AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG RADWARE, INC., RADWARE, LTD., RADWARE DELAWARE CORP., COVELIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VI, LP, as a Sellers Representative, AURORA VENTURES IV, LLC, as a Sellers Representative, AND CERTAIN...
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND
AMONG
RADWARE,
INC.,
RADWARE,
LTD.,
RADWARE
DELAWARE CORP.,
COVELIGHT
SYSTEMS, INC.,
INTERSOUTH
PARTNERS VI, LP, as a Sellers Representative,
AURORA
VENTURES IV, LLC, as a Sellers Representative,
AND
CERTAIN NOTEHOLDERS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF
COVELIGHT
SYSTEMS, INC.
DATED
AS
OF APRIL 25, 2007
Exhibits
and Annexes
Exhibit A |
Form
of Escrow Agreement
|
Exhibit B |
Form
of Opinion of Counsel
|
AnnexA |
Flow
of Funds
|
Schedule 7.01 |
Company
Required Consents
|
Schedule 9.14 |
Knowledge
|
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 25, 2007 (this “Agreement”),
by
and among Radware, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Radware”),
which
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Radware, Ltd., an Israeli corporation
(“Parent”),
Radware Delaware Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary
of
Radware (“Merger
Sub”),
Covelight Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
with
respect to Article VIII and Sections 2.07, 2.08, 9.03, 9.06 and 9.16, Intersouth
Partners VI, LP and Aurora Ventures IV, LLC, as Sellers Representatives (the
“Sellers
Representatives”)
and
other persons listed on the signature pages hereto as stockholders of the
Company (collectively the “Company
Stockholders”)
and
the holders of the Company’s convertible promissory notes (collectively the
“Company
Noteholders”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
each of Radware, Merger Sub and the Company has determined that it is advisable
and in the best interests of its shareholders and stockholders, respectively,
for the parties to enter into a business combination upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
in furtherance of such combination, the boards of directors of each of Merger
Sub and the Company have approved, and the board of directors of Radware has
authorized, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
“Merger”)
in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of
the
State of Delaware (the “Delaware
Law”),
and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of the Company (the “Company
Board”)
has
unanimously recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt
this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby;
and
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a
condition to Radware’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, the requisite
number of the Company’s stockholders, in accordance with the Delaware Law, have
approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Approval”);
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01 Definitions.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the term:
“Additional
Investor Incentive Agreement Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(b).
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“Additional
Key Contributor Plan Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(b).
“Additional
Payment”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(a).
“affiliate”
means,
with respect to any person, any other person who, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with the person specified.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Ancillary
Agreements”
means
the Escrow Agreement and any note powers, stock powers and certificates required
to be delivered under this Agreement.
“Approval”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Audited
Financial Statements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.07.
“Basket
Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.04(a).
“BB&T
Revenue”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(a).
“business
day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York
City are required or authorized to be closed.
“Certificate
of Merger”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.02.
“Claim”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.03(b).
“Closing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“Closing
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“Closing
Date Purchase Price”
means
Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000) in cash.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Company
Board”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Company
By-Laws”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.02.
“Company
Capital Stock”
means,
collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred
Stock.
“Company
Certificate of Incorporation”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.02.
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“Company
Common Stock”
means
the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company
Disclosure Schedule”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Article
III.
“Company
Material Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on or change to the business, operations, financial
condition, assets, properties (including intangible properties) or liabilities
of the Company, taken as a whole, excluding effects or changes (x) resulting
from developments in worldwide, national or local conditions (political,
economic or regulatory) that adversely affect enterprises or the Company’s
industry generally and do not specifically relate to or have a materially
disproportionate effect on the Company, taken as a whole or (y) resulting solely
from the identity of the prospective purchaser of the Company or the
announcement or pendency of the Merger.
“Company
Noteholders”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Company
Option Plan”
means
the Company’s 2002 Stock Plan, as amended.
“Company
Permits”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.06(b).
“Company
Plan”
or
“Company
Plans”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).
“Company
Preferred Stock”
means
the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“Company
Recipients”
means
the Company Stockholders and Company Noteholders.
“Company
Required Consents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).
“Company
Software”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(l).
“Company
Recipient Indemnitees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.02.
“Company
Stockholders”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Confidential
Information”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.01.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
means
the Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement dated as of November 9, 2006, as amended
on
January 18, 2007, between the Company and Parent.
“control”
(including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or securities or debt convertible into voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
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“Copyrights”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(i).
“Delaware
Law”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Domain
Names”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(iv).
“Earn
Out Resolution Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(c).
“Effective
Time”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.02.
“Election
Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.03(b)(i).
“Encumbrances”
means
any lien (other than mechanics’ liens), pledge, hypothecation, claim (other than
infringement), charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, prior
assignment, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right,
community property interest or restriction of any nature whatsoever (including
any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer
of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income
derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any
restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute
of
ownership of any asset).
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any applicable foreign, federal, state or local law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, code, order or judgment (including any written judicial or
administrative interpretations, guidances, directives, policy statements or
opinions) relating to human health and safety or, injury to, or the pollution
or
protection of, the environment.
“Environmental
Liabilities”
means
any claims, judgments, damages (including punitive damages), losses, penalties,
fines, liabilities, Encumbrances, violations, costs and expenses (including
attorneys’ and consultants’ fees) of investigation, remediation, monitoring or
defense of any matter relating to human health, safety or the environment of
whatever kind or nature by any party, entity or authority, that arise under
Environmental Laws or that are incurred as a result of (i) the existence of
Hazardous Substances in connection with the operation of the business of the
Company, (ii) the violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental
Laws or (iii) exposure to any Hazardous Substances.
“ERISA”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(a).
“ERISA
Affiliate”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(a).
“Escrow
Agent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
“Escrow
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
“Escrow
Amount”
means
Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000).
“Escrow
Indemnity Account”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
“Escrow
Release Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
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“Escrow
Termination Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
“Existing
Options”
means
all options to purchase capital stock of the Company granted pursuant to the
Company Option Plan or pursuant to any other arrangement adopted by the Company
Board to provide options or other rights to purchase capital stock of the
Company to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the
Company.
“Extinguished
Stock”
shall
have the meaning in Section
2.06(f).
“Financial
Statements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.07.
“First
Anniversary Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(a).
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any foreign or United States federal, state or local governmental,
administrative or regulatory authority, commission, body, agency, court or
any
judicial body or other similar authority.
“Hazardous
Substances”
means
any chemicals, substances, materials or wastes regulated under any Environmental
Law.
“Inflight
and Percept Product Lines”
means
the Inflight and Percept product lines of the Surviving Corporation, including
any product line extensions, improvements, derivative or additional products
developed using the technology, intellectual property or engineering team of
the
Company as constituted prior to the Closing.
“Initial
Investor Incentive Agreement Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(b)(i).
“Initial
Key Contributor Plan Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a)(i).
“Intellectual
Property”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a).
“Interim
Escrow Release”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.09(a).
“Interim
Financial Statements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.07.
“Inventions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(vi).
“Investor
Incentive Agreement”
means
the Covelight Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated Investor Incentive Bonus
Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2007, by and among the Company and certain
of the Company Stockholders.
“Investor
Incentive Agreement Recipients”
means
the persons so designated as set forth on Annex A
hereto,
each of whom has been so designated in accordance with the terms of the Investor
Incentive Agreement.
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“IRS”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(d).
“JAMS”
means
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.
“Key
Contributor Plan”
means
the Amended and Restated Covelight Systems, Inc. Key Contributor Incentive
Plan,
effective as of August 15, 2006.
“Key
Contributor Plan Participants”
means
the persons so designated as set forth on Annex A
hereto,
each of whom has been so designated in accordance with the terms of the Key
Contributor Plan.
“Laws”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.06(a).
“License”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(c).
“Losses”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.01.
“Material
Contracts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.18.
“Merger
Sub”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Net
Aggregate Merger Consideration”
means
the Closing Date Purchase Price, minus (x) the Transaction Expenses and the
Initial Key Contributor Plan Amount and the Initial Investor Incentive Agreement
Amount plus (y) the Additional Payment. The Noteholder Consideration and the
Stockholder Consideration together shall equal the Net Aggregate Merger
Consideration.
“Net
Revenues”
means
the revenues recognized in accordance with GAAP from the sale, license,
maintenance, support or other transactions associated with the Inflight and
Percept Product Lines, minus (x) any credits, returns and allowances for bad
or
doubtful accounts and (y) an amount equal to all accounts receivable relating
to
the Inflight and Percept Product Lines which, as of the First Anniversary Date,
are outstanding for over one hundred twenty (120) days; provided
that for purposes of this Agreement, VSOE (vendor specific objective evidence)
will not exceed 20% of price list per contract year and maintenance revenue
will
be recognized ratably over the life of the maintenance term.
“Neutral
Firm”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(c).
“Noteholder
Consideration”
means
the amounts paid to the holders of the Notes as set forth on Annex
A.
“Notes”
means
the outstanding convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount
of $4,125,000 issued by the Company in favor of the Company
Noteholders.
“Notice
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth
in
Section
2.08(b).
“Parent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Patents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(ii).
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“Payment
Calculator”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.13.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.19.
“person”
means
a
natural person, a governmental entity, agency or representative (at any level
of
government), a corporation, partnership, joint venture or other association,
as
context requires.
“Pro
Rata Interest”
means,
with respect to a Company Recipient, a fraction, the numerator of which is
the
aggregate portion of the Net Aggregate Merger Consideration that such holder
receives hereunder and the denominator of which is the Net Aggregate Merger
Consideration received by all Company Recipients.
“Proceeding”
means
any claim, action, suit, investigation, arbitration, litigation or other
proceeding.
“PTO”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(g)(i).
“Radware”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Radware
Disclosure Schedule”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Article V.
“Radware
Indemnitees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.01.
“Related
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.21(a).
“Rights
Agreements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.01.
“Sellers
Representative”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
9.16(a).
“Software”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(vii).
“Stockholder
Consideration”
means
the amounts to be paid to the Company’s stockholders set forth on Annex
A.
“subsidiary”
or
“subsidiaries”
of
any
person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity
of which such person (either alone or through or together with any other
subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other
equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the
election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation
or other legal entity.
“Surviving
Corporation”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“Surviving
Corporation Common Stock”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(b).
“Tax”
or
“Taxes”
means
(i) all taxes, including, but not limited to, income (whether net or
gross), excise, real or personal property, sales, transfer, gains, gross
receipts, occupation, privilege, payroll, wage, unemployment, workers’
compensation, social security, occupation, use, value added, capital, gross
receipts, franchise, license, severance, stamp, premium, windfall profits,
environmental (including taxes under Code Sec. 59A), capital stock, profits,
withholding, disability, registration, customs duties, alternative or add-on
minimum, estimated or other tax of any kind whatsoever (whether disputed or
not)
imposed by any Tax Authority, including any related charges, fees, interest,
penalties, additions to tax or other assessments imposed with respect thereto
and (ii) any liability of the Company for the payment of amounts of the
type described in clause (i) as a result of any obligation of the Company under
any tax sharing or tax indemnity agreement, provision or arrangement, whether
formal or informal or under Treasury Regulations § 1.1502-6 or similar
provisions under state, local or non-U.S. law.
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“Tax
Authority”
means
any federal, national, foreign, state, municipal or other local government,
or
any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any
quasi-governmental body or other authority exercising any regulatory authority
with respect to Taxes.
“Tax
Proceeding”
means
any audit or investigation, other administrative proceeding or judicial
proceeding involving Taxes.
“Tax
Reserve”
means,
with respect to the Company, (i) the amount of current Taxes (excluding any
provision for deferred Taxes) reflected as a liability on the Unaudited Balance
Sheet, as defined in Section
3.07,
and
(ii) any additional Taxes accrued in the ordinary course of business between
the
date of the Unaudited Balance Sheet and the close of the Closing Date, to the
extent the Taxes referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) have not been paid
prior to the Closing Date.
“Tax
Returns”
means
all returns, reports, estimates, information returns and statements (including
any related or supporting information) filed or to be filed with any Tax
Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or
administration of any Taxes.
“Third-Party
Claims”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.03(b).
“Third-Party
Software”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(l).
“Timely
Dispute Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.08(b).
“Trade
Secrets”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(v).
“Trademarks”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.17(a)(iii).
“Transaction
Expenses”
means
the amount of all unpaid attorneys’, investment bankers’ and accountants’ fees
and expenses and other similar fees and expenses incurred or to be incurred
by
the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
All Transaction Expenses, including the name of the party and the amount due
as
of the Closing shall be set forth on Annex
A
attached
hereto.
“Treasury
Shares”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(a).
