AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among TIBCO SOFTWARE INC., PERSEUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION and PROGINET CORPORATION Dated as of June 21, 2010
Exhibit
2.1
by and
among
TIBCO
SOFTWARE INC.,
PERSEUS
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
and
PROGINET
CORPORATION
Dated as
of June 21, 2010
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OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1
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THE
MERGER
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2
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1.1
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The
Merger
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2
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1.2
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The
Effective Time
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2
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1.3
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The
Closing
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2
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1.4
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Effect
of the Merger
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2
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1.5
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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2
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1.6
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Directors
and Officers
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3
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1.7
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Effect
on Capital Stock
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3
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1.8
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Exchange
of Certificates and Company Options
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5
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1.9
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No
Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock
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8
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1.10
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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8
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1.11
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Necessary
Further Actions
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8
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ARTICLE
2
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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8
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2.1
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Organization;
Good Standing
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9
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2.2
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Corporate
Power; Enforceability
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9
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2.3
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Company
Board Approval
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9
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2.4
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Requisite
Stockholder Approval
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9
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2.5
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Non-Contravention
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10
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2.6
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Requisite
Governmental Approvals
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10
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2.7
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Company
Capitalization
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11
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2.8
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Subsidiaries
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13
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2.9
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Company
SEC Reports
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14
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2.10
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Company
Financial Statements
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14
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2.11
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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15
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2.12
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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15
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2.13
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Material
Contracts
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16
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2.14
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Personal
Property and Assets
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17
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2.15
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Real
Property
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18
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2.16
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Intellectual
Property
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18
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2.17
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Tax
Matters
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24
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2.18
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Employee
Plans
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26
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2.19
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Labor
Matters
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28
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2.20
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Permits
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29
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2.21
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Compliance
with Laws
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29
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2.22
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Legal
Proceedings; Orders
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30
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2.23
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Insurance
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30
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2.24
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Related
Party Transactions
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31
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2.25
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Brokers;
Fairness Opinions
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31
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2.26
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State
Anti-Takeover Statutes
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32
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2.27
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Proxy
Statement and Other Required Company Filings
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32
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2.28
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Environmental
Matters
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32
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2.29
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Product
Warranties
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33
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2.30
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Customer
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33
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ARTICLE
3
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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33
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3.1
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Organization;
Good Standing
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33
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3.2
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Power;
Enforceability
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34
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3.3
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Non-Contravention
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34
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3.4
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Requisite
Governmental Approvals
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35
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3.5
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Legal
Proceedings; Orders
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35
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3.6
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Proxy
Statement; Other Required Company Filings
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35
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3.7
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Section
203
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36
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3.8
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Brokers
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36
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3.9
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Operations
of Merger Sub
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36
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3.10
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Financing
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36
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ARTICLE
4
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INTERIM
OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY
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36
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4.1
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Affirmative
Obligations
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36
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4.2
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Forbearance
Covenants
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36
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4.3
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No
Solicitation
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40
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ARTICLE
5
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ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS
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41
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5.1
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Required
Action and Forbearance
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41
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5.2
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Proxy
Statement and Other Required SEC Filings
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43
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5.3
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Company
Stockholder Meeting
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44
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5.4
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Company
Board Recommendation
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46
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5.5
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Anti-Takeover
Laws
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47
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5.6
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Access
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47
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5.7
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Section
16(b) Exemption
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48
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5.8
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Directors'
and Officers' Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance
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48
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5.9
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Employee
Matters; Termination of 401(k) Plans
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50
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5.10
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Obligations
of Merger Sub
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51
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5.11
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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51
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5.12
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Public
Statements and Disclosure
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52
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5.13
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Company
Stockholder, Director and Management Arrangements
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52
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ARTICLE
6
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CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
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52
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6.1
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Conditions
to Each Party's Obligations to Effect the Merger
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52
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6.2
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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52
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6.3
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Conditions
to the Company's Obligations to Effect the Merger
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54
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ARTICLE
7
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TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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55
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7.1
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Termination
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55
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7.2
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Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination
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58
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7.3
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Fees
and Expenses
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58
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ARTICLE
8
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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59
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8.1
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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59
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8.2
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Notices
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59
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8.3
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Assignment
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60
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8.4
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Confidentiality
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60
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8.5
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Entire
Agreement
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60
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8.6
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Third
Party Beneficiaries
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61
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8.7
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Severability
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61
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8.8
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Remedies
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61
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8.9
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Governing
Law
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61
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8.10
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Consent
to Jurisdiction
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62
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8.11
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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62
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8.12
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Counterparts
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62
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8.13
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Amendment
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62
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8.14
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Extension;
Waiver
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62
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ARTICLE
9
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DEFINITIONS
& INTERPRETATIONS
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63
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9.1
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Certain
Definitions
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63
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9.2
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Additional
Definitions
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71
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9.3
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Certain
Interpretations
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73
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THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of June 21, 2010 by and among TIBCO Software Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Parent"),
Perseus Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent ("Merger
Sub"), and Proginet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized
terms that are used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in Article IX.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company Board has
(i) approved, and declared advisable, this Agreement providing for the merger of
Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger") in accordance with
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, (ii) approved the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its
covenants and other obligations hereunder and the consummation of the Merger
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and (iii)
resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders approve and adopt this
Agreement in accordance with the DGCL;
WHEREAS, each of the board of
directors of Parent and the board of directors of Merger Sub have (i) approved,
and declared advisable, this Agreement providing for the Merger and (ii)
approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement, performance of their
respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a condition of and an inducement to
the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, (i) each
stockholder of the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto is
entering into a voting agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (each
a "Voting Agreement"),
(ii) each employee of the Company listed on Exhibit C hereto
(each a "Key Employee")
is entering into with Parent a noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (each a
"Noncompetition and
Nonsolicitation Agreement"); and (iii) each Key Employee listed on Exhibit E hereto is
entering into an offer letter, noncompetition and nonsolication agreement and
employment agreement in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit F (the "Employee
Documents").
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and
intending to be legally bound, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
1
THE
MERGER
1.1 The
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL, at the Effective
Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the separate
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease and the Company shall
continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent. The Company, in its capacity as the surviving
corporation of the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the "Surviving
Corporation."
1.2 The Effective
Time. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall
cause the Merger to be consummated under the DGCL by filing a certificate of
merger in customary form and substance (the "Certificate of Merger") with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Secretary of State")
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL (the time of such
filing with the Delaware Secretary of State, or such later time as may be agreed
in writing by Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and specified in the
Certificate of Merger, being referred to herein as the "Effective Time").
1.3 The
Closing. The consummation of the Merger shall take place at a
closing (the "Closing")
to occur at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional
Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, no later than the
second (2nd)
Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted
hereunder) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those
conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject
to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted hereunder), of such
conditions), or at such other location, date and time as Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company shall mutually agree upon in writing. The date upon which
the Closing shall actually occur pursuant hereto is referred to herein as the
"Closing
Date".
1.4 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 the
DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the
Effective Time all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of
the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all
debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the
debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.5 Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws
(a) Certificate of
Incorporation. At the Effective Time, the certificate of
incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate of Incorporation")
shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read identically to the form of
the certificate of incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit G, and, as so
amended and restated, shall become the certificate of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation.
(b)
Bylaws. At
the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company shall be amended to be identical
to the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time and amended so as to comply with Section 5.8(b), and, as so amended, shall
become the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (except that, for the avoidance
of doubt, the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be "Proginet Corporation")
until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such
bylaws.
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1.6 Directors and
Officers.
(a) Directors. Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the directors of the
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of
Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office
in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified.
(b) Officers. Unless
otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the officers of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office
in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed.
1.7 Effect on Capital
Stock
(a) Capital
Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in 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
of the following securities, the following shall occur:
(i) each
share of Company Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time (other than Owned Company Shares and Dissenting Shares)
shall be canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to
receive cash in an amount equal to $1.15, without interest thereon (the "Per Share Price"); provided, however, that in no
event shall the aggregate amount paid by Parent pursuant to this Agreement
(including pursuant to this Section 1.7(a)(i) and Section 1.7(d)(i) or with
respect to any withholding tax required to be paid by Parent or the Surviving
Corporation but excluding any amount paid with respect to Dissenting Shares
pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL) be in excess of $23,500,000 such that in
the event of the product of (x) $1.15 and (y) the number of shares of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(assuming for these purposes that all outstanding Company Options and other
securities have been exercised without giving effect to Section 1.7(d)(i)), is
greater than $23,500,000, then the Per Share Price shall equal the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) $23,500,000 by (B) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (assuming for these purposes that all outstanding
Company Options and other securities have been exercised without giving effect
to Section 1.7(d)(i));
(ii) each
share of Company Common Stock that is held by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time ("Owned Company Shares"), shall
be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration
paid therefore; and
(iii) each
share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub that is issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into
one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the
Surviving Corporation (which shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation
shall be deemed not to be outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
for purposes of this Agreement), and thereupon each certificate representing
ownership of such shares of common stock of Merger Sub shall thereafter
represent ownership of shares of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
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(b) Adjustment to Per Share
Price. The Per Share Price shall be adjusted appropriately to
reflect the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend
(including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into
Company Common Stock, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the granting or
other issuance of Company Options in accordance with this Agreement),
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of
shares or other like change with respect to Company Common Stock occurring on or
after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, in each case which is
effected in accordance with or otherwise permitted by the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) Dissenting
Shares.
(i) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, other than Section 1.7(c)(ii),
any shares of Company Common Stock held by a holder who has properly exercised
appraisal rights for such shares pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL and who, as
of the Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost or failed to
perfect such appraisal rights ("Dissenting Shares"), shall not
be converted into or represent a right to receive the Per Share Price pursuant
to Section 1.7(a)(i), but instead shall be converted into the right to receive
only such consideration as may be determined to be due with respect to such
Dissenting Shares under the DGCL. From and after the Effective Time,
a holder of Dissenting Shares shall not be entitled to exercise any of the
voting rights or other rights of an equity owner of the Surviving Company or of
a stockholder of Parent.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 1.7(c)(i) if any holder of shares of Company Common
Stock who demands appraisal for such shares in accordance with the DGCL shall
effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the right
to dissent, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of
such event, such holder's shares shall no longer be Dissenting Shares and shall
automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive the Per
Share Price as set forth in Section 1.7(a)(i), without any interest
thereon.
(iii) The
Company shall give Parent (A) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal
rights of any shares of Company Common Stock, withdrawals of such demands, and
any other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company
which relate to any such demand for appraisal rights and (B) the opportunity to
participate in and control (with the participation of the Company) all
negotiations and proceedings that take place prior to the Effective Time with
respect to demands for appraisal rights under the DGCL; provided that, for
the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Effective Time Parent shall not have the
authority to cause the Company to commit to or incur any obligations with
respect to any demands for appraisal rights. The Company shall not,
except with the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect
to any demands for appraisal rights of Company Common Stock or offer to settle
or settle any such demands.
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(d) Company
Options.
(i)
Parent shall not assume any Company Options in connection with the Merger.
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each then outstanding Company Option
shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, be cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and (A) in the case of any
Company Option having a per share exercise price less than the Per Share Price,
be converted into the right to receive following the Effective Time from the
Parent (or the Surviving Corporation) for each share of Company Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of such Company Option immediately prior to such
cancellation, an amount (subject to any applicable tax withholding) in cash
equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of such Company Option immediately prior to such
cancellation and (y) the amount by which the Per Share Price exceeds the per
share exercise price of such Company Option (the "Option Consideration"), or (B)
in the case of any Company Option having a per share exercise price equal to or
greater than the Per Share Price, without the payment of cash or issuance of
other securities or any other consideration in respect thereof. Payment of the
Option Consideration to holders of Company Options, without interest thereon,
less applicable Taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payments
pursuant to this Section 1.7(d)(i), shall be made from the Exchange Fund in
accordance with Section 1.8, except as otherwise provided in Section
1.8.
(ii) Prior
to the Effective Time, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to take such actions as may be necessary to give effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Section 1.7(d), including by delivering to the holders of
Company Options notices, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent,
setting forth such holders' rights pursuant to this Agreement.
1.8 Exchange of Certificates and
Company Options.
(a) Payment
Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank
or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the payment
agent for the Merger (the "Payment Agent").
(b) Exchange
Fund. At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit (or cause to
be deposited) with the Payment Agent, for payment to the holders of shares of
Company Common Stock and holders of Company Options pursuant to the provisions
of this Article I, an amount of cash equal to the aggregate consideration to
which holders of Company Common Stock and Company Options become entitled under
Section 1.7(a)(i) and Section 1.7(d)(i) hereto, respectively, assuming no
Dissenting Shares. Any such cash deposited with the Payment Agent
(such cash being referred to herein as the "Exchange Fund") shall be
invested by the Payment Agent in treasuries or other interest-bearing
investments in accordance with Parent's investment policy. Any income
from investment of the Exchange Fund, which shall be in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, will be payable to the Surviving
Corporation. Promptly following the Paying Agent’s receipt of the
Exchange Fund, Parent shall instruct the Paying Agent to distribute to the
Surviving Corporation for payment by the Surviving Corporation of the aggregate
Option Consideration to such holders of Company Options that become entitled to
Option Consideration under Section 1.7(d)(i).
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(c) Payment
Procedures.
(i) Company Common Stock Payment
Procedures. Promptly following the Effective Time, Parent and
the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Payment Agent to mail to each holder
of record (as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) of (i) a certificate
or certificates (the "Share Certificates") which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock and (ii) uncertificated shares of Company Common Stock (the
"Uncertificated Shares")
(A) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of Share
Certificates or Uncertificated Shares shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to the Share Certificates or Uncertificated Shares shall pass, only upon
delivery of the Share Certificates or Uncertificated Shares, as the case may be,
to the Payment Agent, and shall be in such form and have such other provisions
as Parent or the Exchange Agent may reasonably specify), and/or (B) instructions
for use in effecting the surrender of the Share Certificates and Uncertificated
Shares in exchange for the Per Share Price payable in respect thereof pursuant
to the provisions of this Article I. Upon surrender of Share
Certificates for cancellation to the Payment 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 specified by the Payment Agent,
the holders of record of such Share Certificates shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(x) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock represented by such
Share Certificate, by (y) the Per Share Price (less any applicable tax
withholding payable in respect thereof), and the Share Certificates so
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Upon receipt of an "agent's
message" by the Payment Agent (or such other evidence, if any, including a
letter of transmittal, of transfer as the Payment Agent may reasonably request)
in the case of a book-entry transfer of Uncertificated Shares, the holders of
record of such Uncertificated Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock represented by such holder's
transferred Uncertificated Shares, by (y) the Per Share Price (less any
applicable tax withholding payable in respect thereof), and the transferred
Uncertificated Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. The
Payment Agent shall accept such Share Certificates and transferred
Uncertificated Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions
as the Payment Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in
accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid
or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Share Certificates and
Uncertificated Shares on the Per Share Price payable upon the surrender of such
Share Certificates and Uncertificated Shares pursuant to this Section
1.8. Until so surrendered, outstanding Share Certificates and
Uncertificated Shares shall be deemed from and after the Effective Time, to
evidence only the right to receive the Per Share Price, without interest
thereon, payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Article
I.
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(ii) Company Option Payment
Procedures. Promptly following the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall mail or otherwise deliver to each holder of record
of Company Options with a certificate or other written evidence of ownership of
Company Options (the "Option
Certificates" and together with the Share Certificates, the "Certificates") entitled to
payments pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(i) a letter of transmittal in form
reasonably acceptable to Parent (the "Company Option
Letter") which shall include (A) a release of claims against the Company,
the Surviving Company, Parent and Merger Sub relating to the Company Options
(including the cancellation thereof), (B) an agreement that such holder shall
receive Option Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant Section
1.7(d)(i), and (C) be in such form and have such other reasonable provisions not
inconsistent with this Agreement as Parent may specify. After the
Effective Time, upon the surrender of Option Certificates for cancellation to
the Surviving Corporation or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed
by Parent, together with the timely return of such Company Option Letter and
such documents as may reasonably be specified by Parent (or the Surviving
Corporation) to the Surviving Corporation, properly completed and duly executed
by such holder in accordance with the instructions thereto, the holders of
Option Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor from the
Surviving Corporation an amount of cash equal to the Option Consideration that
such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 1.7(d)(i) in respect of
such Company Options, after giving effect to any withholding provided for
herein.
(d) Required
Withholding. Each of the Payment Agent, Parent and the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash
amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of
shares of Company Common Stock and Company Options such amounts as may be
required to be deducted or withheld therefrom, including under U.S. federal or
state, local or non-U.S. Tax laws. To the extent that such amounts
are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority or
other Person, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this
Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise
have been paid.
(e) No
Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this Agreement, none of the Payment Agent, Parent, the Surviving Corporation
or any other party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of Company
Common Stock or Company Options for any amount properly paid to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
(f) Distribution of Exchange
Fund to the Surviving Corporation. Any portion of the Exchange
Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates or
Uncertificated Shares or the Company Options on the date that is one hundred
eighty (180) days after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving
Corporation (or otherwise according to the written instructions of the Surviving
Corporation) upon demand, and any holders of shares of Company Common Stock that
were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time who have not
theretofore surrendered their Certificates or Uncertificated Shares representing
such shares of Company Common Stock for exchange pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 1.8 shall, after such delivery by the Surviving Corporation, look
for payment of the Per Share Price payable in respect of the shares of Company
Common Stock represented by such Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or the
Option Consideration payable in respect of Company Options represented by such
Option Certificates solely to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned
property, escheat or other similar laws), solely as general creditors thereof,
for any claim to the applicable Per Share Price or Option Consideration, as the
case may be, to which such holders may be entitled pursuant to the provisions of
this Article I.
