AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among HARMONIC INC., SUNRISE ACQUISITION LTD. and SCOPUS VIDEO NETWORKS LTD. Dated as of December 22, 2008
Exhibit 2.1
by and among
SUNRISE ACQUISITION LTD.
and
SCOPUS VIDEO NETWORKS LTD.
Dated as of December 22, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 Certain Defined Terms |
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1.2 Additional Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II THE MERGER |
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2.1 The Merger |
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2.2 Effective Time; Closing |
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2.3 Effect of the Merger |
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2.4 Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association |
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2.5 Directors and Officers |
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2.6 Effect on Share Capital |
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2.7 Surrender of Certificates |
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2.8 No Further Ownership Rights in any Company Securities |
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2.9 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates |
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2.10 Further Action |
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2.11 Amendment to Provide for Alternative Merger Structure |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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3.1 Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries |
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3.2 Capital Structure |
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3.3 Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents |
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3.4 SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Internal Controls |
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3.5 Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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3.6 Taxes |
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3.7 Title to Properties |
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3.8 Intellectual Property |
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3.9 Restrictions on Business Activities |
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3.10 Governmental Authorizations |
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3.11 Litigation |
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3.12 Compliance with Laws |
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3.13 Environmental Matters |
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3.14 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees; Fees and Expenses |
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3.15 Transactions with Affiliates |
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3.16 Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation |
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3.17 Contracts |
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3.18 Insurance |
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3.19 Information Supplied |
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3.20 Fairness Opinion |
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3.21 Corporate Documents |
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3.22 Customers and Suppliers |
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3.23 Grants |
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3.24 Takeover Statutes and Rights Plans |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB |
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4.1 Organization |
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4.2 Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents |
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4.3 Capital Resources |
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4.4 Share Ownership |
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4.5 No Prior Merger Sub Operations |
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4.6 Information Supplied |
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ARTICLE V CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME |
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5.1 Conduct of Business by the Company |
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5.2 Procedures for Requesting Parent Consent |
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5.3 No Control of Other Party’s Business |
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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6.1 Merger Proposal and Proxy Statement |
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6.2 Meeting of Company Shareholders; Board Recommendation |
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6.3 Alternative Transaction Proposals |
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6.4 Confidentiality; Access to Information |
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6.5 Public Disclosure |
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6.6 Regulatory Filings; Reasonable Efforts |
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6.7 Notification of Certain Matters |
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6.8 Third-Party Consents |
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6.9 Equity Awards and Employee Matters |
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6.10 Indemnification |
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6.11 No Modification of Representations, Warranties, Covenants or Agreements |
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6.12 Takeover Statutes |
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6.13 Insurance Approval |
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6.14 Israeli Approvals |
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER |
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7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger |
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7.2 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
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7.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
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8.1 Termination |
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8.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination |
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8.3 Fees and Expenses |
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8.4 Amendment |
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8.5 Extension; Waiver |
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ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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9.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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9.2 Notices |
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9.3 Interpretation; Rule of Construction |
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9.4 Counterparts |
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9.5 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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9.6 Severability |
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9.7 Other Remedies; Specific Performance |
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9.8 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction |
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9.9 Assignment |
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9.10 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibits |
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Exhibit A
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Form of Voting Agreement | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Merger Proposal | |
Schedules |
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Schedule 1
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Signatories to Voting Agreements | |
Schedule 7.2(e)
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Key Employees |
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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
December 22, 2008, by and among Harmonic Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Sunrise
Acquisition Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel and a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Scopus Video Networks Ltd., a
company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”).
RECITALS
A. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with
Sections 314-327 of the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (“Israeli Law”), Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company intend to effect the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”),
pursuant to which Merger Sub will cease to exist and the Company will become a direct or indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
B. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have deemed it
advisable and in the best interests of their respective companies and shareholders that Parent and
the Company consummate the Merger and other transactions provided for herein.
C. The respective Boards of Directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
approved the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and
have approved this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
D. The Board of Directors of Merger Sub has determined that, considering the financial
position of the merging companies, no reasonable concern exists that the Surviving Company (as
defined below) will be unable to fulfill the obligations of Merger Sub to its creditors, and the
Board of Directors of the Company has determined that, considering the financing position of the
merging companies, no reasonable concern exists that the Surviving Company will be unable to
fulfill the obligations of the Company to its creditors.
E. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto,
and as a condition and inducement to Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, each of
the Persons listed on Schedule 1 is entering into a Voting Agreement and an irrevocable
proxy in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (collectively, the “Voting
Agreements”) pursuant to which, among other things, such shareholder agrees to vote all of the
Company’s shares owned by it, him or her in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement,
and the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
F. The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously resolved to recommend to its
shareholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement, and the approval of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
G. Parent or a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, as the sole shareholder
of Merger Sub, has approved and adopted this Agreement and approved the Merger.
H. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties and
agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(a) “102 Trustee” means the trustee appointed by the Company in accordance with the provisions
of the Ordinance, and approved by the Israeli Taxing Authority, with respect to Company 102
Securities.
(b) “Acquisition” shall mean, for the purposes of Section 8.3(b) only, with respect to
the Company, any of the following transactions (other than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement): (i) any purchase or acquisition by any Person or “group” (as defined under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) of more than a fifty
percent (50%) interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or its Subsidiary,
or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or “group”
beneficially owning fifty percent (50%) or more of the total outstanding voting securities of the
Company or its Subsidiary; (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the equity
interests held in the Company and retained following such transaction or issued to or otherwise
received in such transaction by the shareholders of the Company immediately preceding such
transaction constitute less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate equity interests in the
surviving or resulting entity of such transaction or any direct or indirect parent thereof; or
(iii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license (other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices) or other disposition (including by way of joint venture) by the
Company of assets (including share capital or other ownership interests the Subsidiary of the
Company) representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the aggregate fair market value of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole, immediately prior to such
sale.
(c) “Alternative Transaction Proposal” shall mean, with respect to the Company, any offer,
expression of interest or proposal (whether binding or non-binding), or any public announcement of
any intention to make any such offer, expression of interest or proposal, whether made to the
Company or its shareholders, relating to any transaction or series of related transactions
involving: (i) any purchase or acquisition by any Person or “group” (as defined under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) of more than a ten
percent (10%) interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or its Subsidiary,
or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or “group”
beneficially owning ten percent (10%) or more of the total outstanding voting securities of the
Company or its Subsidiary; (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar
transaction involving the Company or its Subsidiary; (iii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer,
license (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) or other
disposition (including by way of joint venture) by the Company of assets (including share capital
or other ownership interests in the Subsidiary of the Company) representing ten percent (10%) or
more of the aggregate fair market value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiary, taken as a whole, immediately prior to such sale; (iv) any
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liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company; or (v) the
declaration or payment of any extraordinary dividend, whether of cash or other property, by the
Company; provided, however, for the sake of clarity, the transactions among Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company contemplated by this Agreement shall not be deemed an Alternative
Transaction Proposal.
(d) “Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws” shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended, any rules or regulations thereunder, or any other applicable United States or
non-U.S. anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws or regulations.
(e) “Bid” shall mean any bid, quotation or proposal submitted to any Governmental Entity in
connection with obtaining any current Contract between the Company, on the one hand, and any
Governmental Entity, on the other hand, and any outstanding bid, quotation or proposal by the
Company that if accepted or awarded would reasonably be expected to lead to a Contract between the
Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand.
(f) “Business Day” shall mean each day that is not a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which Parent is closed for business or banking institutions located in San Francisco, California or
Tel Aviv, Israel are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
(g) “Change of Recommendation” shall mean the withholding, withdrawal, amendment,
qualification or modification by the Company’s Board or Directors (or any committee thereof) of its
recommendation in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the approval of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and, in the case of a tender or exchange offer made
by a third party directly to the Company’s shareholders, a failure to recommend that the Company’s
shareholders reject such tender or exchange offer.
(h) “COBRA” shall mean Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,
as amended.
(i) “Company 102 Securities” means (i) Company Options granted under Section 102(b) of the
Ordinance, or granted under Section 102 of the Ordinance prior to January 1, 2003, and (ii) Company
Shares issued upon the exercise of any such Company Options and held by the 102 Trustee pursuant to
the Ordinance.
(j) “Company Employee Plan” shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, contract,
agreement or other arrangement, whether written, unwritten or otherwise, providing for
compensation, severance benefits, termination pay, change of control pay, bonus pay, deferred
compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, phantom stock, commission pay,
vacation or paid time off, profit sharing, welfare benefits, retirement benefits, fringe benefits
or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written, unwritten or otherwise,
funded or unfunded, including each “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation and any International
Employee Plan.
(k) “Company Government Contract” shall mean any commercial Contract between the Company, on
the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, and each outstanding Bid
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that, if accepted or awarded, would reasonably be expected to lead to a Contract between the
Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand.
(l) “Company Government Subcontract” shall mean any Contract between the Company, on the one
hand, and any prime contractor or upper-tier subcontractor, on the other hand, relating to a
Contract between such Person and any Governmental Entity, and each outstanding Bid that if accepted
or awarded could lead to a Contract between the Company, on the one hand, and a prime contractor or
upper-tier subcontractor, on the other hand, relating to a Contract between such Person and any
Governmental Entity.
(m) “Company Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all Intellectual Property and
Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by, or claimed to be owned by, or exclusively licensed
to, the Company or its Subsidiary.
(n) “Company Options” shall mean all outstanding options to purchase Company Ordinary Shares.
(o) “Company Ordinary Shares” shall mean the ordinary shares, par value NIS 1.40 per share, of
the Company.
(p) “Company Products” shall mean all products, technologies and services developed (including
products, technologies and services under development), owned, made, provided, distributed,
imported, sold or licensed by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiary.
(q) “Company Registered Intellectual Property” shall mean all of the Registered Intellectual
Property owned by, or filed in the name of, the Company or its Subsidiary.
(r) “Company Share Plans” shall mean all share option plans or other equity-related plans of
the Company, including: (i) the 2000 Employee Incentive Share Option Plan, (ii) the 2001 Amended
and Restated Share Option Plan, (iii) the Executive Option Plan, and (iv) any other share option
plans or other equity-related plans of the Company.
(s) “Company Unvested Ordinary Shares” shall mean any Company Ordinary Shares that are
unvested or are subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any
applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other agreement with the Company.
(t) “Contract” shall mean any written or oral agreement, contract, subcontract, settlement
agreement, lease, binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order,
license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding commitment or undertaking of
any nature, as in effect as of the date hereof or as may hereinafter be in effect.
(u) “DOJ” shall mean the United States Department of Justice.
(v) “DOL” shall mean the United States Department of Labor.
(w) “Employee” shall mean any current or, unless it appears otherwise from the context,
former, employee, consultant, adviser, independent contractor or director of the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate.
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(x) “Employee Agreement” shall mean each management, employment, severance, separation, change
of control, settlement, bonus, consulting, contractor, relocation, repatriation, expatriation,
loan, visa, work permit or other agreement or Contract (including, any offer letter which provides
for any term of employment other than employment at will or any agreement providing for
acceleration of Company Options, or similar equity awards, or any other agreement providing for
compensation or benefits) between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee, whether
written or unwritten or otherwise pursuant to which the Company or ERISA Affiliate has or may have
any current or future liability or obligation (contingent or otherwise).
(y) “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(z) “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean the Subsidiary of the Company and any other Person under
common control with the Company or its Subsidiary, or that, together with the Company or the
Subsidiary of the Company, could be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of
Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, and the regulations
issued thereunder.
(aa) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(bb) “Export and Import Approvals” shall mean all export licenses, license exceptions,
consents, notices, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and
filings, from or with any Governmental Entity, that are required for compliance with Export and
Import Control Laws.
(cc) “Export and Import Control Laws” shall mean any U.S. law, regulation, or order or
applicable non-U.S. law, regulation or order governing (i) imports, exports, re-exports, or
transfers of products, services, software, or technologies from or to the United States, Israel or
another country; (ii) any release of technology or software in any foreign country or to any
foreign person (anyone other than a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, or a
protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) located in the United States or abroad;
(iii) economic sanctions or embargoes; or (iv) compliance with unsanctioned foreign boycotts.
(dd) “FTC” shall mean the United States Federal Trade Commission.
(ee) “Government Contracts Consents” shall mean those consents, waivers, and approvals of any
parties to any Company Government Contract, Company Government Subcontract, or Bid, necessary for
any such Company Government Contract, Company Government Subcontract, or Bid to remain in full
force and effect and so as to preserve all rights of, and benefits to, the Company or the Surviving
Company under such Contract from and after the Closing.
(ff) “Governmental Entity” shall mean any supranational, national, state, municipal, local or
foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission or
other governmental authority or instrumentality, or any quasi-governmental or private body
exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority.
(gg) “HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as
amended.
(hh) “HSR Act” shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
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(ii) “Intellectual Property” shall mean any or all of the following: (i) works of authorship
including computer programs, source code, and executable code, whether embodied in software,
firmware or otherwise, architecture, documentation, designs, files, records, and data,
(ii) inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements, and technology,
(iii) proprietary and confidential information, trade secrets and know how, (iv) databases, data
compilations and collections and technical data, (v) logos, trade names, trade dress, trademarks
and service marks, (vi) domain names, web addresses and sites, (vii) tools, methods and processes,
(viii) devices, prototypes, schematics, breadboards, netlists, maskworks, test methodologies,
verilog files, emulation and simulation reports, test vectors and hardware development tools, and
(ix) any and all instantiations of the foregoing in any form and embodied in any media.
(jj) “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean worldwide common law and statutory rights
associated with (i) patents, patent applications and inventors’ certificates, (ii) copyrights,
copyright registrations and copyright applications, “moral” rights and mask work rights,
(iii) Trade Secrets, (iv) other proprietary rights relating to intangible Intellectual Property,
(v) trademarks, trade names and service marks, (vi) divisions, continuations, renewals, reissuances
and extensions of the foregoing (as applicable) and (vii) analogous rights to those set forth
above, including the right to enforce and recover remedies for any of the foregoing.
(kk) “International Employee Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement
that has been adopted, contributed to, required to be contributed to, or maintained by the Company,
its Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, whether formally or informally, or with respect to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate will or may have any liability, for the benefit of Employees who
perform services outside the United States.
(ll) “IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
(mm) “knowledge” shall mean, with respect to the Company, with respect to any fact,
circumstance, event or other matter in question, the actual knowledge of Xxxxx Xxxxxx and any of
the executive officers of the Company after reasonable inquiry of the employees, consultants or
independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiary with the administrative or operational
responsibility for such matter in question; provided, that if any of Xx. Xxxxxx or such
executive officer does not make such reasonable inquiry, then such person shall be deemed to have,
in addition to his or her own actual knowledge, the actual knowledge of those facts, circumstances,
events or other matters of such employees, consultants or independent contractors.
(nn) “Legal Requirements” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other
law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, order, decree,
directive, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated,
implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
(oo) “Liabilities” shall mean the debts, liabilities and other obligations of a Person,
whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable,
known or unknown, including those arising under any Legal Requirement, action or order by any
Governmental Entity, and those arising under any Contract.
(pp) “Lien” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest,
title retention device, collateral assignment, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in
respect of an asset, tangible or intangible (including any restriction on the voting of any
security, any restriction on the
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transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived
from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession,
exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset), other than Liens imposed by
virtue of applicable law, such as securities laws.
(qq) “made available” shall mean that the Company has posted such materials, on or before 4:00
p.m. Pacific time on the date that is two (2) calendar days prior to the date hereof, to the
location set forth on Section 1.1(qq) of the Company Disclosure Letter and such other
materials that have been provided to Parent at any time prior to the date hereof that are
specifically set forth on Section 1.1(qq) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(rr) “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, when used in connection with an entity, any change,
event, violation, circumstance, condition or effect (any such item, an “Effect”), individually or
when taken together with all other Effects that have occurred on or prior to the date of
determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Effect, (i) that is or would reasonably be
expected to be or become materially adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise), business,
assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, employees, operations or results of operations
of such entity and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) that would reasonably be expected to
materially impede the authority or ability of such entity to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and applicable Legal
Requirements, except in each case to the extent that any such Effect directly results from any of
the following: (a) changes in general economic or political conditions or financial credit or
securities markets in general or changes affecting the industry generally in which such entity
operates or acts of war or terrorism or force majeure (provided that such changes or acts
do not affect such entity disproportionately as compared to other companies operating in the same
industries or geographies as such entity); (b) changes in the trading volume or trading prices of
such entity’s share capital, or any failure to meet published analyst estimates or publicly
announced management projections, in each case, in and of themselves (provided that such
exclusion shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such change in trading
prices or volumes or failure to meet estimates); (c) any changes in applicable law or GAAP, (d) any
action taken by the Company at the written request of Parent or specifically required hereunder, or
(e) any adverse changes in the Company’s relationships with the parties listed on
Section 1.1(rr) of the Company Disclosure Letter that are directly attributable to the
public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(ss) “Merger Consideration” shall mean the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration payable
for all Company Ordinary Shares.
(tt) “Merger Sub Ordinary Shares” shall mean the ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per
share, of Merger Sub.
(uu) “NIS” shall mean New Israeli Shekels.
(vv) “Open Source” shall mean any open source, public source or freeware Intellectual
Property, 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 software that is
licensed pursuant to a license that purports to require the distribution of or access to Source
Code or purports to restrict the licensee’s ability to charge for distribution of or to use
software for commercial purposes or requires the inclusion of attribution notices in any
redistributed software.
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(ww) “Pension Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan that is an “employee pension benefit
plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
(xx) “Per Share Merger Consideration” shall mean an amount of cash equal to $5.62 per share,
without interest.
(yy) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation),
general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate,
trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other
enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental Entity.
(zz) “Proxy Statement” shall mean the proxy statement to be mailed to each shareholder of the
Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies from Company shareholders for the Company
Shareholder Approval, as amended or supplemented.
(aaa) “PTO” shall mean the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(bbb) “Registered Intellectual Property” shall mean applications, registrations and filings
for Intellectual Property Rights that have been registered, filed, certified or otherwise perfected
or recorded with or by any state, government or other public or quasi-public legal authority.
(ccc) “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(ddd) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(eee) “Shrink-Wrapped Code” shall mean generally commercially available binary code (other
than development tools and development environments) where available for a cost of not more than
$10,000 for a perpetual license for a single user or work station (or $50,000 in the aggregate for
all users and work stations).
(fff) “Source Code” shall mean computer software and code, in form other than object code
form, including related programmer comments and annotations, help text, data and data structures,
instructions and procedural, object-oriented and other code, which may be printed out or displayed
in human readable form.
(ggg) “Subsidiary” shall mean, when used with respect to any party, any corporation,
association, business entity, partnership, limited liability company or other Person of which such
party, either alone or together with one or more Subsidiaries or by one or more Subsidiaries
(i) directly or indirectly owns or controls securities or other interests representing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of such Person, or (ii) is entitled, by Contract or
otherwise, to elect, appoint or designate directors constituting a majority of the members of such
Person’s board of directors or other governing body.
(hhh) “Superior Proposal” shall mean, with respect to the Company, an unsolicited, bona fide
written offer made by a third party to acquire, directly or indirectly, pursuant to a tender offer,
exchange offer, merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction, (i) all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiary, or (ii) a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of the Company and as a result of which the shareholders of
the Company immediately preceding such transaction would hold less than fifty percent (50%) of the
equity interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction and any direct or
indirect parent or subsidiary thereof, on terms that the Board of Directors
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of the Company has in good faith concluded (following the receipt of advice from and
consultation with its outside legal counsel and TWP or any other financial adviser of national
standing in the United States of America), taking into account, among other things, legal,
financial, regulatory, timing and other aspects of the offer (including the form of consideration)
and the Person making the offer, (A) are more favorable, from a financial point of view, to the
Company’s shareholders (in their capacities as shareholders) than the terms of this Agreement
(after giving effect to any adjustments to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in
response to such third party offer), (B) provide for consideration consisting exclusively of cash
and/or publicly traded securities, and for which financing, to the extent required by the Person
making the offer, is then fully committed and not subject to any contingencies other than the
closing of such business combination transaction, and (C) are reasonably expected to receive all
required governmental approvals on a timely basis and otherwise reasonably expected to be
consummated on the terms proposed.
(iii) “Termination Fee” shall mean an amount in cash equal to Three Million Four Hundred and
Twenty Two Thousand Dollars ($3,422,000.00).
(jjj) “Trade Secrets” shall mean trade and industrial secrets and confidential information.
(kkk) “TWP” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC.
(lll) “Voting Debt” shall mean any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the
Company or its Subsidiary (i) having the right to vote on any matters on which shareholders may
vote (or which is convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having such right) or (ii) the
value of which is any way based upon or derived from share capital or voting stock of the Company.
(mmm) “WARN” shall mean the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended.
