AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among CRYOLIFE, INC., CL FALCON, INC. and CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION Dated as of April 14, 2011
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
among
CRYOLIFE, INC.,
XX XXXXXX, INC.
and
CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION
Dated as of April 14, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE OFFER | 2 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
The Offer | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Offer Documents | 3 | ||||
Section 1.3 |
Company Actions | 4 | ||||
Section 1.4 |
Directors | 5 | ||||
Section 1.5 |
[Intentionally Omitted] | 6 | ||||
Section 1.6 |
[Intentionally Omitted] | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE MERGER | 6 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
The Merger | 6 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Closing | 6 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Effective Time | 6 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Effects of the Merger | 6 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws | 7 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Directors | 7 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Officers | 7 | ||||
ARTICLE III EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES | 7 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Conversion of Capital Stock | 7 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Treatment of Warrants, Options and Other Equity-Based Awards | 8 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Exchange and Payment | 9 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Withholding Rights | 10 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Dissenting Shares | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 11 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Organization, Standing and Power | 11 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Capital Stock | 12 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Subsidiaries | 13 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Authority | 14 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
No Conflict; Consents and Approvals | 14 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
SEC Reports; Financial Statements | 15 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
No Undisclosed Liabilities | 17 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Certain Information | 17 | ||||
Section 4.9 |
Absence of Certain Changes or Events | 17 | ||||
Section 4.10 |
Litigation | 18 | ||||
Section 4.11 |
Compliance with Laws and Permits | 18 | ||||
Section 4.12 |
Benefit Plans | 20 | ||||
Section 4.13 |
Labor and Employment Matters | 22 | ||||
Section 4.14 |
Environmental Matters | 23 |
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Section 4.15 |
Taxes | 24 | ||||
Section 4.16 |
Contracts | 26 | ||||
Section 4.17 |
Insurance | 28 | ||||
Section 4.18 |
Properties | 28 | ||||
Section 4.19 |
Intellectual Property | 29 | ||||
Section 4.20 |
Products | 31 | ||||
Section 4.21 |
Accounts Receivable | 31 | ||||
Section 4.22 |
Inventories | 31 | ||||
Section 4.23 |
State Takeover Statutes | 32 | ||||
Section 4.24 |
No Rights Plan | 32 | ||||
Section 4.25 |
Related Party Transactions | 32 | ||||
Section 4.26 |
Brokers | 32 | ||||
Section 4.27 |
Opinion of Financial Advisor | 32 | ||||
Section 4.28 |
Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 33 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Organization, Standing and Power | 33 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Authority | 34 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
No Conflict; Consents and Approvals | 34 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Certain Information | 35 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Merger Sub | 35 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Financing | 35 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Vote/Approval Required | 35 | ||||
Section 5.8 |
Ownership of Shares | 35 | ||||
Section 5.9 |
Brokers | 35 | ||||
Section 5.10 |
Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS | 35 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
Conduct of Business | 35 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
No Solicitation | 40 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders’ Meeting | 43 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Access to Information; Confidentiality | 44 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Reasonable Best Efforts | 45 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Takeover Laws | 46 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Notification of Certain Matters | 46 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance | 46 | ||||
Section 6.9 |
Public Announcements | 48 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Section 16 Matters | 48 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Exchange Act Delisting | 49 | ||||
Section 6.12 |
Rule 14d-10 Matters | 49 | ||||
Section 6.13 |
Further Assurances | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 49 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER | 50 |
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Section 8.1 |
Termination | 50 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Effect of Termination | 51 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Fees and Expenses | 51 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
Amendment or Supplement | 52 | ||||
Section 8.5 |
Extension of Time; Waiver | 53 | ||||
Section 8.6 |
Effect of Termination on Offer | 53 | ||||
ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS | 53 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties | 53 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Notices | 53 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Certain Definitions | 54 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Interpretation | 55 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Entire Agreement | 55 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 55 | ||||
Section 9.7 |
Governing Law | 56 | ||||
Section 9.8 |
Submission to Jurisdiction | 56 | ||||
Section 9.9 |
Assignment; Successors | 56 | ||||
Section 9.10 |
Enforcement | 56 | ||||
Section 9.11 |
Currency | 57 | ||||
Section 9.12 |
Severability | 57 | ||||
Section 9.13 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 57 | ||||
Section 9.14 |
Counterparts | 57 | ||||
Section 9.15 |
Facsimile Signature | 57 | ||||
Section 9.16 |
No Presumption Against Drafting Party | 57 | ||||
Section 9.17 |
Performance Guaranty | 57 | ||||
Section 9.18 |
Original Agreement Superseded | 57 |
Exhibit A
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Form of Support Agreement | |
Exhibit B
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Conditions to the Offer | |
Exhibit C
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Articles of Incorporation | |
Exhibit D
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Bylaws |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Definition | Location | |
401(k) Plan |
6.1(a)(ii)(G) | |
510(k)’s |
4.11(c) | |
Acceptance Date |
1.1(e) | |
Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement |
6.2(h)(i) | |
Acquisition Proposal |
6.2(h)(ii) | |
Action |
4.10 | |
Adverse Recommendation Change |
6.2(e) | |
Affiliate |
9.3(a) | |
Affiliate Transaction |
4.25 | |
Agreement |
Preamble | |
Arrangements |
6.12 | |
Board Observer |
1.4(b) | |
Book-Entry Shares |
3.3(b) | |
Business Day |
9.3(b) | |
California Secretary of State |
2.3 | |
Certificate of Merger |
2.3 | |
Certificates |
3.3(b) | |
CGCL |
2.1 | |
Change of Recommendation |
6.2(f) | |
Closing |
2.2 | |
Closing Date |
2.2 | |
Code |
3.4 | |
Company |
Preamble | |
Company Acquisition Agreement |
6.2(e) | |
Company Benefit Agreement |
9.3(c) | |
Company Board |
Recitals | |
Company Board Recommendation |
6.2(e) | |
Company Bylaws |
4.1(b) | |
Company Charter |
4.1(b) | |
Company Copyright |
4.19(b) | |
Company Disclosure Letter |
Article IV | |
Company IP |
4.19(b) | |
Company Marks |
4.19(b) | |
Company Patents |
4.19(b) | |
Company Plans |
4.12(a) | |
Company Preferred Stock |
4.2(a) | |
Company SEC Documents |
4.6(a) | |
Company Stock Awards |
4.2(c) | |
Company Stock Option |
3.2(b) | |
Company Stock Plans |
3.2(b) | |
Company Stockholder Approval |
4.4(a) | |
Company Stockholders’ Meeting |
6.3(b) | |
Compensation Committee |
6.12 | |
Confidentiality Agreement |
6.4 |
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Definition | Location | |
Conflict Minerals |
4.14(j) | |
Contract |
4.5(a) | |
Control |
9.3(d) | |
Copyrights |
4.19(a) | |
Covered Securityholders |
6.12 | |
Dissenting Shares |
3.5 | |
Effective Time |
2.3 | |
Employment Compensation Agreement |
6.12 | |
Environmental Law |
4.14(a) | |
Environmental Permit |
4.14(a) | |
ERISA |
4.12(a) | |
ERISA Affiliate |
4.12(c) | |
ERISA Affiliate Plan |
4.12(c) | |
ESPP |
3.2(e) | |
Exchange Act |
1.1(a) | |
Exchange Fund |
3.3(a) | |
Excluded Party |
6.2(h)(iii) | |
Expiration Date |
1.1(c) | |
FDA |
4.11(b) | |
FDA Laws |
4.11(b) | |
Financial Advisor |
4.26 | |
Florida Act |
2.1 | |
Florida Certificate of Merger |
2.3 | |
Florida Secretary of State |
2.3 | |
Foreign Drug Laws |
4.11(b) | |
GAAP |
4.6(b) | |
Governmental Entity |
4.5(b) | |
Hazardous Substances |
4.14(a) | |
Indebtedness |
6.1(a)(i)(G) | |
Independent Directors |
1.4(d) | |
Initial Expiration Date |
1.1(c) | |
Intellectual Property |
4.19(a) | |
IRS |
4.12(a) | |
Knowledge |
9.3(e) | |
Law |
4.5(a) | |
Leased Real Property |
4.18(b) | |
Liability |
9.3(f) | |
Liens |
4.2(b) | |
Marks |
4.19(a) | |
Material |
9.3(g) | |
Material Adverse Effect |
4.1(a) | |
Material Contracts |
4.16(a) | |
Merger |
Recitals | |
Merger Agreement |
Exhibit B | |
Merger Consideration |
3.1(a) | |
Merger Sub |
Preamble | |
Minimum Condition |
Exhibit B | |
No-Shop Period Start Date |
6.2(b) | |
NYSE |
1.1(c)(ii) | |
OFAC |
4.11(f) |
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Definition | Location | |
Offer |
Recitals | |
Offer Amount |
1.1(e) | |
Offer Conditions |
1.1(b) | |
Offer Consideration |
1.1(a) | |
Offer Documents |
1.2 | |
Original Agreement |
Recitals | |
Original Offer |
Recitals | |
Outside Date |
1.1(c)(i)(B) | |
Owned Real Property |
4.18(b) | |
Parent |
Preamble | |
Parent Material Adverse Effect |
5.1 | |
Patents |
4.19(a) | |
Paying Agent |
3.3(a) | |
PBGC |
4.12(c) | |
Permits |
4.11(a) | |
Permitted Liens |
4.18(a) | |
Person |
9.3(h) | |
PMA’s |
4.11(c) | |
Proper Delivery |
3.3(b) | |
Proxy Statement |
4.8 | |
Related Party |
4.25 | |
Representatives |
6.2(a) | |
Restricted Stock |
3.2(c) | |
Rights Plan |
4.24 | |
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act |
4.6(a) | |
Schedule 14D-9 |
1.3(b) | |
Schedule TO |
1.2 | |
Securities Act |
4.5(b) | |
SEC |
1.1(c)(ii) | |
Shares |
Recitals | |
SSA |
4.11(a) | |
Stockholders |
9.3(i) | |
Subsidiary |
9.3(j) | |
Superior Proposal |
6.2(h)(iv) | |
Support Agreement |
Recitals | |
Surviving Corporation |
2.1 | |
Takeover Laws |
4.23 | |
Tax |
9.3(k) | |
Tax Proceedings |
4.15(e) | |
Tax Return |
9.3(l) | |
Termination Fee |
8.3(b)(iii) | |
Trade Secrets |
4.19(a) | |
VEBA |
4.12(e)(iii) | |
Warrant |
3.2(a) | |
Warrant Holder |
3.2(a) | |
Worker Safety Laws |
4.13(e) |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of
April 14, 2011, among CryoLife, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), XX Xxxxxx, Inc., a
Florida corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and
Cardiogenesis Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto executed that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
March 28, 2011 (the “Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Agreement, Merger Sub would commence an offer to purchase
all of the outstanding shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company
(“Shares”) for the consideration and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein (the “Original Offer”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in order to modify the
terms of the Original Offer such that Merger Sub would offer to purchase only 49.9% of the
outstanding Shares (the “Offer”), rather than all of the outstanding Shares, and make
certain other changes related thereto;
WHEREAS, each Share accepted by Merger Sub in accordance with the terms of the Offer will be
exchanged for the Offer Consideration, subject to and in accordance with the provisions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, the parties intend that, following the consummation of the Offer, Merger Sub shall be
merged with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving corporation in such merger,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “Merger”), and each Share
that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than each such Share
that is owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective wholly owned Subsidiaries
immediately prior to the Effective Time and each Share that is held in the treasury of the Company
or owned by the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective
Time and any Dissenting Shares) will be canceled and converted into the right to receive the Merger
Consideration, subject to and in accordance with the provisions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub have each (i) unanimously approved
this Agreement and the Original Agreement, (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Original Agreement and (iii) declared it advisable for Parent and Merger
Sub, respectively, to enter into this Agreement and the Original Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has (i)
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its Stockholders, and declared it
advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the Original Agreement, (ii) approved the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Original Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger and (iii)
resolved and agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to recommend that the
Stockholders accept the Offer, tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer, approve the Merger and
adopt this Agreement (if required by applicable Law);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Original Agreement, and as a
condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into the Original Agreement, each of the
members of the Company Board and the executive officers of the Company have entered into an
agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Support Agreement”) pursuant to
which each such Person
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has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein and
herein, among other things, to tender the Shares held by such Person in the Offer, at Parent’s
direction, and to vote in favor of, or sign a written consent of the Stockholders approving, the
Merger; and
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Offer and the Merger and also to
prescribe certain conditions to the Offer and the Merger as specified herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger
Sub and the Company hereby amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety and for all
purposes as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE OFFER
THE OFFER
Section 1.1 The Offer.
(a) The parties acknowledge and agree that on April 5, 2011, Merger Sub commenced (within
the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”)) the Offer. In the Offer,
each Share accepted by Merger Sub in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Offer shall be exchanged for the right to receive $0.457 in cash, without interest (such amount for
each Share, the “Offer Consideration”), subject to the other provisions of this Section
1.1.
(b) The obligations of Merger Sub, and of Parent to cause Merger Sub, to accept for payment
and pay for any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer shall be subject only to (i) the satisfaction
of the Minimum Condition, as defined on Exhibit B hereto and (ii) the satisfaction or
waiver by Merger Sub of the other conditions set forth in Exhibit B (such conditions,
together with the Minimum Condition, the “Offer Conditions”) and the terms and conditions
hereof. Parent and Merger Sub expressly reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to waive any
Offer Condition or to modify the terms or conditions of the Offer consistent with the terms of this
Agreement, except that, without the prior written consent of the Company, neither Parent nor Merger
Sub shall, except pursuant to Section 6.2(e), (A) reduce the Offer Consideration, (B)
change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (C) reduce the number of Shares to be
purchased by Merger Sub in the Offer, (D) waive or amend the Minimum Condition, (E) add to the
Offer Conditions or impose any other conditions to the Offer, (F) extend the expiration of the
Offer except as required or permitted by Section 1.1(c), (G) otherwise amend, modify or
supplement any Offer Condition or any term of the Offer set forth in this Agreement in a manner
adverse to the holders of Shares or (H) abandon or terminate the Offer, except as provided in
Article VIII hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may amend the Offer without
violation of the foregoing limitations and without the prior written consent of the Company in
connection with its “match” right set forth in Section 6.2(e) in order to cause the Offer
to comply with its requirements thereunder, provided that such “match” right-to-adjust shall not
apply to Section 1.1(b)(D) and shall apply to Section 1.1(b)(G) only to the extent
that the revised Offer, taken as a whole (as opposed to any individual term), has not been revised
in a manner adverse to the holders of Shares.
(c) The Offer shall expire on May 2, 2011 (the “Initial Expiration Date”), except
as may otherwise be required by applicable Law; provided, however, that Merger Sub shall, and
Parent shall cause it to (in
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each case unless Parent or the Company has terminated this Agreement
pursuant to Article VIII), extend the Offer (i) if at the Initial Expiration Date or any
subsequent scheduled expiration date of the Offer (together with the Initial Expiration Date, the
“Expiration Date”) any of the Offer Conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived, for
one or more successive periods of up to ten (10) Business Days per extension (or any longer period
as may be reasonably requested by Parent and approved in advance in writing by the Company) until
the earlier to occur of (A) the date such Offer Conditions are satisfied or waived or (B) August
31, 2011 (the “Outside Date”), or (ii) for any period required by any rule, regulation,
interpretation or position of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or the
staff thereof or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) or any applicable
Law.
(d) [Intentionally Omitted].
(e) Subject to the terms of the Offer and this Agreement and the satisfaction or waiver by
Merger Sub of all of the Offer Conditions, Merger Sub will irrevocably accept for payment and pay
for all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer promptly after the
expiration date thereof (as the same may be extended or required to be extended, in each case in
accordance with the terms of Section 1.1) (the date on which the first of such Shares are
accepted for payment under the Offer, the “Acceptance Date”); provided, however, that in
the event the number of Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer
exceeds an amount equal to forty-nine and nine-tenths percent (49.9%) of the Shares then
outstanding (the “Offer Amount”), Merger Sub will purchase, on a pro rata basis based on
the Shares actually deposited in the Offer by each holder of any such Shares, Shares representing
the Offer Amount; provided, further, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in
the event Merger Sub purchases a number of Shares equal to the Offer Amount pursuant to and in
accordance with this Section 1.1(e), then at all times prior to the termination of this
Agreement, the Company shall take no action whatsoever (including the redemption of any Shares)
without the prior written consent of Parent and Merger Sub that would have the effect of increasing
the percentage of direct or indirect ownership of Shares by Parent and its controlled Affiliates,
including Merger Sub, in excess of forty-nine and nine-tenths percent (49.9%).
(f) Parent shall cause to be provided to Merger Sub all of the funds necessary to purchase
any Shares that Merger Sub becomes obligated to purchase pursuant to the Offer, and shall cause
Merger Sub to perform, on a timely basis, all of Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement with
respect to consummation of the Offer and the Merger and payment or issuance of consideration
contemplated by this Agreement in respect thereof.
Section 1.2 Offer Documents. On April 5, 2011, Parent and Merger Sub filed with
the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Schedule TO”) with respect to the Offer,
which contained an offer to purchase and a related letter of transmittal and other ancillary
documents (such Schedule TO and the documents included therein pursuant to which the Offer was
made, together with any supplements or amendments thereto, the “Offer Documents”). The
Company shall promptly furnish to Parent and Merger Sub all information concerning the Company
required by the Exchange Act to be set forth in the Offer Documents. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company shall promptly correct any information supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Offer Documents if and to the extent that such information shall have become false
or misleading in any material respect, and each of Parent and Merger Sub shall take all steps
necessary to amend or supplement the Offer Documents and to cause the Offer Documents as so amended
or supplemented to be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Stockholders, in each case as and
to the extent required by applicable Laws. Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly notify the Company
upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC, or any request from the SEC for amendments or
supplements, to the Offer Documents, and shall provide the Company with
copies of all correspondence between them and their Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC,
on the other hand, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to give the Company the opportunity to
participate
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in any substantive telephonic communications with the staff of the SEC related thereto.
Prior to the filing of any amendment or supplement to the Offer Documents with the SEC or
dissemination thereof to the shareholders of the Company, or responding to any comments of the SEC
with respect to the Offer Documents, Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the Company a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on such Offer Documents or response (including the proposed final
version thereof), and Parent and Merger Sub shall give reasonable consideration to any such
comments.
Section 1.3 Company Actions.
(a) The Company hereby consents to the Offer and to the inclusion in the Offer Documents of
the recommendation of the Company Board described in Section 4.4(b) (as long as no Adverse
Recommendation Change has occurred prior to the filing of such Offer Document and provided that in
the event of an Adverse Recommendation Change, Parent and Merger Sub shall file such amendment to
the Offer Documents as may be necessary so that any of such Offer Documents would not include any
misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading).
(b) The parties acknowledge and agree that on April 5, 2011, the Company filed with the SEC
a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (such Schedule 14D-9, together with any
amendments or supplements thereto, the “Schedule 14D-9”) containing, subject to the Company
Board’s right to make an Adverse Recommendation Change in accordance with Section 6.2(e),
the recommendation of the Company Board described in Section 4.4(b), and caused the
Schedule 14D-9 to be disseminated to the Stockholders (concurrently with and in the same mailing
envelope as the Offer Documents) as required by Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act. Each of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub agrees promptly to correct any information provided by it for use in
the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleading
in any material respect, and the Company further agrees to take all steps necessary to cause the
Schedule 14D-9 as so corrected to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Stockholders,
in each case, as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities Laws. As long as no
Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred in accordance with Section 6.2(e) prior to the
filing of any amendment to such Schedule 14D-9, Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel shall be given
a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such amendment to Schedule 14D-9 prior to the
filing thereof with the SEC and the Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable
additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel. In
addition, the Company agrees to provide Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel any comments, whether
written or oral, that the Company or its counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect
to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after the receipt of such comments, and any written or oral
responses thereto. Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment upon such responses and the Company shall give due consideration to all
reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by Parent, Merger Sub and their
counsel.
(c) In connection with the Offer, the Company shall cause its transfer agent promptly to
furnish Parent and Merger Sub with mailing labels, security position listings, any non-objecting
beneficial owner lists and any available listings or computer files containing the names and
addresses of the record holders of Shares as of the most recent practicable date and shall furnish
Parent and Merger Sub with such additional available information (including, but not limited to,
periodic updates of such information) and such other assistance as Parent, Merger Sub or their
agents may reasonably request in communicating the Offer to the record and beneficial holders of
Shares. Except for such steps as are necessary to disseminate the Offer Documents and any other
documents necessary to consummate the Offer and the Merger, Parent and Merger Sub shall hold in
confidence, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement except as
further limited herein, the information contained in any such labels, listings and files, shall use
such information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and if this Agreement shall be
terminated
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shall promptly deliver to the Company or order the destruction of the original and all
copies of such information.
Section 1.4 Directors.
(a) Subject to compliance with applicable Law and the Company Charter and
Company Bylaws, promptly upon the payment by Merger Sub for Shares pursuant to the consummation of
the Offer, and from time to time thereafter, Parent shall be entitled to designate such number of
directors, rounded up to the next whole number, on the Company Board as is equal to the product of
the total number of directors on the Company Board (including the directors elected pursuant to
this sentence) multiplied by the percentage that the aggregate number of Shares beneficially owned
by Parent or its Affiliates at such time (including Shares so accepted for payment) bears to the
total number of Shares then outstanding on a fully-diluted basis. In furtherance thereof, promptly
upon the payment by Merger Sub for Shares pursuant to the Offer the Company shall, upon request of
Parent, promptly take all actions necessary to cause Parent’s designees to be so elected or
appointed, including, without limitation, increasing the size of its Board of Directors and/or
seeking the resignations of one or more incumbent directors. At such time, the Company shall, upon
request of Parent, also promptly take all actions necessary to cause individuals designated by
Parent to constitute at least the same percentage (rounded up to the next whole number) as is on
the Company Board of (i) each committee of the Company Board, (ii) each board of directors (or
similar body) of each Subsidiary of the Company and (iii) each committee (or similar body) of each
such board.
(b) Subject to compliance with applicable Law and the Company Charter and Company Bylaws,
promptly upon the payment by Merger Sub for Shares pursuant to the consummation of the Offer, and
from time to time thereafter, Parent shall be entitled to designate up to two individuals (each, a
“Board Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Company Board and all committees thereof
(whether in person, telephonic or other). Each Board Observer will be provided, concurrently with
the members of the Company Board and in the same manner, all notices, information and materials
provided to the Company Board.
(c) The Company’s obligations to appoint Parent’s designees to the Company Board pursuant to
Section 1.4(a) shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1
thereunder. Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall promptly take all actions required
pursuant to Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 in order to fulfill its obligations under this Section
1.4, including mailing to the Stockholders together with the Schedule 14D-9 the information
required under Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 as is necessary to enable Parent’s designees to be
elected or appointed to the Company Board. Parent shall supply to the Company any information with
respect to itself and its officers, directors and Affiliates to the extent required by Section
14(f) and Rule 14f-1. The provisions of this Section 1.4 are in addition to and shall not
limit any rights that Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates may have as a holder or
beneficial owner of Shares as a matter of applicable Law with respect to the election of directors
or otherwise.
(d) In the event that Parent’s designees are elected or appointed to the Company Board
pursuant to this Section 1.4 then, until the Effective Time, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company Board to maintain at least three directors who
are members of the Company Board on the date of the Original Agreement and who are independent for
purposes of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act (the “Independent Directors”); provided,
however, that if the number of Independent Directors is reduced below three for any reason, the
remaining Independent Director(s) shall be entitled to nominate an individual or individuals to
fill such vacancy who shall be deemed to be Independent
Directors for purposes of this Agreement or, if no Independent Directors then remain, the other
directors shall designate three individuals to fill such vacancies who are independent for purposes
of Rule 10A-3
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under the Exchange Act, and such individuals shall be deemed to be Independent
Directors for purposes of this Agreement. The Company and the Company Board shall promptly take all
action as may be necessary to comply with their obligations under this Section 1.4(d).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the time, if any, that
Parent’s designees pursuant to this Section 1.4 constitute a majority of the Company Board
and prior to the Effective Time, subject to the terms hereof, any amendment or termination of this
Agreement by the Company, any extension by the Company of the time for the performance of any of
the obligations or other acts of Parent or Merger Sub or waiver of any of the Company’s rights
hereunder, will require the concurrence of a majority of the Independent Directors (or in the case
where there are two or fewer Independent Directors, the concurrence of one Independent Director) if
such amendment, termination, extension or waiver would reasonably be expected to have an adverse
effect on any holders of Shares other than Parent or Merger Sub. The Independent Directors shall
have the authority to retain outside legal counsel (which may include current outside legal counsel
of the Company) at the reasonable expense of the Company for the purpose of fulfilling their
obligations under this Agreement and shall have the authority, after the Acceptance Date, to
institute any action on behalf of the Company to enforce the performance of the Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
Section 1.5 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 1.6 [Intentionally Omitted].
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement and in accordance with the California General Corporation Law (the
“CGCL”) and the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “Florida Act”), at the
Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. Following the Merger, the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
Section 2.2 Closing. The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall
take place at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the second (2nd) Business Day following the
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VII (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the
Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of
those conditions), at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP at 000 00xx Xxxxxx XX,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, unless another date, time or place is agreed to in writing by
Parent and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as
the “Closing Date.”
Section 2.3 Effective Time. Upon the terms and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, the parties shall file (a) a certificate of
merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (the “Florida Secretary of
State”) executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Florida Act (the
“Florida Certificate of Merger”), (b) a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State
of the State of California (the “California Secretary of State”) executed in accordance
with the relevant provisions of the CGCL ((a) and (b), collectively, the “Certificates of
Merger” and each individually, a “Certificate of Merger”) and (c) as soon as
practicable on or after the Closing Date, shall make any and all other filings or recordings
required under the Florida Act and the CGCL. The Merger
shall become effective at such time as specified in the Certificates of Merger (the time the Merger
becomes effective being the “Effective Time”).
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Section 2.4 Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth
in this Agreement and in the relevant provisions of the Florida Act and the CGCL. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving
Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the
debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.5 Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws.
(a) At the Effective Time, the articles of incorporation of the Company shall be amended and
restated in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C and, as so amended, shall be the
articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
its terms and as provided by applicable Law.