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1.9 No Further Ownership Rights
in Company Common Stock. From and after the Effective Time,
all shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be cancelled, retired and cease to exist, and each holder of
Uncertificated Shares or a Certificate theretofore representing any shares of
Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except
the right to receive the Per Share Price payable therefor in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1.7 (subject to Section 1.8) or dissenters rights under
the DGCL. The Per Share Price paid in accordance with the terms of
this Article I shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to such shares of the Company Common Stock. The
Option Consideration paid in accordance with the terms of this Article I shall
be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
such Company Options. From and after the Effective Time, there shall
be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporation of shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than transfers to reflect, in
accordance with customary settlement procedures, trades effected prior to the
Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or
Uncertificated Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason,
they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I.
1.10 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates. In the event that any Certificates shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Payment 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, the Per Share Price payable in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 1.7(a)(i); provided, however,
that Parent may, in its sole discretion and as a condition precedent to the
payment of such Per Share Price, require the owners of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such reasonable sum as it may
reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Payment Agent with respect to the
Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and in connection
therewith, the holder of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be
responsible for all fees and premiums, if any, required by the Payment
Agent.
1.11 Necessary Further
Actions. If, at and at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and
possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of
the Company and Merger Sub, each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall
cause its directors and officers to take all such lawful and necessary action,
so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement and 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
Corporation 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
Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger.
ARTICLE
2
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
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2.1 Organization; Good
Standing. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under Delaware Law, and has the requisite
corporate power and authority to conduct its business as it is presently being
conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own, lease or operate
its properties and assets. The Company is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its
properties owned or leased or the nature of its activities make such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent
complete and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws of
the Company, each as amended to date. The Company is not in violation
of the Certificate of Incorporation or its bylaws.
2.2 Corporate Power;
Enforceability. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its covenants
and obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, subject in the case of the Merger to receiving the Requisite Stockholder
Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company, the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations
hereunder 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 on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the
Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, subject in the case of the Merger, to the
receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (a) may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors' rights generally, and (b)
is subject to the rules governing the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
2.3 Company Board
Approval. The Company Board has unanimously (i) approved and
declared advisable this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (ii) approved the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the
Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
Merger upon the terms and conditions contained set forth herein and (iii)
resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders adopt this Agreement in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL (the "Company Board
Recommendation").
2.4 Requisite Stockholder
Approval. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the "Requisite Stockholder
Approval") is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of
Company Capital Stock that is necessary under applicable law, the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Company's bylaws to approve and adopt this Agreement,
approve the Merger and consummate the Merger and the other actions contemplated
hereby.
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2.5 Non-Contravention.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the
Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including but not limited to the execution and
delivery of the Voting Agreements by the Company), subject in the case of the
Merger to obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, do not and will not (i)
violate or conflict with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
bylaws of the Company or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of any of
the Company's Subsidiaries, (ii) except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, violate, conflict with, or result in any breach,
impermissible assignment or non-transferability of or constitute a default (or
an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default)
under, or materially impair the Company's or any Subsidiary's rights or alter
the rights or obligations of any third party under, or result in the termination
of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of
termination or acceleration under, any Material Contract, (iii) assuming
compliance with the matters referred to in Section 2.6, violate or conflict
with, in any material respect, any law or order applicable to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or by which any of their respective properties or assets are
bound, or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the case of clause
(iv) above, for such violations, conflicts, defaults, terminations,
accelerations or Liens that would not be or would not reasonably be expected to
be material to the Company.
(b) The
Company (i) has complied with the specific provisions (the "Specified Provisions") of the
Contracts listed in Section 2.5(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the
"Specified Contracts")
and (ii) is not in breach of, or default under, any of such Specified
Provisions, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both
would be expected to give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise
any remedy thereunder nor any allegation thereof. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its covenants
and obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not and will not violate or conflict with, or result in any breach of
or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, any of the Specified Provisions. There are no
Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Specific
Contracts nor is there any reasonable basis for the foregoing. The
Company has no liability or obligations of any kind whatsoever (absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) pursuant to the specific exhibits, schedules
and/or attachments listed on Section 2.5(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule to the Contracts listed thereon and no provisions of such exhibits,
schedules and/or attachments contain any material provisions.
2.6 Requisite Governmental
Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of,
filing or registration with, or notification to (any of the foregoing being
referred to herein as a "Consent"), any Governmental
Authority is required on the part of the Company in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the
Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder or the consummation of the
Merger, except (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Delaware
Secretary of State, (ii) such filings and approvals as may be required by any
federal or state securities laws, including compliance with any applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act, and (iii) compliance with any applicable
requirements of the HSR Act and any applicable foreign Antitrust
Laws.
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2.7
Company
Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 40,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock, and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Company Preferred
Stock. As of the close of business on June 17, 2010 (the "Capitalization Date"): (A)
17,085,448 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (B) no
shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, and (C) 1,325,226
shares of Company Capital Stock were held by the Company as treasury
shares. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are validly
issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of any preemptive
rights. Since the close of business on the Capitalization Date, the
Company has not issued any shares of Company Capital Stock other than pursuant
to the exercise of Company Options granted under the Company Stock
Plan.
(b) The
Company has reserved 6,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance under
the Company Stock Plan, of which 3,373,676 shares of Company Common Stock have
been reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding grants under the Company
Stock Plan. As of the close of business on the Capitalization Date,
there were outstanding Company Options to purchase 3,373,676 shares of Company
Common Stock, and, since such date, the Company has not granted, committed to
grant or otherwise created or assumed any obligation with respect to any Company
Options other than as permitted by this Agreement. All outstanding
Company Options have been offered, issued and delivered by the Company in
compliance with all applicable laws, including federal and state securities
laws, and in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Company Stock
Plan. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been, and
all shares that may be issued pursuant to the Company Stock Plan will be, when
issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof, duly authorized and
validly issued and are (or, in the case of shares that have not yet been issued,
will be) fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. The
copies of the Company Stock Plan that are filed as exhibits to the Company SEC
Reports are complete and correct copies thereof as in effect on the date
hereof. Section 2.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a list of the holders of outstanding Company Options, including the date on
which each such Company Option was granted, the domicile address of such holder,
the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option, the
expiration date of such Company Option, the price at which such Company Option
may be exercised, the vesting schedule for such option, including the extent to
which such option is vested as of date of this Agreement and whether and to what
extent the exercisability of such option will be accelerated and become
exercisable as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
whether such option is a Nonstatutory Option or an incentive stock option as
defined in Section 422 of the Code, and whether such option is subject to
Section 409A of the Code.
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(c) With
respect to the Company Options, (i) each Company Option intended to qualify
as an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies,
(ii) each grant of a Company Option was duly authorized no later than the
date on which the grant of such Company Option was by its terms to be effective
by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the
Board of Directors (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof), or
a duly authorized delegate thereof, and any required stockholder approval by the
necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing
such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto no
later than the Grant Date, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance
with the terms of the Company Stock Plan under which it was granted, the 1934
Act and all other applicable laws, (iv) the per-share exercise price of
each Company Option was not less than the fair market value of a share of
Company Common Stock on the applicable date of grant, and (v) each such
grant was properly accounted for in all material respects in accordance with
GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company
and disclosed in the Company SEC Documents in accordance with the 1934 Act and
all other applicable laws. The Company has not granted, and there is
no and has been no Company policy or practice to grant, Company Options prior
to, or otherwise coordinate the grant of Company Options with, the release or
other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(d) Except
as set forth in this Section 2.7 or in Section 2.7(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, as of the date hereof there are (i) no outstanding shares of capital
stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company (other than as a
result of the vesting and exercise of the Company Options to purchase 3,373,676
shares of Company Common Stock, each as set forth in Section 2.7(b)), (ii) no
outstanding securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company,
(iii) no outstanding options, warrants or other rights or arrangements to
acquire from the Company, or that obligates or commits the Company to issue, any
capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity
or voting interest in, the Company, (iv) no obligations of the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or
exchangeable security or other similar Contract relating to any capital stock
of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, the
Company, (v) no outstanding restricted shares, restricted share units, stock
appreciation rights, performance shares, contingent value rights, "phantom"
stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide
economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any
capital stock of, or other voting securities or ownership interests in, the
Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), together with the
capital stock of the Company, being referred to collectively as "Company Securities"), (vi) no
voting trusts, proxies or other similar agreements or understandings to which
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound with respect to the voting
of any shares of capital stock of the Company, (vii) no obligations or
commitments of any character restricting the transfer of any shares of capital
stock of the Company to which the Company is bound, and (viii) no other
obligations by the Company to make any payments based on the price or value of
any Company Securities. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that obligates the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities,
other than the Company's right to withhold shares of Company Common Stock in
connection with the vesting or exercise of Company Options. There are
no accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to any outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company.
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(e) Except
as set forth in Section 2.7(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract currently in
force relating to the voting of, requiring registration of, or granting any
preemptive rights, anti-dilutive rights, co-sale rights, or rights of first
refusal or other similar rights with respect to any securities of the
Company.
2.8 Subsidiaries.
(a) Section
2.8(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list
of the name, jurisdiction of organization and capitalization of each Subsidiary
of the Company. Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its respective organization. Each of the Subsidiaries
of the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its
respective business as it is presently being conducted and as currently proposed
to be conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties and
assets. Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of
its properties owned or leased or the nature of its activities make such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent
complete and correct copies of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws or
other constituent documents, as amended to date, of each of the Subsidiaries of
the Company. None of the Subsidiaries of the Company is in violation
of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other constituent
documents.
(b) All
of the outstanding capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, each
Subsidiary of the Company (i) have been duly authorized, validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company, free and clear of all Liens and free of any other restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of
such capital stock or other equity or voting interest). Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or
similar interest in or any interest convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
for, any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture or other business association or entity. There are no
options, warrants, convertible securities, subscriptions, stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock plans or stock equivalents or other rights, agreements,
arrangements or commitments (contingent or otherwise) of any character issued or
authorized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the issued or
unissued capital stock of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company or obligating
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares of capital
stock of, or options, warrants, convertible securities, subscriptions or other
equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company (collectively, "Subsidiary
Securities").
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2.9 Company SEC
Reports.
(a) Since
January 1, 2007, the Company has filed all forms, reports and documents with the
SEC that have been required to be filed by it under applicable laws (all such
forms, reports and documents, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto,
the "Company SEC
Reports"). Each Company SEC Report complied as of its filing
date, or as of its last date of amendment, in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case
may be, each as in effect on the date such Company SEC Report was
filed. True and correct copies of all Company SEC Reports filed prior
to the date hereof have been furnished to Parent or are publicly available in
the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (XXXXX) database of the
SEC. The Company has made available (including via the XXXXX system,
as applicable) to Parent all material correspondence between the SEC on the one
hand, and the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand. As of the
date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters
from the SEC staff with respect to any of the Company SEC Reports. To
the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, none of the Company SEC
Reports is the subject of ongoing SEC review, outstanding SEC comment or
outstanding SEC investigation. As of its filing date (or, if amended
or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of
such amended or superseded filing), each Company SEC Report did not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the
Company's Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents
with the SEC.
(b) The
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have made all
certifications required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and
Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act with respect to the applicable
Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof (collectively, the "Certifications") and the
statements contained in such Certifications are accurate in all material
respects as of the filing thereof.
2.10 Company Financial
Statements.
(a) The
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries filed with
the Company SEC Reports (i) complied, as of their respective filing dates with
the SEC, in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii)
were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods
and at the dates involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or as
otherwise permitted by Form 10-Q with respect to any financial statements filed
on Form 10-Q), and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments). There are no unconsolidated
Subsidiaries of the Company. The Company has not had any dispute with
any of its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of its
past three full fiscal years or during the current fiscal
year-to-date. Since January 1, 2007, the books and records of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all
material respects in accordance with applicable legal and accounting
requirements.
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(b) The
Company has established and maintains, adheres to and enforces a system of
internal accounting controls that is designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Since January 1, 2007,
neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company's
independent auditors, has identified or been made aware of (A) any significant
deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls
utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case which has not been
subsequently remediated, or (B) any fraud (whether or not material) that
involves the Company's management or other employees who have a role in the
preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized
by the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company has implemented and
maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of
the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information relating to the Company,
including its consolidated Subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in the reports
the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is made known to the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
by others within those entities. Such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in timely alerting the Company's Chief Executive
Officer and its Chief Financial Officer to material information required to be
included in the Company's periodic reports required under the Exchange
Act.
(c) The
Company is, and since enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act has been, in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to
become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any
similar Contract or arrangement (including without limitation any Contract or
arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated
Affiliate on the other hand), including without limitation any "off-balance
sheet arrangement" (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 any of its Subsidiaries in the Company's
or such Subsidiary's published financial statements or other Company SEC
Reports.
2.11 No Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except as set forth in Section 2.11 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any liabilities or obligations of any kind whatsoever (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise), and there is no existing condition, situation or set
of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in any such
liability or obligation, other than (i) liabilities reflected or otherwise
reserved against in the consolidated balance sheets (and the related notes
thereto) of the Company in the Company SEC Reports, (ii) liabilities arising
under this Agreement or incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) liabilities arising under executory
Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
otherwise bound and that are listed on the Company Disclosure Schedule and
provided to Parent, (iv) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, and which do not exceed $10,000
individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, and (v) liabilities that are not
required under GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its subsidiaries or in the related notes and which do not exceed
$10,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate.
2.12 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since September 28, 2009, through the date of this
Agreement, except for actions expressly contemplated by this Agreement or
disclosed in Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice, and there has not been or occurred (i) any
Company Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any action that, if taken during the
period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, would
constitute a breach of Section 4.2.
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2.13 Material
Contracts.
(a) Except
for those agreements and other documents (x) filed as exhibits to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, and (y) as
set forth on Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by or subject to any
agreement, contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding: (i) that is a
"material contract" within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of the SEC's
Regulation S-K or would be required to be filed under Item 601(b)(4) of the
SEC's Regulation S-K; (ii) that restricts in any material respect the conduct of
business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their ability to
compete in any line of business or market or distribute any product, other than
those entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iii) the loss of which
would have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iv) that has aggregate future
sums due from or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the
12-month anniversary of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 and which is not
terminable without material penalty upon not more than 90 days' notice to the
counterparty; (v) having the effect of providing that the consummation of the
Merger or the execution, delivery or effectiveness of this Agreement will give
rise under such contract to any increased or accelerated rights of an employee
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Change of Control
Obligation); (vi) involving any joint venture, legal partnership or similar
arrangement; (vii) relating to Indebtedness or extension of credit; (viii)
containing severance or similar termination pay liabilities related to
termination of employment; (ix) related to product distribution or development
(except for any Company contracts in which either the aggregate noncontingent
payments to or by the Company are not in excess of $100,000 or the potential
payments to or by the Company are not expected to exceed $100,000, in each case
during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the
12-month anniversary of this Agreement); (x) (A) that is an IP In-License, other
than (1) any IP In-Licenses that are not material to the business(es) of the
Company or its Subsidiaries and not for Third Party Components of any Current
Company Software and (2) any IP In-License for any item of commercially
available, unmodified Software that is not a Third Party Component of any
Current Company Software and was acquired by the Company for less than $100,000
or (B) that is an IP Out-License with any of the top ten customers, top ten
resellers and top ten distributors (in each case, including any OEMs and
partners), in each case measured by reference to the revenues of the Company and
its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the year-ended December 31, 2009;
(xi) which provide for indemnification by the Company of any officer, director
or employee of the Company; (xii) containing "standstill" or similar provisions
to which the Company is subject and restricted; (xiii) involving the lease of
real property; (xiv) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
authorized to use any Intellectual Property of any third party that is material
to the Company (expressly excluding any Company contracts pursuant to which (1)
any Intellectual Property is licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
under any third party software license generally available to the public or (2)
licenses in which the aggregate noncontingent payments by the Company are not in
excess of $250,000 per annum); (xv) prohibits the payment of dividends or
distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; (xvi) relates to any acquisition by the Company or its
Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has
continuing indemnification, "earn-out" or other contingent payment or guarantee
obligations; (xvii) involves any directors, executive officers (as such term is
defined in the Exchange Act) or any of their Affiliates (other than the Company
or any Company of its Subsidiaries) or immediate family members or holder of
more than 5% of the Company Securities (in each case, other than those entered
into in the ordinary course of business at arms-length terms); (xviii) contains
any covenant granting a material "most favored nation" status that, following
the Merger, would apply to or be affected by actions taken by Parent, the
Surviving Corporation and/or their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (xix)
contains a put, call or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries could be required to purchase or sell, as applicable, any
equity interests of any Person or assets; (xx) relates to any material
settlement entered into within five (5) years prior to the date of this
Agreement; or (xxi) with any labor union, works council, or other labor
organization or entity or any collective bargaining agreement or similar
agreement with the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding
of the type described in this Section 2.13(a) (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the agreements and other documents referred to in clauses (x) and (y)
above) is a "Material
Contract" for all purposes of and under this Agreement.
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(b) Each
Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company (and/or each such
Subsidiary of the Company party thereto) and is in full force and effect, and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries party thereto, nor, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in material breach of, or
default under, any such Material Contract, and no event has occurred that with
notice or lapse of time or both would reasonably be expected to (i) constitute
such a breach or default thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
or, to the Knowledge of the Company any other party thereto; (ii) give any
Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Material
Contract; (iii) give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or
performance of any Material Contract; or (iv) give any Person the right to
cancel terminate or modify any Material Contract, in each case except as would
not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole. As of the date hereof, each Material Contract is enforceable
against the Company (or its Subsidiaries, as applicable) in accordance with its
terms and, to the Knowledge of the Company, against each other party thereto,
except (A) where the failure to be so enforceable would not be material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (B) that such enforceability
(a) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors' rights
generally, and (b) is subject to the rules governing the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
2.14 Personal Property and
Assets. The machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and
other tangible personal property and assets owned, leased or used by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (the "Assets") are, in the
aggregate, sufficient and adequate to carry on their respective businesses as
presently conducted, except as would not be reasonably expected to be,
individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in possession of
and have good title to, or valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under
contract to use, the Assets that are material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
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2.15 Real
Property.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property.