1.2 Additional Defined Terms. The following capitalized terms shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the respective Sections of this Agreement set forth opposite each such
respective terms below:
INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Cross Reference in | ||||
Term | Agreement | Page | ||
401(k) Plan |
6.9(c) | 65 | ||
Affiliated Group |
3.6(a) | 26 | ||
Agreement |
Prologue | 1 | ||
Antitrust Restraint |
6.6(e) | 64 | ||
Book-Entry Shares |
2.7(c) | 15 | ||
Certificate of Merger |
2.2 | 12 | ||
Certificates |
2.7(c) | 14 | ||
Change of Recommendation Notice |
6.3(d)(iii) | 60 | ||
China RoHS |
3.13(a) | 38 | ||
Closing |
2.2 | 12 | ||
Closing Date |
2.2 | 12 | ||
Code |
2.7(d) | 15 |
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Term | Agreement | Page | ||
Companies Registrar |
2.2 | 11 | ||
Company |
Prologue | 1 | ||
Company Balance Sheet |
3.4(d) | 21 | ||
Company Charter Documents |
3.4(d) | 17 | ||
Company Disclosure Letter |
ARTICLE III | 16 | ||
Company Environmental Permits |
3.13(c) | 38 | ||
Company Financials |
3.4(b) | 21 | ||
Company Material Contract |
3.17(a) | 42 | ||
Company Optionholder |
6.9(a) | 65 | ||
Company Purchase Plans |
3.2(c) | 18 | ||
Company SEC Reports |
3.4(a) | 21 | ||
Company Shareholder Approval |
3.3(a) | 19 | ||
Company Shareholders’ Meeting |
6.2(a) | 57 | ||
Confidentiality Agreement |
6.4(a) | 61 | ||
Continuing Employee |
6.9(e) | 65 | ||
Effective Time |
2.2 | 12 | ||
End Date |
8.1(b) | 71 | ||
Engagement Letter |
3.14 | 39 | ||
Exchange Agent |
2.7(a) | 14 | ||
Exchange Fund |
2.7(b) | 14 | ||
Expense Reimbursement |
8.3(b)(iii) | 74 | ||
Fairness Opinion |
3.20 | 47 | ||
GAAP |
3.4(b) | 21 | ||
Governmental Authorizations |
3.10 | 35 | ||
Governmental Permits |
3.12(b) | 36 | ||
Grants |
3.23 | 49 | ||
Hazardous Material |
3.13(a) | 38 | ||
Hazardous Materials Activities |
3.13(b) | 38 | ||
Indemnified Parties |
6.10(a) | 66 | ||
In-Licenses |
3.8(j) | 32 | ||
Investment Center |
3.3(c) | 20 | ||
Investment Center Approval |
3.3(c) | 20 | ||
IP Contracts |
3.8(k) | 32 | ||
ISRA |
3.13(b) | 38 | ||
Israeli Employee or Israeli Employees |
3.16(g) | 42, 41 | ||
Israeli Law |
Recitals | 1 | ||
Israeli Option Ruling |
6.14(d)(i) | 68 | ||
Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling |
6.14(c) | 68 | ||
Lease Documents |
3.7(b) | 30 | ||
Leased Real Property |
3.7(a) | 29 | ||
Lease Termination Agreements |
3.7(a) | 30 | ||
Merger |
2.1 | 1 | ||
Merger Proposal |
6.1(a) | 56 | ||
Merger Sub |
Prologue | 1 | ||
NASDAQ |
3.3(c) | 20 | ||
Necessary Consents |
3.3(c) | 20 |
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Cross Reference in | ||||
Term | Agreement | Page | ||
OCS |
3.3(c) | 20 | ||
OCS Filing |
3.3(c) | 20 | ||
OCS Funded Technology |
3.8(i) | 32 | ||
Option Cash Payment |
2.6(c)(i) | 13 | ||
Option Schedule |
2.6(c)(ii) | 13 | ||
Ordinance |
2.7(d) | 15 | ||
Out-Licenses |
3.8(k) | 32 | ||
Parent |
Prologue | 1 | ||
Product Certifications |
3.12(f) | 37 | ||
Representatives |
6.3(a) | 58 | ||
Required Governmental Consents |
7.1(c) | 69 | ||
Returns |
3.6(b)(i) | 26 | ||
RoHS Directive |
3.13(a) | 38 | ||
Run Off Policy |
6.10(b) | 66 | ||
Significant Customer |
3.22(a) | 48 | ||
Significant Supplier |
3.22(a) | 48 | ||
SOX |
3.4(a) | 21 | ||
Subsidiary Charter Documents |
3.1(b) | 17 | ||
Surviving Company Charter Documents |
2.4 | 12 | ||
Takeover Statutes |
3.24 | 49 | ||
Tax or Taxes |
3.6(a) | 26 | ||
Tax Incentive |
3.6(b)(xiv) | 28 | ||
Total Option Cash Payments |
2.6(c)(i) | 13 | ||
Triggering Event |
8.1(h) | 73 | ||
Vested Options |
2.6(c)(i) | 13 | ||
Voting Agreements |
Recitals | 1 | ||
WEEE Directive |
3.13(a) | 38 |
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
THE MERGER
2.1 The Merger. At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Israeli Law, Merger Sub shall be merged with and
into the Company in accordance with Section 323 of Israeli Law (the “Merger”), the separate
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, the Company shall continue as the surviving company
and as a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and the separate corporate existence
of the Company with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue
unaffected by the Merger in accordance with Israeli Law. The surviving company after the Merger is
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Company.”
2.2 Effective Time; Closing. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto
shall cause the Merger to be consummated by delivering to the Registrar of Companies of the State
of Israel (the “Companies Registrar”) a notice informing the Companies Registrar of the expected
Closing (as defined below) and the proposed
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Closing Date (as defined below) and requesting that the Companies Registrar issue a
certificate evidencing the completion of the Merger in accordance with Section 323(5) of Israeli
Law (the “Certificate of Merger”) after notice that the Closing has occurred (the time of such
issuance by the Companies Registrar, after the Closing, of the Certificate of Merger, being the
“Effective Time”). The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, located at 650 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, xx a time and date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than
the third (3rd) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article V (other than those that by their terms are to be satisfied or waived at the
Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), or at such other time,
date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is
referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
2.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Israeli Law. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the rights, privileges,
immunities, powers and franchises of Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company,
and all debts, liabilities and duties of Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of the Surviving Company.
2.4 Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association. Unless otherwise determined by
Parent prior to the Effective Time, at the Effective Time, the parties hereto shall take all
actions necessary so that the memorandum of association and articles of association of Merger Sub
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the memorandum of association and the
articles of association of the Surviving Company (the “Surviving Company Charter Documents”), until
duly amended as provided therein or by applicable law, subject to Section 6.10(a).
2.5 Directors and Officers. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective
Time, (a) the initial directors of the Surviving Company shall be the directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, removal or resignation in accordance with the
Surviving Company Charter Documents, (b) the initial officers of the Surviving Company shall be the
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors
are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, removal or resignation in
accordance with the Surviving Company Charter Documents, and (c) Parent, the Company and the
Surviving Company shall cause the directors and officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time to be the directors and officers, respectively, of the Company’s Subsidiary
immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office as a director or officer of such
Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the respective jurisdiction of
organization and the respective bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of its Subsidiary.
2.6 Effect on Share Capital. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger
Sub, the Company or the holders of any shares of the Company, the following shall occur:
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(a) Company Ordinary Shares. Each Company Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, other than any Company Ordinary Shares to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.6(b), will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive the
Per Share Merger Consideration upon surrender of the certificate representing such Company Ordinary
Share in the manner provided in Section 2.7 (or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, upon delivery of an affidavit (and bond, if required) in the manner provided in
Section 2.9).
(b) Cancellation of Treasury and Parent Owned Shares. Each Company Ordinary Share held by the
Company or Parent, or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or of Parent,
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled without any conversion thereof.
(c) Stock Options.
(i) As of the Effective Time, each Company Option that is outstanding and unexercised
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of any holder of any Company Option; provided, however, that no
Company Option may be exercised after the seventh (7th) day prior to the Closing Date. With
respect to Company Options that are vested or become vested by the time of the Closing (the “Vested
Options”), such Vested Options will be canceled in consideration for the right to receive (in
accordance with and subject to the Israeli Option Ruling, if applicable), as promptly as
practicable following the Effective Time (and in any event no later than the fifth Business Day
thereafter), an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) the number of Company Ordinary Shares
previously subject to such Vested Option and (B) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Merger
Consideration over the exercise price per Company Ordinary Share previously subject to such Vested
Option, less any required withholding Taxes (the “Option Cash Payment” and the sum of all such
payments, the “Total Option Cash Payments”). As of the Effective Time, all Company Options shall
no longer be outstanding and shall automatically cease to exist, and each holder of a Company
Option shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right of holders of Vested
Options to receive the Option Cash Payment, if applicable. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company shall take the actions necessary to effectuate this Section 2.6(c), including
providing holders of Company Options with notice of their rights with respect to any such Company
Options as provided herein.
(ii) As promptly as practicable following the Effective Time and in any event not later than
the fifth Business Day thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall transfer to the account designated by
the plan administrator under the applicable plan the portion of the Total Option Payments to which
holders of Company Options (other than Company 102 Securities) are entitled to receive pursuant to
this Section 2.6. As soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the applicable plan
administrator, in coordination with the Surviving Company, shall pay to each holder of a Company
Option (other than holders of Company 102 Securities) the amounts contemplated by this
Section 2.6, less applicable deductions and withholding at the time of payment. All
payments with respect to Company 102 Securities, as set forth on a schedule to be mutually agreed
upon by Parent and the Company on or prior to the Closing Date, which schedule shall be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Option Schedule”), shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent
to the 102 Trustee, as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, to be held and distributed
pursuant to the agreement with the 102 Trustee and applicable Legal Requirements (including the
provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance and the regulations and rules promulgated thereunder).
The 102 Trustee shall comply with any applicable Israeli Tax withholding requirements with respect
to the payment in respect to Company 102 Securities and with such procedures as may be required by
the Israeli Option Ruling (as defined hereinafter), if obtained.
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(d) Merger Sub. At the Effective Time, each Merger Sub Ordinary Share issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one ordinary share of the Surviving
Company.
(e) Adjustments to Merger Consideration. The Per Share Merger Consideration shall be adjusted
to reflect fully the appropriate effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend
(including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Company Ordinary Shares),
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other like change with respect to Company
Ordinary Shares, having a record date on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, at the Effective Time, the
Company’s representations and warranties in Section 3.2 (Capital Structure) are not true in
any non-de minimis respect, then the Per Share Merger Consideration and any other dependent items
shall be equitably adjusted and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the
Per Share Merger Consideration or other dependent item.
2.7 Surrender of Certificates.
(a) Exchange Agent. Parent shall select an institution (that maintains offices in the United
States of America) reasonably acceptable to the Company (whose consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) to act as the exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the Merger and the
payment of the Merger Consideration.
(b) Parent to Provide Cash. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into an agreement
with the Exchange Agent (to be effective as of the Effective Time) that shall provide that Parent
shall make available to the Exchange Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article II,
the aggregate Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.6. Any cash deposited
with the Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Exchange Fund.” Promptly
following the Effective Time (and in any event not later than the second (2nd) Business
Day thereafter), Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of holders of Company
Ordinary Shares existing as of the Effective Time, cash consideration consistent with the Merger
Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.6.
(c) Exchange Procedures. Promptly following the Effective Time (and in any event not later
than the third (3rd) Business Day thereafter), Parent shall instruct the Exchange Agent to mail to
each holder of record of certificates or instruments evidencing the Company Ordinary Shares that
were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Certificates”) and
which were converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.6, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall 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 Exchange Agent, and shall be in such form and have such other
provisions as Parent and/or the Exchange Agent may reasonably specify), and (ii) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the applicable portion of the
Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of Certificates for cancellation to the Exchange Agent or to
such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other
documents as may reasonably be required by Parent or the Exchange Agent (including any required
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or Form W-8, or any Tax forms required under any other applicable
law), the holders of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a check or
wire transfer of immediately available funds in the amount of U.S. dollars representing the
applicable portion of the Merger Consideration that such holders have
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the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.6, and the Certificates so surrendered
shall forthwith be cancelled. Until so surrendered, outstanding Certificates will be deemed from
and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, to evidence only the right to receive
upon surrender thereof the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration that the holders thereof
have the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.6. No interest will be paid or accrued on
any cash payable to holders of Certificates pursuant to this Agreement. In the event of a transfer
of ownership of Company Ordinary Share that is not registered in the transfer records of the
Company, the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration that the holder thereof has the right
to receive pursuant to Section 2.6 may be paid to a transferee if the Certificate
representing such Company Ordinary Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all
documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence that any applicable stock
transfer Taxes have been paid. With respect to any Company Ordinary Shares held in uncertificated
form (“Book-Entry Shares”), Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail or otherwise deliver to
each holder of Book-Entry Shares (x) materials advising such holder of the effectiveness of the
Merger and the conversion of each of such holder’s Company Ordinary Shares into the Per Share
Merger Consideration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon the completion of the Merger, and
(y) a check, deposit or wire transfer of immediately available funds (in Parent’s and Exchange
Agent’s discretion) in the amount of the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration payable to such
holder with respect to such holder’s Company Ordinary Shares, in each case without any action by
such holders.
(d) Required Withholding. Each of Parent, the Exchange Agent and the Surviving Company shall
be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant
to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance New
Version, 1961, as amended (the “Ordinance”), the Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling, if obtained, or
any other applicable Legal Requirement; provided, that no withholding or a reduced rate of
withholding, as applicable, under Israeli Tax law will be made from any consideration payable
hereunder to a holder of Company Ordinary Shares to the extent that such holder has provided Parent
or the Exchange Agent with an appropriate unequivocal exemption by the Israeli Tax Authority
confirming that no withholding or reduced withholding of Israeli Tax is required with respect to
the particular holder in question, prior to the time such payment is made. To the extent such
amounts are so deducted or withheld, the amount of such consideration shall be treated for all
purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such consideration would
otherwise have been paid. Any amounts deducted and withheld pursuant to this
Section 2.7(d) shall be remitted to the appropriate Tax authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(e) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.7,
neither the Exchange Agent, the Surviving Company nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder
of Company Ordinary Shares for any amount paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(f) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest the cash included in the
Exchange Fund as directed by Parent on a daily basis; provided that no such investment or
loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to Company shareholders pursuant to this
Article II. Any interest and other income resulting from such investment shall become a
part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable to Company shareholders
pursuant to this Article II shall promptly be paid to Parent.
(g) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains unclaimed by
the holders of Certificates twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall, at the request of
the Surviving Company, be delivered to the Surviving Company or otherwise according to the
instruction of
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the Surviving Company, and any holders of the Certificates who have not surrendered such
Certificates in compliance with this Section 2.7 shall after such delivery to the Surviving
Company, subject to Section 2.7(e), look only to the Surviving Company for the cash
constituting the Merger Consideration (which shall not accrue interest) pursuant to
Section 2.6(a).
2.8 No Further Ownership Rights in any Company Securities. All Merger Consideration paid upon
the surrender for exchange of Company Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be
deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Ordinary
Shares, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Company of Company Ordinary Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Company for any reason,
they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
2.9 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any Certificates shall have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such
cash constituting the Merger Consideration; provided, however, that Parent or
Exchange Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require
the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may
reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Company or
the Exchange Agent with respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
2.10 Further Action. At and after the Effective Time, the officers and directors of Parent
and the Surviving Company will be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of
the Company and Merger Sub, any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and to take and do,
in the name and on behalf of Company and Merger Sub, any other actions and things to vest, perfect
or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Company any and all right, title and interest
in, to and under any of the rights, properties or assets acquired or to be acquired by the
Surviving Company as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger.
2.11 Amendment to Provide for Alternative Merger Structure. If at any time prior to the
Effective Time, Parent elects to have Merger Sub be the Surviving Company or elects to have a
different direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent merge with or into the Company, the
parties shall promptly enter into an amendment to this Agreement to so provide, so long as such
action does not result in (i) the inability to satisfy any of the conditions set forth
in Article VII and (ii) any adverse effect to the Company or its shareholders.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure letter of the Company addressed to Parent and Merger
Sub, dated as of the date hereof and delivered to Parent and Merger Sub concurrently with the
parties’ execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”), referencing a
representation or warranty herein (it being understood that (i) the Company Disclosure Letter shall
be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the sections and subsections contained in
this Article III, (ii) the disclosures in any section or
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subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall qualify the applicable representations and
warranties in the corresponding section or subsection of this Article III and, in addition,
the representations and warranties in other sections or subsections in this Article III to
the extent it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosures that such disclosures are
applicable to such other sections or subsections, and (iii) such disclosures in the Company
Disclosure Letter relating to the representations and warranties in this Article III shall
also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by the Company under this
Article III), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
3.1 Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries.
(a) Organization; Standing and Power. The Company and its Subsidiary (i) is a corporation or
other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (except, in the case of good standing, for
entities organized under the laws of any jurisdiction that does not recognize such concept),
(ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on
its business as currently conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of
its assets or properties (whether owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business makes
such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed
to do business and to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to be materially adverse to the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole.
(b) Charter Documents. The Company has made available to Parent (i) a true and correct copy
of the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the Company, each as amended to
date (collectively, the “Company Charter Documents”) and (ii) the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws, or like organizational documents (collectively, “Subsidiary Charter Documents”), of its
Subsidiary, and each such instrument is in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation
of any of the provisions of the Company Charter Documents and its Subsidiary is not in violation of
its Subsidiary Charter Documents.
(c) Subsidiaries. Section 3.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth each
Subsidiary of the Company. The Company is the owner of all of the outstanding shares capital of,
or other equity or voting interests in, its Subsidiary and all such shares or interests have been
duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens,
including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such share capital or
other ownership interests, except for restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws. Other
than the Subsidiary of the Company, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary owns any share capital
of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, or any interest convertible, exchangeable
or exercisable for, share capital of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, any
other Person, except for passive investments of less than 1% in the equity interests of public
companies as part of the Company’s cash management program.
3.2 Capital Structure.
(a) Share Capital. The authorized share capital of Company consists of sixty six million
seventy one thousand four hundred twenty eight (66,071,428) Company Ordinary Shares. At the close
of
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business on December 21, 2008: (i) 14,054,449 Company Ordinary Shares were issued and
outstanding (excluding Company Ordinary Shares held by the Company in its treasury), and (ii) no
Company Ordinary Shares were issued and held by the Company in its treasury. No Company Ordinary
Shares are owned or held by the Company’s Subsidiary. All outstanding Company Ordinary Shares are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive
rights created by statute, the Company Charter Documents, or any agreement to which the Company is
a party or by which it is bound.
(b) Company Unvested Ordinary Shares. There are no Company Unvested Ordinary Shares issued or
outstanding.
(c) Company Options. As of the close of business on December 21, 2008: (i) 4,084,425 Company
Ordinary Shares are issuable upon the exercise of Company Options under the Company Share Plans,
the weighted average exercise price of such Company Options is $4.078, and 2,951,559 Company
Ordinary Shares underlying such Company Options are vested and exercisable; (ii) 1,771,468 Company
Ordinary Shares are available for future grant under the Company Share Plans; (iii) no Company
Ordinary Shares are issuable under the Company’s employee stock purchase plans, if any (the
“Company Purchase Plans”); and (iv) no Company Ordinary Shares are issuable pursuant to outstanding
options to purchase Company Ordinary Shares (A) which were issued other than pursuant to the
Company Share Plans and (B) other than shares reserved for issuance under the Company Purchase
Plans. Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of each
outstanding Company Option: (a) the particular Company Share Plan (if any) pursuant to which any
such Company Option was granted; (b) the name of the holder of such Company Option; (c) the number
of Company Ordinary Shares subject to such Company Option; (d) the exercise price of such Company
Option; (e) the date on which such Company Option was granted; (f) the applicable vesting schedule,
if any, and the extent to which such Company Option is vested and exercisable as of the date
hereof; (g) the date on which such Company Option expires; and (h) whether such Company Option is
subject to Section 409A of the Code. All Company Ordinary Shares subject to issuance under the
Company Share Plans and the Company Purchase Plans, upon issuance on the terms and conditions
specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no commitments or agreements of any character to
which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company Option
as a result of the Merger (whether alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent
events). The Company does not maintain any Company Purchase Plans. There are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with
respect to the Company.
(d) Voting Debt. No Voting Debt is issued or outstanding as of the date hereof.
(e) Other Securities. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.2(c) or
Section 3.2(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the date hereof, there are no
securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, contracts, commitments, agreements, instruments,
arrangements, understandings, obligations or undertakings of any kind to which the Company or its
Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating the Company or its Subsidiary to
(including on a deferred basis) issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold,
additional shares of its share capital, Voting Debt or other voting or non-voting securities of the
Company or its Subsidiary, or obligating the Company or its Subsidiary to issue, grant, extend or
enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, instrument,
arrangement, understanding, obligation or undertaking. All outstanding Company Ordinary Shares,
Company Options, and all outstanding shares of the Subsidiary of the Company have been issued,
granted or repurchased in compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and all other
applicable Legal Requirements, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts of the
Company or its Subsidiary. Except for Company
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Options, there are no outstanding Contracts of the Company or its Subsidiary to (x)
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of, or other equity or voting interests in, the
Company or its Subsidiary or (y) dispose of any shares of, or other equity or voting interests in,
its Subsidiary. The Company is not a party to any voting agreement with respect to shares of, or
other equity or voting interests in, the Company or its Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the
Company, other than the Voting Agreements and the irrevocable proxies granted pursuant to the
Voting Agreements, there are no irrevocable proxies and no voting agreements, voting trusts, rights
plans, anti-takeover plans or registration rights agreements with respect to any shares of, or
other equity or voting interests in, the Company or its Subsidiary.
(f) Dissenters’ Rights. Shareholders of the Company will not be entitled to statutory
dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights, or similar rights in connection with the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3 Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents.
(a) Authority. The Company has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject, in the case of consummation of the
Merger, to obtaining Company Shareholder Approval (as defined below) as contemplated in
Section 6.2. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company, and no further action is required on the part of the Company to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, subject only to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval and the issuance of
the Certificate of Merger by the Companies Registrar pursuant to Israeli Law. The vote of the
Company’s shareholders that is required by the Company Charter Documents, by applicable Legal
Requirements and by any applicable Contracts between the Company and any of its shareholders, to
approve and adopt this Agreement, and approve the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby
by the Company shareholders is set forth in Section 3.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(such required vote set forth on Section 3.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the
“Company Shareholder Approval”). The Board of Directors of the Company has, by resolution adopted
by unanimous vote at a meeting of all Directors of the Company duly called and held and not
subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that the Merger is fair to,
and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders, and declared the Merger to be
advisable, (ii) made all other affirmative determinations required to be made by it in connection
with this Agreement and the Merger under Israeli Law, (iii) approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and (iv) recommended that the shareholders
of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement, and approve the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, and directed that such matter be submitted to the Company’s shareholders at
the Company Shareholders’ Meeting. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub,
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general principles of equity.