(b) At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company shall be amended and restated in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit D, and, as so amended, shall be the bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with their terms and as provided
by applicable Law.
Section 2.6 Directors. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their
resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
Section 2.7 Officers. The officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their
resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE III
EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE
CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE
CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 3.1 Conversion of Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders of any
shares of capital stock of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub:
(a) Each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
Shares to be canceled in accordance with Section 3.1(b) and any Dissenting Shares) shall
thereupon be converted automatically into and shall thereafter represent the right to receive
$0.457 in cash, without interest (the “Merger Consideration”). As of the Effective Time,
all such Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease
to exist, and shall thereafter only represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration to be
issued or paid in accordance with Section 3.3, without interest.
(b) Each Share held in the treasury of the Company or owned, directly or indirectly, by
Parent, Merger Sub or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, no par value per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
(d) If at any time during the period between the date of the Original Agreement and the
Effective
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Time, any change in the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for shares of such capital stock, shall occur
as a result of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a reverse stock
split) or subdivision or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend or
stock distribution with a record date during such period (excluding, in each case, normal quarterly
cash dividends), merger or other similar transaction, the Merger Consideration shall be equitably
adjusted, without duplication, to reflect such change; provided, that nothing in this Section
3.1(d) shall be construed to permit the Company to take any action with respect to its
securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 3.2 Treatment of Warrants, Options and Other Equity-Based Awards.
(a) Following the date of the Original Agreement, (i) the Company shall provide written
notice of the pending Merger to the holder (the “Warrant Holder”) of that certain Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated October 26, 2004 (the “Warrant”), in accordance with the terms
thereof, and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time, provided that the
Warrant Holder has not earlier exercised the Warrant in full, Parent shall issue a replacement
warrant to the Warrant Holder providing identical terms to the Warrant except that such replacement
warrant shall be exercisable into the amount of Merger Consideration to which the Warrant Holder
would have been entitled if the Warrant Holder had exercised the Warrant immediately prior to the
consummation of the Merger.
(b) At the Effective Time, each option (each, a “Company Stock Option”) to purchase
Shares granted under the Cardiogenesis Corporation Director Stock Option Plan and/or the
Cardiogenesis Corporation Stock Option Plan (collectively, the “Company Stock Plans”),
whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
cancelled and, in exchange therefor, the Surviving Corporation shall pay to each former holder of
any such cancelled Company Stock Option as soon as practicable following the Effective Time by a
special payroll payment an amount in cash (without interest, and subject to deduction for any
required withholding Tax) equal to the product of (i) the excess of the Merger Consideration over
the exercise price per Share under such Company Stock Option and (ii) the number of Shares subject
to such Company Stock Option; provided, that if the exercise price per Share of any such Company
Stock Option is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration, such Company Stock Option shall
be canceled without any cash payment being made in respect thereof; provided further that Parent
may, in its sole discretion, cause the Paying Agent, on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, to
make the payments described in this Section 3.2(b) rather than the Surviving Corporation.
The Company shall, prior to the Acceptance Date, take all requisite action necessary to amend the
Company Stock Plans to permit the cancellation and exchange of the Company Stock Options
contemplated by this Section 3.2(b).
(c) Each share of restricted stock acquired pursuant to a stock purchase right under the
Cardiogenesis Corporation Stock Option Plan (“Restricted Stock”) that is not fully vested
and that is outstanding immediately prior to the Acceptance Date shall automatically become fully
vested immediately prior to the Acceptance Date, but subject to the occurrence of the Acceptance
Date, pursuant to the terms of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement evidencing such Restricted
Stock without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders of any such
share of Restricted Stock. The Company shall, prior to the Acceptance Date, take all requisite
action, if any, necessary to accelerate the vesting of all outstanding Restricted Stock as
contemplated by the preceding sentence.
(d) The Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that, as of the Effective Time,
(i) the Company Stock Plans shall terminate and (ii) no holder of a Company Stock Option or any participant
in any Company Stock Plan or any other employee incentive or benefit plan, program or arrangement
or any non-employee director plan maintained by the Company shall have any rights to acquire, or
other rights in respect of, the capital stock of the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of
their Subsidiaries,
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except the right to receive the payment contemplated by Section 3.2(b)
upon exercise thereof.
(e) With respect to the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Cardiogenesis Corporation, as
amended (as so amended, the “ESPP”), the Company shall not commence any new Offering
Periods (as defined in the ESPP) under the ESPP on or after the date of the Original Agreement.
Section 3.3 Exchange and Payment.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub shall enter into an agreement with a
bank or trust company designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the
“Paying Agent”). On the day of (and immediately following) the Effective Time, Parent or
Merger Sub shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) with the Paying Agent, in trust for the benefit
of holders of Shares, an amount of cash sufficient to deliver to holders of Shares the Merger
Consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 3.1. Any cash deposited with
the Paying Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Exchange Fund.” The Exchange Fund
shall not be used for any purpose other than to fund payments due pursuant to Section
3.1(a), except as provided in this Agreement. Parent shall pay all fees and expenses of the
Paying Agent.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but in any event no later
than the third (3rd) Business Day thereafter, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the
Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record of an outstanding certificate or outstanding
certificates (“Certificates”) and to each holder of uncertificated Shares represented by
book entry (“Book-Entry Shares”) that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented
outstanding Shares that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration with
respect thereto pursuant to Section 3.1(a), (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates held
by such Person shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent, and
which letter shall be in customary form and contain such other provisions as Parent or the Paying
Agent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of such
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration payable with respect
thereto pursuant to Section 3.1(a). Upon surrender of a Certificate to the Paying Agent,
together with such letter of transmittal (or, in the case of a Book-Entry Share, upon delivery of
such letter of transmittal), duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the
instructions thereto, and such other documents as the Paying Agent may reasonably require (a
“Proper Delivery”), the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive
pursuant to Section 3.1(a) in respect of the Shares represented by such Certificate or
Book-Entry Share and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will
be paid or accrued on any Merger Consideration payable in respect of Certificates or Book-Entry
Shares. Payment of Merger Consideration shall be made as promptly as practicable after the date of
Proper Delivery of the applicable Certificate or Book-Entry Share.
(c) If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person
in whose name the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a
condition of payment that such Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be
otherwise in proper form for transfer or such Book-Entry Share shall be properly transferred and
that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by
reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of
the Certificate or Book-Entry Share surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of
Parent that such tax either has been paid or is not applicable.
(d) Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.3, each Certificate or
Book-Entry Share shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right
to receive the Merger Consideration payable in respect of Shares theretofore represented by such
Certificate or Book-Entry
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Shares, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.1(a), without any
interest thereon.
(e) All Merger Consideration delivered upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares in accordance with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to have
been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares formerly represented by such
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company
shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books
of the Surviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the
Paying Agent for transfer or transfer is sought for Book-Entry Shares, such Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article III, subject
to applicable Law in the case of Dissenting Shares.
(f) The Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund as directed by
Parent, on a daily basis. Any interest or other income resulting from such investments shall be
paid to Parent, upon demand.
(g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund (and any interest or other income earned thereon) that
remains undistributed to the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares one (1) year after the
Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any holders of Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter
look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar
Laws), as general creditors thereof, for payment of the Merger Consideration with respect to Shares
formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share, without interest.
(h) None of Parent, the Surviving Corporation, the Paying Agent or any other Person shall
be liable to any Person in respect of cash from the Exchange Fund properly delivered to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(i) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit, in form and substance required by the Paying Agent (or, if no such affidavit is required
by the Paying Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent), of that fact by the
Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent or the
Paying Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as Parent or the Paying Agent may
determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it or the
Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will deliver in exchange
for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof
pursuant to this Agreement.
(j) Any portion of the Merger Consideration made available to the Paying Agent pursuant to
Section 3.3(a) to pay for Shares for which appraisal rights have been perfected as
described in Section 3.5 shall be returned to Parent, upon demand.
Section 3.4 Withholding Rights. Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation and
the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable
to any holder of Shares, Company Stock Options or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement such amounts
as Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent is required to deduct and withhold with
respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax Law. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority by Parent, the Surviving
Corporation or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made.
Section 3.5 Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary,
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Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are held by
any holder who has not voted in favor of the Merger and who is entitled to demand and properly
demands appraisal of such Shares pursuant to Section 1300 of the CGCL (“Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless and until such
holder shall have failed to perfect, or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost, such holder’s
right to appraisal under the CGCL. Dissenting Shares shall be treated in accordance with Chapter 13
of the CGCL. If any such holder fails to perfect or withdraws or loses any such right to appraisal,
each such Share of such holder shall thereupon be converted into and become exchangeable only for
the right to receive, as of the later of the Effective Time and the time that such right to
appraisal has been irrevocably lost, withdrawn or expired, the Merger Consideration in accordance
with Section 3.1(a). The Company shall serve prompt notice to Parent of any demands for
appraisal of any Shares, attempted withdrawals of such notices or demands and any other instruments
received by the Company relating to rights to appraisal, and Parent shall have the right to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company shall
not, without the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to, settle or offer
to settle, or approve any withdrawal of any such demands.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the corresponding section or subsection of the
disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent prior to the execution of the Original
Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) (it being agreed that disclosure of any
information in a particular section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed
disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection of this Agreement to which the relevance
of such information is readily apparent on its face or where specifically cross-referenced), each
representation and warranty in this Article IV is not qualified in any way whatsoever, and
is made and given with the intention of inducing Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this
Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub
as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization, Standing and Power.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all
requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as now being conducted and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership,
leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except in
the case of clause (iii), where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or in good standing,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means
(x) any event, change, circumstance, occurrence, effect or state of facts that (A) is or would
reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (B) materially impairs the ability of the Company to comply, or prevents the Company from
complying, with its material obligations with respect to the consummation of the Offer or the
Merger or would reasonably be expected to do so; provided, however, that, Material Adverse Effect
shall not include any event, change, circumstance, occurrence, effect or state of facts to the
extent expressly set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter or arising out of or attributable to
any of the following, either alone or in
combination (1) generally affecting the industry in which the Company operates, or the economy or
the financial or securities markets in the United States, including effects on such industry,
economy or markets resulting from any regulatory or political conditions or developments in
general, (2) any outbreak
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or escalation of hostilities or declared or undeclared acts of war or
terrorism, weather, natural disasters or other force majeure events, (3) reflecting or resulting
from changes in any Law or GAAP or interpretations thereof, (4) the announcement of the execution
of the Original Agreement or the pendency of the Offer or the Merger or any other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (5) any actions taken, or failure to take action, to which Parent
or Merger Sub has expressly consented or requested, (6) compliance with the terms of, or the taking
of any action required by, this Agreement, or the failure to take any action prohibited by this
Agreement, (7) any stockholder litigation arising directly out of allegations of a breach of
fiduciary duty relating to this Agreement (but excluding any such litigation arising out of or
relating to any agreement with or between Stockholders other than the Support Agreement), (8)
any failure by the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or external budgets,
projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance, or (9) a change in the market price
or trading volume of the Shares, in and of itself; provided, that, with respect to clauses (1), (2)
and (3), the impact of such event, change, circumstances, occurrence, effect or state of facts is
not disproportionately adverse (relative to other industry participants of comparable size to the
Company) to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and provided, further, that with
respect to clauses (8) and (9), the facts and circumstances giving rise to or contributing to such
change may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect;
or (y) any violation, or series of violations, before or after the date of the Original Agreement
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any violation, or series of violations, for which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries could be liable) of any FDA Law, Foreign Drug Law, or Law
covered by Sections 4.11(d) through 4.11(g) for which the remedy, or remedies in
the case of a series of violations, when aggregated together, would reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries (only to the extent such
effect results solely from the Company’s violation(s), and not including any portion of such effect
resulting from any act or omission of Parent or its Subsidiaries), that has not been disclosed in
the Company Disclosure Letter prior to the date of the Original Agreement.
(b) The Company has previously delivered or made available to Parent true and complete
copies of the Company’s articles of incorporation (the “Company Charter”) and bylaws (the
“Company Bylaws”), in each case as amended to the date of the Original Agreement, and each
as so delivered is in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any provision of
the Company Charter or Company Bylaws. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete
copies of the minutes of all meetings of the Stockholders, the Company Board and each committee of
the Company Board held since January 1, 2007, except that any minutes of meetings related to other
bidders in connection with any potential sale of the Company or any of its material assets or
otherwise related to deliberations by the Company Board with respect to the consideration of
strategic alternatives during the twelve (12) months prior to the date of the Original Agreement
shall be provided in redacted form to exclude only such financially sensitive information as is
directly related to such other bidders or deliberations, as applicable.
Section 4.2 Capital Stock.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 Shares and 5,000,000
shares of preferred stock, no par value per share (the “Company Preferred Stock”). As of
the close of business on March 25, 2011, (i) 46,638,421 Shares (excluding treasury shares) were
issued and outstanding, (ii) no Shares were held by the Company in its treasury, (iii) no shares of
Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of Company Preferred Stock were
held by the Company in its treasury, (iv) 7,041,775 Shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to
Company Stock Plans (of which 3,146,940 Shares were subject to outstanding Company Stock Options,
(v) 2,640,000 Shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to the Warrant and (vi) 423 shares were
subject to purchase pursuant to the
ESPP. There is no Offering Period under the ESPP ongoing as of the date of the Original Agreement.
All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and all shares reserved for
issuance as noted in clauses (iv) and (v) above will be, when issued in accordance with the terms
thereof, duly authorized,
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validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any
preemptive rights. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding any bonds,
debentures, notes or other obligations having the right to vote (or convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for, securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the
Company or such Subsidiary on any matter. Except as set forth above in this Section 4.2(a)
and except for changes since March 25, 2011 resulting from the exercise of Company Stock Options
described in Section 4.2(c) or as expressly permitted by Section 6.1, there are no
outstanding (A) shares of capital stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the
Company, (B) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for shares of capital stock of the Company or other voting securities or equity
interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) stock appreciation rights, “phantom” stock
rights, performance units, interests in or rights to the ownership or earnings of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or other equity equivalent or equity-based award or right, (D)
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments, Contracts or other rights to acquire from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, voting securities,
equity interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or
other voting securities or equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or rights or
interests described in clause (C), or (E) obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such securities or to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or
cause to be issued, granted, delivered or sold, any such securities.
(b) No shares of capital stock of the Company are owned by any Subsidiary of the Company. All
the outstanding shares of capital stock or other voting securities or equity interests of each
Subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid,
nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights. All of the shares of capital stock or other
voting securities or equity interests of each such Subsidiary are owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company, free and clear of all pledges, claims, liens, charges, options, rights of first
refusal, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any
limitation on voting, sale, transfer or other disposition or exercise of any other attribute of
ownership) (collectively, “Liens”). There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or
other agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or on
file with the Company with respect to the holding, voting, registration, redemption, repurchase or
disposition of, or that restricts the transfer of, any capital stock or other equity interest of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for the withholding of shares in connection with
Taxes payable in respect of the exercise of Company Stock Options and the issuance of Shares in
connection with the vesting of restricted stock units, performance stock units, restricted stock
unit rights or other awards granted under the Company Plans).
(c) Section 4.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete
list of all holders, as of March 25, 2011, of outstanding Company Stock Options or other rights to
purchase or receive Shares or similar rights granted under the Company Stock Plans or otherwise
(collectively, “Company Stock Awards”), indicating as applicable, with respect to each
Company Stock Award then outstanding, the type of award granted, the number of Shares subject to
such Company Stock Award, the name of the plan under which such Company Stock Award was granted,
the date of grant, exercise or purchase price, vesting schedule, payment schedule (if different
from the vesting schedule) and expiration thereof, and whether (and to what extent) the vesting of
such Company Stock Award will be accelerated or otherwise adjusted in any way or any other terms
will be triggered or otherwise adjusted in any way by the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or by the termination of employment or engagement or change in
position of any holder thereof following or in connection with the Merger. Each Company Stock
Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section
422 of the Code so qualifies and the exercise price of each other Company Stock Option is no less
than the fair market value of a Share as determined on the date of grant of such Company Stock
Option, and no Company Stock Option is subject to Section 409A of the Code. No Company Stock
Options that are
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outstanding have been granted other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans. The
Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Company Stock Plans and the
forms of all stock option agreements evidencing outstanding Company Stock Options.
Section 4.3 Subsidiaries. Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth a true and complete list of each Subsidiary of the Company, including its jurisdiction
of incorporation or formation. Except for the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests
in, its Subsidiaries, and except as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity, membership interest,
partnership interest, joint venture interest, or other equity or voting interest in, or any
interest convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for any of the foregoing, nor is it under
any current or prospective obligation to form or participate in, provide funds to, make any loan,
capital contribution, guarantee, credit enhancement or other investment in, or assume any liability
or obligation of, any Person.
Section 4.4 Authority.
(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the
part of the Company are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, subject, in the case of the consummation of the Merger and if required by
applicable Law, to the adoption and approval of this Agreement by the holders of at least a
majority in combined voting power of the outstanding Shares (the “Company Stockholder
Approval”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
(except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
or by general principles of equity, and further limited by laws relating to the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies).
(b) The Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held, duly adopted resolutions for which
all directors present voted in favor of (i) determining that the terms of the Original Agreement,
this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby are fair to
and in the best interests of the Stockholders, (ii) approving and declaring advisable the Original
Agreement, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the
Merger, (iii) directing that the Original Agreement and this Agreement be submitted to the
stockholders of the Company for adoption and approval and (iv) resolving to recommend that the
Stockholders accept the Offer, tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and vote in favor of the
adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Offer and the Merger (if required by applicable Law), which resolutions have not been subsequently
rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way, except as may be permitted by Section 6.2. The
Company is providing to Parent concurrently herewith true and complete copies of the resolutions
described herein.
(c) The Company Stockholder Approval is the only vote of the holders of any class or series
of the Company’s capital stock or other securities required in connection with the consummation of
the Merger. No vote of the holders of any other class or series of the Company’s capital stock or
other securities is
required in connection with the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby to be
consummated by the Company other than the Merger.
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Section 4.5 No Conflict; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not, and
(assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions described in Section
4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter have been obtained and all filings and obligations
described in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter have been made and any waiting
periods thereunder have terminated or expired) the consummation of the Offer and the Merger and
compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof will not, conflict with, or result in any
violation or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or
give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of
any obligation or to the loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien in or upon
any of the properties, assets or rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, or give
rise to any increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements under, or
require any consent, waiver or approval of any Person pursuant to, any provision of (i) the Company
Charter or Company Bylaws, or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational
documents) of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture,
guarantee, license, lease, purchase or sale order or other contract, agreement or other obligation
binding on the Company and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, whether oral or
written (each, including all amendments thereto, a “Contract”) to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets may be bound or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and other
matters referred to in Section 4.5(b), any federal, state, local or foreign law (including
common law, FDA Laws, and Foreign Drug Laws), statute, ordinance, rule, code, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other legally enforceable requirement (“Law”) applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets may be bound, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii),
as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration, filing
with or notice to, any federal, state, local or foreign government or subdivision thereof or any
other governmental, administrative, judicial, arbitral, legislative, executive, regulatory or
self-regulatory authority, instrumentality, agency, commission or body (each, a “Governmental
Entity”) is required by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation
by the Company of the Offer and the Merger or compliance with the provisions hereof, except for (i)
such filings and reports as may be required pursuant to the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Exchange Act and any other
applicable state or federal securities, takeover and “blue sky” laws, (ii) the filing of the
Certificates of Merger with the Florida Secretary of State, as required by the Florida Act, and the
California Secretary of State, as required by the CGCL, respectively, and (iii) such other
consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings or notices the
failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.6 SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has filed with or furnished to the SEC on a timely basis true and complete
copies of all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents filed or required to be
filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2008 (all such documents, together
with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all information incorporated therein by reference, the
“Company SEC
Documents”). As of their respective filing dates (or, if amended or superseded by a filing
prior to the date of the Original Agreement, then on the date of such filing), the Company SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and the
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), as in
effect on the date such forms, reports and documents were filed, as the case may be, including, in
each case, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and none of the Company SEC Documents
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) included (or incorporated
by reference) in the Company SEC Documents (i) have been prepared in all material respects in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (except as may be
indicated in the notes thereto and, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules
and regulations of the SEC applicable to Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), (ii) comply as
to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules
and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and (iii) fairly present in all material respects
the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and
their respective consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments that were not, or are not expected to be,
material in amount), all in accordance with GAAP and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC. Since December 31, 2010, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports
filed prior to the date of the Original Agreement, the Company has not made any change in the
accounting practices or policies applied in the preparation of its financial statements, except as
required by GAAP, SEC rule or policy or applicable Law. The books and records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with
GAAP (to the extent applicable) and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements and
reflect only actual transactions.
(c) The Company has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that provides
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and
procedures that: (i) provide for the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the
Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the
Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material
effect on its financial statements.
(d) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures
are designed to ensure that information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
Subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic and current reports under the
Exchange Act, is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and its chief financial
officer by others within those entities to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures as
required under the Exchange Act. The chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the
Company have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and,
to the extent required by applicable Law, presented in any applicable Company SEC Document that is
a report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, or any amendment thereto, its conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of
the period covered by such report or amendment based on such evaluation.
(e) Since January 1, 2007, (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge
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of the Company, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or
auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or their respective internal accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or
claim that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or
auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a
violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to the
Company Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) As of the date of the Original Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved
comments in the comment letters received from the SEC staff with respect to the Company SEC
Documents. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Documents is subject to ongoing
review or outstanding SEC comment or investigation. The Company has made available to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of all written correspondence between the SEC, on the one hand, and the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, occurring since January 1, 2007.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 4.6(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter and
except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off balance sheet
partnership or any similar Contract (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any
transaction or relationship between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or
limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand), or any “off balance sheet arrangements” (as
defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) that, individually or in the
aggregate, exceeds $10,000.
(h) No Subsidiary of the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section 4.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except to the extent disclosed in the
Company SEC Documents filed after the date of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and before the date of the Original Agreement, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, known or unknown, whether due, or to become due that
are required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP, except for (i) liabilities
and obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
(ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice.
Section 4.8 Certain Information. Neither the Schedule 14D-9 nor the Proxy
Statement will, at the respective times they are first filed with the SEC, amended or supplemented
or first published, sent or given to the Stockholders and, in the case of the Proxy Statement, at
the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Schedule
14D-9 and the Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions
of the Exchange Act. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the
Company specifically for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in any of the Offer Documents will, at the respective times they are first filed with the
SEC, amended or supplemented or first published, sent or given to the Stockholders, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to
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make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or
warranty with respect to statements included or incorporated by reference in the Schedule 14D-9 or
the Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. For purposes of this Agreement,
the letter to the Stockholders, notice of meeting, proxy statement and form of proxy and any other
soliciting material, or the information statement, as the case may be, to be distributed to the
Stockholders in connection with the Merger (including any amendments or supplements) and any
schedules required to be filed with the SEC in connection therewith are collectively referred to as
the “Proxy Statement.”
Section 4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as and to the extent
disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed after the date of the Company’s annual report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and before the date of the Original Agreement,
since December 31, 2010 and through the date of the Original Agreement and as set forth in
Section 4.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter: (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries have
conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; (b) there has
not been any change, event or development or prospective change, event or development that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has suffered any loss, damage,
destruction or other casualty affecting any of its material properties or material assets, whether
or not covered by insurance; and (d) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has taken any
action since January 1, 2011 that, if taken after the date of the Original Agreement, would
constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6.1.
Section 4.10 Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, arbitration,
investigation, inquiry, grievance or other proceeding (each, an “Action”) (or basis
therefor) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, any of their respective properties or assets and there is no filed
litigation against any present or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in such individual’s capacity as such. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any outstanding judgment, order,
injunction, rule or decree of any Governmental Entity. There is no Action pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened seeking to prevent, hinder, modify, delay or challenge the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.11 Compliance with Laws and Permits.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have in effect all material permits, licenses,
variances, exemptions, authorizations, operating certificates, franchises, orders and approvals of
all Governmental Entities (collectively, “Permits”) necessary for them to own, lease or
operate their properties and assets and to carry on their businesses and operations as now
conducted, and no suspension, cancellation or other lapse of any such Permit is pending by or at
the behest of any Governmental Entity, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened. All of such
Permits shall remain in full force and effect after the Offer and the Merger. Since January 1,
2007, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been in violation of (i) any Permits or
(ii) except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, any applicable Law not explicitly covered in Section
4.11(b) through 4.11(g), including any consumer protection, equal opportunity, customs,
patient confidentiality, health care industry regulation and third-party reimbursement laws
including under any federal or state health care program, including but not limited to any Federal
Health Care Program as defined in Section 1128B(f) of the U.S. Federal Social
Security Act (together with all regulations promulgated thereunder, the “SSA”), and any
similar Laws of any other jurisdiction. Since January 1, 2007, none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has received a notice or other written communication alleging or relating to a
possible violation of any Law applicable
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to their businesses, operations, properties or assets or
from a Governmental Entity seeking to investigate any such possible violation. The Company is not
subject to any continuing liabilities, obligations or other consequences of any nature relating to
any noncompliance by the Company with any Laws which occurred prior to January 1, 2007.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any consent decree from
any Governmental Entity. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any warning
letter from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or equivalent action from any
comparable non-U.S. Governmental Entity since January 1, 2007. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any communication from any regulatory agency or been notified since
January 1, 2007 that any product approval is withdrawn or modified or that such an action is under
consideration. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in
compliance, in all material respects, with all current applicable statutes, rules, regulations,
guidelines, policies or orders administered or issued by the FDA (“FDA Laws”) or comparable
foreign Governmental Entity (“Foreign Drug Laws”) including the FDA’s Quality System
Regulation, 21 C.F.R. Part 820. The Company does not have knowledge of any facts which furnish any
reasonable basis for any Form FDA-483 observations or regulatory or warning letters from the FDA,
Section 305 notices, or other similar communications from the FDA or comparable foreign entity.
Since January 1, 2007, there have been no recalls, detentions, withdrawals, seizures, or
termination or suspension of manufacturing requested or threatened relating to the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ products, and no field notifications, field corrections or alerts.
(c) The Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ products, where required, are being marketed in all
material respects under valid pre market notifications under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360(k), and 21 C.F.R. Part 807, Subpart E (“510(k)’s”)
or pre-market approval applications approved by the FDA in accordance with 21 U.S.C. § 360(e) and
21 C.F.R. Part 814 (“PMA’s”). All 510(k)’s and PMA’s for the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ products are exclusively owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, and to the
knowledge of the Company, the FDA is not considering limiting, suspending, or revoking any such
510(k)’s or PMA’s or changing the marketing classification or labeling of any such products. To the
Company’s knowledge, there is no false information or significant omission in any product
application or product-related submission to the FDA or comparable foreign Governmental Entity. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have obtained all necessary regulatory approvals from any foreign
regulatory agencies related to the products distributed and sold by the Company, and the Company
has not received any notice that any Governmental Entity seeks any additional conditions on the
distribution or sale of products in a jurisdiction covered by a regulatory approval. To the
Company’s knowledge, any third party that is a manufacturer, contractor, or agent for the Company
or its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Permits and regulatory approvals from the FDA or
comparable Governmental Entity insofar as they pertain to the manufacture of product components or
products for the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor the officers, directors, managing employees
or agents (as those terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.1001) of the Company or any Subsidiary:
(i) have engaged in any activities which are material violations of, or are cause for civil
penalties or mandatory or permissive exclusion under, any federal or state health care Law or any
non-U.S. Law of comparable scope, including but not limited to any Federal Health Care Program
under Sections 1128, 1128A, 1128B, 1128C, or 1877 of SSA, the federal TRICARE statute (10 U.S.C. §
1071 et seq.), the False Claims Act of 1863 (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), the False Statements
Accountability Act (18 U.S.C. § 1001), the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. §
3801 et seq.), 18 U.S.C. § 287, the anti-fraud and related provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (e.g., 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1035 and 1347), or related federal, state or local statutes, or any non-U.S. Law of comparable
scope, including knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration
(interpreted broadly to include anything of value), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in
cash or in kind in
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return for, or to induce, the purchase, lease, or order, or the arranging for or
recommending of the purchase, lease or order, of any item or service for which payment may be made
in whole or in part under any such program; (ii) have had a civil monetary penalty assessed against
them under Section 1128A of SSA; (iii) have been excluded from participation or debarred under any
federal or state health care program (including any Federal Health Care Program), or any comparable
non-U.S. program; (iv) have been convicted (as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.2) of any of the
categories of offenses described in Sections 1128(a) or 1128(b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) of SSA or any
non-U.S. Law of comparable scope; or (v) have failed to comply in any material respect with any
state Law regarding disclosure of physician payments (commonly known as Sunshine Laws, which, for
illustration purposes only, but without limiting the scope of this provision, are similar in
subject matter to Section 1128G of the SSA).
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any of their respective directors, executives, representatives, agents or employees) (i) has used
or is using any corporate funds for any illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) has used or is using any corporate funds for
any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic governmental officials or
employees, (iii) has violated or is violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, (iv) has established or maintained, or is maintaining, any unlawful fund of corporate monies
or other properties or (v) has made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback
or other unlawful payment of any nature.
(f) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted their export transactions in
accordance in all material respects with applicable provisions of U.S. export Laws (including the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations and the
regulations administered by the Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“OFAC”)), and other export Laws of the countries where it conducts business, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notices of noncompliance, complaints or
warnings with respect to its compliance with export Laws. Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all material export licenses and
other approvals required for their exports of products and technologies from the U.S. and other
countries where it conducts business;
(ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with
the terms of such applicable export licenses or other approvals;
(iii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such export licenses or other approvals; and
(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have in place adequate controls and systems to ensure
compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws pertaining to import and export control in
each of the jurisdictions in which the Company and its Subsidiaries currently does or in the past
has done business, either directly or indirectly.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, employees or management appears on the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List published by OFAC, or is otherwise a person
with which any U.S. person is prohibited from dealing under the laws of the United States. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries does business or conducts any transactions with the
governments of, or persons within, any country under economic sanctions administered and enforced
by OFAC.
Section 4.12 Benefit Plans.
(a) The Company has provided to Parent a true and complete list of each “employee benefit
plan”
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(within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (“ERISA”)), and all stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment,
change-in-control, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation and all other employee
benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to
ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal,
written, legally binding or not, that is currently in effect, was maintained since December 31,
2004 or which has been approved before the date of the Original Agreement but is not yet effective,
for the benefit of (i) directors or employees of the Company or any other persons performing
services for the Company, (ii) former directors or employees of the Company or any other persons
formerly performing services for the Company, or (iii) beneficiaries of anyone described in (i) or
(ii). All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively
referred to as the “Company Plans.” With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has
furnished or made available to Parent a current, accurate and complete copy thereof and, to the
extent applicable: (i) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument, (ii) the most
recent determination letter of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), if applicable,
(iii) any summary plan description with each summary of material modifications thereto, if any,
employee handbooks and other written communications (or a description of any oral communications)
by the Company or its Subsidiaries to their employees concerning the extent of the benefits
provided under a Company Plan and (iv) for the three (3) most recent years (A) Forms 5500, 941 and
1041 and attached schedules, (B) audited financial statements, and (C) actuarial valuation reports.
(b) Each Company Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received
a favorable determination, advisory and/or opinion letter, as applicable, from the IRS that it is
so qualified and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of such
letter that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualified status of such Company
Plan or cause the imposition of any penalty or Tax liability.
(c) The Company is not liable for, and the Company will not be liable for, any liability of
any “ERISA Affiliate” (hereby defined to include any trade or business, whether or not
incorporated, other than the Company, which has employees who are or have been at any date of
determination occurring within the preceding six (6) years, treated pursuant to Section 4001(a)(14)
of ERISA and/or Section 414 of the Code as employees of a single employer which includes the
Company) including predecessors thereof) with regard to any Company Plan maintained, sponsored or
contributed to by an ERISA Affiliate (if a like definition of Company Plan were applicable to the
ERISA Affiliate in the same manner as it applies to the Company) (each such Company Plan for an
ERISA Affiliate being an “ERISA Affiliate Plan”), including, without limitation: (i)
withdrawal liability arising under Title IV, Subtitle E, Part 1 of ERISA; (ii) liabilities to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”); (iii) liabilities under Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA; (iv) liabilities resulting from the failure on the part of the
Company, any ERISA Affiliate, each Company Plan or each Company Plan “sponsor” or “administrator”
(within the meaning of Section 3(16) of ERISA) to comply in all respects with the applicable
requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Section 601 et seq. of ERISA; or (v) liabilities
resulting from an ERISA Affiliate Plan’s failure to satisfy the reporting and disclosure
requirements of ERISA and the Code.
(d) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained or contributed to a
multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA).
(e) With respect to the Company Plans, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents or
in Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter:
(i) each Company Plan has been established and administered in accordance with its
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terms and in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and no reportable
event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, no prohibited transaction, as described in Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or accumulated funding deficiency, as defined in Section 302
of ERISA and 412 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Company Plan, and all contributions
required to be made under the terms of any Company Plan have been timely made;
(ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no Action (including any investigation, audit
or other administrative proceeding) by the Department of Labor, the PBGC, the IRS or any other
Governmental Entity or by any plan participant or beneficiary pending, threatened in writing, or
relating to the Company Plans, any fiduciaries thereof with respect to their duties to the Company
Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Company Plans (other than routine claims
for benefits) nor, to the knowledge of the Company, are there facts or circumstances that exist
that could reasonably give rise to any such Actions; and
(iii) if a Company Plan purports to be a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association
(“VEBA”), a request for a determination letter for the VEBA has been submitted to and
approved by the IRS that the VEBA is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(9) of the
Code, and nothing has occurred or is expected to occur that caused or could cause the loss of such
qualification or exemption or the imposition of any tax, interest or penalty with respect thereto.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation to contribute to or
provide benefits pursuant to, and has no other liability of any kind with respect to, (i) a
“multiple employer welfare arrangement” (MEWA) (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA), or
(ii) a “plan maintained by more than one employer” (within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the
Code).
(g) None of the Company Plans provide for payment of a benefit, the increase of a benefit
amount, the payment of a contingent benefit or the acceleration of the payment or vesting of a
benefit determined or occasioned, in whole or in part, by reason of the execution of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No amount or benefit that could be
received by any “disqualified individual” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) with
respect to the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (alone or in combination with any other event, and whether pursuant to a Company Plan or
otherwise) could be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section
280G(b)(1) of the Code).
(h) No Company Plan provides for post-employment welfare benefits except to the extent
required by Section 4980B of the Code or applicable state Law.
(i) Each Company Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has complied in form and
operation with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. No individual is entitled to any
gross-up, make-whole or other additional payment from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
respect of any Tax (including federal, state, local or foreign income, excise or other Taxes
(including Taxes imposed under Section 409A and 4999 of the Code)) or interest or penalty related
thereto.
(j) Each Company Plan that is subject to Section 1862(b)(1) of the SSA has been operated in
compliance with the secondary payor requirements of Section 1862 thereof.
Section 4.13 Labor and Employment Matters.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all applicable
Laws relating to labor and employment, including those relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining,
unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, equal employment opportunity, age and disability
discrimination, immigration control, employee classification, information privacy and security,
payment
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and withholding of taxes and continuation coverage with respect to group health plans. As
of the date of the Original Agreement, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, any labor dispute, work stoppage, labor strike or lockout against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries by employees.
(b) No employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is covered by an effective or
pending collective bargaining agreement or similar labor agreement. To the knowledge of the
Company, there has not been any activity on behalf of any labor organization or employee group to
organize any such employees. There are no (i) unfair labor practice charges or complaints against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any
other labor relations tribunal or authority and to the knowledge of the Company no such
representations, claims or petitions are threatened, (ii) representation claims or petitions
pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations tribunal or
authority or (iii) grievances or pending arbitration proceedings against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that arose out of or under any collective bargaining agreement.
(c) Except for such incorrect classifications as would not reasonably be expected to result
in a liability of more than $20,000 in the aggregate, all individuals who are performing consulting
or other services for the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company are or were correctly classified
by the Company as either “independent contractors” or “employees” as the case may be. All employees
of the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company have been correctly classified as “exempt” or
“non-exempt” under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(d) Prior to the date of the Original Agreement, the Company has delivered to Parent a true,
correct and complete list of the name of each officer, employee and independent contractor of the
Company and each Subsidiary thereof as of March 25, 2011, together with such person’s position or
function, annual base salary or wages and any incentives or bonus arrangement with respect to such
person.
(e) The properties, assets and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws,
rules and regulations, orders, decrees, judgments, permits and licenses relating to public and
worker health and safety (collectively, “Worker Safety Laws”). With respect to such
properties, assets and operations, including any previously owned, leased or operated properties,
assets or operations, there are no past, present or reasonably anticipated future events,
conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that may interfere with or prevent compliance or continued compliance with
applicable Worker Safety Laws.
Section 4.14 Environmental Matters.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) “Hazardous Substances” means (A) petroleum and petroleum products, by-products or
breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials and polychlorinated
biphenyls, and (B) any other chemicals, materials or substances regulated as toxic or hazardous or
as a pollutant, contaminant or waste under any applicable Environmental Law; (ii)
“Environmental Law” means any applicable Law relating to pollution or protection of the
environment, human health or safety or the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage,
disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Substances; and (iii) “Environmental Permit”
means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under
any applicable Environmental Law.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, have obtained all Environmental Permits and are in compliance in
all material respects with their requirements, and have resolved all past non-compliance with
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits without any pending, on-going or future obligation,
cost or liability.
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(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) placed, held, located, released,
transported or disposed of any Hazardous Substances on, under, from or at any of their respective
properties or any other properties other than in compliance with applicable Law, (ii) any knowledge
of the presence of any Hazardous Substances on, under, emanating from, or at any of their
respective properties or any other property but arising from the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ current or former properties or operations other than in compliance with applicable
Law, or (iii) any knowledge, nor has it received any written notice (A) of any violation of or
liability under any Environmental Laws, (B) of the institution or pendency of any suit, action,
claim, proceeding or investigation by any Governmental Entity or any third party in connection with
any such violation or liability, (C) requiring the investigation of, response to or remediation of
Hazardous Substances at or arising from any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ current or
former properties or operations or any other properties, (D) alleging noncompliance by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries with the terms of any Environmental Permit in any manner reasonably
likely to require significant expenditures or to result in liability, or (E) demanding payment for
response to or remediation of Hazardous Substances at or arising from any of the Company’s or any
of its Subsidiaries’ current or former properties or operations or any other properties, except in
each case as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No Environmental Law imposes any obligation upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
arising out of or as a condition to any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, including any
requirement to modify or to transfer any permit or license, any requirement to file any notice or
other submission with any Governmental Entity, the placement of any notice, acknowledgment or
covenant in any land records, or the modification of or provision of notice under any agreement,
consent order or consent decree.
(e) There are no environmental assessments or audit reports or other similar studies or
analyses in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any
real property currently or formerly owned, leased or occupied by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that have not been made available to Parent and which disclose a condition that has
had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has exposed any employee or third party
to any Hazardous Substances or condition that has subjected or may subject the Company to liability
under any Environmental Law, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No underground storage tanks, asbestos-containing material, or polychlorinated biphenyls
have ever been located on property or properties presently or formerly owned or operated by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to assume, undertake or
provide indemnification for any material liability of any other person under any Environmental Law,
including any obligation for corrective or remedial action.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that it is
required to make any material capital or other expenditures to comply with any Environmental Law
nor is there, to the Company’s knowledge, any reasonable basis on which any Governmental Entity
could take action that would require such material capital or other expenditures.
(j) No Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of or are used in
the production of any product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the Company during
the last three (3) years, or currently proposed to be manufactured by the Company or on its behalf
in the future.
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For purposes hereof, “Conflict Minerals” means: (i) columbite-tantalite
(coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which originate in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo or a country that shares an internationally recognized border with the
Democratic Republic of the Congo; or (ii) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the
Secretary of State of the United States to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo or a country that shares an internationally recognized border with the Democratic Republic of
the Congo.
Section 4.15 Taxes.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have prepared and timely filed all material Tax
Returns required to be filed and all Tax Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries are
true, correct and complete in all material respects. For purposes of this Section 4.15,
references to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries include predecessors to the Company and its
Subsidiaries. The Company has made available to Parent copies of all federal income and other
material Tax Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2007.
(b) All material Taxes due and owing by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or
not shown on any Tax Returns) have timely been paid, or have been timely withheld and remitted (if
applicable), to the appropriate Governmental Entity, except for those Taxes being contested in good
faith and or which adequate reserves have been established in the Company financial statements.
(c) All material Taxes that have accrued but are not yet payable have been reserved for in
accordance with GAAP (including FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes) in the
Company’s financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents, or have been incurred in the
ordinary course of business since the date of the Company SEC Documents filed most recently in
amounts consistent with prior periods.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has executed any waiver of any statute
of limitations on or extended the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax that is still
in effect.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any proposed or
threatened Tax proceeding, examination, investigation, audit or administrative or judicial
proceeding (collectively, the “Tax Proceedings”) against, or with respect to any Taxes of,
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no such Tax Proceedings are currently pending.
(f) As of the date of the Original Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any
predecessor provision thereof, or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Affect following the Merger.
(g) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has disclosed on its Tax Returns all positions
taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the
meaning of Section 6662 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law.
(h) No claim has been made by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where either the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has not filed Tax Returns indicating that the Company or such
Subsidiary is or may be subject to any taxation by such jurisdiction.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed or is required to make any
adjustments pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law by reason of
a change in accounting method made for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior
to the Closing Date, nor is any application pending with any Governmental Entity requesting
permission for any change
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in accounting method.
(j) Other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material item of income in,
or exclude any material item of deduction from, U.S. taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any transaction that occurred prior
to the Merger, including (i) any installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior
to the Closing Date, (ii) any prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date, or (iii) any
election made or contemplated to be made on any Tax Return.
(k) There are no material Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
relating to or attributable to Taxes, other than Permitted Liens.
(l) The Company is not a “United States real property holding corporation” within the
meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, nor has it been a “United States real property holding
corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period
specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Code.
(m) There are no material deferred intercompany transactions within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-13(b)(1) with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
would be required to include any item of income or gain in, or exclude any item of deduction or
loss from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or after the
Closing Date. There are no material “excess loss accounts” within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-19(a)(2) with respect to any Subsidiaries of the Companies. There are no
material items of income that will be required to be recognized by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as a result of the Merger.
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a party to a Contract (other than
a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business with vendors, customers and lessors)
that provides for Tax indemnity or Tax sharing, or for the payment of any portion of a Tax (or pay
any amount calculated with reference to any portion of a Tax) of any other Person, or (ii) has any
Liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), as
a transferee or successor. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a member of a
combined, consolidated, unitary or similar group for Tax purposes, other than any such group of
which the Company was at all times the common parent corporation.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for
tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (x) in the two (2) years prior to the date of the
Original Agreement or (y) in a distribution which would otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or
“series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and regulations
thereunder) in conjunction with the Merger.
(p) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated (i) in a transaction
that is the same as or substantially similar to one of the types of transactions that the IRS has
determined to be a tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of
published guidance as a listed transaction, as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.6011-4(b)(1) or, (ii) to the knowledge of the
Company, in a reportable transaction (other than a listed transaction), as set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).
(q) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has requested or received a formal ruling
or entered into an agreement with the IRS or any other taxing authority that would be reasonably
likely to
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have a Material Adverse Affect after the Closing Date.
(r) The Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations, including the execution and
maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating transfer pricing practices of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
(s) No Subsidiary of the Company is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the
Code. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns an interest in any entity treated as a
“passive foreign investment company” as defined in the Code.
Section 4.16 Contracts.
(a) Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all of the Material
Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their
respective properties or assets is bound. All copies of Material Contracts made available to Parent
are true and complete copies of such Contracts. “Material Contracts” means any of the
following contracts, agreements or arrangements (other than purchase or sales orders entered into
in the ordinary course), whether written or oral, currently in effect and binding:
(i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract”
pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company
on a Current Report on Form 8-K;
(ii) any Contract that limits the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or,
following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the
ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to compete in
any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area, or that restricts the right of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the
Surviving Corporation) to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person, or that grants
the other party or any third Person “most favored nation” status or any similar type of favored
discount rights;
(iii) any Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control
of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar agreement or arrangement;
(iv) any Contract relating to Indebtedness;
(v) any Contract involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger
or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests for aggregate consideration (in
one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $20,000 or more (other than acquisitions or
dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(vi) any Contract that by its terms calls for aggregate payment or receipt by the Company and
its Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $20,000 over the remaining term of such Contract;
(vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing
indemnification (other than product warranties or real estate lease indemnities in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice), guarantee, “earn-out” or other contingent
payment obligations, in each case that could result in payments in excess of $20,000;
(viii) any Contract that is a license agreement that is material to the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, pursuant to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries
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grants or is granted a license under any Intellectual Property, other than license
agreements for “off-the-shelf” software that is generally commercially available and is licensed in
object code form solely for internal use purposes;
(ix) any Contract that provides for any material confidentiality, standstill or similar
obligations on the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for such Contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(x) any Contract that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any capital
commitment, loan or expenditure in an amount in excess of $20,000;
(xi) any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
Affiliate thereof other than any Subsidiary of the Company of more than $20,000;
(xii) any Contract with brokers, franchisees, distributors or dealers;
(xiii) any agreements with group purchasing organizations (GPOs) or integrated delivery
networks (IDNs);
(xiv) any agreement with the Veterans Administration or Federal Supply Administration; or
(xv) any Contract with any Governmental Entity that involves amounts in excess of $20,000.
Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies any Material Contract that
requires consent to or otherwise contains a provision relating to a “change of control,” or that
would or would reasonably be expected to prevent, delay or impair the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and any of its Subsidiaries
to the extent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, and to the knowledge of the
Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance
with its terms (except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally or by general principles of equity, and further limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies); and (ii)
there is no default under any Material Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition has occurred that
constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute, a default on the part of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto
under any such Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any
notice of any such default, event or condition. The Company has made available to Parent true and
complete copies of all Material Contracts, including any amendments thereto.
Section 4.17 Insurance. Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter
sets forth, as of the date of the Original Agreement, a true and complete list of all insurance
policies issued in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
named insured or otherwise a beneficiary, as well as any historic occurrence-based policies still
in force. With respect to each such insurance policy, (a) such policy is, to the knowledge of the
Company, in full force and effect and all premiums due thereon have been paid, and (b) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default, or has taken any action or failed to
take any action which (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) would constitute such a
breach or default, or would permit cancellation or termination of, any such policy. No notice of
cancellation or termination has been received
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with respect to any such policy.
Section 4.18 Properties.
(a) The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or in the case of
leased property and leased tangible assets, a valid leasehold interest in, all of its assets
constituting personal property (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, assets held under
leases), free and clear of all Liens other than (i) statutory ad valorem and real estate and other
Liens for current taxes and assessments not yet past due or the amount or validity of which is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s,
landlord’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’ or similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
of the Company or such Subsidiary consistent with past practice (iii) encumbrances on real property
in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights of way, encroachments, restrictive
covenants, and other similar rights or restrictions that were not incurred in connection with the
borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and that do not, individually or in the
aggregate, impair present business operations at such properties, (iv) existing Liens disclosed in
the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2010 (or the notes thereto) included in
the Company SEC Documents; and (v) any such matters of record, Liens and other imperfections of
title that do not, individually or in the aggregate, impair the continued ownership, use and
operation of the assets to which they relate in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
currently conducted (“Permitted Liens”).
(b) Section 4.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete
list of all real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“Owned Real
Property”) and all property leased for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(“Leased Real Property”). Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i) good and
marketable title in fee simple to all Owned Real Property and (ii) good leasehold title to all
Leased Real Property, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. No parcel
of Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property is subject to any governmental decree or order to be
sold or is being condemned, expropriated or otherwise taken by any public authority with or without
payment of compensation therefor, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, has any such condemnation,
expropriation or taking been proposed. All leases of Leased Real Property and all amendments and
modifications thereto are in full force and effect, and there exists no default under any such
lease by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other party thereto, nor any event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default thereunder by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any other party thereto, except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Assuming all consents,
approvals and authorizations listed in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter
relating to any Leased Real Property have been obtained, all leases of Leased Real Property shall
remain valid and binding in accordance with their terms following the Effective Time.
(c) There are no contractual or legal restrictions that preclude or materially restrict the
ability to use any Owned Real Property or, to the knowledge of the Company, Leased Real Property by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the current or contemplated use of such real property.
To the knowledge of the Company, there are no material latent defects or material adverse physical
conditions affecting the Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property. All plants, warehouses,
distribution centers, structures and other buildings on the Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property are adequately maintained in all
material respects and are in good operating condition and repair for the requirements of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
(d) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with the terms of all leases to
which it is a party, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except for any such
noncompliance or failure to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has
not had and would not reasonably be
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, except for
any such failure to do so that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
This Section 4.18 does not relate to intellectual property, which is the subject of
Section 4.19.
Section 4.19 Intellectual Property.
(a) As used herein, the term “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property
rights arising under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction, including the
following: (i) trade names, trademarks and service marks (registered and unregistered), domain
names, trade dress and similar rights and applications to register any of the foregoing
(collectively, “Marks”); (ii) patents and patent applications and rights in respect of
utility models or industrial designs and invention disclosures (collectively,
“Patents”); (iii) copyrights, materials subject to copyright protection, and registrations
and applications therefor (collectively, “Copyrights”); and (iv) know-how, inventions,
discoveries, methods, processes, technical data, specifications, research and development
information, technology, data bases and other proprietary or confidential information, including
customer lists, in each case that derives economic value (actual or potential) from not being
generally known to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure, but excluding
any Copyrights or Patents that cover or protect any of the foregoing (collectively, “Trade
Secrets”).
(b) Section 4.19(b)(1) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and
complete list of all Marks owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which
list indicates any registered Marks that are licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries but which
are not being used in the current conduct of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses
(collectively, “Company Marks”), Section 4.19(b)(2) of the Company Disclosure
Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of all Patents owned by or licensed to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, which list indicates any registered Patents that are licensed to the
Company or its Subsidiaries but which are not being used in the current conduct of the Company’s or
its Subsidiaries’ businesses (collectively, “Company Patents”) and Section
4.19(b)(3) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of all
registered Copyrights owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
which list indicates any registered Copyrights that are licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries
but which are not being used in the current conduct of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
businesses (collectively, “Company Copyrights” and, together with the Company Marks and the
Company Patents, “Company IP”). No Company IP owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to knowledge of the Company, exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has been or is now involved in any interference, reissue, reexamination, opposition,
nullity or cancellation proceeding and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such action is or has
been threatened with respect to any of the Company IP. The Company IP owned by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or, to knowledge of the Company, exclusively licensed to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is subsisting. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company IP (excluding any
pending applications included in the Company IP) is valid and enforceable and, except as set forth
on Section 4.19(b)(4) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no written or, to the knowledge of
the Company, oral notice or claim challenging the validity or enforceability or alleging the misuse
of any of the Company IP has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the
knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
taken any action or failed to take any action that would reasonably be expected to result in the
abandonment, cancellation, forfeiture, relinquishment, invalidation or unenforceability of any of
the Company IP, and all filing, examination, issuance, post registration and maintenance fees,
annuities and the like that have come due and are required to maintain, preserve or renew any of
the Company IP owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to knowledge of the Company,
exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been timely paid. Except as set
forth on Section 4.19(b)(5)
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of the Company Disclosure Letter, with respect to the Company
IP owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company with
respect to the Company IP exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there are
no filings, payments or other actions that were required to have been or are required to be made or
taken by March 25, 2011, including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or
the filing of any responses to office actions, documents, applications or certificates, for the
purposes of complying with legal requirements to obtain, maintain, preserve or renew any Company
IP.
(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect
their rights in the Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries and maintain the
confidentiality of all of the Trade Secrets of the Company or its Subsidiaries. All current or
former employees, consultants and contractors who have participated in the creation of any
Intellectual Property that is used by or that is intended to be used by the Company or its
Subsidiaries have entered into proprietary information, confidentiality and assignment agreements
(which have previously been provided to Parent).
(d) The Company or its Subsidiaries own, or possess adequate licenses or other valid rights
to use, all of the Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses. None of the Intellectual Property owned by or, to the knowledge of the
Company, licensed to, the Company or its Subsidiaries is subject to any outstanding order,
judgment, or stipulation restricting the use or exploitation thereof by the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not result in the loss or impairment of,
or give rise to any right of any third party to terminate or re-price or otherwise modify any of
the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights or obligations under any Material Contract as
defined in Section 4.16(a)(viii) of this Agreement. The rights licensed under each
agreement granting to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, any material
right or license under or with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by a third party shall be
exercisable by the Surviving Corporation or such Subsidiary, respectively, on and immediately after
the Closing to the same extent as by the Company or such Subsidiary prior to the Closing. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted to any third party any rights under any
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries. All milestones and other conditions
set forth in any license agreements under which Intellectual Property is licensed to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that are required to be satisfied in order for the Company or such
Subsidiary to retain any rights granted under such agreements have been timely satisfied and all
such exclusive or non-exclusive rights remain in full force and effect.
(f) The Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries owns exclusively all right, title and
interest to the Company IP (other than Company IP licensed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) and all other Intellectual Property purportedly owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice
or claim challenging the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s ownership of any of such Intellectual
Property. To the knowledge of the Company, no loss, impairment or expiration of any Intellectual
Property rights used in the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted is
pending or threatened.
(g) To the knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’
business as currently conducted, including the use or other exploitation of the Intellectual
Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has not infringed, misappropriated,
diluted or violated, and does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute or violate any Intellectual
Property of any third party or constitute unfair competition or unfair trade practices under the
laws of any jurisdiction, and neither the
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Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice or claim asserting or suggesting that any
such infringement, misappropriation, violation, dilution, unfair competition or unfair trade
practice has occurred, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis
therefor. To the knowledge of the Company, (i) no third party is misappropriating or infringing any
Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries and (ii)
no current or former employee or consultant of the Company nor any third party has made
any unauthorized disclosure of any Trade Secrets of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company, at no time during the conception of or reduction to
practice of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was any
developer, inventor or other contributor to such Intellectual Property operating under any grants
from any Governmental Entity or private source, performing research sponsored by any Governmental
Entity or private source or subject to any employment agreement or invention assignment or
nondisclosure agreement or other obligation with any third party, in each case that would impair or
limit the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in such Intellectual Property. To the
knowledge of the Company, there exist no inventions by current or former employees or consultants
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made or otherwise conceived prior to their beginning
employment or consultation with the Company or such Subsidiary that have been or are intended to be
incorporated into any of the Company’s Intellectual Property or products, other than any such
inventions that have been validly and irrevocably assigned or licensed to the Company by written
agreement.
(i) To the knowledge of the Company, there has been no prior use of any Company Xxxx
adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any third party that would confer upon such
third party superior rights in such Company Xxxx.
Section 4.20 Products. Since January 1, 2007, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company any distributor of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, has received a claim for or based upon breach of product or service warranty or
guaranty or similar claim, strict liability in tort, negligent design of product, negligent
provision of services or any other allegation of liability, including or arising from the
materials, design, testing, manufacture, packaging, labeling (including instructions for use), or
sale of its products or from the provision of services, in each case that would not result in
material liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of the warranty reserve reflected
on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2010.
Section 4.21 Accounts Receivable. All of the accounts and notes receivable of
the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth on the books and records of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (net of the applicable reserves reflected on the books and records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries and in the Company’s financial statements) (i) represent sales actually made or
transactions actually effected in the ordinary course of business for goods or services delivered
or rendered to unaffiliated customers in bona fide arm’s length transactions, and (ii) constitute
valid claims.
Section 4.22 Inventories. To the knowledge of the Company, all inventories of
the Company and its Subsidiaries consist of items of merchantable quality and quantity usable or
saleable (free of any material defect or deficiency) in the ordinary course of business, are
saleable at the price customarily charged by the Company and its Subsidiaries therefor, conform to
the specifications established therefor, and have been manufactured in accordance with applicable
regulatory requirements. The quantities of all
inventories, materials, and supplies of the Company and its Subsidiaries (net of the obsolescence
reserves therefor shown in the Company’s financial statements and determined in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice) are not obsolete, damaged, slow-moving, defective, or
excessive, and are reasonable and balanced in the circumstances of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
Section 4.23 State Takeover Statutes. Except as set forth on Section 4.23 of
the Company
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Disclosure Letter, no “moratorium,” “fair price,” “business combination,” “control
share acquisition” or similar provision of any state statutory anti-takeover Law (collectively,
“Takeover Laws”) applies to this Agreement, the Offer or the Merger.
Section 4.24 No Rights Plan. Except as set forth on Section 4.24 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, there is no stockholder rights plan, “poison pill” anti-takeover plan or
other similar device in effect to which the Company is a party or is otherwise bound (any such
plan, a “Rights Plan”). Prior to the date of the Original Agreement, the Company has
caused all Rights Plans, if any, to be amended such that (a) Parent and Merger Sub are excluded
from the definition of “Acquiring Person” and (b) neither the Offer nor the Merger will trigger the
distribution or exercisability of any rights granted thereunder.
Section 4.25 Related Party Transactions. No present director, executive officer,
stockholder owning five percent (5%) or more of the Company’s Shares, or Affiliate of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or immediate family members (each of the foregoing, a “Related Party”), is a
party to any Contract with or binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets or has any interest in any Owned Real Property or has engaged in
any transaction with any of the foregoing within the last twelve (12) months or that has continuing
obligations, in each case, that is of a type that would be required to be disclosed in the Company
SEC Documents pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
former director or officer is party to any such Contract that was not entered into on an
arms-length basis (an “Affiliate Transaction”) that has not been so disclosed. To the
knowledge of the Company, no Related Party of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns, directly
or indirectly, on an individual or joint basis, any material interest in, or serves as an officer
or director or in another similar capacity of, any supplier or other independent contractor of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any organization which has a Contract with the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.26 Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other
Person, other than X. Xxxxx & Co., LLC (the “Financial Advisor”), the fees and expenses of
which will be paid by the Company, is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or
other similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates. The Company
has furnished to Parent a true and complete copy of any Contract between the Company and the
Financial Advisor pursuant to which the Financial Advisor could be entitled to any payment from the
Company relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. Section 4.26 of the Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth (a) all transaction fees and expenses (whether payable to financial
advisory, legal, accounting or other providers) that include a success fee or other premium or
additional fee due as a result of execution and delivery of this Agreement or consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.27 Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company has received the opinion of
the Financial Advisor, dated the date of the Original Agreement, to the effect that, subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and other matters set forth therein, as of such date, the consideration
to be received by the holders of Shares (other than as set forth in such opinion) pursuant to this
Agreement, is fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders of Shares, other than Parent
and Merger Sub, a signed true and complete copy of which opinion has been provided to Parent.
Section 4.28 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Neither the Company
nor any of its Affiliates or representatives is making any representation or warranty on behalf of
the Company of any kind or nature whatsoever, oral or written, express or implied (including, but
not limited to, any relating to financial condition, results of operations, prospects, assets or
liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries), except as expressly set forth in Article
IV of this Agreement (as qualified by the introductory paragraph to Article IV), and
the Company hereby disclaims any and all such other
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representations and warranties. Without
limiting the express representations and warranties in this Article IV (including any
representations and warranties regarding documents delivered or made available to Parent), and
without limiting the broad nature of the disclaimer set forth in the prior sentence, no
representation or warranty is being made as a result of the Company making available to Parent and
Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates any management presentations, information, documents,
projections, forecasts and other material in a “data room” or otherwise.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Each representation and warranty in this Article V is made and given with the
intention of inducing the Company to enter into this Agreement. Parent and the Merger Sub each
jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
Section 5.1 Organization, Standing and Power. Each of Parent and Merger Sub (a)
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and (b) has the requisite corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, except as,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Material Adverse Effect”
means any event, change, circumstance, occurrence, effect or state of facts that materially impairs
the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate, or prevents or materially delays, the Offer,
the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would reasonably be
expected to do so; provided, however, that, Parent Material Adverse Effect shall not include any
event, change, circumstance, occurrence, effect or state of facts to the extent arising out of or
attributable to any of the following, either alone or in combination (1) generally affecting the
industry in which Parent operates, or the economy or the financial or securities markets in the
United States, including effects on such industry, economy or markets resulting from any regulatory
or political conditions or developments in general, (2) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities
or declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, weather, natural disasters or other force
majeure events, (3) reflecting or resulting from changes in any Law or GAAP or interpretations
thereof, (4) the announcement of the execution of the Original Agreement or the pendency of the
Offer or the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (5) compliance with
the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement, or the failure to take any
action prohibited by this Agreement, or (6) any failure by Parent or its Subsidiaries to meet any
internal or external budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance.
Section 5.2 Authority. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Parent and Merger Sub and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger
Sub are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger
Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms (except to the
extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by
general principles of equity).
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Section 5.3 No Conflict; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger
Sub does not, and, assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions
described in this Section 5.3 have been obtained and all filings and obligations described
in this Section 5.3 have been made, the consummation of the Offer and the Merger and
compliance by each of Parent and Merger Sub with the provisions hereof will not, conflict with, or
result in any violation or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation, modification or
acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a material benefit under, or result in the
creation of any Lien in or upon any of the properties, assets or rights of Parent or Merger Sub
under, or give rise to any increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements
under, or require any consent, waiver or approval of any Person pursuant to, any provision of (i)
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub, each as amended to date, (ii)
any material Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party by which Parent, Merger Sub or any
of their respective properties or assets may be bound or (iii) subject to the governmental filings
and other matters referred to in Section 5.3(b), any material Law or any rule or regulation
of the NYSE applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective properties or assets may be bound.
(b) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration, filing
with or notice to, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Parent or Merger Sub
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger
Sub or the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby or compliance with the provisions hereof, except for (i) such filings and
reports as required pursuant to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
and any other applicable state or federal securities, takeover and “blue sky” laws, (ii) the filing
of the Florida Certificate of Merger with the Florida Secretary of State as required by the Florida
Act, (iii) any filings required under the rules and regulations of the NYSE, (iv) such filings and
consents as may be required under any environmental, health or safety law or regulation pertaining
to any notification, disclosure or required approval triggered by the Merger or by the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (v) such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations, filings or notices the failure of which to be obtained or made,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.4 Certain Information. The Offer Documents will not, at the times they
are first filed with the SEC, amended or supplemented or first published, sent or given to the
Stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Offer Documents will, at the times
they are first filed with the SEC, at the times they are amended or supplemented and as of as of
the date first published, sent or given to the Stockholders, comply as to form in all material
respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Parent nor
Merger Sub makes any representation or warranty with respect to statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Offer Documents based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference
therein. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub
specifically for inclusion in the Schedule 14D-9 or the Proxy Statement will, at the respective
times they are first published, sent or given to the Stockholders and, in the case of the Proxy
Statement, at the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Parent nor Merger Sub makes any representation or warranty
with respect to statements included or incorporated by reference in the Schedule 14D-9 or the Proxy
Statement based on information supplied
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by or on behalf of Company specifically for inclusion or
incorporation by reference therein.
Section 5.5 Merger Sub. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Merger Sub is owned directly by Parent.
Section 5.6 Financing. Parent and Merger Sub will have, as of the respective dates
of consummation of the Offer and the Merger, sufficient funds to consummate the Offer and the
Merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Section 5.7 Vote/Approval Required. No vote or consent of the holders of any
class or series of capital stock of Parent is necessary to approve this Agreement or the Merger or
the other transactions contemplated hereby. The vote or consent of Parent as the sole shareholder
of Merger Sub (which shall have occurred prior to the Effective Time) is the only vote or consent
of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Merger Sub necessary to approve this
Agreement, the Offer and the Merger.
Section 5.8 Ownership of Shares. Except as previously disclosed to the Company,
neither Parent nor Merger Sub or any of their Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Shares as of the
date of the Original Agreement.
Section 5.9 Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other
Person, other than Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., the fees and expenses of which will be paid by Parent, is
entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of Parent or any of its Affiliates.
Section 5.10 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. None of Parent,
Merger Sub, nor any of their Affiliates or representatives is making any representation or warranty
to the Company on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub of any kind or nature whatsoever, oral or written,
express or implied (including, but not limited to, any relating to financial condition, results of
operations, prospects, assets or liabilities of Parent and its Subsidiaries), except as expressly
set forth in Article V of this Agreement, and Parent and Merger Sub hereby disclaim any and
all such other representations and warranties to the Company. Without limiting the express
representations and warranties in this Article V, and without limiting the broad nature of
the disclaimer set forth in the prior sentence, no representation or warranty is being made as a
result of Parent’s making available to the Company or any of its Affiliates, Stockholders or
Representatives any management presentations, information, documents, projections, forecasts and
other material in a “data room” or otherwise. Nothing in this Section 5.10 is intended to
mitigate Parent’s obligations under applicable securities Laws.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
Section 6.1 Conduct of Business.
(a) During the period from the date of the Original Agreement to the Effective Time, except
as consented to in writing in advance by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed, except as otherwise set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) below) or as
otherwise specifically required by this Agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, carry on its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and use
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization, preserve its assets,
rights and properties in good repair and condition (normal wear and tear excepted), keep available
the services of its current officers, employees and consultants and preserve its goodwill and its
relationships with customers, suppliers,
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licensors, licensees, distributors and others having
business dealings with it. In addition to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
during the period from the date of the Original Agreement to the
Effective Time:
(i) Except (x) as set forth in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (y)
as specifically required or permitted by this Agreement or (z) as required by applicable Law, the
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries, without Parent’s prior written
consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, except that
Parent may withhold its consent in its sole discretion with respect to the matters covered by
Sections 6.1(i)(A), (B), (C), (D),
(F), (G) or
(Y)(1)), to:
(A) (1) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions (whether
in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of its capital stock or other equity interests,
except for dividends by a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to its parent that does not
trigger material Tax liability, (2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of capital stock
or other equity interests of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any options, warrants, or rights to
acquire any such shares or other equity interests (except for the withholding of shares in
connection with Taxes payable in respect of the exercise of Company Stock Options and the issuance
of Shares in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units, performance stock units,
restricted stock unit rights or other awards granted under the Company Plans) or (3) split,
combine, reclassify or otherwise amend the terms of any of its capital stock or other equity
interests or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or
in substitution for shares of its capital stock or other equity interests;
(B) issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien any
shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or any securities convertible into, or
exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such shares or other equity
interests, or any stock appreciation rights, “phantom” stock rights, performance units, rights to
receive shares of capital stock of the Company on a deferred basis or other rights linked to the
value of Shares (other than the issuance of Shares pursuant to Contracts as in effect on the date
of the Original Agreement and set forth on Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter
or upon the exercise of the Warrant or the Company Stock Options outstanding on March 25, 2011 in
accordance with their terms as in effect on such date);
(C) amend, authorize or otherwise change its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or
similar organizational documents);
(D) directly or indirectly acquire or agree to acquire (1) by merging or consolidating with,
purchasing a substantial equity interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of, making an
investment in or loan or capital contribution to or in any other manner, any corporation,
partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof or (2) any assets that
are otherwise material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than inventory acquired in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(E) transfer, lease, pledge, sell, abandon, mortgage or otherwise encumber or subject to any
Lien or otherwise dispose in whole or in part of any of its material properties, assets or rights
or any interest therein, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(F) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
restructuring, capitalization or other reorganization;
(G) (1) incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for, or repay or prepay, any
indebtedness for borrowed money, any obligations under conditional or installment sale Contracts or
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other retention Contracts relating to purchased property, any capital lease obligations or any
guarantee or any such indebtedness of any other Person, issue or sell any debt securities, options,
warrants, calls or
other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee
any debt securities of any other Person, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain
any financial statement condition of any other Person or enter into any arrangement having the
economic effect of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Indebtedness”), or amend, modify or
refinance any Indebtedness or (2) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or
investments in, any other Person, other than the Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company;
(H) except as set forth in the capital expenditure budget set forth in Section
6.1(a)(i)(H) of the Company Disclosure Letter, incur or commit to incur any capital expenditure
or authorization or commitment with respect thereto that individually is in excess of $10,000, or
in the aggregate are in excess of $20,000;
(I) except as required by Law or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (1) pay,
discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by their terms as
in effect on the date of the Original Agreement of claims, liabilities or obligations reflected or
reserved against in the most recent audited financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Company SEC Documents (for amounts not in excess of
such reserves) or incurred since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, (2) cancel any material indebtedness or (3) waive, release,
grant or transfer any right of material value;
(J) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (1) materially
modify, amend, terminate, cancel or extend any Material Contract or (2) enter into any Contract
that if in effect on the date of the Original Agreement would be a Material Contract;
(K) commence any Action (other than an Action as a result of an Action commenced against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or compromise, settle or agree to settle any material Action
(including any Action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby);
(L) change its financial or tax accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar
as may have been required by a change in GAAP or applicable Law, or revalue any of its material
assets;
(M) settle or compromise any material liability for Taxes, amend any material Tax Return,
enter into any material Contract with or request any material ruling from any Governmental Entity
relating to Taxes, make, change or revoke any material Tax election, change any method of
accounting for Tax purposes, take any material position on a Tax Return inconsistent with a
position taken on a Tax Return previously filed, take any other action to materially impair (other
than through actual utilization or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) any tax asset reflected in the Company SEC
Documents filed most recently prior to the date of the Original Agreement, extend or waive any
statute of limitations with respect to Taxes, or surrender any claim for a material refund of
Taxes, except, in each case, as required under applicable Law;
(N) change its fiscal or tax year;
(O) (1) grant any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor any
increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, or any such grant of any type of
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compensation or
benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor not
previously receiving or entitled to receive such type of compensation or benefit, or pay any bonus
of
any kind or amount to any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor
(except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (2) grant
or pay to any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor any
severance, change in control or termination pay, or modifications thereto or increases therein,
except as required by Contracts in effect on the date of the Original Agreement, (3) pay any
benefit or grant or amend any award (including in respect of stock options, stock appreciation
rights, performance units, restricted stock or other stock-based or stock-related awards or the
removal or modification of any restrictions in any Company Plan or awards made thereunder) except
as required to comply with any applicable Law or any Company Plan in effect as of the date of the
Original Agreement, (4) adopt or enter into any collective bargaining agreement or other labor
union contract, (5) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or
benefit under any Company Plan or other Contract, or (6) adopt any new employee benefit plan or
arrangement or amend, modify or terminate any existing Company Plan, in each case for the benefit
of any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor, other than as
required by applicable Law or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in a
manner that does not increase benefits to officers, except that such limitation with respect to
officers shall not apply to changes to or adoptions of a Company Plan that provide benefits to all
employees on a substantially similar basis, is adopted in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, and does not provide for severance or for payments that become
payable as a result of the Offer or the Merger; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of
clause (6) shall not apply to any “at will” offer letters or employment agreements (not containing
severance obligations or other guaranteed payments) with non-officer employees hired in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice after the date of the Original Agreement;
(P) fail to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised provisions regarding
insurance coverage with respect to the assets, operations and activities of the Company and its
Subsidiaries substantially equivalent to those currently in effect;
(Q) renew or enter into any non-compete, exclusivity, non-solicitation or similar agreement
that would restrict or limit, in any material respect, the operations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(R) waive any material benefits of, or agree to modify in any adverse respect, or fail to
enforce, or consent to any matter with respect to which its consent is required under, any
confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party;
(S) enter into any new line of business outside of its existing business;
(T) enter into any new lease or amend the terms of any existing lease of real property that
would require payments over the remaining term of such lease in excess of $10,000;
(U) knowingly violate or knowingly fail to perform any obligation or duty imposed upon it by
any applicable material federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, guideline or ordinance;
(V) create or form any Subsidiary or make any other investment in another Person (other than
short term investments for the purpose of cash management or as otherwise permitted in subsection
(G));
(W) modify the standard warranty terms for products sold by the Company or amend or modify any
product warranties in effect as of the date of the Original Agreement in any manner
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that is adverse
to the Company;
(X) (1) consent to the disclosure of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Trade Secrets
or other confidential information relating to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ existing products
or products currently under development and other material Trade Secrets to be disclosed (other
than under appropriate non-disclosure agreements and other than publication of patent applications
through prosecution); or (2) allow any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property
rights relating to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ existing products or products currently under
development to be abandoned, or otherwise to lapse or become unavailable to the Company or its
Subsidiaries on the same terms and conditions as such rights were available to the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the date of the Original Agreement;
(Y) (1) enter into any distribution agreements not terminable by the Company or its
Subsidiaries on sixty (60) days notice without penalty, enter into any commitment to any Person to
enter into any license, distributorship, or sales agreement that by its terms would purport to
relate to any of the products of Parent or its Affiliates or sell, license, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any Intellectual Property other than sales of its products and other non-exclusive
licenses that are in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; (2) enter
into any sales agency agreements; or (3) grant “most favored nation” pricing to any Person;
(Z) enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with any
Affiliated Person;
(AA) fail to make in a timely manner any filings with the SEC required under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (except as permitted by
Rule 12b-25 promulgated under the Exchange Act); or
(BB) knowingly take any action (or omit to take any action) if such action (or omission)
could reasonably be expected to result in any of the Offer Conditions or any condition to the
Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied.
(ii) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to:
(A) maintain its material assets and properties in the ordinary course of business in the
manner historically maintained, reasonable wear and tear, damage by fire and other casualty
excepted;
(B) promptly repair, restore or replace all material assets and properties in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(C) upon any damage, destruction or loss to any of its material assets or properties, apply
any and all insurance proceeds, if any, received with respect thereto to the prompt repair,
replacement and restoration thereof as reasonably necessary for the operation of the Company’s
business;
(D) comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws;
(E) take all actions necessary to be in compliance in all material respects with all Material
Contracts and to maintain the effectiveness of all Permits;
(F) notify Parent in writing of the commencement of any action, suit, claim or investigation
by or against the Company, promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days) after the
Company becomes aware of such commencement, provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company’s obligations pursuant to this clause (F) shall not qualified by the use of “commercially
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reasonable efforts”;
(G) if Parent gives the Company written notice not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date, take all necessary corporate action to terminate the Company’s 401(k) plan (the
“401(k) Plan”) effective as of the date immediately prior to the Closing Date, but
contingent on the Closing. If Parent provides such notice to the Company, the Company shall provide
Parent with evidence that the Company Board has adopted resolutions to terminate the 401(k) Plan,
effective as of the date immediately preceding the Closing Date, but contingent on the Closing;
(H) provide Parent evidence that the Company has satisfied its obligations with respect to
the Company Stock Options in accordance with Sections 3.2(b) and (d); and
(I) pay accounts payable and pursue collection of its accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business, consistent with past practices.
(b) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right
to control or direct the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to purchase of the Shares
pursuant to the Offer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give the Company, directly or
indirectly, the right to control or direct Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the
Effective Time; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 6.1(b) shall be deemed to
mitigate Parent’s consent rights as set forth in this Section 6.1.
Section 6.2 No Solicitation.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, during the period
beginning on the date of the Original Agreement and continuing until 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on
April 17, 2011, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors,
employees, consultants, agents, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, other advisors,
Affiliates and other representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) shall have the right
to directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit and encourage, whether publicly or otherwise,
Acquisition Proposals (or inquiries, proposals or offers or other efforts or attempts that may
reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal), including by way of providing access to
non-public information pursuant to (but only pursuant to) one or more Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreements; provided, that the Company shall promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48)
hours) provide to Parent any material non-public information concerning the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that is provided to any Person given such access which was not previously provided to
Parent or its Representatives; and (ii) enter into, engage in, and maintain discussions or
negotiations with respect to Acquisition Proposals (or inquiries, proposals or offers or other
efforts or attempts that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal) or
otherwise cooperate with or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such inquiries, proposals,
offers, efforts, attempts, discussions or negotiations.
(b) Except as permitted by this Section 6.2 and except as may relate to any Excluded
Party (for as long as such Person or group is an Excluded Party), the Company shall and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries and Representatives to (i) from 12:00 a.m., Eastern time, on April 18,
2011 (the “No-Shop Period Start Date”), immediately cease any solicitation, encouragement,
discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition
Proposal and (ii) from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VIII, not, directly or indirectly,
(A) solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing
non-public information) any inquiries regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that
constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (B) engage in,
continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any
other Person any non-public information in connection with or for the purpose of encouraging or
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facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or (C) enter into any letter of intent, agreement or
agreement in principle with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. No later than two (2) Business Days
after the No-Shop
Period Start Date, the Company shall notify Parent in writing of the identity of each Person that
submitted an Acquisition Proposal prior to the No-Shop Period Start Date. Notwithstanding the
commencement of the obligations of the Company under this Section 6.2(b) on the No-Shop
Period Start Date, the parties agree that the Company may continue to engage in the activities
described in clause (i) and/or (ii) of Section 6.2(a) with respect to each Excluded Party
(for as long as any such Person or group is an Excluded Party) on and after the No-Shop Period
Start Date until the earlier of the time (A) the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained and (B)
it ceases to be an Excluded Party, including with respect to any amended or revised proposal
submitted by such Excluded Party on or after the No-Shop Period Start Date; provided that to the
extent set forth therein, the provisions of Section 6.2(e) shall apply; and provided,
further, that with respect to any Excluded Party, the Company shall promptly provide to Parent a
written summary of the material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal (including any financing
commitments).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.2(b) or any other
provisions of this Agreement, if at any time on or after the No-Shop Period Start Date and prior to
obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company or any of its Representatives receives a
written Acquisition Proposal from any Person or group of Persons, which Acquisition Proposal was
made by an Excluded Party or which Acquisition Proposal was made or renewed on or after the No-Shop
Period Start Date and did not result from any breach of this Section 6.2, (i) the Company
and its Representatives may contact such Person or group of Persons to clarify the terms and
conditions thereof and (ii) if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with
independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, then the Company and
its Representatives may (x) furnish, pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement,
information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to
the Person or group of Persons who has made such Acquisition Proposal; provided that the Company
shall promptly (and in any event within forty eight (48) hours) provide to Parent any material
non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided to any
Person given such access which was not previously provided to Parent or its Representatives and (y)
engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person or group of
Persons making such Acquisition Proposal. From and after the No-Shop Period Start Date, the Company
shall promptly (and in any event within forty eight (48) hours) provide to Parent a written summary
of the material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal (including any financing commitments
relating thereto).
(d) Following the No-Shop Period Start Date, the Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed
of any material developments, discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal
(whether made before or after the No-Shop Period Start Date) on a prompt basis (and in any event
within forty eight (48) hours) and upon the request of Parent shall apprise Parent of the status of
such Acquisition Proposal. The Company agrees that it and its Subsidiaries will not enter into any
confidentiality agreement with any Person subsequent to the date of the Original Agreement which
prohibits the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section
6.2.
(e) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.2(e) or Section 6.2(f),
the Company Board shall not (i)(A) fail to recommend to its stockholders that the Company
Stockholder Approval be given (the “Company Board Recommendation”) or fail to include the
Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, the Schedule 14D-9 or related filings, (B)
change, qualify, withhold, withdraw or modify, or publicly propose to change, qualify, withhold,
withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation, (C) take any
formal action or make any recommendation or public statement in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer (other than the Offer) other than a
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recommendation against such offer or a customary
“stop, look and listen” communication by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Rule
14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act or (D) adopt, approve or
recommend, or publicly propose to approve or recommend to the Stockholders an Acquisition Proposal
(actions described in this clause (i) being referred to as an “Adverse Recommendation
Change”), (ii) authorize, cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into
any letter of intent, agreement or agreement in principle with respect to any Acquisition Proposal
(other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) (each, a “Company Acquisition
Agreement”) or (iii) take any action pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, prior to the time the Company Stockholder
Approval is obtained, but not after, the Company Board may make an Adverse Recommendation Change,
enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal not solicited in
violation of this Section 6.2 or take any action pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) if
the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and
outside legal counsel, (x) that failure to take such action could be inconsistent with the
directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (y) that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes
a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that (1) the Company has given Parent at least five (5)
Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action (which notice shall
include an unredacted copy of the Superior Proposal, an unredacted copy of the relevant proposed
transaction agreements and a copy of any financing commitments relating thereto and a written
summary of the material terms of any Superior Proposal not made in writing, including any financing
commitments relating thereto), (2) the Company has negotiated, and has caused its Representatives
to negotiate, with Parent during such notice period, to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate, to
enable Parent to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement such that it would cause such
Superior Proposal to no longer constitute a Superior Proposal, (3) following the end of such notice
period, the Company Board shall have considered in good faith any proposed revisions to this
Agreement proposed in writing by Parent in a manner that would form a binding contract if accepted
by the Company, and shall have determined that the Superior Proposal would continue to constitute a
Superior Proposal if such revisions were to be given effect, and (4) in the event of any material
change to the material terms of such Superior Proposal, the Company shall, in each case, have
delivered to Parent an additional notice consistent with that described in clause (1) above and the
notice period shall have recommenced, except that the notice period shall be at least (1) one
business day (rather than the five (5) Business Days otherwise contemplated by clause (1) above);
and provided, further, that the Company has complied in all material respects with its obligations
under this Section 6.2 and provided, further, that any purported termination of this
Agreement pursuant to this sentence shall be void and of no force and effect, unless the Company
termination is in accordance with Section 8.1 and, to the extent required under the terms
of this Agreement, the Company pays Parent the applicable Termination Fee in accordance with
Section 8.3 prior to or concurrently with such termination.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to the time the Company Stockholder
Approval is obtained, but not after, the Company Board may change, qualify, withhold, withdraw or
modify, or publicly propose to change, qualify, withhold, withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse
to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation (“Change of Recommendation”) if the Board of
Directors of the Company has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial
advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action could be inconsistent with the
directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that such action shall not be
in response to a Superior Proposal (which is addressed under Section 6.2(e)) and prior to
taking such action, (x) the Board of Directors of the Company has given Parent at least five (5)
Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a description of the
reasons for taking such action, (y) the Company has negotiated, and has caused its Representatives
to negotiate, with Parent during such notice period, to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate, to
enable Parent to revise the terms of this Agreement in such a manner that would obviate the need
for taking such action, and (z) following the end of such notice period, the Company Board shall
have considered in good faith any revisions to this Agreement proposed in writing by Parent in a
manner that would form a binding contract if accepted by the Company, and shall have determined in
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good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure
to effect a Change of Recommendation could be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties
under applicable Law.
(g) Nothing in this Section 6.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the
Company from (i) taking and disclosing to the Stockholders a position contemplated by Rule
14e-2(a), Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii)
making any disclosure to the stockholders of the Company that is required by applicable Law;
provided that making such disclosure shall not in any way limit or modify the effect, if any, that
any such action has under Section 6.2.
(h) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means any customary confidentiality
agreement that contains provisions that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than
those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.
(ii) “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person
(other than Parent and its Subsidiaries) or “group”, within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act, relating to, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, any (A)
acquisition of assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries equal to 20% or more of the Company’s
consolidated assets or to which 20% or more of the Company’s revenues or earnings on a consolidated
basis are attributable, (B) acquisition of 20% or more of the outstanding Shares, (C) tender offer
or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person beneficially owning 20% or more of
the outstanding Shares, (D) merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination,
recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or (E) any
combination of the foregoing types of transactions if the sum of the percentage of consolidated
assets, consolidated revenues or earnings and Company Common Stock involved is 20% or more; in each
case, other than the Offer and the Merger.
(iii) “Excluded Party” means any Person, group of Persons or group that includes any
Person (so long as such Person, together with all other members of such group, if any, who were
members of such group or another group that included such Person immediately prior to the No-Shop
Period Start Date, represent at least 50% of the equity financing of such group at all times
following the No-Shop Period Start Date and prior to the termination of this Agreement) from whom
the Company or any of its Representatives has received, after the execution of this Agreement and
prior to the No-Shop Period Start Date, an Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board determines,
in good faith, prior to or as of the No-Shop Period Start Date and after consultation with its
financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to
a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, such Person or group shall cease to be an Excluded Party as of the No-Shop Period Start
Date unless, prior to the No-Shop Period Start Date, the Company or any of its Representatives
received from such Person or group an Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board determined, in
good faith, prior to or as of the No-Shop Period Start Date and after consultation with its
financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constituted a Superior Proposal; and provided,
further, that any such Person or group shall cease to be an Excluded Party at any time such Person
or group ceases to be actively pursuing efforts to acquire the Company.
(iv) “Superior Proposal” shall mean any bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that
the Company Board has determined, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial
advisor, in its good faith judgment is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its
terms, taking into account all legal, regulatory and financial aspects (including certainty of
closing) of the proposal and the Person making the proposal, and if consummated, would result in a
transaction more favorable to the
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Stockholders (solely in their capacity as such) from a financial
point of view than the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (including any revisions to the
terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in response to such proposal or otherwise); provided
that for purposes of the definition of
“Superior Proposal”, the references to “20%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be
deemed to be references to “50%.”
Section 6.3 Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders’ Meeting.
(a) The parties acknowledge that on April 12, 2011, the Company prepared and filed with the
SEC a preliminary Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information
concerning such Person to the other as may be reasonably requested in connection with the
preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. The Company shall promptly notify
Parent upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Proxy Statement and shall provide Parent with copies of all correspondence
between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect
to the Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to respond
as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company (i)
shall provide Parent an opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including
the proposed final version of such document or response or any amendment to any such document) and
(ii) shall include in such document or response all comments reasonably proposed by Parent. If, at
any time prior to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, any information relating to the Company,
Parent or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the
Company or Parent which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement,
so that the Proxy Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party that
discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, and an appropriate
amendment or supplement describing such information shall be filed with the SEC and, to the extent
required by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the other party, and disseminated to the
shareholders of the Company.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable prior to, but in no event later than five (5) Business
Days after, the date on which the preliminary Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC, the Company
shall establish a record date (which will be one (1) Business Day after the anticipated Expiration
Date of the Offer), and as soon as practicable after the closing of the Offer, duly call and give
notice of a meeting of its shareholders (the “Company Stockholders’ Meeting”) and cause the
definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable,
each for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall duly convene
and hold the Company Stockholders’ Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable after the mailing
of the Proxy Statement; provided, however, that in no event shall such meeting be
held later than fifteen (15) calendar days following the date that the Offer is closed. The notice
of such Company Stockholders’ Meeting shall state that a resolution to approve this Agreement will
be considered at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting. The Company Board shall recommend to the
Stockholders that they approve this Agreement, and shall include such recommendation in the Proxy
Statement. Parent may require the Company to, and if so required the Company shall, adjourn or
postpone the Company Stockholders’ Meeting one time (for a period of not more than thirty (30)
calendar days but not past two (2) Business Days prior to the Expiration Date), unless prior to
such adjournment the Company shall have received an aggregate number of proxies voting for the
adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), which
have not been withdrawn, such that the conditions in Section 7.1 will be satisfied at such
meeting. Once the Company has established a record date for the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, the
Company
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shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Company
Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent, unless required to do so by
applicable Law or the Company Bylaws. Unless the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse
Recommendation Change
in accordance with Section 6.2(e), the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to solicit
proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and shall ensure that all proxies solicited in
connection with the Company Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable
Laws. Unless this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with Article VIII, the
Company shall submit this Agreement to its shareholders at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting even
if the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse Recommendation Change or proposed or announced
any intention to do so. The Company shall, upon the reasonable request of Parent, advise Parent not
more than on a daily basis on each of the last ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the
Company Stockholders’ Meeting as to the aggregate tally of proxies received by the Company with
respect to the Company Stockholder Approval. At the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, if any, Parent
agrees to cause all Shares acquired pursuant to the Offer and all other Shares owned by Parent or
any Subsidiary of Parent to be voted in favor of the Merger.
Section 6.4 Access to Information; Confidentiality. The Company shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, afford to Parent, Merger Sub and their respective
Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, during the period prior to the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, to all their
respective properties, assets, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records and, during
such period, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to
Parent: (a) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed or
received by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities laws;
and (b) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent or Merger
Sub may reasonably request (including Tax Returns filed and those in preparation and the workpapers
of its auditors); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not require the Company to disclose
any information to the extent such disclosure would (i) contravene applicable Law, (ii) breach or
cause a default under any confidentiality agreement with any third party entered into prior to the
date of the Original Agreement that relate to any discussions regarding transactions of a nature
similar to the transactions contemplated hereby (provided that disclosures required pursuant to
Section 6.2 with respect to a party to any such confidentiality agreement or any proposals
they may make shall not be limited by this Section 6.4), or (iii) constitute a waiver of
the attorney-client privilege held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All such information
shall be held confidential in accordance with the terms of that certain CryoLife, Inc. Mutual
Confidential Disclosure Agreement between Parent and the Company dated as of September 29, 2010
(the “Confidentiality Agreement”); provided, further, that following the date on which the
Merger is approved, the parties agree that any information request by Parent, Merger Sub or their
respective Representatives pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be deemed to be reasonable
for purposes of clause (b) above. No investigation pursuant to this Section 6.4 or
information provided, made available or delivered to Parent pursuant to this Agreement shall affect
any of the representations, warranties, covenants, rights or remedies, or the conditions to the
obligations of, the parties hereunder.
Section 6.5 Reasonable Best Efforts.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the
parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions that are
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner
practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including using reasonable best efforts to accomplish the following: (i) obtain all required
consents, approvals or waivers from, or participation in other discussions or negotiations with,
third parties, including as required under any Material Contract, (ii) obtain all necessary actions
or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities,
make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings and
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take all steps as may be necessary
to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid any Action by, any Governmental Entity, (iii)
vigorously resist and contest any Action, including administrative or judicial Action, and seek to
have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other
order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and that could restrict,
prevent or prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, by vigorously pursuing all avenues of administrative and judicial appeal, and (iv)
execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and fully to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall commit to the payment of any material fee,
penalty or other consideration or make any other material concession, waiver or amendment under any
Contract in connection with obtaining any consent without the prior written consent of Parent. Each
of the parties hereto shall furnish to each other party such necessary information and reasonable
assistance as such other party may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing. Subject to
applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, Parent and the Company shall have the right
to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each shall consult with the other in connection
with, all of the information relating to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, and any of
their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted
to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Offer, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing rights, each of
Parent and the Company shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Subject to applicable
Law and the instructions of any Governmental Entity, the Company and Parent shall keep each other
reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other
written communications received by the Company or Parent, as the case may be, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, from any Governmental Entity and/or third party with respect to such
transactions, and, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, shall provide the other party
and its counsel with the opportunity to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in
respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall
Parent or any of its Affiliates be required to (i) agree or proffer to divest or hold separate (in
a trust or otherwise), or take any other action with respect to, any of the assets or businesses of
Parent or any of its Affiliates or, assuming the consummation of the Merger, the Surviving
Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (ii) agree or proffer to limit in any manner whatsoever or
not to exercise any rights of ownership of any securities (including the Shares) or (iii) enter
into any agreement that in any way limits the ownership or operation of any business of Parent, the
Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case if such
action would be material to the business and financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries
(including the Company) taken as a whole after consummation of the Offer and the Merger.
Section 6.6 Takeover Laws. The Company and the Company Board shall (i) take no
intentional action to cause any Takeover Law to become applicable to this Agreement, the Offer, the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) if any Takeover Law is or
becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated hereby, use reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary to ensure that the
Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as
practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of
such Takeover Law with respect to this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section 6.7 Notification of Certain Matters. The Company and Parent shall
promptly notify each other of (a) any notice or other communication received by such party from any
Governmental Entity in connection with the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
hereby or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in
connection with the Offer, the Merger or
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the other transactions contemplated hereby, (b) any other
notice or communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, or (c) any Action commenced or, to such party’s knowledge, threatened in
writing against, relating to or involving or
otherwise affecting such party or any of its Subsidiaries which relates to the Offer, the Merger or
the other transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.8 Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance.
(a) Without limiting any additional rights that any current or former officer or director
may have under the Company Charter or Company Bylaws as in effect on the date of the Original
Agreement, from the Effective Time through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the date on
which the Effective Time occurs, the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each
current (as of the Effective Time) and each former officer and director of the Company from and
against any and all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with any Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or
pertaining to the fact that the indemnified Person is or was an officer, director, employee or
fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Effective Time, whether
asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the
Company would be permitted under applicable Law and required or permitted under the Company Charter
or Company Bylaws (or, as relevant, those of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company) as at the
date of the Original Agreement. In the event of any such Action, each indemnified Person shall be
entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any Action from the Surviving
Corporation to the fullest extent that the Company would be permitted under applicable Law and the
Company Charter or Company Bylaws as at the date of the Original Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein (but subject to any superior rights contained in the Company
Charter or Company Bylaws (or, as relevant, those of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company) or
applicable indemnification agreements to which the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, is a
party), prior to making any payment or advance in respect of the indemnification obligations set
forth in this Section 6.8, the Person who is requesting such advance shall provide a
written affirmation by such Person of a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification set
forth under applicable Law have been satisfied and a written undertaking by such Person to repay
all amounts so paid or reimbursed by the Surviving Corporation, if it is ultimately determined that
the criteria for indemnification have not been satisfied in connection with any threatened,
pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative proceeding to
which such Person is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of the former or present
official capacity of such Person. No such indemnified Person shall settle, compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment in any threatened or actual Action for which indemnification could be
sought by such indemnified Person hereunder unless Parent consents in writing to such settlement,
compromise or consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Surviving Corporation agrees to continue and not to repeal or modify, and agree to include, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, in the charter documents for the Surviving Corporation,
exculpatory provisions currently existing in the Company Charter (or their substantial equivalent)
eliminating personal liability for the Company’s directors to the extent permissible under the
CGCL.
(b) For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be
maintained in effect the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering
each Person currently covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
policies (correct and complete copies of which have been heretofore made available to Parent) for
acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, that Parent may (i) substitute
thereof policies of an insurance company the material terms of which, including coverage and
amount, are no less favorable in any material respect to such directors and officers than the
Company’s existing policies as of the date of the Original Agreement or (ii) request that the
Company obtain such extended reporting coverage under its existing insurance
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programs (to be
effective as of the Effective Time); and provided, further, that in no event shall Parent or the
Company be required to pay aggregate premiums for insurance under this Section 6.8(b) in
excess of 150% of the amount of the aggregate premiums paid by the Company for policy year
2009-2010 for such
purpose (which policy year 2009-2010 premiums are hereby represented and warranted by the Company
to be as set forth in Section 6.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter), it being understood
that Parent shall nevertheless be obligated to provide such coverage as may be obtained for such
150% amount.
(c) In the event that Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their successors or
assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing
or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfer all or
substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, Parent
shall cause proper provision to be made so that the successor and assign of Parent or the Surviving
Corporation assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.8.
(d) It is the intent that, with respect to all advancement and indemnification obligations
under this Section 6.8, the Surviving Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort
with respect to any advancement, reimbursement or indemnification obligations relative to any
director or officer of the Company who may also be covered by insurance maintained by a Stockholder
at or prior to the Effective Time. Without limiting the right of recovery against such director or
officer if it shall be ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified,
neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall have any right to seek contribution, indemnity
or other reimbursement for any of its obligations under this Section 6.8 from any such
Stockholder or its insurers.
(e) The provisions of this Section 6.8 shall survive consummation of the Merger and
are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified Person, his or
her heirs and his or her legal representatives, and each such Person shall be an intended third
party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 6.8.
Section 6.9 Public Announcements.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand,
shall consult with each other before issuing, and give each other a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment upon, any press release or other public statements (including announcements to
the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries) with respect to this Agreement, the Offer, the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and shall not issue any such press release or
make any public announcement (including announcements to the employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries) without the prior consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, except as may be required by applicable Law, court process or by
obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities exchange or national
securities quotation system; provided, that Parent or the Company may include disclosures relating
to this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the transactions contemplated herein in its respective
periodic filings with the SEC without seeking consent from, or consulting with, the other party, so
long as such disclosures are not inconsistent with the information contained in previous press
releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by Parent and the Company (or made
individually by the Company or Parent, if previously consented to by the other party); provided,
further, that each of Parent and the Company may make any public statement in response to specific
questions by the press, analysts, investors or those attending industry conferences or financial
analyst conference calls, so long as such statements are not inconsistent with the information
contained in previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by
Parent and the Company (or individually by a party, if previously consented to by the other party);
provided, finally, that the Company shall not be required to provide Parent any such opportunity to
review or comment in connection with the receipt and existence of an Acquisition Proposal and
matters related thereto or an
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Adverse Recommendation Change or other communications contemplated by
Section 6.2(e).
(b) Before any written communications related to the Offer of any party hereto or any of
their
respective “participants” (as defined in Rule 165 of the Securities Act) are (i) disseminated to
any investor, analyst, member of the media, employee, client, customer or other third-party or
otherwise made accessible on the website of such party or any such participant, as applicable
(whether in written, video or oral form via webcast, hyperlink or otherwise), or (ii) used by any
executive officer, key employee or advisor of such party or any such participant, as applicable, as
a script in discussions or meetings with any such third parties, Parent or the Company, as the case
may be, shall (or shall cause any such participant to) cooperate in good faith with respect to any
such written communications related to the Offer for purposes of, among other things, determining
whether that communication constitutes “tender offer material” that is required to be filed by Rule
14d-2 or Rule 14d-6 of the Exchange Act, as applicable, or a prospectus required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 or 425 of the Securities Act. Each party shall (or shall cause any such
participant to) give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the other such
party or parties and their counsel on any such written communications related to the Offer. For
purposes of the foregoing, written communications related to the Offer shall include, with respect
to any Person, any document or other written communication prepared by or on behalf of that Person,
or any document or other material or information posted or made accessible on the website of that
Person (whether in written, video or oral form via webcast, hyperlink or otherwise).
Section 6.10 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board
shall take all such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to cause the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including any dispositions of Shares (including derivative securities with
respect to such Shares) resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by each
individual who is or will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act with respect to the Company, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 6.11 Exchange Act Delisting. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall
cooperate with Parent and Merger Sub and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on
its part under applicable Law and the rules and policies of the SEC to cause the deregistration of
the Shares under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time.
Section 6.12 Rule 14d-10 Matters. All amounts payable to holders of Shares and other
securities of the Company (the “Covered Securityholders”) pursuant to the Company Plans and
the Company Benefit Agreements (collectively, the “Arrangements”) (i) are being paid or
granted as compensation for past services performed, future services to be performed or future
services to be refrained from performing by the Covered Securityholders (and matters incidental
thereto) and (ii) are not calculated based on the number of Shares tendered or to be tendered into
the Offer by the applicable Covered Securityholder. The Company Board has determined that each
member of the Compensation Committee of the Company Board (the “Compensation Committee”) is
an “Independent Director” in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the
Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee (A) at a meeting duly called and held at which all members
of the Compensation Committee were present, duly and unanimously adopted resolutions approving as
an “employment compensation, severance or other employee benefit arrangement” within the meaning of
Rule 14d-10(d)(1) under the Exchange Act (an “Employment Compensation Arrangement”) (1)
each Company Stock Plan, (2) the treatment of the Company Stock Options and Restricted Stock in
accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, the applicable Company Stock Plan and any
applicable Company Plans and Company Benefit Agreements, (3) the terms of Section 3.2(b) of
this Agreement and (4) each other Company Plan and Company Benefit Agreement, which resolutions
have not been rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way, and (B) has taken all other actions
necessary to satisfy the requirements of the non-exclusive safe
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harbor under Rule 14d-10(d)(2)
under the Exchange Act with respect to the foregoing arrangements.
Section 6.13 Further Assurances. Each party hereby agrees to perform any further
acts and to
execute and deliver any documents or instruments that may be reasonably necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The
obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the
Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been
obtained.
(b) No Injunctions or Legal Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining
order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other judgment, order or decree issued by any court
of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition shall be in effect, and no Law
shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed applicable by any Governmental
Entity that, in any case, prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger.
(c) Purchase of Shares in the Offer. Merger Sub shall have purchased all Shares
validly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer (up to the Offer Amount) in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(d) Consents. The Company shall have obtained the consent to the transactions
contemplated herein of each Person set forth in Section 7.1(d) of the Company Disclosure
Letter and shall have provided evidence to Parent of each such consent, in form and substance
satisfactory to Parent.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Offer and the
Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Acceptance Date (with any termination by Parent
also being an effective termination by Merger Sub):
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or the Company if any court of competent jurisdiction or other
Governmental Entity shall have issued a judgment, order, injunction, rule or decree, or taken any
other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Offer or the Merger and such
judgment, order, injunction, rule, decree or other action shall have become final and
nonappealable; provided, that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(b) shall have used its reasonable best efforts to contest, appeal and remove
such judgment, order, injunction, rule, decree, ruling or other action in accordance with
Section 6.5; or
(c) by Parent, at any time prior to the Acceptance Date:
(i) if the Company shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement (other than with respect to a
breach of Section 6.2 or 6.3(b), as to which Section 8.1(c)(ii) will apply), or if
any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in each case which breach
or failure to perform or to be true,
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individually or in the aggregate (A) would result in the
failure of an Offer Condition or of any of the conditions set forth in Article VII and (B)
cannot be or, to the extent curable by the Company, has not been cured by the earlier of (1) the
Outside Date and (2) thirty (30) days after the giving of written notice
to the Company of such breach or failure; provided, that Parent shall not have the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(i) if it is then in material
breach of this Agreement;
(ii) if (A) the Company Board (or any committee thereof) effects an Adverse Recommendation
Change, (B) the Company or the Company Board (or any committee thereof) shall approve or recommend,
or cause or permit the Company to enter into, a Company Acquisition Agreement relating to an
Acquisition Proposal, (C) the Company shall have breached any of its obligations under Section
6.2 or 6.3(b) or (D) the Company or the Company Board (or any committee thereof) shall formally
resolve or publicly authorize or publicly propose to take any of the foregoing actions; or
(iii) if (A) Merger Sub shall not have accepted for payment and paid for Shares pursuant to
the Offer on or before the Outside Date, (B) the Offer shall have expired or been terminated in
accordance with its terms without Merger Sub having purchased any Shares pursuant thereto, or (C)
Merger Sub shall have failed to commence the Offer within thirty (30) days after the date of the
Original Agreement; provided, that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(iii) if such failure to accept for payment and pay for
Shares, to purchase Shares or to commence the Offer is due to Parent’s or Merger Sub’s breach of
this Agreement.
(d) by the Company, at any time prior to the Acceptance Date:
(i) if Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached or failed to perform any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in each case which
breach or failure to perform or to be true, individually or in the aggregate (A) has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and (B) cannot be or, to the extent
curable by Parent or Merger Sub, has not been cured by the earlier of (1) the Outside Date and (2)
thirty (30) days after the giving of written notice to Parent of such breach or failure; provided,
that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
8.1(d)(i) if it is then in material breach of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in
this Agreement;
(ii) in order to concurrently enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement that constitutes a
Superior Proposal, if (A) the Company has complied in all material respects with the requirements
of Section 6.2 and (B) prior to or concurrently with such termination, the Company pays the
fee due under Section 8.3.
(iii) if (A) Merger Sub shall not have accepted for payment and paid for Shares pursuant to
the Offer on or before the Outside Date, (B) the Offer shall have expired or been terminated in
accordance with its terms without Merger Sub having purchased any Shares pursuant thereto, or (C)
Merger Sub shall have failed to commence the Offer within thirty (30) days after the date of the
Original Agreement; provided, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(iii) if such failure to accept for payment and pay for
Shares, to purchase Shares or to commence the Offer is due to the Company’s breach of this
Agreement.
The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1 (other
than pursuant to Section 8.1(a)) shall give written notice of such termination to the other
party.
Section 8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability or
obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, except that the Confidentiality
Agreement and the provisions of Section 4.26 (Brokers), Section 6.9 (Public
Announcements), this Section 8.2, Section 8.3 (Fees and Expenses),
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Section
9.2 (Notices), Section 9.5 (Entire Agreement), Section 9.6 (No Third Party
Beneficiaries), Section 9.7 (Governing Law), Section 9.8 (Submission to
Jurisdiction), Section 9.9 (Assignment; Successors), Section 9.10 (Enforcement),
Section 9.12 (Severability), Section 9.13 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section
9.16 (No Presumption Against Drafting Party) shall survive the termination hereof;
provided, however, that no such termination shall relieve any party hereto from any liability or
damages resulting from a willful and material breach prior to such termination of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement or from a material breach prior to such
termination of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
Section 8.3 Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Offer or the
Merger is consummated, except that the expenses incurred in connection with the filing, printing
and mailing of the Offer Documents, the Schedule 14D-9 and the Proxy Statement, and all filing and
other fees paid to the SEC, in each case in connection with the Merger (other than attorneys’ fees,
accountants’ fees and related expenses), shall be borne by Parent. For the avoidance of doubt, any
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby incurred by a Stockholder (such as fees and expenses of separate
counsel to such Stockholder) shall be borne by such Stockholder.
(b) In the event that:
(i) (A) an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) or intention to make an
Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) shall have been made directly to the
Stockholders, otherwise publicly disclosed or otherwise publicly communicated to senior management
of the Company or the Company Board, (B) this Agreement is thereafter terminated by Parent pursuant
to Section 8.1(c)(i) or 8.1(c)(iii) or by the Company pursuant to Section
8.1(d)(iii) (unless, in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(iii) or
Section 8.1(d)(iii), immediately prior to such termination a number of Shares satisfying
the Minimum Condition shall have been tendered into the Offer and not withdrawn) and (C) within
twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, the Company enters into an agreement in
respect of any Acquisition Proposal and such transaction is subsequently consummated (whether
consummated before or after such 12-month period), or recommends or submits an Acquisition Proposal
to its Stockholders for adoption and such transaction is subsequently consummated (whether
consummated before or after such 12-month period), or a transaction in respect of an Acquisition
Proposal is consummated within such 12-month period, which, in each case, need not be the same
Acquisition Proposal that shall have been made, publicly disclosed or communicated prior to
termination hereof (provided, that for purposes of this clause (C), each reference to “20%” in the
definition of “Acquisition Proposal” shall be deemed to be a reference to “50%”); or
(ii) this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii); or
(iii) this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii);
then, in any such event, the Company shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee, it being understood
that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one
occasion. As used herein, “Termination Fee” shall mean a cash amount equal to $1,500,000,
except that in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section
8.1(d)(ii) prior to the No-Shop Period Start Date, the “Termination Fee” shall mean a
cash amount equal to $1,000,000.
(c) Payment of the Termination Fee shall be made by wire transfer of same day funds to the
account or accounts designated by Parent (i) on the consummation of, any transaction contemplated
by an Acquisition Proposal, as applicable, in the case of a Termination Fee payable pursuant to
Section
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8.3(b)(i), (ii) as promptly as reasonably practicable after termination (and, in
any event, within two (2) Business Days thereof), in the case of termination by Parent pursuant to
Section 8.1(c)(ii) or (iii) simultaneously with or prior to, and as a condition to the
effectiveness of, termination by the Company
pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii). Each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that
in the event that Parent is entitled to receive either the Termination Fee pursuant to this
Agreement, the right of Parent to receive such amount shall constitute each of Parent’s and Merger
Sub’s sole and exclusive remedy for money damages for any termination of this Agreement; provided,
that nothing in the foregoing sentence shall constitute a waiver of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s right
to seek specific performance in accordance with Section 9.10 of this Agreement (nor shall
any such action for specific performance prejudice Parent’s or Merger Sub’s right to receive the
Termination Fee if such action does not result in consummation of the Offer, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement) but in no event shall Parent be entitled to
receive both the Termination Fee and an award of specific performance.
(d) The Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are
an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these
agreements, Parent and Merger Sub would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if the Company
fails promptly to pay any amounts due pursuant to this Section 8.3, and, in order to obtain
such payment, Parent commences a suit that results in a judgment against the Company for the
amounts set forth in this Section 8.3, the Company shall pay to Parent its costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such suit, together
with interest on the amounts due pursuant to this Section 8.3 from the date such payment
was required to be made until the date of payment at the prime lending rate as published in The
Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was required to be made.
Section 8.4 Amendment or Supplement. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented by the parties by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors
at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Company Stockholder Approval
has been obtained; provided, however, that (a) after Merger Sub has accepted for payment and paid
for Shares pursuant to the Offer, no amendment may be made which decreases the Merger Consideration
and (b) after the Company Stockholder Approval has been obtained, no amendment may be made that
pursuant to applicable Law requires further approval or adoption by the Stockholders without such
further approval or adoption. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any
manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically
designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each of the parties in interest at the time
of the amendment.
Section 8.5 Extension of Time; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time,
the parties may, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or acts of the other parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties of the other parties set forth in this Agreement or any document delivered pursuant
hereto or (c) subject to applicable Law, waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions
of the other parties contained herein; provided, however, that after the Company Stockholder
Approval has been obtained, no waiver may be made that pursuant to applicable Law requires further
approval or adoption by the Stockholders without such further approval or adoption. Any agreement
on the part of a party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on behalf of such party. No failure or delay of
any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the
parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would
otherwise have hereunder.
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Section 8.6 Effect of Termination on Offer. In the event that this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) or 8.1(d)(ii) and Merger Sub elects not to
terminate the Offer, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, promptly amend the
Offer to disclose that such Offer is no
longer pursuant to this Agreement. Any Offer so amended and continued after the termination of this
Agreement shall not be subject to any terms or conditions of this Agreement (and Parent and Merger
Sub shall not be subject to any standstill agreement previously entered into). In the event that
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any subsection of Section 8.1 other than
8.1(c)(ii) or 8.1(d)(ii), then as promptly as practicable after such termination, Merger
Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, terminate the Offer. Nothing in this Section
8.6 shall be construed as a standstill or restriction that would limit Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries from acquiring capital stock of the Company by any means at any time after termination
of this Agreement and (in the case of the preceding sentence, termination of the Offer).
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 9.1 Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties. None of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time, other than those covenants
or agreements of the parties which by their terms apply, or are to be performed in whole or in
part, after the Effective Time.
Section 9.2 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) on
the first (1st) Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a
next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the
fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered
to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in
writing by the party to receive such notice:
(i) if to Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, to:
CryoLife, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
And
Attn: General Counsel
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
And
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
(ii) if to the Company, to:
Cardiogenesis Corporation
00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Executive Chairman
00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Executive Chairman
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
K&L Gates LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Section 9.3 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) “Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such first Person;
(b) “Business Day” has the meaning given to such term in Rule 14d-1(g) under the
Exchange Act;
(c) “Company Benefit Agreement” means any material employment, consulting, bonus,
incentive or deferred compensation, equity or equity-based compensation, severance, change in
control, retention, termination or similar contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
on the one hand, and any officer, director, employee, contractor or agent of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, on the other hand.
(d) “control” (including the terms “controlled,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
(e) “knowledge” of any party means the actual knowledge of any executive officer and
the knowledge that any such person would be reasonably expected to obtain after making the same
inquiry that a reasonably prudent business person in the ordinary and usual course of the
performance of his or her responsibilities would make. For purposes of determining the knowledge
of the Company, the knowledge (as defined herein) of the following executive officers of the
Company shall be considered: Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
(f) “Liability” means any liability, indebtedness, obligation or commitment of any
kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise and whether or not
required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP);
(g) “material” or other similar qualifier regarding materiality, material respects
or the like, when used in connection with any activity, compliance, item, matter or circumstance
relating to a Person, means “material to the Person, its direct or indirect parent, and their
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.”
(h) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including any Governmental Entity;
(i) “Stockholders” means the stockholders of the Company;
(j) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which stock
or other equity interests having ordinary voting power to elect more than 50% of the board of
directors or other governing body are owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person;
(k) “Tax” means (i) any and all federal, provincial, state, local, foreign and other
taxes, including net income, gross income, gross receipts, capital gains, alternative, minimum,
sales, consumption, use, social services, goods and services, value added, harmonized sales, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise,
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profits, registration, license, lease, service, service use,
withholding, payroll, wage, employment, unemployment, pension, health insurance, excise, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, property,
windfall profits, environmental, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, social security
contributions or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties,
additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto; (ii) any liability for payment of
amounts described in clause (i) whether as a result of transferee liability, of being a member of
any group of entities for any period or otherwise through operation of law; and (iii) any liability
for the payment of amounts described in clauses (i) or (ii) as a result of any tax sharing, tax
indemnity or tax allocation agreement or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify any
other Person; and
(l) “Tax Return” means any return (including any information return), report,
statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or
other document or information, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, in each
case required or permitted to be filed, submitted, delivered or transmitted to a taxing authority
of a Governmental Entity with respect to Taxes.
Section 9.4 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a
Section, Article, Schedule or Exhibit such reference shall be to a Section, Article, Schedule or
Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained
in this Agreement or in any Exhibit are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement
will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Any capitalized
terms used in any Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning set forth in
this Agreement. All Exhibits annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and
made a part of this Agreement as if set forth herein. The word “including” and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise
specified.
Section 9.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibit and
Schedules hereto), the Company Disclosure Letter, the Support Agreements, and the Confidentiality
Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements,
arrangements, communications and understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements,
arrangements, communications and understandings among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof.
Section 9.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section
6.8, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any
Person other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or
equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature under or by reason of this Agreement. The
representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties
hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. In some instances, the representations
and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks
associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties hereto.
Consequently, Persons (other than the parties hereto) may not rely upon the representations and
warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date
of the Original Agreement or as of any other date.
Section 9.7 Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal Laws of the State of Florida, without
regard to the Laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of Laws
principles of the State of Florida.
Section 9.8 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably agrees
that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any
party or its Affiliates against any other party or its Affiliates shall be brought and determined
in the Federal or state courts with jurisdiction over all or part of Xxxx County, Florida, provided
that if jurisdiction is not then available in
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such courts, then any such legal action or proceeding
may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Florida or any other Florida state
court. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for itself and with respect to its property, generally and
unconditionally, with regard to any such action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties agrees not to commence any
action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in the courts described above in Florida, other
than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award
rendered by any such court in Florida as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that
notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further
waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or
otherwise, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of the courts in Florida as described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its
property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process
commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (i)
the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the
venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter
hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
Section 9.9 Assignment; Successors. 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 party without the prior written consent of the other
parties, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void;
provided, however, that each of Parent and Merger Sub may assign, in its sole discretion, any or
all of its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to (a) Parent or any of its
Affiliates at any time, in which case all references herein to Parent or Merger Sub shall be deemed
references to such other Affiliate, except that all representations and warranties made herein with
respect to Parent or Merger Sub as of the date of the Original Agreement shall be deemed to be
representations and warranties made with respect to such other Affiliate as of the date of such
assignment or (b) after the Effective Time, to any Person; provided, further, that no such
assignment shall relieve Parent or Merger Sub of any of their obligations hereunder. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 9.10 Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur
in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with
their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each of the parties shall be entitled
to specific performance of the terms hereof, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent
breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement
in the Federal or state courts with jurisdiction over all or part of Xxxx County, Florida, provided
that if jurisdiction is not then available in such courts, then in any federal court located in the
State of Florida or any other Florida state court, this being in addition to any other remedy to
which such party is entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (a) any
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any
requirement under any law to post security as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.
Section 9.11 Currency. All references to “dollars” or “$” or “US$” in this
Agreement refer to United States dollars, which is the currency used for all purposes in this
Agreement.
Section 9.12 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any
provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable
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in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and
this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
Section 9.13 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 9.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to
the other parties.
Section 9.15 Facsimile Signature. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile
signature and a facsimile signature shall constitute an original for all purposes.
Section 9.16 No Presumption Against Drafting Party. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company acknowledges that each party to this Agreement has been represented by counsel in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly,
any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities
in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application and is expressly waived.
Section 9.17 Performance Guaranty. Parent unconditionally and irrevocably agrees
to take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, to
perform all of its respective agreements, covenants and obligations under this Agreement with
respect to consummation of the Offer and the Merger and payment or issuance of consideration
pursuant to this Agreement in respect thereof. Parent unconditionally guarantees to the Company the
full and complete performance by Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, of its
respective obligations under this Agreement with respect to consummation of the Offer and the
Merger and payment or issuance of consideration pursuant to this Agreement in respect thereof and
shall be liable for any breach of any such obligation of Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation,
as applicable, under this Agreement. This is a guarantee of payment and performance and not
collectability.
Section 9.18 Original Agreement Superseded. The Original Agreement has been
amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement, and the Original Agreement will be of no
further force or effect after the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of
the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
PARENT: CRYOLIFE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ D. Xxxxxx Xxx | |||
Name: | D. Xxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Exec. V.P., COO and CFO |
MERGER SUB: XX XXXXXX, INC. |
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By: | /s/ D. Xxxxxx Xxx | |||
Name: | D. Xxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Vice President, Finance, Treasurer | |||
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COMPANY: CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Chairman |
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Exhibit A
FORM OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT
EXECUTION VERSION
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of March 28, 2011, by and among
CryoLife, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), and the executive officers and/or directors of
Cardiogenesis Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), listed on Schedule A hereto
(each, a “Stockholder” and, collectively, the “Stockholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, Parent, XX Xxxxxx, Inc., a Florida corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company are entering into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) (capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement), which provides for, among other
things, a tender offer (as such offer may be amended from time to time in a manner not prohibited
by Section 1.1(b) of the Merger Agreement, the “Offer”) to be made by Merger Sub of cash for all of
the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the
“Shares”), followed by the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company
continuing as the surviving corporation in the merger (the “Merger”), all on the terms and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Stockholder is the record or “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of Shares as set forth on Schedule A
hereto (with respect to each Stockholder, the “Owned Shares”; the Owned Shares and any additional
Shares or other voting securities of the Company of which such Stockholder acquires record and
beneficial ownership after the date of the Original Agreement, including, without limitation, by
purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination,
reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any
securities, such Stockholder’s “Covered Shares”);
WHEREAS, in addition to being a record or beneficial owner of Owned Shares, each Stockholder
is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and/or an executive officer of the Company;
WHEREAS, in order to induce Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement and to
proceed with the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, Parent and the
Stockholders are entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders acknowledge that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger
Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of the
Stockholders set forth in this Agreement and would not enter into the Merger Agreement if any
Stockholder did not enter into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent and the Stockholders hereby
agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Tender.
(a) Prior to the Termination Date (as defined herein), if requested in writing by Parent, but
in no event prior to such written request, each Stockholder hereby severally agrees to tender, or
cause to be
tendered, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, such Stockholder’s
Covered Shares (other than unexercised options, warrants, and other rights to acquire Shares and
other than any Shares as to which the Stockholder does not have the power to dispose of or direct
the disposition of such Shares, or has such power only in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of
Persons other than those who are parties to this Agreement), and agrees that it will not withdraw
or permit the withdrawal of such Shares from the Offer. Within three (3) Business Days after
receipt of the written request of Parent, but in no event prior to receipt of such written request,
each Stockholder will: (i) deliver to the Exchange Agent designated in the Offer (A) a properly
completed letter of election and transmittal with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares
complying with the terms of the Offer, (B) if and to the extent such Covered Shares are held in
certificated form, the certificates representing the Covered Shares, and (C) all other documents or
instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Offer; and/or (ii) instruct its
broker or such other Person who is the holder of any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to
promptly tender such Shares in the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Offer.
(b) Each Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that Merger Sub’s obligation to accept for
payment Shares tendered in the Offer, including any Shares tendered by any Stockholder, is subject
to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Offer.
2. Agreement to Vote.
(a) Prior to the Termination Date and regardless of whether such Stockholder tenders any
Covered Shares pursuant to Section 1, each Stockholder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that
it shall at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special and whether
or not an adjourned or postponed meeting), however called, or in connection with any written
consent of stockholders of the Company (x) when a meeting is held, appear at such meeting or
otherwise cause such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose
of establishing a quorum, and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any,
and (y) vote (or consent), or cause to be voted at such meeting (or validly execute and return and
cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (i) in
favor of the Merger, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Merger Agreement, adoption
and approval of the Merger Agreement and the terms thereof and any other matters necessary for
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement (whether
or not recommended by the Company Board), and (ii) against (A) any Acquisition Proposal, (B) any
proposal for any recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, amalgamation, merger,
sale of assets or other business combination between the Company and any other Person (other than
the Merger), (C) any other action that could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with,
delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement or this Agreement or any transaction that results in a breach in any material
respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries under the Merger Agreement, and (D) any change in the present
capitalization or dividend policy of the Company or any amendment or other change to the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, except if approved by Parent.
(b) Prior to the Termination Date and at any time after the Acceptance Date, each Stockholder
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall at any meeting of the stockholders of the
Company (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting), however
called, or in connection with any written consent of stockholders of the Company (x) when a meeting
is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to be counted
as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum, and respond to each request by the
Company for written consent, if any, and (y) vote (or consent), or cause to be voted at such
meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all
of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (i) in favor of all necessary and desirable actions to cause
the election (and maintenance) of the Parent designees to the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“Parent Directors”) pursuant to Section 1.4 of
the Merger Agreement, and (ii) against, unless requested by Parent, the removal of any of the
Parent Directors.
3. Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy.
(a) EACH STOCKHOLDER HEREBY GRANTS TO, AND APPOINTS, PARENT, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF PARENT,
AND ANY OTHER DESIGNEE OF PARENT, EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, SUCH STOCKHOLDER’S IRREVOCABLE (UNTIL
THE TERMINATION DATE) PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION) TO TENDER ON
BEHALF OF THE STOCKHOLDER THE COVERED SHARES IF SUCH STOCKHOLDER FAILS TO TENDER SUCH COVERED
SHARES WITHIN THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM PARENT TO DO SO,
AND TO VOTE THE COVERED SHARES AS INDICATED IN SECTION 2. EACH STOCKHOLDER INTENDS THIS PROXY TO BE
IRREVOCABLE (UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE) AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND WILL TAKE SUCH FURTHER
ACTION OR EXECUTE SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS PROXY
AND HEREBY REVOKES ANY PROXY PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BY SUCH STOCKHOLDER WITH RESPECT TO THE COVERED
SHARES (THE STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTING TO THE COMPANY THAT ANY SUCH PROXY IS NOT IRREVOCABLE).
(b) The proxy granted in this Section 3 shall automatically expire upon the Termination Date
of this Agreement.
4. No Inconsistent Agreements. Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) hereby covenants
and agrees that, except as contemplated by this Agreement, such Stockholder (a) has not entered
into, and shall not enter into at any time prior to the Termination Date, any voting agreement or
voting trust with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares and (b) has not granted, and
shall not grant at any time prior to the Termination Date, a proxy or power of attorney with
respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, in either case, which is inconsistent with
such Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
5. Termination; Amendments to Offer.
(a) This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the earliest to occur of (i) the
Effective Time, (ii) written notice of termination of this Agreement is delivered by Parent to the
Stockholders, (iii) the Outside Date, (iv) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance
with its terms, (v) the date on which Parent or Merger Sub terminates, withdraws, or abandons the
Offer, (vi) the date on which the Offer is revised in a manner that violates the limitations set
forth in Section 5(b), or (vii) the date on which a Person (other than Parent or Merger Sub)
acquires more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities on a fully-diluted basis
(such earliest date being referred to herein as the “Termination Date”); provided, that the
provisions set forth in Sections 14 to 27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement; provided
further, that any liability incurred by any party hereto as a result of a material breach of a term
or condition of this Agreement prior to such termination shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no amendment to the Offer in accordance
with the Merger Agreement shall release any Covered Shares from this Agreement prior to the
Termination Date otherwise determined in accordance with Section 5(a) unless such amendment (x) is
made without the written consent of the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Merger Agreement,
and (y) except if made pursuant to Section 6.2(e) of the Merger Agreement to the extent set forth
below, (i) reduces the Offer Consideration, (ii) changes the form of consideration payable, (iii)
reduces the number of Shares to be purchased by Merger Sub, (iv) waives or amends the Minimum
Condition, (v) adds to the Offer Conditions or imposes any other conditions, (vi) extends the
expiration date beyond
the Outside Date, or (vii) otherwise amends, modifies or supplements any Offer Condition or any
term of the Offer set forth in the Merger Agreement in a manner adverse to the holders of Shares.
Parent may amend the Offer without violation of the foregoing limitations and without releasing the
Covered Shares in connection with its “match” right set forth in Section 6.2(e) of the Merger
Agreement in order to cause the Offer to comply with its bona fide proposal(s) pursuant to Section
6.2(e), provided that such “match” right-to-adjust shall not apply to Section 5(b)(iv) above and
shall apply to Section 5(b)(vii) above only to the extent that the revised Offer, taken as a whole
(as opposed to any individual term), has not been revised in a manner adverse to the holders of
Shares. Any amendment that is not permitted pursuant to the foregoing shall entitle a Stockholder
to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(a)(vi).
6. Representations and Warranties of Stockholders. Each Stockholder, as to itself
(severally and not jointly), hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
(a) Such Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and valid title to,
the Owned Shares set forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto, free and clear of Liens except
as created by this Agreement, the terms of the Company charter and bylaws, or applicable federal
and state securities laws. Such Stockholder has sole voting power, sole power of disposition, sole
power to demand appraisal rights and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this
Agreement applicable to such Stockholder, in each case with respect to all of those Owned Shares
set forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto, with no limitations, qualifications or
restrictions on such rights, subject to applicable federal and state securities laws and the terms
of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, other than such Stockholder’s Owned Shares, such
Stockholder does not own beneficially or of record any Shares or other voting securities of the
Company or any interest therein. Such Stockholder’s Owned Shares are not subject to any voting
trust agreement or other Contract to which such Stockholder is a party restricting or otherwise
relating to the voting or Transfer of such Owned Shares. Such Stockholder has not appointed or
granted any proxy or power of attorney that is still in effect with respect to any Owned Shares,
except as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Each Stockholder has full legal power and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to perform such Stockholder’s obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by such Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by Parent, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable
against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law). If such Stockholder is married, and any of the Covered Shares of
such Stockholder constitute community property or otherwise need spousal or other approval for this
Agreement to be legal, valid and binding, this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by such Stockholder’s spouse and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
Parent, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder’s spouse, enforceable
against such Stockholder’s spouse in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) Except for the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, (i) no filing with, and no
permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is necessary on the part of
such Stockholder for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Stockholder
or the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) neither
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Stockholder nor the consummation
by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by such Stockholder with
any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or violate, any provision of the
organizational documents of any such Stockholder which is an entity, (B) result in any breach or
violation of, or constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the
creation of a Lien on such property or asset of such Stockholder pursuant to, any Contract to which
such Stockholder is a party or by which such Stockholder or any property or asset of such
Stockholder is bound or affected or (C) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule
or regulation applicable to such Stockholder or any of such Stockholder’s properties or assets
except, in the case of clause (B) or (C), for breaches, violations or defaults that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of such Stockholder to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(d) There is no action, suit, investigation, complaint or other proceeding pending against
such Stockholder or, to the knowledge of such Stockholder, threatened against such Stockholder or
that restricts or prohibits (or, if successful, would restrict or prohibit) the exercise by Parent
of its rights under this Agreement or the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under
this Agreement.
(e) Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent is entering into the Merger
Agreement in reliance upon such Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
representations and warranties of such Stockholder contained herein.
7. Certain Covenants of Stockholder. Each Stockholder, for itself (severally and not
jointly), hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Prior to the Termination Date, such Stockholder will not take any action or fail to take
any action, or cause the Company or any other Representative to take any action or fail to take any
action, that would constitute, or be reasonably likely to result in, a breach of the Company’s
covenants and agreements under Section 6.2 of the Merger Agreement.
(b) Prior to the Termination Date, such Stockholder shall not (i) tender into any tender or
exchange offer, (ii) sell (constructively or otherwise), transfer, pledge, hypothecate, grant,
encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of (collectively “Transfer”), or enter into any contract,
option, agreement or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the Transfer of any of the
Covered Shares or beneficial ownership or voting power thereof or therein (including by operation
of law), (iii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deposit any Covered Shares into a voting
trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any Covered Shares or (iv) knowingly take
any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder contained herein
untrue or incorrect, in any material respect, or have the effect of preventing or disabling such
Stockholder from performing its obligations under this Agreement. Any Transfer in violation of
this provision shall be void. Such Stockholder hereby authorizes and requests the Company to
notify the Company’s transfer agent that there is a stop transfer order with respect to all of such
Stockholder’s Covered Shares and that this Agreement places limits on the voting of the Covered
Shares. If so requested by Parent, such Stockholder agrees that the certificates representing
Covered Shares shall bear a legend stating that they are subject to this Agreement and to the
irrevocable proxy granted in Section 3(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Stockholder may Transfer any or all of the Covered Shares, in accordance with
applicable Law, to such Stockholder’s spouse, ancestors, descendants or any trust controlled by the
Stockholder for any of their benefit, and with respect to any Stockholder that is not a natural
Person, to such Stockholder’s Affiliates; provided, that prior to and as a condition to the
effectiveness of such Transfer, each Person to whom any of such Covered Shares or any interest in
any of such Covered Shares is or may be Transferred shall have executed and delivered to Parent a
counterpart of this Agreement pursuant to which such Person shall be bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement as if it had been the Stockholder originally party hereto, and shall
have agreed in writing with Parent to hold such Covered Shares or interest in such Covered Shares
subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Prior to the Termination Date, such Stockholder shall promptly notify Parent of the number
of any new Shares or other voting securities of the Company with respect to which beneficial
ownership is acquired by such Stockholder, including, without limitation, by purchase, as a result
of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or
change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities of the Company, if any,
after the date hereof. Any such Shares or other voting securities of the Company shall
automatically become subject to the terms of this Agreement, and Schedule A shall be adjusted
accordingly.
8. Stockholder Capacity. This Agreement is being entered into by each Stockholder solely in
its capacity as a stockholder of the Company, and not in such Stockholder’s capacity as a director
or officer of the Company, as applicable, and nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or limit the
ability of any Stockholder who is a director or officer of the Company to take any action in his or
her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
9. No Ownership Interest. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Parent or
any of its Affiliates any direct or indirect ownership of or with respect to any Covered Shares.
Beyond what is expressly provided in this Agreement, all ownership and economic benefits of and
relating to the Covered Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the Stockholders, and neither
Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall have any authority to direct any of the Stockholders in the
voting or disposition of any of the Covered Shares.
10. Waiver of Appraisal Rights. Each Stockholder hereby waives any rights of appraisal or
rights to dissent from the Merger that such Stockholder may have under applicable Law.
11. Disclosure. Each Stockholder hereby authorizes Parent and the Company to publish and
disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the SEC or the New York Stock Exchange and
in the TO Statement and Proxy Statement such Stockholder’s identity and ownership of such
Stockholder’s Covered Shares and the nature of such Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement;
provided that the Stockholders shall have a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any
such announcement or disclosure prior to its publication, filing or disclosure.
12. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the request of Parent and without further
consideration, each Stockholder shall take such further action as may reasonably be necessary or
desirable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
13. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations and
warranties of the Stockholders contained herein shall survive the Termination Date.
14. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented
in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing signed
on behalf of each party and otherwise as expressly set forth herein.
15. Waiver. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course
of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which they would otherwise have hereunder. Any agreement on the part of a party
to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered
by such party.
16. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by facsimile, upon
written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, (b) on the first (1st) Business Day
following the date of dispatch if
delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier
of confirmed receipt or the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of mailing if
delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices
hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such other
instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
(i) If to a Stockholder, to the address set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on
Schedule A hereto.
(ii) If to Parent:
CryoLife, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
And
Attn: General Counsel
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
And
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: B. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire
agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and
understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and
understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
18. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to or shall confer upon any Person other than the parties and their respective successors
and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature under or by
reason of this Agreement.
19. Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the laws
of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of Laws principles of the
State of Florida.
20. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably agrees that any legal
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party or its
Affiliates against any other party or its Affiliates shall be brought and determined in the Federal
or state courts with jurisdiction over all or part of Xxxx County, Florida, provided that if
jurisdiction is not then available in such courts, then any such legal action or proceeding may be
brought in any federal court located in the State of Florida or any other Florida state court. Each
of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for itself
and with respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Each of the parties agrees not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except
in the courts described above in Florida, other than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction
to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Florida as described herein.
Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient
service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient.
Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert,
by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Florida as described herein for any
reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from
any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c)
that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii)
the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject
matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
21. Assignment; Successors. 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 either party without the prior written consent of the other party, and any
such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void; provided, however, that
Parent may assign all or any of its rights and obligations hereunder to any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of Parent; provided further, that no assignment shall limit the assignor’s obligations
hereunder. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
22. Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that
any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms
or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each of the parties shall be entitled to specific
performance of the terms hereof, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Federal or
state courts with jurisdiction over all or part of Xxxx County, Florida, provided that if
jurisdiction is not then available in such courts, then in any federal court located in the State
of Florida or any other Florida state court, this being in addition to any other remedy to which
such party is entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (a) any
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any
requirement under any law to post security as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.
23. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law,
but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any
provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in
such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any
provision had never been contained herein.
24. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more
counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party; provided,
however, that if any of the Stockholders fail for any reason to execute this Agreement, then this
Agreement shall become effective as to the other Stockholders who execute this Agreement.
26. Confidentiality. Each Stockholder agrees, (i) except as required by Law or legal
process, (ii) as reasonably necessary or appropriate to defend, maintain, initiate or respond to
any Action
(whether by a Governmental Entity or other Person) or (iii) as to any communications among the
Stockholders, the parties to the Merger Agreement or their respective accountants, attorneys,
investment bankers and agents (to the extent they are providing services in connection with the
Offer and the Merger) (a) to hold any non-public information regarding this Agreement and the
Merger in strict confidence and (b) not to divulge any such non-public information to any third
Person.
27. No Presumption Against Drafting Party. Each of the parties to this Agreement
acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision
that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting
party has no application and is expressly waived.
28. Several Obligations of Stockholders. The covenants, agreements, representations,
warranties and obligations of the respective Stockholders hereunder are their respective several
(and not joint) covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and obligations, and no
Stockholder shall have any responsibility or liability for any of the covenants, agreements,
representations, warranties and obligations of any other Stockholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and the Stockholders have caused to be executed or executed this
Agreement as of the date first written above.
PARENT: CRYOLIFE, INC. |
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Title: | ||||
STOCKHOLDERS: |
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Schedule A
Schedule of Stockholders
Stockholder | Address | Shares | ||
Exhibit B
CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER
Notwithstanding any other term of the Offer or the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub shall not be
required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC,
including Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act (relating to Merger Sub’s obligation to pay for or
return tendered Shares promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the Offer), to pay for any
Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer and, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, may delay
the acceptance for payment of or payment for Shares or may terminate or amend the Offer, if:
(a) prior to the expiration of the Offer, there shall not have been validly tendered and not
withdrawn a number of Shares (excluding Shares tendered by guaranteed delivery for which the
underlying Shares have not been received) that, together with the Shares, if any, then owned by
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, would represent no more than forty-nine and nine-tenths percent
(49.9%) of the outstanding Shares on the date of purchase (which means, as of any time, the number
of Shares outstanding, together with all Shares that the Company would be required to issue
pursuant to the conversion or exercise of all options, rights and securities convertible into or
exercisable for Shares or otherwise) (the “Minimum Condition”).
(b) at any time on or after the date of the Original Agreement and before or at the time of
the acceptance of such Shares for payment or the payment therefor, any of the following conditions
shall exist:
(i) there shall be pending any Action by any Governmental Entity, that seeks, to (A) make
illegal or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or (B) prohibit or
materially limit the ownership, operation or control by the Company, Parent or any of their
respective Subsidiaries of any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, Parent or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, or to compel the Company, Parent or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the
Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, which would be material in the context of
the value of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to Parent upon consummation of the
Offer and the Merger, or to Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (C) impose material
limitations on the ability of Parent to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of,
any Shares (or shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation), including the right to vote
the Shares purchased or owned by them on all matters properly presented to stockholders of the
Company;
(ii) since the date of the Original Agreement, there shall be enacted, entered, promulgated
any Law by any Governmental Entity that would, directly or indirectly, result in any of the
consequences referred to in clauses (A) through (C) of paragraph (b)(i) above;
(iii) since the date of the Original Agreement, there shall have occurred any event, change,
circumstance, occurrence, effect or state of facts that, individually on in the aggregate, has had
or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) (A) the Company shall have breached or failed to comply in any material respect with any
of its obligations, covenants or agreements under the Merger Agreement required to be performed
prior to the expiration of the Offer that has not been cured prior to the date for acceptance and
payment of the Shares, (B) (1) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Section 4.2(a), Section 4.4, the last sentence of Section 4.6(a), the first
sentence of Section 4.6(b), and the last sentence of Section 4.24 shall not be true
and correct as of the date of the Original Agreement or as of the time for acceptance of and payment
for the Shares in the Offer as if made as of the time of such
determination (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), provided, that the representations made in
Section 4.2(a) shall be deemed to be true and correct if such representation does not
contain more than a de minimis accuracy; or (2) any of the remaining representations and warranties
of the Company set forth in the Merger Agreement shall not be true and correct as of the date of
the Original Agreement or as of the time for acceptance and payment of the Shares as if made as of
the time of such determination (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly
relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except for inaccuracies of such
representations or warranties the circumstances giving rise to which, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it
being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and
warranties, all materiality and “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and exceptions contained
in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded), or (C) Parent and Merger Sub shall
have failed to receive a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, dated as of the
scheduled expiration date of the Offer, to the effect set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) and
(B) and such failure to be so true and correct has not been cured prior to the date for acceptance
and payment of the Shares; or
(v) the Merger Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms or shall
have been amended in accordance with its terms to provide for such termination.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Merger Sub and Parent and may be asserted
by Merger Sub or Parent regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition, in whole
or in part at any applicable time or from time to time in their sole discretion prior to the
expiration of the Offer, except that the conditions relating to receipt of any approvals from any
Governmental Entity may be asserted at any time prior to the acceptance for payment of Shares, and
all conditions (except for the Minimum Condition and the conditions in clauses (b) or (c) of this
Exhibit B) may be waived by Parent or Merger Sub in their sole discretion in whole or in
part at any applicable time or from time to time, in each case subject to the terms and conditions
of the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The failure of Parent
or Merger Sub at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of
any such right and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any
time and from time to time.
Capitalized terms used in this Exhibit B and not otherwise defined shall have the
respective meanings assigned thereto in the Merger Agreement to which this Exhibit B is
attached (the “Merger Agreement”).
Exhibit C
FORM OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION
The undersigned certify that:
1. They are the President and the Secretary, respectively, of Cardiogenesis Corporation, a
California corporation.
2. The Articles of Incorporation of this corporation are amended and restated to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is Cardiogenesis Corporation.
ARTICLE II
The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a
corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking
business, the trust company business, or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated
by the California Corporations Code.
ARTICLE III
This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares, and the total number of
shares that this corporation is authorized to issue is 10,000, no par value.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. The liability of the directors of this corporation for monetary damages shall be
eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.
Section 2. This corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code) through bylaw provisions, agreements with the
agents, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, in excess of the
indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the California Corporations Code, subject
only to the limits set forth in Section 204 of the California Corporations Code with respect to
actions for breach of duty to this corporation or its shareholders. This corporation is further
authorized to provide insurance for agents as set forth in Section 317 of the California
Corporations Code, provided that, in cases where this corporation owns all or a portion of the
shares of the company issuing the insurance policy, the company and/or the policy must meet one of
the two sets of conditions set forth in Section 317, as amended.
Section 3. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IV by the
shareholders of this corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an agent of
this corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
3. The foregoing amendment and restatement of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by
the board of directors.
4. The foregoing amendment and restatement of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by
the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Section 902, California Corporations Code.
The total number of outstanding shares of this corporation is [_______]. The number of shares
voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote
required was more than 50%.
We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.
DATE: _________________, 2011
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary |
Exhibit D
FORM OF BYLAWS
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION
a California corporation
a California corporation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | 3 | |||||||
ARTICLE 2 OFFICES | 4 | |||||||
Section 2.1 | Principal Executive Office | 4 | ||||||
Section 2.2 | Other Offices | 4 | ||||||
ARTICLE 3 MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS | 4 | |||||||
Section 3.1 | Place of Meetings | 4 | ||||||
Section 3.2 | Annual Meeting | 5 | ||||||
Section 3.3 | Notice of Annual Meeting | 5 | ||||||
Section 3.4 | Special Meetings | 6 | ||||||
Section 3.5 | Annual or Special Meeting by Electronic Communication | 6 | ||||||
Section 3.6 | Notice of Special Meetings | 7 | ||||||
Section 3.7 | Quorum | 7 | ||||||
Section 3.8 | Adjourned Meeting and Notice | 7 | ||||||
Section 3.9 | Record Date | 7 | ||||||
Section 3.10 | Voting | 8 | ||||||
Section 3.11 | Proxies | 9 | ||||||
Section 3.12 | Validation of Defectively Called or Noticed Meetings | 9 | ||||||
Section 3.13 | Action Without Meeting | 10 | ||||||
Section 3.14 | Inspectors of Election | 10 | ||||||
ARTICLE 4 BOARD | 11 | |||||||
Section 4.1 | Powers; Approval of Loans to Officers | 11 | ||||||
Section 4.2 | Number and Qualification of Directors | 11 | ||||||
Section 4.3 | Election and Term of Office | 11 | ||||||
Section 4.4 | Vacancies | 12 | ||||||
Section 4.5 | Time and Place of Meetings | 12 | ||||||
Section 4.6 | Notice of Special Meetings | 13 | ||||||
Section 4.7 | Action at a Meeting: Quorum and Required Vote | 13 | ||||||
Section 4.8 | Action Without a Meeting | 14 | ||||||
Section 4.9 | Adjourned Meeting and Notice | 14 | ||||||
Section 4.10 | Fees and Compensation | 14 | ||||||
Section 4.11 | Appointment of Executive and Other Committees | 14 | ||||||
ARTICLE 5 OFFICERS | 15 | |||||||
Section 5.1 | Officers | 15 |
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Section 5.2 | The Chairman of the Board | 15 | ||||||
Section 5.3 | The President | 16 | ||||||
Section 5.4 | Vice Presidents | 16 | ||||||
Section 5.5 | The Secretary | 16 | ||||||
Section 5.6 | Treasurer | 16 | ||||||
ARTICLE 6 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS, RATIFICATION, AND VOTING OF STOCKS OWNED BY THE CORPORATION | 17 | |||||||
Section 6.1 | Execution of Corporate Instruments | 17 | ||||||
Section 6.2 | Ratification by Shareholders | 17 | ||||||
Section 6.3 | Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation | 17 | ||||||
ARTICLE 7 ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS | 17 | |||||||
Section 7.1 | Reports to Shareholders | 17 | ||||||
Section 7.2 | Report of Shareholder Vote | 18 | ||||||
Section 7.3 | Reports to the Secretary of State | 18 | ||||||
ARTICLE 8 SHARES OF STOCK | 19 | |||||||
Section 8.1 | Stock Certificates | 19 | ||||||
Section 8.2 | Uncertificated Shares | 19 | ||||||
ARTICLE 9 INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS | 20 | |||||||
Section 9.1 | General Records | 20 | ||||||
Section 9.2 | Inspection of Bylaws | 20 | ||||||
ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS | 21 | |||||||
Section 10.1 | Right to Indemnification | 21 | ||||||
Section 10.2 | Authority to Advance Expenses | 21 | ||||||
Section 10.3 | Right of Claimant to Bring Suit | 22 | ||||||
Section 10.4 | Provisions Nonexclusive | 22 | ||||||
Section 10.5 | Authority to Insure | 22 | ||||||
Section 10.6 | Survival of Rights | 22 | ||||||
Section 10.7 | Settlement of Claims | 22 | ||||||
Section 10.8 | Effect of Amendment | 23 | ||||||
Section 10.9 | Subrogation | 23 | ||||||
Section 10.10 | No Duplication of Payments | 23 | ||||||
ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS | 23 | |||||||
Section 11.1 | Power of Shareholders | 23 | ||||||
Section 11.2 | Power of Directors | 23 |
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ARTICLE 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
The term “Board” shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
The phrase “electronic transmission by the corporation” shall mean a communication (a)
delivered by (1) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the facsimile
number or electronic mail address, respectively, for that recipient on record with the corporation,
(2) posting on an electronic message board or network which the corporation has designated for
those communications, together with a separate notice to the recipient of the posting, which
transmission shall be validly delivered upon the later of the posting or delivery of the separate
notice thereof, or (3) other means of electronic communication, (b) to a recipient who has provided
an unrevoked consent to the use of those means of transmission for communications under or pursuant
to this code and (c) that creates a record that is capable of retention, retrieval and review, and
that may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form.
Nevertheless, an electronic transmission by a corporation to an individual shareholder or
director recipient is not authorized unless, in addition to satisfying the requirements above, the
corporation also satisfies the following requirements:
(A) prior to giving consent, the recipient is provided with a clear and conspicuous
statement that describes:
(i) the recipient’s right to withdraw the consent and any conditions, consequences, or
fees in the event of such withdrawal;
(ii) whether the consent applies only to a particular communication between the
corporation and the recipient or to identified categories of communications or all
categories of communications by and to the corporation;
(iii) procedures for withdrawing consent;
(iv) procedures for updating the recipient’s contact information for electronic
transmissions; and
(iv) how, after the consent, the recipient may obtain a paper copy of a record or other
communication sent by means of electronic transmission, and whether any fee will be charged
for such copy and any other terms and conditions applicable to the receipt such paper copy;
(B) the recipient—
(i) prior to consenting, is provided with a statement of the hardware and software
requirements for access to and retention of the records sent by electronic transmission; and
(ii) consents electronically, or confirms his or her consent electronically, in a
manner that reasonably demonstrates that the recipient can access information in the
electronic form that will be used to provide the information that is the subject of the
consent; and
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(C) if after the recipient’s consent a change occurs in the hardware or software
requirements needed to access or retain the records sent by electronic transmission, the
corporation shall provide the recipient with a statement of the revised hardware and software
requirements for access to and retention of the records sent by electronic transmission, offer the
recipient the right to withdraw consent without the imposition of any fees for such withdrawal and
without the imposition of any condition or consequence that was not disclosed previously; and shall
again comply with paragraph (B) above.
The phrase “electronic transmission to the corporation” shall mean a communication (a)
delivered by (1) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the facsimile
number or electronic mail address, respectively, which the corporation has provided from time to
time to shareholders or members and directors for sending communications to the corporation, (2)
posting on an electronic message board or network which the corporation has designated for those
communications, and which transmission shall be validly delivered upon the posting, or (3) other
means of electronic communication (b) as to which the corporation has placed in effect reasonable
measures to verify that the sender is the shareholder or member (in person or by proxy) or director
purporting to send the transmission, and (c) that creates a record that is capable of retention,
retrieval, and review, and that may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form.
The term “proxy” shall mean a written authorization signed or an electronic transmission
authorized by a shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact giving another person or persons
power to vote with respect to the shares of such shareholder.
The term “writing” shall include any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by
ordinary visual means, including, but not limited to, electronic transmissions to and from the
corporation.
ARTICLE 2
OFFICES
Section 2.1 Principal Executive Office.
The principal executive office of the corporation is hereby fixed and located at: 0000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxx., XX, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. The Board is hereby granted full power and authority to change
said principal executive office from one location to another. Any such change shall be noted by the
Secretary in a schedule attached hereto, or this Section 2.1 may be amended to state the
new location.
Section 2.2 Other Offices.
Other business offices may at any time be established at any place or places specified by the
Board.
ARTICLE 3
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 3.1 Place of Meetings.
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the
corporation or at any other place within or without the State of California specified by the Board,
or, to the extent permitted by Section 3.5, by electronic communication.
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Section 3.2 Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of election of directors and for such
other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may
be designated from time to time by the Board. At the annual meeting directors shall be elected,
reports of the affairs of the corporation shall be considered, and any other business may be
transacted that is within the power of the shareholders.
Section 3.3 Notice of Annual Meeting.
(a) Written notice of each annual meeting shall be given to each shareholder
entitled to vote, either personally, by electronic transmission by the corporation, or by
first-class mail, or, if the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 500 or more
persons (determined in accordance with Section 605 of the California Corporations Code) on the
record date for the meeting, by third-class mail, or by other means of written communication,
charges prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at the shareholder’s address appearing on the books
of the corporation or given by such shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice.
(b) If any notice or report addressed to the shareholder at the address of such
shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United
States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver
the notice or report to the shareholder at such address, all future notices or reports shall be
deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available for the
shareholder upon written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the
corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice or report to all
other shareholders. If a shareholder gives no address, notice shall be deemed to have been given to
such shareholder if addressed to the shareholder at the place where the principal executive office
of the corporation is situated, or if published at least once in some newspaper of general
circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located.
(c) Notice given by electronic transmission by the corporation shall be valid only
if such notice complies with the procedures set forth in such definition and as long as neither of
the following has occurred: (1) the corporation is unable to deliver two consecutive notices to
the shareholder by that means; or (2) the inability to so deliver the notices to the shareholder
becomes known to the secretary, any assistant secretary, the transfer agent, or other person
responsible for the giving of the notice. If the circumstances described in either clauses (1) or
(2) above occurs with respect to a shareholder, the corporation shall again obtain the consent of
such shareholder as required by the definition of “electronic transmission by the corporation” set
forth above prior to utilizing electronic transmission by the corporation to provide notices of
shareholders meetings to such shareholder.
(d) All such notices shall be given to each shareholder entitled thereto not less
than 10 days (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30 days) nor more than 60 days before each annual
meeting. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally,
sent by electronic transmission by the corporation, or deposited in the mail or sent by other means
of written communication. An affidavit of mailing or electronic transmission of any such notice in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any
transfer agent of the corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of the notice.
Such notice shall specify:
(1) the place (unless the meeting is to be conducted solely by electronic
transmission by and to the corporation pursuant to Section 3.5), the date, and the hour of
such meeting;
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(2) if the meeting is to be conducted in whole or in part by means of electronic
communication by and to the corporation, (i) the means of electronic transmission by and to the
corporation or electronic video screen communication, if any, by which shareholders may
participate in that meeting and (ii) notice that absent the valid consent of all of the
shareholders of the corporation for the utilization of electronic transmission by and to the
corporation as required by such definitions, the meeting shall include a physical location;
(3) those matters that the Board, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends
to present for action by the shareholders (but, subject to the provisions of subsection (4) below,
any proper matter may be presented at the meeting for such action);
(4) if directors are to be elected, the names of nominees intended at the time of
the notice to be presented by the Board for election;
(5) the general nature of a proposal, if any, to take action with respect to
approval of (i) a contract or other transaction with an interested director, (ii) amendment of the
Articles of Incorporation, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation as defined in Section 181 of
the California Corporations Code, (iv) voluntary dissolution of the corporation, or (v) a
distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred
shares, if any; and
(6) such other matters, if any, as may be expressly required by statute.
Section 3.4 Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes whatsoever may be called at
any time by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), by the President, by
the Board, or by one or more shareholders entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at the
meeting.
Section 3.5 Annual or Special Meeting by Electronic Communication.
A meeting of the shareholders may be conducted, in whole or in part, by electronic
transmission by and to the corporation or by electronic video screen communication (a) if the
corporation implements measures to provide shareholders (in person or by proxy) an opportunity to
participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an
opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting concurrently with those proceedings, and
(b) if any shareholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of electronic
transmission to the corporation or electronic video screen communication, a record of that vote or
action is maintained by the corporation. If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and
subject to the statutory requirements of shareholder consent then in effect and those guidelines
and procedures as the Board may adopt, shareholders not physically present in person or by proxy at
a meeting of shareholders may, by electronic transmission by and to the corporation or by
electronic video screen communication, participate in a meeting of shareholders, be deemed present
in person or by proxy, and vote at a meeting of shareholders whether that meeting is to be held at
a designated place or in whole or in part by means of electronic transmission by and to the
corporation or by electronic video screen communication, in accordance with this Section
3.5. A shareholder’s participation in a meeting of the shareholders by electronic communication
by and to the corporation is predicated upon the consent of such shareholder to electronic
communication by the corporation. Unless all of the shareholders have consented to the use of
electronic transmission by and to the corporation for the purposes of a shareholders meeting (or to
the use of such transmissions for such meetings generally) a shareholders’ meeting shall include a
physical location determined in accordance with Section 3.1.
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Section 3.6 Notice of Special Meetings.
Upon request in writing that a special meeting of shareholders be called for any proper
purpose, directed to the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), President,
Vice President or Secretary by any person (other than the Board) entitled to call a special meeting
of shareholders, the officer forthwith shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote that a
meeting will be held at a time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less
than 35 nor more than 60 days after the receipt of the request. Except in special cases where other
express provision is made by statute, notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall be given
in the same manner as for annual meetings of shareholders. In addition to the matters required by
Section 3.3(d)(1) and, if applicable, Section 3.3(d)(2) through Section
3.3(d)(6) of these Bylaws, notice of any special meeting shall specify the general nature of
the business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted at such meeting.
Section 3.7 Quorum.
The presence in person or by proxy of persons entitled to vote a majority of the voting shares
at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is present,
the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at the meeting (which
shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be
the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a different number or voting by classes is required
by the California Corporations Code, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Any meeting of
shareholders, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy thereat and
entitled to vote, but in the absence of a quorum no other business may be transacted at such
meeting, except that the shareholders present or represented by proxy at a duly called or held
meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action
taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to
constitute a quorum, or if required by the California Corporations Code or the Articles of
Incorporation, the vote of a greater number or voting by classes.
Section 3.8 Adjourned Meeting and Notice.
When any shareholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for more than 45 days,
or if after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the
adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Except as provided above,
it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting (or the
means of electronic transmission by and to the corporation or electronic video screen
communication, if any, by which the shareholders may participate), or of the business to be
transacted thereat, other than by announcement of the time and place thereof at the meeting at
which such adjournment is taken.
Section 3.9 Record Date.
(a) The Board may fix a time in the future as a record date for the determination of
the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders or entitled to
give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, to receive any report, to receive
any dividend or other distribution, or allotment of any rights, or to exercise rights in respect of
any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall be not more than 60 days nor less than 10
days prior to the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A
determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date
for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned
for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. When a record date
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is so fixed,
only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of and to
vote at any such meeting, to give consent without a meeting, to receive any report, to receive the
dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be,
notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date,
except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
(b) If no record date is fixed:
(1) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the
day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day
preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(2) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board has been taken,
shall be the day on which the first written consent is given.
(3) The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at
the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the
60th day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.
Section 3.10 Voting.
(a) Except as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each
outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a
vote of shareholders. Any holders of shares entitled to vote on any matter may vote part of the
shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against
the proposal, other than elections to office, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number
of shares such shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the
shareholder’s approving vote is with respect to all shares such shareholder is entitled to vote.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Sections 702 through 704 of the California
Corporations Code (relating to voting of shares held by a fiduciary, receiver, pledgee, or minor,
in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership), persons in whose names shares entitled to
vote stand on the stock records of the corporation at the close of business on the record date
shall be entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders. Such vote may be live by voice or by
ballot; provided that all elections for directors must be by ballot upon demand made by a
shareholder at any election and before the voting begins. Shares of this corporation owned by a
corporation more than 25% of the voting power of which is owned directly by this corporation, or
indirectly through one or more majority-owned subsidiaries of this corporation, shall not be
entitled to vote on any matter.
(c) In an uncontested election, only candidates for directors receiving the
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which
a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the
required quorum) or by the written consent of the shareholders, in accordance with Section 603(d)
of the California Corporations Code, shall be elected. For purposes of this subsection (c), an
“uncontested election” means an election of directors in which, at the expiration of the time fixed
by the Board that is not more than 14 days before notice is given of the meeting at which the
election is to occur, the number of candidates for election does not exceed the number of directors
to be elected by the shareholders at that election.
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(d) The candidates for directors receiving the highest number of affirmative votes
of shares entitled to be voted for them, up to the number of directors to be elected by such
shares, shall be elected and votes against a director and votes withheld shall have no legal
effect.
Section 3.11 Proxies.
(a) Every person entitled to vote shares (including voting by written consent) may
authorize another person or other persons to act by proxy with respect to such shares. For purposes
of this Section 3.11, “signed” means the placing of the shareholder’s name or other
authorization on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic, or electronic
transmission or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact. A proxy may be
transmitted by an oral telephone transmission if it is submitted with information from which it may
be determined that the proxy was authorized by the
shareholder, or his or her attorney-in-fact. Any proxy duly executed is not revoked and
continues in full force and effect until (1) a written instrument revoking it is filed with the
Secretary of the corporation prior to the vote pursuant thereto, (2) a subsequent proxy executed by
the person executing the prior proxy is presented to the meeting, (3) the person executing the
proxy attends the meeting and votes in person, or (4) written notice of the death or incapacity of
the maker of such proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant thereto is counted;
provided that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date of its
execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a proxy
that states that it is irrevocable, is irrevocable for the period specified therein to the extent
permitted by Sections 705(e) and 705(f) of the California Corporations Code. The dates contained on
the forms of proxy presumptively determine the order of execution, regardless of the postmark dates
on the envelopes in which they are mailed.
(b) As long as no outstanding class of securities of the corporation is registered
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, or is not exempted from such
registration by Section 12(g)(2) of such Act, any form of proxy or written consent distributed to
10 or more shareholders of the corporation when outstanding shares of the corporation are held of
record by 100 or more persons shall afford an opportunity on the proxy or form of written consent
to specify a choice between approval and disapproval of each matter or group of related matters
intended to be acted upon at the meeting for which the proxy is solicited or by such written
consent, other than elections to office, and shall provide, subject to reasonable specified
conditions, that where the person solicited specifies a choice with respect to any such matter the
shares will be voted in accordance therewith. In any election of directors, any form of proxy in
which the directors to be voted upon are named therein as candidates and which is marked by a
shareholder “withhold” or otherwise marked in a manner indicating that the authority to vote for
the election of directors is withheld shall not be voted for the election of a director.
Section 3.12 Validation of Defectively Called or Noticed Meetings.
The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, and wherever
held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum
is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the
persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, provides a waiver of notice or consent
to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof in writing. All such waivers,
consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of
the meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of and
presence at such meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and except that
attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters
required by these Bylaws or by the California Corporations Code to be included in the notice if
such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the
purpose of any regular or special meeting of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver
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of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof, unless
otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or unless the meeting involves
one or more matters specified in Section 3.3(d)(4) of these Bylaws.
Section 3.13 Action Without Meeting.
(a) Directors may be elected without a meeting by a consent in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, signed by all of the persons who would be entitled to vote for the
election of directors, provided that, without notice except as hereinafter set forth, a director
may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy not filled by the directors (other than a vacancy
created by removal of a director) by the written consent of persons holding a majority of the
outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.
Any other action that may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a
meeting, and without prior notice except as hereinafter set forth, if a consent in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the
minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
(b) Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in
writing:
(1) notice of any proposed shareholder approval of (i) a contract or other
transaction with an interested director, (ii) indemnification of an agent of the corporation, (iii)
a reorganization of the corporation as defined in Section 181 of the California Corporations Code,
or (iv) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding
preferred shares, if any, without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent, shall be given
at least 10 days before the consummation of the action authorized by such approval in accordance
with Section 3.3 of these Bylaws; and
(2) prompt notice shall be given of the taking of any other corporate action
approved by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those
shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. Such notices shall be given in the
manner provided in Section 3.3 of these Bylaws.
Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder’s proxyholders, or a transferee of
the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxyholders, may
revoke the consent personally or by proxy by a writing received by the corporation prior to the
time that written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action
have been filed with the Secretary of the corporation, but may not do so thereafter. Such
revocation is effective upon its receipt by the Secretary of the corporation.
Section 3.14 Inspectors of Election.
(a) In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board may appoint inspectors of
election to act at the meeting and any adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so
appointed, or if any persons so appointed fail to appear or refuse to act, the chair of any such
meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or the holder of such shareholder’s proxy shall,
appoint inspectors of election (or persons to replace those who so fail or refuse) at the meeting.
The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on
the request of one or more shareholders or holders of proxies, the majority of shares represented
in person or by proxy shall determine whether one inspector or three inspectors are to be
appointed.
(b) The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and
the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum and the
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authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receive votes, ballots or consents; hear and
determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote;
count and tabulate all votes or consents; determine when the polls shall close; determine the
result; and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all
shareholders.
(c) The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good
faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three
inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects
as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of
election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
ARTICLE 4
BOARD
Section 4.1 Powers; Approval of Loans to Officers.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the California Corporations Code and any
limitations in the Articles of Incorporation relating to action required to be approved by the
shareholders or by the
outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all
corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board. The Board may delegate
the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the corporation to a management
company or other person, provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed
and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board.
(b) The corporation may, upon approval of the Board alone, make loans of money or
property to, or guarantee the obligations of, any officer (whether or not a director) of the
corporation or of its parent, or adopt an employee benefit plan authorizing such loans or
guaranties, provided that:
(1) the Board determines that such a loan, guaranty, or plan may reasonably be
expected to benefit the corporation;
(2) the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 100 or more persons
(determined as provided in Section 605 of the California Corporations Code) on the date of approval
by the Board;
(3) the approval by the Board is by a vote sufficient without counting the vote of
any interested director(s); and
(4) the loan is otherwise made in compliance with Section 315 of the California
Corporations Code.
Section 4.2 Number and Qualification of Directors.
The authorized number of directors shall be one (1) until changed by an amendment of the
Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws duly adopted by a vote or written consent of holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares.
Section 4.3 Election and Term of Office.
The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders, but, if any such annual
meeting is not held or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected at any
special
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meeting of shareholders held for that purpose. Each director, including a director elected
to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a
successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s prior death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
Section 4.4 Vacancies.
A vacancy in the Board shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal
of any director, if a director has been declared of unsound mind by order of court or convicted of
a felony, if the authorized number of directors is increased, if the incorporator or incorporators
have failed to appoint the authorized number of directors in any resolution for appointment of
directors upon the initial organization of the corporation, or if the shareholders fail, at any
annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect
the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.
Vacancies in the Board, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, may be
filled by a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or if the
number of directors then in office is less than a quorum, (a) by the unanimous written consent of
the directors then in office, (b) by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a
meeting held pursuant to notice or waivers of notice in compliance with these Bylaws, or (c) by a
sole remaining director. Each director so
elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected at an annual or a special
meeting of the shareholders. A vacancy in the Board created by the removal of a director may be
filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held
meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of all of the holders of the
outstanding shares.
The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or
vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent other than to fill a
vacancy created by removal which requires the unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to
vote for the election of directors shall require the consent of holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares entitled to vote. Any such election by written consent to fill a vacancy created
by removal shall require the unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the
election of directors.
Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board (if
there be such an officer appointed), the President, the Secretary or the Board of the corporation,
unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the
resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the
resignation becomes effective.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any
director prior to the expiration of the director’s term of office.
No director may be removed (unless the entire Board is removed) when the votes cast against
removal, or not consenting in writing to the removal, would be sufficient to elect the director if
voted cumulatively at an election at which the same total number of votes were cast (or, if the
action is taken by written consent, all shares entitled to vote were voted) and the entire number
of directors authorized at the time of the director’s most recent election were then being elected.
Section 4.5 Time and Place of Meetings.
The Board shall hold a regular meeting immediately after the meeting of shareholders at which
it is elected and at the place where such meeting is held, or as shall otherwise be fixed by the
Board, for the purpose of organization, election of officers of the corporation and the transaction
of other business. Notice of such meeting is hereby dispensed with. Other regular meetings of the
Board shall be held
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without notice at such times and places as are fixed by the Board. Special
meetings of the Board may be held at any time whenever called by the Chairman of the Board (if
there be such an officer appointed), the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or any two
directors.
Except as hereinabove provided in this Section 4.5, all meetings of the Board may be
held at any place within or without the State of California that has been designated by resolution
of the Board as the place for the holding of regular meetings, or by written consent of all
directors as specified in the notice for the meeting or, if designated by the Board, by means of
conference telephone, electronic video screen communication or electronic transmission by and to
the corporation. In the absence of such designation, meetings of the Board shall be held at the
principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 4.6 Notice of Special Meetings.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally to each
director or communicated to each director by telephone, telegraph, facsimile (or other electronic
transmission by the corporation), or mail, charges prepaid, addressed to the director at the
director’s address as it is shown upon the records of the corporation or, if it is not so shown on
such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place at which the meetings of the directors
are regularly held. In case such notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail
at least four days prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is
delivered personally or by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, electronic mail message or other
electronic transmission by the corporation, it shall be so delivered at least 48 hours prior to the
time of the holding of the meeting. Any such transmission of notice, as above provided, shall be
due, legal and personal notice to such director. As used herein, notice by telephone shall be
deemed to include a voice
messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, or
wireless, to the recipient, including the recipient’s designated voice mailbox or address on such a
system.
Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who provides a waiver of notice or a
consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof in writing, whether before or
after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its
commencement, the lack of notice to such director. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall
be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings.
Section 4.7 Action at a Meeting: Quorum and Required Vote.
(a) Presence of a majority of the authorized number of directors at a meeting of the
Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, except as hereinafter provided.
(b) Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through use of conference
telephone, electronic video screen communication or electronic transmission by and to the
corporation. Participation in a meeting through use of conference telephone or electronic video
screen communication pursuant to this subsection (b) constitutes presence in person at such meeting
as long as all members participating in the meeting are able to hear one another. Participation in
a meeting through electronic transmission by and to the corporation, other than conference
telephone or electronic video screen communication (to which the restrictions in this sentence do
not apply), pursuant to this subsection (b) constitutes presence in person at such meeting, if both
of the following apply: (1) each member participating in the meeting can communicate with all of
the other members concurrently, and (2) each member is provided the means of participating in all
matters before the Board, including, without limitation, the capacity to propose, or to interpose
an objection to, a specific action to be taken by the corporation.
(c) Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a
meeting duly held at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board, unless a greater number, or
the same number after disqualifying one or more directors from voting, is required by law, by the
Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may
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transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is
approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.
Section 4.8 Action Without a Meeting.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting, if
all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such
written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board. Such
action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such
directors. All members of the board shall include an “interested director” or a “common director”
as described in Sections 310(a) or (b) of the California Corporations Code, who abstains in writing
from providing consent, where the material facts of the contract or transaction, and the interest
or other directorship of the interested or common director are fully disclosed to the
non-interested or non-common directors prior to their execution of the written consent or consents,
such disclosures are conspicuously included in the written consent or consents executed by the
non-interested or non-common directors, and non-interested or non-common directors constituting a
quorum approve the action.
Section 4.9 Adjourned Meeting and Notice.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any
meeting to another time and place. If the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, notice of
any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting
to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.
Section 4.10 Fees and Compensation.
Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services,
and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board.
Section 4.11 Appointment of Executive and Other Committees.
The Board may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors,
designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the
pleasure of the Board. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. The appointment of
members or alternate members of a committee requires the vote of a majority of the authorized
number of directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or
in these Bylaws, shall have all the authority of the Board, except with respect to:
(a) The approval of any action for which the California Corporations Code also
requires shareholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares.
(b) The filling of vacancies on the Board or in any committee.
(c) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any
committee.
(d) The amendment or repeal of these Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws.
(e) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board that by its express terms
is not so amendable or repealable.
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(f) A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate, in a
periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board.
(g) The appointment of other committees of the Board or the members thereof.
The provisions of Section 4.5 through Section 4.9 of these Bylaws also apply,
mutatis mutandis, to committees of the Board and action by such committees.
ARTICLE 5
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 Officers.
The officers of the corporation shall consist of the President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer, and each of them shall be appointed by the Board. The corporation may also have a
Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, a Controller, one or more Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed by the Board, or with
authorization from the Board by the President. The order of the seniority of the Vice Presidents
shall be in the order of their nomination, unless otherwise determined by the Board. Any two or
more of such offices may be held by the same person. The Board may appoint, and may empower the
President to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of
whom shall have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the
Board may from time to time determine.
All officers of the corporation shall hold office from the date appointed to the date of the
next succeeding regular meeting of the Board following the meeting of shareholders at which the
Board is elected, and until their successors are elected; provided that all officers, as well as any
other employee or agent of the corporation, may be removed at any time at the pleasure of the
Board, or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such
power of removal may be conferred by the Board, and upon the removal, resignation, death or
incapacity of any officer, the Board or the President, in cases where he or she has been vested by
the Board with power to appoint, may declare such office vacant and fill such vacancy. Nothing in
these Bylaws shall be construed as creating any kind of contractual right to employment with the
corporation.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the President, or
the Secretary of the corporation, without prejudice, however, to the rights, if any, of the
corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. Any such resignation shall take
effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and,
unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to
make it effective.
The salary and other compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by
resolution of or in the manner determined by the Board.
Section 5.2 The Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed) shall, when present, preside
at all meetings of the Board and shall perform all the duties commonly incident to that office. The
Chairman of the Board shall have authority to execute in the name of the corporation bonds,
contracts, deeds, leases and other written instruments to be executed by the corporation (except
where by law the signature of the President is required), and shall perform such other duties as
the Board may from time to time determine.
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Section 5.3 The President.
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board to the Chairman of
the Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall perform
all the duties commonly incident to that office. The President shall have authority to execute in
the name of the corporation bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other written instruments to be
executed by the corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and,
in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there is none, at all meetings of the Board, and
shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time determine.
Section 5.4 Vice Presidents.
The Vice Presidents (if there be such officers appointed), in the order of their seniority
(unless otherwise established by the Board), may assume and perform the duties of the President in
the absence or disability of the President or whenever the offices of the Chairman of the Board and
President are vacant. The Vice Presidents shall have such titles, perform such other duties, and
have such other powers as the Board, the President or these Bylaws may designate from time to time.
Section 5.5 The Secretary.
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board and any committee
thereof, and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation,
which may be maintained in either paper or electronic form. The Secretary shall give notice, in
conformity with these Bylaws, of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board
and any Committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the Board shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any
assistant secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability
of the Secretary, and each assistant secretary shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct
any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or
disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the President may
designate from time to time.
Section 5.6 Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation and shall keep or cause
to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner, and shall
render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required
by the Board or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board, shall have the
custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Treasurer shall perform all other
duties commonly incident to his office and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct
any assistant treasurer to assume and perform the duties of the Treasurer in the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, and each assistant treasurer shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the Board or the President shall designate from time to time.
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ARTICLE 6
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS,
RATIFICATION, AND VOTING OF STOCKS
OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
RATIFICATION, AND VOTING OF STOCKS
OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
Section 6.1 Execution of Corporate Instruments.
In its discretion, the Board may determine the method and designate the signatory officer or
officers or other person or persons, to execute any corporate instrument or document, or to sign
the corporate name without limitation, except where otherwise provided by law, and such execution
or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the
corporation, or in special accounts of the corporation, shall be signed by such person or persons
as the Board shall authorize to do so.
The Board shall designate an officer who personally, or through his representative, shall vote
shares of other corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority to vote shares
shall include the authority to execute a proxy in the name of the corporation for purposes of
voting the shares.
Section 6.2 Ratification by Shareholders.
In its discretion, the Board may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of
the shareholders at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders
called for that purpose; and any contract or act that shall be approved or ratified by the holders
of a majority of the voting power of the corporation shall be as valid and binding upon the
corporation and upon the shareholders thereof as though approved or ratified by each and every
shareholder of the corporation, unless a greater vote is required by law for such purpose.
Section 6.3 Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation.
All stock of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other
parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by
the person authorized to do so by resolution of the Board, or in the absence of such authorization,
by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), the President or any Vice
President, or by any other person authorized to do so by the Chairman of the Board, the President
or any Vice President.
ARTICLE 7
ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS
Section 7.1 Reports to Shareholders.
The Board of the corporation shall cause an annual report to be sent to the shareholders not
later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, and at least 15 days (or, if sent by
third-class mail, 35 days) prior to the annual meeting of shareholders to be held during the next
fiscal year. If approved by the Board, the report and any accompanying material may be sent by
electronic transmission by the corporation. This report shall contain a balance sheet as of the end
of that fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for that
fiscal year, accompanied by any report thereon of independent accountants or, if there is no such
report, the certificate of an authorized officer of
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the corporation that the statements were
prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. This report shall also
contain such other matters as required by Section 1501(b) of the California Corporations Code,
unless the corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not exempted therefrom under Section 12(g)(2) thereof. As
long as the corporation has less than 100 holders of record of its shares (determined as provided
in Section 605 of the California Corporations Code), the foregoing requirement of an annual report
is hereby waived.
If no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, the corporation
shall, upon the written request of any shareholder made more than 120 days after the close of such
fiscal year, deliver (including by electronic transmission by the corporation or mail to the person
making the request within 30 days thereafter) the financial statements for such year as required by
Section 1501(a) of the California Corporations Code. A shareholder or shareholders holding at least
5% of the outstanding shares of any class of the corporation may make a written request to the
corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the three-month, six-month or nine-month
period of the current fiscal year ended more than 30 days prior to the date of the request and a
balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of such period and, in addition, if no annual report
for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, the annual report for the last fiscal year,
unless such report has been waived under these Bylaws. The statements shall be delivered (including
by electronic transmission by the corporation if such transmission is permitted to such shareholder
pursuant to such definition) or mailed to the person making the request within 30 days thereafter.
A copy of any such statements shall be kept on file in the principal executive office of the
corporation for 12 months, and they shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder
demanding an examination of the statements, or a copy shall be mailed to the shareholder.
The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section shall be
accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the
corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that the financial
statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation.
Section 7.2 Report of Shareholder Vote.
For a period of 60 days following the conclusion of an annual, regular, or special meeting of
shareholders, the corporation shall, upon written request from a shareholder, forthwith inform the
shareholder of the result of any particular vote of shareholders taken at the meeting, including
the number of shares voting for, the number of shares voting against, and the number of shares
abstaining or withheld from voting. If the matter voted on was the election of directors, the
corporation shall report the number of shares (or votes if voted cumulatively) cast for each
nominee for director. If more than one class or series of shares voted, the report shall state the
appropriate numbers by class and series of shares.
Section 7.3 Reports to the Secretary of State.
(a) Except as otherwise required by the Secretary of State, every year, during the
calendar month in which the original Articles of Incorporation were filed with the California
Secretary of State, or during the preceding five calendar months, the corporation shall file a
certified statement with the Secretary of State on the prescribed form, setting forth the names and
complete business or residence addresses of all incumbent directors; the number of vacancies on the
Board, if any; the names and complete business or residence addresses of the chief executive
officer, the secretary, and the chief financial officer; the street address of the corporation’s
principal executive office or principal business office in California; a statement of the general
type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation; and a designation
of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with
Section 1502 of the California Corporations Code.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, if there has
been no change in the information contained in the corporation’s last annual statement on file in
the Secretary of State’s office, the corporation may in lieu of filing the annual statement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, advise the Secretary of State, on the appropriate form,
that no changes in the required information have occurred during the applicable period, as
permitted by Section 1502 of the California Corporations Code.
ARTICLE 8
SHARES OF STOCK
Section 8.1 Stock Certificates.
Every holder of shares in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in
the name of the corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board (if there be such
officers appointed) or the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the
class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any of the signatures on the certificate may be
a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same
effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Any such certificate shall also contain such legends or other statements as may be required by
Sections 417 and 418 of the California Corporations Code, the Corporate Securities Law of 1968,
federal or other state securities laws, and any agreement between the corporation and the issuee of
the certificate.
Certificates for shares may be issued prior to full payment, under such restrictions and for
such purposes as the Board or these Bylaws may provide; provided, however, that the certificate
issued to represent any such partly paid shares shall state on the face thereof the total amount of
the consideration to be paid therefor, the amount remaining unpaid and the terms of payment.
No new certificate for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter
is surrendered and canceled at the same time; provided, however, that a new certificate will be
issued without the surrender and cancellation of the old certificate if (a) the old certificate is
lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken; (b) the request for the issuance of the new
certificate is made within a reasonable time after the owner of the old certificate has notice of
its loss, destruction, or theft; (c) the request for the issuance of a new certificate is made
prior to the receipt of notice by the corporation that the old certificate has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser; (d) the owner of the old certificate files a sufficient indemnity bond with or
provides other adequate security to the corporation; and (e) the owner satisfies any other
reasonable requirement imposed by the corporation. In the event of the issuance of a
new certificate, the rights and liabilities of the corporation, and of the holders of the old
and new certificates, shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 8104 and 8405 of the
California Commercial Code.
Section 8.2 Uncertificated Shares.
Notwithstanding Section 8.1, the corporation may adopt a system of issuance,
recordation and transfer of its shares by electronic or other means not involving any issuance of
certificates, including provisions for notice to purchasers in substitution for the required
statements on certificates under Sections 417, 418, and 1302 of the California Corporations Code,
and as may be required by the
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commissioner in administering the Corporate Securities Law of 1968,
which system (a) has been approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, (b) is
authorized in any statute of the United States, or (c) is in accordance with Division 8 (commencing
with Section 8101) of the California Commercial Code. Any system so adopted shall not become
effective as to issued and outstanding certificated securities until the certificates therefor have
been surrendered to the corporation.
ARTICLE 9
INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS
Section 9.1 General Records.
The accounting books and records and the minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, the Board
and committees thereof of the corporation and any subsidiary of the corporation shall be open to
inspection upon the written demand on the corporation of any shareholder or holder of a voting
trust certificate at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably
related to such holder’s interests as a shareholder or as the holder of such voting trust
certificate. Such inspection by a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may be made
in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make
extracts. Minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, Board, and committees thereof and other books
and records shall be kept either in written form or in another form capable of being converted into
clearly legible tangible form or any combination of the foregoing.
A shareholder or shareholders holding at least 5% in the aggregate of the outstanding voting
shares of the corporation or who hold at least 1% of such voting shares shall have (in person,
or by agent or attorney) the right to inspect and copy the record of shareholders’ names and
addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five business days’ prior written
demand upon the corporation or to obtain from the transfer agent for the corporation, upon
written demand and upon the tender of its usual charges for such list, a list of the
shareholders’ names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and
their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which it has been compiled or as of a
date. The list shall be made available on or before the later of five business days after the
demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be
compiled.
Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all
books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the
corporation and its subsidiaries. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent
or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts.
Section 9.2 Inspection of Bylaws.
The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office in California, or if its
principal executive office is not in California, then at its principal business office in
California (or shall otherwise provide upon written request of any shareholder if it has no such
office in California) the original or a
copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders
at all reasonable times during office hours.
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ARTICLE 10
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Section 10.1 Right to Indemnification.
Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (as a
party, witness, or otherwise), in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereinafter, a “Proceeding”)
by reason of the fact that such person, or another person of whom such person is the legal
representative, is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor
corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of the
Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or
in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent (hereafter an
“Agent”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by statutory and decisional law, as the same exists or may hereafter be interpreted or
amended (but, in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such
amendment or interpretation permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than
were permitted prior thereto) against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any
interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, and any federal, state, local, or foreign
taxes imposed on any Agent as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this
Article) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with investigating,
defending, being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of
the foregoing in, any Proceeding (hereafter “Expenses”); provided that except as to actions to
enforce indemnification rights pursuant to Section 10.3, the corporation shall indemnify
any Agent seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of the
corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article shall be a contract right. It
is the corporation’s intention that these Bylaws provide indemnification in excess of that
expressly permitted by Section 317 of the California Corporations Code, as authorized by the
corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.
Section 10.2 Authority to Advance Expenses.
Expenses incurred by an officer or director (acting in his capacity as such) in defending a
Proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding,
provided that if required by the California Corporations Code, such Expenses shall be advanced only
upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation as authorized in this Article or otherwise. Expenses incurred by other Agents of
the corporation (or by the directors or officers not acting in their capacity as such, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans) may be advanced upon the receipt of a similar
undertaking, if required by law, and upon such other terms and conditions as the Board deems
appropriate. Any obligation to reimburse the corporation for Expense advances shall be unsecured,
and no interest shall be charged thereon.
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Section 10.3 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.
If a claim under Section 10.1 or Section 10.2 of these Bylaws is not paid in
full by the corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the corporation,
the claimant may at any time
thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and,
if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense
(including attorneys’ fees) of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in
advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the
corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under
the California Corporations Code for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed. The burden of proving such a defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of
the corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made
a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is
proper under the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the California Corporations Code, nor an actual determination by the corporation
(including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant had not met
such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section 10.4 Provisions Nonexclusive.
The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights
that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of
Incorporation, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. To
the extent that any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, agreement, or vote of the
shareholders or disinterested directors is inconsistent with these Bylaws, the provision,
agreement, or vote shall take precedence.
Section 10.5 Authority to Insure.
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Agent against
any Expense asserted against or incurred by such person, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify the Agent against such Expense under applicable law or the provisions of
this Article, provided that, in cases where the corporation owns all or a portion of the shares of
the company issuing the insurance policy, the company and/or the policy must meet one of the two
sets of conditions set forth in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code.
Section 10.6 Survival of Rights.
The rights provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an
Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.
Section 10.7 Settlement of Claims.
The corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any Agent under this ARTICLE 10 (1)
for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the corporation’s
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (2) for any judicial award,
if the corporation was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity to participate, at its
expense, in the defense of such action.
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Section 10.8 Effect of Amendment.
Any amendment, repeal, or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of any Agent existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, or modification without the
prior written consent of such Agent.
Section 10.9 Subrogation.
In the event of payment under this Article, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent
of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Agent, who shall execute all papers
required and shall
do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such
documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
Section 10.10 No Duplication of Payments.
The corporation shall not be liable under this Article to make any payment in connection with
any claim made against the Agent to the extent the Agent has otherwise actually received payment
(under any insurance policy, agreement, vote, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable
hereunder.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENTS
Section 11.1 Power of Shareholders.
New bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, or by the written consent of shareholders
entitled to vote such shares, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws.
Section 11.2 Power of Directors.
Subject to the right of shareholders as provided in Section 11.1 of these Bylaws to
adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws, these Bylaws (other than a bylaw or amendment thereof changing
the authorized number of directors, or providing for the approval by the Board, acting alone, of a
loan or guarantee to any officer or an employee benefit plan providing for the same) may be
adopted, amended or repealed by the Board.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
The undersigned Secretary of Cardiogenesis Corporation, a California corporation, hereby
certifies that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Bylaws of the corporation with
all amendments to date of this Certificate.
WITNESS
the signature of the undersigned
this day of , 2011.
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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