(b) Section
2.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list
of all of the existing material leases, subleases or other agreements
(collectively, the "Leases") under which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses or occupies or has the right to use or
occupy, now or in the future, any real property in excess of 10,000 square feet
(such property, the "Leased
Real Property"). The Company and/or its Subsidiaries enjoy
peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases and there are no
existing defaults by the Company beyond any applicable grace period under such
leases. The Leased Real Property identified in Section 2.15(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and subject to the Leases comprises all of the
material real property used in the Company's business. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with the terms of all Leases, and all
Leases are in full force and effect, except for such non compliances or failures
to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The Company has made available to Parent and Merger Sub
a true and complete copy of each Lease document. No security deposit
or portion thereof deposited with respect any Lease has been applied in respect
of a breach or default under any Lease which has not been redeposited in full.
The other party to each of the Leases is not an Affiliate of, and otherwise does
not have any economic interest in, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The Leased Real Property is in good operating condition
and repair, and to the Company's Knowledge, the Leased Real property is free
from structural, physical and mechanical defects and is maintained in a manner
consistent with standards generally followed with respect to similar
properties. To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) there are no laws,
statutes, rules, regulations or orders now in existence or under active
consideration by any Governmental Authority which could require the Company, as
a tenant of any Leased Real Property, to make any expenditure in excess of
$25,000 to modify or improve such Leased Real Property to bring it into
compliance therewith, and (ii) the Company shall not be required to expend more
than $25,000 in the aggregate under all Leases to restore the Leased Real
Property at the end of the term of the applicable Lease to the condition
required under the Lease (assuming the conditions existing in such Leased Real
property as of the date hereof and as of the Closing).
2.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 2.16(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company or its Subsidiaries own, free and clear of any Liens (other than
Permitted Liens), all Intellectual Property set forth, or required to be set
forth, on Section 2.16(b)(i)-(iii) and Section 2.16(c)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule (except for any Third Party Components, which, for the
Current Company Software, are set forth on Section 2.16(c)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule), as well as all other Intellectual Property owned or
purported to be owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries, including all
Intellectual Property rights in the Company Software set forth, or required to
be set forth, on such Section 2.16(c)(i) (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
any Intellectual Property rights in any Third Party Components, which, for the
Current Company Software, are set forth on Section 2.16(c)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule) (such Intellectual Property, the "Owned Intellectual
Property"). Except as set forth in Section 2.16(a)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company or its Subsidiaries own, free and clear
of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or otherwise possess the right to
use, all Intellectual Property that is necessary for or used in the conduct of
the Company's business as currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted,
including all such Intellectual Property set forth, or required to be set forth,
on Section 2.16(b)(i)-(iii) and all Intellectual Property rights in the Company
Software set forth, or required to be set forth, on Section 2.16(c)(i)-(ii) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule (all such Intellectual Property, together with
the Owned Intellectual Property, the "Company Intellectual
Property"), including, without limitation, all such Intellectual Property
necessary for or used in the Company Software. Except as set forth in
Section 2.16(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all of the Company
Intellectual Property shall continue to be owned by the Surviving Corporation or
available for use on identical terms and conditions by the Surviving Corporation
upon the completion of Closing.
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(b) Section
2.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
list of all of the following Intellectual Property owned by, issued to, or filed
by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries: (i) Trademark registrations
and pending applications for registration and registered Internet domain names;
(ii) Patents issued or pending Patent applications; and (iii) Copyright
registrations and pending applications for registration, in each instance
included in the Company Intellectual Property. All such Company
Intellectual Property has the status indicated on such schedule, and, except as
set forth on Section 2.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is subsisting,
valid and in good standing, and has not been abandoned.
(c) Section
2.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
list of (i) all Company Software by name and, with respect to Current Company
Software, version; and (ii) all Third Party Components of the Company Software,
in each case identifying: (A) the Company Software associated with such Third
Party Component; and (B) the agreement granting the Company rights to use such
Third Party Components. Except as set forth on Section 2.16(c)(iii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has offered or made available or intends to offer or make available
any product or service offerings other than the Company Software.
(d) Except
as set forth on Section 2.16(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) no
claim by any Person contesting the validity, enforceability, use or ownership of
the Company Intellectual Property has been made and is currently outstanding, or
was made in the past three (3) years, against the Company or its Subsidiaries,
nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any threatened;
(ii) neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries have given notice to any Person asserting
infringement or misappropriation by such Person of any of the Company
Intellectual Property, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company
Intellectual Property is not, and has not been in the past three (3) years,
infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated by any
Person.
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(iii) (X)
The Company's and its Subsidiaries' conduct of the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' businesses have not within the past three (3) years and do not as
currently conducted or currently contemplated to be conducted infringe,
misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any
other Person and (Y) neither the Company's (nor its Subsidiaries') use of the
Company Intellectual Property in connection with such businesses, nor the
Company's (nor its Subsidiaries') development, copying, use, marketing,
distribution, licensing or sale of the Company Software, infringes,
misappropriates, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property (rights of any
Person. With respect to each of (X), and (Y), neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries have, within the past three (3) years, received any notice of
any such infringement, misappropriation, or violation (including any unsolicited
offer to license any Intellectual Property from any other Person);
(iv) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has granted any license, option, or commitment to
any other Person in or to any Company Intellectual Property (including any
covenant not to xxx) (collectively, "IP Out-Licenses"), other than
(1) non-exclusive IP Out Licenses granted to Company's resellers solely for (x)
such reseller's internal use for training purposes, (y) such reseller's use for
demonstration purposes, and (z) distribution by such resellers of the Company
Software, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business
substantially in the form of the Company's standard reseller agreement, and (2)
IP Out-Licenses for non-exclusive end-user, (including end-user evaluation)
licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business substantially in the
form of the Company's standard form of such end user or evaluation licenses;
and
(v) the
Company Intellectual Property does not include any Intellectual Property that
the Company or any Subsidiary licenses from a third party (collectively, "IP In-Licenses"), other than
any IP In-License for any item of commercially available, unmodified Software
that: (1) is not a Third Party Component of any Current Company Software, and
(2) was acquired by the Company for less than $10,000.
(e) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to
protect and maintain all registered or issued Company Intellectual Property set
forth, or required to be set forth, on Section 2.16(b)(i)-(iii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. All Company Software distributed or otherwise made
available to any third party: (A) is free from any trojan horse, virus or
similar malicious code or program that can cause damage to computer systems
using such Company Software, to other Software or data on such computer systems,
or to such Company Software itself, (B) functions and operates properly, and (C)
conforms in all material respects to the functional specifications for such
Company Software and the warranties granted by Company with respect to such
Software and is sufficient to perform the functions for which such Company
Software has been designed to perform.
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(f) Each
IP License Agreement is, to the Knowledge of the Company, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, and in full force and effect. Except as set forth in Section
2.16(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will not result in the material breach, termination or modification
(including any adverse effect upon the Company's or its Subsidiaries'
Intellectual Property rights or other rights thereunder, or the imposition of
additional obligations upon the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder) of, or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, create on behalf of any Person the right to
terminate or modify, any IP License Agreement, other than IP License Agreements
that are not for Third Party Components of Company Software and that are not,
individually or in the aggregate, material to any Company Software or to any
business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to any
such IP License Agreement, is in material default or material breach of such IP
License Agreement. The IP License Agreements, other than IP License
Agreements that are not for Third Party Components of Company Software and that
are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to any Company Software or
to any business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, are assignable to Parent
without consent. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened disputes regarding: (i) the scope of any IP License
Agreement; or (ii) the performance of the parties under any IP License
Agreement.
(g) With
respect to the Company Software, for each item of Open Source Software that is a
Third Party Component, Section 2.16(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
and describes (A) such Open Source Software, (B) how such Open Source Software
is incorporated, linked or otherwise interconnects or interoperates with such
Company Software, and (C) the name of the applicable license agreement for each
such item of Open Source Software.
(h) The
Company's use of any Open Source Software has not and does not, with respect to
the applicable Company Software, (X) obligate the Company (as a condition to the
license or otherwise) to (i) disclose or distribute in Source Code form any
portion of the Company Software owned by the Company or licensed from a third
party (other than such Open Source Software), (ii) license or otherwise make
available on a royalty-free basis any portion of the Current Company Software
owned by the Company or licensed from a third party (other than such Open Source
Software), (iii) grant any patent rights or any Owned Intellectual Property
Rights to any Person, including non-assertion rights, or (iv) permit any
licensee of the Company Software to modify, make derivative works of, or reverse
engineer any portion of the Company Software owned by the Company or licensed
from a third party (other than such Open Source Software), or (Y) otherwise
impose any material limitation, restriction, or condition on the right or
ability of the Company to use or distribute the Company Software.
(i) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect
the confidentiality of confidential information and confidential Trade Secrets
owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiaries. Each Person that
has had or currently has access to any part of the Source Code of any Company
Software is subject to confidentiality obligations regarding the disclosure and
protection of such Source Code, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, such
confidentiality obligations have not been breached by any such
Person. Except as set forth in Section 2.16(i)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not disclosed any such Source Code to any
Person other than employees of, or consultants or contractors to, the Company
who had a need to work with such Source Code solely for the benefit of the
Company and who were obligated by a written agreement to protect the
confidentiality of such Source Code. Except as described in detail in
Section 2.16(i)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (including describing the
release condition, the Source Code to be released, and the rights granted to any
third party with respect to such Source Code), neither this Agreement nor the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the assignment to Parent
by operation of law or otherwise of any Contract to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party, will result in the release of any such Source Code
to any third party, or the right of any third party to obtain access or rights
to any such Source Code, whether from the Company or its Subsidiaries or an
escrow agent or other Person.
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(j) No
Person who has contributed to the creation, invention, modification or
improvement of any Intellectual Property that is purportedly owned by the
Company or its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part, was or is under any
conflicting obligation with any academic institution, governmental entity,
research center or other Person that would adversely affect the Company's or its
Subsidiaries' title to any such Intellectual Property, or that would grant any
license or other rights to such Intellectual Property to such Person or to such
academic institution, governmental entity, research center or other
Person.
(k) Except
as set forth on Section 2.16(k)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all
Persons (including current and former employees, contractors and consultants of
the Company or its Subsidiaries) who have participated in the creation or
development of any Company Intellectual Property that is purportedly owned by
the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such Intellectual Property set
forth or required to be set forth on Section 2.16(b)(i)-(iii) and Section
2.16(c)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) have executed and delivered to
the Company or its Subsidiaries an agreement: (A) providing for the
non-disclosure by such Person of any confidential information of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, and (B) providing for the assignment by such Person to the
Company or its Subsidiaries of any Company Intellectual Property related to such
Person's employment by, engagement by or contract with the Company or its
Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries have and have had a
policy requiring all current and former employees who create, develop or modify
(or who created, developed or modified) any Company Intellectual Property for
the Company or its Subsidiaries, to execute a confidentiality and assignment
agreement prior to, or concurrently with, commencement of their respective
employment or engagement with the Company. With respect to employees,
such confidentiality and assignment agreements have been substantially in the
standard forms previously provided to Parent by counsel to the Company in
correspondence which designated such agreements as standard
forms. Section 2.16(k)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
identifies any contractors or subcontractors who created, developed or modified
any portion of the Current Company Software, or any material portion of any
other Company Software (excluding the Third Party Components set forth on
Section 2.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), other than minor
modifications made in connection with product maintenance.
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(l) Neither
this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
the assignment to Parent by operation of law or otherwise of any Contract to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, will cause (other than
pursuant to any agreement to which neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party): (i) Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or the
Surviving Corporation to grant to any third party any right to or with respect
to any Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed to, any of Parent, any of its
Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation (other than rights granted by the
Company on or prior to the Closing Date under Intellectual Property owned by the
Company as of the Closing Date), (ii) Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or
the Surviving Corporation, to be 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
Corporation to be obligated to pay any royalties or other license fees with
respect to Intellectual Property of any third party in excess of those payable
by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the absence of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in Section
2.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no Contract to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise binding upon the
Company which has or may reasonably be expected to have the effect of
prohibiting or impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property (tangible or intangible) by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the conduct of business by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise limiting the freedom of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or to compete with any
Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement under which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is restricted from selling, licensing,
manufacturing or otherwise distributing any of its technology or products or
from providing services to customers or potential customers or any class of
customers, in any geographic area, during any period of time, or in any segment
of the market, or from hiring or soliciting potential employees, consultants or
independent contractors.
(m) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable laws (including
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA")), contractual and
fiduciary obligations, and its internal privacy policies relating to (i) the
privacy of users of Internet websites owned, maintained or operated by the
Company or its Subsidiaries ("Company Sites"), and
(ii) the collection, storage, transfer and any other processing of any
Personally Identifiable Information, or Protected Health Information, as such
term is defined in HIPAA, collected or used by or on behalf of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, or by any Company Site or any Company Software in any manner,
or maintained by third parties authorized by Company or its Subsidiaries to have
access to such information ("Company PII"). The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including the disclosure and/or transfer to
Parent (by operation of law or otherwise) of the Company PII, complies with all
applicable laws relating to privacy (including HIPAA) and with the Company's and
its Subsidiaries' privacy policies. Copies of all current and prior
privacy policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries that apply to the Company
Sites are attached to Section 2.16(m) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. The Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times taken
all steps reasonably necessary (including, without limitation, implementing and
monitoring compliance with adequate measures with respect to technical and
physical security) to protect the Company PII against loss and against
unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse, and there
has been no unauthorized access to or other misuse of the Company
PII.
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2.17 Tax
Matters.
(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all income and other material
U.S. federal (including Treasury Department Form TD F90-22.1), state, local and
non-U.S. returns, estimates, information statements and reports (including
amendments thereto) relating to Taxes ("Tax Returns") required to be
filed by any of them, and such Tax Returns have been prepared in compliance with
applicable law and are accurate in all material respects. The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes shown as due on such Tax
Returns and have paid, or have adequately reserved (in accordance with GAAP) for
the payment of, all income and other material Taxes required to be
paid. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has withheld and paid
all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts
paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or
other third party. The most recent financial statements contained in
the Company SEC Reports reflect an adequate reserve (in accordance with GAAP)
for all Taxes payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries through the date of
such financial statements. Since the date of such financial
statements, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any
material liability for Taxes outside the ordinary course of business or
otherwise inconsistent with past practice. The Company has identified
all uncertain Tax positions contained in all Tax Returns and has established
adequate reserves and made any appropriate disclosures in its financial
statements in accordance with the requirements of Financial Interpretation No.
48 of FASB Statement No. 109. No deficiencies for any income or other
material Taxes have been asserted, assessed or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
proposed by any Taxing authority against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that are not subject to adequate reserves (in accordance with GAAP), nor has the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries executed any waiver of any statute of
limitations on or extended the period for the assessment or collection of any
income or other material Tax.
(b) No
audit or other examination or proceeding of any income or other material Tax
Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently in progress, nor
has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been notified in writing of any
request for such an audit or other examination.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has been at any time during the
period described in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Code, a "United States
Real Property Holding Corporation" within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of
the Code.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries 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 (A) in the five
years prior to the date of this Agreement or (B) in a distribution which
otherwise constitutes part of a "plan" or "series of related transactions"
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) that includes the
Merger.
(e) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a "reportable
transaction," as set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4(b), including any
transaction that is the same or substantially similar to a type of transaction
that the IRS has identified as a listed transaction, or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign income tax law.
(f) None
of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Tax allocation
or Tax sharing agreement or other similar agreement with any Person other than
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and none has any current or potential
contractual obligation that explicitly obligates it to indemnify any other
Person for Taxes imposed on such other Person.
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(g) None
of the Company or its Subsidiaries (A) has been a member of an affiliated group
filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common
parent of which was the Company) or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any
Person (other than any of the Company or its Subsidiaries) under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or non-US law), as a
transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(h) Since
December 31, 2007, no written claim has ever been made by a taxing authority in
a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax
Returns that such Person is or may be subject to taxation by such
jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries 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 or by virtue of having a source of income in that
country. The Company and its Subsidiaries 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 the Company and
its Company Subsidiaries. The prices for any property or services (or
for the use of any property) provided by or to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary are arm's length prices for purposes of all applicable transfer
pricing laws, including Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 482 of
the Code. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance
with all terms and conditions of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday, or other Tax
reduction or agreement or order (each, a "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. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party
to a gain recognition agreement under Section 367 of the Code.
(i) None
of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or plan that has resulted or would or could reasonably be expected
to result, separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of any "parachute
payment" within the meaning of Code Section 280G (or any corresponding provision
of state, local or foreign income Tax law), or in the payment of any amount that
would not be deductible under Code Section 162(m) or Code Section
404.
(j) None
of the Company or its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of
income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable
period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a direct result of
any (i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior
to the Closing Date; (ii) "closing agreement" as described in Code Section 7121
(or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax
law); (iii) deferred intercompany gain or any excess loss account described in
Treasury Regulations under Code Section 1502 (or any corresponding or similar
provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law); (iv) installment sale made
prior to the Closing Date; or (v) prepaid amount received before the Effective
Time.
(k) There
currently are no limitations on the utilization of the net operating losses,
built-in losses, capital losses, Tax credits or other similar items of the
Company (if any) under (i) Section 384 of the Code, (ii) Section 269 of the
Code, (iii) the Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code, or (iv) any
comparable provision of state, local or foreign Tax law.
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(l)
The Company has not participated in, or cooperated with,
an international boycott within the meaning of Code Section 999.
(m) The
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any interests in an entity that
has been or would be treated as a "passive foreign investment company" within
the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
(n) There
is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party, including the provisions of this Agreement,
covering any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company
or its Subsidiaries, 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.