(b) No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, nor the
consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby: (a) conflicts with, or
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) results in a termination, breach, impairment or
violation of,
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or constitutes a default or modifies the rights of a party under, or requires a consent,
waiver or approval of any Person under, (i) any provision of the Company Charter Documents or any
Subsidiary Charter Documents, each as currently in effect, (ii) subject to compliance with the
requirements of the Necessary Consents (as defined below), in any material respect, any Legal
Requirement applicable to the Company, its Subsidiary, or any of their respective assets or
properties, (iii) any Company Material Contract (as defined below) to which the Company or its
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiary or any of their respective assets
or properties are bound, or (iv) any privacy policy of the Company or its Subsidiary (except in the
cases of clause (iii) or (iv), where such conflicts, terminations, breaches, impairments,
violations or defaults, or failures to obtain such consents, waivers or approvals, individually or
in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Company and its
Subsidiary, taken as a whole); or (b) will result in the creation of any material Lien on any of
the material properties or assets of the Company or its Subsidiary.
(c) Necessary Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to
be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except
for (i) the issuance of the Certificate of Merger by the Companies Registrar and appropriate
documents, as required by applicable Legal Requirements, with the relevant authorities of other
jurisdictions in which the Company and/or Parent are qualified to do business, (ii) filings with
the SEC in accordance with the Exchange Act, (iii) the receipt of such consents, waivers,
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and the making of filings as may be
required under any foreign merger control regulations, if applicable, as reasonably determined
Parent, (iv) filings with, and notifications to be made to, the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”),
(v) filings with the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade &
Labor (“OCS”) with respect to the change of ownership of the Company to be effected by the Merger
(the “OCS Filing”), (vi) filings with, and approval by, the Investment Center of the Israeli
Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor (“Investment Center”) of the change in ownership of the Company
to be effected by the Merger (“Investment Center Approval”), and (vii) such other consents,
waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings which if not
obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiary,
taken as a whole, or Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or materially and adversely
affect the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the Merger within the time frame in which
the Merger would otherwise be consummated in the absence of the need for such consent, waiver,
approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration or filing. The consents, approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings set forth in (i) through (vii) are
referred to herein as the “Necessary Consents.” In connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including the Merger, the parties hereto shall not be required to file
Notification and Report Forms with FTC and the Antitrust Division of the DOJ required by the HSR
Act, and shall not be required to wait for the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting
period under the HSR Act in order to consummate the Merger.
3.4 SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Internal Controls.
(a) SEC Filings. The Company has filed all required registration statements, prospectuses,
reports, schedules, forms, statements, certifications and other documents (including exhibits and
all other information incorporated by reference) required to be filed by it with, or furnished to,
the SEC (all such required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents
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(including those that the Company may file subsequent to the date hereof) are referred to
herein as the “Company SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the Company SEC Reports
(i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports and the disclosure requirements of Rule 4350 of
the NASDAQ, and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing
prior to the date of this Agreement then on the date of such filing) contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Company’s Subsidiary is not required to file any forms, reports or other
documents with the SEC. The Company and each of its executive officers and directors are in
compliance with, and have complied, in each case in all material respects with (i) the applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations promulgated
under or pursuant to such act (“SOX”), and (ii) the applicable listing and corporate governance
rules and regulations of the NASDAQ. Each English language translation of a non-English language
document filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference into, any Company SEC Report,
constitutes a true, correct and complete translation of the original document in all material
respects.
(b) Financial Statements. Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each
case, any related notes thereto) contained in the Company SEC Reports (the “Company Financials”),
including each Company SEC Report filed after the date hereof until the Closing: (i) complied, as
of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, as to form in all material respects with the
published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto, (ii) was prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and (iii) fairly
and accurately presented, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiary as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated
results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for the periods indicated (except that the
unaudited interim financial statements were subject to normal and recurring year-end and
quarter-end adjustments which were not material). The Company does not intend to correct or
restate, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any basis, facts or circumstances that
would reasonably be expected to result in any correction or restatement of, any aspect of the
Company Financials. The audited balance sheet of the Company contained in the Company SEC Reports
as of June 30, 2008, is hereinafter referred to as the “Company Balance Sheet.” The Company has
not had any dispute with any of its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of
its past five (5) full fiscal years or during the current fiscal year-to-date. The books and
records of the Company and its Subsidiary have been, and are being, maintained in all material
respects in accordance with applicable legal and accounting requirements, and the Company
Financials are consistent with such books and records. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a
party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet
partnership or any similar Contract relating to any transaction or relationship between or among
the Company or its Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any
structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose Person, on the other hand, including,
without limitation, any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such
contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material
liabilities of, the Company or its Subsidiary in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s published
financial statements or other Company SEC Reports. The Company and its Subsidiary have identified
all material uncertain tax positions contained in all Returns filed by the Company or its
Subsidiary and have established adequate reserves and made any appropriate disclosures in the
Company Financials in accordance with the requirements of Financial Interpretation Xx. 00 xx XXXX
Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 000. The Company has made available to Parent all material position papers with
respect to accounting policies and
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practices, including any quarterly position papers regarding the application of Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 99, “Materiality,” made available to the Company’s principal
financial and accounting officer, its audit committee or its independent registered public
accounting firm; the Company’s revenue recognition policies and practices are and have been in
compliance in all material respects with all rules, regulations and statements of the SEC with
respect thereto, including SAB 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements,” and SAB 104,
and, to the extent required, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with AICPA Statement of
Position (SOP) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended, and SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP
97-2, Software Revenue Recognition with Respect to Certain Transactions”; and the Company’s
controls over its revenue recognition policies and practices have been communicated to and applied
in all material respects by its sales organization.
(c) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected in the Company Balance Sheet (including
the notes thereto), neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any Liabilities of any nature which
are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole, except (i) Liabilities incurred
since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice which
are of the type which ordinarily recur and, individually or in the aggregate, are not material in
nature or amount and do not result from any breach of Contract, tort or violation of any applicable
Legal Requirement, and (ii) Liabilities reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet (but only to
the extent of such reserves).
(d) Amendments. The Company has made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of any
amendments or modifications, which have not yet been filed with, or furnished to, the SEC but which
are required to be filed or furnished, to agreements, documents or other instruments which
previously had been filed by Company with the SEC, or furnished by the Company to the SEC, pursuant
to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. No “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Reports
has been amended or modified, except for amendments or modifications which have been filed as an
exhibit to a subsequently dated Company SEC Report. The Company has responded to all comment
letters of the staff of the SEC relating to the Company SEC Reports, and the SEC has not advised
the Company that any final responses are inadequate, insufficient or otherwise non-responsive. The
Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all correspondence
between the SEC, on the one hand, and the Company and its Subsidiary, on the other, including all
SEC comment letters and responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of the Company. To the
Company’s knowledge, none of the Company SEC Reports is the subject of ongoing SEC review or
outstanding SEC comment. The SEC has not provided comments to the Company in connection with any
Company SEC Reports that to the Company’s knowledge remain unresolved and are material. No
investigation by the SEC with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(e) Internal Controls. The Company has established and maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions, receipts and
expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiary are being executed and made only in accordance with
appropriate authorizations of management and the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) transactions
are recorded as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis and (B) to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiary, (iv) the amount recorded for assets on
the books and records of the Company is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no “significant
deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company
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Accounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls and
procedures which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial data. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other current or former employees of the Company or its Subsidiary who
have a role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company has
established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15
promulgated under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the “principal
executive officer” and the “principal financial officer” of the Company required by Section 302 of
the SOX with respect to such reports, and such controls are effective for this purpose. Each of the
principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company (or
each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer
of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of SOX
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the Company SEC Reports and
the statements contained in such certifications are true and accurate as of the date hereof. The
Company has established and maintains “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in
Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act) and such internal control over financial reporting
is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial
reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
3.5 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, the
Company and its Subsidiary have operated their businesses in the ordinary course consistent with
past practices, and since such date there has not been:
(a) any amendment or change in the Company Charter Documents or Subsidiary Charter Documents;
(b) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(c) any acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiary, or agreement by the Company or its
Subsidiary to acquire (by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any assets or equity
securities of, or by any other manner), any business or corporation, partnership, association or
other business organization or division thereof, or other acquisition or agreement to acquire any
assets or any equity securities that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the
business of the Company;
(d) any Contract, agreement in principle, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or
similar agreement with respect to any material joint venture, strategic partnership or alliance;
(e) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s share
capital, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiary of any
of the Company’s share capital or any other securities of the Company or its Subsidiary, or any
Company Options, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, except for
repurchases from Employees following their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing
stock option or purchase agreements;
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(f) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s
share capital;
(g) any forgiveness by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether orally or in writing, of any
loan to any Employee;
(h) (i) any increase or decrease in compensation or fringe benefits (except for normal
increases or decreases of cash compensation to current non-executive officer employees and/or
independent consultants in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and/or
resulting from any Legal Requirement) by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether orally or in
writing, (ii) any promise, commitment or payment by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether orally
or in writing, of any bonus (except for bonuses made to current non-executive officer employees in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (iii) any adoption, change, or
termination by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether orally or in writing, of any severance,
change of control, termination or bonus plan, policy or practice, (iv) any entry by the Company or
its Subsidiary, whether orally or in writing, into any employment, severance, termination, change
of control or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or
the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the
Company of the nature contemplated hereby (either alone or upon the occurrence of additional or
subsequent events), or (v) the adoption, termination or amendment of any Company Employee Plan or
collective bargaining agreement;
(i) any amendment, termination, modification, violation or consent with respect to any Company
Material Contract;
(j) (i) entry into any material customer Contract that contains any material non-standard
terms, including but not limited to, non-standard discounts, provisions for unpaid future
deliverables, non-standard service requirements or future royalty payments other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (ii) any material change in the
manner in which the Company or its Subsidiary extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers
or otherwise deals with its customers;
(k) any change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as
required by concurrent changes in GAAP or applicable law;
(l) any debt, capital lease or other debt or equity financing transaction by the Company or
its Subsidiary or entry into any agreement by the Company or its Subsidiary in connection with any
such transaction;
(m) entry into any material new customer, reseller or distributor agreement, or amendment or
modification of any such material agreement or any grants of any material refunds, credits, rebates
or other allowances by the Company to any end user, customer, reseller or distributor, in each
case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(n) any material change in the level of product returns or factors influencing accounts
receivable or warranty reserves experienced by the Company or its Subsidiary;
(o) any material restructuring activities by the Company or its Subsidiary, including any
reductions in force, lease terminations, restructuring of contracts or similar actions;
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(p) any sale, lease, license, encumbrance or other disposition of any business lines or any
properties or assets, except the sale, lease, license or disposition of property or assets which
are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of the Company or the licenses
of current Company Products, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and in a manner
consistent with past practice;
(q) any loan or extension of credit by the Company or its Subsidiary to any Person other than
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(r) any material purchases of fixed assets, spares or other long-term assets other than in the
ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(s) adoption of or change in any Tax accounting method or Tax election, entering into any
closing agreement in respect of Taxes, settlement or compromise of any Tax claim or assessment, or
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment;
(t) any expenditure, transaction or commitment by the Company or its Subsidiary exceeding
$250,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate, other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(u) any acceleration or release by the Company or its Subsidiary of any vesting condition to
the right to exercise any Company Option or other right to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the
Company’s shares, or any acceleration or release of any right to repurchase shares upon termination
of employment or services with it or pursuant to any right of first refusal;
(v) any payment or discharge by the Company or its Subsidiary of any Lien or other encumbrance
on any of its assets or properties, or payment or discharge of any of its obligations or
liabilities, in each case that was not either shown on the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the
ordinary course of its business consistent with its past practices after the date of the Company
Balance Sheet in an amount not in excess of $150,000 individually, or $300,000 in the aggregate;
(w) any material damage, destruction or loss of any material property or material asset of the
Company or its Subsidiary, whether or not covered by insurance;
(x) except as set forth in Section 3.5(x) of the Company Disclosure Letter, any change
with respect to the management, supervisory or other key personnel of the Company or its
Subsidiary, or any termination of employment of a material number of employees;
(y) any claims or matters raised by any individual, Governmental Entity, or workers’
representative organization, bargaining unit or union, regarding, claiming or alleging a labor
dispute, labor trouble, wrongful discharge or any other unlawful employment or labor practice or
action with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary;
(z) any liability or obligation incurred by it to any of its executive officers, directors or
shareholders, except for normal and customary compensation and expense allowances payable to
officers and directors in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practice;
(aa) any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any of the Company’s
or its Subsidiary’s officers, directors or shareholders or any firm or business enterprise in which
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any such Person had a direct or indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance,
capital contribution or investment;
(bb) any commencement or settlement of any material litigation by the Company or its
Subsidiary;
(cc) any material revaluation, or any indication that such a revaluation was merited under
GAAP, by the Company of any of its assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of
capitalized inventory, spares, long term or short-term investments, fixed assets, goodwill,
intangible assets, deferred tax assets, or writing off notes or accounts receivable other than in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(dd) any agreement for the purchase or sale of any interest in real property, the grant of any
Lien in any real property, or any agreement to lease, sublease, license or otherwise use or occupy
any real property; or
(ee) announcement of, any negotiation by or any entry into any Contract to do any of the
things described in the preceding clauses (a) through (dd) by the Company or its Subsidiary (other
than negotiations and agreements with Parent and its representatives regarding the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement).
3.6 Taxes.
(a) Definition of Taxes. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Tax” or, collectively,
“Taxes” shall mean (i) any and all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities relating to taxes, including taxes
based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value
added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, escheat,
excise and property taxes as well as public imposts, fees and social security charges (including
health, unemployment, workers’ compensation and pension insurance), together with all interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts, (ii) any liability for the payment of
any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this Section 3.6(a) as a result of being
or ceasing to be a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group,
including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement (each, an
“Affiliated Group”), and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described
in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.6(a) as a result of any express or implied
obligation to indemnify any other person or as a result of any obligation under any Contract or
arrangement with any other person with respect to such amounts and including any liability for
taxes of a predecessor or transferor or otherwise by operation of law.
(b) Tax Returns and Audits.
(i) The Company and its Subsidiary have (a) timely filed all U.S. federal, state, local and
non-U.S. returns, estimates, information statements and reports (“Returns”) relating to any and all
Taxes concerning or attributable to the Company or its Subsidiary or their respective operations
and such Returns are true and correct in all material respects and have been completed in
accordance with applicable Legal Requirements, and (b) timely paid all Taxes required to be paid.
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(ii) The Company has registered with all appropriate Governmental Entities and has timely
reported, withheld, and remitted, as applicable, with respect to its Employees and other third
parties, all U.S. federal, state, local, provincial and non-U.S. income Taxes and social security
charges and similar fees, Federal Insurance Contribution Act amounts, Federal Unemployment Tax Act
amounts and all other Taxes required to be reported and/or withheld and remitted.
(iii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has been delinquent in the payment of any
material Tax, nor is there any material Tax deficiency outstanding, assessed or proposed against
the Company or its Subsidiary, nor has the Company or its Subsidiary executed any waiver of any
statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax.
(iv) To the Company’s knowledge, no audit or other examination of any Return of the Company or
its Subsidiary is presently in progress, nor has the Company or its Subsidiary been notified in
writing of any request for such an audit or other examination. No adjustment relating to any
Return filed by the Company or its Subsidiary has been proposed in writing by any Tax authority to
the Company or its Subsidiary or any representative thereof.
(v) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is or has been at any time, a “United States Real
Property Holding Corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
(vi) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has been or will be required to include any
material income or gain in or exclude any material deduction or loss from income for any tax period
(or portion thereof) after the Closing as a result of (A) a change in method of accounting made,
(B) closing agreement (within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code or any comparable provision
of applicable law) executed, (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition consummated, or
(D) prepaid amount received, prior to the Closing.
(vii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any Liabilities for unpaid Taxes which have
not been accrued or reserved on the Company Financials in accordance with GAAP, and neither the
Company nor its Subsidiary has incurred any Liability for Taxes since the date of the Company
Balance Sheet other than in the ordinary course of business.
(viii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has (a) ever been a member of an Affiliated
Group, (b) ever been a party to any Tax sharing, indemnification or allocation agreement or
arrangement, nor does it owe any amount under any such agreement or arrangement, (c) any liability
for the Taxes of any Person (other than Company or its Subsidiary), under Treasury
Regulation § 1.1502 6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law including any
arrangement for group or consortium Tax relief or similar arrangement), as a transferee or
successor, by contract or agreement, by operation of law, or otherwise and (d) ever been a party to
any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that could be treated as a partnership for Tax
purposes.
(ix) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for
tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.
(x) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is or has been a party to a gain recognition
agreement within the meaning of Section 367 of the Code.
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(xi) Neither of the Company nor its Subsidiary has engaged in a reportable transaction under
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b), including any transaction that is the same or
substantially similar to one of the types of transactions that the Internal Revenue Service has
determined to be a Tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of
published guidance as a listed transaction, as set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2), or any comparable provision of state, local or non-U.S. law.
(xii) To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is subject to Tax in
any country other than its country of incorporation or formation by virtue of having a permanent
establishment or other place of business in that country. No claim has ever been made by a
Governmental Entity that the Company or its Subsidiary is or may be subject to Tax in a
jurisdiction in which it does not file Returns.
(xiii) The Company and its Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations, including the execution and maintenance of
contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of
Company and its Subsidiary. The prices for any property or services (or for the use of any
property) provided by or to the Company or its Subsidiary are arm’s-length prices for purposes of
the relevant transfer pricing laws, including Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 482 of
the Code.
(xiv) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all terms and conditions of
any Tax exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax reduction agreement or order (“Tax Incentive”), and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not have any adverse effect on
the continued validity and effectiveness of any such Tax Incentive.
(xv) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is or has been a “Passive Foreign Investment
Company” within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the Code or a “Controlled Foreign Corporation”
within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary owns,
directly or indirectly, any interests in an entity that is or has been a Passive Foreign Investment
Company or a Controlled Foreign Corporation.
(xvi) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has been the subject of an IRS private letter
ruling or similar Tax ruling under state, local or non-U.S. law that has continuing effect. There
are no requests for rulings or determinations in respect of any Tax pending between the Company or
its Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority.
(xvii) To the Company’s knowledge, the Company qualifies as an “Industrial Company” within the
meaning of the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969. Section 3.6(b) of the
Company Disclosure Letter lists each of the Company’s facilities that have “Approved Enterprise” or
“Benefited Enterprise” Tax status, within the meaning of the Law for the Encouragement of Capital
Investments, 1959. The consummation of the Merger will not have any adverse effect on such
qualification as an Industrial Company or its Approved Enterprise Status, or require any recapture
of any previously claimed Israeli Tax incentive, subject to the Investment Center Approval.
(xviii) To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no indication from any Israeli Tax
authority that the consummation of the Merger would adversely affect the Surviving Company’s
ability to set-off for Israeli Tax purposes in the future any and all losses accumulated by the
Company as of the Closing Date.
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(c) Loss of Executive Compensation Deduction. There is no Contract, agreement, plan or
arrangement to which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates is a party, including the
provisions of this Agreement, covering any Employee of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, which,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be
deductible pursuant to Sections 404 or 162(m) of the Code.
(d) Section 409A. Section 3.6(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each
Contract, agreement or arrangement between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee that
is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” subject to Section 409A of the Code. Each such
nonqualified deferred compensation plan, if any, has been amended to comply with Section 409A of
the Code and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is reasonably expected to have any Tax
withholding obligation in respect of Section 409A of the Code. No deferred compensation plan
existing prior to January 1, 2005, which would otherwise be subject to Section 409A, has been
“materially modified” at any time after October 3, 2004. No stock right (as defined in U.S.
Treasury Department regulation 1.409A-1(l)) has been granted to any Employee that (i) has an
exercise price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of the underlying equity as
of the date such option or right was granted, (ii) has any feature for the deferral of compensation
other than the deferral of recognition of income until the later of exercise or disposition of such
option or rights, or (iii) has been granted after December 31, 2004, with respect to any class of
stock that is not “service recipient stock” (within the meaning of applicable regulations under
Section 409A of the Code). No compensation shall be includable in the gross income of any Employee
as a result of the operation of Section 409A of the Code with respect to any arrangements or
agreements in effect as of the Effective Time. There is no Contract, agreement, plan or
arrangement to which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates is a party, including the
provisions of this Agreement, covering any Employee of the Company, which individually or
collectively could require the Company or any of its Affiliates to pay a tax gross up payment to
any Employee for Tax-related payments under Section 409A of the Code.
(e) Section 280G. None of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates has made any payment to
any Employee and is not party to a Contract, agreement or arrangement with any Employee to make
payment, individually or considered collectively with any other events, agreements, plans,
arrangements or other Contracts, that will, or could reasonably be expected to, be characterized as
a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code or that could not be
deductible under Section 280G of the Code. There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other
contract by which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates is bound to compensate any Employee
for excise taxes paid pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code. Section 3.6(e) of the Company
Disclosure Letter lists all Employees reasonably believed to be “disqualified individuals” (within
the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) as determined as of the date hereof.