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“Treasury
Regulations”
mean
the final Regulations and Temporary Regulations promulgated under the Code,
as
currently in effect, as such regulations may hereafter be amended from time
to
time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
“Unaudited
Balance Sheet”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.07.
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
SECTION
2.01 The
Merger.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the
Certificate of Merger, and in accordance with the Delaware Law, at the Effective
Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of
the
Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the
“Surviving
Corporation”)
and
shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub in
accordance with the Delaware Law. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the
consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”)
will
take place as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2) business
days) after delivery of the items set forth in Article
VII,
at the
offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, unless another date, time or place is agreed to in
writing by Radware and the Company (the “Closing
Date”).
SECTION
2.02 Effective
Time.
On the
Closing Date, the parties hereto shall file a certificate of merger (the
“Certificate
of Merger”)
with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by,
and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the Delaware Law.
The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger
is
duly filed with such Secretary of State, or at such other time as Radware and
the Company shall agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger (the time
the
Merger becomes effective being the “Effective
Time”).
SECTION
2.03 Effect
of the Merger.
At the
Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement,
the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time all
the
property, goodwill, 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.
SECTION
2.04 Certificate
of Incorporation; By-Laws.
(a) At
the
Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub shall be the
certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) At
the
Effective Time, the by-laws of Merger Sub shall be the by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation.
SECTION
2.05 Directors
and Officers.
The
directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
initial directors of the Surviving Corporation and the persons designated by
Radware shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation.
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SECTION
2.06 Effect
on Capital Stock Payment.
At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of
any Company Stockholder or the holder of any shares of the capital stock of
Merger Sub:
(a) Company
Treasury Shares.
Each
share of Company Common Stock held by the Company as treasury stock and each
share of Company Preferred Stock held by the Company as treasury stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, “Treasury
Shares”)
shall
automatically be canceled and retired and cease to exist, and no consideration
or payment shall be delivered therefor or in respect thereof.
(b) Capital
Stock of Merger Sub.
Each
share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior
to
the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (“Surviving
Corporation Common Stock”),
with
the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall
constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation. Each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any
such shares shall remain outstanding and evidence ownership of shares of
Surviving Corporation Common Stock.
(c) Existing
Options.
Radware
is not assuming any Existing Options in the Merger, and all of the Existing
Options shall be cancelled and terminated, and be of no further force or effect
from and after the Closing without payment of consideration
therefor.
(d) Derivative
Securities.
Each
Company Recipient agrees that any derivative securities of the Company it holds
other than the Notes and the Company Preferred Stock (including but not limited
to warrants) shall be cancelled and terminated and be of no further force or
effect from and after the Closing without
payment of consideration therefor.
(e) Notes.
Title
to each of the Notes will be transferred to Radware upon Closing in exchange
for
the Noteholder Consideration, free and clear of all Encumbrances.
(f) Outstanding
Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock.
Each
share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and each share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Treasury Shares) shall
be
cancelled and extinguished (the “Extinguished
Stock”)
and
thereafter shall represent the right to receive the Stockholder
Consideration.
(g) Payment
of Closing Purchase Price.
On the
Closing Date, Radware will pay the Closing Date Purchase Price as set forth
on
Annex
A
by check
or wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds.
(h) Capital
Transaction Nature of the Purchase of the Notes.
Each
party hereto agrees that Radware is purchasing the Notes and will treat such
purchase as a capital transaction.
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SECTION
2.07 Effect
on Incentive Plans.
(a) Key
Contributor Plan.
(i) On
the
Closing Date, pursuant to the Key Contributor Plan, each of the Key Contributor
Plan Participants shall receive the amounts set forth opposite his, her or
its
name on Annex
A
attached
hereto (collectively, the “Initial
Key Contributor Plan Amount”),
which
amounts Radware shall pay to the Key Contributor Plan Participants.
(ii) If
an
Additional Payment is payable to the Company Recipients pursuant to Section
2.08(d),
Radware
shall pay the Additional Key Contributor Plan Amount to the Key Contributor
Plan
Participants, allocated as set forth on Annex
A,
at the
same time that the Additional Payment is required to be made pursuant to
Section
2.08,
and the
amount of the Additional Payment shall be net of the Additional Key Contributor
Plan Amount. In the event any Additional Key Contributor Plan Amount is
undesignated as to the recipient at the time of payment, the Sellers
Representatives shall provide Radware with the names and amounts of the
recipients.
(b) Investor
Incentive Agreement.
(i) On
the
Closing Date, pursuant to the Investor Incentive Agreement, each of the Investor
Incentive Agreement Recipients shall receive the amounts set forth opposite
his,
her or its name on Annex
A
attached
hereto (collectively, the “Initial
Investor Incentive Agreement Amount”),
which
amounts Radware shall pay to the Investor Incentive Agreement
Recipients.
(ii) If
an
Additional Payment is payable to the Company Recipients pursuant to Section
2.08(d),
Radware
shall pay the Additional Investor Incentive Agreement Amount to the Investor
Incentive Agreement Recipients, allocated as set forth on Annex
A,
at the
same time that the Additional Payment is required to be made pursuant to
Section
2.08,
and the
amount of the Additional Payment shall be net of the Additional Investor
Incentive Agreement Amount. In the event any Additional Investor Incentive
Agreement Amount is undesignated as to the recipient at the time of payment,
the
Sellers Representatives shall provide Radware with the names and amounts of
the
recipients.
SECTION
2.08 Additional
Payment.
(a) Additional
Payment.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section
2.08
and this
Agreement, Radware shall make a payment to the Company Recipients as follows:
a
one-time cash payment (the “Additional
Payment”)
equal
to that positive number representing the sum of (i) the product of two
multiplied by the Net Revenues recognized by the Inflight and Percept Product
Lines during the twelve (12)
months beginning April 1, 2007 and ending March 31, 2008 (the “First
Anniversary Date”)
(including Net Revenues recognized during April and prior to
Closing),
minus
(ii) Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000); provided
that
(x)
the
Additional Payment shall be reduced by the Additional Key Contributor Plan
Amount and the Additional Investor Incentive Agreement Amount, respectively
and
(y)
the sum
of (1) the Additional Payment, (2) the Additional Key Contributor Plan Amount
and (3) the Additional Investor Incentive Agreement Amount
shall
not exceed Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($8,500,000). The Company
has sold certain products to BB&T Corporation and has received payment but
has not yet recognized the revenues under GAAP for accounting purposes (the
“BB&T
Revenue”).
In
the event that (i) Parent does not recognize the BB&T Revenue as part of its
net revenues for accounting purposes during the period
beginning on the date hereof and ending March 31, 2008,
then
the BB&T Revenue shall not constitute Net Revenues and (ii) Parent does
recognize all or part of the BB&T Revenue as part of its net revenues for
accounting purposes during the period
beginning on the date hereof and ending March 31, 2008,
then
the BB&T Revenue, to the extent so recognized by Parent, shall constitute
Net Revenues.
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(b) Additional
Payment and Dispute Notice by the Company Recipients.
Within
forty five (45) days of the First Anniversary Date, Radware shall provide the
Sellers Representatives with its calculation of the Additional Payment, the
additional amounts that shall be payable to the Key Contributor Plan
Participants pursuant to the terms of the Key Contributor Plan (collectively,
the “Additional
Key Contributor Plan Amount”)
and
the additional amounts that shall be payable to the Investor Incentive Agreement
Recipients pursuant to the terms of the Investor Incentive Agreement
(collectively, the “Additional
Investor Incentive Agreement Amount”)
(the
date on which such notice is delivered, the “Notice
Date”).
Unless both Sellers Representatives deliver a Dispute Notice (a
“Timely
Dispute Notice”)
to
Radware on or prior to thirty (30) days following the Notice
Date (the “Dispute
Notice Date”),
the
Company Recipients shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to Radware’s
determination of the Additional Payment, the Additional Key Contributor Plan
Amount and the Additional Investor Incentive Agreement Amount, if any, that
is
payable to the Company Recipients, the Key Contributor Plan Participants and
the
Investor Incentive Agreement Recipients, respectively.
(c) Disputes.
If the
Sellers Representatives timely provide a Dispute Notice to Radware, the
representatives of Radware and both Sellers Representatives shall, within thirty
(30) days following the date of the Dispute Notice (the “Earn
Out Resolution Period”),
attempt in good faith to resolve their differences and any resolution by them
that is agreed by the parties in writing shall be final, binding and conclusive.
In connection with any such dispute, each party will cooperate with the other
party to attempt to resolve such dispute including making available to such
other parties personnel, books and records, material and other information
reasonably requested for making determinations as to the dispute and related
computations. If at the conclusion of the Earn Out Resolution Period there
are
amounts remaining in dispute, then all amounts remaining in dispute shall be
submitted for resolution to a recognizable, reputable and impartial certified
public accounting firm that is mutually acceptable to Radware and both Sellers
Representatives (the “Neutral
Firm”).
If
Radware and both Sellers Representatives cannot agree upon a Neutral Firm within
ten (10) days, a mediator selected by JAMS at the request of the parties shall
choose a recognized, reputable, and impartial certified public accounting firm
to act as the Neutral Firm. The Neutral Firm shall promptly resolve the amounts
remaining in dispute between the parties and shall, within thirty (30) days
of
its engagement, deliver its determination of the amounts remaining in dispute
in
writing to Radware and the Sellers Representatives, which determination shall
be
final, binding and conclusive. The fees and expenses of the Neutral Firm shall
be shared by Radware, on the one hand, and the Company Recipients, on the other
hand, in inverse proportion to the relative amounts of the disputed amounts
determined in favor of Radware, on the one hand, and the Company Recipients,
on
the other hand, respectively.
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(d) Payment
of Additional Payment.
Within
ten (10) days of the final determination of the amounts of the Additional
Payment, the Additional Key Contributor Plan Amount and the Additional Investor
Incentive Agreement Amount in accordance with this Section
2.08,
Radware
shall, in reliance on certifications received from all of the Company
Recipients, the Key Contributor Plan Participants and the Investor Incentive
Agreement Recipients, (i) pay the Company Recipients the Additional Payment
pursuant to Section
2.06(f);
(ii)
pay the Key Contributor Plan Participants the Additional Key Contributor Plan
Amount pursuant to Section
2.07(a)(ii);
and
(iii) pay the Investor Incentive Agreement Recipients the Additional Investor
Incentive Agreement Amount pursuant to Section
2.07(b)(ii).
Upon
payment of these amounts, Radware shall receive a binding acknowledgement
executed by each of the Company Recipients, the Key Contributor Plan
Participants and the Investor Incentive Agreement Recipients, respectively,
acknowledging that they have each received any and all proceeds that they are
entitled to pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that amounts are released from escrow pursuant to Section
2.09(a),
an
amount equal to the Escrow Release Amount shall be withheld from the Additional
Payment until the later of (x) the Escrow Termination Date and (y) if at the
Escrow Termination Date there are any then pending and unresolved claims for
indemnification under Article
VIII,
then
the final resolution of such claims (to the extent of such claims) and the
withheld amounts shall be applied in accordance with Article
VIII.
(e) Price
Protection.
Radware
and Parent shall adhere to their ordinary course pricing policies in the sale
of
any product in the Inflight or Percept Product Line, and will not alter their
pricing practices in order to reduce the amount of the Additional Payment due
under this Agreement. In addition, Radware and Parent agree that in the event
of
the sale of any Radware or Parent products bundled with a product in the
Inflight or Percept Product Line, the percentage of list price discount applied
to the product in the Inflight or Percept Product Line will not exceed the
percentage of list price discount applied to the Radware or Parent
product.
SECTION
2.09 Escrow
Accounts.
(a) At
the
Effective Time, Radware shall deliver from the Net Aggregate Merger
Consideration to the escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”),
(i)
under the escrow agreement dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit
A
hereto
(the “Escrow
Agreement”),
the
Escrow Amount to be held in an escrow account (the “Escrow
Indemnity Account”)
in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Amount will be
available to satisfy claims for Losses made by the Radware Indemnitees pursuant
and subject to Article
VIII
hereof.
Unless all of the Escrow Amount is released earlier to a Radware Indemnitee
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Amount (or any portion thereof
remaining in the Escrow Indemnity Account) will be held by the Escrow Agent
until the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Escrow
Termination Date”).