(o) There
is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other contract by which the Company or its
Subsidiaries is bound to compensate any current or former employee, director or
consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries for excise taxes paid pursuant to
Section 4999 of the Code or to pay a tax gross up payment to any such individual
for tax-related payments under Section 409A of the Code.
2.18 Employee
Plans.
(a) Section
2.18(a)(i) and Section 2.18(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
respectively, set forth a complete and accurate list of (i) all "employee
benefit plans" (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to
ERISA and (ii) all other employment, bonus, stock option, stock purchase or
other equity-based, benefit, incentive compensation, profit sharing, savings,
retirement, disability, insurance, vacation, deferred compensation, severance,
termination, retention, change of control and other similar fringe, welfare or
other material benefit or compensation plans, programs, agreement, contracts,
policies or binding arrangements (whether or not in writing) maintained,
sponsored or contributed to for the benefit of any current or former employee,
consultant or director of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which would be treated as a
single employer with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Section 414 of
the Code (an "ERISA
Affiliate"), or with respect to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or its ERISA Affiliates has or could reasonably be expected to have
any material liability (together the "Employee Plans").
(b) With
respect to each Employee Plan, to the extent applicable, the Company has made
available to Parent complete and accurate copies of (A) the three (3) most
recent annual report on Form 5500 required to have been filed with the IRS for
each Employee Plan, including all schedules thereto; (B) the most recent
determination opinion, notification and advisory letter, if any, from the IRS
for any Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Code; (C) the plan documents and summary plan descriptions, or a written
description of the terms of any Employee Plan that is not in writing; (D) any
related trust agreements, insurance contracts, insurance policies or other
documents of any funding arrangements; (E) any notices to or from the IRS or any
office or representative of the DOL or any similar Governmental Authority
relating to any compliance issues in respect of any such Employee Plan; (F) with
respect to each material Employee Plan that is maintained in any non-U.S.
jurisdiction, to the extent applicable, (x) the most recent annual report or
similar compliance documents required to be filed with any Governmental
Authority with respect to such plan and (y) any document comparable to the
determination letter reference under clause (B) above issued by a Governmental
Authority relating to the satisfaction of law necessary to obtain the most
favorable tax treatment, (G) all COBRA forms and related notices (or such forms
and notices as required under comparable law); (H) the three (3) most recent
plan years discrimination tests for each Employee Plan; and (I) all
registration statements, annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto)
and prospectuses prepared in connection with each Employee
Plan.
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(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or its ERISA Affiliates has ever
maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any (i)
"employee pension benefit plan," within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Code, (ii) "multiemployer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA,
(iii) "multiple employer plan" as defined in ERISA or the Code, or (iv) a
"funded welfare plan" within the meaning of Section 419 of the
Code. No Employee Plan provides health benefits that are not fully
insured through an insurance contract.
(d) Each
Employee Plan has been maintained, operated, funded and administered in all
material respects in compliance with its terms and with all applicable law,
including the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and any applicable
regulatory guidance issued by any Governmental Authority. The
Company, its Subsidiaries and its ERISA Affiliates have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under, are
not in default or violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or
violation by any other party to each Employee Plan.
(e) All
Employee Plans subject to Section 409A of the Code have been operated and
administered in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code from the
period beginning December 31, 2004 through the effective date of the Treasury
Regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A and, subsequent to such effective
date, in compliance the Section 409A and the regulations issued pursuant
thereto.
(f) There
are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
on behalf of or against any Employee Plan, the assets of any trust under any
Employee Plan, or the plan sponsor, plan administrator or any fiduciary or any
Employee Plan, other than routine claims for benefits that have been or are
being handled through an administrative claims procedure.
(g) None
of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has, with
respect to any Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt
"prohibited transaction," as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 406 of ERISA, which could reasonably be expected to result in the
imposition of a material penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or
a material tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in each case applicable to
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Employee Plan or for which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any indemnification obligation; and there
has been no breach of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA) with respect to
any Employee Plan.
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(h) Except
as set forth in Section 2.18(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Employee
Plan provides post-termination or retiree life insurance, health or other
welfare benefits to any person, except as required by COBRA or any similar law.
The Company, its Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates have materially complied
and are in material compliance with COBRA.
(i) Except
as set forth in Section 2.18(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) each
Employee Plan that is intended to be "qualified" under Section 401 of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to such effect and,
to the Knowledge of the Company, no fact, circumstance or event has occurred or
exists that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified
status of such Employee Plan;
(ii) all
contributions, premiums and other payments with respect to any Employee Plan for
any time period ending on or before the Effective Time have been timely made,
accrued or reserved for; and
(iii) except
as required by applicable law or this Agreement, no condition or term under any
relevant Employee Plan exists which would prevent Parent or the Surviving
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries from terminating or amending any Employee
Plan without material liability to Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries (other than ordinary administration expenses or routine claims
for benefits).
(j) Except
as set forth in Section 2.18(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any plan or commitment to amend or
establish any new Employee Plan or to continue or increase any benefits under
any Employee Plan, or to maintain any such benefits or the level of any such
benefits generally for any period.
(k) Except
as set forth in Section 2.18(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (i) result in any payment
or benefit becoming due or payable, or required to be provided, to any current
or former director, employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (ii) increase the amount or value of any benefit or
compensation otherwise payable or required to be provided to any such director,
employee or independent contractor, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the
time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefit or
compensation.
2.19 Labor
Matters.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement, labor union contract, or trade union agreement (each a "Collective Bargaining
Agreement"). None of the U.S.-based employees of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries are represented by any union with respect to their
employment by the Company or such Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no activities or proceedings of any labor or trade union to
organize any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No
Collective Bargaining Agreement is being negotiated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. There is no strike, lockout, slowdown, or work stoppage
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened.
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(b) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with
applicable laws and orders with respect to employment (including applicable
laws, rules and regulations regarding wage and hour requirements, immigration
status, discrimination in employment, employee health and safety, and collective
bargaining).
(c) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld all material amounts required
by applicable law to be withheld from the wages, salaries, and other payments to
employees, and are not, to the Knowledge of the Company, liable for any material
arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of
the foregoing. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund or to any
Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits,
social security or other benefits for employees (other than routine payments to
be made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice).
2.20 Permits. The
Company and its Subsidiaries hold all permits from Governmental Authorities
required to conduct their businesses as currently conducted, are in compliance
with the terms of all such permits, and no suspension or cancellation of any
such permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, except
for such noncompliance, suspensions or cancellations that would not be
reasonably expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.21 Compliance with
Laws.
(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all laws, regulations and orders that are applicable to the Company and its
Subsidiaries or to the conduct of the business or operations of the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf
of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has, in the course of its
actions for, or on behalf of, any of them (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "FCPA"); or (iv) made any
unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee. During the last three (3) years, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company has received any communication that alleges that
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Representative thereof is,
or may be, in violation of, or has, or may have, any material liability under,
the FCPA.
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(c) Except
as set forth in Section 2.21(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries has at all times conducted its export transactions
in accordance with (a) all applicable U.S. export and reexport controls,
including the United States Export Administration Act and Regulations and
Foreign Assets Control Regulations and (b) all other applicable import/export
controls in other countries in which the Company conducts
business. Section 2.21(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth the true, complete and accurate export control classifications applicable
to the Company's and its Subsidiaries' products, services, software and
technologies. There are (i) no pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to such export licenses or other approvals, (ii) no actions, conditions
or circumstances pertaining to the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' export
transactions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any future
claims, and (iii) no consents or approvals for the transfer of export licenses
to Parent required, except for such consents and approvals that can be obtained
expeditiously without material cost.
2.22 Legal Proceedings;
Orders.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 2.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any current or former
employee, officer, director or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with respect to any acts or omissions in connection with their employment,
services or relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
properties or assets of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, or any
properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there any
reasonable basis for the foregoing.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order,
injunction, decree, stipulation or award (whether rendered by a court,
administrative agency, or by arbitration, pursuant to a grievance or other
procedure).
(c) As
of the date hereof, there is no internal investigation or inquiry being
conducted by the Company, the Company Board or any third party or Governmental
Authority at the request of any of the foregoing concerning any financial,
accounting, Tax, conflict of interest, self dealing, fraudulent or deceptive
conduct or other misfeasance or malfeasance issues.
(d) To
the Company's Knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for any person to assert a
claim against the Company based upon a claim of ownership of, or options,
warrants or other rights to acquire ownership of, any shares of Company Capital
Stock or any rights as a holder of securities of the Company, including any
option, warrant, preemptive right or right to notice or to vote, other than the
rights of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Company Capital
Stock shown as being outstanding in Section 2.7, the rights of holders of
Company Options with respect to the Company Stock Options shown as being owned
by such persons on Section 2.7 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, and the rights of the holders of any warrant of Company
with respect to such warrants shown as being owned by such persons on Section
2.7 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
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2.23 Insurance. Section
2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all material
insurance policies maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the
Company has delivered to Parent correct and complete copies of all such
policies. All insurance policies and bonds with respect to the
business and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in full force and
effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have not reached or exceeded their
policy limits for any insurance policies in effect at any time during the past
three years. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
material breach or material default of any of the insurance policies, and there
is no existing default or event that, with notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute such a material breach or material default or permit termination or
modification of any of the insurance policies. All premiums due and
payable under all insurance policies and bonds have been timely
paid. Since July 31, 2009, the Company has not received any notice or
to the Knowledge of the Company any other communication regarding any actual or
possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; (ii) refusal
or denial of any material coverage, reservation or rights or rejection of any
material claim under any insurance policy; or (iii) material adjustment in the
amount of the premiums payable with respect to any insurance
policy.
2.24 Related Party
Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 2.24 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and other than compensation or other employment
arrangements in the ordinary course of business, (x) there are no transactions,
agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate (including any director or
officer) thereof, but not including any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company,
on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404
of Regulation S-K of the SEC in the Company's Form 10-K or proxy statement
pertaining to an annual meeting of stockholders and (y) no director, officer or
other Affiliate of the Company or any entity in which, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any such director, officer or other Affiliate owns any beneficial
interest (other than a beneficial interest in a publicly held corporation whose
stock is traded on a national securities exchange or in the over the counter
market and less than 5% of the stock of which is beneficially owned by any such
Persons), is currently a party to, or has any interest in (i) any partnership,
joint venture, contract, arrangement or understanding with, or relating to, the
business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries in which the amount
involved exceeds $120,000 per annum (other than contracts or arrangements
entered into in the ordinary course of business at arms-length terms), (ii) any
agreement or contract for or relating to Indebtedness of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, or (iii) any property (real, personal or mixed), tangible or
intangible, used or currently intended to be used in the business or operations
of the Company or its Subsidiaries in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000
per annum (other than interests in any of the foregoing entered into in the
ordinary course of business at arms-length terms).
2.25 Brokers; Fairness
Opinions. Except for America's Growth Capital, LLC, there is
no financial advisor, investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other Person
that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries who is entitled to any financial advisor's, investment
banking, brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has received
the written opinion of America's Growth Capital, LLC dated as of June 21, 2010, that, as
of the date of such opinions and subject to the assumptions and limitations set
forth therein, the Per Share Price to be received by Company Stockholders (other
than Parent and its Affiliates) in the Merger is fair, from a financial point of
view to such Company Stockholders (the "Fairness
Opinion").
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2.26 State Anti-Takeover
Statutes. Assuming that the representations of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in Section 3.7 are true and correct, the Company Board has
taken all necessary actions such that the restrictions on business combinations
set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL, in any rights agreement or "poison pill"
arrangement and any other takeover, anti takeover, moratorium, "fair price,"
"control share," or similar Law applicable to the Company (collectively, "Takeover Statutes") will not
be applicable to the Merger. No other state takeover statute or
similar statute or regulation purports to apply to the Merger, the Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
2.27 Proxy Statement and Other
Required Company Filings. The proxy statement, letter to
stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy accompanying the proxy
statement that will be provided to the Company Stockholders in connection with
the solicitation of proxies for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting
(collectively, as amended or supplemented, the "Proxy Statement"), as well as
any other document that is required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in
connection with the Merger (each, a "Other Required Company Filing"
and collectively, the "Other
Required Company Filings") will, when filed with the SEC, comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act. The Proxy Statement will not, at the time the Proxy Statement is
filed with the SEC, at the time the Proxy Statement is first sent to the Company
Stockholders or at the time of the Company Stockholder 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
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by the
Company with respect to information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub or any of
their Affiliates, partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers,
employees, agents or other representatives for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Proxy Statement. None of the Other Required Company
Filings will, when filed with the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by the
Company with respect to information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub or any of
their respective Affiliates, partners, members, stockholders, directors,
officers, employees, agents or other representatives for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in any of the Other Required Company
Filings.
2.28 Environmental
Matters. (i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and
has been in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and
possesses and is and has been in compliance with all required Environmental
Permits; (ii) there are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) to
the Knowledge of the Company there are no investigations by any Governmental
Authority currently pending or threatened regarding the Company's or any of its
Subsidiary's compliance with any Environmental Law, (iv) to the Knowledge of the
Company, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
predecessors has caused any releases or threatened release of Hazardous
Materials at any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their predecessors, or at any offsite
disposal location in connection with the current or past operations of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their predecessors, which in either case
would reasonably be expected to result in an Environmental Claim, and (v)
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any claim or notice
of violation from any Governmental Authority alleging that the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law, or
regarding any Hazardous Materials. All material environmental
reports, assessments, audits, and other similar documents in the possession or
control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been made available to
Parent.
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2.29 Product
Warranties. There are no pending or, to the Company's
Knowledge, threatened Legal Proceeding against either the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of any warranty, or for injury to person or property of
its employees or any third parties, arising from or relating to the sale of any
product or performance of any service by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
including claims arising out of the defective or unsafe nature of its products
or services, and the Company's and its Subsidiaries' aggregate liability for any
warranty claims do not exceed the reserves therefor set forth on the Company's
financial statements
2.30 Customers. As
of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has any outstanding material disputes concerning its products and/or services
with any customer or distributor who, in the year ended May 31, 2010, was one of
the ten (10) largest sources of revenues for the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, during such period (each, a "Significant Customer") that
would reasonably be expected to result in a material deterioration in, or
termination of, the relationship between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and such Significant Customer. Each Significant Customer is listed in
Section 2.30(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. As of the date of
this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notice from any Significant Customer that such customer shall not continue as a
customer of the Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) after the
Closing or that such customer intends to terminate or materially adversely
modify its existing agreements with the Company.
ARTICLE
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent
and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
3.1 Organization; Good
Standing. Parent is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite
power and authority to conduct its business as it is presently being conducted
and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own, lease or operate its
properties and assets, except where the failure to be in good standing would
not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability
of Parent to fully perform its covenants and obligations under this
Agreement. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has
the requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business as it is
presently being conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties
and assets, except where the failure to be in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability of Merger Sub
to fully perform its covenants and obligations under this
Agreement. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company
complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or
other constituent documents, as amended to date, of Parent and Merger
Sub. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in violation of its certificate
of incorporation or its bylaws.
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3.2 Power;
Enforceability. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has the
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform
its covenants and obligations hereunder and to consummate the
Merger. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of
Parent and Merger Sub, the performance by each of Parent and Merger Sub of its
respective covenants and obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of each of Parent and Merger Sub and no
additional proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent and
Merger Sub, the performance by each of Parent and Merger Sub of its respective
covenants and obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against
each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except that such
enforceability (i) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to
creditors' rights generally, and (ii) is subject to the rules governing the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
3.3 Non-Contravention. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub, the
performance by each of Parent and Merger Sub of their respective covenants and
obligations under this hereunder and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any
provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constituent
documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) violate, conflict with, or result in any
breach, impermissible assignment or non-transferability of or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or materially impair Parent's or the Merger Sub's rights or
alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or result in the
termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right
of termination or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or
other instrument or obligation to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by
which Parent, Merger Sub or any of their properties or assets may be bound,
(iii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.4, violate
or conflict, in any material respect, with any law or order applicable to Parent
or Merger Sub or by which any of their properties or assets are bound or (iv)
result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the
properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub, except in the case of each of
clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, for such violations, conflicts, defaults,
terminations, accelerations or Liens which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to fully
perform their respective covenants and obligations under this
Agreement.
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3.4 Requisite Governmental
Approvals. No Consent of any Governmental Authority is
required on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent
and Merger Sub, the performance by each of Parent and Merger Sub of their
respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) the filing of the Certificate
of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and such filings with
Governmental Authorities to satisfy the applicable laws of states in which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are qualified to do business, (ii) such filings and
approvals as may be required by any federal or state securities laws, including
compliance with any applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and (iii)
compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any applicable
foreign Antitrust Laws.
3.5 Legal Proceedings;
Orders.
(a) There
are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or any of its
Affiliates, threatened against Parent or Merger Sub that would, individually or
in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability of Parent and Merger
Sub to fully perform their respective covenants and obligations under this
Agreement.
(b) Neither
Parent nor Merger Sub is subject to any legal order that would prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to fully perform their
respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement.
3.6 Proxy Statement; Other
Required Company Filings. The information supplied by Parent,
Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, partners, members,
stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other representatives to
the Company in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference
in the Proxy Statement will not, at the time the Proxy Statement is filed with
the SEC, at the time the Proxy Statement is first sent to the Company
Stockholders or at the time of the Company Stockholder 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
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading. The information supplied by Parent, Merger Sub or any of
their respective Affiliates, partners, members, stockholders, directors,
officers, employees, agents or other representatives for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in any of the Other Required Company Filings will
not, at the time the applicable Other Required Company Filing is filed with the
SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by
Parent or Merger Sub with respect to information supplied by the Company or any
of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or other
representatives for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement or any of the Other Required Company Filings.
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3.7 Section
203. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor
any of their affiliates or associates is, and at no time during the last three
years has been, an "interested stockholder" of the Company as defined in Section
203 of the DGCL.