3.7 Title to Properties.
(a) Properties. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary owns or has ever owned any real
property. Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all real
property currently leased, licensed or subleased by the Company or its Subsidiary or otherwise used
or occupied by the Company or its Subsidiary (the “Leased Real Property”), the name of the lessor,
licensor, sublessor, master lessor and/or lessee, the date of the lease, license, sublease or other
occupancy right and each amendment thereto and the aggregate annual rental and/or other fees
payable under any such lease, license, sublease or other occupancy right. All such current leases,
subleases, licenses or other occupancy agreements are in full
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force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms (except as
such enforceability may be subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive
relief, or other equitable remedies), and there is not, under any of such leases, subleases,
licenses or other occupancy agreements, any existing material default or event of default (or event
which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default) by the Company or
its Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of the Company, by any other party thereto. The Company or its
Subsidiary currently occupy all of the Leased Real Property for the operation of its business. No
parties other than the Company or its Subsidiary have a right to occupy any Leased Real Property.
The Leased Real Property and the physical assets of the Company and the Subsidiary are, in all
material respects, in good condition and repair and regularly maintained in accordance with
standard industry practice and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Leased Real Property is in
compliance, in all material respects, with Legal Requirements. Neither the Company nor its
Subsidiary will be required to incur any material cost or expense for any restoration or surrender
obligations, or any other costs otherwise qualifying as asset retirement obligations under
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 143 “Accounting
for Asset Retirement Obligations,” upon the expiration or earlier termination of any leases,
subleases, licenses or other occupancy agreements for the Leased Real Property. The Company and
its Subsidiary has performed all of its obligations under any termination agreements pursuant to
which such party has terminated any leases, subleases, licenses or other agreements for the use or
occupancy of real property (“Lease Termination Agreements”) that are no longer in effect and has no
material continuing Liability with respect to such Lease Termination Agreements.
(b) Documents. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of
all leases, subleases, licenses, agreements for the leasing, use or occupancy of, or otherwise
granting a right in or relating to the Leased Real Property, including all amendments,
terminations, modifications and guaranties thereof (“Lease Documents”); and there are no other
Lease Documents affecting the Leased Real Property or to which the Company or its Subsidiary is
bound, other than those identified in Section 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter or
that are not material in any respect.
(c) Valid Title. The Company and its Subsidiary has good and valid title to, or, in the case
of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its material tangible
properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and
clear of any Liens except (i) as reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) Liens for Taxes not
yet due and payable, and (iii) such imperfections of title and encumbrances, if any, which do not
in any material respect detract from the value or interfere with the present use of the property
subject thereto or affected thereby. The rights, properties and assets presently owned, leased or
licensed by the Company and its Subsidiary include all rights, properties and assets necessary to
permit the Company and its Subsidiary to conduct their business in all material respects in the
same manner as their businesses have been conducted on or prior to the date hereof.
(d) Customer Information. The Company and its Subsidiary has sole and exclusive ownership,
free and clear of any Liens, or all customer lists, customer contact information, customer
correspondence and customer licensing and purchasing histories relating to its current and former
customers (the “Customer Information”). No person other than the Company or its wholly owned
Subsidiary possess any claims or rights with respect to the use of the Customer Information.
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3.8 Intellectual Property.
(a) Registered Intellectual Property; Proceedings. Section 3.8(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter (i) lists all Company Registered Intellectual Property and (ii) lists any actual
proceedings or actions before any court or tribunal (including the PTO or equivalent authority
anywhere in the world) in which any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property is involved.
(b) Company Products. Section 3.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a
list (by name and version number) of all Company Products currently sold or distributed by the
Company or its Subsidiary or that have been sold or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiary in
the past twenty-four (24) months.
(c) Registration. Each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property is valid and
subsisting, and all necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees in connection with such
Company Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all necessary documents and
certificates in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with
the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United States or foreign
jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of prosecuting and maintaining such Company
Registered Intellectual Property.
(d) Further Actions. There are, to the knowledge of the Company, no actions that must be
taken by the Company or its Subsidiary within sixty (60) days of the date hereof, including the
payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any documents,
applications or certificates for the purposes of maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing
any Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(e) Assignments and Recordation. In each case in which the Company or its Subsidiary has
acquired or sought to acquire any ownership of material Intellectual Property Rights from any
Person, including as a result of engaging any Person to develop or create any Intellectual Property
or Intellectual Property Rights for Company or its Subsidiary, the Company or such Subsidiary, as
the case may be, has obtained a valid and enforceable assignment or other documentation sufficient
to transfer all such Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may
be, and, to the extent provided for by, and in accordance with, applicable laws and regulations,
the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may be, has recorded each such assignment with the
relevant governmental authorities, including the PTO, the U.S. Copyright Office, or their
respective equivalents in any relevant foreign jurisdiction, as applicable, as the case may be.
(f) Transferability and Export. All Company Intellectual Property will be fully transferable,
alienable or licensable by Surviving Company and/or Parent without restriction and without payment
of any kind to any third party. All Company Intellectual Property may be exported or transferred
out of Israel without restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party or
Governmental Entity, other than the OCS as set forth in Section 3.8(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter.
(g) Absence of Liens. Each item of Company Intellectual Property (including all Company
Registered Intellectual Property) and all Intellectual Property licensed to the Company or its
Subsidiary, is free and clear of any Liens. The Company has the sole and exclusive right to bring
a claim or suit against a third party for infringement, misappropriation or violation of any
Company Intellectual Property and to collect any damages or other amounts payable by such third
party to the Company as a result thereof.
(h) Transfer. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has (i) transferred ownership of, or
granted any exclusive license of or exclusive right to use, or authorized the retention of any
exclusive rights
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to use or joint ownership of, any material Intellectual Property Rights that are Company
Intellectual Property, to any other Person or (ii) permitted the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s
rights in such material Company Intellectual Property to lapse or enter into the public domain.
(i) OCS. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none
of the Company Products or any products or Intellectual Property under development by Company,
directly or indirectly, is based upon, uses or incorporates any Intellectual Property or
Intellectual Property Rights that were developed using funding provided by the OCS (“OCS Funded
Technology”), nor does the OCS or any Governmental Entity have any ownership interest in or right
to restrict the sale, licensing, distribution or transfer of any Company Intellectual Property or
Company Products. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
and without limiting the foregoing, each item of Company Intellectual Property is freely
transferable, conveyable and/or assignable by the Company and/or the Surviving Company to any
entity located in any jurisdiction in the world without any restriction, constraint, control,
supervision or limitation that could be imposed by the OCS or any other Governmental Entity.
(j) Licenses-In. Section 3.8(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all contracts,
licenses and agreements pursuant to which a third party has licensed or granted any right to the
Company or its Subsidiary in any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights
(“In-Licenses”), other than (i) ”off the shelf” or Shrink Wrapped Code, (ii) Open Source as set
forth in Section 3.8(s) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (iii) immaterial non-exclusive
licenses and agreements in the ordinary course of business, (iv) licenses incidental to the sale of
hardware, and (v) non-disclosure agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
(k) Licenses-Out. Section 3.8(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all
contracts, licenses, cross-licenses and agreements pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiary
has granted or provided any third party any rights or licenses to any Company Intellectual Property
and/or Company Products (including rights to use, distribute or resell any Company Products) or has
agreed to or is contractually required to provide or perform any services related to any Company
Product (“Out-Licenses”, together with the In-Licenses, the “IP Contracts”), other than
(i) non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) licenses in
connection with the sale of the Company’s Products to end users that have been entered into in the
ordinary course of business.
(l) No Default/No Conflict. All IP Contracts relating to material Company Intellectual
Property are in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will neither violate nor by their
terms result in the material breach, modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or
acceleration of any payments with respect to, such Contracts. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiary is in material compliance with, and has not materially breached any term of any such
Contracts and, to the knowledge of the Company, all other parties to such Contracts are in
compliance with, and have not materially breached any term of, such Contracts. Following the
Closing Date, the Surviving Company will be permitted to exercise all of the Company’s and its
Subsidiary’s rights under such Contracts to the same extent the Company and its Subsidiary would
have been able to had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and without the
payment of any material additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or
payments which the Company or its Subsidiary would otherwise be required to pay.
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(m) No Infringement. The operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiary as it is
currently conducted, including the design, development, use, import, branding, advertising,
promotion, marketing, manufacture and sale of any Company Product does not infringe or
misappropriate any Intellectual Property Rights of any Person, violate any material right of any
Person (including any right to privacy or publicity), or constitute unfair competition or trade
practices under the laws of any jurisdiction. No third party that has licensed Intellectual
Property or Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or its Subsidiary has any contractual
ownership rights or license rights to improvements or derivative works made by the Company or its
Subsidiary in such Intellectual Property that has been licensed to the Company or its Subsidiary.
(n) Notice. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received notice from any Person
claiming that any Company Product or Company Intellectual Property infringes or misappropriates any
Intellectual Property Rights of any Person or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices
under the laws of any jurisdiction (nor does the Company have knowledge of any basis therefor).
(o) No Third Party Infringement. To the knowledge of the Company, no person has infringed or
misappropriated, or is infringing or misappropriating, any material Company Intellectual Property.
(p) Transaction. Neither this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
will result in: (i) Parent, any of its subsidiaries or the Surviving Company granting to any third
party any right to or with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights (other than those acquired
as a result hereof) owned by, or licensed to, any of them, (ii) Parent, any of its subsidiaries or
the Surviving Company, 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, any of its subsidiaries
or the Surviving Company 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.
The Company is not party to, subject to, or bound by any agreement that would give any third party
any option, right of first refusal or offer, right of negotiation or similar right with respect to
the acquisition of the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets, or the licensing
of any Company Intellectual Property.
(q) Confidentiality and Security. Each of the Company and its Subsidiary has taken
commercially reasonable steps to protect the security of the Company’s Intellectual Property and
the Company’s rights in confidential information and trade secrets of the Company and its
Subsidiary or provided by any other Person to the Company or its Subsidiary. Without limiting the
foregoing, each of the Company and its Subsidiary has, and reasonably enforces, a policy requiring
their respective current and former employees, consultants and contractors engaged in the creation
of any material Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property to execute sufficient
proprietary information and confidentiality agreements and all such current and former employees,
consultants and contractors of the Company or its Subsidiary have executed such agreements.
(r) No Order. No Company Intellectual Property or Company Product is subject to any
proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment, settlement agreement, forbearance to xxx,
consent, stipulation or similar obligation that restricts in any manner the use, transfer or
licensing thereof by the Company or its Subsidiary or may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property or Company Product.
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(s) Open Source. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(s) of the Company Disclosure
Letter, no Company Product contains, includes or constitutes Open Source.
(t) Source Code. Neither the Company, its Subsidiary, nor any other Person acting on any of
their behalf has disclosed, delivered or licensed to any Person, agreed to disclose, deliver or
license to any Person, or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other Person
of, any Source Code that is Company Intellectual Property. No event has occurred, and no
circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) will, or
would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery by the Company, its
Subsidiary or any Person acting on their behalf to any Person of any Source Code that is Company
Intellectual Property. Section 3.8(t) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies each
Contract pursuant to which the Company has deposited, or is or may be required to deposit, with an
escrow agent or any other Person, any Source Code that is Company Intellectual Property, and
describes whether the execution of this Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, could result in the release from escrow of any Source Code that is Company
Intellectual Property.
(u) Government Funding. Except as set forth in Section 3.8(u) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, no government funding, facilities or resources of a university, college, other
educational institution or research center or funding from third parties was used in the
development of the Company Intellectual Property, and no Governmental Entity, university, college,
other educational institution or research center has any claim or right in or to the Company
Intellectual Property.
(v) Warranties and Product Liability. Except as set forth on Section 3.8(v) of the
Company Disclosure Letter and except as specifically reflected and reserved against in the Company
Financials (i) there is no notice, demand, claim, action, suit, inquiry, hearing, proceeding,
notice of violation or investigation from, by or before any Government Entity relating to any
Company Product or any services provided by the Company, or claim or lawsuit involving a Company
Product which is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, by any Person, and (ii) there
has not been, nor is there under consideration by the Company, any Company Product recall or
post-sale warning of a material nature concerning any Company Product. All Company Products comply
in all material respects with applicable Legal Requirements, and there have not been and there are
no material defects or deficiencies in such Company Products.
(w) Encryption and Other Restricted Technology. The Company’s business as currently conducted
involves the use or development of, or engagement in, encryption technology, or other technology
whose development, commercialization or export is restricted under U.S. and Israeli law, and to
conduct its business as currently conducted, the Company has obtained the necessary approvals from
the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security and the necessary licenses from the Israeli Ministry of
Defense or an authorized body thereof pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Control of Products and
Services Declaration (Engagement in Encryption), 1974, as amended, or other legislation regulating
the development, commercialization or export of technology to the extent as described on
Section 3.8(w) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company has obtained, and is in
substantial compliance with, all such approvals and licenses and all such approvals and licenses
are in full force and effect.
(x) Standards. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has made any submission or suggestion
to, nor is subject to any agreement with, any standards body or other entity that would obligate
the Company, its Subsidiary, the Surviving Company or Parent to grant licenses to or otherwise
impair or limit its control of its respective Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property
Rights.
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3.9 Restrictions on Business Activities. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party
to, and no asset or property of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected by, any
judgment, injunction, order, decree or Contract (non-compete or otherwise) that restricts or
prohibits, or, to the Company’s knowledge, purports to restrict or prohibit, the Company or its
Subsidiary or, following the Effective Time, the Surviving Company or Parent, from freely engaging
in the Company’s business or from competing anywhere in the world (including any judgments,
injunctions, orders, decrees or Contracts restricting the geographic area in which the Company or
its Subsidiary may sell, license, market, distribute or support any products or technology or
provide services or restricting the markets, customers or industries that the Company or its
Subsidiary may address in operating the Company’s business or restricting the prices which the
Company or its Subsidiary may charge for its products, technology or services (including most
favored customer pricing provisions)), or includes any grants by the Company or its Subsidiary of
exclusive rights or licenses, rights of refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights.
3.10 Governmental Authorizations. Each material consent, license, permit, grant or other
authorization from a Governmental Entity (i) pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiary
currently operates or holds any interest in any of their respective properties, or (ii) which is
required for the operation of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s business as currently conducted or
the holding of any such interest (collectively, “Governmental Authorizations”) has been issued or
granted to the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Governmental Authorizations are
in full force and effect. As of the date hereof, no suspension or cancellation of any of the
Governmental Authorizations is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. The
Company and its Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the
Governmental Authorizations.
3.11 Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, audit or proceeding of any nature pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company, its Subsidiary, any of their
respective properties (tangible or intangible), or any of their respective officers or directors
(in their capacity as such), except for those that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole. There
is no investigation or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company, its Subsidiary, any of their respective properties (tangible or intangible),
or any of their respective officers or directors (in their capacity as such) by or before any
Governmental Entity, in each case, that any adverse findings pursuant to which would reasonably be
expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiary, taken
as a whole. There has not been since January 1, 2005, nor are there currently, any internal
investigations or inquiries being conducted by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (or
any committee thereof) or any third party at the request of any of the foregoing concerning any
financial, accounting, tax, conflict of interest, illegal activity, fraudulent or deceptive conduct
or other misfeasance or malfeasance issues.
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3.12 Compliance with Laws.
(a) Compliance. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is in violation, in any material
respect, or default of any Legal Requirements applicable to the Company or its Subsidiary or by
which the Company or its Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound or affected.
There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or its
Subsidiary which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing
any business practice of the Company or its Subsidiary, any acquisition of property or assets by
the Company or its Subsidiary, or the conduct of business by the Company or its Subsidiary as
currently conducted.
(b) Permits. The Company and its Subsidiary (i) holds all material permits, licenses and
approvals from, and has made all material filings with, Governmental Entities, that are necessary
and/or legally required to be held by it to conduct its business without any violation of
applicable law (“Governmental Permits”), and (ii) has materially complied, and is now in material
compliance, with all Governmental Permits, and all such Governmental Permits are valid and in full
force and effect. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of
each Governmental Permit. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received any notice or other
communication from any Governmental Entity regarding (A) any actual or possible violation of law or
any Governmental Permit or any failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Governmental
Permit, or (B) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination
or modification of any Governmental Permit. None of the Governmental Permits will be terminated or
impaired, or will become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the Merger or transactions
contemplated hereby.
(c) Export and Import Control Laws. The Company and its Subsidiary have at all times
conducted their export and import transactions in accordance, in all material respects, with all
applicable Export and Import Control Laws. Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) the Company and its Subsidiary has obtained and is in compliance, in all material
respects, with the terms of all applicable Export and Import Approvals;
(ii) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened claims, charges,
investigations, violations, settlements, civil or criminal enforcement actions, lawsuits, or other
court actions against the Company or its Subsidiary with respect to such Export and Import
Approvals;
(iii) there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Company’s or its
Subsidiary’s export or import transactions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any
future claims, charges, investigations, violations, settlements, civil or criminal actions,
lawsuits, or other court actions under the Export and Import Control Laws;
(iv) no approval from a Governmental Entity for the transfer of Export and Import Approvals to
Parent or the Surviving Company are required, or such Export and Import Approvals can be obtained
expeditiously without material cost; and
(v) the Company’s products are manufactured exclusively in Israel, and neither the Company nor
its Subsidiary exports any commodities, software or technology from the United States of America.
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(d) Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws.
(i) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary (including any of their officers, directors,
agents, distributors, employees or other Person acting on their behalf) has, directly or
indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses relating to political activity, made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other similar unlawful payment, or taken any action which would cause it to be in violation of
taken any action which would cause it to be in violation of any Anti-Corruption or Anti-Bribery
Laws.
(ii) There are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened claims, charges,
investigations, violations, settlements, civil or criminal enforcement actions, lawsuits, or other
court actions against the Company with respect to any Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws.
(iii) There are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Company’s activities
that are reasonably expected to give rise to any future claims, charges, investigations,
violations, settlements, civil or criminal actions, lawsuits, or other court actions under any
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws.
(iv) The Company has established and maintains a compliance program and reasonable internal
controls and procedures appropriate to the requirements of Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws.
(e) NASDAQ. The Company is in compliance with the applicable criteria for continued listing
of the Company Ordinary Shares on the NASDAQ, including all applicable corporate governance rules
and regulations.
(f) Certifications. The product certifications given or granted by processors or
manufacturers with respect to Company Products (“Product Certifications”) set forth on
Section 3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter are all the Product Certifications
relating to the Company’s business, and constitute all the Product Certifications necessary for the
Company and its Subsidiary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted. The
Company has not made any material modifications or updates to the Company Products which would
require Product Certifications different from or in addition to those set forth on
Section 3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter and, other than as set forth on
Section 3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the
Product Certifications would be terminated, rescinded or modified as a result of this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger.
3.13 Environmental Matters.
(a) Hazardous Material. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material
Liability to the Company or its Subsidiary, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has:
(i) operated any underground storage tanks at any property that the Company or its Subsidiary has
at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased, or (ii) released any amount of any substance that
has been designated by any Governmental Entity or by applicable foreign, federal, state or local
law to be radioactive, a pollutant, contaminant, toxic, hazardous or otherwise a danger to health
or the environment, including, without limitation, PCBs, asbestos, petroleum, toxic mold,
urea-formaldehyde and all substances listed as hazardous substances pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
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1980, as amended, or defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to the United States Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said
laws, (a “Hazardous Material”), but excluding office and janitorial supplies properly and safely
maintained. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material Liability to the
Company or its Subsidiary, no Hazardous Materials are present, as a result of the actions of the
Company or its Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, as a
result of any actions of any third party or otherwise, in, on or under any property, including the
land and the improvements, ground water and surface water thereof, that the Company or its
Subsidiary has at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased. The Company and its Subsidiary
have been and are in compliance with the European Union Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical
and electronic equipment (“WEEE Directive”), the European Union Directive 2002/95/EC on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
(“RoHS Directive”), and China’s Administrative Measures for Controlling Pollution by Electronic
Information Products (“China RoHS”). Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary currently sells any
products for which it is required to pay a waste fee under California law.
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has transported,
stored, used, recycled, manufactured, disposed of, released, removed or exposed its Employees or
others to Hazardous Materials or manufactured or distributed for sale any product containing a
Hazardous Material (collectively “Hazardous Materials Activities”) in violation in any material
respect of any Legal Requirement or in a manner which has caused or could reasonably be expected to
cause a material adverse health effect to any such person. The New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery
Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6 et seq. (“ISRA”) does not apply to the execution of this Agreement or the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. All notices, consents,
authorizations, approvals, and clearances required by any Governmental Entity pursuant to Legal
Requirements relating to Hazardous Materials Activities (including but not limited to the ISRA)
have been obtained or will be obtained by the Company and its Subsidiary prior to the Closing.
(c) Permits. The Company and its Subsidiary currently hold all Permits necessary for the
conduct of their Hazardous Material Activities and other businesses of each of the Company and each
of its Subsidiary as such activities and businesses are currently being conducted (the “Company
Environmental Permits”), except for Permits, the absence of which could not reasonably be expected
to result in a material Liability to the Company or its Subsidiary, and the Company and its
Subsidiary have been and are in compliance with the terms and conditions of such Company
Environmental Permits.
(d) Environmental Liabilities. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, amendment
procedure, writ, injunction or claim is pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened against
the Company or its Subsidiary concerning any Company Environmental Permit, Hazardous Material or
any Hazardous Materials Activity of the Company or its Subsidiary. The Company is not aware of any
fact or circumstance, which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in any material environmental Liability to the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole.
Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to the Company or its
Subsidiary, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary have entered into any agreement that may require
it to guarantee, reimburse, pledge, defend, hold harmless or indemnify any other Person with
respect to liabilities arising out of the Hazardous Materials Activities or environmental
liabilities of the Company, its Subsidiary or of any other Person.
(e) Environmental Records. The Company and its Subsidiary have made available to Parent all
records in the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s possession, custody or control concerning the
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Hazardous Materials Activities of the Company and its Subsidiary relating to its business,
including any environmental audits and environmental assessments.