Upon
the Escrow Termination Date, Radware shall cause any amount remaining in the
Escrow Indemnity Account at such time to be paid to the Company Recipients
in
accordance with Annex
A.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(x)
to
the extent that any then pending and unresolved claims for indemnification
under
Article
VIII
exist
for which Radware has timely provided notice in accordance with Section
8.04(d),
the
funds reasonably necessary to satisfy such claims will be retained by the Escrow
Agent pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement until such claims are
resolved in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of this Agreement;
and
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(y)
(1)
on a date that is forty five (45) days following the six (6) month anniversary
of the Closing Date, the parties shall release from escrow, for payment in
accordance with Annex
A,
an
amount, if any, equal to seventy five percent (75%) of the Additional Payment
that is anticipated to be due based on the revenues recognized from the Inflight
and Precept Product Lines during the six (6) months following the Closing Date
as set forth in the quarterly revenue update delivered by Radware pursuant
to
Section
9.17
(such
amount, if any, the “Interim
Escrow Release”)
and
(2) following the final determination of the Additional Payment pursuant to
Section
2.08,
the
parties shall release from escrow, for payment in accordance with Annex
A,
an
amount, if any, equal to the difference between (i) Additional Payment finally
determined to be due pursuant to Section
2.08
and (ii)
the Interim Escrow Release (such amount, together with the Interim Escrow
Release, the “Escrow
Release Amount”);
provided in each of the cases of clauses (1) and (2), that there are not
outstanding at such time and pending any unresolved claims for indemnification
under Article
VIII.
(b) On
or
immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Radware
a
statement of all Transaction Expenses, including final invoices for any hourly
or similar unfixed Transaction Expenses being presented by vendors immediately
prior to Closing. At or as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Radware
shall pay the Transaction Expenses (the aggregate amount of which shall reduce
the Closing Date Purchase Price) to the parties to whom such Transaction
Expenses are payable.
SECTION
2.10 Surrender.
(a) Each
holder of Notes or shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock
shall, at Closing, surrender to Radware the Notes or applicable certificate
or
certificates representing such shares of Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by appropriate undated
note
powers or stock powers, as the case may be, transferring such securities to
Radware.
(b) After
the
Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares
of
Company Capital Stock outstanding prior to the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, certificates representing shares of Company Capital Stock
outstanding prior to the Effective Time are presented to the Surviving
Corporation, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the applicable
Stockholder Consideration, and in accordance with the procedures set forth
in
this Agreement.
(c) If
any of
the Notes or Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock certificates shall
have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the holder thereof shall deliver in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, upon the making of
an
affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the applicable portion of such
holder’s Net Aggregate Merger Consideration; provided,
however, that Radware may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the
issuance and delivery thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificates to deliver a reasonable and customary indemnity as it
may
reasonably direct against any claim that may be made against Radware or the
Company with respect to such certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen
or
destroyed.
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(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable Law, none of Radware, Parent, Merger Sub, the
Company or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Notes,
Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock for any portion of the Net
Aggregate Merger Consideration required to be delivered to a public official
pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
(e) Each
of
Radware and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
from the portion of the Net Aggregate Merger Consideration otherwise payable
to
Company Stockholders, Company Noteholders, Investor Incentive Agreement
Recipients and Key Contributor Plan Participants such amounts as it is required
to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the
Code
or any provision of state, local, provincial or foreign tax law. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Company
Preferred Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was
made.
SECTION
2.11 Dissenting
Shares.
Each
Company Stockholder will have waived any appraisal rights under Delaware law
in
connection with the Merger prior to the Closing Date.
SECTION
2.12 Further
Action.
If, 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, the
officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in
the
name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take,
all
such lawful and necessary action.
SECTION
2.13 Annex
A.
The
hardcopy version of Annex
A
attached
hereto reflects payment of the maximum Additional Payment and no claims against
the Escrow Amount. The Company shall attach a sealed envelope to each copy
of
this Agreement containing the spreadsheets used to generate Annex
A
(the
“Payment
Calculator”)
and at
the appropriate time shall input the actual Additional Payment and the amount
released from the escrow to generate a final revised Annex
A.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants to Radware, Parent and Merger Sub as of the
date
hereof that the statements contained in this Article
III
are true
and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the
Company to Radware on the date hereof (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”).
The
Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to
the
numbered and lettered paragraphs in this Article
III
and the
disclosure in any paragraph shall qualify other paragraphs in this Article
III
only to
the extent that it is specifically indicated in such paragraph.
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SECTION
3.01 Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
The
Company 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 necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it owns, leases
or operates and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The
Company does not have any subsidiaries. The Company is duly qualified or
licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing,
in
each jurisdiction where the character of its properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or
licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or
licensed and in good standing that would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each jurisdiction in which the
Company is so qualified or licensed is set forth in Section
3.01
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company does not own, directly or indirectly,
any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business association or entity, whether incorporated or
unincorporated.
SECTION
3.02 Certificate
of Incorporation and By-Laws.
The
Company has previously furnished to Radware a complete and correct copy of
its
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated,
the
“Company
Certificate of Incorporation”)
and
By-Laws (the “Company
By-Laws”),
each
as amended to date. Such Company Certificate of Incorporation and Company
By-Laws are in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any
of
the provisions of the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company
By-Laws.
SECTION
3.03 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 8,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock and 4,275,627 shares of Company Preferred Stock, par value $0.001
per share. As of the date hereof, (i) 1,307,652 shares of Company Common
Stock are issued and outstanding, (ii) 938,733 shares of Company
Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding Existing Options,
(iii) 100,000 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant
to outstanding warrants, and (iv) 4,275,627 shares of Company Preferred
Stock are issued and outstanding. As of the date hereof, Notes in the aggregate
principal amount of $4,125,000 are issued and outstanding. As of the date
hereof, there are no other shares of Company Capital Stock issued and
outstanding or reserved for future issuance.
All
of
the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. None of the issued and
outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock has been issued in violation of
the
Company Certificate of Incorporation, any applicable federal or state Law or
any
preemptive rights or rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except
as
set forth in the Rights Agreements, this Section
3.03
or
Section
3.11
hereof,
there are no options, convertible notes, warrants, calls or preemptive rights
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company or obligating
the Company to issue, transfer, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
transferred, delivered or sold, any shares of capital stock of, or any
securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of, the Company. The Company does
not have issued and outstanding any stock appreciation rights, phantom stock,
performance based rights or similar rights or obligations. There are no
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company to repurchase, redeem
or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company or to provide
funds
to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in the Company or any other entity. Except as set forth in the Rights
Agreements, there are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or
understandings with respect to any Company Capital Stock to which the Company
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person is a party or by which
the
Company or any such other person is bound.
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(b) Section
3.03(b)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all holders of Company Capital Stock
as of
the date hereof, as well as the number, class and series of shares of Company
Capital Stock held by each such holder and (ii) all holders of
Notes.
(c) Section
3.03(c)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of each current
or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or other
person who holds an Existing Option as of the date hereof, together with the
number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Existing Option. As
of
the Closing Date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company
Option Plan, all of the Existing Options shall be cancelled and terminated,
and
be of no further force or effect from and after the Closing.
(d) Except
for accrued dividends on the Company Preferred Stock set forth in Section
3.03(d)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has never declared, nor is there
accrued, any dividend or other distribution with respect to any class or series
of Company Capital Stock.
(e) Upon
payment of the Closing Date Purchase Price as provided for in this Agreement,
the Company Stockholders, Company Noteholders and the optionholders of the
Company will have no further right or claim against the Company, Radware, Merger
Sub or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents or advisors, for any amount owing to such noteholders,
stockholders or optionholders (i) in their capacity as noteholders, stockholders
and optionholders of the Company, (ii) pursuant to the Company Certificate
of
Incorporation or Company By-Laws or the Delaware Law, (iii) relating to or
in
connection with this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby or (iv) pursuant to the Key Contributor Plan or the Investor
Incentive Agreement, other than the right to receive the Escrow Amount, the
Additional Payment, the Additional Key Contributor Amount and the Additional
Investor Incentive Amount in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION
3.04 Authority
Relative to this Agreement; Corporate Action.
(a) The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party
and
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of
this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by the Company
and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Company. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which
the Company is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the
Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by each of the other parties hereto
and
thereto, constitutes, or, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements to which
it is
a party have been or, if executed after the date hereof and at or prior to
the
Effective Time, will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity.
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(b) Necessary
Actions; Notice. The Company has taken all necessary steps so that all
corporate actions, proceedings, instruments, and documents required to carry
out
the transactions contemplated hereby or incidental hereto and all other related
legal matters are reasonably satisfactory to, and has furnished Radware’s
counsel with, such certified copies of such corporate actions and proceedings
and such other instruments and documents as Radware’s counsel shall have
reasonably requested.
(c) The
Second Global Amendment to Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, entered into
as
of April 19, 2007, by and among the Company and the Company Noteholders, has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with its terms.
SECTION
3.05 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which
it is a party by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement
and
the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not, (i) conflict with or violate the Company Certificate of
Incorporation or Company By-Laws, (ii) conflict with or violate any Law
applicable to the Company or by which any of its properties or operations is
bound or affected, (iii) conflict with, result in any breach of, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or impair the Company’s rights or alter the
rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights
of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the
creation of an Encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of the Company
pursuant to, any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement,
lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which
the
Company is a party or by which the Company, or any of its properties, is bound,
except, in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Section
3.05(b)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Company
Required Consents”)
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which
it is a party by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement
and
the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not, require the Company to obtain any waiver, consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or make any filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Entity or other third party, except (i) the filing of the
Certificate of Merger as required by the Delaware Law and (ii) where the failure
to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such
filings or notifications, would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger,
or otherwise prevent or delay the Company from performing its obligations under
this Agreement.
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SECTION
3.06 Compliance,
Permits.
(a) The
Company and its properties and operations, are and since inception have been
in
compliance with all foreign, federal, state and local statutes, laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees and other authorizations
and
approvals of Governmental Entities (collectively, “Laws”),
applicable to the Company or by which any of its properties or operations is
bound except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company
has not received any notice or other communication (whether written or oral)
from any Governmental Entity regarding any actual, alleged, possible or
potential violation of, or any failure to comply with, any Law.
(b) The
Company possesses all permits, licenses, consents, franchises, orders,
approvals, certifications, registrations and authorizations from Governmental
Entities necessary to enable it to continue to own, lease, operate and use
its
assets and properties and conduct its business as presently conducted
(collectively, the “Company
Permits”)
except
as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All of the Company Permits
are valid and in full force and effect, and the Company has no reason to believe
that any Governmental Entity will revoke, cancel, rescind, refuse to renew
in
the ordinary course or modify any of the Company Permits, nor is any proceeding
pending for any such purpose except as would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms
of
the Company Permits and with all material requirements, standards and procedures
of the Governmental Entities that issued them, and with any limitation on any
Company Permit.
SECTION
3.07 Financial
Statements.
Attached as Section
3.07
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule are (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of
the Company as of March 31, 2007 (the “Unaudited
Balance Sheet”)
and
the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity for the ten (10) months then ended (the “Interim
Financial Statements”),
and
(ii) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of May 31, 2006
and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity for the year then ended, accompanied by the report of the
Company’s independent public accountants thereon (the “Audited
Financial Statements”
and,
together with the Interim Financial Statements, the “Financial
Statements”).
Each
of the Financial Statements (including, in each case, the related notes thereto)
was prepared in accordance with the books and records of the Company and in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and is
true and correct, and each fairly presents in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company as at the respective dates
thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the
periods indicated, except that the Interim Financial Statements are subject
to
normal and recurring year-end adjustments which will not be material in amount
and such Interim Financial Statements and may not contain all notes required
by
GAAP.
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SECTION
3.08 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Since
the date of the Unaudited Balance Sheet, the Company has conducted its business
in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and there has not been:
(i) any Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any damage to,
destruction or loss of any material assets of the Company (whether or not
covered by insurance); (iii) any revaluation by the Company of any of its
assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized
software or inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable, other than,
in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (iv) any transaction,
commitment, contract or agreement entered into by the Company requiring the
Company to pay, or any relinquishment by the Company of any contract or other
right, in any case having a value of or involving aggregate payments or value
in
excess of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) other than in the ordinary
course of business; (v) any material adverse change in any customer,
supplier, licensee or licensor relationship, including any cancellation,
termination or adverse modification or, threatened cancellation, termination
or
adverse modification of any such relationship; or (vi) any grant of any
severance or termination pay to any Company employee or consultant or any
increase in the rate or terms of compensation payable or to become payable
by
the Company to any of its employees or consultants or any increase in the rate
or terms of any bonus, pension or other employee benefit plan covering any
of
the Company’s employees (including any new or amended employment, consulting or
other compensation agreement).
SECTION
3.09 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
The
Company does not have any liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) whether or not required to be disclosed in the Financial Statements,
except liabilities (i) provided for in the Unaudited Balance Sheet,
(ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice and that could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, or (iii) set forth in Section
3.09
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
SECTION
3.10 Absence
of Litigation.
Except
as set forth in Section
3.10
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings
or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against
the Company, or any properties of the Company, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, against any officers, directors or employees of the Company in their
capacity as such, before any arbitrator or arbitral forum or tribunal or
Governmental Entity. None of the Company, any of its properties or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s officers, directors or employees
in their capacity as such is subject or party to any judgment, order, decree
or
other direction of, or stipulation with, any Governmental Entity.
SECTION
3.11 Employee
Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements.
(a) Section
3.11(a)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all “employee
benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
and
any other bonus, profit sharing, compensation, pension, severance, deferred
compensation, fringe benefit, insurance, welfare, post-retirement, health,
life,
stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, tuition refund, service award,
company car, scholarship, relocation, disability, accident, sick, vacation,
holiday, termination, unemployment, individual employment, consulting, executive
compensation, incentive, commission, payroll practices, retention, change in
control, non-competition and other plans, agreements, policies, trust funds
or
arrangements (whether written or unwritten, insured or self-insured, domestic
or
foreign) (1) established, maintained, sponsored or contributed to (or with
respect to which there is any obligation to contribute) by the Company or any
entity that would be deemed a “single employer” with the Company under Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA
Affiliate”)
or on
behalf of any employee, officer, director, consultant or stockholder of the
Company (whether current, former or retired) or their beneficiaries or
(2) with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has or has had
any obligation on behalf of any such employee, officer, director, consultant,
stockholder or beneficiary (each a “Company
Plan”
and,
collectively, the “Company
Plans”).
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(b) With
respect to each Company Plan, the Company has delivered to Radware true,
accurate and complete copies of each of the following: (i) the plan document
together with all amendments thereto or a written summary of all material plan
terms in the case of an unwritten plan, (ii) to the extent applicable, any
trust
agreements, custodial agreements, insurance policies, administrative agreements
and similar agreements, and investment management or investment advisory
agreements, (iii) the summary plan description, employee handbooks and
similar employee communications, (iv) to the extent applicable, the most recent
determination letter from the IRS and any related correspondence, and any
pending request for such determination, (v) to the extent applicable, the three
most recently filed Forms 5500, with schedules attached.
(c) No
Company Plan (i) is subject to, and no circumstances exist under which the
Company could have any material liability under, Section 412 of the Code,
Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA; (ii) that is a welfare plan is funded
through a “welfare benefit fund” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code;
(iii) provides or promises welfare benefits after the termination of employment
or other service, except as required by applicable Law; (iv) is funded
through a trust intended to meet the requirements of Section 501(c)(9) of the
Code; (v) is subject to the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United
States; or (vi) is a nonqualified employee pension benefit plan, deferred
compensation plan or excess benefit plan.
(d) (i) Each
Company Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
qualified and has either received a favorable determination letter from the
United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”)
or is
in a prototype or voluntarily submitted plan form that has been pre-approved
by
the IRS and that covers all tax law changes prior to the Economic Growth and
Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and nothing has occurred or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is expected to occur through the date of the Effective Time
that
could cause the loss of such qualification or the imposition of any material
penalty or material tax liability; (ii) all payments required to be made
with respect to a Company Plan, whether under the terms of such plan, a
collective bargaining agreement, insurance policy, other agreement, or by law,
have been made on or before the applicable due date or have been provided for
by
the Company in accordance with the provisions of such Company Plan, applicable
Law and GAAP; (iii) no claim, lawsuit, arbitration or other action has been
asserted, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or
anticipated against any Company Plan (other than routine claims for benefits
and
appeals of such claims), any trustee or fiduciaries thereof, the Company, any
ERISA Affiliate, any director, officer or employee thereof, or any of the assets
of any trust of any Company Plan; (iv) each Company Plan complies in all
material respects with and has been maintained and operated, in all material
respects, in accordance with its terms and applicable Law, including, without
limitation, ERISA and the Code; (v) no non-exempt “prohibited transaction,”
within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA, has
occurred with respect to a Company Plan; (vi) no Company Plan is under, and
the Company has not received any notice of, an audit or investigation by the
IRS, U.S. Department of Labor or any other Governmental Entity and no such
completed audit, if any, has resulted in the imposition of any tax or penalty;
and (vii) with respect to each Company Plan that is funded wholly or
partially through an insurance policy, neither the Company nor any ERISA
Affiliate has any material liability in the nature of retroactive rate
adjustment, loss sharing arrangement or other actual or contingent liability
arising wholly or partially out of events occurring on or before the date of
this Agreement or is reasonably expected to have such liability with respect
to
periods through the Effective Time.
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(e) Neither
the Company, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company (including
any
ERISA Affiliate thereof) has made any promise or commitment, whether or not
legally binding, to create any new Company Plan, or to modify or amend any
existing Company Plan. No event, condition or circumstance exists (or will
exist
following and as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby) that (i) would reasonably be expected to result in a material increase
of the benefits provided under any Company Plan or the expense of maintaining
any Company Plan from the level of benefits or expense incurred for the most
recent fiscal year ended before the Effective Time or (ii) would limit the
right
of the Company to amend, merge or terminate any Company Plan or its related
trust.
(f) The
Company does not have, and no circumstances exist under which the Company would
reasonably be expected to have, any liability for the misclassification of
employees as independent contractors, leased employees or otherwise, or vice
versa.
(g) Except
as
set forth on Section
3.12(g)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, either alone or in combination with any other event, will
not
give rise to any liability under any Company Plan, including, without
limitation, liability for severance or termination pay, unemployment
compensation or withdrawal liability, or accelerate the time of payment or
vesting or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due to any employee,
director or stockholder of the Company (whether current, former or retired)
or
their beneficiaries, except that vesting of certain of the Existing Options
may
be accelerated.
SECTION
3.12 Employees;
Labor Matters.
(a) No
employee or former employee of the Company is owed any wages, benefits or other
compensation for past services (other than wages, benefits and compensation
accrued in the ordinary course of business during the current pay period and
accrued vacation).
(b) There
are
no labor disputes, including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor
practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, pending or,
to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company. The Company has
and is not knowingly engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning
of
the National Labor Relations Act. The Company is not presently a party to,
bound
by, or in the process of negotiating any collective bargaining agreement or
union contract. No organizing activities are presently being made or, to the
knowledge of the Company, are anticipated by or on behalf of any labor union
with respect to any employees of the Company. There are no strikes, slowdowns,
work stoppages, picketing or lockouts pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, by or with respect to any employees of the Company, and
there have been no such strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, picketing or
lockouts within the past two (2) years. The Company is in material compliance
with all applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices,
workers’ compensation, terms and conditions of employment, worker safety, wages
and hours and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. There
has
been no harassment, discrimination, retaliatory act or similar claim against
any
officer, director or employee of the Company at any time during the past two
(2)
years.
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SECTION
3.13 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
Other
than this Agreement, there is no non-competition or similar agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company
which
has the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business operations of the
Company as currently conducted. The Company has not entered into any agreement
under which it is restricted from selling, licensing or otherwise distributing
any of its technology or products, or providing services to, customers or
potential customers, in any geographic area, during any period of time or any
segment of the market or line of business.
SECTION
3.14 Taxes.
Except
as set forth in Section
3.14
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) All
Tax
Returns required to be filed on or before the date hereof by, or with respect
to, the Company have been filed when due. All such Tax Returns were prepared
in
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and accurately reflect
in
all material respects the Taxes due with respect to such Tax Returns. All Taxes
(whether or not shown on any Tax Return) owed by, or with respect to, the
Company on or before the date hereof, have been timely paid, except those,
if
any, which are presently being contested in good faith (which are set forth
on
Section
3.14
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule) and for which exist adequate Tax Reserves. The
Company has provided to Radware, for the last three (3) taxable years, copies
of
all income or franchise Tax Returns, including amendments thereto, of the
Company. The Company also has provided to Radware copies of all examination
reports and statements of deficiencies assessed with respect to the Company
for
the last three (3) taxable years.
(b) No
Tax
Proceeding is currently being conducted with respect to the Company, no issues
that had been raised in writing by a Tax Authority are pending, no information
related to Tax matters has been requested of the Company by any Tax Authority
that the Company has failed to provide and the Company has not received
notification from any Tax Authority that it intends to commence a Tax Proceeding
with respect to the Company. All deficiencies asserted or assessments made
as a
result of any Tax Proceeding have been paid in full. Any adjustment of Taxes
of
the Company made by the Internal Revenue Service in any Tax Proceeding, which
adjustment is required to be reported to the appropriate state, local or foreign
Tax Authority, has been so reported.
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(c) There
are
no agreements for the extension or waiver of the time for assessment of any
Taxes relating to the Company. There are no liens other than liens for Taxes
not
yet due and payable.
(d) No
claim
has been made in writing by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to
taxation by that jurisdiction.
(e) The
Company is not a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement
or contract which is treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
(f) The
Company is not a party to any arrangement that would result in the payment
of
any “excess parachute payment”, as defined in Section 280G of the Code
(determined without regard to subsection (b)(4)(B) thereof).
(g) The
Company is not a party to, is not bound by, and does not have any obligation
under any Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreement, provision or
arrangement, whether formal or informal. No power of attorney, which is
currently in effect, has been granted with respect to any matter relating to
Taxes of the Company.
(h) The
Company is not required to include any adjustment in taxable income under
Section 481 of the Code (or any similar provision of the Tax laws of any
jurisdiction) as a result of any change in method of accounting or otherwise.
No
application is pending with respect to the Company with any Tax Authority
requesting permission for any change in accounting method.
(i) All
Taxes
the Company is or was obligated to withhold from amounts owing or paid to any
past or present employee, shareholder, creditor or other party have been
withheld and remitted to the appropriate Tax Authority within the time required
by law.
(j) The
amount of Taxes (excluding any provision for deferred Taxes) reflected as a
liability on the Unaudited Balance Sheet is a full and adequate reflection
of
the amount of accrued and unpaid Taxes with respect to the Company for all
periods through the date of the Unaudited Balance Sheet for which Tax Returns
have not been filed and, since the date of the Unaudited Balance Sheet, the
Company has not incurred or accrued any liability for Taxes of any nature
(matured, unmatured, fixed or contingent) except for those Taxes incurred or
accrued in the ordinary course of business of the Company.
(k) There
are
no Tax rulings specifying the Company, requests for rulings or closing
agreements relating to the Company which could affect the Company’s liability
for Taxes after the Closing Date.
(l) The
Company does not own any interest in real property in any jurisdiction in which
a Tax is imposed on the transfer of a controlling interest in an entity that
owns any interest in real property.
(m) Section
3.14(m)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all jurisdictions to which
any
Tax is properly payable by, or with respect to, the Company.
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(n) The
Company does not have any corporate acquisition indebtedness as described in
Section 279 of the Code.
(o) The
Company has not engaged in any “reportable transaction,” as such term is defined
in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).
SECTION
3.15 Environmental
Matters.
Except
as set forth in Section
3.15
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The
operations of the Company have been and are currently being conducted in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws,
and
the Company is not aware of the existence of any condition or event that would
give rise to material liability on the part of the Company under applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) The
Company has not contractually, by operation of law or otherwise, assumed or
succeeded to any material Environmental Liabilities of any predecessors or
any
other person or entity.
(c) The
Company has not received any written notice from any Governmental Entity or
third party asserting any liability under or violation of any Environmental
Laws
that remains outstanding or unresolved.
SECTION
3.16 Brokers.
Other
than the amount set forth on Annex
A
as part
of the Transaction Expenses, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled
to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by
or
on behalf of the Company.
SECTION
3.17 Intellectual
Property.
(a) “Intellectual
Property”
means
all intellectual property owned, used or licensed (as licensor or licensee)
by
the Company, including:
(i) all
domestic and foreign copyright interests in any original work of authorship,
whether registered or unregistered, including but not limited to all copyright
registrations or foreign equivalent, all applications for registration or
foreign equivalent, all moral rights, and all rights to register and obtain
renewals and extensions of copyright registrations, together with all other
copyright interests accruing by reason of international copyright convention
(“Copyrights”);
(ii) all
domestic and foreign patents (including certificates of invention and other
patent equivalents), provisional applications, patent applications and patents
issuing therefrom as well as any division, continuation or continuation in
part,
reissue, extension, reexamination, certification, revival or renewal of any
patent (“Patents”);
(iii) all
domestic and foreign trademarks, trade dress, service marks, trade names, icons,
logos, slogans, and any other indicia of source or sponsorship of goods and
services, designs and logotypes related to the above, in any and all forms,
all
trademark registrations and applications for registration related to such
trademarks (including, but not limited to intent to use applications), and
all
goodwill related to the foregoing (“Trademarks”);
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(iv) all
domain name registrations (“Domain
Names”);
(v) any
formula, design, device, database or compilation, or other information which
is
used or held for use by a business, which gives the holder thereof an advantage
over competitors which do not have or use the same, and which is not generally
known by the public. Trade Secrets can include, by way of example, formulas,
algorithms, market surveys, market research studies, information contained
on
drawings and other documents, and information relating to research, development
or testing (“Trade
Secrets”);
(vi) novel
devices, processes, compositions of matter, methods, techniques, know how,
discoveries and apparatuses or machines, whether or not patentable
(“Inventions”);
(vii) (A)
any
and all computer programs and/or software programs (including all source code,
object code, firmware, programming tools and/or documentation), (B) machine
readable databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections
of data, and (C) all content contained on Internet site(s) (“Software”);
(viii) all
documentation and media constituting, describing or relating to the above,
including memoranda, manuals, technical specifications and other records
wherever created throughout the world; and
(ix) the
right
to xxx for past, present, or future infringement and to collect and retain
all
damages and profits related to the foregoing.
(b) Section
3.17(b)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all issued Patents, and all pending
applications for Patents, owned by the Company; (ii) all registered Trademarks,
and all pending applications for Trademarks, owned by the Company; (iii) all
registered Copyrights, and all pending applications for Copyrights, owned by
the
Company; and (iv) all Domain Names owned by the Company.
(c) Section
3.17(c)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all licenses, sublicenses, agreements or
instruments involving the Intellectual Property of the Company including
(i) licenses by the Company to any person of any Intellectual Property; and
(ii) all licenses by any other person to the Company of any Intellectual
Property (except with respect to generally available “off-the-shelf” software)
(each a “License”).
Except as set forth in Section
3.17(c)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (i) with respect to each License, there is no
material default (or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time
would constitute a material default) by the Company, or to the knowledge of
the
Company, the other party thereto, (ii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened claims with respect to any License and (iii) each
License is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect and binding upon the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto, in
accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at
law
or in equity.
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(d) Except
as
set forth in Section
3.17(d)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has good and valid title to, or
otherwise possesses the rights to use, all Intellectual Property necessary
to
permit the Company to conduct the business and operations of the Company from
and after the Closing Date, in the same manner as it is being conducted as
of
the date hereof, and to the knowledge of the Company, as currently contemplated
to be conducted by the Company. Except as set forth in Section
3.17(d)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement nor the Company’s performance hereunder will
result in the termination or forfeiture of the Company’s rights in such
Intellectual Property or the Licenses. All officers, employees and contractors
of the Company who have created Intellectual Property that is owned by the
Company, have executed an agreement under which all rights, title and ownership
in and to such Intellectual Property have been assigned to the
Company.
(e) Except
as
disclosed in Section
3.17(e)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has
not infringed upon, misappropriated or misused any intellectual property rights
of another person or entity. Except as set forth in Section
3.17(e)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not received notice of any alleged
infringement, misappropriation or misuse by the Company of the intellectual
property rights of another person or entity. Except
as
disclosed in Section
3.17(e)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule,
there
are
no
pending, and to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims or proceedings
contesting or challenging the Company’s Intellectual Property, or the Company’s
use of the Intellectual Property owned by another person or entity. To the
knowledge of the Company, no third party, including any current or former
employee or contractor of the Company, is infringing upon, misappropriating,
or
otherwise violating the Company’s rights to the Intellectual Property owned by
the Company.
(f) Patents.
Except
as set forth on Section
3.17(f)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) All
of
the issued Patents and pending applications for Patents of the Company are
currently in compliance in all material respects with all legal requirements
(including payment of filing, examination, and maintenance fees).
(ii) No
Patent
of the Company has been or is now involved in any infringement, interference,
reissue or reexamination proceeding and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
such action is threatened with respect to any of the Patents of the
Company.
(g) Trademarks.
(i) All
registered Trademarks, and pending applications for Trademarks with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)
or any
other country’s trademark office, of the Company are currently in compliance in
all material respects with all legal requirements (including the filing of
affidavits of use and renewal applications as applicable).
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(ii) No
Trademark of the Company has been or is now involved in any opposition,
infringement, dilution, unfair competition or cancellation proceeding and,
to
the knowledge of the Company, no such action is threatened with respect to
any
of the Trademarks of the Company.
(h) Copyrights.
(i) All
registered Copyrights and pending applications for Copyrights of the Company
are
currently in compliance in all material respects with all legal
requirements.
(ii) No
Copyright of the Company has been or is now the subject of any invalidation
or
infringement Proceeding and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such action
is
threatened with respect to any Copyright of the Company.
(i) Domain
Names.
(i) All
registered Domain Names of the Company are currently in compliance in all
material respects with all legal requirements.
(ii) No
Domain
Name of the Company has been or is now the subject of any dispute resolution
or
infringement Proceeding and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such action
is
threatened with respect to any Domain Name of the Company.
(j) Section
3.17(j)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all products distributed or sold by the
Company.
(k) The
Company has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the proprietary
nature of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and to maintain in
confidence all Trade Secrets owned or used by the Company. To the knowledge
of
the Company, no Trade Secret of the Company has been disclosed or authorized
to
be disclosed to any person, including any employee, agent, contractor, or other
entity, other than pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement or other conditional
obligation that protects the Company’s proprietary interests in and to such
Trade Secrets.
(l) Section
3.17(l)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all of the
(i)
Software owned by the Company that is included, embedded or incorporated in
or
developed for inclusion in the Company’s products or websites, or used in the
delivery of the Company’s services (the “Company
Software”)
and
(ii) third-party Software that is licensed to the Company and is included,
embedded or incorporated in or developed for inclusion in the Company’s products
or websites, or used in the delivery of the Company’s services (except with
respect to generally available “off-the-shelf” software) (the “Third-Party
Software”).
The
Company owns full and unencumbered right and good, valid and marketable title
to
the Company Software and has valid licenses to use the Third-Party Software,
and
the Company Software is owned by the Company free and clear of any and all
Encumbrances. Except as identified in Section
3.17(l)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no open source or public library software,
including any version of any software licensed pursuant to any GNU public
license, is, in whole or in part, embodied or incorporated in the Company
Software Programs.
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(m) The
Company employs commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the Company
Software contain no “viruses.” For the purposes of this Agreement, “virus” means
any computer code intentionally designed to wrongfully disrupt, disable or
harm
in any manner the operation of any software or hardware.
(n) The
Intellectual Property owned by the Company (and, to the knowledge of the
Company, the Intellectual Property of third parties licensed to the Company),
is
free and clear of any and all Encumbrances.
(o) Section
3.17(o)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all agreements by which the Company
is
obligated to make to third parties any payments related to Intellectual
Property.
(p) Other
than as set forth in Section
3.17(p)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of Company, there has been no
breach of security involving any the Company websites or information assets.
All
data which has been collected, stored, maintained or otherwise used by the
Company has been, to the knowledge of the Company, collected, stored, maintained
and used in accordance with all applicable U.S. and foreign laws, rules,
regulations, guidelines and industry standards. The Company has not received
a
notice of noncompliance with applicable data protection laws, rules,
regulations, guidelines or industry standards.
SECTION
3.18 Material
Contracts.
Section
3.18
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of each of the following contracts
(or, in the case of oral contracts, summaries thereof) to which the Company
is a
party or by which the Company, or any of the Company’s assets or properties, is
bound or subject (collectively, the “Material
Contracts”):
(a) any
agreement or series of related agreements requiring aggregate payments by or
to
the Company of more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per year;
(b) any
agreement with or for the benefit of any current or former officer or director,
holder of any security, employee or consultant of the Company under which the
Company has any obligations as of the date hereof and that (i) involves the
making of payments exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in any year,
other
than regular salary and bonus amounts, (ii) contains non-competition
provisions imposing restrictions on the Company or a senior executive officer
or
key employee of the Company (other than those in favor of the Company), or
(iii) involves any severance or termination payments or other similar
obligation;
(c) any
agreement with any labor union or association representing any employee of
the
Company;
(d) any
agreement for the sale of any of the assets, properties or securities of the
Company other than in the ordinary course of business or for the grant to any
person of any option, right of first refusal or preferential or similar right
to
purchase any such assets, properties or securities (other than the Rights
Agreements);
(e) any
agreement of surety, guarantee or indemnification, other than agreements in
the
ordinary course of business with respect to obligations in an aggregate amount
not in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), other than the security
agreement relating to the Notes;
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(f) any
agreement, note or other document relating to or evidencing outstanding
indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money (including capitalized lease
obligations) in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), other than the
Notes;
(g) any
phantom stock plan or bonus, incentive or similar agreement, arrangement or
understanding, other than the Key Contributor Plan and the Investor Incentive
Agreement;
(h) any
agreement involving the assignment, transfer, license (whether as licensee
or
licensor), pledge or Encumbrance of any Intellectual Property owned or used
by
the Company, except for any generally available “off-the-shelf” Software, other
than the security agreement relating to the Notes;
(i) any
distribution or sales representative agreement or agreement appointing any
agent; and
(j) any
other
agreement that is material to the business, operations or financial condition
of
the Company.
True
and
complete copies of all Material Contracts (and all amendments, waivers or other
modifications thereto) have been furnished or made available to Radware. Each
Material Contract is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect and binding
upon the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto
in accordance with its terms. The Company is not in default (and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no condition exists that, with notice or lapse of
time
or both, would constitute a default by the Company) under any Material Contract,
which default would give the other party the right to terminate or modify such
Material Contract or would accelerate any obligation or payment by the Company,
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is any other party to any Material
Contract in default thereunder (or, does any condition exist that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default by any such party). None
of
the Material Contracts is currently being renegotiated. The validity,
continuation and effectiveness of each of the Material Contracts will not be
materially adversely affected solely as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. To the knowledge of the Company, no party to
any
of the Material Contracts has made, asserted or has any defense, setoff or
counterclaim under its Material Contract or has exercised any option granted
to
it to cancel, terminate or shorten the term of its Material Contract.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each party
acknowledges and agrees that the consent set forth on Schedule 3.05(a) will
not
be obtained, and that the Company is not making any representation in relation
to the requirement of such consent.
SECTION
3.19 Title
to Properties; Absence of Encumbrances.
The
Company has good and valid title to or, in the case of leases and licenses,
valid and subsisting leasehold interests or licenses in, all of its properties
and assets of whatever kind (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible)
used or held for use in its business, including, without limitation, all
properties and assets that are shown on the Unaudited Balance Sheet (except
for
assets sold in the ordinary course of business since the date of such Unaudited
Balance Sheet), which represent all such property and assets that are used
in
the conduct of its businesses as presently conducted, in each case free and
clear of any and all Encumbrances, except (i) for those securing Taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable
(excluding any imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA),
(ii) such imperfections in title, liens and easements as do not detract
from or interfere with the use of the properties subject thereto or affected
thereby or otherwise impair business operations involving such properties,
and
(iii) Encumbrances securing any debt which is reflected in the Financial
Statements (encumbrances in clauses (i) - (iii) being “Permitted
Encumbrances”).
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SECTION
3.20 Real
Property.
Section
3.20
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list of all real
property (including buildings and structures) leased or subleased by the Company
and all interests therein (including a street address). The Company does not
own
and has never owned any real property. No condemnation or other proceeding
is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened which would affect
the
use of any such property by the Company. The Company enjoys peaceful and
undisturbed possession under all real property leases under which it is
operating in accordance with the terms of such leases, and all rents and
additional rents due to date from the Company under such leases have been paid
in full.
SECTION
3.21 Transactions
with Affiliates; Management Relationships.
(a) The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, engaged in any continuing transactions
or financial or commercial arrangements (i) with any stockholder of the
Company, other than as a board member or pursuant to the Company’s financing
activities or (ii) (except for employment arrangements with its employees)
with any officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, with any
of
their respective affiliates or relatives (each a “Related
Party”).
Except for (i) employment arrangements with its employees, (ii) the
Company Certificate of Incorporation, (iii) the Company By-Laws,
(iv) applicable Law, (v) the agreements evidencing Existing Options
and (vi) the Key Contributor Plan and the Investor Incentive Agreement, the
Company does not have any obligation to or claim against any Related Party,
and
no Related Party has any obligation to or claim against the Company.
(b) No
executive officer or director of the Company owns any interest in any property
or assets of the Company (except as a stockholder of the Company) and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company owns any interest
in (i) any current competitor, customer or supplier of the Company or
(ii) any person that is currently a party to any material contract or
agreement with the Company, other than holdings of less than 1% of a class
of a
company’s publicly traded securities.
SECTION
3.22 Insurance.
Section
3.22
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all insurance policies owned or held by the
Company on the date hereof. The insurance coverage afforded by such policies
is
customary and adequate for companies in similar lines of business, similarly
situated. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums with
respect thereto have been paid to the extent due, no notice of cancellation
or
termination has been received with respect to any such policy and no claim
is
currently pending under any such policy involving an amount in excess of Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000).
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SECTION
3.23 Books
and Records.
(a) The
books
and records of the Company are complete and correct in all material respects
and
have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices.
(b) The
minute books of the Company, which have been previously provided to Radware,
contain complete and accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect
all
other corporate action of the stockholders and board of directors of the Company
through the date of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.24 Intentionally
Omitted.
SECTION
3.25 Employee
Conflicts.
To the
knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company is in violation of any
term
of any employment contract, inventions disclosure agreement, confidentiality
agreement, non-competition agreement or restrictive covenant to or with a former
employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the
Company because of the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed
to
be conducted by the Company or relating to the use of trade secrets or
proprietary information of others.
SECTION
3.26 Certain
Business Practices.
The
Company has not (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful payments related to a political activity,
(ii) made any unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign
or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended or (iii) made any other unlawful payment.
SECTION
3.27 Bank
Accounts.
Section
3.27
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of each
bank
in which the Company has an account or safe deposit or lockbox, the account
or
box number, as the case may be, and the name of every person authorized to
draw
thereon or having access thereto.
SECTION
3.28 No
Required Disclosure.
The
Company is not required to disclose the existence of this Agreement, the terms
hereof, or the transactions contemplated hereby, to any person (other than
to
its directors, officers, employees, any Company Recipient or any holder of
Existing Options).
SECTION
3.29 Internal
Controls.
The
Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets
at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
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SECTION
3.30 Key
Contributor Plan and Investor Incentive Agreement.
(a) Key
Contributor Plan.
On the
Closing Date, pursuant to the Key Contributor Plan, the amounts set forth
opposite each Key Contributor Plan Participant’s name on Annex A
hereto
are the amounts owing and payable to the Key Contributor Plan Participants
and
no other amounts are owed to any other parties pursuant to the Key Contributor
Plan as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby other than as described
in Sections
2.07(a)(ii) and 2.08(b),
if
applicable.
(b) Investor
Incentive Agreement.
On the
Closing Date, pursuant to the Investor Incentive Agreement, the amounts set
forth opposite each Investor Incentive Agreement Recipient’s name on
Annex A
hereto
are the amounts owing and payable to the Investor Incentive Agreement Recipients
and no other amounts are owed to any other parties pursuant to the Investor
Incentive Agreement as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, other
than as described in Section
2.07(b)(ii) and 2.08(b),
if
applicable.
SECTION
3.31 Disclosure.
No
representation or warranty by the Company herein, the Company Disclosure
Schedule, nor any certificate or exhibit furnished pursuant to this Agreement
or
in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, contains any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, not misleading.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY RECIPIENTS
Each
Company Recipient hereby represents and warrants to Radware, Parent and Merger
Sub on the date hereof, with respect only to himself, herself or itself and
the
Company securities held by him, her or it, as follows (and the Company hereby
represents and warrants to Radware, Parent and Merger Sub on the date hereof
with respect to Section 4.02 as it relates to the Company Stockholders set
forth
on Schedule
4.02):
SECTION
4.01 Title
to Notes and Shares.
Each
Company Stockholder and Company Noteholder represents that he, she or it owns
the Notes and/or number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth opposite
his, her or its name on Section
3.03(b)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances other
than the Registration Rights Agreement dated March 24, 2004, as amended (the
“Registration
Rights Agreement”)
and
the Investors Rights Agreement dated March 24, 2004, as amended (the
“Investors
Rights Agreement”
and
with the Registration Rights Agreement the “Rights
Agreements”).
Upon
consummation of the Closing, in accordance with the terms set forth in this
Agreement, Radware shall acquire good, valid and marketable title to the Notes
and Company Capital Stock being sold by each Company Noteholder and Company
Stockholder hereunder, as the case may be, free and clear of any liens or
restrictions on transfer and free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than
the
Rights Agreements.
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SECTION
4.02 Authority
Relative to this Agreement; Action.
Each
Company Stockholder and Company Noteholder has all necessary power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements
to
which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder
and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is
a
party by each Company Stockholder and Company Noteholder and the consummation
by
each
Company Stockholder and Company Noteholder
of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Company Stockholder
and
Company Noteholder. This Agreement, Ancillary Agreements to which each Company
Stockholder and Company Noteholder is a party have been duly and validly
executed and delivered by each Company Stockholder and Company Noteholder and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the
Ancillary Agreements by each of the other parties hereto and thereto,
constitutes, or, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party
have been or, if executed after the date hereof and at or prior to the Effective
Time, will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of each Company
Stockholder and Company Noteholder, enforceable against each Company Stockholder
and Company Noteholder in accordance with their respective terms, except as
the
same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and general equitable principles regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
SECTION
4.03 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a)
Each Company Recipient acknowledges that: The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which such Company Recipient is a
party by such Company Recipient and the consummation by such Company Recipient
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) conflict with
or violate any Law applicable to such Company Recipient or by which any of
its
respective properties or operations are bound or affected or (ii) conflict
with,
result in any material breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give
to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or
result in the creation of an Encumbrance on any of the properties or assets
of
the Company pursuant to, any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation
to which it is a party or by which its properties, is bound.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which
such Company Stockholder is a party by such Company Stockholder do not, and
the
performance of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements and the consummation
of the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby, will not, require such
Company Stockholder to obtain any waiver, consent, approval, authorization
or
permit of, or make any filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity
or other third party, except the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required
by the Delaware Law.
SECTION
4.04 Legal
Proceedings.
There
is no pending Proceeding against such Company Recipient that challenges, or
may
have the effect of preventing, delaying or making illegal, or otherwise
interfering with, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby and, to the knowledge of such Company Recipient, no such Proceeding
has
been threatened. To the knowledge of such Company Recipient, no event or
circumstance exists that would give rise to or serve as a basis for the
commencement of any such Proceeding.
SECTION
4.05 Brokers.
Other
than the amount set forth on Annex
A
as part
of the Transaction Expenses, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled
to any brokerage, finder’s fee or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by
or
on behalf of any Company Recipient.
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ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF RADWARE, MERGER SUB
AND
PARENT
Radware,
Merger Sub and Parent represent and warrant to the Company as of the date hereof
that the statements contained in this Article
V
are true
and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by Radware
to the Company on the date hereof (the “Radware
Disclosure Schedule”).
The
Radware Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to
the
numbered and lettered paragraphs in this Article
V
and the
disclosure in any paragraph shall qualify other paragraphs in this Article
V
only to
the extent that it is specifically indicated in such paragraph.
SECTION
5.01 Organization
and Qualification.
Each of
Radware, Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization
and
each of Radware, Parent and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate power and
authority necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it owns, leases
or
operates and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
SECTION
5.02 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
Each
of Radware, Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder
and
thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which it is a party by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation
by
Radware, Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of Radware, Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, and no other
corporate or stockholder proceedings on the part of Radware, Parent or Merger
Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements
to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions so contemplated. This
Agreement has been, and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party have
been or, if executed after the date hereof, will be, duly and validly executed
and delivered by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or,
in
the case of the Ancillary Agreements have been or, if executed after the date
hereof and prior to the Effective Time, will constitute, legal, valid and
binding obligations of Radware, Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against
Radware, Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, except
as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and general equitable principles regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
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SECTION
5.03 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which
it is a party by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the performance
of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub
and the consummation by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) conflict with or violate the
organizational documents of Radware, Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) conflict
with or violate any Law applicable to Radware, Parent or Merger Sub or by which
any of their respective properties is bound or affected or (iii) conflict
with, result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or impair
Radware’s, Parent’s or Merger Sub’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of
any third party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of an Encumbrance
on
any of the properties or assets of Radware, Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to,
any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license,
permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which Radware, Parent
or
Merger Sub is a party or by which Radware, Parent or Merger Sub or any of their
respective properties is bound or affected except, in the case of clauses (ii)
and (iii), for such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, impairments
or
alterations that would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger, or
otherwise prevent or delay Radware, Parent or Merger Sub from performing its
obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by
Radware, Parent and Merger Sub, as applicable, do not, and the performance
of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub,
as applicable, and the consummation by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable, will not, require
any waiver, consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Entity or other third party, except
(i) for the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the Delaware
Law and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would
not
prevent or delay consummation of the Merger, or otherwise prevent or delay
Radware, Parent or Merger Sub from performing its obligations under this
Agreement.
SECTION
5.04 Financial
Ability.
Radware
or Parent has sufficient cash available to enable it to pay the Closing Date
Purchase Price at the Closing and to satisfy its other obligations
hereunder.
Since
the date of Parent’s most recent public filing with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission containing financial statements, there has occurred
no
event likely to have a material adverse effect on Radware’s or Parent’s ability
to pay the Additional Amount and fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement.
SECTION
5.05 Brokers.
No
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s fee
or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Radware, Parent
or Merger Sub.
SECTION
5.06 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
There
is no non-competition or similar agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction,
order or decree binding upon Radware or Parent which has the effect of
prohibiting or impairing Radware or Parent from carrying out the business
operations of the Company as currently conducted, including the marketing and
sale of the Inflight and Percept Product Line. Neither Radware nor Parent has
entered into any agreement under which it is restricted from selling, licensing
or otherwise distributing the Inflight and Percept Product Line, or providing
related services to, customers or potential customers, in any geographic area,
during any period of time or any segment of the market or line of
business.
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ARTICLE
VI
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
6.01 Confidentiality.
The
Company Recipients shall, and the Company Recipients shall cause their
directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and/or representatives
to,
maintain the Confidential Information in confidence using at least the same
degree of care as it employs with respect to its own proprietary and
confidential information, but in all events at least a reasonable degree of
care. “Confidential
Information”
shall
mean all trade secrets, know-how, customer lists, technical information,
proprietary information, technologies, processes and formulae, source code,
algorithms, architecture, structure, display screens and development tools,
data, plans and drawings and blue prints, whether tangible or intangible and
whether or how stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically,
photographically, or otherwise, owned, used or licensed by Radware or Parent
as
licensee or licensor and that have been used or are used in or are material
to
the conduct of Radware’s or Parent’s business shall constitute Confidential
Information.
SECTION
6.02 Public
Announcements.
The
parties agree that any press release or other public statement with respect
to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be only as agreed
upon in advance by Radware and the Company.
ARTICLE
VII
CLOSING
DELIVERIES
SECTION
7.01 Closing
Deliveries for the Company and the Company Recipients.
The
obligations of Radware and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by Radware
in writing:
(a) All
directors of the Company whom Radware has requested in writing not less than
five (5) days prior to the scheduled Closing Date to resign shall have resigned
or otherwise been removed from office.
(b) Company
Required Consents listed on Schedule
7.01
(and, in
any event, all consents, approvals or clearances from Governmental Entities)
shall have been obtained or made in a form and manner reasonably acceptable
to
Radware.
(c) The
Company, the Company Recipients and the Seller Representatives shall have
executed and delivered the Escrow Agreement, in substantially the form attached
as Exhibit
A
hereto.
(d) Radware
shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, which shall certify that the allocation of
the
Net Aggregate Merger Consideration among the Company Noteholders and Company
Stockholders set forth thereon is accurate and shall constitute the Net
Aggregate Merger Consideration issuable to the Company Noteholders and Company
Stockholders in exchange for the Notes and Company Capital Stock, pursuant
to
this Agreement (including Annex A hereto). The information and the calculations
set forth in such certificate shall be binding on the Company Noteholders and
Company Stockholders and Radware shall have the right to rely on such
information and calculations.
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(e) Pay-off
letters evidencing either receipt in full of the Transaction Expenses or
indicating the amount required to be paid in order to satisfy in full the
Transaction Expenses shall have been executed and delivered by each party
receiving any portion of the Transaction Expenses.
(f) Radware
shall have received a certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated as
of
the Closing Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Radware
attesting to the incumbency of the officers of the Company executing the
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party and
certifying as to the following: (i) a true and correct copy of the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company in effect as of the Closing, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) a true and correct copy of
the
By-Laws of the Company in effect as of the Closing, (iii) a true and correct
copy of the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all agreements and
transactions contemplated hereby, including the termination or cancellation
of
Existing Options, and (iv) this Agreement shall have been duly approved by
the
requisite vote or consent of the holders of Company Capital Stock in accordance
with the Delaware Law.
(g) The
Company shall have delivered to Radware a certificate of good standing of the
Company from the State of Delaware dated no more than five (5) business days
prior to the Closing Date.
(h) The
Company shall have delivered to Radware an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
&
Xxxxxx, LLP, dated the date hereof and addressed to Radware, in substantially
the form attached as Exhibit
B
hereto.
(i) This
Agreement shall have been duly approved by the requisite vote or consent of
the
holders of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the Delaware
Law.
(j) The
Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed by the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certifying that, in accordance with the terms of the
Company Option Plan, each of the Existing Options that has not been exercised
prior to the Effective Time have been cancelled and terminated, and are of
no
further force or effect from and after the Closing.
(k) Radware
shall have received a certificate executed by the Company acknowledging that
each of the Key Contributor Plan Participants and the Investor Incentive
Agreement Recipients have received any and all proceeds that they are entitled
to as of the Closing Date pursuant to the Key Contributor Plan and the Investor
Incentive Agreement, respectively.
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(l) Radware
shall have received a certificate, in the form and manner that complies with
all
of the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3) that its
capital stock is not a U.S. real property interest.
ARTICLE
VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION
8.01 General
Indemnification of Radware.
Subject
to Section
8.04,
Radware, Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation and their respective
officers, directors, stockholders, partners, employees, agents and affiliates
and their heirs, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Radware
Indemnitees”)
shall
be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Company Recipients (severally
and not jointly as more fully set forth below) from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, assessments, damages, deficiencies, demands,
claims, actions, causes of action, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses and any reasonable amounts paid in investigation, defense or settlement
of any of the foregoing) of any kind, manner or nature whatsoever, whether
or
not arising out of third-party claims or claims by one or more parties hereto
against any other party(ies) hereto (collectively, “Losses”),
if,
as and when incurred by the Radware Indemnitees, based upon, arising out of
or
otherwise in respect of:
(a) any
misrepresentation or breach of warranty by the Company or any Company Recipient
contained herein, in any Ancillary Agreement or in any document or agreement
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or any claim by a third party which would
constitute such a misrepresentation or breach provided that for purposes of
determining whether there has been such a breach there shall be disregarded
any
Company Material Adverse Effect standard or any other materiality or similar
materiality qualification contained in any representation, warranty or covenant
herein or in any Ancillary Agreement;
(b) any
breach of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement by the Company or
any
Company Recipient or the Sellers Representatives contained herein or in any
Ancillary Agreement;
(c) any
claim
arising out of any dispute among any Company Recipients, or between any Company
Recipient(s) and the Sellers Representatives, or any claims by any holders
of
Notes or Company Capital Stock regarding the allocation of consideration in
the
Merger to them;
(d) Transaction
Expenses; and
(e) any
claims for payment under the Key Contributor Agreement or the Investor Incentive
Agreement.
With
respect to the indemnification obligations set forth in Sections
8.01(a) and (b)
above
for breaches by the Company Recipients, the liability shall be indemnifiable
individually by the breaching Company Recipient, and not by any other Company
Recipients based on Pro Rata Interest. All other indemnification obligations
of
the Company Recipients shall be several and not joint based on each Company
Recipient’s Pro Rata Interest.
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SECTION
8.02 Radware
Indemnification Obligation.
Subject
to Section
8.04,
the
Company Recipients and their respective officers, directors, employees,
stockholders, partners, members, affiliates and agents and their heirs,
successors and assigns (collectively, the “Company
Recipient Indemnitees”)
shall
be indemnified, defended and held harmless by Radware, Parent and Merger Sub,
joint and severally, from and against any and all Losses, if, as and when
incurred by the Company Recipient Indemnitees based upon, arising out of or
otherwise in respect of:
(a) any
misrepresentation or breach of warranty by Radware or Parent contained herein,
in any Ancillary Agreement or in any document or agreement delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto, or any claim by a third party which would constitute such
a
misrepresentation or breach; and
(b) any
breach of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement by Radware or Parent
contained herein or in any Ancillary Agreement, or any claim by a third party
which would constitute such a breach or failure.
SECTION
8.03 Procedure.
(a) For
the
purposes of this Section
8.03,
the
term “Indemnitee” shall refer to the Radware Indemnitee or the Company Recipient
Indemnitee, as applicable, indemnified or entitled, or claiming to be entitled,
to be indemnified pursuant to the provisions of Sections
8.01
or
8.02
and the
term “Indemnitors” shall refer to the Company Recipients, Radware, Parent or
Merger Sub, as applicable. All actions to be taken by or on behalf of the
Company Recipients shall be taken by both Sellers Representatives, and all
notices by the Company Recipients or the Company Recipient Indemnitees shall
be
given to or by the Sellers Representatives.
(b) Subject
to subsection (vi) below, the Indemnitee shall promptly give the Indemnitor
notice of any matter which the Indemnitee reasonably believes has given rise
to
a right of indemnification under this Agreement (a “Claim”),
stating the amount of the Losses (whether actual or reasonably estimated),
the
method of computation thereof and the basis for the Claim and shall specify
the
provision or provisions of this Agreement under which the Claim is asserted,
in
each case with reasonable particularity. Failure to give timely notice of a
matter that may give rise to a Claim shall not affect the rights of the
Indemnitee to collect such Claim from the Indemnitors except to the extent
that
it materially and adversely prejudices the Indemnitor’s ability to defend such
Claim and except to the extent the notice is not given during the time period
for which indemnification claims may be asserted under this Agreement. The
obligations and liabilities of the Indemnitors under this Article
VIII
with
respect to Losses arising from Claims of any third party against the Indemnitee
that are subject to the indemnification provided for in this Article
VIII
(“Third-Party
Claims”)
shall
be governed by the following additional terms and conditions:
(i) if
the
Indemnitee shall receive notice of any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitee shall
give the Indemnitor prompt notice of such Third-Party Claim, and shall permit
the Indemnitor, at its option, to assume the defense and/or management of such
Third-Party Claim at the Indemnitor’s expense and through counsel of its choice
if the Indemnitor gives prompt notice of its intention to do so to the
Indemnitee (the “Election
Notice”)
and
does so promptly thereafter;
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(ii) if
the
Indemnitor exercises its right to undertake the defense and/or management of
any
such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Indemnitor
in
such defense and/or management and make available to the Indemnitor (if the
Indemnitors are the Company Recipients, the Sellers Representatives) all
witnesses, pertinent records, materials and information in the Indemnitee’s
possession or under its control relating thereto as is reasonably required
by
the Indemnitor;
(iii) if
the
Indemnitor does not exercise its right to assume the defense and/or management
of any Third-Party Claim as provided above, or the Indemnitor does exercise
such
right but does not diligently pursue the defense of the Third Party Claim,
the
Indemnitee may, directly or indirectly, conduct the defense and/or management
of
any such Third-Party Claim in any manner it reasonably may deem appropriate
and
at the expense of Indemnitors, for which the Indemnitee (x) if it is a Radware
Indemnitee, may seek reimbursement from the Escrow Indemnity Account, and (y)
if
it is a Company Recipient Indemnitee, may seek reimbursement from the
Indemnitor, and the Indemnitor shall cooperate with the Indemnitee in such
defense and/or management and make available to the Indemnitee all witnesses,
pertinent records, materials and information in the Indemnitor’s possession or
under its control relating thereto as is reasonably required by the
Indemnitee;
(iv) the
Indemnitor will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement with respect to a Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent
of the Indemnitee (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless (x)
the
judgment or proposed settlement does not impose an injunction or other equitable
relief upon the Indemnitee and (y) the judgment or proposed settlement includes
as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to
the
Indemnitee of an unconditional release from all liability in respect of such
Third-Party Claim;
(v) if
the
Indemnitee conducts the defense and/or management of a Third-Party Claim, as
provided above, the Indemnitee will not consent to the entry of any judgment
or
enter into any settlement with respect to a Third-Party Claim without the prior
written consent of the Indemnitor, which will not be unreasonably withheld,
delayed or conditional; and
(vi) if
there
is a reasonable probability that a Third-Party Claim may materially and
adversely affect the Indemnitee other than as a result of money damages or
other
monetary payments, the Indemnitee shall have the right, at its own cost and
expense, to participate in the defense of the Third-Party Claim.
(c) Characterizations
of Indemnification Payment.
The
Company Recipients and Radware and Parent agree that they shall treat, and
they
shall cause their respective affiliates to treat, any and all indemnification
payments made hereunder as an adjustment to the Net Aggregate Merger
Consideration.
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SECTION
8.04 Certain
Limits on Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
Caps and Other Limitations.
The
Radware Indemnitees shall, in full and complete satisfaction of any claims
for
indemnification arising under Section
8.01
above,
be entitled to receive from the Escrow Indemnity Account (and delivered by
the
Escrow Agent) such amount as is equal to the value of the Losses as to which
the
Radware Indemnitees are entitled to indemnification, as determined pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement; provided,
that
Radware Indemnitees shall not be entitled to receive indemnification under
Sections 8.01(a)
or
8.01(b)
unless
and until the sum of the aggregate amount of Losses under such subsections
exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (the “Basket
Amount”),
after
which Radware Indemnitees shall be entitled to the entire amount of such Losses,
including Losses covered by the Basket Amount incurred under such sections.
The
limitation set forth in this Section
8.04(a)
shall
not apply with respect to (x) breaches of representations and warranties set
forth in Sections
3.03, 3.04, 4.01 and 4.02
hereof.
The Radware Indemnitees shall have the right to satisfy any claims for Losses
arising pursuant to this Agreement (i) first, by set-off against the Additional
Payment, the Additional Key Contributor Plan Amount and the Additional Investor
Incentive Agreement Amount, if such payments are unpaid at the time a claim
for
indemnification is made; (ii) second, from the Escrow Indemnity Account; and
(iii) third, from the Company Recipients; provided
that in
no event shall the liability of any Company Recipient with respect to Losses
under this clause (iii) exceed the amount of consideration received by such
Company Recipient under this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, Radware shall have no obligation
to
indemnify a Company Recipient Indemnitee with respect to Losses pursuant to
Section
8.02
above
unless it shall have received written notice of a claim for indemnification
signed by both Sellers Representatives.
(c) For
purposes of this Article
VIII,
the
amount of any Losses shall be determined net of any insurance proceeds actually
received by the applicable Indemnitees in connection with the matter out of
which such Losses shall arise.
(d) Subject
to the proviso of this Section
8.04(d),
no
claim under this Article
VIII
shall be
made after the expiration of the survival periods referred to in Section
9.01
hereof,
provided,
however,
that if
written notice of a claim is made prior to the expiration of the survival period
(such notice setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such claim),
then
the relevant representation, warranty or covenant shall survive as to such
claim
only until the claim has been fully and finally resolved.
(e) The
remedies provided in this Article
VIII
shall be
exclusive of any other rights or remedies which might otherwise be available
to
any indemnified parties upon the occurrence of any event described in this
Article
VIII
or which
otherwise arise out of, relate to or with respect to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby other than for fraud. Nothing contained herein,
however, shall preclude indemnified parties from seeking injunctive or other
equitable relief under circumstances where such relief might be appropriate
with
the proviso that the moving party shall not be entitled to ancillary relief
in
the nature of damages or fee awards unless specifically so provided for
herein.
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SECTION
8.05 Tail
Insurance.
At the
Company's election, (i) the Company shall purchase prior to the Closing, and
the
Surviving Entity and Radware shall maintain following the Closing, "tail" or
"run-off" insurance policies with a claims period of six (6) years from the
Closing Date with respect to the current directors' and officers' liability
insurance of the Company with substantially the same coverage and in amount
and
scope no less favorable, in the aggregate, than the existing directors' and
officers' liability insurance policy of the Company (the "Current
Policy")
for
claims arising from facts or events that existed or occurred on or prior to
the
Closing Date or (ii) if the Company shall not have obtained such policies,
Radware will provide, or cause the Company to provide, for a period of not
less
than six (6) years after the Closing Date, the Covered Parties who are insured
under the Current Policy with an insurance and indemnification policy that
provides coverage for events occurring at or prior to the Closing that is no
less favorable, taken as a whole, than the Current Policy or, if substantially
equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage;
provided,
however,
that in
no event shall the Surviving Entity be required to expend annually in excess
of
two hundred and fifty percent (250%) of the annual premium currently paid by
the
Company under the Current Policy (the "Insurance
Amount");
provided,
further,
however,
that if
the premium of such insurance coverage exceeds the Insurance Amount, the Company
shall be obligated to obtain, and the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated
to maintain, a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not
exceeding the Insurance Amount. Radware shall pay or cause Company to pay for
all premiums under the tail or run-off insurance policies and directors' and
officers' insurance and indemnification policies contemplated by this
Section
8.05
not
exceeding the Insurance Amount.
SECTION
8.06 Release.
Upon
payment of the Closing Date Purchase Price as provided for in this Agreement,
the Company Stockholders and Company Noteholders hereby acknowledge that they
are not owed any additional amounts and hereby release the Company, Radware,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation and any of their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors from any amount owing to
such noteholders or stockholders (i) in their capacity as noteholders and
stockholders of the Company, (ii) pursuant to the Company Certificate of
Incorporation or Company By-Laws or the Delaware Law, other than indemnification
obligations to them in their capacity as officers and directors of the Company
which may arise following the Closing Date
(even if relating to events occurring prior to the Closing Date), or (iii)
pursuant to the Key Contributor Plan or the Investor Incentive Agreement, other
than the right to receive the Additional
Payment,
the Escrow Amount, the Additional Key Contributor Amount and the Additional
Investor Incentive Amount in accordance with this Agreement; provided that
nothing herein shall release any claims related to this Agreement or the
performance by Radware of its obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE
IX
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SECTION
9.01 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreements shall survive the Effective Time until the eighteen (18)
month anniversary of the Closing Date notwithstanding any investigation made
by
or on behalf of any party. The representations and warranties made by Radware
and Parent in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time until the eighteen
(18) month anniversary of the Closing Date notwithstanding any investigation
made by or on behalf of any party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the representations and warranties made in Sections
3.04, 3.14, and 4.02 shall
survive the Effective Time until the expiration of all relevant statutes of
limitations.
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SECTION
9.02 Notices.
All
notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as of the date
received if delivered personally, on the day after sending if sent by nationally
recognized overnight courier or the third day after mailing if mailed by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to
the
parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as
shall be specified by like changes of address, which shall be effective upon
receipt), or on the date of sending if sent by electronic transmission, with
confirmation received, to the telecopy numbers specified below:
If
to
Parent
Radware,
Ltd.
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00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx 00000
Israel
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Attn:
Vice
President of Legal Affairs
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Facsimile:
000-0-0000000
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With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
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0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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If
to
Radware [or Merger Sub]:
Radware,
Inc.
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c/o
Radware, Ltd.
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00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx 00000
Israel
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Attn:
Vice
President of Legal Affairs
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Facsimile:
000-0-0000000
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With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
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0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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If
to the Company:
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Covelight
Systems, Inc.
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx
000
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Xxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
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0000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
000
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn:
W. Xxxxx Mannheim
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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If
to the Sellers Representative, the address set forth on the signature
page
hereto or
such other person appointed pursuant to Section
9.16.
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With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
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0000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
000
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn:
W. Xxxxx Mannheim
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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SECTION
9.03 Waiver.
Radware
may, with respect to the Company, and the Company or both Sellers
Representatives may, with respect to Radware, Parent or Merger Sub,
(a) extend the time for the performance of any of its obligations or other
acts, (b) waive any inaccuracies in its representations and warranties
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or (c) waive
compliance with any of its agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such
extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing
signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.
SECTION
9.04 Headings.
The
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall
not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.05 Severability.
If any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of
being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect
so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such
determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify
this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely
as
possible in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions contemplated
hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.
To the
extent that any or all provisions of this Agreement are not binding on any
of
the parties hereto, such provisions shall nevertheless remain in full force
and
effect and be binding on all the other parties hereto.
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SECTION
9.06 Entire
Agreement; Amendment.
This
Agreement (including any exhibits and schedules hereto), the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Ancillary Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute
the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the
parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be amended in writing executed by Radware, Parent, the Company
and
the Sellers Representatives, and any provision of this Agreement may only be
waived by the party for whose benefit the applicable provision exists, provided
that the Sellers Representatives may waive on behalf of the Company
Recipients.
SECTION
9.07 Assignment.
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this
Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of
law
or otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent
of
the other parties, and any such assignment without such prior written consent
shall be null and void, except that Radware and/or Merger Sub may assign this
Agreement to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Radware or Parent
without consent of the Company, provided that Radware and Parent shall remain
liable for all of its obligations under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding
sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and
be
enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
SECTION
9.08 Parties
in Interest.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party
hereto, including for purposes of Article
VIII
Indemnitees, and its successors and nothing in this Agreement, express or
implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit
or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.09 Failure
or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
No
failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in the exercise of any right
hereunder shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or
acquiescence in, any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement herein,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or
further exercise thereof or of any other right. All rights and remedies existing
under this Agreement are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or
remedies otherwise available.
SECTION
9.10 Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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SECTION
9.11 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall
be
deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
SECTION
9.12 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY
LAW, ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM
(WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION
9.13 Jurisdiction;
Forum.
Each of
the parties hereto (i) consents to submit itself to the non-exclusive
personal jurisdiction of any federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan
of the State of New York in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) agrees that
it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion
or
other request for leave from any such court.
SECTION
9.14 Definition
of Knowledge.
As used
herein, the words “knowledge” or “known” shall, with respect to the Company,
mean the actual knowledge of the persons whose names are set forth on
Schedule
9.14.
SECTION
9.15 Specific
Performance and Injunctive Relief.
The
parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that
any
of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached or threatened to be breached. It
is
accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek a preliminary
and
permanent injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches, or threatened breaches,
of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof
in
any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, without the
need to post bond or other security, this being in addition to any other remedy
to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
SECTION
9.16 Appointment
of Sellers Representatives.
(a) Each
Company Recipient hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each of Intersouth
VI, LP and Xxxxxx XX, LLC as a “Sellers
Representative”
and
(ii) irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Sellers Representative as such
Company Recipient’s true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact pursuant
to this Section
9.16
and (ii)
agrees to the provisions of this Section
9.16.
Both
Sellers Representatives shall have full power and authority to act for each
Company Recipient and in each Company Recipient’s name, place and stead, and in
any and all capacities to do and perform every act and thing required or
permitted to be done in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement upon and immediately following the Effective
Time, as fully to all intents and purposes as such Company Recipient might
or
could do in person, including, without limitation, all decisions relating to
the
defense and/or settlement of any claims for which any Radware Indemnitee may
claim to be entitled to indemnity pursuant to Article VIII
hereof,
the amendment of this Agreement, the receipt of all payments and notices and
the
giving of all consents and waivers. All decisions and actions by both Sellers
Representatives shall be binding upon all of the Company Recipients, and no
Company Recipient shall have the right to object to, dissent from, protest
or
otherwise contest the same.
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(b) Each
Company Recipient hereby agrees that (i) the provisions of this
Section
9.16
are
independent and severable, are irrevocable and coupled with an interest and
shall be enforceable notwithstanding any rights or remedies any Company
Recipient may have in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, (ii) the remedy at law for any breach of the provisions of this
Section
9.16
would be
inadequate, (iii) Radware shall be entitled to temporary and permanent
injunctive relief without the necessity of proving damages if Radware brings
an
action to enforce the provisions of this Section
9.16
and
(iv) the provisions of this Section
9.16
shall be
binding upon the heirs, successors and assigns of each Company
Recipient.
(c) Any
notice or communication delivered by Radware, Merger Sub or the Surviving
Corporation to both Sellers Representatives shall, as between Radware, Merger
Sub and the Surviving Corporation, on the one hand, and the Company Recipients,
on the other, be deemed to have been delivered to all Company Recipients.
Radware, Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to rely
exclusively upon any communications or writings given or executed by both
Sellers Representatives and shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for
any
action taken or not taken in reliance upon the actions taken or not taken or
communications or writings given or executed by both Sellers Representatives.
Any Company Recipient that wishes to deliver any notice, or take any other
action with respect to any matter arising, under this Agreement must do so
through the Sellers Representatives, and Radware, Merger Sub and the Surviving
Corporation shall be explicitly entitled to disregard any notices or
communications given or made by the Company Recipients unless given or made
through the Sellers Representatives, and such notices or communications shall
be
of no force or effect.
(d) Each
Company Recipient acknowledges that the Sellers Representatives are acting
as
his, her or its agent as set forth above and each agrees to severally, in
proportion to its Pro Rata Interest, indemnify and hold harmless and defend
each
Sellers Representative, his agents and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnitees”),
against all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, losses and expenses
(including, without limitation, legal and other professional fees and expenses,
and litigation costs) of any kind (whether known or unknown, fixed or
contingent) arising out of or in connection with (i) the Sellers
Representative’s omissions to act, or actions taken, resulting from, arising out
of, or incurred in connection with, or otherwise with respect to this Agreement
and the Escrow Agreement, or (ii) services taken with respect to this Agreement
and the Escrow Agreement or believed to be in the scope of the Indemnitee’s
authority, provided that the Indemnitee in question has not acted with
intentional misconduct or fraud.
(e) The
Sellers Representatives may consult with legal counsel, independent public
accountants and other experts selected by both Sellers Representatives. The
Sellers Representatives shall not be responsible or liable to any Company
Recipient for any act or omission of any kind so long as he has acted in good
faith (any such action or omission pursuant to an order, judgment or decree
of
any court or administrative agency, or advice of legal counsel, public
accountants and other experts selected by the Sellers Representative shall
be
conclusive evidence of such good faith), or for the expiration of rights under
any statute of limitations with respect to this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement.
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(f) Upon
and
after the Effective Time, in the case of the unwillingness to serve or other
unavailability of a Sellers Representative, the Company Recipients who receive
a
majority of the Net Aggregate Merger Consideration shall have the right,
exercisable by written notice to Radware and the Escrow Agent, to designate
a
replacement Sellers Representative.
SECTION
9.17 QUARTERLY
NET REVENUE UPDATES.
From
and after the Effective Time, Radware and Parent shall deliver to the Sellers
Representatives quarterly statements detailing the Net Revenue (used to
calculate the Additional Payment under this Agreement) recognized in each three
month period from the Effective Time, with a schedule showing the products
from
the Inflight and Percept Product Line sold and the prices charged for such
products, within forty (40) days of the end of each such period. It is
understood that such updates are subject to adjustment in the ordinary course
of
business and only the final determination of the Additional Payment pursuant
to
Section
2.08
will be
binding on the parties.
SECTION
9.18. PARENT
GUARANTY.
Parent
does hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantee to each Company Recipient
and its successors and assigns the due and punctual payment of all amounts
payable and performance of all obligations by Radware under this Agreement.
Parent expressly waives presentment, demand, protest, and notice of dishonor
of
any such payments and obligations. This obligation and liability on the part
of
the Parent shall be primary and not secondary, payable immediately upon demand
without recourse first having been had by any Company Recipient against Radware.
Parent covenants, warrants and represents to each Company Recipient that this
guaranty is enforceable against Parent in accordance with its
terms.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above by a duly authorized officer or
other person.
COVELIGHT
SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title:
CEO
RADWARE
DELAWARE CORP.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
RADWARE,
INC.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
RADWARE,
LTD.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
S-1
SELLERS
REPRESENTATIVES:
INTERSOUTH
PARTNERS VI, L.P.
By:
|
Intersouth
Associates VI, LLC,
its general partner
|
By: |
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
|
Xxx
Xxxx,
Member acting pursuant to
power
of
attorney
Address: |
Xxxxx
Building
|
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Fax: |
(000)
000-0000
|
AURORA
VENTURES IV, LLC
By:
A.V.
Management IV, L.L.C, its Managing Member
By:
/s/
M.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Manager
Address: |
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Fax: |
(000)
000-0000
|
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COMPANY
NOTEHOLDERS:
INTERSOUTH
PARTNERS VI, L.P.
By:
|
Intersouth
Associates VI, LLC,
its general partner
|
By: |
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
|
Xxx
Xxxx,
Member acting pursuant to
power
of
attorney
NEXTPOINT
PARTNERS, L.P.
By: |
NextPoint
GP, LLC, its general partner
|
By: |
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Member
AURORA
VENTURES IV, LLC
By: |
A.V.
Management IV, L.L.C, its Managing
Member
|
By:
/s/
M.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
M.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Manager
S-3
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-4
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxx
Xxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-5
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-6
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Acuitive,
Inc.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-7
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxxx
Xxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-8
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-9
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-10
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxx
Xxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-11
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxx
Xxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-12
COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS:
Name
of
Stockholder: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxx
(signature)
Name: Xxx
Xxxx, as Attorney-in-fact as Secretary of Covelight Systems,
Inc.
Title
(if
applicable): Attorney-in-fact
as Secretary of Covelight Systems, Inc.
S-13