3.8 Brokers. No
agent, broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage,
finder's or other fee or commission payable by the Company in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by
or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.
3.9 Operations of Merger
Sub. Merger Sub has been formed solely for the purpose of
engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby and, prior to the Effective
Time, Merger Sub will not have engaged in any other business activities and will
have incurred no liabilities or obligations other than as contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.10 Financing. At
the Closing, Parent will have sufficient cash, available lines of credit or
other sources of immediately available funds to enable Parent to pay the
aggregate merger consideration payable by Parent pursuant to this Agreement and
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
4
INTERIM
OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY
4.1 Affirmative
Obligations. Except (x) as expressly contemplated or permitted
by this Agreement, (y) as set forth in Section 4.1 (referencing the applicable
specific subsection) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (z) as approved by
Parent in writing (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned), at all times during the period commencing with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Effective Time,
the Company shall, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i)
conduct its business and operations in the ordinary and usual course of business
and in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance
with all applicable laws and regulations and (ii) use commercially reasonable
efforts to (A) preserve substantially intact its business organizations and
material assets, (B) keep available the services of its current executive
officers and key employees who are integral to the operations of their business
as currently conducted and (C) preserve the current relationships with Persons
with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has business
relations.
4.2 Forbearance
Covenants. Without limiting Section 4.1, except (w) as
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (x) as set forth in Section 4.2 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, (y) as approved by Parent in writing (which
approval will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), or (z) as
required by law, at all times during the period commencing with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Effective Time,
the Company shall not do any of the following and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do any of the following (it being understood and hereby agreed
that if any action is expressly permitted by any of the following subsections,
such action shall be expressly permitted under Section 4.1
also):
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(a) amend
its Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational
documents;
(b) propose
or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) issue,
sell, deliver or agree or authorize, propose or commit to issue, sell or deliver
(whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, commitments,
subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any Company Securities or any
Subsidiary Securities, except for the sale of shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to the exercise of Company Options outstanding prior to the date
hereof;
(d) directly
or indirectly acquire, repurchase or redeem any Company Securities or Subsidiary
Securities;
(e) (i)
adjust, split, combine or reclassify any shares of capital stock, or issue or
authorize or propose the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu
of or in substitution for, shares of its capital stock, (ii) declare, set aside
or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property
or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of capital stock, or make
any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares
of capital stock, except for cash dividends made by any direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) pledge or encumber any shares of its capital stock or any of
its other securities, or (iv) modify the terms of any shares of its capital
stock or any of its other securities;
(f) (i)
incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for Indebtedness in excess of
$25,000 in the aggregate, (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become
liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the
obligations of any other Person, except with respect to obligations of direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company, (iii) make any loans,
advances or capital contributions to or investments in any other Person, except
for expense and travel advances in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) sell, license, mortgage, lease, transfer, encumber or pledge any of its or
its Subsidiaries' assets, tangible or intangible, or create or suffer to exist
any Lien thereupon (other than Permitted Liens);
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(g) (i)
enter into, adopt, create, amend (including acceleration of vesting), modify or
terminate any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, severance, termination,
option, appreciation right, performance unit, stock equivalent, share purchase
agreement, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, severance or
other employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other arrangement for the
compensation, benefit or welfare of any director, officer or employee in any
manner, except in any such case (A) as may be required by applicable law and
previously disclosed to Parent or (B) solely with respect to any employee that
is not an executive officer of the Company, in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice that, in the aggregate, do not result in a
material increase in benefits or compensation expense to the Company, (ii)
increase the compensation of any director, officer or employee, pay any special
bonus or special remuneration to any director, officer or employee, or pay any
benefit not required by any plan or arrangement as in effect as of the date
hereof, except in any such case (A) as may be required by applicable law and
previously disclosed to Parent or (B) solely with respect to any employee that
is not a senior executive officer of the Company, in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice that, in the aggregate, do not result in
a material increase in benefits or compensation expense to the Company or (iii)
incur any Change of Control Obligation;
(h) (i)
incur or commit to incur any capital expenditures, or any obligations or
liabilities in connection therewith that individually or in the aggregate, are
in excess of $50,000, except (A) as otherwise included in the Company's capital
expenditure budget furnished to Parent prior to the date hereof, (B) incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (C) in respect
of the repair or replacement of the current assets or properties of the Company
or its Subsidiaries (consistent with past practices of the Company and its
Subsidiaries), (ii) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any liabilities, other
than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary
course of business, consistent with past practice, as required by any applicable
law, as accrued for in the Audited Company Balance Sheet or as required by the
terms of any Contract of the Company or its Subsidiaries or as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, (iii) enter into, modify, amend or terminate (A) any
Contract which if so entered into, modified, amended or terminated could be
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or (B) any Material
Contract, or (iv) engage in any transaction with, or enter into any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with any Affiliate of the Company or other Person
covered by Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act that
would be required to be disclosed under such Item 404 other than those in
existence on the date of this Agreement;
(i)
initiate any Legal
Proceeding (other than to enforce the terms hereof against Parent or Merger
Sub), compromise, release, waive or settle any pending or threatened material
Legal Proceeding (i) having a value or in an amount not covered by insurance in
excess of $50,000 or (ii) relating to or affecting the Company's material
Intellectual Property;
(j) except
as may be required by applicable law or GAAP, revalue any of its material assets
or make any change in any of the accounting methods, principles or practices
used by it;
(k) (i)
adopt or change its material Tax accounting methods, principles or practices, or
its annual accounting period, except as required by GAAP or applicable law, (ii)
make or change any material Tax election, (iii) settle or compromise any
material U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Tax liability or enter
into any closing agreement or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to
material Taxes, (iv) fail to file any material income or other material Tax
Return when due or fail to cause such Tax Returns when filed to be complete and
accurate in all material respects, (v) file any material amended Tax Return or
take any affirmative action to surrender any right to claim a refund of credit
of Taxes; (vi) enter into any "reportable transaction" as defined in Section
6707A of the Code or (vii) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation
period with respect to any claim or assessment for material
Taxes;
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(l) hire
any new employees other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice; provided that,
whether or not in the ordinary course of business, the Company may not hire any
executive officers;
(m) waive,
release, grant or transfer any right of material value, other than in the
ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;
(n) terminate
any executive officer or key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
other than for good reason or for reasonable cause and previously communicated
to Parent;
(o) enter
into any transaction that could give rise to a disclosure obligation as a
"listed transaction" under Section 6011 of the Code and the regulations
thereunder;
(p) effectuate
a "plant closing" or "mass layoff," as those terms are defined in WARN,
affecting in whole or in part any site of employment, facility, operating unit
or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(q) grant
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;
(r) sell,
license or otherwise transfer any Intellectual Property other than granting end
user licenses of Company Software in the ordinary course of business, disclose
any Source Code of the Company Software to any Person, or abandon or permit to
lapse any material Intellectual Property;
(s) communicate
with employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding the
compensation, benefits or other treatment that they will receive in connection
with the Merger in a manner inconsistent with prior directives or documentation
provided to the Company by Parent;
(t) acquire
(by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) any
other Person or any material equity interest therein; or
(u) agree
to take any of the actions described in this Section 4.2.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and hereby agree that the restrictions set forth in
this Section 4.2 are not intended to give Parent or Merger Sub, directly or
indirectly, the right to control or direct the business or operations of the
Company or its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Effective Time, and no
consent of Parent or Merger Sub will be required with respect to any matter set
forth in this Agreement to the extent the requirement of such consent would
violate any applicable Law. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company
and its Subsidiaries shall exercise (consistent with and subject to the terms,
conditions and restrictions of this Agreement) control and supervision over
their own business and operations.
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4.3 No
Solicitation.
(a) The
Company shall immediately cease, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and
Representatives to immediately cease, any and all existing activities,
discussions or negotiations with any third parties conducted heretofore with
respect to any Acquisition 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 Subsidiaries or
Representatives have engaged in any such activities within the twelve (12) month
period preceding the date of this Agreement. The Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, use commercially reasonable efforts to
enforce (and will not waive any provisions of) any confidentiality or standstill
agreement (or any similar agreement) which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party relating to any such Acquisition
Proposal. Any breach of the foregoing provisions of this subsection
by any of Company's Subsidiaries or Representatives shall be deemed to be a
breach by the Company. During the period commencing on the date
hereof and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Effective Time, the Company and its
Subsidiaries and the officers and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall not, and shall cause their respective Affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, consultants, agents, representatives and advisors (collectively,
including such officers and directors, "Representatives") to not,
directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, propose, induce or facilitate or
encourage the making, submission or announcement of, or take actions that could
reasonably be expected to encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition
Proposal, (ii) furnish to any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any
designees of Parent or Merger Sub) any non-public information relating to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford to any Person access to the
business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or
to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Parent,
Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub), in any such case if it is
reasonably likely to induce the making, submission or announcement of, or to
encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries or the
making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an
Acquisition Proposal, (iii) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations
with any Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or which may reasonably
be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or
recommend an Acquisition Proposal, (v) grant any waiver, amendment or release
under any standstill or confidentiality agreement (other than in connection with
an inquiry or Acquisition Proposal made to the Company or its Representative by
a third party that has not publicly disclosed the taking of such action or the
making of such proposal), (vi) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of
understanding or other Contract contemplating an Acquisition Transaction (other
than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), or (vii) take any other action
reasonably likely or intended to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any
proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an
Acquisition Proposal.
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(b) Notwithstanding
anything to contrary set forth in this Section 4.3, at any time prior to
obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company Board and/or any
authorized committee thereof may, directly or indirectly through one or more
Representatives, (A) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with
any Person (and/or such Persons' Representatives) and / or (B) furnish any
non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to,
and/or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or
other non-public information, or to the personnel, of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person
(and/or such Persons' Representatives), in each case that has made or delivered
to the Company a written Acquisition Proposal after the date of this Agreement
that was not initiated or solicited in breach of Section 4.3(a) if and only if,
in the case of clause (B) above, prior to providing such information or access,
the Company has received from such Person requesting such information,
discussions or access an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided that the
Company shall promptly (and in any event within 48 hours) make available to
Parent any material information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries that
is provided to any such Person that was not previously made available to Parent,
and provided,
further, that prior to taking any action described in clauses (A) or (B) of this
Section 4.3(b) above:
(i) the
Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its
independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to do so
would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary obligations under applicable
laws; and
(ii) the
Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its
independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition
Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to
result in a Superior Proposal.
(c) The
Company will promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Parent after (i)
receipt of an Acquisition Proposal (including the identity of the Person making
such Acquisition Proposal and the material terms and conditions of such
Acquisition Proposal), (ii) any request for information relating to the Company
(including non-public information) or for access to the properties, books or
records of the Company by any third party that has made an Acquisition Proposal,
or (iii) receipt of an amendment to a previously disclosed Acquisition Proposal
(including the terms of such amendment). The Company shall within 24
hours inform Parent of any change in the price, structure or form of
consideration or material terms and conditions of such Acquisition
Proposal.
(d) Neither
Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall enter into
any Contracts with any Person, or make or enter into any formal or informal
arrangements or understanding (whether or not binding) with any Person, or have
any discussions or other communications with any other Person, in any such case
with respect to any actual or potential Acquisition Proposal involving the
Company.
ARTICLE
5
ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS
5.1 Required Action and
Forbearance.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Parent and
Merger Sub, on the one hand, and (subject to the express provisions of Section
5.2, Section 5.3 and Section 5.4) the Company, on the other hand, shall take (or
cause to be taken) all actions reasonably necessary, and do (or cause to be
done), and assist and cooperate with the other party or parties hereto in doing,
all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable law or
otherwise to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner
practicable, the Merger, including by:
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(i) using
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the conditions to the Merger set forth
in Article VI to be satisfied;
(ii) obtaining
all consents, waivers, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental
Authorities, and making all registrations, declarations and filings with
Governmental Authorities, that are necessary to consummate the
Merger;
(iii) using
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents, waivers and approvals
under any Contracts in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement so as to maintain and preserve
the benefits under such Contracts as of the Effective Time; and
(iv) executing
and delivering any Contracts and other instruments that are necessary to
consummate the Merger.
(b) The
Company shall at its own expense conduct a review of its export transactions and
related activities for the last five years, including screening all parties to
such transactions against export control-related lists maintained by the U.S.
Government, which can be found on the following web site:
xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, and upon
discovery of one or more violations of the Export Administration Regulations,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Arms Export Control Act,
International Traffic in Arms Regulations, any economic sanctions regulations,
or any other relevant laws or regulations, prepare and, after review by Parent,
submit a Voluntary Self-Disclosure to the relevant U.S. Government agencies
detailing the extent of such violations.
(c) In
addition to the foregoing, neither Parent or Merger Sub, on the one hand, nor
(subject to the express provisions of Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and Section 5.4)
the Company, on the other hand, shall take any action, or fail to take any
action, that is intended to, or has (or would reasonably be expected to have)
the effect of, preventing, impairing, delaying or otherwise adversely affecting
the consummation of the Merger or the ability of such party to fully perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the
Company shall be responsible for using (and causing its Subsidiaries to use)
their respective commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file the
necessary notices, reports or other filings and to obtain the consents,
approvals and authorizations identified or required to be identified in Section
2.5 or Section 2.6 or in the related section of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(which, in the case of the consents, approvals and notifications identified or
required to be identified in Section 2.6 or in the related section of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, are required to be obtained by the Company), and
Parent and Merger Sub shall be responsible for using their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in preparing and
filing such notices, reports or other filings and obtaining such consents,
approvals and authorizations.
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(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, Parent
and Merger Sub shall be responsible for using their respective commercially
reasonable efforts to prepare and file the necessary notices, reports or other
filings and to obtain the consents, approvals and authorizations identified or
required to be identified in Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 or in a disclosure
schedule relating thereto (which, in the case of the consents, approvals and
notifications identified or required to be identified in Section 3.4 or in a
disclosure schedule relating thereto, are required to be obtained by Parent
and/or Merger Sub), and the Company shall be responsible for using its
commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with Parent and Merger Sub in
preparing and filing such notices, reports or other filings and obtaining such
consents, approvals and authorizations.
5.2 Proxy Statement and Other
Required SEC Filings.
(a) As
soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in any event the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to do so within fifteen (15)
calendar days), the Company, in consultation with Parent, shall prepare and file
with the SEC, a preliminary Proxy Statement for use in connection with the
solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company
Stockholder Meeting. The Proxy Statement shall include the notice to
stockholders required by 262 of the DGCL that appraisal rights will be
available. As promptly as practicable after any comments are received
from the SEC thereon (or upon notice from the SEC that no such comments will be
made), the Company shall, in consultation with Parent, prepare and file any
required amendments to, and the definitive, Proxy Statement with the
SEC. The Company shall provide Parent (and its counsel) with a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the preliminary Proxy Statement
and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing such with the SEC, and
will provide Parent with a copy of all such filings made with the
SEC. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the
SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall
promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing within
a reasonable amount of time. The Company shall cause the Proxy
Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and
substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. Parent and Merger Sub shall
furnish all information concerning the Parent and Merger Sub (and their
respective Affiliates, if applicable) as the Company may reasonably request as
required in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy
Statement and any Other Required Company Filing. If at any time prior
to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company,
Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members,
stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by
the Company, Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or
supplement to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, as the
case may be, so that the Proxy Statement or Other Required Company Filing, as
the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly
notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy
Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing describing such
information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent
required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company
Stockholders.
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(b) Subject
to applicable law, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as
promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and
confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no
additional comments on, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing
(the date of such confirmation, the "SEC Clearance
Date"). If the SEC has failed to affirmatively notify the
Company within ten (10) days after the filing of the Proxy Statement with the
SEC that it will not be reviewing the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such confirmation from the SEC
that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy
Statement and the date on which the Company receives such confirmation shall be
the SEC Clearance Date.
(c) Unless
the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4(a), (i) the Company and its Affiliates
shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company
Filing or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its
Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its
staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing
in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without
providing Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment
thereon.
(d) Unless
the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4(a), the Company shall advise Parent and
Merger Sub, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt
of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy
Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, any receipt of comments from the
SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, or
any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in
connection therewith.
(e) Unless
the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in
accordance with the terms of Section 5.4(a), the Company shall include the
Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any
Other Required Company Filings.
5.3 Company Stockholder
Meeting.
(a) The
Company shall duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the
Company Stockholders (or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the "Company Stockholder Meeting")
as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof (and in any
event, subject to the immediately following proviso, no later than forty-five
(45) calendar days immediately following the SEC Clearance Date); provided, however,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company from postponing or adjourning the
Company Stockholder Meeting if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of
the Company Common Stock present or represented by a proxy at the Company
Stockholder Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Company Stockholder Meeting,
(ii) the Company is required to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholder
Meeting by applicable law, order or a request from the SEC or its staff, (iii)
the Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with
outside legal counsel, that a failure to so delay the Company Stockholder
Meeting would be reasonably likely to violate the directors' fiduciary duties
under applicable law or (iv) a failure to so delay the Company Stockholder
Meeting would be reasonably likely to violate applicable duties of disclosure or
other applicable disclosure requirements under applicable law.
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(b) The
Company shall establish a record date for purposes of determining the Company
Stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at the Company Stockholder Meeting
(the "Record
Date"). Once the Company has established the Record Date, the
Company shall not change such Record Date or establish a different record date
for the Company Stockholder Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent,
unless required to do so by applicable law or in the event that the Company
Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal
counsel, that a failure to do so would be reasonably likely to violate the
directors' fiduciary duties under applicable law. In the event that
the date of the Company Stockholder Meeting as originally called is for any
reason adjourned or postponed or otherwise delayed, the Company agrees that
unless Parent shall have otherwise approved in writing, it shall implement such
adjournment or postponement or other delay in such a way that the Company does
not establish a new Record Date for the Company Stockholder Meeting, as so
adjourned, postponed or delayed, except as required by applicable law or in the
event the Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation
with outside legal counsel, that doing so would be reasonably likely to violate
the directors' fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(c) Unless
the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4(a), the Company shall solicit from the
Company Stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement in
accordance with Delaware Law, submit this Agreement for its adoption by the
Company Stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting and use its commercially
reasonable efforts to secure the Requisite Stockholder Approval at the Company
Stockholder Meeting, including, with the prior written consent of Parent and
subject to the approval of the Company Stockholders at the Company Stockholder
Meeting, adjourning the Company Stockholder Meeting to solicit additional
proxies if at the time of the Company Stockholder Meeting, the Company does not
have sufficient votes to obtain the Requisite Stockholder
Approval. The Company shall, upon the reasonable request of Parent,
advise Parent at least on a daily basis on each of the last ten (10) Business
Days prior to the date of the Company Stockholders Meeting, as to the aggregate
tally of the proxies received by the Company with respect to the Requisite
Stockholder Approval. Without the prior written consent of Parent,
the adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger) shall be the only matter (other than procedure matters
including adjournments) that the Company shall propose to be acted on by the
Company Stockholders at the Company Stockholders
Meeting. Notwithstanding any Company Board Recommendation Change,
unless this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to, and in accordance with
Article VII, this Agreement shall be submitted to the Company Stockholders for
the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval.
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5.4 Company Board
Recommendation.
(a) Neither
the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) withhold, withdraw,
qualify or modify (or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify
or modify), in a manner adverse to Parent or the Merger Sub, the Company Board
Recommendation with respect to the Merger, (ii) adopt, approve or recommend or
propose to adopt, approve or recommend (publicly or otherwise) an Acquisition
Proposal, (iii) after the receipt of any Acquisition Proposal, fail to publicly
reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days after
Parent so requests in writing (provided that Parent
may make such request no more than once with respect to any such Acquisition
Proposal) or (iv) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy
Statement (any action described in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Company Board Recommendation
Change"); provided, however,
that a "stop, look and listen" communication by the Company Board or any
authorized committee thereof to the Company Stockholders pursuant to Rule
14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act, or any substantially similar communication, shall
not be deemed to be a Company Board Recommendation Change; and provided further,
that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement (including the provisions of Section 4.3 or Section 5.1), at any time
prior to the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company Board
may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with Section
5.4(b).
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in Section 4.3 or Section 5.4(a), at any time
prior to obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company Board may
effect a Company Board Recommendation Change if:
(i) the
Company has received an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from
any Person that is not withdrawn and that the Company Board concludes in good
faith constitutes a Superior Proposal; and
(ii) the
Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its
independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that in light of such
Superior Proposal, the failure of the Company Board to effect a Company Board
Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary
obligations under applicable laws;
(iii) the
Company, in the case of a Superior Proposal, shall have complied with its
obligations under Section 4.3.
(iv) the
Company shall have provided prior written notice to Parent at least three (3)
Business Days in advance (the "Notice Period"), to the effect
that the Company Board is prepared absent any revision to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change
and/or to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.4(b), which notice
shall describe the basis for such Company Board Recommendation Change or
termination, including, in the case of a Superior Proposal, the identity of the
party making the Superior Proposal and the material terms and conditions
thereof; and
(v) prior
to effecting such Company Board Recommendation Change or termination, the
Company shall, and shall cause their financial and legal advisors to, during the
Notice Period, negotiate with Parent and its Representatives in good faith (to
the extent Parent desires to negotiate) to attempt to make such adjustments in
the terms and conditions of this Agreement proposed by Parent so as to obviate
the need for the Company Board to make a Company Board Recommendation Change;
provided, that
if such Company Board Recommendation Change is effected pursuant to receipt of
an Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board has determined to be a Superior
Proposal, in the event of any material revisions to such Superior Proposal, the
Company shall be required to deliver a new written notice to Parent and to
comply with the requirements of Section 4.3 and this Section 5.4(b) with respect
to such new written notice.
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(c) Nothing
in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company Board or any authorized committee
thereof from taking and disclosing to the Company Stockholders a position
contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with the
provisions of Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act provided that the
Company shall have complied with the obligations under Section 4.3; provided, however,
that any such statement(s) or disclosures made by the Company Board or any
authorized committee thereof shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including the provisions of Article VII.
5.5 Anti-Takeover
Laws. In the event that any Takeover Statute is or becomes
applicable to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their respective commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the
effect of such Takeover Statute on this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.6 Access. Until
the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article
VII and the Effective Time:
(a) The
Company shall afford Parent and its financial advisors, business consultants,
legal counsel, accountants and other agents and representatives reasonable
access during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice provided to
the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to the
properties, books and records and personnel of the Company as Parent may
reasonably request; provided, however,
that the Company may restrict or otherwise prohibit access to any documents or
information to the extent that (A) any applicable law or regulation requires the
Company to restrict or otherwise prohibit access to such documents or
information, (B) access to such documents or information would give rise to a
material risk of waiving any attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or
other applicable privilege applicable to such documents or information, or (C)
access to a Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or otherwise bound would violate or cause a default under, or give a third party
the right to terminate or accelerate the rights under, such Contract; provided that, the
Company and Parent shall cooperate in good faith to design and implement
alternative procedures to enable Parent to evaluate any such documents or
information without causing a violation, loss of privilege, breach or default
thereunder or giving any third party a right to terminate or accelerate the
rights thereunder). Any investigation conducted pursuant to the
access contemplated by this Section 5.6(a) shall be conducted in a manner that
does not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries or create a risk of damage or destruction to any property
or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any access to
the Company's properties shall be subject to the Company's reasonable security
measures and insurance requirements and shall not include the right to perform
invasive testing. The terms and conditions of the Confidentiality
Agreement shall apply to any information obtained by Parent or any of its
financial advisors, business consultants, legal counsel, accountants and other
agents and representatives in connection with any investigation conducted
pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section 5.6(a). No
investigation pursuant to this Section 5.6(a) shall affect any representation or
warranty in this Agreement of any party hereto or any condition to the
obligations of the parties hereto.
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(b) The
Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, furnish to Parent,
to the extent prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of business, as
soon as practicable after the end of each month, a copy of the monthly
internally prepared financial statements of the Company, including statements of
financial condition, results of operations, and statements of cash flow, and all
other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent
may reasonably request.
5.7 Section 16(b)
Exemption. The Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary to cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
dispositions of equity securities of the Company (including derivative
securities) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
by each individual who is a director or executive officer of the Company to be
exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
5.8 Directors' and Officers'
Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) If
the Merger is consummated, during the period commencing at the Effective Time
and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation and its Subsidiaries to) honor and fulfill in all respects the
obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the current or former
directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any person who
becomes a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to
the Effective Time (the "Indemnified Persons") under
any indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation provisions set
forth in the Company's and its Subsidiary's respective certificate of
incorporation and bylaws as in effect on the date of this Agreement (except as
may be modified by the Certificate of Incorporation in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G). If, at any time prior to the sixth anniversary of the
Effective Time, any Indemnified Person delivers to the Surviving Corporation a
written notice asserting a claim for indemnification under such indemnification
rights, then the claim asserted in such notice shall survive the sixth
anniversary of the Effective Time until such time as such claim is fully and
finally resolved. In the event of any such claim, proceeding,
investigation or inquiry, the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to
control the defense thereof after the Effective Time. In such case
each Indemnified Person shall be entitled to retain his or her own counsel, at
his her own expense, in such defense; provided, that if in
the written opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Person, the Indemnified
Person's use of counsel of the Surviving Corporation would be expected to give
rise to a conflict of interest, the Surviving Corporation shall bear the
reasonable expenses of the Indemnified Person's separate
counsel. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
this Section 5.8(a), neither the Surviving Corporation nor any of its Affiliates
(including Parent) shall settle or otherwise compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any claim,
proceeding, investigation or inquiry for which indemnification may be sought by
an Indemnified Person under this Agreement without such Indemnified Person's
prior written consent unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination
(i) consists solely of money damages and such claim, proceeding, investigation
or inquiry is finally settled, compromised, consented to or terminated or (ii)
includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability
arising out of such claim, proceeding, investigation or
inquiry. Without limiting the foregoing, no Indemnified Person shall
have any liability for or obligations with respect to any settlement or
compromise effected without his or her prior written consent.
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(b) In
addition, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the
sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation and its
Subsidiaries shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its
Subsidiaries to) cause the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (and other
similar organizational documents) of the Surviving Corporation and its
Subsidiaries to contain provisions with respect to indemnification, exculpation
and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable as the
indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in
the Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws (or other similar organizational
documents) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, and during
such six-year period such provisions shall not be repealed, amended or otherwise
modified in any manner except as required by applicable law.
(c) During
the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary
of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to) maintain in effect the Company's current
directors' and officers' liability insurance ("D&O Insurance") in respect
of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, covering each
person covered by the D&O Insurance, on terms with respect to the coverage
and amounts that are equivalent to those of the D&O Insurance; provided, however,
that in satisfying its obligations under this Section 5.8(c), the Surviving
Corporation shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of two
hundred percent (200%) of the amount paid by the Company for coverage for its
last full fiscal year (such two hundred percent (200%) amount, the "Maximum Annual Premium")
(which premiums the Company represents and warrants to be as set forth in
Section 5.8(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule); provided, however,
that that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount,
the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to obtain a policy for such year
with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding the Maximum Annual
Premium. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company may, and at
Parent's request shall, purchase a six-year "tail" prepaid policy on the D&O
Insurance at a cost per year covered for such tail policy not to exceed the
Maximum Annual Premium. In the event that the Company elects to
purchase such a "tail" policy prior to the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to) maintain
such "tail" policy in full force and effect and continue to honor their
respective obligations thereunder, in lieu of all other obligations of the
Surviving Corporation (and Parent) under the first sentence of this Section
5.8(c) for so long as such "tail" policy shall be maintained in full force and
effect.
(d) If
the Surviving Corporation (or Parent) or any of its successors or assigns shall
(i) consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger,
or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any
Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the
successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation (or Parent) shall assume all
of the obligations of the Surviving Corporation (or Parent) set forth in this
Section 5.8.
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(e) The
obligations set forth in this Section 5.8 shall not be terminated, amended or
otherwise modified in any manner that adversely affects any Indemnified Person
(or any other person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the
"tail" policy referred to in Section 5.8(c) (and their heirs and
representatives)) without the prior written consent of such affected Indemnified
Person or other person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Insurance or the
"tail" policy referred to in Section 5.8(c) (and their heirs and
representatives). Each of the Indemnified Persons or other persons
who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the "tail" policy referred
to in Section 5.8(c) (and their heirs and representatives) are intended to be
third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.8, with full rights of enforcement
against the Surviving Corporation (and Parent) as if a party
thereto. The rights of the Indemnified Persons (and other persons who
are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the "tail" policy referred to
in Section 5.8(c) (and their heirs and representatives)) under this Section 5.8
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights that such
persons may have under the charters, bylaws or other equivalent organizational
documents, any and all indemnification agreements of or entered into by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or applicable law (whether at law or in
equity).
(f) Nothing
in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive
or impair any rights to directors' and officers' insurance claims under any
policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other
employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for
in this Section 5.8 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under
such policies.
5.9 Employee Matters;
Termination of 401(k) Plans.
(a) Employee
Matters. No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to (i)
guarantee employment for any period of time for, or preclude the ability of
Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates to terminate, any
Continuing Employee at any time and for any or no reason, or (ii) require Parent
or the Surviving Corporation to continue any Employee Plan or prevent the
amendment, modification or termination thereof after the Effective Time, or
(iii) create any third-party beneficiary rights or obligations in any Person
(including any Continuing Employee or any dependent or beneficiary thereof)
other than the parties to this Agreement.
(b) Termination of 401(k)
Plans. Effective as of no later than the day immediately
preceding the Closing Date, the Company shall terminate any and all group
severance, group separation or group salary continuation plans, programs or
arrangements and any and all Employee Plans intended to include a Code Section
401(k) arrangement (each such Employee Plan intended to include a Code Section
401(k) arrangement, a "Company
401(k) Plan") (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that
such plans shall not be terminated). Unless Parent provides such
written notice to the Company, no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such Employee
Plans 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 Subsidiary, as the case may be. The form and
substance of such resolutions shall be subject to review and approval of
Parent. The Company also shall take such other actions in furtherance
of terminating such Employee Plans as Parent may reasonably
require. In the event that termination of a Company 401(k) Plan would
reasonably be anticipated to trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or
other fees ("Company 401(k)
Plan Termination Fees"), then such Company 401(k) Plan Termination Fees
shall be the responsibility of the Company, and the Company shall take such
actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the amount of such Company
401(k) Plan Termination Fees and provide such estimate in writing to Parent
prior to the Closing Date.
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5.10 Obligations of Merger
Sub. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger
Sub and the Surviving Corporation to perform their respective obligations under
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
5.11 Notification of Certain
Matters.
(a) At
all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Article VII and the Effective Time, the Company shall give
prompt notice to Parent upon becoming aware that any representation made by it
in this Agreement has become untrue or inaccurate, or of 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 it
would result in a failure of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or
Section 6.2(b); provided, however,
that no such notification shall affect or be deemed to modify any
representations or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement or the
conditions to the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the remedies available to the
parties hereunder; and provided, further,
that the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall apply to
any information provided to Parent pursuant to this Section
5.11(a).
(b) At
all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and the Effective Time, Parent shall give
prompt notice to the Company upon becoming aware that any representation or
warranty made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement has become untrue or
inaccurate, or of any failure of Parent or Merger Sub 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 it would result in a failure of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b); provided, however,
that no such notification shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation
or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement or the
conditions to the obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the remedies available to the parties
hereunder; and provided further,
that the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall apply to
any information provided to the Company pursuant to this Section
5.11(b).
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5.12 Public Statements and
Disclosure. Neither the Company, on the one hand, nor Parent
and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall issue any public release or make any
public announcement or disclosure concerning this Agreement or the Merger
without the prior written consent of the other party(ies) (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), except as such release,
announcement or disclosure may be required by applicable law or the rules or
regulations of any applicable securities exchange or regulatory or Governmental
Authority to which the relevant party is subject or submits, wherever situated,
in which case the party required to make the release or announcement shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other party(ies) hereto
reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such
issuance (it being understood that the final form and content of any such
release or announcement, as well as the timing of any such release or
announcement, shall be at the final discretion of the disclosing party); provided, however,
that the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.12 shall not apply to any
release, announcement or disclosure made or proposed to be made by the Company
pursuant to Section 5.4.
5.13 Company Stockholder,
Director and Management Arrangements. Except to the extent
expressly authorized by the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof in
advance, prior to the Effective Time, none of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Affiliates shall enter into any Contract, and none of Parent, Merger
Sub or any of their respective Affiliates shall make or enter into any formal or
informal arrangements or other understandings (whether or not binding), with any
Company Stockholder, or any director or officer of the Company, relating (i) to
this Agreement, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including as to any investment to be made in, or contributions to be
made to, Parent or Merger Sub, or (ii) to the Surviving Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries, businesses or operations (including as to continuing
employment) from and after the Closing.
ARTICLE
6
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions to Each Party's
Obligations to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations
of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject
to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible under applicable law) prior to
the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Requisite Stockholder
Approval. The Company shall have received the Requisite
Stockholder Approval.
(b) No Prohibitive Laws or
Injunctions. No Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted a law that is in effect and renders the
Merger illegal, or (ii) formally issued an injunction that is in effect and
prohibits the Merger in the United States or any State thereof.
6.2 Conditions to the
Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction or waiver prior to the Effective Time of each of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived exclusively by Parent:
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(a) Representations and
Warranties.
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2.3, Section
2.4 and Section 2.5(b) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date;
(ii) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Specified
Capitalization Provisions of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date with the
same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (other than those
representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular
date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such
particular date), except where the failure to be so true and correct would not
result in the payment by Parent of an aggregate value of consideration in the
Merger that is in excess of $23,500,000;
(iii) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement that
are qualified as to "Company Material Adverse Effect" shall be true and correct
on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and
as of such date, except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified as to "Company Material Adverse Effect" that address matters only as
of a particular date, which representations and warranties shall have been true
and correct as of such particular date; and
(iv) all
other representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and
effect as if made on and as of such date, except (A) for any failure to be so
true and correct which has not had and would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (B) for those such
representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular
date, which representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as
of such particular date, except for any failure to be so true and correct as of
such particular date which has not had and would not have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all
material respects the obligations that are to be performed by it under this
Agreement prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Officer's
Certificate. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a
certificate of the Company, validly executed for and on behalf of the Company
and in its name by a duly authorized officer thereof, certifying that the
conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) and Section 6.2(b) have been
satisfied.
(d) Company Material Adverse
Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have arisen
or occurred, or no event has occurred that is reasonably likely to result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect following the execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Agreement that is continuing.
(e) FIRPTA. The
Company shall deliver to Parent an affidavit, under penalties of perjury,
stating that the Company is not and has not been a United States real property
holding corporation, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance
required under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i),
and evidence from the Company demonstrating that the Company has complied with
the requirement to notify the IRS pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.897
2(h)(2).
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(f) Company SEC
Reports. The Company shall have filed all Company SEC Reports
containing financial statements required to be filed with the SEC prior to the
Effective Time.
(g) Dissenting
Shares. Holders representing no more than more than ten
percent (10%) of the Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall continue to have a right to exercise appraisal
or similar rights under the DGCL.
(h) Noncompetition and
Nonsolicitation Agreements. Parent shall have received the
Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreements duly executed by each Key
Employee, each of which shall be in full force and effect.
(i) Third Party
Consents. All third party consents, permits and approvals
listed in Section 6.2(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall have been
obtained and shall be in full force and effect and Parent shall have been
provided with evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
(j) Employee
Documents. Parent shall have received from each Key Employee
listed on Exhibit
E the Employee Documents duly executed by such Key Employee, each of
which shall be in full force and effect.
(k) Termination of Employee
Plans. The Company shall have provided Parent with evidence,
reasonably satisfactory to Parent, as to the termination of the Employee Plans
referred to in Section 5.9(b).
6.3 Conditions to the Company's
Obligations to Effect the Merger. The obligations of the
Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver
prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions, any of which
may be waived exclusively by the Company:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made
on and as of such date, except (i) for any failure to be so true and correct
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
ability of Parent and Merger Sub to fully perform their respective covenants and
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) for changes contemplated by this
Agreement, and (iii) for those representations and warranties that address
matters only as of a particular date, which representations shall have been so
true and correct as of such particular date, except for any failure to be so
true and correct as of such particular date that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, prevent the Merger or prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability
of Parent and Merger Sub to fully perform their respective covenants and
obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) Performance of Obligations
of Parent and Merger Sub. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall
have performed in all material respects the obligations that are to be performed
by them under this Agreement prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Officer's
Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate of
Parent and Merger Sub, validly executed for and on behalf of Parent and Merger
Sub and in their respective names by a duly authorized officer thereof,
certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) and Section 6.3(b)
have been satisfied.
ARTICLE
7
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
7.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be validly terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time,
whether before or, subject to the terms hereof, after obtaining the Requisite
Stockholder Approval, only as follows (it being understood and hereby agreed
that this Agreement may not be terminated for any other reason or on any other
basis):
(a) by
mutual written agreement of Parent and the Company; or
(b) by
either Parent or the Company, in the event that any Governmental Authority of
competent jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted a law that is in effect at the
time of such termination and renders the Merger illegal in the United States or
any State thereof at the time of such termination, or (ii) formally issued a
final and non-appealable injunction, ruling, decree or order or taken any other
action that prohibits the Merger in the United States or any State thereof;
or
(c) by
either Parent or the Company, in the event that the Merger shall not have been
consummated prior to October 21, 2010 (the "Termination Date"); provided, that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) shall not be
available to any party hereto whose actions or omissions have been the principal
cause of, or resulted in, either (A) the failure to satisfy the conditions to
the obligations of the terminating party to consummate the Merger set forth in
Article VI prior to the Termination Date, or (B) the failure of the Effective
Time to have occurred prior to the Termination Date; or
(d) by
either Parent or the Company, in the event that the Company shall have failed to
obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval at the meeting of Company Stockholders
at which a vote is taken on the Merger, provided that the right to terminate
this Agreement under this Section 7.1(d) shall not be available to the
Company where the failure to obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval shall
have been caused by the action or failure to act of Company and such action or
failure to act constitutes a breach by the Company of this Agreement;
or
(e) by
Parent, in the event that (i) neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in material
breach of their respective covenants under this Agreement, and (ii) the Company
shall have materially breached or failed to perform any of its covenants in this
Agreement and, if such breach is capable of being cured, shall have failed to
cure such material breach within thirty (30) calendar days after the Company has
received written notice of such breach or failure to perform from Parent; provided that that
Parent shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(e) in respect of the breach set forth in any such written notice (A)
prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) calendar day cure period, or (B) at
any thereafter if the Company shall have cured such breach during such thirty
(30) calendar day period; or
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(f) by
Parent, following a breach of any representation, warranty, 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 6.2(a) 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, however, that if such
breach by the Company or such inaccuracies in the representations and warranties
of the Company are curable by the Company prior to the Termination Date through
the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then Parent shall not be
permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(f) prior
to the earlier of (x) thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of written
notice from Parent to the Company of such breach or inaccuracy and (y) or the
Termination Date, as applicable, provided, that the Company
continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach or
inaccuracy through such thirty (30) day period (it being understood that Parent
may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(f) if it
shall have materially breached this Agreement or such breach or inaccuracy by
Company is cured within the earlier of (x) such thirty (30) calendar day period
and (y) the Termination Date); or
(g) by
Parent, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval,
in the event that (i) the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board
Recommendation Change, (ii) a tender or exchange offer for Company Common Stock
that would, if consummated in accordance with its terms, constitute a Competing
Acquisition Transaction is commenced by a Person unaffiliated with Parent and,
within ten (10) Business Days after the public announcement of the commencement
of such Acquisition Proposal, the Company shall not have issued a public
statement (and filed a Schedule 14D-9 pursuant to Rule 14e-2 and Rule 14d-9
promulgated under the Exchange Act) reaffirming the Company Board Recommendation
and recommending that the Company Stockholders reject such Acquisition Proposal
and not tender any shares of Company Common Stock into such tender or exchange
offer, (iii) the Company breaches any of its obligations under Section 4.3 or
Section 5.4, (iv) the Company enters into a merger agreement, acquisition
agreement, purchase agreement or other similar agreement with respect to an
Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), or
(v) the Company shall have failed to call, duly give notice of, convene and hold
the Company Stockholders Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3; or
(h) by
the Company, in the event that (i) the Company is not in material breach of its
covenants under this Agreement, and (ii) Parent and/or Merger Sub shall have
materially breached or failed to perform any of their respective covenants in
this Agreement and, if such breach is capable of being cured, shall have failed
to cure such material breach or failure to perform within thirty (30) calendar
days after Parent and Merger Sub have received written notice of such breach
from the Company; provided, that the
Company shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(h) in respect of the breach set forth in any such written notice (A)
prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) calendar day cure period, or (B) at
any thereafter if Parent and/or Merger Sub shall have cured such breach during
such thirty (30) calendar day period; provided, further,
that such thirty (30) calendar day cure period shall not apply to Parent and
Merger Sub's obligation to consummate the Closing in accordance with Section
1.3; or
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(i) by
the Company, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder
Approval, after (A) the Company shall have received a Superior Proposal, and
such termination is effected in order for the Company to enter into a merger
agreement, acquisition agreement, purchase agreement or other similar agreement
(an "Alternative Acquisition
Agreement") with respect to such Superior Proposal, (B) the Company Board
shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with its independent
financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to enter into the
Alternative Acquisition Agreement relating to such Superior Proposal would be
reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary duties under Delaware Law, (C) the
Company has notified Parent in writing that it is prepared to enter into an
Alternative Acquisition Agreement relating to such Superior Proposal, attaching
the current version of such agreement (a "Superior Proposal Notice") (it
being understood that the Superior Proposal Notice shall not constitute a
Company Board Recommendation Change for purposes of this Agreement); (D) if
requested by Parent, the Company shall have made its representatives available
to discuss with Parent's representatives any proposed modifications to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement during the five (5) Business Day period
following delivery by the Company to Parent of such Superior Proposal Notice;
and (E) if Parent shall have delivered to the Company a written, binding and
irrevocable offer capable of being accepted by the Company to alter the terms or
conditions of this Agreement during such five (5) Business Day period, the
Company Board shall have determined in good faith, after considering the terms
of such offer by Parent, that the Superior Proposal giving rise to such Superior
Proposal Notice continues to be a Superior Proposal and resolves to accept such
Superior Proposal; provided, however,
that this Agreement may not be so terminated unless (i) the Company Board shall
have complied with the procedures set forth in Sections 4.3 and 5.4 and above in
Section 7.1 and (ii) made all of the payments required by Section 7.3
to Parent; or
(j) by
the Company, in the event (A) the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections
6.1 and 6.2 have been satisfied (other than those conditions that (i) by their
nature are to be satisfied at the Closing and that would be capable of being
satisfied if there were a Closing or (ii) have not been satisfied as a result of
Parent or Merger Sub's breach or failure to perform any of their respective
covenants in this Agreement) and (B) Parent fails to close the transactions
contemplated herein, including the Merger, within two (2) Business Day thereof;
or
(k) by
Parent, in the event that a Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred
since the date hereof.
The party
hereto terminating this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall deliver
prompt written notice thereof to the other party(ies) hereto setting forth the
provision of this Section 7.1 pursuant to which this Agreement is being
terminated.
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7.2 Notice of Termination;
Effect of Termination. Any valid termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be effective immediately (or if the termination is
pursuant to Sections 7.1(e), (f) or (h) and the proviso therein is applicable,
thirty days thereafter) upon the delivery of written notice of the terminating
party to the other party or parties hereto, as applicable. In the
event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this
Agreement shall be of no further force or effect without liability of any party
or parties hereto, as applicable (or any partner, member, stockholder, director,
officer, employee, affiliate, agent or other representative of such party or
parties) to the other party or parties hereto, as applicable; provided that no
such termination shall relieve any party hereto of any liability for damages
resulting from any willful or intentional breach of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the terms of Section
5.12, this Section 7.2, Section 7.3 and Article VIII shall each survive the
termination of this Agreement, and (ii) no termination of this Agreement shall
affect the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in the Confidentiality
Agreement, all of which obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement
in accordance with their terms.
7.3 Fees and
Expenses.
(a) All
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party or parties, as
applicable, incurring such expenses whether or not the Merger is
consummated.
(b) In
the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1(g), the Company
shall promptly pay to Parent in immediately available funds an amount equal
$1,000,000 in cash (the "Termination Fee"), but in no
event later than two business days after the date of such
termination. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(i), the Company shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee prior to or
contemporaneously with such termination. The Company shall pay to
Parent the Termination Fee if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
7.1(c) or Section 7.1(d), if following the date hereof but prior to the Company
Stockholder Meeting (or, if the Company Stockholder Meeting shall not have been
convened, prior to termination of this Agreement), an Acquisition Proposal shall
have been publicly announced by any Person (other than Parent or Merger Sub),
shall have been made to the Company Stockholders by any Person, or shall have
been made to the Company by any Person and subsequently (and prior to such
meeting) publicly announced or otherwise publicly disclosed, and either (A) any
Company Acquisition (as defined below) is consummated within twelve (12) months
following the termination of this Agreement, or (B) the Company enters into a
letter of intent or similar document or any Contract providing for any Company
Acquisition within twelve (12) months following the termination of this
Agreement and any Company Acquisition is later consummated, in which case such
amount shall be paid promptly, but in no event later than two (2) business days,
after the consummation of such Company Acquisition. For purposes of
this Agreement, "Company
Acquisition" shall mean any transaction contemplated by an Acquisition
Proposal or any Acquisition Transaction, with all of the provisions in the
definition of Acquisition Transaction adjusted to increase the percentages
referenced therein to "thirty percent (30%)".
(c) The
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the agreements contained in this
Section 7.3 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 7.3 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 7.3, the Company shall pay to Parent
its reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) in
connection with such suit, together with interest on the amounts set forth in
this Section 7.3 at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date
such payment was required to be made. Payment of the fees described
in this Section 7.3 shall not be in lieu of damages incurred in the event
of any breach of this Agreement.
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(d) No
payment under this Section 7.3 shall limit in any respect any rights or remedies
available to Parent and Merger Sub relating to any willful breach or failure to
perform any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this
Agreement resulting, directly or indirectly, in the right to receive any payment
under this Section 7.3
ARTICLE
8
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1 Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties and
covenants of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement
shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their
terms survive the Effective Time shall so survive the Effective Time in
accordance with their respective terms.
8.2 Notices. All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly delivered and received hereunder (i) four business days
after being sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, (ii) one business day after being sent for next business day
delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, or
(iii) immediately upon delivery by hand or by facsimile (with a written or
electronic confirmation of delivery), in each case to the intended recipient as
set forth below:
(a) if to Parent or Merger Sub,
to:
TIBCO
Software Inc.
3300
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Attention: General
Counsel
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
Professional
Corporation
650 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
Professional
Corporation
1301 Avenue
of the Amxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Selim
Day
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Company (prior to
the Effective Time), to:
Proginet
Corporation
200
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Moses
& Singer LLP
400
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
8.3 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;
provided,
however, that Parent shall have the right to assign all or any portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (i) from and after the Effective
Time, in connection with a merger or consolidation involving Parent or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent or the Surviving
Corporation, (ii) from and after the Effective Time, to any lender providing
financing to Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates, for
collateral security purposes or (iii) to any of its Affiliates (provided, in each
case, that no such assignment shall relieve Parent of any of its obligations
hereunder), and any such lender may exercise all of the rights and remedies of
Parent hereunder. 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.
8.4 Confidentiality. Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company hereby acknowledge that Parent and the Company have
previously executed a Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated March 23, 2010 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"),
which will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.
8.5 Entire
Agreement. 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 Schedule, 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; provided, however,
the Confidentiality Agreement shall not be superseded, shall survive any
termination of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until
the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective Time and (b) the date on which the
Confidentiality Agreement expires in accordance with its terms or is validly
terminated by the parties thereto.
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8.6 Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except for Section 5.8, this Agreement is not
intended to, and shall not, confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies
hereunder except, from and after the Effective Time, the rights of holders of
shares of the Company Common Stock and/or Company Options to receive the merger
consideration set forth in Article I.
8.7 Severability. In
the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof,
becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void
or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force
and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the
parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or
unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision
that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other
purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
8.8 Remedies.
(a) 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.
(b) The
parties hereto hereby agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event
that any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its
specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that money damages or other legal
remedies would not be an adequate remedy for any such
damages. Accordingly, the parties hereto acknowledge and hereby agree
that in the event
of any breach or threatened breach by a party hereto of any of its
covenants or
obligations set forth in this Agreement, the other party or parties hereto shall
be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent or restrain breaches
or threatened breaches of this Agreement by the other (as applicable) and to
specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement to prevent
breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants
and obligations of the other under this Agreement.
8.9 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that
might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law
thereof.
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8.10 Consent to
Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (a) irrevocably
consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in
any action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, for and on behalf of itself or any of its properties or assets, in
accordance with Section 8.10 or in such other manner as may be permitted by
applicable law, and nothing in this Section 8.10 shall affect the right of any
party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable law,
(b) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits itself and its
properties and assets in any action or proceeding to the exclusive general
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court
therefrom located within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court
of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state
or federal court within the State of Delaware) in the event any dispute or
controversy arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof,
(c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction
by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (d) agrees that any
actions or proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought, tried and determined only in
the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom located
within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery
declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal
court within the State of Delaware), (e) waives any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court
or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and
agrees not to plead or claim the same and (f) agrees that it will not bring any
action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any
court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding in such
courts as provided above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
applicable law.
8.11 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF PARENT, COMPANY AND MERGER SUB HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF PARENT, COMPANY OR MERGER SUB IN
THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
HEREOF.
8.12 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart.
8.13 Amendment. Subject
to applicable law and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, this
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company; provided, however,
that in the event that the Company has received the Requisite Stockholder
Approval, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that requires the further
approval of such Company Stockholders under the DGCL without such
approval.
8.14 Extension;
Waiver. At any time and from time to time prior to the
Effective Time, any party or parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed
and except as otherwise set forth herein, (i) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party or
parties hereto, as applicable, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to such party or parties hereto 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 or
parties hereto contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party
or parties 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 or parties, as
applicable. Any delay in exercising any right under this Agreement
shall not constitute a waiver of such right.
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ARTICLE
9
DEFINITIONS
& INTERPRETATIONS
9.1 Certain
Definitions. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
(a) "Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreement" means an agreement with respect to the confidentiality of the
Company's material non-public information that has provisions that in all
material respects are no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the
provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(b) "Acquisition Proposal" means
any offer or proposal (other than an offer or proposal by Parent or Merger Sub)
to engage in an Acquisition Transaction.
(c) "Acquisition Transaction" means
any transaction or series of related transactions (other than the Merger)
involving:
(i) any
direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by any Person or "group" (as
defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), whether from the Company
and/or any other Person(s), of shares of Company Common Stock representing more
than fifteen percent (15%) of the Company Common Stock outstanding after giving
effect to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition, including
pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer by any Person or "group" that, if
consummated in accordance with its terms, would result in such Person or "group"
beneficially owning more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Company Common Stock
outstanding after giving effect to the consummation of such tender or exchange
offer;
(ii) any
direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by any Person or "group" (as
defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of more than fifteen
percent (15%) of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole (measured by the fair market value thereof, the related
revenues applicable to such assets or the related net income applicable to such
assets, in each case as of the date of such sale, transfer, acquisition or
disposition); or
(iii) any
merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of capital stock,
recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar
transaction involving the Company pursuant to which any Person or "group" (as
defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company
Stockholders (as a group) immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction, would hold fifteen percent (15%) or more of the shares of the
outstanding Company Common Stock or outstanding voting power or of any new
series or new class of preferred stock that would be entitled to a class or
series vote with respect to the Merger after giving effect to the consummation
of such transaction.
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(d) "Affiliate" means, with respect
to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For
purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the term "control" (including,
with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
(e) "Antitrust Law" means the
Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal
Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other laws that are designed or
intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect
of monopolization or restraint of trade or significant impediments or lessening
of competition or the creation or strengthening of a dominant position through
merger or acquisition, in any case that are applicable to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) "Audited Company Balance Sheet"
means the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2009 set forth in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC for the fiscal year ended July 31,
2009.
(g) "Business Day" means any day,
other than a Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York, or is a day on which banking institutions located
in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close.
(h) "Change of Control Obligation"
means any change of control payment, special bonus, stay bonus, retention bonus,
severance payment, or similar compensation that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has agreed to pay to any of their respective employees, officers or
directors and that becomes due and payable as a result of the consummation of
the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, whether due and
payable prior to, at or after the Closing (including obligations that are
contingent upon both the consummation of the Merger and the occurrence of
another event or the passage of time).
(i) "COBRA" means Part 6 of
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code and any similar state
law.
(j) "Code" means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any successor statutes, rules and regulations
thereto.
(k) "Company Board" means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
(l) "Company Capital Stock" means
the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
(m) "Company Common Stock" means
the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
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(n) "Company Disclosure Schedule"
means the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent on the date of
this Agreement and certified by a duly authorized executive officer of the
Company.
(o) "Company Intellectual Property"
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a). For the avoidance of
doubt, Company Intellectual Property includes the Company's Intellectual
Property rights in the Company Software (whether owned or
licensed).
(p) "Company Material Adverse
Effect" means any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, effect or
circumstance (each, an "Effect") that, individually or taken together with all
other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the
occurrence of the Company Material Adverse Effect, is or would reasonably be
expected to be materially adverse to the prospects, capitalization, business,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however,
that no Effect (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all
other Effects) directly resulting from any of the following shall be deemed to
be or constitute a "Company Material Adverse Effect":
(i) changes
in general economic conditions in the United States or any other country or
region in the world, or changes in conditions in the global economy generally
(to the extent such changes in each case do not disproportionately affect the
Company relative to other companies in its industry);
(ii) changes
in conditions in the financial markets, credit markets or capital markets in the
United States or any other country or region in the world, including (A) changes
in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in
exchange rates for the currencies of any countries and (B) any suspension of
trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities)
generally on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market operating in the
United States or any other country or region in the world (to the extent such
changes in each case do not disproportionately affect the Company relative to
other companies in its industry);
(iii) changes
in conditions in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
conduct business, including changes in conditions in the software industry
generally (to the extent such changes in each case do not disproportionately
affect the Company relative to other companies in its industry);
(iv) changes
in political conditions in the United States or any other country or region in
the world, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or
general worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism), earthquakes,
hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural
disasters, weather conditions and other force majeure events, in each case in
the United States or any other country or region in the world (to the extent
such matters in each case do not disproportionately affect the Company relative
to other companies in its industry);
(v) any
actions taken, or failure to take action, in each case, to which Parent has in
writing expressly approved, consented to or requested;
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(vi) changes
in law or other legal or regulatory conditions (or the interpretation thereof)
(to the extent such changes in each case do not disproportionately affect the
Company relative to other companies in its industry);
(vii) changes
in GAAP or other accounting standards (or the interpretation thereof) (to the
extent such changes in each case do not disproportionately affect the Company
relative to other companies in its industry);
(viii) changes
in the Company's stock price or the trading volume of the Company's stock, in
and of itself (provided, however, that the exception in this clause shall not in
any way prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying
such change has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse
Effect); and
(ix) any
matters expressly set forth on Section 9.1(o) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
(q) "Company Options" means any
options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock outstanding under the Company
Stock Plan.
(r) "Company Preferred Stock" means
the Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
(s) "Company Software" means the
Software, either complete or under development, (i) that is currently, or that
is intended to be, leased, licensed, sold, marketed, distributed, or made
available by the Company or its Subsidiaries to third parties (the "Current Company Software"),
and (ii) that was historically (within the last three (3) years) leased,
licensed, sold, marketed, distributed, or made available by the Company or its
Subsidiaries to third parties. The Company Software includes all
Software listed on Section 2.16(c)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
(t) "Company Stock Plan" means The
2000 Stock Option Plan of Proginet Corporation, as amended through October 9,
2008.
(u) "Company Stockholders" means
holders of shares of Company Capital Stock.
(v) "Competing Acquisition
Transaction" has the same meaning as an "Acquisition Transaction" under
this Agreement except that all references therein to "fifteen percent (15%)"
shall be references to "fifty percent (50%)."
(w) "Continuing Employees" means
all current employees of the Company who are offered and timely accept
employment by the Surviving Corporation, the Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent
as of the Effective Time, who continue their employment with the Company at the
request of Parent as of the Effective Time or, outside the U.S., who remain or
become employees of the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent as of the
Effective Time as required by applicable law.
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(x) "Contract" means any written
(or legally binding oral) contract, subcontract, note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease, license, sublicense or other binding agreement.
(y) "Delaware Law" means the DGCL
and any other applicable law (including common law) of the State of
Delaware.
(z) "DOL" means the United States
Department of Labor or any successor thereto.
(aa) "Environmental Claims" means
any and all actions, orders, suits, demands, directives, claims, Encumbrances,
proceedings or notices of violation by any Governmental Authority or other
Person alleging potential responsibility or liability arising out of, based on
or related to (1) the presence, release or threatened release of, or exposure
to, any Hazardous Materials at any location or (2) circumstances forming the
basis of any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental
Law.
(bb) "Environmental Laws" means
applicable laws relating to pollution or protection of the environment or human
health.
(cc) "Environmental Permits" means
all licenses, permits or similar approvals required to be obtained by the
Company in connection with its business under applicable Environmental
Laws.
(dd) "ERISA" means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules and
regulations thereto.
(ee) "Exchange Act" means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules and regulations
thereto.
(ff) "GAAP" means generally accepted
accounting principles, as applied in the United States.
(gg) "Governmental Authority" means
any government, any governmental or regulatory entity or body, department,
commission, board, agency, subdivision or instrumentality, and any court,
tribunal or judicial body, in each case whether federal, state, county,
provincial, and whether local or foreign.
(hh) "Hazardous Materials" means all
hazardous, toxic, explosive or radioactive substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and all other substances or wastes of any
nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(ii) "HSR Act" means the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules and
regulations thereto.
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(jj) "Indebtedness" means, with
respect to any Person, (a) any liability or obligation of that Person (including
any principal, premium, accrued and unpaid interest, related expenses,
prepayment penalties, commitment and other fees, reimbursements and all other
amounts payable in connection therewith): (i) for borrowed money; (ii) evidenced
by a note, debenture, bond, loan agreement or similar instrument (including a
purchase money obligation); (iii) for the deferred purchase price of property,
goods or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of business not past due for more than sixty (60) days past the due date; (iv)
under any lease or similar arrangement that would be required to be accounted
for by the lessee as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP; or (vii) arising
out of interest rate and currency swap arrangements, futures contract,
derivative transactions and any other arrangements designed to provide
protection against fluctuations in interest or currency rates; (b) any guarantee
by that Person of any indebtedness of others described in the preceding clause
(a); (c) the maximum liabilities of such Person under any "Off Balance Sheet
Arrangement" (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated
under the Securities Act); and (d) all liabilities to reimburse any bank or
other Person for amounts paid under a letter of credit (including standby and
commercial), surety bond, bank guarantees or bankers' acceptance.
(kk) "Intellectual Property" means
all U.S. and foreign: (A) trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet
domain names, designs, trade dress, business names, corporate names, Internet
domain names, logos, slogans, and all other indicia of origin together with
goodwill, registrations, renewals and applications relating to the foregoing
("Trademarks"); (B)
inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice), all improvements
thereto, and patents and industrial designs (including utility models, designs
and industrial property) and pending patent and industrial design applications,
invention and patent disclosures, together with all renewals, reissues,
reexaminations, divisionals, revisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and
extensions thereof ("Patents"); (C) works of
authorship (whether or not copyrightable), registered and unregistered
copyrights, mask works, database rights and moral rights, together with all
applications therefor and renewals thereof ("Copyrights"); (D)
trade secrets, confidential information (including technical data, customer and
supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans
and proposals), technology, know-how, inventions, processes, techniques,
protocols, product specifications, data, compositions, industrial models,
architectures, layouts, designs, drawings, plans, specifications, ideas,
research and development, formulae, algorithms, models, and methodologies
("Trade Secrets"); (E)
all rights of privacy and publicity, including rights to use the names,
likenesses, images, voices, signatures and biographical information of real
persons; and (F) all other registrations, issuances, certificates and associated
intellectual or industrial property with respect to any of the foregoing
(A)-(E).
(ll) "IP License Agreements" means,
collectively, the IP In-Licenses and the IP Out-Licenses.
(mm) "IRS" means the United States
Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.
(nn) "Knowledge" of the Company,
with respect to any matter in question, means the actual knowledge (after
reasonable inquiry of (x) their direct reports and (y) any other employees or
consultants of the Company whom the Key Employees reasonably believe would have
actual knowledge of the matters represented) of the Key Employees.
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(oo) "Legal Proceeding" means any
legal action, charge, lawsuit, litigation, arbitration, investigation (to the
extent known by the investigated party) or other similarly formal legal
proceeding of any kind whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, which has been
brought by or is pending before any Governmental Authority.
(pp) "Lien" means any lien,
mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, charge, encumbrance or other
adverse claim or interest.
(qq) "Object Code" means one or more
computer instructions in machine readable form (whether or not packaged in
directly executable form), including any such instructions that are readable in
a virtual machine, whether or not derived from Source Code. Object
Code includes firmware, compiled or interpreted programmable logic, libraries,
objects, bytecode, machine code and middleware.
(rr) "Open Source License" means (i)
any license that is, or is substantially similar to, a license approved by the
Open Source Initiative and listed at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx, which
licenses include all versions of the Reciprocal Public License, GNU GPL, the GNU
LGPL, the GNU Affero GPL, the MIT license, the Eclipse Public License, the
Common Public Attribution License, the CDDL, the Mozilla Public License, the
Academic Free License, the BSD license and the Apache license and
(ii) any license that requires or that conditions any rights granted in such
license upon: (A) the disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other
Software (other than such item of Software in its unmodified form); (B) a
requirement that any other licensee of the Software be permitted to modify, make
derivative works of, or reverse engineer any such other Software; (C) a
requirement that such other Software be redistributable to other licensees; or
(D) the grant of any patent rights including non-assertion or patent license
obligations.
(ss) "Open Source Software" means
any Software that is licensed pursuant to an Open Source License, whether or not
Source Code is available or included in such license.
(tt) "Permitted Liens" means any of
the following: (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies either not yet delinquent, for which appropriate reserves have been
established to the extent required by GAAP or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; (ii) mechanics,
carriers', workmen's, warehouseman's, repairmen's, materialmen's or other Liens
or security interests that are not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; (iii) non-exclusive
licenses to Intellectual Property rights granted to customers in the ordinary
course of business; (iv) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under
workers' compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or
statutory obligations; (v) defects, imperfections or irregularities in title,
easements, covenants and rights of way (unrecorded and of record) and other
similar Liens (or other encumbrances of any type), and zoning, building and
other similar codes or restrictions, in each case that do not adversely affect
in any material respect the current use of the applicable property leased, used
or held for use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (vi) statutory,
common law or contractual Liens (or other encumbrances of any type) of landlords
or Liens against the interests of the landlord or owner of any Leased Real
Property unless caused by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(uu) "Person" means any individual,
corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
corporation (including any limited liability company or joint stock company),
firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity.
(vv) "Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act" means the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules or regulations
thereto.
(ww) "SEC" means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
(xx) "Securities Act" means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any successor statute, rules or regulations thereto.
(yy) "Software" means all computer
programs, in any form or medium, including Source Code and Object Code,
including all data and collections of data used to develop any of the foregoing,
and all user manuals, programmer documentation, text, diagrams, graphs, charts,
presentations and similar documentation related to any of the
foregoing.
(zz) "Source Code" means one or more
statements in human readable form, including comments and definitions, which are
generally formed and organized according to the syntax of a computer or
programmable logic programming language (including such statements in batch or
scripting languages).
(aaa) "Specified Capitalization
Provisions" means the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 2.7.
(bbb) "Subsidiary" of any Person
means: (i) a corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or by one of more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such
Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, (ii) a partnership of which
such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and
one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the general
partner and has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such
partnership, (iii) a limited liability company of which such Person or one or
more other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the managing member and has the
power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such company or (iv) any
other Person (other than a corporation, partnership or limited liability
company) in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person
or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or
indirectly, has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies,
management and affairs thereof.
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(ccc) "Superior Proposal" means any
bona fide written Acquisition Proposal for an Acquisition Transaction (except
that all references in the definition of Acquisition Transaction to "fifteen
percent (15%)" shall be references to "fifty percent (50%)") not solicited in
violation of Section 4.3 which the Company Board determines in good faith, after
consultation with independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and
taking into consideration, among other things, all of the terms and conditions
and all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition
Proposal and this Agreement (in each case taking into account any revisions to
this Agreement made or proposed in writing by Parent prior to the time of
determination), (i) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with
its terms, and (ii) would result in a transaction more favorable to the Company
Stockholders from a financial point of view than the transactions provided for
in this Agreement (after taking into account the expected timing and risk and
likelihood of consummation).
(ddd) "Tax" means (i) any and all
U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges of any kind whatsoever, 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, 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) as a result
of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar
group for any period (including any arrangement for group or consortium relief
or similar arrangement), and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts
of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) as a result of any express or
implied obligation to indemnify any other Person or as a result of any
obligations under any agreements or arrangements 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.
(eee) "Third Party Components" means,
with respect to any Company Software, all of the following that are not owned by
and are licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to an In-License
Agreement: Software or Intellectual Property that is incorporated into, combined
with, linked with, or similarly used in connection with such Company Software,
including any Software or Intellectual Property that is referenced or required
to be present or available (including available via another machine connected
directly or through a network) in or in connection with such Company Software
for such Company Software to properly function in accordance with its
specifications.
9.2 Additional
Definitions. The following capitalized terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the respective sections of this
Agreement set forth opposite each of the capitalized terms
below:
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Term
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Section Reference
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Agreement
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Preamble
|
|
Assets
|
2.14
|
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Capitalization
Date
|
2.7(a)
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation
|
1.5(a)
|
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
1.2
|
|
Certificates
|
1.8(c)
|
|
Closing
|
1.3
|
|
Closing
Date
|
1.3
|
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Collective
Bargaining Agreement
|
2.19(a)
|
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
|
Company
Board Recommendation
|
2.3
|
|
Company
Board Recommendation Change
|
5.4(a)
|
|
Company
SEC Reports
|
2.9(a)
|
|
Company
Securities
|
2.7(d)
|
|
Company
Stockholder Meeting
|
5.3(a)
|
|
Confidentiality
Agreement
|
8.4
|
|
Consent
|
2.6
|
|
D&O
Insurance
|
5.8(c)
|
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Delaware
Secretary of State
|
1.2
|
|
DGCL
|
Recitals
|
|
Dissenting
shares
|
1.7(c)(i)
|
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Effective
Time
|
1.2
|
|
Employee
Documents
|
Recitals
|
|
Employee
Plans
|
2.18(a)
|
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ERISA
Affiliate
|
2.18(a)
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Exchange
Fund
|
1.8(b)
|
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Indemnified
Persons
|
5.8(a)
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IP
In-License
|
2.16(d)(v)
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IP
Out-License
|
2.16(d)(iv)
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Leased
Real Property
|
2.15(b)
|
|
Leases
|
2.15(b)
|
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Material
Contract
|
2.13(a)
|
|
Maximum
Annual Premium
|
5.8(c)
|
|
Merger
|
Recitals
|
|
Merger
Sub
|
Preamble
|
|
Option
Certificates
|
1.8(c)
|
|
Option
Consideration
|
1.7(d)
|
|
Other
Required Company Filing(s)
|
2.27
|
|
Owned
Company Shares
|
1.7(a)(ii)
|
|
Parent
|
Preamble
|
|
Payment
Agent
|
1.8(a)
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|
Per
Share Price
|
1.7(a)(i)
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|
Proxy
Statement
|
2.27
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|
Representatives
|
4.3(a)
|
|
Requisite
Stock holder Approval
|
2.4
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|
Share
Certificates
|
1.8(c)
|
|
Surviving
Corporation
|
1.1
|
|
Tax
Returns
|
2.17(a)
|
|
Termination
Date
|
7.1(c)
|
|
Uncertificated
Shares
|
1.8(c)
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9.3 Certain
Interpretations.
(a) Unless
otherwise indicated, all references herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes,
Exhibits or Schedules, shall be deemed to refer to Articles, Sections, Annexes,
Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement, as applicable.
(b) 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."
(c) The
table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision
hereof.
(d) References
to "$" and "dollars" are to the currency of the United States.
(e) References
to "made available" shall mean that such documents or information referenced
shall have been contained in the Company's electronic data room to which Parent
and its counsel had access at least two (2) calendar days prior to the date of
this Agreement or which have otherwise actually been delivered to the applicable
Person.
(f) When
reference is made herein to a Person, such reference shall be deemed to include
all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person unless otherwise indicated
or the context otherwise requires.
(g) Unless
otherwise indicted, all references herein to the Subsidiaries of a Person shall
be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person unless
otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires.
(h) Whenever
the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of
nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa.
(i) The
parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the
negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the
application of any law, holding or rule of construction providing that
ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the
party drafting such agreement or document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly
authorized officers to be effective as of the date first above
written.
TIBCO
SOFTWARE INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President, General Counsel
&
Secretary
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PERSEUS
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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PROGINET
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxxx
Weil
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Title:
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President
& CEO
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER]
EXHIBIT
A
List of
Stockholders Entering into Voting Agreements
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon
request.
EXHIBIT
B
Form of
Voting Agreements
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
EXHIBIT
C
Key
Employees
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
EXHIBIT
D
Form of
Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
EXHIBIT
E
Certain
Key Employees
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
EXHIBIT
F
Forms of
Employee Documents
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
EXHIBIT
G
Form of
Certificate of Incorporation
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
Company
Disclosure Schedule*
Index
to the Company Disclosure Schedule
Schedule
2.5(a) - Non-Contravention
Schedule
2.5(b) - Specified Contracts
Schedule
2.7(b) - Company Options
Schedule
2.7(e) - Company Capitalization
Schedule
2.8(a) - Subsidiaries
Schedule
2.11 - Undisclosed Liabilities
Schedule
2.12 - Absence of Changes
Schedule
2.13 - Material Contracts
Schedule
2.15(b) - Leased Real Property
Schedule
2.16 - Intellectual Property
Schedule
2.18 - Employee Plans
Schedule
2.21(c) - Compliance with Laws
Schedule
2.22 - Legal Proceedings
Schedule
2.23 - Insurance
Schedule
2.24 - Related Party Transactions
Schedule
2.30(a) - Significant Customers
Schedule
4.2 - Forbearance Covenants
Schedule
5.8(c) - Directors' and Officers' Exculpation, Indemnification and
Insurance
Schedule
9.1(o) - Exclusions to Company Material Adverse Effect
* The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.