3.14 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees; Fees and Expenses. Except as set forth in the engagement
letter between the Company and TWP, dated January 26, 2006 (the “Engagement Letter”), a true,
correct and complete version of which has been made available by the Company to Parent, neither the
Company nor any affiliate of the Company is obligated for the payment of any fees or expenses of
any investment banker, broker, adviser or similar party in connection with the origin, negotiation
or execution of this Agreement or in connection with the Merger or any other transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, and Parent will not incur any liability, either directly or
indirectly, to any such investment banker, broker, adviser or similar party as a result of this
Agreement, the Merger or any act or omission of the Company, any of its affiliates or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders or agents. An itemized good faith estimate
of the fees and expenses of any accountant, broker, financial adviser, consultant, legal counsel or
other Person retained by the Company expected to be incurred by the Company or its Subsidiary in
connection with the negotiation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and expenses payable pursuant to the
Engagement Letter, is set forth on Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
3.15 Transactions with Affiliates. No officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiary
has any interest in any material property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including any
Company Intellectual Property.
3.16 Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation.
(a) Schedule. Section 3.16(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an
accurate and complete list of each Company Employee Plan and each Employee Agreement.
Section 3.16(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a table setting forth
(a) the name; (b) job title or position; (c) location; (d) base salary and target bonus opportunity
for 2008; (e) accrued but unused vacation time and/or PTO; (f) any applicable commission rate or
opportunity; (g) full-time, part-time, or temporary status; and (h) exempt or not-exempt status of
each current employee of the Company and its Subsidiary. Section 3.16(a)(iii) of the
Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list of all Persons other than vendors
to the Company that have a current consulting or advisory or independent contractor relationship
with the Company or its Subsidiary that is subject to ongoing obligations in excess of $100,000 per
year. If required by applicable law, each of the Company and its ERISA Affiliates has classified
all individuals who perform services for it correctly under the Company Employee Plans, ERISA and
the Code as common law employees, independent contractors or leased employees.
(b) Documents. With respect to each Company Employee Plan and Employee Agreement, the Company
has provided to Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy
exists, or, even if such copy does exist, but it does not reflect the current terms of the Plan, an
accurate description) thereof and any amendments thereto and, to the extent applicable: (i) any
related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (ii) for the three most recent years (A) Forms
5500 and attached
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schedules, (B) audited financial statements, if any, (C) nondiscrimination testing results,
and (D) actuarial valuation reports, if any; (iii) the most recent summary plan description
together with any summary of material modifications thereto, if any, and other written
communications (or a description of any oral communications) by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates
to the Employees concerning the extent of the benefits provided under a Company Employee Plan or
Employee Agreement, including any and all documents related to compliance with COBRA and HIPAA or
other applicable laws; (iv) all material written agreements and Contracts relating to each Company
Employee Plan; (v) all correspondence to or from any Governmental Entity relating to any Company
Employee Plan; and (vi) the most recent IRS determination, opinion, notification and advisor
letters issued with respect to each Company Employee Plan, if applicable.
(c) Employee Plan Compliance. (i) Each Company Employee Plan has been established,
registered, qualified, amended, funded, invested and administered in material compliance with the
terms of any document that affects such activity in respect of such Plan, and in material
compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws, rules and
regulations, to the extent applicable to a Company Employee Plan; (ii) each Plan which is intended
to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and has received a
favorable determination letter as to its qualification, and nothing has occurred, whether by action
or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification;
(iii) no event has occurred and no condition exists that would subject the Company or its
Subsidiary, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with an ERISA Affiliate, to any tax,
fine, lien, penalty or other liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Laws;
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any current or projected
liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health, medical or life insurance
benefits for the Employees, except as required to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the
Code or otherwise except as may be required pursuant to any other applicable Law; (v) each Company
Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in
accordance with its terms, without liability to Parent, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (other
than ordinary administration expenses); (vi) there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any ERISA Affiliates, threatened by the IRS, DOL, or any
other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee Plan; (vii) no “prohibited
transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and
not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Employee
Plan; and (vii) the Company has timely made all contributions and other payments required by and
due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan.
(d) Plans Not Maintained. None of the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained,
established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any (i) Pension Plan, including but not
limited to, a plan which is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA
or Section 412 of the Code; (ii) a “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 419 of the
Code; (iii) a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement, as defined under Section 3(40)(A) of ERISA
(without regard to Section 514(b)(6)(B) of ERISA), established or maintained for the purpose of
offering or providing welfare plan benefits to the employees of two or more employer (including one
or more self-employed individuals), or to their beneficiaries (iv) multiemployer plan (as defined
in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); (v) multiple employer plan or to any plan described in
Section 413 of the Code; or (vi) self-insured plan that provides benefits to employees (including
any such plan pursuant to which a stop-loss policy or contract applies).
(e) Effect of Transaction. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in connection with any other
event, contingent or otherwise) or any termination of employment or service in connection therewith
will (i) result in
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any payment (including severance, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any
Employee, (ii) result in any forgiveness of indebtedness, (iii) materially increase any benefits
otherwise payable by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or (iv) result in the acceleration of the
time of payment or vesting of any such benefits (including with regard to Company Options), except
as required under Section 411(d)(3) of the Code.
(f) Employment Matters. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances respecting
employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, employee safety and wages and
hours, and in each case, with respect to Employees: (i) has withheld and reported all amounts
required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, bonus benefits,
salaries and other payments to Employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance
pay or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and (iii) is not
liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any
governmental authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or
other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal
course of business and consistent with past practice). As of the date of this Agreement, to the
knowledge of the Company, no executive, key employee or group of employees has any plans to
terminate employment with the Company or its Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is
a party to or bound by any collective bargaining Contract, nor has the Company or its Subsidiary
experienced any strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices, or other material labor
disputes. The Company has no knowledge of any organizational effort currently being made or
threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to the employees of the Company or its
Subsidiary. The employment of all employees in the United States is at-will and can be terminated
with or without notice or cause. The Company and its Subsidiary have complied with WARN and all
similar Laws. All liabilities and obligations relating to the termination of any former employees,
including all termination pay, severance pay, benefits, or other amounts in connection with WARN
and similar Laws, have been satisfied, and no terminations prior to the Closing Date shall result
in unsatisfied liability under WARN or any similar Law.
(g) Israeli Employees. Solely with respect to Employees who reside or work in Israel or whose
employment is otherwise subject to the law of the State of Israel (“Israeli Employees”), the
Company is not a party to any collective bargaining contract, collective labor agreement or other
contract or arrangement with a labor union, trade union or other organization or body involving any
of its Israeli Employees, or is otherwise required (under any legal requirement, under any contract
or otherwise) to provide benefits or working conditions beyond the minimum benefits and working
conditions required by applicable law, or pursuant to extension orders applicable to all employees
in Israel. The Company has not recognized or received a demand for recognition from any collective
bargaining representative with respect to any of its Israeli Employees. The Company does not have
and is not subject to, and no Israeli Employee of the Company benefits from, any extension order
(tzavei harchava) except for extension orders applicable to all employees in Israel or any contract
or arrangement with respect to employment or termination thereof. All of the Israeli Employees are
“at will” employees subject to the termination notice provisions included in employment agreements
or applicable law, there is no contract between the Company and any of its Israeli Employees or
directors that cannot be terminated by the Company upon less than thirty (30) days notice without
giving rise to a claim for damages or compensation (except for statutory severance pay) and the
Company’s obligations to provide statutory severance pay to its Israeli Employees pursuant to the
Israeli Severance Pay Law (5723-1963) and vacation pursuant to the Israeli Annual Leave Law 1951
and any Contract are fully funded or accrued on the Company Financials, and the Company does not
use the provisions of Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law with respect to such statutory severance
pay. The Company has no knowledge of any circumstance that could give rise to any valid claim by a
current or former
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Israeli Employee for compensation on termination of employment (beyond the statutory severance
pay to which employees are entitled); all amounts that the Company is legally or contractually
required either (i) to deduct from its Israeli Employees’ salaries or to transfer to such Israeli
Employees’ pension or provident, life insurance, incapacity insurance, continuing education fund or
other similar funds or (ii) to withhold from their Israeli Employees’ salaries and benefits and to
pay to any Governmental Entity as required by the Ordinance and Israeli National Insurance Law or
otherwise have, in each case, been duly deducted, transferred, withheld and paid (other than
routine payments, deductions or withholdings to be timely made in the normal course of business and
consistent with past practice), and the Company does not have any outstanding obligation to make
any such deduction, transfer, withholding or payment (other than such that has not yet become due).
The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements and
Contracts relating to employment, employment practices, wages, bonuses and other compensation
matters and terms and conditions of employment related to its Israeli Employees, including but not
limited to the Israeli Prior Notice to the Employee Law 2002, the Israeli Notice to Employee (Terms
of Employment) Law 2002, the Israeli Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law (5758-1998), and the
Israeli Employment by Human Resource Contractors Law 1996. As of the date hereof, the Company has
not engaged any Israeli Employees whose employment would require special licenses or permits, and
there are no unwritten Company policies or customs which, by extension, could entitle Israeli
Employees to benefits in addition to what they are entitled by applicable law. The Company has not
engaged any consultants, sub-contractors, sales agents or freelancers who, according to Israeli
law, would be entitled to the rights of an employee vis-à-vis the Company, including rights to
severance pay, vacation, recuperation pay (dmei havraa) and other employee-related statutory and
contractual benefits. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Israeli Employee” shall be
construed to include consultants, sales agents and other independent contractors who spend (or
spent) a majority of their working time in Israel on the business of the Company or its Subsidiary
(each of whom has been so identified in Section 3.16 (g) of the Company Disclosure Letter).
In addition, the Company has made available to Parent a correct and complete summary of the
calculations concerning the components of the Israeli Employees’ salaries, including any components
which are not included in the basis for calculation of amounts set aside for purposes of statutory
severance pay and pension; any and all agreements with human resource contractors, or with
consultants, sub-contractors, sales agents or freelancers; a summary of its policies, procedures
and customs regarding termination of Israeli Employees; and a summary of any dues it pays to the
Histadrut Labor Organization and whether the Company participates in the expenses of any worker’s
committee (Va’ad Ovdim).
(h) International Employee Plan. Each International Employee Plan has been established,
maintained and administered in material compliance with its terms and conditions and with the
requirements prescribed by any and all statutory or regulatory Legal Requirements that are
applicable to such International Employee Plan. No International Employee Plan has unfunded
Liabilities, that as of the Effective Time, will not be offset by insurance or fully accrued.
Except as required by law, no condition exists that would prevent the Company, the Surviving
Company or Parent from terminating or amending any International Employee Plan at any time for any
reason.
3.17 Contracts.
(a) Material Contracts. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Contract” shall
mean any of the following to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party or by which any of
their assets are bound:
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(i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of
the SEC) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiary;
(ii) any Employee Agreement with any officer of the Company or any Employee of the Company
earning an annual base salary in excess of $150,000, or any Employee Agreement with any member of
the Company’s Board of Directors, or any Employee Agreement granting any change of control,
severance or termination pay (in cash or equity or otherwise) to any Employee;
(iii) any Contract or plan, including, without limitation, any stock option plan, stock
appreciation rights plan or stock purchase plan, or any plan providing similar equity awards, for
which any benefits will be increased, or for which the vesting of benefits will be accelerated, by
the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or upon the
occurrence of additional or subsequent events), or for which the value of any of the benefits of
which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(either alone or upon the occurrence of additional or subsequent events);
(iv) any Contract relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase, repurchase
or redemption of any of its share capital or other securities or any options, warrants or other
rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares, other securities or options, warrants or
other rights therefor, except for those Contracts conforming to the standard agreement under a
Company Share Plan;
(v) any agreement of indemnification or any guaranty (other than any agreement of
indemnification entered into in connection with the sale or license of Company Products in the
ordinary course of business pursuant to its standard customer agreement, the form of which is
included in Section 3.17(a)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Letter);
(vi) any Contract containing any covenant (a) limiting in any respect the right of the Company
or its Subsidiary to engage in any line of business, to make use of any material Intellectual
Property or Intellectual Property Rights or compete with any Person in any line of business or to
compete with any person, (b) granting any exclusive distribution rights, (c) providing “most
favored nations” or other preferential pricing terms for Company Products or (d) otherwise having
an adverse effect on the right of the Company and its Subsidiary to sell, distribute or manufacture
any Company Products or Company Intellectual Property or to purchase or otherwise obtain any
software, components, parts or sub-assemblies;
(vii) any Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiary
of a material amount of assets or any interest in any other Person or business unit or enterprise;
(viii) any material dealer, distributor, OEM (original equipment manufacturer), VAR (value
added reseller) sales representative, joint marketing or development agreement or similar Contract
under which any third party is authorized to manufacture, sell, sublicense, lease, distribute or
take orders for any of its products, services or technology or under which the Company or its
Subsidiary have continuing material obligations to jointly market any product, technology or
service, or any material agreement pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiary have continuing
material obligations to jointly develop any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights
that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or its Subsidiary;
(ix) any Contract required to be disclosed in Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure
Letter or any subsection thereof;
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(x) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or
other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess
of $250,000, other than accounts receivables and payables arising or incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(xi) any Lease Document;
(xii) any material settlement agreement entered into within five (5) years prior to the date
of this Agreement, any litigation “standstill” agreement, or any tolling agreement;
(xiii) any Contract providing for payments (whether fixed, contingent or otherwise) by or to
it in an aggregate amount of $250,000 or more annually;
(xiv) any joint venture or partnership Contract that has involved, or is reasonably expected
to involve, a sharing of revenues, profits, cash flows, expenses or losses with any other party or
a payment of royalties to any other party;
(xv) any Contract with any works council or labor union, or any collective bargaining
agreement or similar Contract;
(xvi) any Contract (A) in which directors or executive officers, or, to the Company’s
knowledge, in which Employees or shareholders or any member of their immediate families, is
directly or indirectly interested (whether as a party or otherwise) or (B) with any Person with
whom it does not deal at arm’s length;
(xvii) any Contract with any investment banker, broker, adviser or similar party, or any
accountant, legal counsel or other Person retained by it in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(xviii) any Contract relating to the membership of, or participation by it in, or the
affiliation of it with, any industry standards group or association;
(xix) any Contract under which the Company’s entering into this Agreement or the consummation
of the Merger or the transactions contemplated thereby shall give rise to, or trigger the
application of, any rights of any third party or any obligations of the Company or its Subsidiary
that would come into effect upon the consummation of the Merger;
(xx) any Contract with a Significant Customer or Significant Supplier, or with a Governmental
Entity, or any Governmental Permit;
(xxi) any Contract concerning or related to Grants from the OCS or any other Governmental
Entity; or
(xxii) any other Contract that is material to it or its business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets (tangible or intangible).
(b) Schedule. Section 3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of
all Company Material Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party or is bound by as
of the date hereof which are described in Section 3.17(a)(i) through
Section 3.17(a)(xxii) hereof, setting forth for each
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such Company Material Contract, the subsections of Section 3.17(a) applicable to such
Company Material Contract. A true and complete copy of each agreement or document required by
these Sections 3.17(a)(i) through 3.17(a)(xxii) to be listed on
Section 3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter has been made available to Parent and its
outside legal counsel. All Company Material Contracts are in written form.
(c) No Breach. The Company or its Subsidiary has performed all of the material obligations
required to be performed by it and is entitled to all material benefits under each Company Material
Contract. Each of the Company Material Contracts is in full force and effect and has been duly
executed by all parties thereto. There exists no default or event of default or event, occurrence,
condition or act, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of the
Company, with respect to any other contracting party, which, with the giving of notice, the lapse
of time or the happening of any other event or conditions, would reasonably be expected to
(i) become a default or event of default under any Company Material Contract or (ii) give any third
party (A) the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Company Material
Contract, (B) the right to a rebate, chargeback, refund, credit, penalty or change in performance
schedule under any Company Material Contract, (C) the right to accelerate the maturity or
performance of any obligation of the Company or its Subsidiary under any Company Material Contract,
or (D) the right to cancel, terminate or modify any Company Material Contract. Neither the Company
nor its Subsidiary has received any written notice regarding any actual or possible violation or
breach of or default under, or intention to cancel or modify, any Company Material Contract.
(d) Government Contracts.
(i) With respect to each Bid, Company Government Contract, and Company Government Subcontract:
(1) each such Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract was, to the
Company’s knowledge, legally awarded, and is in full force and effect except as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles; provided that for purposes
of this Section 3.17(d)(i)(1), the terms Company Government Contract and Company Government
Subcontract shall not include any Bids;
(2) no reasonable basis exists to give rise to (A) a claim for fraud (as such concept is
defined under the state or federal laws of the United States) in connection with any Company
Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract or under the United States False Claims Act
or the United States Procurement Integrity Act, or (B) a claim under the United States Truth in
Negotiations Act;
(3) neither the United States government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other
Person has notified the Company that the Company has, or may have, breached or violated in any
respect any law, certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement pertaining to such
Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract, and all facts set forth or
acknowledged by any representations, claims or certifications submitted by or on behalf of the
Company in connection with such Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract were
current, accurate and complete in all material respects on the date of submission;
(4) the Company has not received any notice of termination for convenience, notice of
termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice (or, in the case of Contracts governed by
laws other than the state or federal laws of the United States, the functional equivalents thereof,
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if any) pertaining to such Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract, and
the Company is not aware of any basis for any such notice;
(5) no payment due to the Company pertaining to such Company Government Contract or Company
Government Subcontract has been withheld or set off, and the Company is entitled to all progress or
other payments received to date with respect thereto; and
(6) the Company has complied with all requirements of such Company Government Contract or
Company Government Subcontract and any law relating to the safeguarding of, and access to,
classified information (or, in the case of Contracts governed by laws other than the state or
federal laws of the United States, the functional equivalent thereof, if any).
(ii) Neither the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the directors,
officers, employees, consultants or agents of the Company, is, or has been (i) the subject of any
audit or investigation by the Company, in each case, with respect to any alleged violation of law
or Contract arising under or relating to any Company Government Contract or Company Government
Subcontract, or (ii) debarred or suspended, or proposed for debarment or suspension, or received
notice of actual or proposed debarment or suspension (or for purposes of this clause (ii), in the
case of Contracts governed by laws other than the state or federal laws of the United States, the
functional equivalents thereof, if any), from participation in the award of any Contract with any
Governmental Entity. To the knowledge of the Company, there exist no facts or circumstances that
would warrant the institution of suspension or debarment proceedings or a finding of
nonresponsibility or ineligibility with respect to the Company, or any of its respective directors,
officers or managers, in any such case, for purposes of doing business with any Governmental
Entity.
(iii) The Company has not received notice of any (i) outstanding claims (including claims
relating to bid or award protest proceedings (or, in the case of Company Government Contracts or
Company Government Subcontract governed by laws other than the state or federal laws of the United
States, the functional equivalents thereof, if any)) against the Company, either by any
Governmental Entity or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other Person, arising
under or relating to any Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract, or
(ii) outstanding claims or requests for equitable adjustment (or, in the case of Company Government
Contracts or Company Government Subcontract governed by laws other than the state or federal laws
of the United States, the functional equivalent thereof, if any) or disputes (including claims,
requests and formal disputes relating to bid or award protest proceedings) between the Company, on
the one hand, and the United States government, on the other hand, under the United States Contract
Disputes Act, as amended, or any other law, or between the Company, on the one hand, and any prime
contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other Person, on the other hand, arising under or relating to
any Company Government Contract or Company Government Subcontract. The Company has not received
any adverse or negative past performance evaluations or ratings in connection with any Company
Government Contract, Company Government Subcontract or other Contract with a Governmental Entity.
(e) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining
to the Company’s activities that would prevent the Company from continuing to perform or obtaining
any new Bid, Company Government Contract, or Company Government Subcontract.
(f) Neither the Company, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the directors, officers,
employees, consultants or agents of the Company, is, or has, engaged in conduct that violated any
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laws, regulations, orders, or rules governing the use, disclosure, or safeguarding of
materials or information that has been classified or otherwise controlled by any federal, state, or
local governmental entity. The Company is not aware of any facts that are reasonably likely to
give rise to the revocation of any security clearance of the Company, or any employee of the
Company. The Company has established and maintains a compliance program and reasonable internal
controls and procedures appropriate to the requirements of state or federal laws of the United
States applicable to companies engaged in Bids, Company Government Contracts, Company Government
Subcontracts, or the safeguarding and disclosure of materials or information that has been
classified or otherwise controlled by any federal, state, or local governmental entity.
(g) To the knowledge of the Company, with respect to any Contract with a Governmental Entity,
there is neither an existing nor a reasonable basis for a: (i) civil fraud or criminal
investigation by any Governmental Entity; (ii) qui tam action brought against the Company or its
Subsidiary under the Civil False Claims Act; (iii) suspension or debarment proceeding (or
equivalent proceeding) against the Company or its Subsidiary; (iv) claim or request by a
Governmental Entity for a contract price adjustment based on asserted defective pricing,
disallowance of cost or non-compliance with statute, regulation or Contract; (v) dispute involving
the Company or its Subsidiary on such Contract, or (vi) claim or equitable adjustment by the
Company or its Subsidiary relating to such Contract. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has
any obligation or liability for renegotiation of government contracts or subcontracts.
3.18 Insurance. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate has made available to Parent true,
correct and accurate summaries of all insurance policies and fidelity bonds material to the
business of the Company and each ERISA Affiliate. There is no material claim by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate pending under any of the insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets,
business, equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and directors of the Company and
its Subsidiary as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of
such policies or bonds.
3.19 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf
of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, on the date
of mailing to the Company’s shareholders and at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent or
Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.
3.20 Fairness Opinion. The Company’s Board of Directors has received a written opinion from
TWP, dated as of December 22, 2008, that, as of such date and based upon and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth therein, the Per Share Merger Consideration
is fair to the Company’s shareholders from a financial point of view (the “Fairness Opinion”). To
the extent not previously provided, the Company, within four (4) Business Days of the date hereof,
will provide Parent, for informational purposes only, a copy of the Fairness Opinion. It is agreed
and understood that such opinion is solely for the benefit of the Company’s Board of Directors and
may not be relied upon, referred to, quoted or disclosed by Parent or Merger Sub in any way or
manner, or to any person.
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3.21 Corporate Documents. The Company has made available to Parent for examination all
documents and information listed in the Company Disclosure Letter (including any Schedule thereto)
or in any other exhibit or schedule called for by this Agreement, including the following: (a) the
minute books containing all records of all proceedings, consents, actions and meetings of the Board
of Directors and any committees thereof and shareholders of the Company and its Subsidiary from
December 13, 2005 through the date hereof; (b) the share ledger, option ledger and journal
reflecting all share issuances and transfers and all grants of Company Options; and (c) all
permits, orders and consents issued by, and filings by the Company with, any regulatory agency with
respect to the Company, or any securities of the Company, and all applications for such permits,
orders and consents. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiary made available to Parent
contain a complete and accurate summary of all meetings of directors and shareholders or actions by
written consent since December 13, 2005 through the date hereof, and reflect all transactions
referred to in such minutes accurately in all material respects. The books, records and accounts
of the Company and its Subsidiary (i) are in all material respects true, complete and correct,
(ii) have been maintained in accordance with good business practices on a basis consistent with
prior years, (iii) accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets
and properties of the Company, and (iv) accurately and fairly reflect the basis for the Company
Financials.
3.22 Customers and Suppliers
(a) Customers. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any outstanding material disputes
concerning its products and/or services with any customer or distributor who, in the year ended
December 31, 2007 or the eleven (11) months ended November 30, 2008, was one of the twenty-five
(25) largest sources of revenues for the Company and its Subsidiary, based on amounts paid or
payable (each, a “Significant Customer”), and the Company has no knowledge of any material
dissatisfaction on the part of any Significant Customer. Each Significant Customer, as well as the
total sales to each such Significant Customer by the Company and its Subsidiary since January 1,
2007, is listed on Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Neither the Company
nor its Subsidiary has received any written, or to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice from
any Significant Customer that such customer shall not continue as a customer of the Company (or the
Surviving Company or Parent) after the Closing or that such customer intends to terminate or
materially modify existing Contracts with the Company (or the Surviving Company or Parent). The
Company has not had any of its products returned by a purchaser thereof except for normal warranty
returns consistent with past history and those returns that would not result in a reversal of any
revenue by the Company.
(b) Suppliers. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any outstanding material dispute
concerning products and/or services provided by any supplier who, in the year ended December 31,
2007 or the eleven (11) months ended November 30, 2008, was one of the fifteen (15) largest
suppliers of products and/or services to the Company and its Subsidiary, based on amounts paid or
payable (each, a “Significant Supplier”), and the Company has no knowledge of any material
dissatisfaction on the part of any Significant Supplier. Each Significant Supplier, as well as the
total payments to each such Significant Supplier by the Company and its Subsidiary since January 1,
2007, is listed on Section 3.22(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Neither the Company
nor its Subsidiary has received any written, or the knowledge of the Company, oral notice from any
Significant Supplier that such supplier shall not continue as a supplier to the Company (or the
Surviving Company or Parent) after the Closing or that such supplier intends to terminate or
materially modify existing Contracts with the Company (or the Surviving Company or Parent). The
Company and its Subsidiary have access, on commercially reasonable terms, to all products and
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services reasonably necessary to carry on the Company’s business, and the Company has no
knowledge of any reason why it will not continue to have such access on commercially reasonable
terms.
3.23 Grants. Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each material tax or
other incentive granted to or enjoyed by the Company and its Subsidiary under the laws of the State
of Israel (the “Grants”). Up-to-date reports listing all grants received by the Company from the
OCS, all applications for Grants and of all letters of approval, and supplements thereto have been
made available to Parent and are true and correct copies thereof. Section 3.23 of the
Company Disclosure Letter details all material undertakings of the Company given in connection with
the Grants. The Company and its Subsidiary have complied, in all material respects, with all Legal
Requirements to be entitled to claim all Grants. Without limiting the generality of the above,
Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure Letter includes the aggregate amounts of each Grant,
and the aggregate outstanding obligations thereunder of the Company with respect to royalties, or
the outstanding amounts to be paid by the OCS to the Company and the composition of such
obligations or amount by the product or product family to which it relates. The Company is in
compliance, in all material respects, with the terms and conditions of the Grants and has duly
fulfilled, in all material respects, all the undertakings relating thereto. To the Company’s
knowledge, subject to receipt of the Investment Center Approval and the OCS Filing (including
submission of an undertaking by Parent toward the OCS in customary form), consummation of the
Merger will not adversely affect the continued qualification for the incentives or the terms or
duration thereof or require any recapture of any previously claimed Israeli Tax incentive, and no
consent or approval of any Governmental Entity is required, prior to the consummation of the
Merger, in order to preserve the entitlement of the Surviving Company or its Subsidiary to any such
Israeli Tax incentive. The Company is not aware of any event or other set of circumstances that
might lead to the revocation or material modification of any of the Grants. To the Company’s
knowledge, there has been no indication from any Israeli Tax authority that the consummation of the
Merger would adversely affect the Surviving Company’s ability to set off for Israeli Tax purposes
in the future any and all losses accumulated by the Company as of the Closing Date.
3.24 Takeover Statutes and Rights Plans. No “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share
acquisition,” mandatory price or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (“Takeover
Statutes”) or any anti-takeover provision in the Company’s Charter Documents is applicable to the
Company, the Company Ordinary Shares, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company does not have in effect any “poison pill” or similar plan or agreement
which could have a dilutive or otherwise adverse effect on Parent as a result of consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
AND MERGER SUB
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
4.1 Organization. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties
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and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. Merger Sub is a company duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Israel.
4.2 Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents.
(a) Authority. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority
to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Parent and Merger Sub, and no further action is required on the part of Parent
and Merger Sub to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to the issuance of the
Certificate of Merger by the Companies Registrar pursuant to Israeli Law. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Company, constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Parent, enforceable
against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms.
(b) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not constitute or result in (i) a
breach of, or conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
of Parent, or the memorandum of association or articles of association of Merger Sub, or
(ii) subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.2(c), a conflict
with or violate any material Legal Requirement applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which
Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties or assets (whether tangible or
intangible) is bound or affected; except, in the case of each of the preceding clauses (i) and
(ii), for any conflict or violation which would not materially adversely affect the ability of the
parties hereto to consummate the Merger within the time frame in which the Merger would otherwise
be consummated in the absence of such conflict or violation.
(c) Necessary Consents. No consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration
or filing with any Governmental Entity, or any third party, is required to be made or obtained by
Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for the Necessary Consents. In
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger, the parties
hereto shall not be required to file Notification and Report Forms with FTC and the Antitrust
Division of the DOJ required by the HSR Act, and shall not be required to wait for the expiration
or termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act in order to consummate the
Merger.
4.3 Capital Resources. Parent has, and will have available to it upon the consummation of the
Merger, sufficient capital resources to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration and to consummate
all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.4 Share Ownership. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger Sub beneficially owns any of the Company’s
shares.
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4.5 No Prior Merger Sub Operations. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting
the Merger and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Merger Sub has not incurred, directly or
indirectly, any liabilities or obligations except those in connection with its organization or with
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
4.6 Information Supplied. The information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of
Parent and Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement, will not
contain, on the date of the mailing to the Company’s shareholders and at the time of the Company
Shareholders’ Meeting, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective
Time, any event relating to Parent or any of its affiliates, officers or directors should be
discovered by Parent which is required to be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement,
Parent shall promptly inform the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by the Company which is
contained in the Proxy Statement.
ARTICLE V
CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
5.1 Conduct of Business by the Company.
(a) Ordinary Course. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until
the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, the
Company and its Subsidiary shall, except as otherwise expressly required by this Agreement or to
the extent that Parent shall otherwise consent in writing and except as required by applicable
Legal Requirement, (i) carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in
substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements, (ii) pay its Liabilities, debts and Taxes when due and pay or perform its other
obligations when due, other than those being disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings and,
in the case of disputed Liabilities of more than $10,000 individually or $25,000 in the aggregate
per month, for which adequate reserves have been established on the Company’s financial statements
in accordance with GAAP, (iii) assure that each of its Contracts entered into after the date of
this Agreement will not require the procurement of any consent, waiver or novation or provide for
any material change in the obligations of any party hereto in connection with, or terminate as a
result of the consummation of, the Merger, and shall give reasonable advance notice to Parent prior
to allowing any Company Material Contracts or material rights thereunder to lapse or terminate by
their terms, (iv) maintain each of its Leased Real Properties in accordance with the terms of the
applicable lease in all material respects, (vi) notify and give Parent the opportunity to
participate, at its sole expense, in the defense or settlement of any litigation to which the
Company is a party, and (vii) use all reasonable efforts consistent with past practices and
policies to (A) preserve intact its present business organization, (B) keep available the services
of its present Employees,
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and (C) preserve its beneficial relationships with Governmental Entities, customers,
suppliers, distributors, consultants, licensors, licensees and others with which it has business
dealings.
(b) Required Consent. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1(a), except as
(i) permitted by the terms of this Agreement, (ii) required by applicable Legal Requirement, or
(iii) specified in Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, without the reasonable
prior written consent of Parent, during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the
earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, the
Company shall not do any of the following, and shall not permit its Subsidiary to do any of the
following:
(i) amend or change the Company Charter Documents or Subsidiary Charter Documents;
(ii) acquire, or agree to acquire (by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any
assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner), any business or corporation, partnership,
association or other business organization or division thereof, or other acquisition or agreement
to acquire any assets or any equity securities that are material, individually or in the aggregate,
to the business of the Company;
(iii) enter into any Contract, agreement in principle, letter of intent, memorandum of
understanding or similar agreement with respect to any material joint venture, strategic
partnership or alliance;
(iv) declare, set aside or pay any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock
or property) in respect of, any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’ share capital, or purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company’s share capital or any other securities of the
Company or its Subsidiary or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or
other securities, except for repurchases from Employees following their termination pursuant to the
terms of their pre-existing stock option or purchase agreements;
(v) split, combine or reclassify any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s share capital;
(vi) forgive, whether orally or in writing, any loan from the Company or its Subsidiary to any
Employee;
(vii) (A) increase or decrease the compensation or fringe benefits payable or to become
payable to any Employee (except for normal increases or decreases of cash compensation to current
non-executive officer Employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and/or resulting from any Legal Requirement and/or resulting from any Contract in effect as of the
date hereof, which Contract has been made available to Parent) by the Company or its Subsidiary,
whether orally or in writing, (B) make any promise, commitment or payment, whether orally or in
writing, of any bonus payable or to become payable to any Employee, (C) adopt, change or terminate,
whether orally or in writing, any severance, change of control, termination or bonus plan, policy
or practice applicable to any Employee, (D) enter, whether orally or in writing, any employment,
severance, termination, change of control or indemnification agreement or any agreements the
benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence
of a transaction involving the Company of the nature contemplated
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hereby (either alone or upon the occurrence of additional or subsequent events) or (E) adopt,
terminate or amend any Company Employee Plan or collective bargaining agreement);
(viii) enter into, amend, modify, terminate or grant a consent with respect to any Company
Material Contract, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder;
(ix) (A) enter into any material customer Contract that contains any material non-standard
terms, including but not limited to, provisions for unpaid future deliverables, non-standard
service requirements or future royalty payments other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or (B) make any material change in the manner in which it extends
discounts, credits or warranties to customers or otherwise deals with its customers;
(x) make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by
concurrent changes in GAAP;
(xi) enter into any debt, capital lease or other debt or equity financing transaction or enter
into any agreement in connection with any such transaction;
(xii) enter into any material new customer, reseller or distributor agreement or amendment of
any such agreement, or grant any material refunds, credits, rebates or other allowances to any end
user, customer, reseller or distributor, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(xiii) make a material change in the factors influencing accounts receivable or warranty
reserves;
(xiv) undertake any material restructuring activities, including any material reductions in
force, lease terminations, restructuring of contracts or similar actions;
(xv) sell, lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of any business lines or any
properties or assets (tangible or intangible), except for sales, leases, licenses or dispositions
of property or assets which are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of
the Company or the licenses of current Company Products, in each case, in the ordinary course of
business and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(xvi) make any loan or extend credit to any Person other than in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice;
(xvii) make any material purchases of fixed assets, spares or other long-term assets other
than in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(xviii) adopt or change any Tax accounting method or material Tax election, enter into any
closing agreement in respect of Taxes, settle or compromise any Tax claim or assessment, or extend
or waive the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, other than in each case
with respect to any Tax liability that is in an amount less than $150,000;
(xix) make any expenditure, or enter into any commitment for expenditures exceeding $250,000
individually or $500,000 in the aggregate (or an additional $150,000 per month in the aggregate, if
the Effective Time has not occurred prior to March 31, 2009);
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(xx) accelerate or release any vesting condition to the right to exercise any Company Option
or other right to purchase or otherwise acquire any share capital of the Company, or accelerate or
release of any right to repurchase such shares upon the shareholder’s termination of employment or
services with it or pursuant to any right of first refusal;
(xxi) pay or discharge any Lien or other encumbrance on any of its assets or properties, or
pay or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities, in each case that was not either shown on
the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of its business consistent with its
past practice after the date of the Company Balance Sheet in an amount not in excess of $150,000
individually, or $300,000 in the aggregate;
(xxii) make any changes with respect to executive management or other key personnel, or
terminate the employment of a material number of employees;
(xxiii) incur any liability or obligation to any of its officers, directors or shareholders,
except for normal and customary compensation and expense allowances payable to officers and
directors in the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past practices;
(xxiv) make any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any of its
officers, directors or shareholders or any firm or business enterprise in which any such Person had
a direct or indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance, capital contribution or
investment;
(xxv) commence or settle any material litigation;
(xxvi) make any material revaluation of any of its assets, including, without limitation,
writing down the value of capitalized inventory, spares, long term or short-term investments, fixed
assets, goodwill, intangible assets, deferred tax assets, or writing off notes or accounts
receivable, other than as required by GAAP consistently applied;
(xxvii) issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber any of its share
capital, Voting Debt or any securities convertible into shares or Voting Debt, or subscriptions,
rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares or Voting Debt or any securities convertible into
shares or Voting Debt, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it
to issue any such securities or rights, other than: (A) issuances of Company Ordinary Shares upon
the exercise of Company Options existing on the date hereof or granted pursuant to clause
(C) hereof in accordance with their present terms (or terms at the time of grant in the case of
grants made pursuant to clause (C) hereof); (B) issuance of Company Ordinary Shares to participants
in the Company Purchase Plans pursuant to the terms thereof and (C) grants of stock options or
other stock based awards to employees of the Company or its Subsidiary to acquire, individually, up
to 10,000 Company Ordinary Shares (as adjusted for stock splits and the like) and, in the
aggregate, up to 200,000 Company Ordinary Shares (as adjusted for stock splits and the like),
granted under the Company Share Plans or otherwise, in each case in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices in connection with ordinary course promotions or to new hires and
which options or stock-based awards have a vesting schedule no more favorable than ratable monthly
installments that vest over not less than four years and do not accelerate, or become subject to
acceleration, directly or indirectly, as a result of this Agreement, the approval or consummation
of the Merger and/or termination of employment following or in connection with the Merger;
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(xxviii) cancel or terminate without reasonable substitute policy therefor any material
insurance policy naming the Company as a beneficiary or a loss payee without notice to Parent;
(xxix) enter into any Contracts containing, or otherwise subject Parent or the Surviving
Company to, any non-competition, exclusivity or other material restrictions on the Company or the
Surviving Company or Parent, or any of their respective businesses, following the Closing;
(xxx) repay, modify, amend, revise, change or take any action with respect to, any Grants from
the OCS or any other Governmental Entity, other than the payment of fees and royalties to the OCS
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xxxi) enter into any agreement for the purchase or sale of any interest in real property, the
grant of any Lien in any real property, or any agreement to lease, sublease, license or otherwise
use or occupy any real property; or
(xxxii) take, commit, or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described
in Sections 5.1(b)(i) through Section 5.1(b)(xxxi) hereof.
5.2 Procedures for Requesting Parent Consent. (a) If the Company shall desire to take an
action which would be prohibited pursuant to Section 5.1(b) hereof without the written
consent of Parent, prior to taking such action the Company may request such written consent by
sending an e mail or facsimile to the following individual, and may not take such action until such
consent in writing has been received from the following individual:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E mail address: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E mail address: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(b) Any request by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be made in writing
(including, without limitation, by electronic mail or facsimile), and Parent shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to respond to such request in writing within five (5) Business Days of the
receipt of such request. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.2, the
Company shall not be prohibited or otherwise restricted from taking any action that was requested
by the Company in the manner set forth above and to which Parent did not respond within the
aforementioned five (5) Business Day period.
5.3 No Control of Other Party’s Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to
give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s operations prior
to the Effective Time, and to give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or
direct Parent’s operations. Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company shall
exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and
supervision over its and its Subsidiaries respective operations.
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ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1 Merger Proposal and Proxy Statement.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in no event more
than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date of this Agreement): (i) each of the Company and
Merger Sub shall cause a merger proposal (in the Hebrew language) substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit B (a “Merger Proposal”) to be executed in accordance with Section 316
of the Israeli Law; (ii) the Company shall call the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (and prepare and
mail to its shareholders a Proxy Statement as set forth in Section 6.1(b) and conduct such
meeting as set forth in Section 6.2(a)); and (iii) the Company and Merger Sub shall jointly
deliver the Merger Proposals to the Companies Registrar within three (3) days from the calling of
such shareholders’ meetings. Each of the Company and Merger Sub shall cause a copy of its Merger
Proposal to be delivered to its secured creditors, if any, no later than three (3) days after the
date on which the Merger Proposal is delivered to the Companies Registrar and shall promptly inform
its respective non-secured creditors, if any, of its Merger Proposal and its contents in accordance
with Section 318 of the Israeli Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Promptly after the
Company and Merger Sub shall have complied with the preceding sentences of this Section 6.1(a), and
with subsections (i) and (ii) below, but in any event no more than three (3) days following the
date on which such notice was sent to the creditors, the Company and Merger Sub shall inform the
Companies Registrar, in accordance with Section 317(b) of the Israeli Law, that notice was given to
their respective creditors under Section 318 of the Israeli Law and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. In addition to the above, each of the Company and, if applicable, Merger Sub, shall:
(i) publish a notice to its creditors, stating that a Merger Proposal was submitted to the
Companies Registrar and that the creditors may review the Merger Proposal at the office of the
Companies Registrar, the Company’s registered offices or Merger Sub’s registered offices, as
applicable, and at such other locations as the Company or Merger Sub, as applicable, may determine,
in (A) two (2) daily Hebrew language newspapers circulated in Israel, on the day that the Merger
Proposal is submitted to the Companies Registrar, (B) a newspaper circulated in New York City, no
later than three (3) Business Days following the day on which the Merger Proposal was submitted to
the Companies Registrar, and (C) if required, in such other manner as may be required by applicable
law and regulations; (ii) within four (4) Business Days from the date of submitting the Merger
Proposal to the Companies Registrar, send a notice by registered mail to all of the “Substantial
Creditors” (as such term is defined in the regulations promulgated under the Israeli Law) that the
Company or Merger Sub, as applicable, is aware of, in which it shall state that a Merger Proposal
was submitted to the Companies Registrar and that the creditors may review the Merger Proposal at
such additional locations, if such locations were determined in the notice referred to in
subsection (i) above; and (iii) send to the “workers committee” or display in a prominent place at
the Company’s premises, a copy of the notice published in a daily Hebrew language newspaper (as
referred to in subsection (i)(A) above) circulated in Israel, no later than three (3) Business Days
following the day on which the Merger Proposal was submitted to the Companies Registrar.
(b) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in no event more
than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date of this Agreement), the Company shall prepare and
mail to its shareholders proxy materials (including a definitive Proxy Statement) relating to the
seeking of Company Shareholder Approval. Parent shall provide promptly to the Company such
information concerning Parent as, in the reasonable judgment of Parent or its counsel, may be
required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements
thereto. The Company will cause all documents that it is
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responsible for filing with Governmental Entities or other regulatory authorities in
connection with the Merger (or as required or appropriate to facilitate the Merger) to comply with
all applicable Legal Requirements. Prior to mailing the Proxy Statement or filing any document
with the any Governmental Entity or other regulatory authorities in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement as a
result of any event or occurrence required to be set forth therein), the Company shall provide
Parent (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.1 also include Parent’s outside
legal counsel) with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advance and
the Company shall in good faith consider including in such documents and filings all comments
reasonably and promptly proposed by Parent.
(c) If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or information relating to the
Company, or any of its affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent or the
Company which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that
such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the party which discovers such
information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and the Company shall cause an
appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information to be mailed to the shareholders of
the Company.
6.2 Meeting of Company Shareholders; Board Recommendation.
(a) Meeting of Company Shareholders. The Company will take all action necessary in accordance
with Israeli Law, the rules of the NASDAQ, the Company Charter Documents and its Contracts and
agreements with its shareholders to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its
shareholders, promptly following the mailing of the Proxy Statement to such shareholders, for the
purpose of considering and taking action with respect to the Company Shareholder Approval (the
“Company Shareholders’ Meeting”) to be held as promptly as practicable, and in any event (to the
extent permissible under applicable law) within thirty-five (35) days after the mailing of the
Proxy Statement to the Company’s shareholders. Subject to Section 6.3(d), the Company will
use all reasonable efforts (including by engaging a proxy solicitor, if requested in writing by
Parent) to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the Company Shareholder Approval and
will take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its shareholders
for the Company Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Shareholders’ Meeting to the extent
necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided
to its shareholders in advance of a vote on the adoption of this Agreement or, if as of the time
for which the Company Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy
Statement), there are insufficient Company Ordinary Shares represented (either in person or by
proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such Company Shareholders’
Meeting. The Company shall ensure that the Company Shareholders’ Meeting is called, noticed,
convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by it in connection with the Company
Shareholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with Israeli Law, the rules of the NASDAQ, the
Company Charter Documents, the Company’s Contracts and agreements with its shareholders, and all
other applicable Legal Requirements. Without the prior written consent of Parent, the approval and
adoption of this Agreement, and the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby (including adjournment of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, if necessary, if a quorum is
present, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of adoption and
approval of this Agreement and the approval
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of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby), including those matters listed
on Section 6.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, are the only matters which the Company
shall propose to be acted on by the Company’s shareholders at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting.
(b) Board Recommendation. Except to the extent expressly permitted by Section 6.3(d):
(i) the Board of Directors of the Company shall unanimously recommend that its shareholders vote
in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, (ii) the Proxy Statement
shall include (A) a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of the Company has
unanimously recommended that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of the adoption and approval
of this Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, at
the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, and (B) the Fairness Opinion, and (iii) neither the Board of
Directors of the Company nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or
resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the recommendation of its
Board of Directors that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of the adoption and approval of
this Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
6.3 Alternative Transaction Proposals.
(a) No Solicitation. The Company agrees that until the earlier of (i) the termination of the
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, and (ii) the Effective Time, except to the extent
specifically permitted pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or Section 6.3(d), it shall not,
and will cause its Subsidiary not to, permit or authorize any of its or its Subsidiary’s officers,
directors (or affiliates of any such officers or directors), employees, affiliates, investment
bankers, attorneys, accountants, or other agents, advisers or representatives (collectively,
“Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly: (A) solicit, initiate, seek, knowingly encourage or
facilitate, support or induce any inquiry with respect to, or the making, submission or
announcement of, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; (B) participate or otherwise engage in any
discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any non-public information or grant
access to the Company’s books, records or personnel with respect to, or take any other action to
facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or could reasonably be
expected to lead to, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; (C) grant any person a waiver or release
under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity security of the
Company or its Subsidiary (which provisions the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiary to, use
all reasonable efforts to enforce); provided, that immediately upon any violation of this
clause (C), Parent shall automatically be released from its standstill obligations under the
Confidentiality Agreement without any further action by any party hereto; (D) approve, endorse or
recommend any Alternative Transaction Proposal; or (E) enter into any letter of intent or similar
document or any contract, agreement or commitment (whether binding or not) contemplating or
otherwise relating to any Alternative Transaction Proposal or transaction contemplated thereby.
The Company will, and will cause its Subsidiary and its and their Representatives to, immediately
cease any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any third parties conducted
heretofore with respect to any Alternative Transaction Proposal, and, upon Parent’s request, shall
request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished to
any Person with which the Company, its Subsidiary or its or their Representatives have engaged in
any such activities within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date hereof. Any breach of
the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.3(a) by its Subsidiary or its or their
Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach by the Company.
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(b) Notification of Unsolicited Alternative Transaction Proposals.
(i) As promptly as practicable (but in no event more than twenty-four (24) hours) after
receipt by the Company, its Subsidiary or its or their Representatives of any Alternative
Transaction Proposal or any request for non-public information or any expression of interest or
inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction Proposal, the
Company shall provide Parent with written notice of (A) the material terms and conditions of such
Alternative Transaction Proposal, request, expression of interest or inquiry, (B) the identity of
the Person or group making any such Alternative Transaction Proposal, request, expression of
interest or inquiry, and (C) a copy of all written materials provided by or on behalf of such
Person or group in connection with such Alternative Transaction Proposal, request, expression of
interest or inquiry. In addition, the Company shall provide Parent as promptly as practicable with
written notice setting forth all such information as is reasonably necessary to keep Parent
currently informed in all material respects of the status and details (including substantive
modifications or proposed substantive modifications) of any such Alternative Transaction Proposal,
request, expression of interest or inquiry (including any negotiations contemplated by
Section 6.3(c)(ii)) and shall promptly provide Parent a copy of all written materials
(including by e-mail or otherwise in electronic format) subsequently provided by or to it in
connection with such Alternative Transaction Proposal, request, expression of interest or inquiry.
(ii) The Company shall provide Parent with two (2) Business Days prior notice (or such lesser
prior notice as is provided to the members of its Board of Directors) of any meeting of its Board
of Directors at which its Board of Directors could reasonably be expected to consider any
Alternative Transaction Proposal or any component thereof, including to consider whether such
Alternative Transaction Proposal is a Superior Proposal.
(c) Superior Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 6.3(a), in the event that, prior to the time that Company Shareholder Approval has
been obtained, the Company receives an unsolicited, bona fide written Alternative Transaction
Proposal from a third party which is determined to be, or which the Company’s Board of Directors
has in good faith concluded (following the receipt of advice from and consultation with its outside
legal counsel and TWP or another financial adviser of national standing in the United States of
America) is reasonably likely to become, a Superior Proposal, the Company may then take the
following actions, but only if: (i)(A) the Company’s Board of Directors determines in good faith,
after receiving advice from and consultation with its outside legal counsel, that it is required to
do so to comply with its fiduciary obligations to its shareholders under applicable law of the
State of Israel, and (B) the Company has given Parent at least two (2) Business Days prior written
notice of its intention to take any of the following actions and disclosed to Parent the identity
of the Person making such Alternative Transaction Proposal and the material terms and conditions of
such Alternative Transaction Proposal; and (ii) the Company shall have previously complied with the
provisions of this Section 6.3:
(i) furnish non-public information to the third party making such Alternative Transaction
Proposal, provided that (A) the Company shall have received from such third party an
executed confidentiality agreement containing (1) customary limitations on the use and disclosure
of all non-public written and oral information furnished to such third party on the Company’s
behalf, the terms of which are at least as restrictive as the terms contained in the
Confidentiality Agreement, and (2) a standstill provision, the term of which is at least as long as
the term contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, and the terms of which are at least as
restrictive as the terms contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, which confidentiality
agreement shall not include any provision having the actual or purported effect of restricting the
Company from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement and
shall require such
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third party to agree to customary employee non-solicitation provisions covering a period of at
least twelve (12) months from the execution of such confidentiality agreement, and
(B) contemporaneously with furnishing any such non-public information to such third party, the
Company furnishes such non-public information to Parent (to the extent such non-public information
has not been previously so furnished); and
(ii) engage in discussions or negotiations with the third party with respect to the
Alternative Transaction Proposal.
(d) Change of Recommendation. Solely in response to the receipt of a Superior Proposal, the
Board of Directors of the Company may make a Change of Recommendation, if all of the following
conditions in clauses (i) through (vi) are met:
(i) the Superior Proposal has been made, has not been withdrawn and continues to be a Superior
Proposal;
(ii) the Company Shareholder Approval has not yet been obtained;
(iii) the Company shall have (A) delivered to Parent written notice (a “Change of
Recommendation Notice”) at least five (5) Business Days prior to publicly effecting such Change of
Recommendation which shall state expressly (1) that the Company has received a Superior Proposal,
(2) the material terms and conditions of the Superior Proposal and the identity of the Person or
group making the Superior Proposal, and (3) that the Company intends to effect a Change of
Recommendation and the manner in which it intends to do so; (B) provided to Parent a copy of all
materials and information delivered or made available to the Person or group making the Superior
Proposal in connection with such Superior Proposal (to the extent not previously provided to
Parent); and (C) during the aforementioned five (5) Business Day period, if requested by Parent,
engaged in good faith negotiations to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Superior
Proposal would no longer be a Superior Proposal;
(iv) Parent shall not have, within the aforementioned five (5) Business Day period, made an
offer that the Company’s Board of Directors has in good faith determined (after the receipt of
advice from and consultation with its outside legal counsel and TWP or another financial adviser of
national standing in the United States of America) results in the Alternative Transaction Proposal
that had been determined to be a Superior Proposal no longer being a Superior Proposal;
(v) the Board of Directors of the Company has concluded in good faith, after receipt of advice
from and consultation with its outside legal counsel, that, in light of such Superior Proposal and
after considering any adjustments or negotiations pursuant to the preceding clause (iv), that the
Company’s Board of Directors is required to effect a Change of Recommendation to comply with its
fiduciary obligations to the shareholders of the Company under applicable law of the State of
Israel; and
(vi) the Company shall have previously complied with the provisions set forth in
Section 6.2 or this Section 6.3.
(e) Compliance with Tender Offer Rules. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit
the Company or its Board of Directors from taking and disclosing to the stockholders of the Company
a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act;
provided that the content of any such disclosure thereunder shall be governed by the terms
of this Agreement.
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Without limiting the foregoing proviso, the Company shall not effect a Change of
Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 6.3(d).
(f) Continuing Obligation Regarding Company Shareholders’ Meeting. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the obligation of the Company to call, give notice of,
convene and hold the Company Shareholders’ Meeting shall not be limited or otherwise affected by
the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to it of any Alternative Transaction
Proposal, or by any Change of Recommendation, unless the Company has, subject to and in accordance
with Section 8.1(h), terminated this Agreement.
(g) Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the
event that the provisions of this Section 6.3 were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed by the parties hereto that
Parent, prior to any valid termination in accordance with Section 8.1, shall be entitled to
an immediate injunction or injunctions, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money
damages as a remedy and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security, to prevent
breaches of the provisions of this Section 6.3 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 Parent may be entitled at law or in equity. Without limiting
the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth above by its
Subsidiary or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s Representatives shall be deemed to be a
breach of this Agreement by the Company.
6.4 Confidentiality; Access to Information.
(a) Confidentiality. The parties acknowledge that the Company and Parent have previously
executed a letter agreement, dated as of October 24, 2008 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), which
Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
(b) Access to Information. Subject to the Confidentiality Agreement and applicable law, the
Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiary to, afford to Parent and to the officers, employees,
accountants, counsel, financial advisers and other representatives of Parent, reasonable access
during normal business hours and on reasonable notice during the period prior to the Effective Time
to all their properties (including the right to perform a Phase I environmental site assessment and
compliance audit), books, Contracts, commitments, assets (including the Company Intellectual
Property, design processes and source code), personnel and records (provided, that such
access (i) shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiary, and (ii) shall not cause the Company or its Subsidiary to disclose any information that
would result in the disclosure of trade secrets of third parties, violate any of its obligations
with respect to confidentiality or invalidate or terminate any legal privilege, in each case in
clause (ii) hereof as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment after receipt of advice
from outside legal counsel). During such period and subject to the Confidentiality Agreement and
applicable law, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiary to, furnish promptly to Parent
(i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by it during
such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities laws, and (ii) all other
information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request.
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6.5 Public Disclosure. (a) Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, Parent and the Company will
consult with each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to review, comment
upon and concur with, and use all reasonable efforts to agree on any press release or public
statement with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger, and any Alternative Transaction Proposal and will not issue any such press release or make
any such public statement prior to such consultation and (to the extent practicable) agreement or
the content of such statement, except as may be required by applicable Legal Requirement or any
listing agreement with NASDAQ, or any other applicable national or regional securities exchange or
market. The initial press release to be issued with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be in the form agreed to by the parties.
(b) The Company shall consult with Parent before issuing any press release or otherwise making
any public statement with respect to the Company’s earnings or results of operations, and shall not
issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation. In
addition, except to the extent disclosed in or consistent with the Proxy Statement in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.1 or prior communications consented to in accordance with
this Section 6.5, the Company shall not issue any press release or otherwise make any
public statement or disclosure concerning Parent or its business, financial condition or results of
operations without the consent of Parent.
6.6 Regulatory Filings; Reasonable Efforts.
(a) Regulatory Filings. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall coordinate and
cooperate with one another and shall each use all reasonable efforts to comply with, and shall each
refrain from taking any action that would impede compliance with, all Legal Requirements, and as
promptly as practicable after the date hereof, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall
make all filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information,
application or submission of other documents required by any Governmental Entity in connection with
the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation: (i) filings
under any pre-merger notification forms reasonably determined by Parent to be required by the
merger notification or control laws of any applicable jurisdiction, as agreed by the parties
hereto, and (ii) any filings required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable
state or securities or “blue sky” laws and the securities laws of any foreign country, or any other
Legal Requirement relating to the Merger. Each of Parent and the Company will cause all documents
that it is responsible for filing with any Governmental Entity under this Section 6.6(a) to
comply in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Exchange of Information. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company each shall promptly supply
the other with any information that may be required in order to effectuate any filings or
application pursuant to Section 6.6(a). Except where prohibited by applicable Legal
Requirements, and subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, each of the Company and Parent shall
consult with the other prior to taking a position with respect to any such filing, shall permit the
other to review and discuss in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in
connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, white papers,
arguments, opinions and proposals before making or submitting any of the foregoing to any
Governmental Entity by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with any investigations or
proceedings in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including
under any antitrust or fair trade Legal Requirement), coordinate with the other in preparing and
exchanging such information and promptly provide the other and/or its counsel with copies of all
filings, presentations or submissions (and a summary of any oral presentations) made by such party
with any
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Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
provided that with respect to any such filing, presentation or submission, each of Parent
and the Company need not supply the other (or its counsel) with copies (or in the case of oral
presentations, a summary) to the extent that any law, treaty, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity applicable to such party requires such party or its Subsidiaries to restrict or
prohibit access to any such information. It is acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that
Parent shall have, except where prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements, primary responsibility
for determining the strategy for interacting with any Governmental Entity with responsibility for
reviewing the Merger with respect to antitrust or competition issues.
(c) Notification. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will notify the other promptly
upon the receipt of: (i) any comments from any officials of any Governmental Entity in connection
with any filings made pursuant hereto and (ii) any request by any officials of any Governmental
Entity for amendments or supplements to any filings made pursuant to, or information provided to
comply in all material respects with, any Legal Requirements. Whenever any event occurs that is
required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any filing made pursuant to
Section 6.6(a), Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, will promptly inform
the other of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the applicable Governmental Entity such
amendment or supplement.
(d) Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the express provisions of Section 6.2 and
Section 6.3 hereof and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each
of the parties agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and
to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner
practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using
all reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts
necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VII to be satisfied;
(ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and
authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations,
declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental
Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to avoid any suit,
claim, action, investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity; (iii) the obtaining of all
necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties; (iv) the defending of any suits,
claims, actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (v) the execution
or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by,
and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement. In connection with and without limiting
the foregoing, the Company and its Board of Directors shall, if any takeover statute or similar
Legal Requirement is or becomes applicable to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the
terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such Legal Requirement
on the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Antitrust Restraints. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is
expressly understood and agreed that: (i) neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall have any obligation
to litigate or contest any administrative or judicial action or proceeding or any decree, judgment,
injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent; and (ii) neither Parent nor
Merger Sub shall be under any obligation to make proposals, execute or carry out agreements, enter
into consent decrees or submit to orders providing for (A) the sale, divestiture, license or other
disposition or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets
or categories of assets of Parent or any of its affiliates or the Company or its Subsidiary,
(B) the imposition of any limitation or regulation on the ability of Parent or
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any of its affiliates to freely conduct their business or own such assets, or (C) the holding
separate of shares of the Company or any limitation or regulation on the ability of Parent or any
of its affiliates to exercise full rights of ownership of the shares of the Company (any of the
foregoing, an “Antitrust Restraint”).
6.7 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) By the Company. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent and Merger Sub in writing
of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or
inaccurate, or any failure of the Company to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in each case, such that the
conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) would not be satisfied;
(ii) the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect or any event or occurrence that would reasonably
be expected to cause the conditions set forth in Article VII not to be satisfied; and
(iii) any claim, action, suit, arbitration, mediation, proceeding or investigation by or before any
court, arbitrator or arbitration panel, board or Governmental Entity, initiated by or against it,
or known by the Company or its Subsidiary to be threatened against the Company or its Subsidiary,
or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or shareholders in their capacity as
such.
(b) By Parent. Parent and Merger Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company in writing of
any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or
inaccurate, or any failure of Parent to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any
covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in
each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b)
would not be satisfied.
6.8 Third-Party Consents. As soon as practicable following the date hereof, the Company will
use all reasonable efforts to obtain any consents, waivers and approvals under any of its or its
Subsidiary’s respective Contracts required to be obtained in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, including all consents, waivers and approvals set forth in
Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. In connection with seeking such consents,
waivers and approvals, the Company shall keep Parent informed of all developments material to the
obtaining of such consents, waivers and approvals, and shall, at Parent’s request, include Parent
in any discussions or communications with any parties whose consent, waiver or approval is sought
hereunder. Such consents, waivers and approvals shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to
Parent. In the event that any third party, including any lessor or licensor of Leased Real
Property, conditions its grant of a consent, waiver or approval (including by threatening to
exercise a “recapture” or other termination right) upon or otherwise require in response to a
notice or consent request relating to this Agreement, the payment of a consent fee, “profit
sharing” payment or other consideration, including increased rent payments or other payments under
the Contract or the provision of additional security (including a guaranty), the Company shall be
responsible for making such payment, but shall not make or commit to make any such payment or
provide any such consideration (if of any value exceeding $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the
aggregate) without Parent’s prior written consent. In the event the Merger does not close for any
reason, Parent shall not have any liability to the Company, its shareholders or any other Person
for any costs, claims, liabilities or damages resulting from the Company seeking to obtain such
consents, waivers and approvals. As soon as practicable following the date hereof, the Company
shall deliver any notices required under any of its or its Subsidiary’s respective Contracts that
are required to be provided in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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6.9 Equity Awards and Employee Matters.
(a) Stock Options. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall have delivered notice to
each holder of a Company Option (each a “Company Optionholder”) of the treatment of Company Options
described in Section 2.6(c), and shall have taken, to the reasonable satisfaction of
Parent, any and all other actions necessary to effect the cancellation of Company Options as
provided for in Section 2.6(c), including but not limited to, adopting all resolutions and
taking any other actions which are reasonably necessary to effectuate such cancellation. Any
notices, consents or other communications to Company Optionholders will be subject to the review
and approval of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld.
(b) Termination of Company Employee Stock Purchase Plans. Prior to the Effective Time, each
of the Company Purchase Plans, if any, shall be terminated. The rights of participants in each
Company Purchase Plan with respect to any offering period then underway under such Company Purchase
Plan shall be determined by treating the last Business Day prior to, or if more administratively
advisable, the last payroll date of the Company immediately prior to, the Effective Time, as the
last day of such offering period and by making such other pro-rata adjustments as may be necessary
to reflect the shortened offering period but otherwise treating such shortened offering period as a
fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under such Company Purchase Plan.
Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions (including, if appropriate,
amending the terms of such the Company Purchase Plan) that are necessary to give effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Section 6.9(b).
(c) Termination of Certain Plans. Effective as of no later than the day immediately preceding
the Closing Date, each of the Company and any ERISA Affiliate shall terminate any and all group
severance, separation or salary continuation plans, programs or arrangements and any Company
Employee Plans intended to include a Code Section 401(k) arrangement (each, a “401(k) Plan”),
unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that such 401(k) Plans shall not be
terminated. Unless Parent provides such written notice to the Company, no later than five Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such Company
Employee Plan(s) have been terminated (effective as of no later than the day immediately preceding
the Closing Date) pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or such ERISA
Affiliate, its Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be. The form and substance of
such resolutions shall be provided or such resolutions shall be subject to review and approval by
Parent. The Company also shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating such Company
Employee Plan(s) as Parent may reasonably require. In the event that termination of a 401(k) Plan
would reasonably be anticipated to trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or other fees,
then such charges and/or fees shall the responsibility of the Company, and the Company shall take
such actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the amount of such charges and/or fees and
provide such estimate in writing to Parent no later than seven (7) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.
(d) Consultation on Employee Communications. The Company will consult with Parent (and
consider in good faith the advice of Parent) prior to sending any material notices or other
communication materials to its employees regarding the matters described in this
Section 6.9 and any other matters relating to the entry into of this Agreement or the
effects of the Merger.
(e) New Employee Benefits. Each Employee who is employed by the Parent or its Subsidiaries at
the Effective Time (each a “Continuing Employee”) shall be eligible to receive employee
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benefits on substantially the same basis in the aggregate as similarly situated current
employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries, or in its sole discretion, Parent may continue to
maintain the Company Employee Plans as in effect on the Effective Time. For purposes of
determining eligibility to participate, vesting and entitlement to benefits where length of service
is relevant under any Parent employee benefit plan (other than a defined benefit plan or severance
plan) and to the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of the applicable Parent employee
benefit plan, Parent shall provide that the Continuing Employees shall receive service credit under
each Parent employee benefit plan (other than a defined benefit plan or severance plan) for their
period of service with the Company and predecessors prior to the Closing, except where doing so
would cause a duplication of benefits. To the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of
the applicable Parent employee benefit plan, Parent shall waive all limitations as to preexisting
conditions exclusions (or actively at work or similar limitations), evidence of insurability
requirements and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable
to the Continuing Employees under any medical, dental and vision plans that such employees may be
eligible to participate in after the Closing Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law and
the terms of the applicable Parent employee plan, Parent shall also provide Continuing Employees
and their eligible dependents with credit for any co-payments, deductibles and offsets (or similar
payments) made under the Company Employee Plans for the year in which the Closing occurs under
Parent’s medical, dental and vision plans for the purposes of satisfying any applicable deductible,
out-of-pocket, or similar requirements under any Parent benefit plan in the year in which the
Closing occurs.
6.10 Indemnification.
(a) Indemnity. From and after the Effective Time until the seventh (7th) anniversary thereof,
Parent will cause the Surviving Company to, fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of
the Company pursuant to and to the extent of (i) any indemnification agreements between the Company
and its directors and officers as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Indemnified
Parties”) in effect on the date of this Agreement and listed in Section 6.10(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, subject to applicable law, and (ii) any indemnification provisions under
the Company Charter Documents as in effect on the date hereof, in each case, with respect to claims
arising out of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time. The Surviving
Company Charter Documents will contain provisions with respect to exculpation and indemnification
that are at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as those contained in the articles of
association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions will not be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified for a period of seven (7) years from the Effective Time in any
manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of Indemnified Parties, unless such
modification is required by applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Insurance. Subject to applicable law, the Company may purchase as of the Effective Time,
a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “Run Off Policy”) from an insurer with a
Standard & Poor’s rating of at least A, or an Israeli registered and duly licensed insurance
company, which (i) has an effective insurance period of seven (7) years from the Effective Time,
(ii) covers each of the natural persons who served as directors and/or officers and who were
covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy as of the date of this
Agreement in respect of acts and/or omissions arising prior to the Effective Time,
(iii) substantially on the same terms as the Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance policy in
effect on the date of this Agreement, and (iv) the cost of purchasing such Run Off Policy is no
more than $420,000. If and to the extent such a Run Off Policy has been purchased prior to the
Effective Time, none of the Surviving Company, the Parent or any Affiliate of the Surviving Company
or the
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Parent shall amend or modify such Run Off Policy in a manner adverse to the beneficiaries
thereunder or to or terminate such Run Off Policy, in either case, prior to the expiration of the
aforesaid seven-year period.
(c) Third–Party Beneficiaries. This Section 6.10 is intended to be for the benefit
of, and shall be enforceable by the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and personal
representatives and shall be binding on Parent and the Surviving Company and their respective
successors and assigns.
6.11 No Modification of Representations, Warranties, Covenants or Agreements. No information
or knowledge obtained in any investigation or review or notification pursuant to
Section 5.1(a) (Conduct of Business by the Company), Section 6.4 (Confidentiality;
Access to Information), Section 6.6 (Regulatory Filings; Reasonable Efforts),
Section 6.7 (Notification of Certain Matters) or otherwise shall (a) affect or be deemed to
modify any representation or warranty contained herein, the covenants or agreements of the parties
hereto or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement, (b) limit
or otherwise affect any remedies available to the party conducting such investigation or review or
receiving such notice or the obligation of such party to consummate the Merger, or (c) in the case
of the Company, be deemed to amend or supplement the Company Disclosure Letter or prevent or cure
any misrepresentations, breach of warranty or breach of covenant or agreement.
6.12 Takeover Statutes. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Merger or
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company and their
respective Boards of Directors shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so
that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by
this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation
on such transactions.
6.13 Insurance Approval. The Company shall deliver to Parent at least five (5) days prior to
the Closing a letter in a form acceptable to Parent validly executed by an officer of the Company,
which authorizes Parent’s insurance broker to act as the Company’s insurance broker of record with
respect to all insurance policies held by the Company, commencing as of the Effective Time.
6.14 Israeli Approvals.
(a) Government Filings. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts
to deliver and file, as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, each notice,
report or other document required to be delivered by such party to, or filed by such party with,
any Israeli Governmental Entity with respect to this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions
contemplated hereby. Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain or make, as
promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Investment Center Approval, the OCS
Filing, and any other filings, consents and approvals that may be required pursuant to Israeli
Legal Requirements in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(b) Legal Proceedings. Parent and the Company each shall: (i) give the other parties prompt
notice of the commencement of any legal proceeding by or before any Israeli Governmental Entity
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with respect to the Merger; (ii) keep the other parties informed as to the status of any such
legal proceeding; and (iii) promptly inform the other parties of any communication to the
Investment Center, the OCS, the Companies Registrar or any other Israeli Governmental Entity
regarding the Merger. Parent and the Company will consult and cooperate with one another, and will
consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any analysis, appearance,
presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion or proposal made or submitted in connection with
any Israeli legal proceeding relating to the Merger. In addition, except as may be prohibited by
any Israeli Governmental Entity or by any Israeli Legal Requirement, in connection with any such
legal proceeding, Parent and the Company will permit authorized representatives of the other party
to be present at each meeting or conference relating to any such legal proceeding and to have
access to and be consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted
to any Israeli Governmental Entity in connection with any such legal proceeding.
(c) Withholding Tax Ruling. As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement,
the Company shall cause its Israeli counsel and accountants to prepare and file with the Israeli
Income Tax Authority an application for a ruling that either: (i) exempts Parent, Merger Sub, the
Exchange Agent and the Surviving Company from any obligation to withhold Israeli Tax at source from
any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement as part of the Merger
Consideration or clarifying that no such obligation exists; or (ii) clearly instructing Parent,
Merger Sub, the Exchange Agent, or the Surviving Company how such withholding of Israeli Tax at
source is to be executed, and, in particular, with respect to the classes or categories of holders
or former holders of Company Ordinary Shares or Company Options from which Tax is to be withheld
(if any), and the rate or rates of withholding to be applied (the “Israeli Withholding Tax
Ruling”). Each of the Company and Parent shall cause their respective Israeli counsel to
coordinate all activities, and to cooperate with each other, with respect to the preparation and
filing of such application and in the preparation of any written or oral submissions that may be
necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to
be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under any applicable Legal Requirement to obtain the Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling.
(d) Company Options Tax Ruling.
(i) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall, in coordination with
Parent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Israeli Income Tax
Authority an application for a tax ruling that provides that the Per Share Merger Consideration to
be paid in respect of Company 102 Securities which are being held by the 102 Trustee and which did
not complete the requisite holding period under section 102 of the Ordinance will be held by the
102 Trustee for the remainder of the holding period in order to enable the Company’s employees to
enjoy the Section 102 reduced tax rate (the “Israeli Option Ruling”) and the Company shall cause
its Israeli counsel, accountants and other advisors, to coordinate all activities with Parent’s
counsel with respect to the negotiations of such Israeli Option Ruling and in the preparation of
any written or oral submissions that may be necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the Israeli
Option Ruling. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Parties shall cooperate to promptly
take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under applicable law to obtain the Israeli Option Ruling as promptly as practicable.
(ii) All payments to be made with respect to Company 102 Securities hereunder as part of the
Merger Consideration shall be paid to the 102 Trustee, all subject to the provisions of the Israeli
Option Ruling or any temporary ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority in that respect.
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ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
(a) Company Shareholder Approval. The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained
in accordance with applicable law at the time of such approval.
(b) No Injunctions or Restraints. No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which (i) is in
effect and (ii) has the effect of making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting or preventing
consummation of the Merger.
(c) Other Governmental Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the Closing
Date (i) such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all such other actions by
any Governmental Entity or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the parties and the
actions herein proposed to be taken, in each case as may be required to lawfully consummate the
Merger and the failure of which to obtain would result in a material impact on any of the parties,
and (ii) the Investment Center Approval (collectively, the “Required Governmental Consents”).
(d) Israeli Statutory Waiting Periods. At least fifty (50) days shall have elapsed after the
filing of the Merger Proposals with the Companies Registrar and at least thirty (30) days shall
have elapsed after the requisite approval of the Merger by the shareholders of the Company and the
Merger Sub.
7.2 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at
or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in
writing, exclusively by Parent and Merger Sub:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein (other than in
Section 3.2 (Capital Structure), Section 3.14 (Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees; Fees and
Expenses) and Section 3.24 (Takeover Statutes and Rights Plans)) shall be true and correct
(disregarding, for this purpose, all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to
materiality or “Material Adverse Effect”), in each case, both when made and at and as of the
Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an
earlier date, in which case as of such date), except to the extent that the failure of any such
representations and warranties to be so true and correct does not have, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.2
(Capital Structure; other than clauses (a), (c) and (e) thereof), Section 3.14 (Brokers’
and Finders’ Fees; Fees and Expenses) and Section 3.24 (Takeover Statutes and Rights Plans)
shall be true and correct in all material
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respects, in each case, both when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as
of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such
date).
(iii) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.2(a)
(Share Capital) and 3.2(c) (Company Options) and 3.2(e) (Other Securities) shall be
true and correct, in each case, both when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and
as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of
such date), except with respect to deviations in the Company’s actual fully diluted capitalization
(including outstanding Company share capital and Company Options) from the Company’s fully diluted
capitalization as set forth in Sections 3.2(a) (Share Capital) and 3.2(c) (Company
Options) and 3.2(e) (Other Securities) by an amount that does not exceed, in the aggregate,
one percent (1.0%) of such fully diluted capitalization.
(iv) At the Closing, Parent shall have received a certificate to the effect of clauses
(i) through (iii) above signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material
respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by it at or prior to the Closing Date; and Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a
certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.
(c) Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect on the Company shall have occurred
since the date hereof, whether or not resulting from a breach by the Company of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement; and Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a
certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.
(d) No Restraint. There shall not be instituted or pending any suit, action or proceeding
asserted by or before any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the parties and the actions
herein proposed to be taken that is seeking to impose an Antitrust Restraint.
(e) Key Employee Agreements. Not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the persons listed on
Schedule 7.2(e) shall have either (i) indicated in writing his or her intention to
terminate his or her employment with the Company or its Subsidiary at any time following the
Effective Time or (ii) terminated his or her employment with the Company or its Subsidiary at or
prior to the Effective Time.
(f) Required Governmental Consents. The Required Governmental Consents that have been
obtained shall have been obtained without the imposition of any term, condition or consequence the
acceptance of which could reasonably be expected to materially impair the benefits to Parent
reasonably expected, as of the date hereof, to be realized from the consummation of the Merger.
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7.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to
consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing
Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by
the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub set forth herein shall be true and correct (disregarding, for this purpose, all qualifications
and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality), in each case, both when made and at and
as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as
of an earlier date, in which case as of such date), except to the extent that the failure of any
such representations and warranties to be so true and correct does not materially impede the
ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof and applicable Legal Requirements. The Company shall have
received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by a duly
authorized officer of Parent.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all
material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date; and the Company shall have received a
certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by a duly
authorized officer of Parent.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, by
action taken by the terminating party or parties (upon the authorization of such party’s Board of
Directors), and except as provided below, whether before or after receipt of Company Shareholder
Approval:
(a) by mutual written consent of each of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either the Company or Parent if the Merger shall not have been consummated by the date
which is five (5) months following the date hereof; provided, however, that if the
Closing shall not have occurred by such date, but on such date, all of the conditions to Closing
set forth in Article VII (except those conditions that by their nature are only to be
satisfied as of the Closing), other than the conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b) (if the
applicable injunction or restraint is temporary or preliminary) has been satisfied or waived in
writing, then neither party shall be permitted to terminate the Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(b) until the date which is eight (8) months following the date hereof, (such
applicable date, the “End Date”); provided, further, that the right to terminate
this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose action
or failure to act has been a primary cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on
or before such date;
(c) by either the Company or Parent if any Legal Requirement makes the consummation of the
Merger illegal, or if a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an order,
decree or ruling or taken any other action (including the failure to have taken an action), in any
case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger,
which order, decree, ruling or other
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action is final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(c) shall not be available to any party
whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in such Legal Requirement
or action;
(d) by either the Company or Parent if the Company Shareholder Approval shall not have been
obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval at a meeting of the
Company shareholders duly convened therefore or at any adjournment or postponement thereof;
provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 8.1(d) shall not be available to the Company where the action or failure to act of
Company has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure to obtain the Company Shareholder
Approval and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach by the Company of this
Agreement;
(e) by Parent (at any time prior to the time the Company Shareholder Approval has been
obtained) if a Triggering Event with respect to the Company or a material breach of
Section 6.2 or Section 6.3 of this Agreement shall have occurred;
(f) by the Company, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on
the part of Parent set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Parent
shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in
Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such
breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue; provided
that if such inaccuracy in Parent’s representations and warranties or breach by Parent is curable
by Parent prior to the End Date through the exercise of reasonable efforts, then the Company may
not terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(f) prior to twenty (20) days following
the receipt of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach, provided that
Parent continues to exercise all reasonable efforts to cure such breach through such twenty (20)
day period (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
paragraph (f) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such breach by Parent is
cured within such twenty (20) day period);
(g) by Parent, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the
part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the
Company shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in
Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such
breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue,
provided, that if such inaccuracy in the Company’s representations and warranties or breach
by the Company is curable by the Company prior to the End Date through the exercise of reasonable
efforts, then Parent may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1 (g) prior to
twenty (20) days following the receipt of written notice from Parent to the Company of such breach,
provided that the Company continues to exercise all reasonable efforts to cure such breach
through such twenty (20) day period (it being understood that Parent may not terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this paragraph (g) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if
such breach by the Company is cured within such twenty (20) day period); and
(h) by the Company, in connection with a Change of Recommendation made in accordance with
Section 6.3(d) in which the Company’s Board of Directors shall have determined to accept or
enter into a transaction related to a Superior Proposal that was the subject of such Change in
Recommendation; provided, however, that the Company shall not terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this clause (h), and any purported termination pursuant to this clause (h)
shall be void and of no force or effect, unless in advance of or concurrently with such termination
the Company pays the Termination Fee and the Expense Reimbursement in the manner provided for in
Section 8.3(b).
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For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(i) the Company shall have failed to call or hold the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance
with Section 6.2(a); (ii) the Company’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall
have effected a Change of Recommendation; (iii) the Company shall have failed to include in the
Proxy Statement mailed to the Company’s shareholders the recommendation of its Board of Directors
in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby; (iv) the Company’s Board of Directors fails to reaffirm
(publicly, if so requested) its recommendation in favor of the adoption and approval of this
Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby within ten
(10) Business Days after Parent delivers to the Company a request in writing that such
recommendation be reaffirmed; (v) the Company’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall
have approved or recommended, or the Company shall have entered into any letter of intent or other
agreement or Contract regarding, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; or (vi) a tender or exchange
offer relating to its securities shall have been commenced by a Person unaffiliated with Parent and
the Company shall not have sent to its security holders, within ten (10) Business Days after such
tender or exchange offer is first published, sent or given, a statement disclosing that the Board
of Directors of the Company recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer.
8.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination. Any termination of this Agreement under,
and in accordance with, Section 8.1 above will be effective immediately upon the delivery
of a valid written notice of the terminating party to the other party hereto. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement shall be of no
further force or effect, except (i) as set forth in Section 6.4(a) (Confidentiality), this
Section 8.2, Section 8.3 (Fees and Expenses) and Article IX (General
Provisions), each of which shall survive the termination of this Agreement and (ii) nothing herein
shall relieve any party from liability for any fraud or willful breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement. No termination of this
Agreement shall affect the obligations of the parties contained in the Confidentiality Agreement,
all of which obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with their
terms. Payments made pursuant to Section 8.3 (Fees and Expenses) shall be in addition to
any other rights, remedies and relief of the parties hereto or with respect to the subject matter
of this Agreement.
8.3 Fees and Expenses.
(a) General. Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the
party incurring such expenses whether or not the Merger is consummated; provided,
however, that Parent and the Company shall share equally the filing fee for all premerger
notification and reports forms under applicable antitrust laws, in each case pursuant to
Section 6.6(a).
(b) Company Payment.
(i) Payment. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company, as
applicable, pursuant to Sections 8.1(b), (d), (e), (g) or
(h), the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the
date of such termination, pay Parent the Termination Fee by wire transfer to an account designated
by Parent in immediately available funds; provided, that in the case of termination under
Sections 8.1(b), 8.1(d) or 8.1(g): (x) such payment shall be made only if
following the
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date hereof and prior to the termination of this Agreement, there has been disclosure publicly
or to any member of the Board of Directors or any officer of the Company of an Alternative
Transaction Proposal with respect to the Company and within twelve (12) months following
the termination of this Agreement an Acquisition of the Company is consummated or the Company
enters into a definitive agreement providing for an Acquisition of the Company, and (y) such
payment shall be made concurrently with (1) the consummation of such Acquisition of the Company
(and subject thereto) or (2) the entry into a definitive agreement by the Company providing for an
Acquisition of the Company, as applicable.
(ii) Parent Expenses. In addition to any payments made pursuant to Section 8.3(b)(i),
the Company shall pay to Parent by wire transfer to an account designated by Parent in immediately
available funds, within two (2) Business Days thereafter, up to an aggregate amount of Eight
Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand Dollars ($856,000) of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
expenses of Parent and its subsidiaries, including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of
financial advisers, outside legal counsel, accountants, experts and consultants, incurred by Parent
and its subsidiaries or on their respective behalf in connection with or related to the
authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby if this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant
to Section 8.1(d), Section 8.1(e) or Section 8.1(h) (each such payment, an
“Expense Reimbursement”).
(iii) Interest and Costs; No Other Remedies. The Company acknowledges that the agreements
contained in this Section 8.3(b) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Parent would not enter into this Agreement;
accordingly, if the Company fails to pay in a timely manner the amounts due pursuant to this
Section 8.3(b), and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent makes a claim that results in
a judgment against the Company for the amounts set forth in this Section 8.3(b), the
Company shall pay to Parent the reasonable costs and expenses of Parent (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amounts
set forth in this Section 8.3(b) at the prime rate of Citibank, N.A. in effect on the date
such payment was required to be made. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the
contrary, in no event will the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one
occasion. Any such payments shall be reduced by any amounts as may be required to be deducted or
withheld therefrom under applicable Legal Requirements.
8.4 Amendment. Subject to applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, at any time before
or after approval of the Merger by the shareholders of the Company, provided, that after
receipt of Company Shareholder Approval, no amendment shall be made which by law or in accordance
with the rules of any relevant stock exchange, including the NASDAQ, requires further approval by
the shareholders of the Company without such further shareholder approval. This Agreement may not
be amended except by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company and duly approved by the parties’ respective Boards of Directors or a
duly designated committee thereof.
8.5 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time either party hereto, by action
taken or authorized by their respective Board of Directors, may, to the extent legally allowed:
(i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other
parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
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representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document
delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for
the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any
such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on
behalf of such party. Any extension or waiver given in compliance with this Section 8.5 or
failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall
not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement, or any instrument delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their terms
survive the Effective Time and this Article IX shall survive the Effective Time.
9.2 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally and/or by messenger service,
(ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or, the first Business Day following such receipt if
the date is not a Business Day) of transmission by facsimile, or (iii) on the date of confirmation
of receipt (or, the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day) if
delivered by a nationally recognized courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as
set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the
party to receive such notice:
(a) | if to Parent or Merger Sub and, after the Closing, the Surviving Company, to: |
Harmonic Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
and with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
Professional Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx X. Day, Esq.
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Professional Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx X. Day, Esq.
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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if to the Company, to:
Scopus Video Networks Ltd.
10 Ha’amal Street
Park-Afek, Rosh-Ha’ayin 00000
Xxxxxx
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (000) 0-000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 0-000-0000
10 Ha’amal Street
Park-Afek, Rosh-Ha’ayin 00000
Xxxxxx
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (000) 0-000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 0-000-0000
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goldfarb, Levy, Eran, Meiri, Tzafrir & Co.
0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, 00000 Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Adv.
Ido X. Xxxxxx, Adv.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Adv.
Telephone No.: (x000-0) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (x000-0) 000-0000
0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, 00000 Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Adv.
Ido X. Xxxxxx, Adv.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Adv.
Telephone No.: (x000-0) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (x000-0) 000-0000
9.3 Interpretation; Rule of Construction. When a reference is made in this Agreement to
Exhibits, such reference shall be to an Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, such
reference shall be to an Article of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed
by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless
otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine
and neuter genders of such term. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
References to the Subsidiaries of an entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of such entity. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or
instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by
waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. Any dollar thresholds
set forth herein shall not be used as a benchmark for any determination of what is or is not
“material” or a “Material Adverse Effect” under this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that they
have been represented by legal counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and,
therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing
that ambiguities in an agreement or other document shall be construed against the party drafting
such agreement or document.
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9.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by
facsimile transmission or by electronic mail with a scanned attachment), and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
9.5 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the documents and
instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein,
including the Company Disclosure Letter and the Voting Agreements and other Exhibits hereto
(i) constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, it being understood that the Confidentiality Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect until the Closing and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and (ii) are not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies
hereunder, except as specifically provided in Section 6.10.
9.6 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or
incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith
to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible
in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
9.7 Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all
remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive
of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a
party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. 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 their specific terms or were otherwise breached.
Accordingly, the parties hereto shall be entitled (without any requirement to post a bond or other
security) to seek one or more injunctions or other equitable remedies to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to
any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
9.8 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of
law principles thereof that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction,
except for matters involving the corporate affairs of the Company and Merger Sub and the provisions
related to the Merger and the consequences of the filing of the Certificate of Merger that are
required under the law of the State of Israel to be governed by the Israeli Law. In any action or
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proceeding between any of the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the parties hereto: (i) irrevocably and
unconditionally consents and submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, in the case of any claim as to
which the federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the
United States of America, sitting in Delaware); (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such
action or proceeding must be commenced, and may be heard and determined, exclusively in the Court
of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if applicable, such Federal court); (iii) waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware (and, if applicable, such Federal court); and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if applicable, such Federal
court). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by law. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.2. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of
any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
9.9 Assignment. No party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or
obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties, except that Parent
may assign its rights and delegate its obligations hereunder to its affiliates as long as Parent
remains ultimately liable for all of Parent’s obligations hereunder. Any purported assignment in
violation of this Section 9.9 shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
9.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY
WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND
THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY
HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY
CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.10.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized respective officers as of the date first written above.
HARMONIC INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
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[Title] | ||||||
SUNRISE ACQUISITION LTD. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
[ ] | ||||||
[Title] | ||||||
SCOPUS VIDEO NETWORKS LTD. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
[ ] | ||||||
[Title] |
****AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER****