distribution
of any assets received pursuant to this Section 2.7 to all Effective Time Company Shareholders and
all holders of
Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section
2.6(d) of this Agreement based on their respective All-Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage.
(c) If the Estimated Average Deferred Revenue is greater than $16,831,692, the Aggregate
Merger Consideration will be reduced by the amount of such excess and the Per Share Merger
Consideration will be reduced by an amount equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) such
excess amount by (y) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock (determined by adding
(i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time, plus (ii) the
number of shares of Company Stock issuable upon exercise of
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outstanding Stock Options as of the
Closing Date determined using the Treasury Method, after giving effect to such decrease in the Per
Share Merger Consideration contemplated by this Section 2.7(c)), outstanding on the Closing Date.
(d) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Parent Americas shall cause to be prepared
and delivered to the Shareholder Representative (as defined in Section 3.1(a)), for and on behalf
of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options, (i) a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the close of business on each of
the Measurement Dates (the “Final Adjustment Balance Sheet”), prepared in accordance with
GAAP and in accordance with the Balance Sheet Rules and reviewed by Parent’s and Parent Americas’
accounting firm and (ii) a statement of the Deferred Revenue of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as of the close of business on each of the Measurement Dates (the “Final Deferred
Revenue Statement”), prepared in accordance with GAAP and in accordance with the Balance Sheet
Rules. The Proposed Adjustment Balance Sheet shall be accompanied by a statement (the “Final
Statement of Net Working Capital”) setting forth Parent’s and Parent Americas’ calculations of
the Net Working Capital of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the each of the
Measurement Dates and the sum of such Net Working Capital amounts divided by four (4) (the
“Final Average Net Working Capital”). The Proposed Deferred Revenue Statement shall
include Parent’s and Parent Americas’ calculation of the Deferred Revenue of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries as of the each of the Measurement Dates and the sum of such Deferred Revenue
amounts divided by four (4) (the “Final Average Deferred Revenue”).
(e) The Final Adjustment Balance Sheet, the Final Deferred Revenue Statement and the Final
Statement of Net Working Capital shall be subject to review by the Shareholder Representative,
which review shall be completed by the Notice of Disagreement Deadline (as defined below). If the
Shareholder Representative in good faith disagrees with the Final Adjustment Balance Sheet, the
Final Statement of Net Working Capital or the Final Deferred Revenue Statement, then the
Shareholder Representative shall notify Parent in writing (the “Notice of Disagreement”) of
such disagreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Final Adjustment Balance Sheet, the
Final Statement of Net Working Capital and the Final Deferred Revenue Statement to the Shareholder
Representative (the “Notice of Disagreement Deadline”). The Notice of Disagreement shall
set forth in reasonable detail the specific items and/or amounts that it disagrees with, and the
basis for the disagreement. Any failure to deliver a valid Notice of Disagreement on or prior to
the Notice of Disagreement Deadline shall constitute the Shareholder Representative’s approval of
(i) the Final Average Net Working Capital as set forth in either the Final Adjustment Balance Sheet
or the Final Statement of Net Working Capital and (ii) the Final Average Deferred Revenue, as set
forth in the Final Deferred Revenue Statement. The Notice of Disagreement shall not be subject to
any further amendment or revision after the Notice of
Disagreement Deadline. In addition, in the event that the Shareholder Representative delivers
a valid Notice of Disagreement pursuant to this Section 2.7(e), Parent and Parent Americas shall be
entitled, not later than ten (10) days following the receipt of the Notice of Disagreement, to
provide a statement setting forth the basis of Parent’s and Parent Americas’ disagreement with
either the items in dispute or the basis for such dispute set forth in the Notice of Disagreement
(the “Response Notice”). Thereafter, Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholder
Representative shall attempt in good faith to resolve and finally determine the Final Adjustment
Balance Sheet, the Final Average Net Working Capital, the Final Deferred Revenue Statement or the
Final Average Deferred Revenue, as the case may be. If Parent and Parent Americas, on the one
hand, and the Shareholder
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Representative, on the other hand, are unable to resolve the disagreement
within twenty (20) days after delivery of the Response Notice, then Parent Americas and the
Shareholder Representative shall select a mutually acceptable, nationally recognized independent
accounting firm (such accounting firm being hereinafter referred to as the “Independent
Accountant”) to resolve the disputed items and make a determination with respect thereto. Such
determination will be made, and written notice thereof given to Parent, Parent Americas and the
Shareholder Representative within thirty (30) days after such selection or as soon as such
Independent Accountant can practically make its determination. The determination by the
Independent Accountant shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties hereto. The scope
of such firm’s engagement (which shall not be an audit) shall be limited to the resolution of the
items contained in the Notice of Disagreement, the Response Notice (if any) and the recalculation,
if any, of the Final Adjustment Balance Sheet, the Final Average Net Working Capital, the Final
Deferred Revenue Statement or the Final Average Deferred Revenue, as applicable, in accordance with
GAAP and the Balance Sheet Rules in light of such resolution. The Independent Accountants shall
not consider any other submissions and may not receive or take any testimony (oral or otherwise) on
any such disagreements but may make such inquiries of the parties as it deems necessary. The fees,
costs and expenses of Parent Americas in connection with the preparation of the Final Adjustment
Balance Sheet, the Final Statement of Net Working Capital and the Final Deferred Revenue Statement
shall be borne by Parent Americas. The fees, costs and expenses of the Independent Accountant, if
any, selected in accordance with this Section 2.7(e) shall be shared equally by Parent Americas, on
the one hand, and the Shareholder Representative, for and on behalf of the Effective Time Company
Shareholders, on the other hand. The amount of any fees, costs and expenses of the Independent
Accountant for which the Company Shareholders are responsible may be paid to Parent Americas by
releasing such amount from the Escrow Funds; provided, however, that the right to
release any such amounts from the Escrow Funds shall be subordinated to any claim that Parent
Americas may have with respect to the Escrow Funds.
(f) If the Final Average Net Working Capital is (i) greater than the Estimated Average Net
Working Capital, the Aggregate Merger Consideration will be deemed increased by such excess and the
Per Share Merger Consideration will be increased by an amount equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) such excess amount by (y) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock
(determined by adding (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective
Time, plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding
Stock Options as of the Closing Date, determined using the Treasury Method, after giving effect to
such increase in the Per Share Merger Consideration contemplated by this Section 2.7(f)),
outstanding on the Closing Date and the Parent Americas shall pay the Shareholder Representative,
for and on behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options who
are entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(d) to be
distributed based on their respective All-
Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage in accordance with an updated Allocation Certificate delivered
by the Shareholder Representative, the amount of such excess, plus interest on such amount from the
Closing Date until the date of payment of such amount calculated at the Applicable Rate, in cash
within ten (10) days of the final determination of the Final Average Net Working Capital pursuant
to Section 2.7(e) or (ii) is less than the Estimated Average Net Working Capital, the Effective
Time Company Shareholders and holders of Stock Options shall pay Parent Americas the amount of such
shortfall, plus interest on such amount from the Closing Date until the date of payment of such
amount calculated at the Applicable Rate, by directing that amount to be released from the cash
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being held in escrow as contemplated under Section 2.8 hereof within ten (10) days of the
final determination of the Final Average Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.7(e).
(g) If the Final Average Deferred Revenue is greater than the Estimated Average Deferred
Revenue, the Aggregate Merger Consideration will be deemed decreased by such excess and the Per
Share Merger Consideration will be decreased by an amount equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) such excess amount by (y) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock
(determined by adding (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective
Time, plus (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding
Stock Options as of the Closing Date, determined using the Treasury Method, after giving effect to
such decrease in the Per Share Merger Consideration contemplated by this Section 2.7(g)),
outstanding on the Closing Date and the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of
Stock Options shall pay Parent Americas the amount of such excess, plus interest on such amount
from the Closing Date until the date of payment of such amount calculated at the Applicable Rate,
by directing that amount to be released from the cash being held in escrow as contemplated under
Section 2.8 hereof within ten (10) days of the final determination of the Final Average Deferred
Revenue pursuant to Section 2.7(e).
Section 2.8 Escrow. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, at the Closing:
(a) $8,400,000.00 of the Aggregate Merger Consideration (and, consequently, a pro rata portion
of the Per Share Merger Consideration allotted based upon Pro Rata Percentage) to be paid to the
Effective Time Company Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and Section 2.6(d) shall not be
distributed to such Effective Time Company Shareholders but shall instead be deposited by Parent
Americas with the Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent to satisfy certain
indemnification claims made by Parent Americas or Parent pursuant to Section 10.2(a) and Section
7.2 of this Agreement (the “Indemnity Escrow Fund”) for the time periods specified in the
escrow agreement to be entered into at Closing in substantially the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto (the “Cash Escrow Agreement”), and distributed in accordance with the terms
thereof. Each Effective Time Company Shareholder shall be deemed to be contributing its respective
Pro Rata Percentage of the Indemnity Escrow Fund as specified in the Allocation Certificate and,
for the avoidance of doubt, neither Parent Americas (as the owner of Excluded Shares) nor any
holder of Stock Options (other than the Board Optionholders) shall contribute any portion of the
Indemnity Escrow Fund;
(b) $3,100,000.00 of the Aggregate Merger Consideration (and, consequently, a pro rata portion
of the Per Share Merger Consideration) to be paid to the Effective Time Company Shareholders and
the holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 2.6(b) and Section 2.6(d) shall not be distributed to such Effective Time Company
Shareholders or holders of Stock Options but shall instead be deposited by Parent Americas with the
Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent solely for the payment of any shortfall
amounts by the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options entitled to
receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.7 of this Agreement (the
“Adjustment Escrow Fund”) for the time periods specified in the Cash Escrow Agreement, and
distributed in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Effective Time Company Shareholder and each
holder of a Stock Option entitled to receive the Per Share Merger
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Consideration shall be deemed to be contributing its respective All-Inclusive Pro Rata
Percentage of the Adjustment Escrow Fund as specified in the Allocation Certificate and, for the
avoidance of doubt, Parent Americas (as the owner of Excluded Shares) shall not contribute any
portion of the Adjustment Escrow Fund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 2.8(b), the difference between (x) $3,100,000 and (y) all amounts payable to Parent
Americas out of the Adjustment Escrow Funds pursuant to Sections 2.7(f) and/or 2.7(g) of this
Agreement shall be released to the Shareholder Representative to be distributed to the Effective
Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger
Consideration based on their respective All-Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage in accordance with the
Allocation Certificate, upon the final determination of the Final Average Net Working Capital
pursuant to Section 2.7(e); and
(c) $200,000 of the Aggregate Merger Consideration (and, consequently, a pro rata portion of
the Per Share Merger Consideration) to be paid to the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the
holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section
2.6(b) and Section 2.6(d) shall not be distributed to such Effective Time Company Shareholders or
holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration but shall instead
be deposited by Parent Americas with the Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent and
be available solely to pay the fees and expenses incurred or charged by the Shareholder
Representative in accordance with Article III of this Agreement (the “Expense Fund” and,
together with the Indemnity Escrow Fund and the Adjustment Escrow Fund, collectively, the
“Escrow Fund”) for the time periods specified in the Cash Escrow Agreement, and distributed
in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Effective Time Company Shareholder and each holder of a
Stock Option entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration shall be deemed to be
contributing its respective All-Inclusive Pro Rata Percentage of the Expense Fund as specified in
the Allocation Certificate and, for the avoidance of doubt, Parent Americas (as the owner of
Excluded Shares) shall not contribute any portion of the Expense Fund or have any rights or claims
with respect thereto.
Section 2.9 Payment for Company Common Stock and Stock Options.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent Americas shall make available to a bank or trust
company designated by Parent Americas and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Paying
Agent”) sufficient funds to make the payments pursuant to Section 2.6(b) hereof on a timely
basis to Effective Time Company Shareholders (other than holders of Excluded Shares) that are
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time minus the amount of the Escrow Funds
allocable to the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options pursuant to
Section 2.8 (such amounts being hereinafter referred to as the “Payment Fund”). The Paying
Agent shall make the payments provided for in the preceding sentence out of the Payment Fund. The
Payment Fund shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement. Parent
Americas shall pay all fees and expenses of the Paying Agent.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time but in no event later than 10
Business Days thereafter, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each
Effective Time Company Shareholder, as of the Effective Time, of an outstanding certificate or
certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common
Stock (the “Certificates”), a form of letter of transmittal (each a “Letter of
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Transmittal”) which shall, among other things, (A) specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of
the Certificates to the Paying Agent, (B) expressly appoint the Shareholder Representative in the
capacity set forth in this Agreement, and the Cash Escrow Agreement, (C) include an acknowledgment
by each Effective Time Company Shareholder that the indemnification provisions and procedures in
this Agreement and the Cash Escrow Agreement are binding on such Effective Time Company
Shareholder, (D) include a customary release of claims against Parent and Parent Americas, the
Company, the Shareholder Representative and the Surviving Corporation, including a release with
respect to the allocation of the Aggregate Merger Consideration among the Effective Time Company
Shareholders, (E) shall contain such other provisions as Parent Americas or the Shareholder
Representative may reasonably specify and (F) contain customary instructions for use in effecting
the surrender of the Certificate and receiving payment therefor. Following surrender to the Paying
Agent of a Certificate, together with such Letter of Transmittal duly executed and such other
documents as may be reasonably required by the Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall
promptly be paid in exchange therefor cash in an amount (subject to any applicable withholding tax
as specified in Section 2.12 hereof and subject to pro rata reduction for the Escrow Funds pursuant
to Section 2.8) equal to the product of the number of shares of Company Common Stock represented by
such Certificate multiplied by the Per Share Merger Consideration, and each such
Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. No interest shall be paid or accrued on the cash payable
upon the surrender of the Certificates. If payment is to be made to a Person other than the Person
in whose name the Certificate surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that
the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for
transfer and that the Person requesting such payment (A) pay any transfer or other taxes required
by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate
surrendered or (B) establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has
been paid or is not applicable. From and after the Effective Time and until surrendered in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.3(b), each Certificate (other than Certificates
representing Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all purposes solely the
right to receive, in accordance with the terms hereof, the Per Share Merger Consideration in cash
multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock evidenced by such
Certificate.
(c) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time but in no event later than 10
Business Days thereafter, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each
holder, as of the Effective Time, of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of this Agreement (other than Board Optionholders), a form
of letter of transmittal (each a “Stock Option Letter of Transmittal”) which shall, among
other things, (A) include a customary release of claims against Parent, Parent Americas, the
Shareholder Representative, the Company and the Surviving Corporation, (B) contain such other
provisions as Parent Americas may reasonably specify and (C) contain customary instructions for use
in effecting the cancellation of such Stock Options and the receipt of payment by the holders of
Stock Options who are entitled to receive payment therefor pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of this
Agreement. Following delivery to the Paying Agent of the Stock Option Letter of Transmittal and
such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Paying Agent, the holder of such Stock
Options, if entitled to receive payment for such Stock Options pursuant to Section 2.6(d), shall
promptly be paid in cash for such Stock Options as set forth in Section 2.6(d) (subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.7, any applicable withholding tax as specified in Section 2.12 and
a holdback for such holder’s Pro Rata Percentage or All-Inclusive Pro Rata
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Percentage, as applicable, of the Escrow Funds pursuant to Section 2.8.) From and after the
Effective Time, each Stock Option shall represent for all purposes solely the right to receive, the
payment (if any) set forth in Section 2.6(d) of this Agreement.
(d) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and,
if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable
amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will deliver in exchange for such
affidavit, the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration (less the pro rata amount of the Escrow
Funds) with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate.
(e) Any portion of the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration made available to the Paying
Agent to pay for shares of Company Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected
shall be returned to Parent Americas upon demand. Any portion of the Payment Fund (including the
proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former shareholders of the
Company for one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be repaid to Parent Americas. Any
Effective Time Company Shareholder or holders of Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective
Time who have not complied with Sections 2.9(b) and (c) and this Section 2.9(e) hereof prior to the
end of such one (1) year period shall thereafter look only to Parent Americas (subject to abandoned
property, escheat or other similar Law) but only as general creditors thereof for payment of their
claim for the Per Share Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon due surrender of
the Certificates held by them. Neither Parent, Parent Americas, the Shareholder Representative,
the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent, shall be liable to any Effective Time Company
Shareholders or holders of Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective Time for any monies
delivered from the Payment Fund or otherwise to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law.
Section 2.10 Adjustments. If during the period between the date of this Agreement and
the Effective Time, any change in the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall
occur, by reason of (x) any reclassification, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or
combination, exchange or readjustment of such shares of Company Common Stock, or (y) any stock
dividend thereon with a record date during such period, the Per Share Merger Consideration and
Option Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted; provided, however, that the
Aggregate Merger Consideration shall not be adjusted other than pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof.
Section 2.11 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock or Stock Options.
The Per Share Merger Consideration and Option Consideration delivered upon the surrender for
exchange of each share of Company Common Stock or Stock Options, respectively, in accordance with
the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining
to each such shares of Company Common Stock or Stock Options, as the case may be, and there shall
be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of shares of
Company Common Stock or Stock Options, as the case may be, which were outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
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Section 2.12 Withholding Rights. Each of the Surviving Corporation and Parent
Americas shall be entitled, or shall be entitled to cause the Paying Agent, to deduct and withhold
from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares
of Company Common Stock or Stock Options such amounts as may be required to be deducted and
withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law or under any other
applicable law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation, Parent
Americas or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the Effective Time Company Shareholder or the holder of Stock
Options, as the case may be, in respect to which such deduction and withholding was made by the
Surviving Corporation, Parent Americas or the Paying Agent, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE
Section 3.1 Shareholder Representative.
(a) Appointment of Shareholder Representative. Upon approval of the Merger by the
Company Shareholders, each of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and each holder of Stock
Options shall be deemed to have constituted and appointed, effective from and after the date of
such approval of the Merger, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xx. as agent and attorney-in-fact (the “Shareholder
Representative”) of such Effective Time Company Shareholders and holders of Stock Options to
act as the Shareholder Representative under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this
Section 3.1, the Cash Escrow Agreement. By its execution and delivery of the signature page
hereof, the Shareholder Representative hereby accepts the foregoing appointment, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 3.1. In the event of the resignation, removal, death or
incapacity of the Shareholder Representative, a successor shall thereafter be appointed by an
instrument in writing signed by the Effective Time Company Shareholders who immediately prior to
the Effective Time held a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the
“Majority Shareholders”), and such appointment shall become effective as to any such
successor when a copy of such instrument shall have been delivered to the Escrow Agent, Parent and
Parent Americas. The Shareholder Representative may be removed at any time by action of the
Majority Shareholders.
(b) Authority. The Shareholder Representative is hereby fully authorized by this
Section 3.1 to:
(i) receive all notices or other documents given or to be given to the Effective Time Company
Shareholders or the holders of Stock Options by Parent or Parent Americas pursuant to this
Agreement, the Cash Escrow Agreement or any other agreement or instrument arising hereunder or
thereunder;
(ii) receive and accept service of legal process in connection with any claim or other
proceeding against the Effective Time Company Shareholders, the holders of Stock Options or the
Company arising under this Agreement, the Cash Escrow Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument arising hereunder or thereunder;
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(iii) undertake, compromise, defend and settle any such suit or proceeding on behalf of the
Company or the Effective Time Company Shareholders as a group arising under this Agreement, the
Cash Escrow Agreement or any other agreement or instrument arising hereunder or thereunder;
(iv) execute and deliver all agreements, certificates and documents required or deemed
appropriate by the Shareholder Representative in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including executing and delivering the Cash Escrow Agreement on
behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options);
(v) negotiate and compromise any disputes with respect to the merger consideration adjustment;
and
(vi) take such other action as the Shareholder Representative may deem appropriate, including,
without limitation:
(A) agreeing to any modification or amendment of the Cash Escrow Agreement and executing and
delivering an agreement of such modification or amendment;
(B) taking any actions required or permitted under the Cash Escrow Agreement to protect or
enforce the Effective Time Company Shareholders’ and holders of Stock Options rights thereunder;
and
(C) all such other matters as the Shareholder Representative may deem necessary or appropriate
to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement and to carry out his duties hereunder, the
Cash Escrow Agreement, including the engagement of agents, consultants, attorneys and accountants;
provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, all fees and expenses associated with engagement
of any such agent, consultant, attorney or accountant shall be paid by the Shareholder
Representative and not by Parent or Parent Americas.
(c) Extent and Survival of Authority. The appointment of the Shareholder
Representative is an agency coupled with an interest and is irrevocable, and any action properly
taken by the Shareholder Representative pursuant to the authority granted in this Section 3.1 or
under the Cash Escrow Agreement shall be binding on each of the Effective Time Company Shareholders
and the holders of Stock Options, notwithstanding any contrary action of or direction from such
Effective Time Company Shareholders or holders of Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in this Agreement, as between Parent or Parent Americas on the one hand, and the
Shareholder Representative, the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock
Options, on the other hand, it is expressly agreed that the Shareholder Representative shall have
the full right and authority to act on behalf of and bind all of the Effective Time Company
Shareholders and all of the holders of Stock Options to the extent and as to the matters specified
herein, and Parent, Parent Americas and Escrow Agent shall be permitted to rely on any notice,
decision or other action taken by (or omitted by) the Shareholder Representative in connection with
this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing under this Section 3.1 and Parent, Parent Americas and Escrow Agent shall have
no liability whatsoever to any Effective Time Company Shareholder or any
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holder of a Stock Option in taking any action (or omitting to take any action) in reasonable
reliance on any notice, decision or other action taken or omitted by the Shareholder
Representative.
(d) Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement:
(i) The Shareholder Representative will have no liability to any Effective Time Company
Shareholder, holder of Stock Options or to any other Person (other than Parent) with respect to
actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Shareholder Representative, except that the foregoing
shall not relieve the Shareholder Representative of any liability to any Effective Time Company
Shareholder, holder of Stock Options or to any other Person with respect to any action which is
finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute bad faith or willful
misconduct on the part of the Representative and, in each case, subject to clause (ii) below.
(ii) In no event will the Shareholder Representative be responsible for any punitive,
consequential, incidental or special damages, including loss of revenue or income, diminution in
value, business interruption, cost of capital or loss of business reputation or opportunity
whatsoever arising out of this Agreement, even if the Shareholder Representative has been advised
of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing shall apply regardless of the negligence or
other fault of any party and regardless of whether such liability arises in contract, negligence,
tort, strict liability or any other theory of liability.
(iii) Each Effective Time Company Shareholder and each holder of a Stock Option hereby agrees
to jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Shareholder Representative, its
directors, officers and stockholders, and the Affiliates of any of such directors, officers and
stockholders (the “Shareholder Representative Parties”), from any Losses that a Shareholder
Representative Party may suffer or incur in connection with the performance of the Shareholder
Representative’s duties and obligations in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions,
except to the extent such actions are finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
constitute bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Shareholder Representative. The
Shareholder Representative may at its own cost and expense (to be funded from the Expense Fund),
consult with legal counsel in the event of disputes or questions as to the construction of any
provisions hereunder or any provisions of any of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party or
his or her duties hereunder or thereunder and shall have no liability and be fully protected if
acting in good faith on the advice of such counsel.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as specifically set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents
and warrants to each of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub that all of the statements contained
in this Article IV are true and complete as of the date of this Agreement (or, if made as of a
specified date, as of such date), and will be true and complete as of the Closing Date as though
made on the Closing Date. Each exception set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule and each
other response to this Agreement set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule is identified by
reference to, or has been grouped under a heading referring to, a specific individual Section of
this
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Agreement and, except as otherwise specifically stated by a cross-reference with respect to
such exception, relates only to such section.
Section 4.1 Organization; Qualification. The Company (i) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, (ii) has
full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted and to own the
properties and assets it now owns, and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have such power,
authority, and governmental approvals would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent Americas complete and
correct copies of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws or similar organizational documents
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as presently in effect.
Section 4.2 Capital Structure; Subsidiaries.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
22,500,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 11,356,792 shares of Company Common Stock were
outstanding. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any preemptive rights. As of the date of
this Agreement, there were outstanding no options, warrants or other rights to acquire Company
Common Stock other than Stock Options to acquire 2,917,450 shares of Company Common Stock. Section
4.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each holder of Company Common Stock, the number of
shares held and such Person’s address. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable
federal, state and foreign securities laws. No shares of Company Common Stock are held in treasury
or authorized or reserved for issuance (other than pursuant to Stock Options).
(b) As of the date of this Agreement, no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary having the right to vote on any matters on which shareholders may
vote, are issued or outstanding.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule by optionee,
exercise price and expiration date, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no securities,
options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind
to which the Company is a party, or by which it is bound, obligating the Company to issue, deliver
or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of Company Common Stock or
other voting securities of the Company or, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company, or obligating the Company to
issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment,
agreement, arrangement or undertaking. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding
obligations of the Company (A) to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company
Common Stock or any other voting securities of the Company, or (B) to make any equity investment in
any other Person.
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(d) Section 4.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of each Subsidiary of
the Company, its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and its authorized, issued and
outstanding capital stock. All the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other
securities (whether voting or otherwise) of each Subsidiary of the Company have been validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned as set forth on Section 4.2(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of any Liens. Each Subsidiary of the Company is wholly owned
by the Company and no other person owns any rights to purchase capital stock or other securities
(whether voting or otherwise) in any of the Company Subsidiaries. Except for the capital stock of
the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or
other securities (whether voting or otherwise) or other ownership interest in any corporation,
joint stock company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or
other entity.
(e) All outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are, and all shares of Company
Common Stock reserved for issuance as specified above will be, upon issuance on the terms and
conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any
purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any
similar right under any provision of the WBCL, the Company articles of incorporation or the Company
bylaws or any agreement to which the Company is a party or is otherwise bound. None of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been issued in violation of any federal or state
securities Laws. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company
Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and all such shares
are owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of all Liens. There are no
accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to any outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries.
(f) The Company has no class of securities of the Company or Company Subsidiaries registered
or required to be registered under the Exchange Act.
Section 4.3 Authorization; Validity of Agreement. The Company has full corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Employment Agreements and to
consummate the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the Transactions have been duly authorized by the Board of
Directors, and no other corporate action on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or, subject to the Company Shareholder
Approval (as defined in Section 4.33), the consummation by it of the Transactions. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due and valid authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by Parent, Parent Americas, and Merger Sub, this Agreement is a
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the availability of the remedy of specific performance or
injunctive or other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and would be
subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
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Section 4.4 Consents and Approvals; No Violations. Except for the filings, permits,
authorizations, consents and approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements
of the HSR Act, any required foreign antitrust approvals, the WBCL and state securities or blue sky
laws and the Company Shareholder Approval, none of the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by the Company, the consummation by the Company of any of the Transactions or compliance
by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or the continuation immediately after the Merger
of the operations of the Company in the Ordinary Course of Business will (i) conflict with or
result in any breach of any provision of the articles of incorporation, the bylaws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) require any filing with, or
Permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or other Person (including
consents from parties to loans, contracts, leases and other agreements to which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is a party), (iii) except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, require any consent, approval or notice under, or result in a violation or breach of, or
constitute (with or without due notice or the passage of time or both) a default (or give rise to
any right of termination, amendment, cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any contract, lease, agreement, arrangement or understanding to which
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or (iv) violate any Permit, order, writ,
injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, any Company Subsidiary
or any of their properties or assets, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv)
such violations, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Board of Directors (at a meeting or meetings duly called and held
prior to the date hereof) has by the unanimous vote of the directors present (who constitute one
hundred percent (100%) of the directors in office) (A) determined that the terms of the Merger are
advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the shareholders of the Company, (B) approved
and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and (C)
resolved to recommend the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company and directed that this Agreement
and the Merger be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for adoption and approval.
Section 4.5 Financial Statements.
(a) True and complete copies of the Financial Statements, together with the related auditor’s
reports, are included in the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Financial Statements have been
prepared from, are in accordance with and accurately reflect, the books and records of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries, fully comply with applicable accounting requirements, have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved (except as may be stated in the notes
thereto), are true and correct and fairly present the consolidated financial position and the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows (and changes in financial position, if any) of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the times and for the periods referred to therein
(subject, in the case of any unaudited statements, to normally recurring year-end audit adjustments
which are not material either individually or in the aggregate).
(b) The Company and each Company Subsidiary maintains accurate books and records reflecting
its assets and liabilities and maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization;
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(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements
of the Company and each Company Subsidiary in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability
for the assets of the Company and each Company Subsidiary; (iii) access to the assets of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization;
and (iv) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper
and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely
basis and the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(c) The Company and each Company Subsidiary (if applicable) has heretofore made available to
Parent and Parent Americas a true, complete and correct copy of any management letters received
from or any disclosure (or, if unwritten, a summary thereof) by any representative of the Company
or any such Company Subsidiary to the Company’s independent auditors relating to (i) any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which would adversely
affect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to record, process, summarize and
report financial data and any material weaknesses in internal controls and (ii) any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
internal control over financial reporting of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
Section 4.6 Books and Records. The books of account, minute books, stock record books
and other records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are complete and correct in all
material respects and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices, including
the maintenance of an adequate system of internal controls. The minute books of the Company
contain materially accurate and complete records of all convened meetings of, and corporate action
taken by, the shareholders of the Company, the Board of Directors and all committees of the Board
of Directors, and no meeting of any of such shareholders, the Board of Directors or such committees
has been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books.
True and complete copies of all minute books and all stock record books of the Company and each
Company Subsidiary have heretofore been delivered to Parent.
Section 4.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Except (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements and (ii) for liabilities and
obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any liability or obligation of any nature, whether or not
accrued, contingent or otherwise. The reserves reflected in the Financial Statements are adequate,
appropriate and reasonable and have been calculated in a consistent manner in accordance with GAAP.
(b) The Company is not a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint
venture, partnership agreement or any similar contract (including any contract relating to any
transaction, arrangement or relationship between or among the Company or any Company Subsidiaries,
on the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special
purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on the other hand) where the purpose or intended
effect of such arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving the Company
in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Section 4.8 Accounts Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company and each
Company Subsidiary (other than accounts receivable related to Parent, Parent Americas or any of
their respective Subsidiaries), whether reflected in the Balance Sheet or otherwise, represent
sales actually made in the Ordinary Course of Business and are current and collectible net of any
reserves shown on the Balance Sheet.
Section 4.9 Disputed Accounts Payable. There are no unpaid invoices or bills
representing amounts alleged to be owed by the Company or alleged to be owed by any Company
Subsidiary, or other alleged obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary has disputed or determined to dispute or refuse to pay, which are
not fully accrued on the Balance Sheet.
Section 4.10 Prepayment of Company Debt. No Indebtedness of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary contains any restriction upon (i) the prepayment of any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, or (iii) the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant any lien
on the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth the amount of principal and unpaid interest outstanding under each instrument
evidencing Indebtedness of the Company and any Company Subsidiaries, if any, that will accelerate
or become due or result in a right on the part of the holder of such Indebtedness (with or without
due notice or lapse of time) to require prepayment, redemption or repurchase as a result of the
execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions.
Section 4.11 Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has or could reasonably be expected to have suffered a Material
Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the business of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary has been conducted only in the Ordinary Course of Business. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has:
(a) suffered any material adverse change in its working capital, financial condition, results
of operation, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), reserves, business,
operations or prospects;
(b) incurred any liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) except
items incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, none of which exceeds, individually or in the
aggregate, $100,000 (counting obligations or liabilities arising from one transaction or a series
of similar transactions, and all periodic installments or payments under any lease or other
agreement providing for periodic installments or payments, as a single obligation or liability), or
increased, or experienced any change in any assumptions underlying or methods of calculating, any
bad debt, contingency or other reserves;
(c) paid, discharged or satisfied any claim, liability or obligation (whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the Ordinary
Course of Business of liabilities and obligations reflected or reserved against in the Balance
Sheet or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the Balance Sheet Date;
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(d) permitted or allowed any of its assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible)
to be subjected to any Encumbrance, except for liens for current taxes not yet due;
(e) cancelled any debts or waived any claims or rights of substantial value;
(f) sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of any of its assets (real, personal or mixed,
tangible or intangible), except for nonexclusive, end user licenses of Company Products in the
Ordinary Course of Business using the form of agreement previously made available to Parent;
(g) disposed of or permitted to lapse any rights to the use of any Intellectual Property, or
disposed of or disclosed to any Person other than representatives of Parent any trade secret,
formula, process, know-how or other Intellectual Property not theretofore a matter of public
knowledge;
(h) except for increases in the Ordinary Course of Business to persons who are not officers,
directors or Affiliates of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, granted any increase in the
compensation of officers or employees (whether in cash, stock or other equity and including any
such increase pursuant to any bonus, pension, profit sharing or other plan or commitment) or any
increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officer, director, Affiliate or
employee;
(i) made any single capital expenditure or commitment in excess of $50,000 for additions to
property, plant, equipment or intangible capital assets or made aggregate capital expenditures and
commitments in excess of $250,000 for additions to property, plant, equipment or intangible capital
assets;
(j) declared, paid or set aside for payment any dividend or other distribution in respect of
its capital stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any shares
of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(k) made any change in any method of accounting or accounting practice;
(l) experienced any financial, accounting, tax, conflict of interest, self-dealing, fraudulent
or deceptive conduct by its directors, officers, employees or customers or any other acts of
malfeasance; or
(m) agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any action described in this section.
Section 4.12 Title to Properties; Encumbrances.
(a) Personal Property. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all of its respective properties, interests in properties and assets, real and
personal, reflected as owned in the Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance
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Sheet Date (except properties, interests in properties and assets sold or otherwise disposed
of for fair value since the Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business), free and clear
of all Liens.
(b) Leased Real Property. Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains
a list of all real property leased currently by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (the
“Real Property Leases”). Except as set forth in Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each of the Real Property Leases is a valid and subsisting leasehold interest of the
Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, free of subtenancies and other occupancy
rights and Encumbrances and is a binding obligation of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the
case may be, enforceable against the Company or a Company Subsidiary, that is a party thereto and
against the lessor thereunder, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by and by general principles of equity relating to enforceability of leases (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and is in full force and effect. The
Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, is not in default under the Real Property
Leases and no circumstances or events exist which, with notice or the passage of time or both, is
reasonably likely to result in a default by the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder, and to the
Company’s Knowledge no other party to the Real Property Leases is in default and no circumstances
or events which, with notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default by such
party under such leases.
(c) Leased Personal Property. Section 4.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a list of all personal property leased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Except
as set forth in Section 4.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the leases relating to
leased personal property (the “Personal Property Leases”) is a valid and subsisting
leasehold interest of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, free of Encumbrances
and is a binding obligation of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, enforceable
against the Company or a Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and against the lessor
thereunder, in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect. The Company or a
Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, is not in default under the Personal Property Leases and no
circumstances or events exist which, with notice or the passage of time or both, is reasonably
likely to result in a default by the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder and to the Company’s
Knowledge no other party to the Personal Property Leases is in default and no circumstances or
events which, with notice or the passage of time or both, would constituted default by such party
under such leases.
(d) Owned Real Property. The Company owns no real property.
Section 4.13 Real Property.
(a) To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no defects in the plants, stores, buildings,
improvements and structures, fixtures or equipment located on or at the Leased Real Property which
would materially interfere with or impair the conduct of business in the manner present or
conducted by the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries immediately following the Closing.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has granted to any Person any right to
occupy, possess, or otherwise encumber or acquire any portion of the Leased
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Real Property other than as set forth in Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
The Company’s and each Company Subsidiary’s, as the case may be, interests with respect to the Real
Property Leases have not been assigned or pledged and are not subject to any Encumbrances. Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has vacated or abandoned any portion of the Leased Real
Property or given notice to any Third Party of its intent to do the same.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or obligated under any
option, right of first refusal or other contractual right to sell, dispose of or lease any of the
Leased Real Property or other personal property or any portion thereof or interest therein to any
Person other than pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notice of any
pending, threatened or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any of the Leased Real
Property or any part thereof or of any sale or other disposition of any of the Leased Real Property
or any part thereof in lieu of condemnation.
(e) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notices from any
Governmental Entity stating or alleging that any improvements located on the Leased Real Property
are not in compliance with Applicable Law or are being operated in violation of Applicable Law.
(f) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notices from any
Governmental Entity requiring or advising as to the need for any material repair, alteration,
restoration or improvement or any Environmental Claim in connection with the Leased Real Property.
(g) All of the Leased Real Property, and all components of all improvements included within
the Leased Real Property, including, without limitation, the roofs and structural elements thereof
and the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, sewer, waste
water, storm water, paving and parking equipment, systems and facilities included therein, are in
sufficient condition, working order and repair and do not require repair or replacement in order
for the conduct of the business therein in the Ordinary Course of Business by the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable. All water, gas, electrical, steam, compressed air, telecommunication,
sanitary and storm sewage lines and systems and other similar systems serving the Real Properties
are installed and operating and are sufficient to enable the Real Properties to continue to be used
and operated in the manner currently being used and operated.
(h) The Company’s and each Company Subsidiary’s use or occupancy of the Leased Real Property
complies with all Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, zoning, fire, safety and signage,
except for such non-compliance as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and no
notice of violation of any such Applicable Law has been received by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, as the case may be, or has been issued by any public or Governmental Entity with
respect to any Leased Real Property.
(i) No portion of or interest in any Leased Real Property is subject to any building or use
restrictions (public or otherwise) that could restrict or prevent the continuation of the
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present use and operation of such Leased Real Property and no condemnation or eminent domain
proceedings are pending or threatened with respect to any Leased Real Property.
(j) No Leased Real Property is dependent for its access, operation or utility on any land,
building or other improvement not part of the Leased Real Property, except pursuant to an easement
that is coterminous with the Company’s occupancy right. Each Leased Real Property has legal,
unobstructed access, both pedestrian and vehicular, to public rights of way. All utility systems
required in connection with use, occupancy and operation of the Leased Real Property are sufficient
for their present purposes, are fully operational and in working order, and are benefited by
customary utility easements providing for the continued use and maintenance of such systems.
(k) The Real Property Leases are in full force and effect; neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice that
any default, or condition which with the passage of time would constitute a default, exists under
the Real Property Leases, except such notices as to which the alleged defaults have been cured or
otherwise resolved.
(l) True, correct and complete copies of the Real Property Leases, including any estoppel
certificates, side letter, subordination or non-disturbance agreements relating thereto, have been
delivered to Parent prior to the date hereof and such Real Property Leases have not been amended or
modified since that date.
(m) Section 4.13(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists any property subject to a Real
Property Lease as to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, has a
non-disturbance agreement with the landlord’s lender.
(n) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has given any notice to any landlord under
any of the Real Property Leases indicating that it will not be exercising any extension or renewal
options under the Real Property Leases. All security deposits required under the Real Property
Leases have been paid to and, to the Knowledge of the Company, are being held by the applicable
landlord under the Real Property Leases.
(o) To the Company’s Knowledge, the lessor under each Real Property Lease has fully and
faithfully performed all of the terms, covenants and conditions on its part to be performed under
such Real Property Lease and the Company has not received any oral notice from any such lessor of
such lessor’s intention to exercise any option thereunder, the exercise of which could adversely
affect or terminate the Company’s use and occupancy of the Leased Real Property that is the subject
of the Real Property Lease.
(p) Section 4.13(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all of the assignments, sublease
or other occupancy, license or use agreements relating to any of the Leased Real Property. With
respect to those Real Property Leases that were assigned or subleased to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries by a third party, all necessary consents to such assignments or subleases have been
obtained and are in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any notice that any such third party’s acts or omissions has given rise to
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any breach of the underlying lease or sublease to which it is a party or any Liabilities for
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(q) No termination rights have been exercised by any landlords with respect to the Real
Property Leases.
(r) Section 4.13(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a summary of all
construction allowances payable under the Real Property Leases and the amounts thereof which, as of
the date hereof, have been drawn by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(s) Section 4.13(s) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all construction and
material alteration projects currently ongoing at the Leased Real Property and the expected total
costs thereof.
Section 4.14 Plant and Equipment. The facilities, structures and equipment owned or
used by the Company and each Company Subsidiary are structurally sound with no known defects and
are in good operating condition and repair (normal wear and tear excepted) and are adequate for the
uses to which they are being put. None of such facilities, structures or equipment are in need of
maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs which are not material
in nature or cost. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notification that
it is in violation of any applicable building, zoning, health or other law, ordinance or regulation
in respect of their operations.
Section 4.15 Environmental Matters.
(a) The Company and the Company Subsidiary do not acquire, store, use, manufacture, dispose
of, or transport any Material of Environmental Concern in the conduct of their businesses (other
than small quantities of office equipment chemicals and janitorial supplies). Each of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries is and has been in material compliance with all Environmental Laws.
Such compliance includes, but is not limited to, the possession by the Company and each of the
Company Subsidiaries of all Permits and other governmental authorizations required under all
applicable Environmental Laws, and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof. Each Permit
and other governmental authorization currently held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
pursuant to the Environmental Laws is specifically identified in Section 4.15(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any communication (written or
oral), whether from a Governmental Entity, private party, citizens group, employee or otherwise,
that alleges that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in material compliance with any
Environmental Laws or is subject to any Environmental Claim or other Liability pursuant to
Environmental Laws and there are no circumstances to the Company’s Knowledge that may prevent or
interfere with such full compliance in the future.
(c) There is no Environmental Claim by any Person that is pending or to the Company’s
Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or against any Person whose
liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any Company Subsidiary has retained or assumed
either contractually or by operation of law.
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(d) There are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or
incidents, including the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Materials of
Environmental Concern, that could form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the Company or
any Company Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Company, against any Person whose liability for
any Environmental Claim the Company or any Company Subsidiary has retained or assumed either
contractually or by operation of law.
(e) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) all on-site and off-site
locations where the Company or any Company Subsidiary has (previously or currently) stored,
treated, disposed or arranged for the disposal of Materials of Environmental Concern are
specifically identified in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) all underground storage tanks, and
the capacity and contents of such tanks, located on any property owned, leased, operated or
controlled by the Company or any Company Subsidiary are specifically identified in the Company
Disclosure Schedule, (iii) there is no friable asbestos or any Material Environmental Concern in a
concentration or state violating any Environmental Law or otherwise posing risk of injury to any
Person contained in or forming part of any building, building component, structure or office space
owned, leased, operated or controlled by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (iv) no PCBs or
PCB-containing items are used or stored at any property owned, leased, operated or controlled by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(f) The Company has provided to Parent and Parent Americas a copy of each assessment, report,
datum, result of investigations or audit, and other information that is in the possession of or
reasonably available to the Company or any Company Subsidiary regarding environmental matters
pertaining to or the environmental condition of the Company any Leased Real Property or any other
asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the compliance (or noncompliance) by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary with any Environmental Laws.
(g) None of the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any Environmental Laws
requiring (i) the performance of site assessment for Materials of Environmental Concern, (ii) the
giving of notice to, or receiving the approval of, any Governmental Entity, or (iii) the recording
or delivery to any other Person of any disclosure document or statement pertaining to environmental
matters by virtue of the Transactions or as a condition to the effectiveness of the Transactions.
Section 4.16 Material Contracts.
(a) Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of the following types
of contracts and other agreements (whether written or oral, express or implied) to which the
Company is a party or by or to which the Company, or its assets, properties or businesses is bound
or subject (collectively, the “Material Contracts”):
(i) contracts and other agreements with any current or former officer, director, employee,
representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate or Associate of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(ii) any contract with any employee (other than a nondisclosure and innovation assignment
agreement in the form provided to Parent and Parent Americas) or contracts and other agreements
with any labor union or association representing any employee;
(iii) contracts and other agreements for the purchase or sale of any of its tangible or
intangible assets or properties or for the grant to any Person of any preferential rights to
purchase any of its assets or properties;
(iv) joint venture, partnership and alliance agreements;
(v) any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements;
(vi) any VAR, OEM, distribution, re-seller, joint development or software consultant
agreements;
(vii) contracts (A) containing any so-called “most favored nation” provisions or any similar
provision requiring the Company or any Company Subsidiary to offer a Third Party terms or
concessions at least as favorable as offered to one or more other parties; or (B) containing any
so-called “change of control” provisions;
(viii) all agreements, leases, licenses and contracts that require a novation or consent, as
the case may be, in connection with the Merger so that the Surviving Corporation shall be made a
party in place of the Company or as an assignee;
(ix) professional services or master services agreements;
(x) any take or pay or requirements contracts or agreements or any other contracts or
agreements requiring the Company to pay regardless of whether products or services are received;
(xi) contracts and other agreements not cancelable without penalty by the Company on sixty
(60) or fewer days’ notice calling for an aggregate purchase price or payments to or from the
Company of a royalty, override or similar commission or fee, in any one year of more than $100,000
in any one case (or in the aggregate, in the case of any related series of contracts and other
agreements);
(xii) contracts and other agreements with clients, customers or any other Person for the
sharing of fees, the rebating of charges or purchase price or other similar arrangements;
(xiii) contracts and other agreements with vendors, including purchase agreements for all
inventory, rights to distribute Databases, services purchased to operate the Company’s ASP and
executed in connection with the Company’s Postal Automation Services Operations;
(xiv) contracts and other agreements containing covenants of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pertaining to the
right to compete or not compete in any line of business or similarly
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restricting its ability to conduct business with any Person or in any geographical area or
covenants of any other Person not to compete with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any
line of business or restricting its ability to conduct business or in any geographical area;
(xv) all Real Property Leases and Personal Property Leases;
(xvi) contracts and other agreements not cancelable without penalty by the Company on sixty
(60) or fewer days’ notice relating to the sale or marketing of any products sold, distributed or
marketed by the Company and involving an amount in excess of $100,000;
(xvii) contracts and other agreements relating to the borrowing of money, creation of liens,
or the guarantee of the payment of liabilities or performance of obligations to the Company by any
other Person;
(xviii) contracts and other agreements relating to data processing or the provision of other
services which are not cancelable without penalty in sixty (60) or fewer days’ notice;
(xix) contracts for the domestic and foreign development of Software;
(xx) contracts with Development Personnel referred to in Section 4.24;
(xxi) contracts that grant joint ownership rights to the Company and any other Third Party as
to any Intellectual Property;
(xxii) contracts that grant to any Person any current or executory rights in any source code
for Software;
(xxiii) any contract pursuant to which (A) the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any
obligation to indemnify the other party other than pursuant to the Company’s form of end user
license agreement as previously delivered to Parent and Parent Americas or (B) the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has any warranty obligation other than those set forth in the form of agreement
attached to Section 4.16(a)(xxiii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
(xxiv) any other contract and other agreement made outside the Ordinary Course of Business
relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and involving an amount in excess of $100,000;
and
(xxv) any Company IP Contract and Company Distribution Agreements.
True and complete copies of all of the written Material Contracts (and written summaries of
all oral Material Contracts) have been delivered to Parent and Parent Americas, and the terms of
all oral Material Contracts have been adequately described to Parent and Parent Americas.
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(b) Each Material Contract is in full force and effect, has not been modified or amended and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company,
as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of such agreement, except as may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity relating to enforceability (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity). To the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the other party or parties to such Material Contract. In the past twelve months,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has given or received a notice of breach or
default under (whether written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral) or had any dispute with
respect to any Material Contract which is pending and would be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract is valid and enforceable by the Company or a
Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, and immediately after the Effective Time will be valid and
enforceable by Parent, Parent Americas or the Surviving Corporation in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity relating to enforceability
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 4.17 Customers. Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005 of the top 50 revenue producing customers (the
“Key Customers”) and the top 10 business partner agreements (the “Key Agreements”)
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, including the amount of revenue received from such Key
Customers and through such Key Agreements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005. Since
January 1, 2005 there has been no actual or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
termination, cancellation or limitation of, or any modification or change in, the business
relationship of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries with any one or more of the Key
Customers or with respect to one or more of the Key Agreements. To the Knowledge of the Company,
there exists no present condition or state of facts or circumstances involving any Key Customer and
their relationships with the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or with respect to any Key
Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or prevent the conduct of its
business after the consummation of the Transactions in essentially the same manner in which such
business has heretofore been conducted.
Section 4.18 Insurance. Section 4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
(a) a true and complete list and description of all insurance policies, other insurance
arrangements and other contracts or arrangements for the transfer or sharing of insurance risks by
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (including policies providing property, liability and
worker’s compensation coverage and bond and surety arrangements) in force on the date hereof and in
effect for the prior five years, together with a statement of the aggregate amount of claims paid
out, and claims pending, under each such insurance policy or other arrangement through the date
hereof and setting forth (i) the name, address and telephone number of the insurance broker or
agent, (ii) the name of the insurance carrier, (iii) the name of the policyholder and the name of
each covered insured, (iv) the policy number, (v) the nature and dollar limits of the coverage
including an indication of whether the coverage is on a claims-made, occurrence or other basis
(including a description of how deductibles and ceilings are calculated and operate), and the
extent, if any, to
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which the limits of liability thereunder have been exhausted, (vi) the term of coverage
including the effective and scheduled expiration dates, and (vii) the premium rate and date through
which paid and (b) a description of such risks that the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, or the
respective Board of Directors or officers thereof, have designated as being self-insured. Complete
and correct copies of all such insurance policies and bonds have been provided to Parent and Parent
Americas. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have policies of general liability, worker’s
compensation, employer’s liability, automobile liability, employee crime liability, excess
liability (umbrella), health, directors and officers, E&O and employee fidelity insurance in
amounts that the Company reasonably believes are customarily carried by Persons conducting
businesses or owning assets similar to those of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. All such
policies are in full force and effect and the Company shall have full responsibility to maintain in
full force and effect without material modification all existing policies or binders of insurance
up to and including the Effective Date, all premiums due thereon have been paid by the Company or
the Company Subsidiaries, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are otherwise in compliance
in all material respects with the terms and provisions of such policies. Furthermore, (a) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of cancellation or non-renewal of
any such policy or arrangement nor is the termination of any such policies or arrangements
threatened, (b) there is no claim pending under any of such policies or arrangements as to which
coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or
arrangements, (c) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice from any
of its insurance carriers that any insurance premiums will be increased in the future or that any
insurance coverage presently provided for will not be available to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary in the future on substantially the same terms as now in effect and (d) none of such
policies or arrangements provides for any retrospective premium adjustment, experienced-based
liability or loss sharing arrangement affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary. There is no
claim pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, under any director and officer
insurance policy of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor has any claim been made under any
such policy.
Section 4.19 Casualties. Since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary has been affected in any way as a result of flood, fire, explosion or other
casualty (whether or not material and whether or not covered by insurance).
Section 4.20 Litigation. Except as set forth in Section 4.20 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there is (i) no action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation
(“Claim”) by or before any court or governmental or other regulatory or administrative
agency or commission pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (ii) which questions or challenges the validity of this
Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to
this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions; and to the Knowledge of the Company there is
no valid basis for any such action, proceeding or investigation. Neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary is subject to any judgment, order or decree which may have an adverse effect on
its business practices or on its ability to acquire any property or conduct its business in any
area.
Section 4.21 Compliance with Laws; Permits and Licenses.
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(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, and will continue to comply, within a
timely manner and in all material respects with all laws, rules and regulations, ordinances,
judgments, decrees, orders, writs and injunctions of all United States federal, state, local and
foreign governments and agencies thereof (collectively, “Laws”) that affect the business,
properties or assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have in effect, have obtained and will continue
to obtain and renew all Permits necessary to conduct its business as it is presently being
conducted in accordance with the ordinances, rules, requirements and regulations of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over its properties or activities, and there has occurred
no default under any such Permit.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, (i) the operations of the Company’s business does not
violate or fail to comply in any material respect with applicable health, fire, safety, zoning or
building codes, laws or ordinances, rules or regulations; (ii) neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received any notice not heretofore complied with or in the process of being complied
with, from any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over its properties or activities, or any
insurance or inspection body, that its operations or any of its properties, facilities, equipment
or business procedures or practices fail to comply in all material respects with any Applicable
Law, ordinance, regulation, building or zoning law, or requirement of any public authority or body;
and (iii) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened actions or
proceedings by any Governmental Entity alleging violations in any material respect of such codes,
laws or ordinances.
Section 4.22 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 4.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of
all Plans. Neither the Company, nor any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has any
commitment or formal plan, whether legally binding or not, to create any additional employee
benefit plan or modify or change any existing Plan that would affect any employee or former
employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (except as required to maintain compliance with
applicable law). Each Plan may be terminated at any time either by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary, as applicable, without penalty to the Company or such Company Subsidiary. No Plan is a
“multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (“Multiemployer
Plan”). No Plan is maintained outside of the United States or provided benefits to employees
located outside of the United States.
(b) The Company has heretofore delivered to Parent and Parent Americas a true and complete
copy of each Plan and any amendments thereto (or if a Plan is not a written Plan, a description
thereof), each agreement creating or modifying any related trust or other funding vehicle, any
reports or summaries required under ERISA or the Code, the most recent determination letter
received from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Plan intended to qualify under
Section 401 of the Code, the most recent summary plan description, summary of material modification
and any other material communication from the Company or any Company Subsidiary to its employees
regarding any Plan, any communication received in the last three years for any Plan from the IRS or
the PBGC and, for each applicable Plan, the three most recent (i) Forms 5500 and attached
schedules, (ii) audited financial statements and (iii) actuarial valuation reports.
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(c) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever sponsored or maintained or
contributed to or had any direct or indirect liability with respect to any Title IV Plan, any
Multiemployer Plan, any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code or any plan described in Section
413 of the Code.
(d) Neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary, any Plan, any trust created thereunder, nor
any trustee or administrator thereof, has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, any Plan, any such trust, or any trustee or administrator
thereof, or any party dealing with any Plan or any such trust could be subject to either a civil
penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section
4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(e) Each Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with
its terms and applicable law, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. With respect to
each Plan, all reports, returns, notices and other documentation that are required to have been
filed have been filed with or furnished to the IRS, the United States Department of Labor
(“DOL”), the PBGC, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental
authority, or to the participants or beneficiaries of such Plan have been filed or furnished in a
timely manner. No person who has performed services for the Company has been improperly excluded
from participation in any Plan. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company has no direct or indirect
liability, whether absolute or contingent, with respect to any misclassification of any person as
an independent contractor rather than as an employee, or with respect to any employee leased from
another employer.
(f) Each Plan intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is
so qualified, and the trusts maintained thereunder are exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of
the Code. Each trust forming part of a Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section
501(c)(9) has satisfied such requirements. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or
circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification or the
imposition of any material liability, penalty or tax under ERISA, the Code or any applicable laws,
rules or regulations.
(g) No Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or
not insured) for employees or former employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for periods
extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than (i) coverage mandated
by applicable law, (ii) death benefits under any “pension plan,” or (iii) benefits the full cost of
which is borne by the current or former employee (or his beneficiary).
(h) No amounts payable under the Plans, either individually or in the aggregate, will fail to
be deductible for federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 280G of the Code. No amounts
payable under any Plan are or will be included in the recipient’s income and subject to excise
taxes under Section 409A of the Code.
(i) Except as provided in Section 4.22(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation
of the Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any
current or former employee, director or officer of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to severance
pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment or benefit,
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except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or
vesting, or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due any such employee, director or
officer or (iii) result in the triggering or imposition of any restrictions or limitations on the
rights of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, to amend or terminate any Plan.
(j) Except as provided in Section 4.22(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and except for
routine claims for benefits, there are no pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge threatened or
anticipated claims, audits, proceedings, or liens by or on behalf of or against any Plan, by any
employee or beneficiary covered under any such Plan, by the IRS or DOL or otherwise involving any
such Plan.
(k) All liabilities or expenses of the Company and any Company Subsidiary in respect of any
Plan which have not been paid have been properly accrued on the Financial Statements. All
contributions (including all employer contributions and employee salary reduction contributions) or
premium payments required to have been made under the terms of any Plan, or in accordance with
applicable law have been timely made or reflected on the Financial Statements.
(l) None of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries or any organization to which any of them is
a successor or parent corporation, within the meaning of Section 4069(b) of ERISA, has engaged in
any transaction described in Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
Section 4.23 Tax Matters.
(a) (i) The Company, each Company Subsidiary, and each Company Group has timely filed or
caused to be timely filed, and with respect to Tax Returns due between the date of this Agreement
and the Closing Date, will timely file (taking into account any applicable extensions) all Tax
Returns required to be filed by the Code or by applicable state, local or foreign Tax laws and all
such Tax Returns are, or in the case of such Tax Returns not yet filed, will be, true, complete and
correct in all material respects with respect to the calculation of the Company’s and Company
Subsidiary’s Tax liability, (ii) all Taxes of the Company, each Company Subsidiary, and each
Company Group (whether or not reflected on any such Tax Returns) attributable to a Pre-Closing Tax
Period have been, or in the case of Taxes the due date for payment of which is between the date of
this Agreement and the Closing Date will be, timely paid in full.
(b) The March 31, 2006 Balance Sheet for the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (the
“March Balance Sheet”) reflects an adequate reserve for all Taxes payable by the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries for all taxable periods and portions thereof through the date of such
financial statements, and, in the case of Taxes owed as of the date hereof, an adequate reserve is
(and until the Closing Date will continue to be) reflected in the accruals for Taxes payable on the
March Balance Sheet, in addition to any accruals established to reflect timing differences and any
accruals reflected only in the notes thereto.
(c) There are no liens for Taxes with respect to any of the assets or properties of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than statutory liens for Taxes not yet due.
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(d) (i) No Tax Return of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company Group has ever
been examined by the Internal Revenue Service, (ii) no Tax Return of the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any Company Group is under audit or examination by any other Taxing Authority, (iii)
no notice of such an audit or examination has been received by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary and (iv) no claim has been made in writing by any Governmental Entity in any
jurisdiction where the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company
or any such Company Subsidiary may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(e) Each deficiency resulting from any audit or examination relating to Taxes by any Taxing
Authority has been timely paid. No issues relating to Taxes were raised by the relevant Taxing
Authority in any completed audit or examination that can reasonably be expected to recur in a later
taxable period. The relevant statute of limitations for assessment of taxes or for which the
Company could have any Losses is closed with respect to the Federal, foreign and material state and
local Tax Returns of the Company, each Company Subsidiary and each Company Group for all years
through 1998, and there are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending, or having the effect of
extending, the statutory period of limitation applicable to any Tax Returns required to be filed
with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary. None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary
or any Company Group has requested any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which
Tax Return has not yet been filed.
(f) None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company Group is a party to or is bound
by any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity obligation or similar agreement, arrangement or
practice with respect to Taxes (including, without limitation, any advance pricing agreement,
closing agreement or other agreement relating to Taxes with any Taxing Authority) or has any
liability for Taxes of any Person (other than members of the affiliated group, within the meaning
of Section 1504(a) of the Code, filing consolidated federal income tax returns of which the
Company is the common parent) under Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-6, Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-78
or similar provision of state, local or foreign law, as a transferee or successor, by contract, or
otherwise.
(g) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to include in a taxable
period ending after the Closing Date any taxable income attributable to income that accrued, but
was not recognized, in a Pre-Closing Tax Period, as a result of an adjustment under Section 481 of
the Code, the installment method of accounting, the long-term contract method of accounting, the
cash method of accounting, any comparable provision of state, local, or foreign Tax law, or for any
other reason, and no Governmental Entity has proposed in writing any such adjustment or change in
accounting method.
(h) (i) No consent under Section 341 of the Code has been made with respect to the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, or any property held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) no
property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is “tax exempt use property” within the meaning
of Section 168(h) of the Code, (iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to
any lease made pursuant to Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and (iv) none of
the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject to a lease under Section 7701(h) of
the Code or under any predecessor section thereof.
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(i) No power of attorney with respect to any Taxes has been executed or filed with any Taxing
Authority by or on behalf of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company Group.
(j) The Company and each of its Company Subsidiaries have complied in all respects with all
applicable laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes
pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 3121 and 3402 of the Code or any comparable provision of any
state, local or foreign laws) and have, within the time and in the manner prescribed by applicable
law, withheld from and paid over to the proper Taxing Authorities all amounts required to be so
withheld and paid over under such laws.
(k) The Company has delivered to Parent and Parent Americas for inspection (i) complete and
correct copies of all material Tax Returns of the Company, each Company Group and each Company
Subsidiary (but, in the case of any Company Group, only the portions of such Tax Returns relating
to the Company or any Company Subsidiary) relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the
applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired and (ii) complete and correct copies of all
private letter rulings, revenue agent reports, information document requests, notices of proposed
deficiencies, deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements, settlement agreements,
pending ruling requests, and any similar documents, submitted by, received by or agreed to by or on
behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or, to the extent related to the income, business,
assets, operations, activities or status of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, submitted by,
received by or agreed to by or on behalf of any Company Group, and relating to Taxes for all
taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired.
(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a party to any distribution
occurring during the last three (3) years that was treated by the parties as a tax-free
distribution under Section 355 of the Code.
(m) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any “listed transaction” as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.601l-4(b)(2).
(n) Section 4.23(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each state, county, local,
municipal or foreign jurisdiction in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary files, or is or
has been required to file, a Tax Return relating to state and local income, franchise, license,
excise, net worth, property or sales and use taxes or is or has been liable for any Taxes on a
“nexus” basis at any time for a taxable period for which the relevant statutes of limitation have
not expired.
(o) The Company is not a United States real property holding company within the meaning of
Section 897 of the Code.
(p) No Company Shareholder is a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the
Code.
(q) Section 4.23(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, to the best of the
Company’s Knowledge, and as otherwise qualified in Section 4.23(q) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the following information with respect to the Company and the Company
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Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005: (i) the basis of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary in their respective assets (including any intangible assets) and (ii) the amount, for
both state and federal income tax purposes, of any net operating losses, net capital losses, unused
investment, research and development, or other credits, unused foreign Tax, or excess charitable
contributions of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, and any limitations thereon.
(r) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has ever (i) made an election under Section
1362 of the Code to be treated as an S corporation for Federal Income Tax purposes, or (ii) made
any similar election under any comparable provision of any state, local or foreign tax law.
(s) The Company and each Company Subsidiary have properly and in a timely manner documented
their transfer pricing methodology in compliance with Section 482 (and any related sections) of the
Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and any comparable provisions of state,
local, domestic or foreign tax law.
(t) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any reporting position on a Tax
Return, which reporting position (i) if not sustained would be reasonably likely, absent
disclosure, to give rise to a penalty for substantial understatement of federal income Tax under
Section 6662 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax law), and (ii)
has not adequately been disclosed on such Tax Return in accordance with Section 6662(d)(2)(B) of
the Code (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax law).
(u) Any adjustment of Taxes of the Company or any of its subsidiaries made by the Internal
Revenue Service (the “IRS”), which adjustment is required to be reported to the appropriate state,
local, or foreign Governmental Entities, has been so reported.
(v) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has executed or entered into a closing
agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
law, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any private letter ruling of
the IRS or comparable ruling of any other Governmental Entity.
(w) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any tax sharing or other
agreement (whether with Third Parties or Affiliates) relating to indemnification or payments of
Taxes.
Section 4.24 Intellectual Property.
(a) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own, or otherwise have the right pursuant to a
valid written license, sublicense or other agreement to, the Company Intellectual Property, free
and clear of all Encumbrances, without payment to any Third Party except as set forth in Section
4.24(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and have the unrestricted right (subject only to any
such license terms as set forth in Section 4.24(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, if
applicable) to use, make, prepare derivative works from, publicly display, reproduce, have made,
sell, offer to sell, import, license, sublicense and otherwise exploit all the Company Intellectual
Property and refrain from undertaking any of the foregoing activities. The Company and its
Subsidiaries own, or otherwise have the right pursuant to a valid written license, sublicense or
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other agreement, to use all Documentation necessary to conduct the Company’s or any Company
Subsidiary’s business as presently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. At the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall have the right, without payment of any additional
consideration to any party, to own, make, use, sell, have made, rent, lease, lend, license,
enhance, modify, amend, copy and prepare derivative works and customizations thereof, refrain from
giving attribution to any author with respect to any work created by him/her, and to display
publicly and exhibit the Software and Documentation and the Trademarks and to otherwise exploit
fully the processes, products, software and services derived from any discoveries, concepts, ideas
and improvements to the Company Intellectual Property or to transfer the Company Intellectual
Property to Parent, Parent Americas or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on or through any
medium or means now known or hereafter developed. Section 4.24(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule identifies all Intellectual Property, Software, title or license to which has been
acquired by the Company from a third party.
(b) Section 4.24(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all registrations,
issuances, filings and applications for any Intellectual Property filed by the Company, the Company
Subsidiaries or any predecessors, specifying as to each item, as applicable: the nature of the
item, including the title; the owner of the item; the jurisdictions in which the item is issued or
registered or in which an application for issuance or registration has been filed; and the
issuance, registration, or application numbers and dates. All registrations with respect to the
Company Intellectual Property are in full force and effect, and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
all applications for registrations with respect to the Intellectual Property are proceeding without
any opposition.
(c) Section 4.24(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all material IP Licenses
under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a (i) licensee, or (ii) licensor, distributor,
or reseller. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have performed in all material respects all
obligations imposed on them pursuant to the IP Licenses. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries
have made all payments to date required under all material IP Licenses, and are not, nor to the
Knowledge of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is another party thereto, in breach of or
default thereunder in any respect, nor is there any event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute a default thereunder. All of the material IP Licenses are valid, enforceable, and
in full force and effect, and, with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, will
continue to be so on identical terms immediately following the completion of the Transactions.
The Transactions will not result in the termination of, or otherwise require the consent of any
party to, any material IP License.
(d) All of the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ rights in the Company Intellectual
Property are valid and enforceable, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
relating to enforceability (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable actions to maintain
and protect each item of the Company Intellectual Property (other than Patents) owned or purported
to be owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary; provided, however, that the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are under no obligation to have registered or applied for
registration on any Company Intellectual Property, other than the registrations or
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applications that have been filed prior to the date of this Agreement. The Company and the
Company Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy, confidentiality,
and value of their Trade Secrets, the value of which is contingent upon the maintenance of the
confidentiality thereof. None of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s Trade Secrets, the
value of which is contingent upon maintenance of confidentiality thereof, have been disclosed to
any employee, representative or agent of the Company, or any Company Subsidiary or any other Person
not obligated to maintain such material Trade Secret in confidence pursuant to a confidentiality
agreement entered into with the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary or under Company
policies provided to the Parent and Parent Americas, except as required by the applicable patent
office pursuant to the filing of a patent application by the Company or the applicable Company
Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the Company, no disclosure of any material Trade Secret by an
employee, consultant or other Person has been made in violation of the Company’s or any Company
Subsidiary’s written confidentiality policy or such Person’s confidentiality agreement.
(e) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is diligently prosecuting all Patent applications
it has filed and has timely filed all Copyright registrations. To the Knowledge of the Company,
all prior art material to the patentability of the claims in any issued or applied for Patents of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is cited in the respective issued Patents, applications or
associated file histories thereof, and there is no other material prior art with respect thereto.
The Products of the Company and each Company Subsidiary have been marked as required by the
relevant statutes related to Intellectual Property.
(f) Each present or past Employee, officer, consultant or any other Person (collectively, the
“Development Personnel”) who contributed in a material respect to the development of or had
access to any part of any Company or Company Subsidiary owned Product or any Intellectual Property
that is or will be made, had made, used, imported, or sold, offered for sale, licensed, sublicensed
or otherwise exploited by the Company or a Company Subsidiary has executed a valid and enforceable
agreement with the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary that (i) conveys any and all right,
title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property developed by such Person to the Company or
the applicable Company Subsidiary, (ii) requires such Person, during and after the term of
employment or contract, to cooperate with the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary in the
prosecution of any patent applications filed in connection with such Intellectual Property, (and
(iii) obligates such Person to keep any confidential information, including Trade Secrets, of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary confidential both during and after the term of employment or
contract. None of the Development Personnel has (i) excluded works or inventions made prior to his
employment with or work for the Company or applicable Company Subsidiary from his/her assignment of
inventions pursuant to such proprietary invention agreements with the Company; or (ii) made any
claim of ownership (including, without limitation, copyrights or patent rights) regarding the
Company Intellectual Property, nor to the Knowledge of the Company does any such Development
Personnel have colorable claim of right to such. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 4.24(f), with respect to any present or past employee of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary who individually or with others created a copyrighted work within the scope
of his or her employment, such copyrighted work is a “work made for hire,” as set forth in 17
U.S.C. §101. “Development Personnel” shall not include any Third Party licensors that have
licensed any Intellectual Property to the Company.
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(g) No former employer or client of any employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and
no current or former client of any consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to the
Knowledge of the Company, has made a Claim against such employee, consultant or any other Person,
that such employee or such consultant is utilizing or infringing upon Intellectual Property of such
former employer or client.
(h) It is not necessary for the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business to use any
Intellectual Property owned by any present or past director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary (or Persons the Company presently intends to hire).
(i) None of the Intellectual Property, conduct, activities, products or services owned, used,
developed, provided, sold, licensed, imported or otherwise exploited by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, infringes upon or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property rights of any Person.
To the Company’s actual knowledge, none of the Intellectual Property, products or services, used,
sold, made for, licensed, imported or otherwise exploited by the Company, which is owned by another
Person infringes upon or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property rights of any Person. To the
Company’s Knowledge, no Person is infringing upon or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property
rights of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(j) There have been, are no pending and, to the Knowledge of the Company, are no threatened,
Claims, and the Company knows of no basis for any Claim, (i) contesting the right of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary to use, copy, prepare derivative works, make, have made, sell, offer to
sell, import, license, sublicense or otherwise exploit any of the Company’s or any Company
Subsidiary’s products or services currently or previously made, had made, sold, offered for sale,
licensed, imported or made available to any person or used or otherwise exploited by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, or (ii) opposing or attempting to cancel any of the Company’s or any
Company Subsidiary’s rights in or to any Company Intellectual Property.
(k) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is party to or bound by any license or
other agreement requiring the payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any material
royalty or license payment, excluding such agreements relating to Off-the-Shelf Software.
(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is bound by any non-competition or similar
agreement.
(m) All Software sold or licensed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and all Third
Party computer programming delivered with or otherwise a part of any such Software, is set forth
and described on Section 4.24(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Such Software owned by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, and to the actual knowledge of the Company, such Software
licensed from Third Parties performs as warranted and in conformance with its concomitant standard
user and technical documentation and no Third Party consent is required in connection with the
Surviving Corporation’s use of such Software after the Effective Time, is free from any material
software defect, and does not contain any Self-Help Mechanism or Unauthorized Code. No claims have
been made with respect to the Software or Documentation
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under any insurance coverage held by the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, including, but
not limited to, errors and omissions insurance.
(n) (i) no Software of others (“Third Party Software”) is necessary or desirable in
order for the Company Software to perform in accordance with its standard documentation and (ii) no
Third Party Software is routinely provided to customers in conjunction with a licensing of the
Software, for installation or use in accordance with the Software’s standard documentation.
(o) No Intellectual Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of a third party or in
the public domain, that constitutes open source, public source or freeware Intellectual Property or
Software, or any modification or derivative thereof, including any version of any Software licensed
pursuant to any GNU general public license or limited general public license or other Software that
is licensed pursuant to a license that purports to require the distribution of or access to
software source code or purports to restrict a person’s ability to charge for distribution of or to
use software for commercial purposes (collectively “Open Source”), was used in, incorporated into,
integrated or bundled with any Intellectual Property or Product owned by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that is commercially distributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the
Knowledge of Company, no third party products bundled for commercial distribution with Intellectual
Property or product owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries contain Open Source. Section
4.24(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all Open Source that is included
in, or provided or distributed with any Intellectual Property or Product owned by Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and for each use of Open Source: (i) a description of the functionality of the
Open Source, (ii) the applicable license terms and (iii) the applicable Intellectual Property or
Product owned by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(p) All Software developed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been developed in the
United States.
(q) No copies of the source code for the Software have been provided to any Third Party. No
license or other rights to use Trademarks (or any variations thereof) have been granted to any
Third Party, except for rights to use the same granted to distributors, resellers, and sales agents
in connection with the normal licensing of the Software.
(r) The Company has provided to Parent and Parent Americas: (i) a record or copy of the
substance of all material complaints logged onto Company support systems and that have been sent to
the Company’s legal department or any officer of the Company from any customer regarding the
performance of the Software or the Documentation which have been received from January 1, 2001
through Closing, and (ii) the most current unresolved bug list and enhancement list for the
Software. Materiality, for the purposes of this Section 4.24(r), shall mean that the particular
program complained of does not materially conform to the applicable warrantee(s) provided by the
Company.
(s) Other than pursuant to this Agreement, the Company is not a party to any contract or
obligation whereby an absolute or contingent right to purchase, obtain or acquire any rights in any
of the Company’s Intellectual Property has been granted to any Person, except for non-exclusive,
end user customer licenses granted in the Ordinary Course of Business in the form set
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forth on Section 4.24(s) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except for rights of
distribution or resale granted pursuant to the contracts set forth on Section 4.24(s) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Company Distribution Agreements”).
(t) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, nor, as a result of the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, will be, in
violation of any agreement relating to any Company Intellectual Property.
(u) Excluding Software which the Company or any Company Subsidiary originally licensed from
Third Parties, the Company has retained title to all Software delivered to third parties in the
Ordinary Course of Business in delivery of professional services and in its Postal Automation
Services operations.
(v) Except for the licenses set forth in Section 4.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, after
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, the Parent and Parent Americas will own
and may transfer to any of its Subsidiaries all right, title, and interest in and to or have a
valid written license to use all Intellectual Property used by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary on identical terms and conditions as each of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
enjoyed immediately prior to such transactions.
(w) Neither this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
assignment to Parent and Parent Americas by operation of law or otherwise of any contracts or
agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, will result in: (i) Parent,
Parent Americas, any of their respective subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation granting to any
third party any right to or with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed to, any
of them, (ii) Parent, Parent Americas, any of their respective subsidiaries or the Surviving
Corporation, being bound by, or subject to, any non compete or other material restriction on the
operation or scope of their respective businesses, or (iii) Parent, Parent Americas, any of their
respective subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation being obligated to pay any royalties or other
material amounts, or offer any discounts, to any third party in excess of those payable by, or
required to be offered by, any of them, respectively, in the absence of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.25 Privacy.
(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has a privacy policy (each, a “Privacy
Policy”) regarding the collection and use of information from customers, web site visitors or
other parties, including, without limitation, the collection of non-public financial information
(“Customer Information”), true and complete copies of which have been provided to Parent
and Parent Americas. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has collected any Customer
Information in an unlawful manner or in violation of its Privacy Policy nor does it use any of the
Customer Information it receives in an unlawful manner or in a manner that in any way violates its
Privacy Policy or the privacy rights of its customers, web site visitors or other parties. The
Company and each Company Subsidiary has posted its Privacy Policy in a clear and conspicuous
location on its web site. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has commercially reasonable
security measures in place to protect the Customer Information it receives from illegal or
unauthorized access or use by its personnel or third parties or access or use by its
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personnel or third parties in a manner violative of the rights of privacy of its customers,
web site visitors or other parties. To the Company’s Knowledge, no Person has gained unauthorized
access to any Customer Information. The consummation of the contemplated Transactions and the
transfer of the Customer Information will not violate the Privacy Policy of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary as it currently exists or as it existed at any time during which any of the
Customer Information was collected or obtained.
(b) To the extent that either the Company or any Company Subsidiary has conducted or conducts
activities that are subject to the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999, as may be amended, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder (the “Gramm Xxxxx Act”), the Company and each Company
Subsidiary has implemented and maintained the appropriate safeguards for the Customer Information
as required by the Gramm Xxxxx Act. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has adopted a written
information security program designed to protect any non-public financial information and has
appropriate security controls in place.
Section 4.26 HIPAA Compliance. To the extent that and for so long as (i) either the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is a “covered entity” or “business associate” as defined in 45
C.F.R. § 160.103, (ii) either the Company, any Company Subsidiary and/or their respective business
or operations are subject to or covered by the HIPAA administrative requirements codified at 45
C.F.R. Parts 160 & 162 (the “Transactions Rule”) and/or the HIPAA security and privacy
requirements codified at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 & 164 (the “Privacy and Security Rules”),
and/or (iii) either the Company or any Company Subsidiary sponsors any “group health plans” as
defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, the Company and each such Company Subsidiary is, and shall continue
to be, “HIPAA Compliant”, as defined herein. For purposes of this Agreement, “HIPAA Compliant”
shall mean that such Person (1) is in material compliance with any and all of the applicable
requirements of HIPAA, including all material requirements of the Transactions Rule and the Privacy
and Security Rules and (2) is not subject to, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, could not
reasonably be expected to become subject to, any civil or criminal penalty or any investigation,
claim or process in connection with any violation by such Person of the then effective requirements
of HIPAA.
Section 4.27 Labor Matters.
(a) There is no labor strike, dispute, corporate campaign, slowdown, stoppage or lockout
actually pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company
or any Company Subsidiary and during the past five years there has not been any such action.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any collective
bargaining or similar agreement with any labor organization or work rules or practices agreed to
with any labor organization or employee association applicable to employees of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary.
(c) No labor union has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable
foreign governmental entity as bargaining agent for any of the employees of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary; no notice has been received from any labor union stating that it has been
designated as the bargaining agent for any of said employees; and no petition
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has been filed by any labor union requesting an election to determine whether or not it is the
exclusive bargaining agent for any of said employees.
(d) None of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is represented by any labor
organization and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no union organizing activities
among the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary within the past five years, nor does
any question concerning representation exist concerning such employees.
(e) No agreement which is binding on the Company or any Company Subsidiary restricts any of
them from relocating or closing any of their operations.
(f) A true and complete copy of each written personnel policy, rule and procedure applicable
to employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been delivered to Parent and Parent
Americas and is listed in Section 4.27(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(g) Each of the Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries is, and has at all times been, in
compliance, in all material respects, with all Applicable Laws respecting employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages, hours of work and occupational safety and
health, and is not engaged in any unfair labor practices, as defined in the National Labor
Relations Act or other Applicable Laws.
(h) There is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened before the National Labor
Relations Board or any similar state or foreign agency.
(i) There is no presently pending grievance arising out of any agreement or other grievance
procedure.
(j) To the Knowledge of the Company, no charge with respect to or relating to the Company or
any Company Subsidiary is pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other
agency responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices.
(k) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice of the intent of any
federal, state, local or foreign agency responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment laws
to conduct an investigation with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
and no such investigation is in progress.
(l) There are no complaints, lawsuits or other proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened in any forum by or on behalf of any present or former employee of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary, any applicant for employment or classes of the foregoing alleging breach
of any express or implied contract of employment, any laws governing employment or the termination
thereof or other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment
relationship.
(m) Since the enactment of the WARN Act, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has effectuated a “plant closing” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting
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any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of
employment or facility of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there has not occurred a
“mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been
affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number
to trigger application of any similar state, local or foreign Law or regulation and (iv) none of
the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s employees has suffered an “employment loss” (as defined
in the WARN Act) during the six-month period prior to the date hereof.
Section 4.28 Personnel. Section 4.28 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
true and complete list of (i) the names and current salaries of all directors and elected and
appointed officers of each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and the family
relationships, if any, among such persons; (ii) the wage rates for non-salaried and non-executive
salaried employees of each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries by classification; (iii) all
group insurance programs in effect for employees of each of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries; and (iv) the names and wage rates for each individual employed by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary as an independent contractor or in any other capacity in which such individual’s
wages are not reported on Form W-2. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer, key employee or
group of employees has any plans to terminate employment with the Company or any Company Subsidiary
as a result of the Transactions or otherwise.
Section 4.29 Warranties; Product Claims.
(a) The products developed by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and licensed to end
user customers and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the products developed by the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries and licensed for use by original equipment manufacturer customers or the
products licensed by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries but developed by Third Parties, to the
Knowledge of the Company, conform to design in all material respects, perform as warranted and in
conformance with its documentation and comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws.
(b) Section 4.29(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a summary of each product
manufactured by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries which failed to conform in all material
respects with its standard user and technical documentation, describing in each case the nature of
the problem giving rise to such failure.
Section 4.30 Potential Conflict of Interest. No officer or director of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary owns or holds, directly or indirectly, any interest in (excepting holdings
solely for passive investment purposes of securities of publicly held and traded entities
constituting less than 5% of the equity of any such entity), or is an officer, director, employee
or consultant of any Person that is, a competitor, lessor, lessee, customer or supplier of the
Company or which conducts a business similar to any business conducted by the Company. No officer
or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (a) owns or holds, directly or indirectly, in
whole or in part, any Company Intellectual Property, (b) has any material claim, charge, action or
cause of action against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for claims for reasonable
unreimbursed travel or entertainment expenses, accrued vacation pay or accrued benefits under any
employee benefit plan existing on the date hereof, (c) has made, on behalf of the Company or any
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Subsidiary, any material payment or commitment to pay any commission, fee or other amount to,
or to purchase or obtain or otherwise contract to purchase or obtain any goods or services from,
any other Person of which any officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, a relative of any of the foregoing) is a partner or shareholder
(except holdings solely for passive investment purposes of securities of publicly held and traded
entities constituting less than 5% of the equity of any such entity), (d) owes any money to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or (e) has any material interest in any property, real or
personal, tangible or intangible, used in or pertaining to the business of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary.
Section 4.31 Propriety of Past Payments.
(a) No unrecorded fund or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been established
for any purpose, (b) no accumulation or use of corporate funds of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has been made without being properly accounted for in the books and records of the
Company or such Subsidiary, (c) no payment has been made by or on behalf of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary with the understanding that any part of such payment is to be used for any
purpose other than that described in the documents supporting such payment and (d) none of the
Company, any Company Subsidiary, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or any other Person associated with or acting for or on behalf of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary has, directly or indirectly, made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless
of form, whether in money, property or services which is illegal or violative of Company policy,
(i) to obtain favorable treatment for any of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate
or Associate of the Company in securing business, (ii) to pay for favorable treatment for business
secured for any of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate or Associate of the
Company, (iii) to obtain special concessions, or for special concessions already obtained, for or
in respect of any of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate or Associate of the
Company, or (iv) otherwise for the benefit of any of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any
Affiliate or Associate of the Company in violation of any federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign, international, multinational or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance,
principle of common law, regulation, statute, or treaty (including existing site plan approvals,
zoning or subdivision regulations or urban redevelopment plans relating to Leased Real Property).
Neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor any current director, officer, agent, employee
or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has accepted or received
any contribution, payment, gift, kickback, expenditure or other item of value which is unlawful or
violative of Company policy.
Section 4.32 Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial
advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other
similar commission or fee in connection with any of the Transactions, except Updata Capital, Inc.
(“Updata”), whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Company in accordance with the
Company’s agreement with such firm, based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.
Section 4.33 Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the “Company
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Shareholder Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the
Company’s equity interests necessary to approve the Merger.
Section 4.34 Transaction Expenses. Section 4.34 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the Company’s good faith estimate of all fees and expenses that have been incurred by
the Company as of the date of this Agreement and which are reasonably expected to be incurred
through the Closing Date in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions. At the Closing,
the Company will provide Parent and Parent Americas with a revised Section 4.34 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule which will replace the existing Section 4.34 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. At the Closing, the Company shall represent and warrant to Parent, Parent Americas and
Merger Sub that the Company has not incurred nor is it obligated to pay any additional expenses or
fees related to this Agreement or the Transactions. The fees and expenses set forth on Section
4.34 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are referred to herein as the “Transaction
Expenses.”
Section 4.35 State Takeover Statutes. No takeover statute of any state, municipality
or other jurisdiction is applicable to the Merger or other Transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.36 Full Disclosure. The Company has not failed to disclose to Parent and
Parent Americas any facts material to the business, results of operations, assets, liabilities,
financial condition or prospects of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries. No representation or
warranty made by the Company in this Agreement and no statement contained in any certificate
delivered or furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof or in the Company Disclosure Schedules
contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state any
material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, in order to make
the statements herein or therein not misleading.
Section 4.37 Affiliate Transactions. No director or executive officer of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any holders of Company Common
Stock, members of the immediate family (including spouse, brother, sister, descendant, ancestor or
in law), Affiliates or Associates of the aforementioned is currently a party to any agreement,
contract, commitment or transaction with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or has any interest
in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, used in or necessary
to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Without limiting the foregoing, no
holder of Company Common Stock, director or executive officer of the Company (or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any of the relatives, Affiliates or Associates of the aforementioned) is a director
of any customer or supplier of the Company.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT, PARENT AMERICAS AND MERGER SUB
Except as specifically set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent, Parent Americas
and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company that all of the statements contained in this
Article V are true and complete as of the date of this Agreement (or, if made as of a specified
date, as of such date), and will be true and complete as of the Closing Date as though made on the
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Closing Date. Each exception set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule and each other
response to this Agreement set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule is identified by reference
to, or has been grouped under a heading referring to, a specific individual Section of this
Agreement and, except as otherwise specifically stated by a cross-reference with respect to such
exception, relates only to such section.
Section 5.1 Organization and Qualification.
(a) Parent is a
société anonyme duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of the
French Republic. Parent Americas is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Each of Parent and Parent Americas has full
corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted and to own, use and
lease its Assets and Properties. Each of Parent and Parent Americas is duly qualified, licensed or
admitted to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership, use,
licensing or leasing of its Assets and Properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes
such qualification, licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to be so duly
qualified, licensed or admitted and in good standing that could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Wisconsin. Merger Sub was formed for the purpose of engaging in the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party
and has conducted no other activities.
Section 5.2 Authority.
(a) Each of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) The execution and delivery by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of the Transaction
Agreements to which it is a party, the performance by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of its
respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by Parent, Parent Americas and
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action by the Board of Directors of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger
Sub, as well as Parent Americas as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and no other action on the
part of Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub is required to authorize the execution and delivery
by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party the
performance by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of its respective obligations hereunder and
thereunder and the consummation by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) This Agreement and the Cash Escrow Agreement have been duly and validly executed and
delivered by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery hereof and thereof by the Company and all other parties hereto and thereto, the
Transaction Agreements to which Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub are parties
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constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger
Sub, enforceable against each of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
Section 5.3 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by Parent, Parent Americas and
Merger Sub of the Transaction Agreements to which Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub are parties
do not, and the performance by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub of their obligations under
the Transaction Agreements to which Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub are parties and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not: (a) conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of Parent or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent Americas
or Merger Sub; (b) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Law or Order applicable
to Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub or any of their Assets or Properties; or (c) conflict with
or result in a violation or breach of any contract to which Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub
is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its Assets and Properties is subject,
excluding any violations or breaches that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.4 Necessary Approvals.
(a) No approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, Parent, Parent Americas or
Merger Sub from any governmental or regulatory authorities in connection with the consummation of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which Parent,
Parent Americas or Merger Sub are parties, except for (i) the filing of the Articles of Merger with
the Wisconsin Department in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) such Approvals as may be
required under the HSR Act and any antirust or competition laws of other jurisdictions that may be
applicable to the Merger or other transactions contemplated thereby (the “Foreign Antitrust
Filings”).
(b) No approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, Parent, Parent Americas or
Merger Sub from any Person other than governmental or regulatory authorities in connection with the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to
which Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub are parties.
Section 5.5 Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or
other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar
commission or fee in connection with any of the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.
Section 5.6 Financing Resources. Parent Americas has sufficient funds available to satisfy
the obligation to pay the Aggregate Merger Consideration and all expenses incurred by Parent,
Parent Americas or Merger Sub in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.1 Interim Operations of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees as to
itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, except (i)
as expressly provided in this Agreement, (ii) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(iii) upon the prior written consent of Parent and Parent Americas or (iv) as may be required by
law:
(a) the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the same
manner as heretofore conducted and only in the Ordinary Course of Business (except for commercially
reasonable actions required by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 6.1(a)), and each of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall use its best efforts consistent with prudent business
practices to preserve the business organization of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries intact,
keep available the services of the current officers and employees of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries and maintain the existing relations with franchisees, customers, suppliers, creditors,
business partners and others having business dealings with the Company or the Company Subsidiaries,
to preserve the goodwill and ongoing business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall institute any new methods of software development,
purchase, sale, licensing, lease, management, product fulfillment, accounting or operation or
engage in any transaction or activity other than changes in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall: (i) amend its articles of
incorporation or by laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) issue, sell, transfer, pledge,
dispose of or encumber any shares of any class or series of its capital stock, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any
kind to acquire, any shares of any class or series of its capital stock, other than shares of
common stock reserved for issuance on the date hereof pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options
outstanding on the date hereof; (iii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution
payable in cash, stock or property with respect to any shares of any class or series of its capital
stock; (iv) split, combine or reclassify any shares of any class or series of its stock; or (v)
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of any class or series of
its capital stock, or any instrument or security which consists of or includes a right to acquire
such shares;
(c) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall organize any new Subsidiary or
acquire any capital stock or other equity securities, or equity or ownership interest in the
business, of any other Person;
(d) other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary shall (i) enter into any agreement that would be defined as a Material Contract, Real
Property Leases or Personal Property Leases or (ii) modify, amend or terminate any of its Material
Contracts, Real Property Leases or Personal Property Leases or waive, release or assign any
material rights or claims;
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(e) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries shall: (i) incur or assume any
long term debt, or except in the Ordinary Course of Business, incur or assume short term
Indebtedness exceeding $25,000 in the aggregate from the date hereof until the Closing; (ii) pay,
repay, discharge, purchase, repurchase or satisfy any Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by the terms thereof; (iii) modify the terms
of any Indebtedness or other liability; (iv) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable
or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other
Person, except as described in the Company Disclosure Schedule as being in the Ordinary Course of
Business and consistent with past practice; (v) make any loans, advances or capital contributions
to, or investments in, any other Person, other than expense advances to employees of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business; (vi) enter into any material commitment
or transaction (including any capital expenditure or purchase, sale or lease of assets or real
estate) outside the Ordinary Course of Business; (vii) write down the value of any inventory or
write off as uncollectible any notes or accounts receivable other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business; or (viii) dispose of or permit to lapse any rights to any Intellectual Property;
(f) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall lease, license, mortgage, pledge or
encumber any assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business or transfer, sell or dispose of
any assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business nor sublease or assign all or any portion
of Real Property Lease or Personal Property Lease;
(g) except as necessary to maintain compliance with Applicable Law, neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary shall make any change in the compensation payable or to become payable to
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or consultants (other than normal recurring
increases in the Ordinary Course of Business of wages payable to employees who are not officers or
directors or Affiliates of the Company and other increases consistent with past practices) or to
Persons providing management services, or enter into or amend any employment, severance,
consulting, termination or other agreement with, or employee benefit plan for, or make any loan or
advance to, any of its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents or consultants (except
for the advancement of expenses in the Ordinary Course of Business) or make any change in its
existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of any of such Persons pursuant to an
employee benefit plan or otherwise;
(h) except as necessary to maintain compliance with Applicable Law, neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary shall (i) pay or make any accrual or arrangement for payment of any pension,
retirement allowance or other employee benefit pursuant to any existing plan, agreement or
arrangement to any officer, director, employee or Affiliate or pay or agree to pay or make any
accrual or arrangement for payment to any officer, director, employee or Affiliate of any amount
relating to unused vacation days, except to the extent the Company or a Company Subsidiary is
unconditionally obligated to do so on the date hereof, (ii) adopt or pay, grant, issue, accelerate
or accrue salary or other payments or benefits pursuant to any pension, profit-sharing, bonus,
extra compensation, incentive, deferred compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock
appreciation right, group insurance, severance pay, retirement or other employee benefit plan,
agreement or arrangement, or any employment or consulting agreement with or for the benefit of any
director, officer, employee, agent or consultant, whether past or present, except to the extent the
Company or a Company Subsidiary is unconditionally obligated to do so on the date hereof, or
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(iii) amend in any respect any such existing plan, agreement or arrangement in a manner
inconsistent with the foregoing;
(i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall permit any insurance policy naming it
as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to be cancelled or terminated without notice to Parent,
except policies providing coverage for losses not in excess of $100,000 which are replaced without
diminution of or gaps in coverage;
(j) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries shall enter into any contract or
transaction relating to the purchase of assets other than the purchase of capital equipment for an
aggregate of $50,000;
(k) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall pay, repurchase, discharge or satisfy
any of its claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted,
contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the Ordinary Course
of Business, of claims, liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in, or
contemplated by, the Financial Statements or incurred since the Balance Sheet date in the Ordinary
Course of Business;
(l) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries shall adopt a plan of complete or
partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other
reorganization of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(m) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall make or change any election relating
to Taxes, file any amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement relating to Taxes, settle
or consent to any claim or assessment relating to Taxes, consent to any waiver of the statute of
limitations for any such claim or assessment, or otherwise change any other position relating to
Taxes in each case to the extent such action could have a detrimental effect on the Company or any
Company Subsidiary;
(n) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries shall take, or agree to or commit
to take, any action that would or is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the
Closing set forth in Article VIII not being satisfied, or would make any representation or warranty
of the Company contained herein inaccurate in any material respect at, or as of any time prior to,
the Closing Date, or that would materially impair the ability of the Company, Parent, Parent
Americas or Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement;
(o) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will execute or enter into a closing
agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
law, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be subject to any private letter
ruling of the IRS or comparable ruling of any other Governmental Entity;
(p) the Company and each Company Subsidiary shall take commercially reasonable actions to
protect and maintain the Company Intellectual Property, including without limitation, prosecuting
all pending applications for Patents or registration of Trademarks and Copyrights used in the
Company’s business and maintaining, to the extent permitted by law, each Patent or registration
owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
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(q) the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, shall notify Parent, Parent Americas
or Merger Sub promptly (i) if it knows, or has reason to know, that any material Company
Intellectual Property may become registered, or in the application process with the PTO (as defined
herein) abandoned or dedicated to the public domain, (ii) it has received notice of any adverse
determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the
“PTO”) or the U.S. Copyright Office (the “Copyright Office”) or equivalent office
in any foreign jurisdiction, any court or tribunal in the United States or any political
sub-division thereof, or any court or tribunal in any foreign jurisdiction), other than non-final
determinations of the PTO or the Copyright Office, regarding its ownership of any Intellectual
Property or its right to register the same or to keep, maintain and use the same;
(r) the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, shall promptly notify Parent, Parent
Americas or Merger Sub of any material infringement of any Company Intellectual Property of which
it becomes aware and consult with Parent and Parent Americas regarding the actions to take to
protect such Intellectual Property;
(s) except in the Ordinary Course of Business, neither the Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries shall shorten or lengthen the customary payment or collection cycles for any of its
payables or receivables, and will follow reasonable policies regarding payment of its payables and
collection of its receivables (whereby neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall enter
into any factoring or similar arrangements or offer any discounts, kickbacks, promotional free
services or other incentives that encourage customers to make payments more promptly than would
otherwise be the case);
(t) take any action not otherwise permitted hereunder (including by Section 6.5) that would or
would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or delay its ability to consummate the
Transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(u) take any action that would make any of its representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement untrue or incorrect or prevent it from performing or cause it not to perform its
covenants hereunder, in each case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.2(a) or 8.2(b)
would not be satisfied; or
(v) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement,
contract, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing, or authorize, recommend, propose or
announce an intention to do, any of the foregoing.
Section 6.2 Access; Confidentiality.
(a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company shall, subject to
Applicable Law (i) afford Parent and Parent Americas and its authorized representatives full and
complete access to the Company’s employees and customers and during normal working hours to all
books, records, offices and other facilities of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, (ii)
permit Parent and Parent Americas to make such inspections and to make copies of such books and
records as they may reasonably require, and (iii) furnish Parent and Parent Americas with such
financial and operating data and other information as Parent and Parent
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Americas may from time to time reasonably request. Parent and Parent Americas and their
authorized representatives shall conduct all such inspections in a manner that will minimize
disruptions to the business and operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(b) Parent and Parent Americas and their authorized representatives (including its designated
engineers or consultants) may at Parent America’s expense at any time enter into and upon all or
any portion of the Company’s properties (including all Leased Real Property) in order to
investigate and assess, as Parent and Parent Americas deem necessary or appropriate in their sole
and absolute discretion, the environmental condition of such properties or the business conducted
thereat. The Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to, cooperate with Parent and
Parent Americas and their authorized representatives in conducting such investigation, shall allow
Parent and Parent Americas and their authorized representatives full access to their properties and
businesses, together with full permission to conduct such investigation, and shall provide to
Parent and Parent Americas and their authorized representatives all plans, soil or surface or
ground water tests or reports, any environmental investigation results, reports or assessments
previously or contemporaneously conducted or prepared by or on behalf of, or in the possession of
or reasonably available to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their engineers,
consultants or agents and all other information relating to environmental matters in respect of
their properties and businesses.
Section 6.3 Efforts and Actions to Cause Closing to Occur.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, Parent, Parent Americas and the Company shall use their respective reasonable commercial
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done and cooperate
with each other in order to do, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable (subject to
any Applicable Laws) to consummate the Transactions as promptly as practicable including, but not
limited to, the preparation and filing of all forms, registrations and notices required to be filed
to consummate the Transactions and the taking of such actions as are necessary to obtain any
requisite approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, licenses, Permits, qualifications,
exemptions or waivers by any Third Party or Governmental Entity. In addition, except as required
by Applicable Law, no party hereto shall take any action after the date hereof that could
reasonably be expected to materially delay the obtaining of, or result in not obtaining, any
permission, approval or consent from any Governmental Entity or other Person required to be
obtained prior to Closing.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, each party shall promptly consult with the other parties
hereto with respect to, provide any necessary information with respect to, and provide the other
parties (or their respective counsel) with copies of, all filings made by such party with any
Governmental Entity or any other information supplied by such party to a Governmental Entity in
connection with this Agreement and the Transactions (other than any portion of such filing (or any
exhibit thereto) which contains confidential information). Each party hereto shall promptly inform
the other parties of any written communication received by such party from any Governmental Entity
regarding any of the Transactions. If any party hereto or Affiliate thereof receives a request for
additional information or documentary material from any such Governmental Entity with respect to
any of the Transactions, then such party shall endeavor in good faith to make, or cause to be made,
as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other parties, an appropriate
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response in compliance with such request. To the extent that transfers, amendments or
modifications of Permits (including environmental Permits) are required as a result of the
execution of this Agreement or consummation of any of the Transactions, the Company shall use its
best efforts to effect such transfers, amendments or modifications.
(c) In addition to and without limiting the agreements of the parties contained above, the
Company, Parent and Parent Americas shall:
(i) take promptly all actions reasonably necessary to make the filings required of them or any
of their Affiliates under the HSR Act;
(ii) comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for additional information or
documentary material received by the Company or Parent and Parent Americas or any of their
Affiliates from the FTC or the DOJ pursuant to the HSR Act or from any state Attorney General or
other Governmental Entity in connection with antitrust matters;
(iii) cooperate with each other in connection with any filing under the HSR Act and in
connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry concerning the Transactions commenced
by the FTC, DOJ, any state Attorney General or any other Governmental Entity;
(iv) use all commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be
asserted with respect to the Transactions under any antitrust law; and
(v) advise the other parties promptly of any material communication received by such party
from the FTC, DOJ, any state Attorney General or any other Governmental Entity regarding any of the
Transactions, and of any understandings, undertakings or agreements (oral or written) such party
proposes to make or enter into with the FTC, DOJ, any state Attorney General or any other
Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions.
Concurrently with the filing of notifications under the HSR Act or as soon thereafter as
practicable, the Company and Parent and Parent Americas shall each request early termination of the
HSR Act waiting period.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other covenant herein contained, in connection with
the receipt of any necessary approvals under the HSR Act, neither the Company nor any of the
Company Subsidiaries shall be entitled or required to divest or hold separate or otherwise take or
commit to take any action that limits Parent’s and Parent Americas’ freedom of action with respect
to, or its ability to retain, the Company’s assets, without Parent’s and Parent Americas’ prior
written consent.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other covenant herein contained, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent and Parent Americas or the Company (i) to divest or
hold separate any assets or agree to limit its future activities, method or place of doing
business, (ii) to commence any litigation against any entity in order to facilitate the
consummation of any of the Transactions, (iii) to defend against any litigation brought by any
Governmental Entity seeking to prevent the consummation of, or impose limitations on, any of the
Transactions or (iv) agree to any conditions relating to, or changes or restriction in, the
operations of any such asset or
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businesses which, in either case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Parent and Parent Americas or a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or to materially
and adversely impact the economic or business benefits to such party of the Transactions.
Section 6.4 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent and Parent Americas, and Parent and Parent
Americas shall give prompt notice to the Company, upon any director or officer of the Company or
Parent and Parent Americas (as applicable) becoming aware of (i) any governmental complaints,
investigations or hearings (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated), or the
institution or the threat of material litigation involving such party or any of its Subsidiaries,
and will keep the other party fully informed of such events and (ii) the occurrence, or failure to
occur, of any event, that would be reasonably likely to cause any of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII not to be satisfied.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, nothing in this Section 6.4
shall require the Company or Parent and Parent Americas to disclose any information that, in its
sole and absolute discretion, (i) it is not legally permitted to disclose or the disclosure of
which would contravene any Applicable Law or binding order (including any Antitrust Law), (ii) the
disclosure of which would jeopardize any attorney client or other legal privilege, or (iii) the
disclosure of which would conflict with, violate or cause a default under any existing agreement to
which it is a party.
(c) No information received pursuant to an investigation made under Section 6.2 shall be
deemed to (i) qualify, modify, amend or otherwise affect any representations, warranties, covenants
or other agreements of the parties set forth in this Agreement or any certificate or other
instrument delivered to other party in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby, (ii)
amend or otherwise supplement the information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or the
Parent Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, (iii) limit or restrict the remedies available to the
parties under Applicable Law arising out of a breach of this Agreement, or (iv) limit or restrict
the ability of either party to invoke or rely on the conditions to the obligations of the parties
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in Article VIII hereof.
(d) Each of Parent, Parent Americas and the Company shall (and shall cause its directors,
officers, employees, auditors, agents and other representatives to) hold in confidence all non
public information acquired from the other party or the other party’s representatives as a result
of any investigation made under Section 6.2 or otherwise under this Agreement in accordance with
the terms of the nondisclosure agreement, dated as of December 15, 2005, between Parent and the
Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”).
(e) The Company shall deliver to Parent and Parent Americas copies of (i) all audit reports,
letter rulings, technical advice memoranda and similar documents issued by a Governmental Entity
relating to the United States federal, state, local or foreign Taxes due from or with respect to
the Company or any Company Subsidiary and (ii) any closing agreements entered into by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary with any taxing authority, which come into the possession of the Company
after the date hereof.
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Section 6.5 No Solicitation.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any Company Subsidiary, or any
officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
(including, without limitation, any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney or accountant
retained by the Company or any Company Subsidiary), to, directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit,
or encourage (including by way of furnishing information or assistance), or take any other action
to facilitate, any inquiries, any expression of interest, or the making of any proposal that
constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, or enter into or
maintain or continue discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or furnish,
disclose or afford access to any person or entity any information or to the properties, books or
records of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the purposes of encouraging or facilitating
any Acquisition Proposal or agree to or endorse any Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Company may, to the extent failure to do so would
reasonably be expected to result in a breach of the fiduciary obligations of the Company Board
under Applicable Law, as determined in good faith by the Company Board (acting by a majority of the
entire board) after consultation with its independent financial advisor and based upon the opinion
of outside counsel, in response to a Superior Proposal that did not result from a breach by the
Company of this Section 6.5, and subject to compliance with Section 6.5(c), (x) furnish information
with respect to the Company to the person making such Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives
pursuant to a confidentiality or standstill agreement not more favorable to such other party than
the Confidentiality Agreement and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with such person
and its Representatives regarding any Acquisition Proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Company agrees that any breach of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.5 by any Company
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any Representative of the Company shall be deemed to be a
breach by the Company of this Section 6.5.
(b) Unless the Company terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.1(b)(ii)
simultaneously with the execution of a definitive agreement for a Superior Proposal, neither the
Company nor the Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw or modify, or
propose to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent and Parent Americas, the approval or
recommendation by such Board of Directors or such committee of this Agreement, (ii) approve or
recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) authorize the
Company to enter into any agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal.
(c) In addition to the obligations of the Company set forth elsewhere in this Section 6.5, the
Company shall immediately (and no later than 48 hours) advise Parent and Parent Americas orally
(with such oral advice to be promptly confirmed in writing) of any request for information or of
any inquiry with respect to an Acquisition Proposal and the material terms and conditions of such
request, inquiry or Acquisition Proposal. The Company will promptly keep Parent and Parent
Americas informed of the status and details (including amendments or changes or proposed amendments
or changes) of any such request, inquiry or Acquisition Proposal.
(d) The Company shall, and shall direct its representatives to, cease immediately and cause to
be terminated all solicitation, activity, discussions and negotiations that commenced prior to the
date of this Agreement with any Persons (other than Parent and Parent
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Americas or any of their affiliates or associates) regarding any proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected
to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal.
(e) The Company shall promptly request in writing that each Person that has heretofore
executed a confidentiality agreement at any time on or after January 1, 2002 in connection with its
consideration of acquiring the Company (other than Parent and Parent Americas or any of their
Affiliates) or any portion thereof return to the Company all materials containing confidential
information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company, or present the
Company with reasonable evidence that those materials have been destroyed (to the extent
destruction of such materials is permitted by such confidentiality agreement) and the Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such materials returned or destroyed (to the extent
destruction of such materials is required by such confidentiality agreement).
Section 6.6 Employee Matters.
(a) Following the Effective Time, Parent Americas shall cause service performed by current
employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (“Company Employees”) for the Company
and its Subsidiaries (and any predecessor entities) to be taken into account for purposes of
eligibility and vesting, and for purposes of determining severance, vacation and other paid time
off entitlements, under the benefit plans of Parent Americas and its Subsidiaries in which Company
Employees participate to the extent such service was credited by the Company and Company
Subsidiaries under similar Plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.6(a)
shall be construed to require crediting of service that would result in (i) duplication of
benefits, (ii) service credit for benefit accruals under a defined benefit pension plan or for
employer contributions under a defined contribution pension plan, or (iii) service credit under a
newly established plan for which prior service is not taken into account.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent Americas shall (i) cause to be waived any
pre-existing condition limitations under welfare benefit plans, policies or practices of Parent
Americas or its Subsidiaries in which Company Employees participate, to the extent that any such
pre-existing condition limitation was not preventing a Company Employee from participating in a
similar Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) cause to be credited any deductibles
and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such employees and their beneficiaries and dependents during
the portion of the calendar year prior to participation in the benefit plans provided by Parent
Americas and its Subsidiaries, to the extent that any such deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses
had been credited under a similar Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors shall adopt resolutions (i)
terminating the Firstlogic, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) effective prior to the
Effective Date, and (ii) approving amendments to the 401(k) Plan that prohibit any distribution
from the 401(k) Plan (other than a distribution made to a participant in accordance with the terms
of the 401(k) Plan following his or her termination of employment prior to receipt by the Company
of a written determination from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the termination of
each such plan does not adversely affect its prior tax-qualified status). The Company agrees to
provide Parent and Parent Americas and their respective counsel with copies of the Board of
Directors resolutions effecting the amendment and termination of the 401(k) Plan, prior to their
adoption or execution.
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Section 6.7 Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance.
(a) All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time now existing in favor of the current or former
directors or officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries as provided in their respective articles
of organization or bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) and any indemnification
agreements of the Company (as each is in effect on the date hereof), the existence of which does
not constitute a breach of this Agreement, shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation in the
Merger, without further action, as of the Effective Time and shall survive the Merger and shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, and Parent Americas shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to honor all such rights for a period of not less than six years after
the Effective Time.
(b) In the event that the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, or otherwise dissolves the Surviving
Corporation, then, and in each such case, Parent Americas shall cause proper provision to be made
so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation assume the obligations set forth in
this Section 6.7.
The Surviving Corporation shall, at its option, either (i) maintain for a period of not less
than six years after the Effective Time, the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance covering acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time (“D&O
Insurance”) with respect to those persons who are currently covered by the Company’s D&O
Insurance on terms with respect to such coverage and amount no less favorable than those of such
policy in effect on the date hereof or (ii) cause to be provided coverage no less favorable to such
directors or officers, as the case may be, than the D&O Insurance, in each case so long as the
annual premium therefor would not be in excess of 250% of the last annual premium paid for the D&O
Insurance prior to the date of this Agreement (such 250% amount, the “Maximum Premium”).
If the existing or substituted D&O Insurance expires, is terminated or canceled during such
six-year period, the Surviving Corporation will obtain as much directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance as can be obtained for the remainder of such period for an annualized premium not in
excess of the Maximum Premium. At the option of Parent Americas, Parent Americas may assume the
obligations of the Surviving Corporation set forth in Sections 6.7(a) and (b), and thereafter
neither Parent Americas nor Surviving Corporation shall have any further obligations pursuant to
this Section 6.7(b) for so long as Parent Americas satisfies the obligations of the Surviving
Corporation.
(c) The provisions of this Section 6.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be
enforceable by, each indemnified party, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and
are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or
contribution that any such person may have by contract or otherwise.
Section 6.8 Litigation. The Company shall give Parent and Parent Americas the
opportunity to participate at its expense in the defense of any litigation against the Company or
any Company Subsidiary and/or their respective directors relating to the Transactions.
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Section 6.9 Termination of Agreements. The Company shall cause all provisions of all
purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, registration rights agreements, investors’ rights
agreements, co-sale agreements, rights of first refusal and similar agreements between any
shareholder of the Company and the Company to terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
consummation of the Merger. A list of all of such agreements is set forth on Section 6.9 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 6.10 Resignation of Directors and Officers. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company shall cause each member of its Board of Directors and each officer to execute and deliver a
letter effectuating his or her resignation as a director of such Board or an officer of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Section 6.11 General Cooperation. From the date hereof through the Closing, the
Company will use its good faith efforts to operate the Business in such a manner as to achieve a
smooth transition consistent with the mutual business interests of the Company, Parent and Parent
Americas. In this regard, the Company, Parent and Parent Americas agree that they will enter into
good faith discussions concerning the Business, including, but not limited to, personnel policies
and procedures, and other operational matters relating to the Company’s business.
Section 6.12 Certain Tax Matters. During the period from the date of this Agreement
to the Closing Date, the Company and each Company Subsidiary shall:
(a) prepare, in the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with past practice (except as
otherwise required by law), and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed by it (or them) on
or before the Closing Date (taking into account any extensions) (“Post Signing Returns”);
(b) consult with Parent and Parent Americas with respect to all Post-Signing Returns and
deliver drafts of such Post-Signing Returns to Parent and Parent Americas no later than ten (10)
business days prior to the date (including extensions) on which such Post-Signing Returns are
required to be filed;
(c) fully and timely pay all Taxes due and payable in respect of such Post Signing Returns
that are so filed;
(d) properly reserve (and reflect such reserve in its books and records and financial
statements), in accordance with past practice and in the Ordinary Course of Business, for all Taxes
payable by it (or them) for which no Post Signing Return is due prior to the Closing Date;
(e) promptly notify Parent and Parent Americas of any federal, state, local or foreign income
or franchise and any other suit, claim, action, investigation, proceeding or audit (collectively,
“Actions”) pending against or with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in respect of
any Tax matter, including (without limitation) Tax liabilities and refund claims, and not settle or
compromise any such Tax matter or Action without Parent’s and Parent Americas’ consent, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld;
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(f) not make or revoke any election with regard to Taxes or file any amended Tax Returns
without the consent of Parent and Parent Americas, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, or
unless required by Applicable Law; and
(g) not make any change in any Tax or accounting methods or systems of internal accounting
controls (including procedures with respect to the payment of accounts payable and collection of
accounts receivable), except as may be appropriate to conform to or comply with changes in Tax laws
or regulatory accounting requirements or GAAP.
Section 6.13 Shareholder Meeting.
(a) The Company shall, as promptly as practicable, take all steps necessary to duly call, give
notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its shareholders for the purpose of voting on (i)
the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and the Transactions, and (ii) the
appointment of the Shareholder Representative under this Agreement and the Cash Escrow Agreement
(the ‘Company Shareholder Proposal”) on or prior to thirty (30) days from the date hereof
(the “Company Shareholder Meeting”). The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
necessary approvals of the Company Shareholder Proposal described above to be submitted by it in
connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions as promptly as practicable.
The Company shall prepare appropriate solicitation materials for the Company Shareholder Meeting
(the “Information Statement”) pursuant to Section 6.13(c) hereof. The Company shall cause
all such materials to comply with all requirements of Applicable Law.
(b) If applicable, the Company shall also submit to the Company Shareholders for approval at
the Company Shareholder Meeting, by such number of shares of Company Capital Stock as is required
by the terms of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code, any payments and/or benefits that may separately
or in the aggregate, constitute “parachute payments,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of
the Code (“Section 280G Payments”) (which initial determination shall be made by the
Company and shall be subject to review and approval by Parent and Parent Americas), such that such
Section 280G Payments shall not be deemed to be Section 280G Payments, and prior to the Closing,
the Company shall deliver to Parent and Parent Americas certification that (i) a Company shareholder vote was solicited in conformance with
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code and the requisite shareholder approval was obtained with
respect to any Section 280G Payments that were subject to the Company shareholder vote or (ii) the
Company shareholder approval of Section 280G Payments was not obtained and as a consequence, any
such payments and/or benefits will not be made or provided to the extent they would cause any
amounts to constitute Section 280G Payments, pursuant to the waivers of those payments and/or
benefits duly executed by the affected individuals prior to the Company Shareholder Meeting.
(c) Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto, the Company shall prepare and distribute to all shareholders of the Company the Information
Statement, subject to the review of the Parent and Parent Americas. With respect to the
information given to Company shareholders pursuant to this section, the Company shall include in
the Information Statement information sufficient to obtain the approval of the Company Shareholder
Proposal and the Section 280G Payments, if applicable, from the shareholders of the Company. The
Information Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto shall
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contain the unanimous
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that the Company’s shareholders approve the
Company Shareholder Proposal and 280G Payments, if applicable, and the conclusion of the Board of
Directors that the terms and conditions of the Merger are advisable, and are fair and reasonable
to, and in the best interests of, the shareholders of the Company.
(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause Company Shareholders
holding at least ninety-seven percent (97%) of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock
(computed on an as-converted, as exercised Company Common Stock equivalent basis) to vote in favor
of the Company Shareholder Proposal.
(e) Parent and Parent Americas Review and Approval.
(i) Any materials to be submitted to the Company Shareholders in connection with the
solicitation of their approval of the Merger and this Agreement, including any amendments or
supplements to the Information Statement (the “Soliciting Materials”), shall be subject to
review and approval by Parent and Parent Americas and shall include the unanimous recommendation of
the Board of Directors of the Company in favor of the Company Shareholder Proposal and, if
applicable, the Section 280G Payments, notwithstanding, the Company shall not include in the
Soliciting Materials any information with respect to Parent and Parent Americas or their Affiliates
or Associates, unless the form and content of which shall have been consented to in writing by
Parent and Parent Americas prior to such inclusion. The Company will promptly advise Parent and
Parent Americas in writing if at any time prior to the Closing the Company shall obtain knowledge
of any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the Soliciting
Materials in order to make statements contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading
or to comply with applicable law. Parent and Parent Americas will promptly advise the Company in
writing if at any time prior to the Closing Parent and Parent Americas shall obtain knowledge of
any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the information
regarding Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub provided in writing by Parent, Parent Americas or
Merger Sub to the Company for the express purpose of including in any documents mailed, delivered
or otherwise furnished to stockholders by the Company in connection with the
solicitation of their consent to this Agreement and the Merger in order to make statements
contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable Law.
(ii) The Board of Directors of the Company shall not alter, modify, change or revoke its
unanimous approval of the Company Shareholder Proposal and, if applicable, the Section 280G
Payments, and its unanimous recommendation to the Company Shareholders to vote in favor of Company
Shareholder Proposal and, if applicable, the 280G Payments.
Section 6.14 Public Announcements. Parent, Parent Americas and the Company shall consult
with each other before issuing any press release or making any public statement with respect to
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not issue any such press release
or make any such public statement without the prior written consent of the other party, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, however, that a
party may, without the prior consent of the other party, issue such press release or make such
public statement as may upon consultation with outside counsel be required by Applicable Law or the
rules and regulations of the Nasdaq if it has used all reasonable best efforts to consult with the
other party
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prior thereto regarding the timing, scope and content of any such press release or
public statement, and provided, further, no such consultation shall be required to make any
disclosure or otherwise take any action expressly permitted by Section 6.3.
Section 6.15 Financial Statements and Consents of Accountants. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause its management and its independent auditors to facilitate on a timely
basis (i) the preparation of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements if
required) as required by Parent to comply with applicable SEC regulations, (ii) the reasonable
review of any Company audit or review work papers for up to the past three (3) years, including the
examination of selected financial statements and data and (iii) the delivery of such
representations from the Company’s independent accountants as may be reasonably requested by Parent
of its independent auditors in connection with the preparation of the any filings the Parent is
required to make with the SEC. Parent and the Company will each use all reasonable efforts to
cause to be delivered to each other consents and certificates from their respective independent
auditors, in form reasonably satisfactory to the recipient and customary in scope and substance for
consents delivered by independent public accountants in connection with any filings the Parent is
required to make with the SEC.
ARTICLE VII
TAX MATTERS
Section 7.1 Tax Return Filings. Parent and Parent Americas shall, or shall cause the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries to, timely prepare and file with the relevant Taxing
Authorities all Returns of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries the due date for filing of
which, determined taking into account extensions, is after the Closing Date. Any such return for a
straddle or pre-closing period shall be provided to the Shareholder Representative at least 45 days prior to the due date (or
such shorter period as can be reasonably provided) and shall not be filed without the Shareholder
Representative’s prior consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however, that failure to respond within 30 days shall be deemed consent. The Company
Shareholders shall, or shall cause the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to, timely prepare and
file with the relevant Taxing Authorities all Returns for any taxable periods of the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries the due date for filing of which, determined taking into account
extensions, is on or before the Closing Date; provided that the Shareholder Representative
shall furnish Parent and Parent Americas with a copy of such Tax Returns at least 45 days before
such Tax Returns are due, and no such Tax Returns shall be filed with any Taxing Authority without
Parent’s and Parent Americas’ written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however, that failure to respond within 30 days shall be deemed consent. Any Tax Returns described
in the preceding sentence shall be prepared on a basis consistent with Applicable Law and the past
practices of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and in a manner that does not distort taxable
income (e.g., by deferring income or accelerating deductions). The Shareholder
Representative shall cause Parent and Parent Americas to be reimbursed (in accordance with Section
7.2(c)) for any amount owed by the Effective Time Company Shareholders pursuant to Section 7.2(c)
with respect to the taxable periods covered by such Tax Returns. All Tax Returns for a taxable
period including the Closing Date shall be filed on the basis that the relevant taxable period
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ended as of the close of business on the Closing Date, unless the relevant Taxing Authority will
not accept such a Tax Return.
Section 7.2 Tax Indemnification.
(a) Company Shareholder Indemnification. From and after the Closing, each Effective
Time Company Shareholder shall, severally and not jointly based on their respective Pro Rata
Percentages, be liable for, and the Effective Time Company Shareholders, severally and not jointly
based upon their respective Pro Rata Percentages, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent
and Parent Americas, its Affiliates (including the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents and representatives (the
“Parent Indemnitees”) against and hold them harmless on an after-Tax basis from any and all
liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees for counsel, accountants and other outside
consultants) suffered or incurred arising out of (i) Taxes of the Company, each Company Group and
each Company Subsidiary with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period (including “Straddle Period
Taxes,” as defined in Section 7.2(b)(iii) below), (ii) Taxes (as a result of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6(a) or otherwise) of any person which is or has ever been affiliated with the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or with whom the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
otherwise joins, has ever joined, or is or has ever been required to join, in filing any
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return prior to the Closing Date, (iii) all liability for
Taxes of the Effective Time Company Shareholders arising (directly or indirectly) as a result of
the sale of the Shares or the other transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) any breach of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 4.23, (v) any breach of a covenant or agreement
contained in Sections 6.1(m), 6.1(o), 6.1(t) (to the extent Section 6.1(t) relates to either 6.1(m)
or 6.1(o)) and 6.12, provided, that for purposes of this Section 7.2(a)(v) and 7.2(a)(iv)
only, any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement shall be determined without reference to any
qualifier as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” with respect thereto; (vi) Taxes or
other payments required to be paid by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any party under any
Tax sharing agreement (whether written or not) or by reason of being a successor-in-interest or
transferee of another entity; and (vii) all liability for reasonable legal fees and expenses
attributable to any item in the foregoing clauses; provided, however, that any
indemnification for Taxes under this Section 7.2(a) or Section 10.2(i) shall be reduced by the
amount of the accrual for Taxes properly reflected in the Company’s books and records in accordance
with GAAP as of December 31, 2005, to the extent not previously taken into account in reducing any
other indemnity payment under this Section 7.2(a) or Section 10.2(i).
(b) Straddle Periods. In the case of any taxable period that includes (but does not
end on) the Closing Date (a “Straddle Period”):
(i) real, personal and intangible property Taxes (“Property Taxes”) of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries for the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall equal the Property Taxes for such
Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the Straddle
Period that are in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the denominator of which is the number of days in
the Straddle Period taking into account any change in the base on which the Taxes are computed; and
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(ii) the Taxes of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (other than Property Taxes) for the
Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be computed as if the Tax year or period ended on the Closing Date;
provided, that any extraordinary transaction, including any election under Section 338 of
the Code occurring after the Closing shall be deemed to occur the date after the Closing Date.
(iii) “Straddle Period Taxes” shall mean Taxes for a Straddle Period.
(c) Any indemnity payment to be made under this Section 7.2 shall be paid within ten (10) days
after the indemnified party makes written demand upon the indemnifying party, but in no case
earlier than 5 business days prior to the date on which the relevant Taxes are required to be paid
to the relevant Taxing Authority (including as estimated Tax payments).
(d) All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Article VII shall be paid promptly in
immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account designated by the indemnified party.
(e) Any payments required pursuant to this Article VII that are not made within the time
period specified in this Article VII shall bear interest at a rate and in the manner provided in
the Code for interest on underpayments of federal income tax.
Section 7.3 Cooperation. The Shareholder Representative, the Company, Parent and
Parent Americas shall reasonably cooperate, and shall cause their respective Affiliates, officers,
employees, agents, auditors and representatives reasonably to cooperate, in preparing and filing
all Tax Returns and claims for refunds, including maintaining and making available to each other all records
necessary in connection with Taxes, and in resolving all disputes and audits with respect to all
taxable periods relating to Taxes, including all Tax Claims (as defined below).
Section 7.4 Tax Sharing Agreements. The Shareholder Representative shall cause any
and all Tax sharing agreements between (i) any party other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries), and (ii) the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to be terminated on or before the
Closing Date. After the Closing Date, no party shall have any rights or obligations under any such
Tax sharing agreements.
Section 7.5 Calculation of Losses. The amount of any Loss for which indemnification
is provided under this Article VII shall be net of any amounts recoverable by the indemnified party
under insurance policies with respect to such Loss and shall be (i) increased to take account of
any net Tax Cost to the indemnified party arising from the receipt of indemnity payments hereunder
(grossed up for such increase) and (ii) reduced to take account of any net Tax Benefit realized by
the indemnified party arising from the incurrence or payment of any such Loss. Any indemnity
payment under this Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax
purposes, unless, and then only to the extent, otherwise required by a Final Determination.
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Section 7.6 Procedures Relating to Indemnification of Tax Claims.
(a) Notice. If a claim shall be made by any Taxing Authority or any other Person with
respect to Taxes for which the Company shareholders are liable pursuant to Section 7.2 of this
Agreement, which, if successful, might result in an indemnity payment to any Parent Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 7.2(a), Parent or Parent Americas shall promptly notify the Shareholder
Representative in writing of such claim (a “Tax Claim”). In addition each such notice from
Parent or Parent Americas regarding a Tax Claim must include a certification by an authorized
employee of Parent or Parent Americas that either (x) the amount of the Loss (or possible Loss)
relating to such Tax Claim has been reduced or offset by all or a portion of the tax carryforward
credit described on Section 7.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Carryforward
Credit”) or (y) the Carryforward Credit did not reduce or offset Tax liability of the Company.
Failure to give notice of a Tax Claim to the Shareholder Representative within a sufficient period
of time to allow the Shareholder Representative to contest such Tax Claim shall affect the
liability of the Effective Time Company Shareholders to any Parent Indemnitee only to the extent
that such contest is precluded as a result of such failure. Such notice shall contain factual
information (to the extent known) describing the asserted Tax liability and shall include copies of
the relevant portion of any notice or other document received from any Governmental Entity or any
other Person in respect of such asserted Tax liability.
(b) Control of Proceedings. The Shareholder Representative shall control all
proceedings taken in connection with any Tax Claim relating solely to Taxes of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary for a Pre-Closing Tax Period, and may make all decisions in connection
with such Tax Claim, provided, however, that (A) Parent or Parent Americas and
counsel of their own choosing shall have the right to participate fully in all aspects of the
prosecution or defense of such Tax Claim, (B) the Shareholder Representative shall not settle any
such Tax Claim without prior written consent of Parent and Parent Americas, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, and (C) the Shareholder Representative, Parent and Parent Americas shall
jointly control all proceedings relating to Straddle Period Taxes. Parent and Parent Americas
shall control all proceedings with respect to all other Tax Claims; provided, that if a
settlement by Parent or Parent Americas of any such Tax claim would trigger an indemnification
obligation by the Effective Time Company Shareholders, then the Shareholder Representative shall be
consulted in connection with such settlement.
Section 7.7 Transfer Taxes. All Transfer Taxes incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement shall be borne by the Effective Time Company
Shareholders and the Effective Time Company Shareholders shall indemnify Parent and Parent Americas
on an after-Tax basis for any such Taxes incurred by Parent and Parent Americas as a result of the
Effective Time Company Shareholders’ failure timely to pay such Taxes.
Section 7.8 FIRPTA Certificate. Either the Company or each Effective Time Company
Shareholder shall deliver to Parent and Parent Americas at or prior to the Closing a certificate,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and Parent Americas and consistent with
applicable Treasury Regulations certifying that no withholding of Tax pursuant to Section 1445 of
the Code is required to be made by Parent or Parent Americas.
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Section 7.9 Amended Returns and Settlements. No amended Tax return shall be filed and
no claim or assessment for Taxes shall be settled or agreed to without the Shareholder
Representative’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or unless required
by law, if the effect of such filing or settlement is to increase the indemnification obligations
of the Effective Time Company Shareholders under Section 7.2.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS
Section 8.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The
respective obligations of the Company, Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub to effect the Merger
shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Statutes; Court Orders. No statute, rule or regulation shall have been enacted or
promulgated by any Governmental Entity which prohibits the consummation of the
Merger; and there shall be no order or injunction of a court of competent jurisdiction in
effect precluding consummation of the Merger;
(b) HSR Approval. The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act and any required
waiting period under applicable foreign antitrust laws, shall have expired or been terminated; and
(c) Shareholder Approval. This Agreement, the Merger, and the Transactions shall have
been authorized by the shareholders of the Company in the manner required pursuant to the WBCL and
the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.
Section 8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub to Effect
the Merger. The obligations of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger
shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in this Agreement shall be true and complete in all material respects as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, other than representations and warranties that
relate as of a specific date or time (which need only be so true and correct in all material
respects as of such date or time).
(b) Performance of Covenants. The Company shall not have failed to perform in all
material respects any obligation or to comply in all material respects with any agreement or
covenant of the Company to be performed by it or complied with under this Agreement.
(c) Consents Obtained. (i) All consents of any Person necessary to the consummation
of the Transactions, including consents from parties to Material Contracts and Real Property Leases
and consents from Governmental Entities and (ii) consents from parties to each of
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the contracts set forth on Schedule 8.2 shall have been obtained, and a copy of each such consent shall have been
provided to Parent and Parent Americas at or prior to the Closing.
(d) Cash Escrow Agreements. The Shareholder Representative and the Escrow Agent shall
have entered into the Cash Escrow Agreement.
(e) Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
Change of the Company (or any development that, insofar as reasonably can be foreseen, is
reasonably likely to result in any Material Adverse Change) on the Company.
(f) Opinion. Parent and Parent Americas shall have received from Xxxxxxx, Carton &
Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, on the Closing Date, a written opinion substantially in the
form of Exhibit C.
(g) Certificates. Parent and Parent Americas shall have received from the Company a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer or the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, reasonably satisfactory in form to Parent and Parent
Americas, to the effect of paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) above.
(h) Dissenters. Holders of not more than 5% of the outstanding Company Common Stock
(other than outstanding Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Parent Americas) shall have
exercised their dissenters’ rights under the WBCL; provided, however, that for purposes of this
Section, the exercise of dissenters’ rights by a single holder of 10% or more of the Company Common
Stock (including any Affiliates thereof) shall not be included in the determination of whether
holders of 5% or more of the outstanding Company Common Stock have exercised dissenters’ rights.
(i) Employment Agreements. Each of the Employee Agreements set forth on Schedule
8.2(i) shall remain in full force and effect.
(j) Estoppel Certificates. Parent and Parent Americas shall have received estoppel
certificates in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent and Parent Americas, for all the
Real Property Leases set forth in Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(k) Agreements Terminated. Parent and Parent Americas shall have received evidence,
in form and substance satisfactory to Parent and Parent Americas, that the Company has terminated
the Agreements set forth on Schedule 8.2(k).
(l) 401(k) Plan Termination. The Company shall have taken all steps necessary to
terminate the 401(k) Plan.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub
and may be waived by Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time in their sole discretion.
Section 8.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company to Effect the Merger. The
obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction on or
prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of
Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and complete in
all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, other than
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date or time (which need only be so true
and correct as of such date or time).
(b) Performance of Covenants. Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub shall not have
failed to perform in all material respects any obligation or to comply in all material respects
with any agreement or covenant to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Company and may be waived by the
Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion.
Section 8.4 Obligations to Effect the Merger. On such date as the Company shall have
satisfied (or with respect to matters required to be satisfied at the Closing is in a position to
satisfy within one Business Day) each of the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 and each of the
conditions in Section 8.1 is satisfied, the Company shall deliver an officers’ certificate to such
effect to Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub (the “Closing Condition Satisfaction
Notice”). The Company shall not be entitled to deliver a Closing Condition Satisfaction Notice
to Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub on or after March 31, 2006.
(a) If prior to March 31, 2006, the Company has delivered the Closing Condition Satisfaction
Notice, Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub shall have five (5) Business Days to notify Company
that they concur or disagree that the Company has satisfied (or with respect to matters required to
be satisfied at the Closing is in a position to satisfy within one Business Day) each of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.2 and each of the conditions in Section 8.1.
(b) In the event that Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub concur with the Closing Condition
Satisfaction Notice delivered prior to March 31, 2006, Parent shall not be permitted to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(iii), Section 9.1(a)(v), Section 9.1(c)(i) (solely with
respect to breaches occurring before the date of the Closing Condition Satisfaction Notice) or
Section 9.1(c)(ii). In the event that the Company has delivered the Closing Condition Satisfaction
Notice prior to March 31, 2006 and Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub shall have notified the
Company that it concurs with such Closing Condition Satisfaction Notice, the Company shall not be
permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(iii), Section 9.1(a)(v) or Section
9.1(b)(ii).
(c) In the event that Parent, Parent Americas and Merger Sub disagree with the Closing
Condition Satisfaction Notice delivered prior to March 31, 2006, and Parent, Parent Americas and
Merger Sub and Company are not able to agree upon the matters set forth therein within ten (10)
Business Days, the matter will be subject to binding arbitration under the arbitration rules of the
American Arbitration Association (“
AAA”) and that the neutral arbitrator will be selected
by the parties. Any arbitration hearing will be held in the State of
Delaware. Parent, Parent
Americas, Merger Sub and the Company agree that the arbitrator will have the power to decide any
motions brought by any party to the arbitration, including motions for summary judgment and/or
adjudication and motions to dismiss and demurrers, prior to any arbitration hearing. Parent,
Parent
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Americas, Merger Sub and the Company also agree that the arbitrator will have the power to
award remedies, including attorney’s fees and costs, available under applicable law. The parties
will share the costs of any administrative or hearing fees charged by the arbitrator or AAA and
that the arbitrator will administer and conduct any arbitration in a manner consistent with the
Rules. Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub and the Company agree that the decision of the
arbitrator will be in writing. Except as provided by the Rules and this Agreement, arbitration
will be the sole, exclusive and final remedy for any dispute between Parent, Parent Americas,
Merger Sub and the Company. Accordingly, except as provided for by the Rules and this Agreement,
none of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub or the Company will be permitted to pursue court action
regarding claims that are subject to arbitration.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated or abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(i) By the mutual written consent of Parent, Parent Americas and the Company;
(ii) By Parent and Parent Americas or the Company if any Governmental Entity shall have issued
an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (which order, decree, ruling or other action
the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to lift), which permanently restrains,
enjoins or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Transactions and such order, decree, ruling
or other action shall have become final and non-appealable;
(iii) By Parent and Parent Americas or the Company (provided that the failure of the
Closing to occur on or before either date set forth below is not the result of a breach of any
covenant, agreement, representation or warranty hereunder by the party seeking such termination),
upon written notice given to the other party in the event that the Closing shall not have taken
place on or before April 30, 2006; provided, however, that such date shall automatically be
extended without further action by the parties to June 30, 2006 in the event that the applicable
approvals under the HSR Act or foreign anti-trust laws have not been received or the Company has
not held a duly called meeting of its shareholders to consider the Company Shareholder Proposal
prior to April 30, 2006 (either such date as applicable, the “Termination Date”).
(iv) By Parent and Parent Americas or the Company if the Company Shareholder Approval shall
not have been obtained at the Company Shareholder Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement
thereof; or
(v) By Parent and Parent Americas or the Company if (i) there has been a breach by the other
party of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement which has had or would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (ii)
there has been a material breach of any of the material covenants or
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agreements set forth in this Agreement on the part of the other party, which breach is, in either case, not curable or, if
curable, is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice of such breach is given by the
terminating party to the other party.
(b) By the Company:
(i) if a condition under Section 8.1 or 8.3 to the Company’s obligations hereunder is
incapable of being satisfied prior to the Termination Date unless it was caused by the Company’s
breach of any provision of this Agreement; or
(ii) if the Board of Directors of the Company shall approve and the Company shall enter into,
a definitive agreement providing for the implementation of a Superior Proposal; provided,
however, that (A) the Company is not and has not been in breach of Section 6.5, (B) the
Board of Directors of the Company authorizes the Company, subject to complying with the terms of
this Agreement, to enter into a binding written agreement concerning a transaction that constitutes
a Superior Proposal and the Company notifies Parent and Parent Americas in writing that it intends
to enter into such an agreement, attaching the most current version of such agreement to such
notice (including any subsequent amendments or modifications), (C) during the five (5) Business Day
period after the Company’s notice, (x) the Company shall have offered to negotiate with (and, if
accepted, negotiate with), and shall have caused its respective financial and legal advisors to
have offered to negotiate with (and if accepted, negotiate with), Parent and Parent Americas to
attempt to make such commercially reasonable adjustments in the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as will enable the Company to proceed with this Agreement, as amended and (y) the Board
of Directors of the Company shall have concluded, after considering the results of such
negotiations and the revised proposal made by Parent and Parent Americas, if any, that any Superior
Proposal giving rise to the Company’s notice continues to be a Superior Proposal, (D) such
termination is within five (5) Business Days following the five (5) Business Day period referred to
above and (E) no termination pursuant to this Section 9.1(b)(ii) shall be effective unless the
Company shall simultaneously make the payment required by Section 11.1(b);
(c) By Parent and Parent Americas:
(i) if the Company or any of its directors or officers shall breach Section 6.5;
(ii) if a condition under Section 8.1 or 8.2 to Parent’s, Parent Americas’ and Merger Sub’s
obligations hereunder is incapable of being satisfied prior to the Termination Date unless it was
caused by Parent’s, Parent Americas’ or Merger Sub’s breach of any provision of this Agreement;
(iii) if, prior to Company Shareholder Approval being obtained, (i) the Board of Directors of
the Company shall have failed to recommend, or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse
to Parent and Parent Americas, its approval or recommendation of this Agreement or the Merger or
shall have recommended, or entered into, or publicly announced its intention to enter into, an
agreement or an agreement in principle with respect to a Superior Proposal (or shall have resolved
to do any of the foregoing), (ii) the Company shall have breached any of its obligations under
Section 6.5 (other than any inadvertent and immaterial breaches of such section) or
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(iii) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have refused to affirm its approval or recommendation of this
Agreement or the Merger within ten (10) Business Days of any written request from Parent and Parent
Americas; or
(iv) if any Person or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than
Parent, Parent Americas or any of their affiliates, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of
more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Company Common Stock or more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of the book value or fair market value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as whole, or the right to acquire ownership of such Company Common Stock or assets.
Section 9.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination or abandonment of
the Transactions by any party hereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, written notice
thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party or parties specifying the provision hereof
pursuant to which such termination or abandonment of the Transactions is made, and there shall be
no liability or obligation thereafter on the part of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the
Shareholder Representative or the Company except (i) for fraud or for breach of this Agreement
prior to such termination or abandonment of the Transactions, (ii) as set forth in Section 11.1 and
(iii) as set forth in this Section 9.2.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1 Survival of Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
(a) All representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and
effect for a period of eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the representations and warranties of the parties contained in Section 4.2 (Capital Structure;
Subsidiaries), 4.3 (Authorization; Validity of Agreement), 4.15 (Environmental Matters), 4.22
(Employee Benefit Plans), 4.30 (Brokers) and Section 4.23 (Tax Matters) (collectively, the
“Specified Representations”) shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and
effect for a period beginning on the Closing Date and ending sixty (60) days following the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, and they shall thereafter be of no further
force or effect. All covenants and agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement shall
survive the Closing for their respective periods set forth herein, unless otherwise indicated
herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the period of time that a
provision survives the Closing and remains in full force and effect pursuant to Section 10.1(a)
(the “Survival Period”) shall automatically be extended to include any time period
necessary to resolve a specific claim for indemnification which was made before expiration of the
Survival Period but not resolved prior to its expiration; provided, however, that any such
extension shall apply only as to claims asserted and not so resolved within the original Survival
Period.
Section 10.2 Indemnification by the Effective Time Company Shareholders. Subject to
the other terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation,
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Section 10.5), upon and by virtue of the approval of the Company Shareholder Proposal by the Company Shareholders,
each Effective Time Company Shareholder, severally and not jointly based on their respective Pro
Rata Percentage (regardless of whether or not any such Effective Time Company Shareholder has
actually voted his, her or its shares of Company Common Stock in favor of the Merger), shall be
deemed to have agreed to indemnify, defend and hold the Parent Indemnified Parties harmless from
and against any and all Losses directly or indirectly based upon, arising out of, resulting from or
relating to:
(i) any breach of any representation or warranty of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements (other than the Employment Agreements and the Consulting Agreements);
(ii) any breach of any agreement, covenant or obligation of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary set forth in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (other than the Employment
Agreements and the Consulting Agreements);
(iii) any claims made by any Company Shareholder arising out of actions, omissions or other
conduct prior to the Effective Time, whether based upon any alleged breach of fiduciary or other
duty by any officer, director or Company Shareholder in connection with this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements (other than the Employment Agreements and the Consulting Agreements) or the
Transactions, or any claims by any officer, director or holder of Company Common Stock to
indemnification by the Company or the Surviving Corporation with respect to any such claims;
provided, that, the foregoing shall not include any claims made by any holder of Dissenting
Shares under the WBCL;
(iv) any Excluded Liability;
(v) any final court ordered or required payment per share of Company Common Stock by the
Company or Parent Americas to a single holder of Dissenting Shares of 10% or more of the Company’s
Common Stock (including any Affiliates of such holder) of amounts in excess of the Per Share Merger
Consideration to which such holder of Dissenting Shares would otherwise be entitled under this
Agreement; and
(vi) any payments (other than those reserved for in the Financial Statements) or other claims
related to the termination and dissolution of the Firstlogic, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
(the “ESOP”) or the applications to the Internal Revenue Service for a favorable
determination letter on termination of the ESOP and any applicable compliance filings.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no claim may be asserted
nor may any action be commenced against the Effective Time Company Shareholders pursuant to this
Section 10.2 unless written notice of such claim or action is received by the Shareholder
Representative describing in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances with respect to the
subject matter of such claim or action on or prior to the date on which the representation or
warranty (if applicable) on which such claim or action is based ceases to survive as set forth in
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Section 10.1, irrespective of whether the subject matter of such claim or action shall have
occurred before or after such date.
Section 10.3 Indemnification by Parent and Parent Americas. Subject to the other
terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.5), Parent and
Parent Americas shall indemnify, defend and hold the Company Indemnified Parties harmless from and
against any and all Losses directly or indirectly based upon, arising out of, resulting from or
relating to:
(i) any breach of any representation or warranty of Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub
contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement;
(ii) any breach of any agreement, covenant or obligation of Parent, Parent Americas or Merger
Sub set forth in this Agreement; and
(iii) any claims by a Third Party to the extent arising out of the operation of the Surviving
Corporation after the Effective Time.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 10.3 to the contrary, no claim may be
asserted nor may any action be commenced against Parent or Parent Americas pursuant to this Section
10.3 unless written notice of such claim or action is received by Parent and Parent Americas from
the Shareholder Representative describing in detail the facts and circumstances with respect to the
subject matter of such claim or action on or prior to the date on which the representation or
warranty (if applicable) on which such claim or action is based ceases to survive as set forth in
Section 10.1, irrespective of whether the subject matter of such claim or action shall have
occurred before or after such date.
Section 10.4 Indemnification Procedures. (a) Any Company Indemnified Party or Parent
Indemnified Party (each, an “Indemnified Party”) seeking indemnification hereunder shall
give to the party obligated to provide indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnitor”) written
notice of any claim or matter which gives rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder, promptly
upon becoming aware of a fact, condition or event for which indemnification is provided under this
Article X, but in any event within thirty (30) days after such Person has actual knowledge of the
facts constituting the basis for indemnification; provided, however, that the
failure of an Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve any Indemnitor of its
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the
rights of any such Indemnitor. Any notice to be given by or to a Company Indemnified Party shall
be made by or to the Shareholder Representative.
(a) The Indemnitor shall have the right to control and direct, through counsel of its own
choosing, the defense or settlement of any claim, action, suit or proceeding brought by a Person
who is not a party or an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement (a “Third Party Claim”).
The Indemnified Party may participate in such defense, but in such case the expenses of the
Indemnified Party shall be paid by the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that
the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ, at Indemnitor’s expense, one counsel of its
choice to represent the Indemnified Party, if the Indemnified Party is advised by its counsel that
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exist an actual or potential conflict of interest between the Indemnitor and the
Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnitor with access to its records
and personnel relating to any Third Party Claim during normal business hours and shall otherwise
cooperate fully with the Indemnitor in the defense or settlement thereof, and the Indemnitor shall
reimburse the Indemnified Party for all its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection
therewith. If the Indemnitor elects to direct the defense of a Third Party Claim, then the
Indemnified Party shall not pay, permit to be paid, or settle any part of any claim or demand
arising from such asserted liability, unless the Indemnitor consents in writing to such payment
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or unless the
Indemnitor, subject to the last sentence of this Section 10.4(b), withdraws from the defense of
such asserted liability, or unless a final judgment from which no appeal may be taken by or on
behalf of the Indemnitor is entered against the Indemnified Party for such liability. The
Indemnitor will not settle any claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party if such
settlement would involve the imposition of equitable remedies or impose material obligations on the
Indemnified Party other than financial obligations for which the Indemnified Party will be
indemnified hereunder. If the Indemnitor shall fail to defend, or if, after commencing or
undertaking any such defense, fails to prosecute or withdraws from the defense of a Third Party
Claim, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to undertake the defense or settlement
thereof, at the Indemnitor’s expense. If the Indemnified Party assumes the defense of any such
claim or proceeding pursuant to this Section 10.4(b) and proposes to settle such claim or
proceeding prior to a final judgment thereon or to forego appeal with respect thereto, then the
Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnitor prompt written notice thereof, and the Indemnitor shall
have the right to participate in the settlement or assume or reassume the defense of such claim or
proceeding and to consent to any settlement thereof (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned).
Section 10.5 Limitations. (a) After the Closing, except for remedies that cannot be
waived as a matter of law, the enforcement of the indemnification provisions of this Article X
shall be the exclusive remedy, other than in the case of fraud or intentional misrepresentation, of
the parties for any breach of any warranty, representation or covenant contained in this Agreement;
provided, however, that such exclusivity shall not limit or restrict a party’s
ability to obtain specific performance or injunctive relief.
(b) In any case where an Indemnified Party recovers from a Third Party any amount in respect
of a matter with respect to which an Indemnitor has indemnified it pursuant to this Agreement, such
Indemnified Party shall promptly pay over to the Indemnitor the amount so recovered (after
deducting therefrom the full amount of the expenses incurred by it in procuring such recovery), but
not in excess of the sum of (i) any amount previously so paid by the Indemnitor to or on behalf of
the Indemnified Party in respect of such matter, and (ii) any amount expended by the Indemnitor in
pursuing or defending any claim arising out of such matter.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.5, the Effective
Time Company Shareholders shall have no liability or obligation in respect of indemnification
pursuant to Section 10.2(i) Section 10.2(iv) or Section 10.2(v) to the extent
that the aggregate amount of such Losses incurred in respect of such indemnification pursuant to
Section 10.2(i), Section 10.2(iv) ) or Section 10.2(v), when all such Losses are
aggregated together, are less than or equal to $500,000 (the “Basket Amount”); provided,
that any liability or obligation in respect of indemnification pursuant to Section 10.2(i) arising
out of a Claim (as defined below) of fraud or willful misconduct or arising from a breach of
Section 4.2, 4.3 or 4.23 (and for
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the avoidance of doubt any other Losses arising out of any Tax
Claim for which there shall be no Basket Amount applicable) shall not be subject to the Basket
Amount. Thereafter, the Effective Time Company Shareholders shall be liable with respect to all
Losses, including the Basket Amount, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 10.5.
Except for claims arising out of fraud or willful misconduct, the sole and exclusive means for any
of the Parent Indemnified Parties to satisfy any Claim (as defined in the Cash Escrow Agreement)
for indemnification during the first 18 months of the Survival Period shall be by delivering notice
of a Claim to the Escrow Agent and the Shareholder Representative under the Cash Escrow Agreement
and receiving payment from the Escrow Fund of the amount to which such Parent Indemnified Party may
be entitled under this Article X. From and after the first 18 months of the Survival Period,
except for Claims arising out of fraud or willful misconduct or arising from a breach of Sections
4.2, 4.3 or 4.23 (and for the avoidance of doubt any other Losses arising out of any Tax Claim for
which there shall be no cap on liability) of this Agreement, the Effective Time Company
Shareholders shall not be obligated to pay any amounts in respect of indemnification pursuant to
Section 10.2(i) in connection with the breach of any Specified Representation in excess of an
aggregate of the difference between (x) $8,400,000 less (y) any amounts paid to the Parent and
Parent Americas for any indemnified Losses (other than any Losses arising from a breach of Section
4.23 or arising out of a Tax Claim) pursuant to Section 10.2 of this Agreement. The Escrow Fund
(including all accrued interest) shall be released to the Shareholder Representative in accordance
with the Cash Escrow Agreement and distributed to the Effective Time Company Shareholders based on
their respective Pro Rata Percentages in accordance with the Allocation Certificate, subject to the
resolution of Claim(s) properly asserted prior to the end of the first 18 months of the Survival
Period in accordance with the Cash Escrow Agreement to the extent of the Escrow Funds retained to
satisfy such Claim(s). For purposes of determining whether there has been a breach of any
representation or warranty by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, any use of the
word “material”, or “material adverse effect” or any variation of either one, will be measured with
respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, on a stand alone basis and with
regard to the materiality to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or the Company Shareholders, as
applicable, and not as part of Parent, Parent Americas or Parent’s consolidated group and not with
regard to any materiality standard or threshold applicable to Parent, Parent Americas or Parent’s
consolidated group.
(d) Each of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the Shareholder Representative hereby
agrees that if, following the Closing, any payment is made pursuant to this Article X by any such
Effective Time Company Shareholder in respect of any Loss (a “Loss Payment”), such
Effective Time Company Shareholder shall have no rights against the Surviving Corporation, or any
current or former director, officer or employee thereof (in their capacity as such and only to the
extent such persons are entitled to indemnification from the Surviving Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries), whether by reason of contribution, indemnification, subrogation or otherwise, in
respect of any such Loss Payment, and shall not take any action against the Surviving Corporation
or any such Person with respect thereto. Any rights with respect to Loss Payments which any of the
Effective Time Company Shareholder or the Shareholder Representative may, by operation of law or
otherwise, have against the Surviving Corporation or any such Person shall, effective at the time
of the Closing, be deemed to be hereby expressly and knowingly waived.
(e) It is the intention of the parties to treat any indemnity payment made under this
Agreement as an adjustment to the purchase price for all federal, state, local and foreign
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Tax purposes, and the parties agree to file their Tax Returns accordingly, except as otherwise required
by a change in law or good faith resolution of conflict.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the limitations provided for in this
Section 10.5 shall not apply in respect of indemnification relating to Taxes.
Section 10.6 Right to Bring Action. Notwithstanding anything in this Article X or
elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, only the Shareholder Representative shall have the
right, power and authority to commence any action, suit or proceeding by and on behalf of any or
all of the Effective Time Company Shareholders against Parent, Parent Americas or the Surviving
Corporation, or any other Indemnified Party, and in no event shall any Effective Time Company
Shareholder himself, herself or itself have the right to commence any action, suit or proceeding
against Parent, Parent Americas or the Surviving Corporation, or any other Indemnified Party. Each
Effective Time Company Shareholder waives, and acknowledges and agrees that he, she or it shall not
have and shall not exercise or assert (or attempt to exercise or assert), any right of
contribution, right of indemnity or other right or remedy against the Surviving Corporation in
connection with any indemnification obligation or any other liability to which he, she or it may
become subject under or in connection with this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Fees and Expenses(i) . (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.1(b),
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the
Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, except as specifically provided to
the contrary in this Agreement; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
covenants and agrees that all fees and expenses of Updata and the other Transaction Expenses shall
be either (i) included as a “Current Liability” on the Adjustment Balance Sheet or (ii) paid in
full by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Agreement is terminated (i) pursuant
to Section 9.1(b)(ii), 9.1(c)(iii) or 9.1(c)(iv) or (ii) pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(iv) or by
Parent and Parent Americas pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(v) and, with respect to this clause (ii)
only, (x) at the time of termination pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(iv) or 9.1(a)(v) the conditions set
forth in Section 8.3 have been or are reasonably capable of being satisfied and an Acquisition
Proposal existed or has been previously announced and (y) within eighteen (18) months after
termination pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(iv) or 9.1(a)(v) an Acquisition Proposal shall have been
consummated, then in the case of either clauses (i) or (ii) the Company shall pay Parent Americas a
termination fee of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) plus all fees, costs and expenses incurred by
Parent and Parent Americas in connection with the Merger, this Agreement and the Transactions.
Except as set forth above, any fee due under this Section 11.1(b) shall be paid to Parent
Americas by wire transfer of same-day funds within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of
the events described above.
(c) The parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 11.1 are an integral
part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that,
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without these agreements, the
parties would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails to pay when due any
amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section 11.1 and, in order to obtain such
payment, Parent or Parent Americas commences a legal action which results in a judgment against the
Company for such amounts, then in addition to the amount of such judgment, the Company shall pay to
Parent Americas an amount equal to the fees, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs
and expenses) incurred by Parent and Parent Americas in connection with such legal action, together
with interest from the date of any such amounts becoming due and payable on all amounts so owed at
the prime rate per annum, as published by Citibank N.A., in effect from time to time during such
period, plus 4%. Payment of the fees and expenses described in this Section 11.1 shall not be in
lieu of damages incurred in the event of a breach of this Agreement.
Section 11.2 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified and
supplemented in any and all respects, but only by a written instrument signed by all of the parties
hereto expressly stating that such instrument is intended to amend, modify or supplement this
Agreement.
Section 11.3 Publicity. Until the Closing, or the date the Transactions are terminated
or abandoned pursuant to Article IX, neither the Company, Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub nor
any of their respective Affiliates shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or
other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the other Transactions without the
prior written consent of the other party, except as may be required by law or by any listing
agreement with a national securities exchange or trading market (in which case the party making
such release or announcement shall provide concurrent, or if practicable, prior notice thereof to
the other party and comply with the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement).
Section 11.4 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when mailed, delivered personally, telecopied (which is
confirmed) or sent by an overnight courier service, such as Federal Express, to the parties at the
following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by such party by
like notice):
if to Parent, Parent Americas or Merger Sub, to:
Business Objects S.A.
c/o Business Objects Americas
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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and to:
Business Objects Americas
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
Professional Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
if to the Company prior to Closing, to:
Firstlogic, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Carton & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
if to the Shareholder Representative, to:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: R. Xxxxx Xxx, Esq.
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and to:
Xxxxxxx, Carton & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Section 11.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy or other electronic transmission service
shall be considered original executed counterparts, provided receipt of such counterparts is
confirmed.
Section 11.6 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the
Confidentiality Agreement (a) constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof (including, without limitation, the Letter of Intent) and (b) are not intended
to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and thereto.
Section 11.7 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining
terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in
any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction or other authority declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid, void or
unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to
reduce the scope, duration, area or applicability of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any
invalid, void or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and
enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term
or provision.
Section 11.8
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof, except to the extent that provisions of the WBCL are
mandatorily applicable. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law that cannot be waived, each
party hereby waives, and covenants that it will not assert (whether as plaintiff, defendant or
otherwise), any right to trial by jury in any forum in respect of any issue, claim, demand, action
or cause of action arising in whole or in part under, related to, based on or in connection with
this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether
sounding in tort or contract or otherwise. Any party hereto may file an original counterpart or a
copy of this Section 11.8 with any court as written evidence of the consent of each such party to
the waiver of its right to trial by jury.
Section 11.9 Enforcement; Venue. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur
in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance
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their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall
be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement the Chancery Court of the State of
Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity. In addition, each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal
jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of
Delaware in the event any dispute arises out of
this Agreement or any of the Transactions, (b) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat
such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees
that it shall not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the Transactions in the
Chancery Court of the State of
Delaware.
Section 11.10 Time of Essence. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, with
regard to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the
essence.
Section 11.11 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing Date, the parties
may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other
parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other parties
contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or (c) waive
compliance by the other parties with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this
Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid
only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any
party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not
constitute a waiver of those rights.
Section 11.12 Election of Remedies. Neither the exercise of nor the failure to
exercise a right of set-off or to give notice of a claim under this Agreement will constitute an
election of remedies or limit any of the Indemnified Parties in any manner in the enforcement of
any other remedies that may be available to any of them, whether at law or in equity.
Section 11.13 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law
or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Parent may
assign, in its sole discretion, any or all of its rights and interests hereunder to any direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement
shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their
respective successors and assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the Company and the Shareholder
Representative have executed this Agreement or caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER]
EXHIBIT A
Company Shareholders Executing Voting and Support Agreement
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EXHIBIT B
Cash Escrow Agreement
CASH ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS CASH ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement”) is made and entered into as of ___
___, 2006, by and among Business Objects, S.A., a
société anonyme organized under the laws of the
Republic of France (“
Parent”), Business Objects Americas, a
Delaware corporation and an
indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Parent Americas”), Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xx. (the
“
Shareholder Representative”), and U.S. Bank National Association (the “
Escrow
Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Parent, Parent Americas, Flagship Acquisition Corporation, a
Delaware corporation and an
indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent Americas (“
Merger Sub”), Firstlogic, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company”), and the Shareholder Representative, have entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date herewith (as may be amended from time to time, the
“
Merger Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A, providing,
among other things, for the acquisition of the Company by Parent Americas pursuant to the merger of
Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “
Merger”). Capitalized terms that are used but
not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in
Merger Agreement.
B. Pursuant to
Section 2.8 of the
Merger Agreement, $11,700,000 (the “
Escrow
Amount”) is to be delivered to and deposited with the Escrow Agent by Parent Americas and held
in an escrow fund (together with any interest earned on the Escrow Amount, the “
Escrow
Fund”) in order to secure the performance of the Company’s and the Effective Time Company
Shareholders’ indemnification obligations under the
Merger Agreement.
C. The Shareholders’ Representative has been appointed as agent for, and to act on behalf of,
the Effective Time Company Shareholders to undertake certain obligations specified in the
Merger
Agreement.
D. The parties hereto desire to set forth additional terms and conditions relating to the
operation of the Escrow Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the representations,
warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted by the
parties, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Escrow Fund.
(a) Pursuant to
Section 2.8 of the
Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Parent
Americas shall deposit the Escrow Amount, without any act of any Effective Time Company Shareholder
or the Shareholder Representative, with the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent agrees to accept
delivery of the Escrow Amount and to hold such Escrow Amount in escrow subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(b) The Escrow Fund shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Merger Agreement and
this Agreement, be held as security for the indemnification obligations of the Effective Time
Company Shareholders pursuant to Section 7.2 or
Article X of the
Merger Agreement and the
payment of fees and expenses incurred or charged by the Shareholder Representative in accordance
with Article III of the
Merger Agreement. The Escrow Fund shall be held and distributed by the
Escrow Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
Merger Agreement.
2. Rights and Obligations of the Parties. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to such
rights and shall perform such duties as escrow agent as set forth herein and as set forth in the
Merger Agreement (collectively, the “Duties”), in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the Merger Agreement. Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholders’ Representative
shall be entitled to their respective rights and shall perform their respective duties and
obligations as set forth herein and as set forth in the Merger Agreement, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
3. Duties of Escrow Agent.
(a) The Duties of the Escrow Agent shall include the following: the Escrow Agent shall (i)
safeguard and treat the Escrow Fund as a trust fund in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and shall hold the Escrow Fund in a separate account, apart from any other funds or
accounts of the Escrow Agent or any other Person and (ii) hold and dispose of the Escrow Fund only
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Following the Closing, the Duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to the Escrow Amount
may be altered, amended, modified or revoked only by a writing signed by the Parent or Parent
Americas, the Escrow Agent and the Shareholders’ Representative.
4. Permitted Investments; Other Adjustments; Etc.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Amount in escrow and shall invest the Escrow Amount
and any interest or income thereon only in Permitted Investments. “Permitted Investments”
shall mean such investments consisting exclusively of one or more of the following upon receipt of
written instruction from Parent or Parent Americas: direct obligations of the United States
government having maturities of ninety (90) days or less, money market deposit accounts with United
States banks, which may include the Escrow Agent, whose short-term debt ratings are not less than
A-1/P-1, and money market funds that invest solely in direct obligations of the United States
government. In the absence of specific written investment instructions, funds will be invested in
the Escrow Agent’s Insured Money Market Account. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss
incurred by the actions of third parties or by any loss arising by error, failure or delay in the
making of an investment or reinvestment, and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss of
principal or income in connection therewith, unless such error, failure or delay results from the
Escrow Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement. As and when the
Escrow Amount and any interest or income thereon is to be released under this Agreement, the Escrow
Agent shall cause the Permitted Investments to be converted into cash in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall not be liable for any loss of principal or income in connection
therewith. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss of principal or income due to the
choice of Permitted Investments
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in which the Escrow Amount is invested or the choice of Permitted Investments converted into
cash pursuant to this Section 4.
(b) The parties hereto agree that all interest on or other taxable income, if any, earned from
the investment of cash contained in the Escrow Fund shall be treated for Tax purposes as earned by
the Effective Time Company Shareholders.
5. Indemnification Claim Procedures During the Escrow Period.
(a) Procedures with Respect to Claims.
(i) Claims by Parent and Parent Americas. If, at any time and from time to time
during the first 18 months of the Survival Period, a Parent Indemnified Party or Parent Indemnitee
asserts any Claim in accordance with either Section 7.2 or Article X of the Merger Agreement, such
Parent Indemnified Party or Parent Indemnitee shall give notice (a “Claim Notice”) to the
Shareholder Representative, with a copy to the Escrow Agent, specifying in reasonable detail (a)
the factual basis for such Claim and (b) the amount of such Claim (the “Claimed Amount”).
(ii) Response by the Shareholder Representative. Within twenty (20) days after
receipt by the Shareholder Representative of any Claim Notice, the Shareholder Representative
shall, by notice (a “Response Notice”) to Parent and Parent Americas, with a copy to the
Escrow Agent, either (a) concede liability for the Claimed Amount specified therein in whole or (b)
deny liability for the Claimed Amount specified therein in whole or in part (it being understood
that any portion of the Claimed Amount for which the Shareholder Representative has not denied
liability within such 20-day period shall be deemed to have been conceded). If the Shareholder
Representative denies liability in whole or in part, then such Response Notice shall specify in
reasonable detail the factual basis for such denial. If the Shareholder Representative fails to
deliver a Response Notice within the aforesaid 20-day period, then the Shareholder Representative
shall be deemed to have conceded the entire Claimed Amount. The portion of the Claimed Amount for
which the Shareholder Representative has conceded or is deemed to have conceded liability pursuant
to this subparagraph (ii) is referred to as the “Conceded Amount.” If the Shareholder
Representative concedes liability for any portion of the Claimed Amount or fails to deliver a
Response Notice within the aforementioned 20-day period, then Parent and Parent Americas shall
instruct the Escrow Agent to promptly pay to Parent Americas (or to any affiliate of Parent
Americas, if so directed by Parent and Parent Americas) the Conceded Amount and the Escrow Agent
shall promptly pay such amount as directed.
(iii) Resolutions of Disputes. If the Shareholder Representative has denied liability
for the Claimed Amount, in whole or in part, then the Parties shall attempt to resolve such dispute
as promptly as practicable but in any case within twenty (20) days of the date of receipt of the
Response Notice. If Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholder Representative are able to resolve
such dispute, then they shall promptly give notice (a “Settlement Notice”) to that effect
to the Escrow Agent, which notice shall be signed by Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholder
Representative. Such Settlement Notice shall instruct the Escrow Agent to promptly pay to Parent
Americas (or to any affiliate of Parent Americas, if so directed by Parent and Parent Americas) the
amount agreed by Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholder Representative in settlement of such
dispute (the “Agreed Settlement Amount”). If
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Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholder Representative are unable to resolve such dispute
within twenty (20) days after receipt by Parent and Parent Americas of the Response Notice
corresponding to such dispute, then either Parent and Parent Americas or the Shareholder
Representative may commence appropriate proceedings in accordance with Sections 11.8 and 11.9 of
the Merger Agreement in order to obtain an award with respect to such dispute (an “Award”).
In the event that any Award contains a finding of liability against the Effective Time Company
Shareholders in a specified amount (the “Award Amount”), then Parent and Parent Americas
shall give notice (an “Award Notice”) to the Escrow Agent and the Shareholder
Representative (which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Award), instructing the Escrow
Agent to pay to Parent Americas (or to any affiliate of Parent Americas, if so directed by Parent
and Parent Americas) such Award Amount from the Escrow Fund.
(iv) Payment of Claims. As promptly as practicable (and in any event no more than two
(2) Business Days following receipt of the relevant notice provided pursuant to this Section 5(a),
the Escrow Agent shall pay to Parent Americas (or to any affiliate of Parent Americas, if so
directed by Parent and Parent Americas) from the Escrow Fund, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, the following amounts, as applicable:
(1) following any concession or deemed concession of liability for any Claimed Amount by the
Shareholder Representative, the Conceded Amount;
(2) following the receipt by the Escrow Agent of any Settlement Notice, the Agreed Settlement
Amount; and
(3) following receipt by the Escrow Agent of any Award Notice, the Award Amount.
(v) Outstanding Claims. Any Claim Notice that is not resolved or disposed of pursuant
to Section 5(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv) (including any Claim Notice as to which any amount to which
Parent Americas is entitled has not been distributed to Parent Americas) shall constitute an
“Outstanding Claim.” Judgment upon any Award rendered by the trial court may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction.
(b) Other Distributions from the Escrow Fund.
(i) Merger Consideration Adjustments. Under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement,
payments may be required to be made by the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of
Stock Options to Parent Americas in respect of certain post-Closing adjustments to the Aggregate
Merger Consideration. In such event, the Shareholder Representative, the Parent and Parent
Americas shall give a joint written notice (an “Adjustment Notice”) to the Escrow Agent
instructing the Escrow Agent to pay the amount of such post-Closing adjustments (the
“Adjustment Amounts”) to the Aggregate Merger Consideration to Parent Americas (or to any
affiliate of Parent Americas), if so directed by Parent and Parent Americas from the Escrow Fund
within ten (10) days of the final determination of the Final Closing Date Net Working Capital or
within ten (10) days of the final determination of the Final Closing Date Deferred Revenue, as
applicable. In no event shall the amounts paid by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Section
4(b)(i) exceed $3,100,000.
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(ii) Additional Release of Escrow Fund. As promptly as practicable following the
final determination of the Final Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.7 of the
Merger Agreement, Parent and Parent Americas shall give notice to the Escrow Agent instructing the
Escrow Agent to pay to the Shareholder Representative, for and on behalf of the Effective Time
Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of the Merger Agreement, an amount which shall be equal to
the difference (if any) between (x) $3,100,000 and (y) the Adjustment Amounts, from the Escrow
Fund, to be distributed to the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the holders of Stock Options
in accordance with the Allocation Certificate.
(iii) Expenses of the Shareholder Representative. From time to time during the term
of this Agreement, the Shareholder Representative may, by delivering a notice to the Escrow Agent
(with a copy to Parent and Parent Americas) that certifies that the Shareholder Representative has
incurred a fee or expense of the type that is reimbursable pursuant to Article III of the Merger
Agreement or has charged a fee based upon his current hourly rate (and attaching reasonably
detailed documentation as to such fees or expenses), direct that the Escrow Agent pay up to
$200,000 in the aggregate of the Escrow Fund (the “Expense Fund”) for such expenses as
directed by the Shareholder Representative. In no event shall (x) the amounts paid by the Escrow
Agent pursuant to this Section 5(b)(iii) exceed the amount of the Expense Fund or (y) any portion
of the Expense Fund be paid by the Escrow Agent pursuant to Sections 5(a), 5(b)(i) or 5(b)(ii).
(c) Notices. For purposes of the distributions contemplated by Sections 5(a) and
5(b), the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Escrow Agent does not have any duty or
obligation to verify or monitor the conditions precedent to the delivery of any Claim Notice, Award
Notice, Adjustment Notice or any notice delivered pursuant to Sections 5(b)(ii) and 5(b)(iii).
(d) Method of Distributions. All payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be
made by bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in either case as directed
by the party to which such payment is being made.
6. Distribution of Escrow Fund upon Termination.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the first 18 months from the Closing Date (the
“Distribution Date”), the Escrow Agent shall distribute to the Shareholder Representative,
on behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders, an amount equal to the value of the Escrow
Fund minus the sum of the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Claims as of the Distribution
Date in accordance with the Allocation Certificate. Thereafter the Escrow Agent:
(i) upon receipt of a Settlement Notice with respect to an Outstanding Claim, shall promptly
(i) pay to Parent Americas the Agreed Settlement Amount and (ii) distribute to the Shareholder
Representative, on behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders, an amount equal to the
difference, if any, between the Agreed Settlement Amount and the amount of such Outstanding Claim;
(ii) upon receipt of a Award Notice with respect to an Outstanding Claim, shall promptly (i)
pay to Parent Americas the Award Amount, if any, and (ii) distribute to
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the Shareholder Representative, on behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders, an
amount equal to the difference, if any, between the Award Amount and the amount of such Outstanding
Claim;
(iii) shall accumulate and distribute to the Shareholder Representative, on behalf of the
Effective Time Company Shareholders, any income, interest and dividends earned or accrued with
respect to the Escrow Fund as soon as practicable following each September 30th, December 31st,
March 31st and June 30th commencing after the delivery of a joint written notice from Parent,
Parent Americas and the Shareholder Representative (which joint written notice shall be delivered
on the Initial Distribution Date);
(iv) shall continue to make payments in the manner contemplated by this Section 6(a) until all
Outstanding Claims have been resolved, at which time the Escrow Agent shall distribute any
remaining funds in the Escrow Fund to the Shareholder Representative, on behalf of the Effective
Time Company Shareholders;
(v) shall distribute any funds remaining in the Expense Fund as of the Distribution Date to
the Shareholder Representative, on behalf of the Effective Time Company Shareholders and the
holders of Stock Options entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section
2.6(d) of the Merger Agreement
(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Escrow Agent shall
distribute Escrow Property in accordance with and upon the joint written instructions of Parent,
Parent Americas and the Shareholder Representative.
(b) Termination. This Agreement shall terminate as to the Escrow Fund and the Expense
Fund upon the full distribution of the Escrow Fund and the Expense Fund pursuant to Sections
6(a)(iv) and 6(a)(v) above.
7. Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall be obligated only for the performance of such Duties as are
specifically set forth herein and in the Merger Agreement and may rely and shall be protected in
relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for
forgeries or false impersonations. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any act done or
omitted hereunder as escrow agent except for gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this
Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall in no case or event be liable for any representations or
warranties of the Company for punitive, incidental or consequential damages. Any act done or
omitted pursuant to the advice or opinion of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of the good faith
of the Escrow Agent.
(b) In the event of a dispute between the parties hereto, the Escrow Agent is hereby expressly
authorized to disregard any and all notifications given by any of the parties hereto or by any
other person, excepting only memoranda of agreement as provided in Section 5 of this
Agreement and orders or process of courts of law as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement
to which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely and shall distribute the Escrow
Fund in accordance with the terms thereof, and is hereby expressly authorized to
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comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court. In case the Escrow Agent
obeys or complies with any such order, judgment or decree of any court, the Escrow Agent shall not
be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person by reason of such compliance,
notwithstanding any such order, judgment, or decree being subsequently reversed, modified,
annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.
(c) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authority
or rights of the parties executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver the Merger
Agreement, this Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for thereunder or
hereunder.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for the outlawing of any rights under any statute of
limitations with respect to the Merger Agreement, this Agreement or any documents deposited with
the Escrow Agent.
8. Resignation and Removal of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent may resign as Escrow
Agent at any time with or without cause, with respect to the Escrow Fund by giving at least thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to each of the Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholders’
Representative, such resignation to be effective thirty (30) days following the date such notice is
given. In addition, the Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholders’ Representative may jointly
remove the Escrow Agent as escrow agent at any time with or without cause, by an instrument
executed by the Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholders’ Representative (which may be executed
in counterparts) given to the Escrow Agent, which instrument shall designate the effective date of
such removal. In the event of any such resignation or removal, a successor escrow agent, which
shall be a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or of the
State of California having (or if such bank or trust company is a member of a bank company, its
bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000, shall
be appointed by the Parent or Parent Americas on the terms of this Agreement with the written
approval of the Shareholders’ Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. Any such successor escrow agent shall deliver to the Parent, Parent Americas and the
Shareholders’ Representative, a written instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon it
shall succeed to all the rights and duties of the escrow agent hereunder and shall be entitled to
receive possession of the Escrow Fund. Upon receipt of the identity of the successor Escrow Agent,
the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Escrow Fund then held hereunder to the successor Escrow Agent.
9. Fees. Parent Americas shall pay the Escrow Agent such fees as are established by
the Fee Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B.
10. Further Instruments. If the Escrow Agent reasonably requires other or further
instruments in connection with its performance of the Duties, the necessary parties hereto shall
join in furnishing such instruments.
11. Disputes. It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect
to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the cash and/or other property held by
the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent is authorized and directed to act in accordance with,
and in reliance upon, the provisions of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
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12. Indemnification. In consideration of the Escrow Agent’s acceptance of this
appointment, Parent, Parent Americas and the Shareholders’ Representative, on behalf of the
Effective Time Company Shareholders and not individually, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify
and hold the Escrow Agent harmless as to any liability incurred by it to any person, firm or
corporation by reason of its having accepted such appointment or in carrying out the provisions of
this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, and to reimburse the Escrow Agent for all its costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, counsel fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by reason
of any matter as to which such indemnity is paid pursuant to this Section 12;
provided, however, that no indemnity need be paid in case of the Escrow Agent’s
gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement.
13. General.
(a) Notice. All notices, requests and other communications hereunder must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally or by facsimile
transmission or by nationally recognized overnight courier prepaid, to the parties at the following
addresses or facsimile numbers:
If to Parent or Parent Americas to:
Business Objects S.A.
c/o Business Objects Americas
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
and
Business Objects Americas
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
Professional Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Shareholders’ Representative to:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
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Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: R. Xxxxx Xxx, Esq.
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
If to the Escrow Agent:
U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
or to such other address as any party may have furnished in writing to the other parties in the
manner provided above. Any notice addressed to the Escrow Agent shall be effective only upon
receipt.
(b) Amendment and Termination. This Agreement may be amended or terminated if, but
only if, such amendment or termination is in writing and is signed by each of the Parent, Parent
Americas and Shareholder Representative (who shall act on behalf of the other Effective Time
Company Shareholders), and upon written notice to the Escrow Agent at any time given jointly by
Parent, Parent Americas and Shareholder Representative, but the duties or responsibilities of the
Escrow Agent may not be amended or modified without its consent.
(c) Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the
party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set
forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or
condition. No waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more
instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or
condition of this Agreement on any future occasion. All remedies, either under this Agreement or
by Law or otherwise afforded, will be cumulative and not alternative.
(d) No Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any right, interest or
obligation hereunder may be assigned (by operation of Law or otherwise) by any party without the
prior written consent of the other parties and any attempt to do so will be void. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement is binding upon, inures to the benefit of and is enforceable by
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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(e) Headings. The headings and table of contents used in this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.
(f) Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Law, and if the rights or obligations of any
party hereto under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (i) such
provision will be fully severable, (ii) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (iii) the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom and (iv) in lieu of such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this
Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
(h) Construction. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement is the product of
negotiation between sophisticated parties and individuals, all of who were represented by counsel,
and each of who had an opportunity to participate in and did participate in the drafting of each
provision hereof. Accordingly, ambiguities in this Agreement, if any, shall not be construed
strictly or in favor of or against any party hereto but rather shall be given a fair and reasonable
construction without regard to the rule of contra proferentem.
(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall constitute an original copy hereof, but all of which together shall
constitute one instrument.
(j) Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would
occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance
with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is agreed that the parties shall be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having
jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity.
14. Tax Reporting Matters. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, Parent, Parent
Americas and the Effective Time Company Shareholders each agree to provide the Escrow Agent with
appropriate Forms W-9 (or original Forms W-8, in the case of non-U.S. persons) and other forms and
documents to the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Agent may reasonably request (collectively, “Tax
Reporting Documentation”). The parties hereto understand that, if such Tax Reporting
Documentation is not so certified to the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent may be
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required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to withhold a portion of any
payments made to the Effective Time Company Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement.
15. Patriot Act Compliance. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and
money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For a non-individual person
such as a business entity, a charity, a trust or other legal entity the Escrow Agent will ask for
documentation to verify its formation and existence as a legal entity. The Escrow Agent may also
ask to see financial statements, licenses, identification and authorization documents from
individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or other relevant documentation. Parent,
Parent Americas and the Shareholders’ Representative each agree to provide all such information and
documentation as to themselves as requested by Escrow Agent to ensure compliance with federal law.
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In witness whereof, each of the parties hereto has executed this Escrow Agreement as
of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
THE MERGER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C
Xxxxxxx,
Carton & Xxxxxxx LLP Opinion
, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Firstlogic, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), in
connection with the Transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
January
, 2006 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger
Agreement”) by and among Company,
Business Objects S.A., a
société anonyme organized under the laws of the
Republic of France (“
Parent”), Business Objects Americas, a Delaware corporation (“
Parent
Americas”) and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, Flagship Acquisition Corp., a Wisconsin
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent Americas (“
Merger Sub”), and Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xx., acting solely as the Shareholder Representative. Under the Merger Agreement, Flagship
Acquisition Corp. is to merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the
surviving corporation (the “Merger”).
This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 8.2(f) of the Merger Agreement.
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Merger Agreement.
In connection with the delivery of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:
(i) The Merger Agreement;
(ii) The Company Disclosure Schedule and other Schedules identified in the Merger Agreement to
be provided by the Company;
(iii) Articles of Merger (the “Articles of Merger”) as filed with the Wisconsin Department of
Financial Institutions;
(iv) A Certificate from the Secretary of State of Wisconsin as to the good standing of the
Company dated , 2006;
(v) Copies of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the “Articles”), as
certified by the Secretary of State of Wisconsin as of , 2006, and the Bylaws of the
Company, as certified by the Secretary of the Company (the “Bylaws”); and
(vi) The resolutions of the board of directors and the shareholders of the Company authorizing
the Transactions as certified by the Secretary of the Company.
The Merger Agreement, the Voting and Support Agreement, the Cash Escrow Agreement and the
Articles of Merger are collectively referred to herein as the “Documents.”
We have also examined originals, executed counterparts or copies of such other agreements,
corporate records, instruments and certificates and certificates of public authorities, and
considered such matters of law, as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this
opinion. To the extent we deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion, we have relied upon (i)
the statements and representations of officers of the Company as to factual matters, (ii) the
corporate records provided to us by such officers and (iii) certificates and other documents
obtained from public officials. We have further relied as to factual matters on the
representations and warranties contained in the Documents. We have assumed the completeness and
accuracy of all such representations and warranties as to factual matters.
We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who
have executed the Documents and all other documents we have reviewed, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies. We have also assumed
that the Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto
(other than the Company) and are enforceable in accordance with their terms against such parties
(other than the Company).
While our firm represents the Company on a regular basis, our engagement is limited to
specific matters as to which we are consulted by the Company from time to time. Whenever our
opinion with respect to factual matters is indicated to be based on our knowledge, we are referring
to the actual knowledge, without independent inquiry, of the attorneys at our firm who have
performed legal services in connection with the issuance of this opinion or the Transactions.
Except as expressly set forth herein, we have not undertaken any independent investigation to
determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to our knowledge of the
existence or absence of such facts should be drawn from such representation.
Based upon and subject to our examination as aforesaid and subject to the qualifications set
forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company (i) is a corporation organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Wisconsin and (ii) has the corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as currently conducted and to own, use, license and lease its properties and assets.
2. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Merger Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, including, without limitation, the Merger.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Merger Agreement and the consummation
by it of the Transactions, including, without limitation, the Merger, have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and shareholders.
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3. The Documents and each other document to which the Company is a party and which are
required to consummate the Transactions, including, without limitation, the Merger, have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except to the
extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application relating to or
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors and the application of general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), and
further subject to the qualifications set forth in the next sentence. We express no opinion herein
as to the enforceability of any provision (i) that mandates the choice of law to govern the
Documents, (ii) that purports to waive trial by jury, (iii) that purports to waive or limit the
right to assert any claims, remedies, defenses or rights of setoff which the Company may have at
law or in equity, (iv) that provides that waivers, consents, amendments or modifications must be in
writing, (v) that purports to confer, waive or consent to the jurisdiction of any court, (vi) that
purports to impose penalties, liquidated damages, forfeiture or interest on past due interest,
(vii) that relates to severability, as applied to any portion thereof deemed by a court to be
material, (viii) for contribution or indemnification to the extent that such provisions may be
violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or
state securities law, rule or regulation) or (ix) that purports to impose any non-competition or
non-solicitation obligation or restriction on any Person.
4. The execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Merger Agreement and each
other document to which the Company is a party and which is required to consummate the
Transactions, including, without limitation, the Merger, do not and the consummation of the
Transactions will not (i) result in a violation of the articles of incorporation, bylaws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) result in a violation of
the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the “WBCL”), (iii) to our knowledge result in a violation
by the Company of any order, writ, injunction, decree, statue, rule or regulation of any court or
Governmental Entity or agency binding upon the Company or to which the Company is subject, or (iv)
result in a breach or default under any agreement or instrument listed on Schedule A hereto
to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
5. Except for filings, permits, authorizations, consents or approvals as are specifically
provided for in the Merger Agreement and each other document required to consummate the
Transactions, including, without limitation, the Merger, no authorizations, permits, consents or
approvals of, and no filings with, any Governmental Entity or regulatory authority or agency are
necessary under the WBCL or the federal laws of the United States of America for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of the Merger Agreement or the Transactions.
6. Based solely upon the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Wisconsin Department of
Financial Institutions (the “Wisconsin Department”) in accordance with the Merger Agreement, upon
the acceptance of such filings by the Wisconsin Department, the Merger will be effective in
accordance with the WBCL.
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The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal statutes of the United States, and the laws
and regulations of the State of Wisconsin, and we have not considered and express no opinion on the
laws or regulations of any other jurisdiction.
This opinion is rendered only with respect to the laws and the regulations thereunder that are
in effect as of the date hereof. We assume no responsibility for updating this opinion to take
into account any event, action, interpretation or change of law occurring subsequent to the date
hereof that may affect the validity of any of the opinions expressed herein.
This opinion is furnished by us solely for your benefit for use in connection with the
Transactions and it may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other person or for
any other purpose, without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours,