ACQUISITION AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. SELLING SHAREHOLDERS AND CARMEL V.C. 2 LTD. AND TAMIR FISHMAN VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD., AS THE HOLDER REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 12, 2009
Exhibit
2.1
BY
AND AMONG
COPPERGATE
COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
SIGMA
DESIGNS, INC.
SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS
AND
CARMEL
V.C. 2 LTD. AND XXXXX XXXXXXX VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD.,
AS
THE HOLDER REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER
12, 2009
Table
of Contents
Page
Article
I
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Definitions
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8
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Section
1.01
|
Certain
Definitions.
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8
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Section
1.02
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Definitional
and Interpretative Provisions.
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18
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Article
II
|
Description
of the Transaction
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19
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Section
2.01
|
The
Transaction.
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19
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Section
2.02
|
Additional
Parties.
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19
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Section
2.03
|
Equityholders
Entitlement; Distribution.
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21
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Section
2.04
|
[Reserved].
|
28
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Section
2.05
|
Escrow
Fund.
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28
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Section
2.06
|
Non
Executing Shareholders' Deposit.
|
28
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Section
2.07
|
Holder
Representative Reimbursement Amount.
|
29
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Section
2.08
|
Consideration
Charts.
|
29
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Section
2.09
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Legend
Requirement.
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30
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Section
2.10
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Closing
of the Company’s Share Registry.
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31
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Section
2.11
|
Withholding
Rights.
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31
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Section
2.12
|
Treatment
of Company Options.
|
33
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Section
2.13
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Closing.
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34
|
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Article
III
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
|
35
|
Section
3.01
|
Corporate
Existence and Power.
|
35
|
Section
3.02
|
Corporate
Authorization.
|
36
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Section
3.03
|
Governmental
Authorizations; Governmental Grants.
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37
|
Section
3.04
|
Non-Contravention.
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38
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Section
3.05
|
Capitalization;
Subsidiaries.
|
39
|
Section
3.06
|
Financial
Statements.
|
41
|
Section
3.07
|
Absence
of Certain Changes.
|
42
|
Section
3.08
|
No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
|
44
|
Section
3.09
|
Material
Contracts.
|
45
|
Section
3.10
|
Compliance
with Applicable Law.
|
47
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Section
3.11
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Litigation.
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48
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Section
3.12
|
Properties.
|
48
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i
Section
3.13
|
Inventory.
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49
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Section
3.14
|
Products
and Services.
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50
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Section
3.15
|
Customers
and Suppliers.
|
50
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Section
3.16
|
Intellectual
Property.
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50
|
Section
3.17
|
Insurance
Coverage.
|
54
|
Section
3.18
|
Tax
Matters.
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55
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Section
3.19
|
Employees
and Employee Benefit Plans.
|
58
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Section
3.20
|
Environmental
Matters.
|
63
|
Section
3.21
|
Affiliate
Transactions.
|
63
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Section
3.22
|
Finders’
Fees.
|
63
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Section
3.23
|
Bank
Accounts.
|
63
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Section
3.24
|
Shareholder
Vote Required.
|
64
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Section
3.25
|
Company
Transaction Expense.
|
64
|
Section
3.26
|
Full
Disclosure.
|
64
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Section
3.27
|
Disclaimer
of Other Representations and Warranties.
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64
|
|
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Article
IV
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders
|
64
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Section
4.01
|
Title
to Company Shares.
|
64
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Section
4.02
|
Authority;
Binding Nature of Agreements.
|
65
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Section
4.03
|
Non-Contravention;
Consents.
|
65
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Section
4.04
|
Capacity
of Selling Shareholder.
|
66
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Section
4.05
|
Securities
Laws.
|
66
|
Section
4.06
|
Tax
Withholding Information.
|
68
|
Section
4.07
|
Disclosure.
|
68
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Section
4.08
|
Finder’s
Fees.
|
68
|
|
||
Article
V
|
Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser
|
68
|
Section
5.01
|
Corporate
Existence and Power.
|
69
|
Section
5.02
|
Corporate
Authorization.
|
69
|
Section
5.03
|
Governmental
Authorization.
|
69
|
Section
5.04
|
Non-Contravention.
|
69
|
Section
5.05
|
SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
|
69
|
Section
5.06
|
Valid
Issuance.
|
71
|
Section
5.07
|
Litigation.
|
71
|
Section
5.08
|
Compliance
with Applicable Law.
|
71
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Section
5.09
|
Financial
Capacity.
|
71
|
Section
5.10
|
Finders’
Fees.
|
72
|
Section
5.11
|
Disclaimer
of Other Representations and Warranties.
|
72
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ii
|
||
Article
VI
|
Covenants of the PARTIES
|
72
|
Section
6.01
|
Conduct
of Business.
|
72
|
Section
6.02
|
No
Solicitation; Other Offers.
|
75
|
Section
6.03
|
Access
to Information.
|
75
|
Section
6.04
|
Employee
Plans.
|
76
|
Section
6.05
|
Notices
of Certain Events.
|
76
|
Section
6.06
|
Insurance.
|
77
|
Section
6.07
|
Company
Debt.
|
77
|
Section
6.08
|
Company
Warrants.
|
77
|
Section
6.09
|
Restriction
on Transfer.
|
77
|
Section
6.10
|
Transactional
Agreements.
|
77
|
Section
6.11
|
Alternative
Transaction Form.
|
78
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Section
6.12
|
Company
Shareholders Meeting.
|
78
|
|
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Article
VII
|
Additional
Covenants of the Parties
|
78
|
Section
7.01
|
Commercially
Reasonable Efforts.
|
78
|
Section
7.02
|
Confidentiality;
Public Announcements.
|
81
|
Section
7.03
|
Form
S-3.
|
81
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Section
7.04
|
Form
S-8.
|
84
|
Section
7.05
|
Bonus/
Retention Pool.
|
85
|
Section
7.06
|
Employee
Benefits; Other Employment Matters.
|
86
|
Section
7.07
|
Indemnification
of Officers and Directors.
|
86
|
Section
7.08
|
Nasdaq.
|
87
|
Section
7.09
|
Israeli
Securities Law.
|
87
|
Section
7.10
|
Parachute
Payments.
|
87
|
Section
7.11
|
Communications
with Employees.
|
87
|
Section
7.12
|
Resignation
of Directors.
|
87
|
Section
7.13
|
Option
Acknowledgment Agreements.
|
87
|
|
||
Article
VIII
|
Tax
Matters
|
88
|
Section
8.01
|
Tax
Returns.
|
88
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Section
8.02
|
Cooperation.
|
89
|
Section
8.03
|
Tax
Contests.
|
89
|
Section
8.04
|
Transfer
Taxes.
|
89
|
iii
|
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Article
IX
|
Conditions
to the transactions
|
89
|
Section
9.01
|
Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party.
|
90
|
Section
9.02
|
Conditions
to the Obligations of Purchaser.
|
90
|
Section
9.03
|
Conditions
to the Obligations of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders.
|
92
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Article
X
|
Termination
|
93
|
Section
10.01
|
Termination.
|
93
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Section
10.02
|
Effect
of Termination.
|
94
|
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Article
XI
|
Indemnification
|
94
|
Section
11.01
|
Survival
of Representations.
|
94
|
Section
11.02
|
Indemnification
by Participating Rights Holders.
|
96
|
Section
11.03
|
Claims
and Procedures.
|
98
|
Section
11.04
|
Defense
of Third-Party Claims.
|
101
|
Section
11.05
|
No
Contribution.
|
101
|
Section
11.06
|
Exercise
of Remedies by Indemnitees Other Than Purchaser.
|
101
|
Section
11.07
|
Tax
Impact.
|
102
|
Section
11.08
|
Sole
and Exclusive Remedy.
|
102
|
Section
11.09
|
Additional
Provisions.
|
102
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Article
XII
|
Holder
RepresentativeS
|
103
|
Section
12.01
|
Appointment
of Holder Representatives; Power and Authority.
|
103
|
Section
12.02
|
Reimbursement.
|
104
|
Section
12.03
|
Release
from Liability; Indemnification.
|
105
|
iv
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||
Article
XIII
|
Miscellaneous
|
105
|
Section
13.01
|
Notices.
|
105
|
Section
13.02
|
Remedies;
Specific Performance.
|
107
|
Section
13.03
|
Amendments
and Waivers.
|
107
|
Section
13.04
|
Expenses.
|
107
|
Section
13.05
|
Disclosure
Schedule References.
|
107
|
Section
13.06
|
Binding
Effect; Benefit; Assignment.
|
108
|
Section
13.07
|
Governing
Law.
|
108
|
Section
13.08
|
Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial.
|
108
|
Section
13.09
|
Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
|
108
|
Section
13.10
|
Entire
Agreement.
|
109
|
Section
13.11
|
Attorneys’
Fees.
|
109
|
Section
13.12
|
Severability.
|
109
|
v
Exhibits
and Schedules
Appendix
A
|
Applicable
Securities Compliance
Definitions
|
Exhibit
A
|
Executing
Shareholders
|
Exhibit
B
|
Non-Executing
Shareholders
|
Exhibit
C
|
Shareholder’s
Voting and Support Agreement
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Escrow Agreement
|
Exhibit
E
|
List
of Principal Shareholders
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Lockup Agreement
|
Exhibit
G
|
Form
of Letter of Acknowledgment
|
Exhibit
H
|
Form
of Non-competition Agreement
|
Exhibit
I
|
List
of Designated Employees
|
Exhibit
J
|
Milestones
|
Exhibit
K
|
Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart
|
Exhibit
L
|
Consideration
Allocation Certificate
|
Exhibit
M
|
Form
of Written Declaration of Loss or Destruction of Share
Certificate
|
Exhibit
N
|
Form
of Share Transfer Deeds
|
Exhibit
O
|
Form
of Options Acknowledgement
Agreement
|
Exhibit
P
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
Q
|
Company
Closing Certificate
|
Exhibit
R
|
Selling
Shareholder’s Certificate
|
Exhibit
S
|
Purchaser
Closing Certificate
|
Exhibit
T
|
Form
of Legal Opinion of Shenhav & Co. Law Offices, counsel to
Company
|
Exhibit
U
|
Form
of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxx, Fox and Xxxxxx, counsel to
Company
|
Exhibit
V
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
W
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
X
|
Form
of Legal Opinion of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to
Purchaser
|
Exhibit
Y
|
Form
of Paying Agent Agreement
|
Exhibit
Z
|
Form
of Resignation of Directors
|
Exhibit
AA
|
Form
of Selling Shareholder
Questionnaire
|
Exhibit
BB
|
Form
of Assignment of Inventions
Agreement
|
Exhibit
CC
|
Letter
of Appointment of Directors
|
Company
Disclosure Schedule
Schedule
1
|
Key
Employees
|
Schedule
11.02(a)(5)
|
Indemnification
|
vi
THIS
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of October 12, 2009, is entered into by and among CopperGate Communications
Ltd., a limited liability company under the laws of Israel (the “Company”),
Sigma Designs, Inc., a California corporation (“Purchaser”), Carmel
V.C. 2 Ltd. and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures Management II Ltd., as the Holder
Representatives, and each of the Persons identified on Exhibit A (the “Executing
Shareholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the parties intend, subject to the terms and conditions herein, to effect an
acquisition by Purchaser, directly, or indirectly through a wholly owned Israeli
subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Acquisition
Subsidiary”), of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of the
Company, whether by way of a share purchase of all of the issued and outstanding
share capital of the Company or by way of a merger of Acquisition Subsidiary
with the Company, as more fully described hereinbelow;
WHEREAS,
the parties intend that, subject to the terms and conditions herein, Purchaser
or the Acquisition Subsidiary shall purchase from the Selling Shareholders, and
the Selling Shareholders shall sell, transfer assign or convey to Purchaser or
the Acquisition Subsidiary, all of the issued and outstanding share capital of
the Company;
WHEREAS,
the Executing Shareholders collectively hold and own at least 95% of the issued
and outstanding Company Shares;
WHEREAS,
the Company will take reasonable commercial efforts to cause this Agreement to
be executed prior to the Closing by the holders of Company Shares who did not
execute this Agreement at the date hereof and who are listed in Exhibit B of this
Agreement (the “Non-Executing
Shareholders”) (collectively with the Executing Shareholders the “Selling
Shareholders”) and in such case the Company will amend Exhibit A or Exhibit
B;
WHEREAS,
the Company will take reasonable commercial efforts to cause the Company
Warrantholders to exercise their Warrants and execute this Agreement (and in
such case the Company will amend Exhibit A or Exhibit B) or will
terminate their rights pursuant to such securities (unless such securities by
their terms are terminated at the Closing), as further contemplated
herein;
WHEREAS,
Purchaser shall have certain indemnification rights against the Equityholders,
as further set forth in this Agreement, and will deposit with the Escrow Agent
the Escrow Fund otherwise payable by Purchaser to the Participating Rights
Holders to be held in accordance with the provisions of an escrow agreement in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Escrow
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, certain
Executing Shareholders listed in Exhibit E (the “Principal
Shareholders”) and holding at least ninety percent (90%) of the issued
and outstanding Company Shares are executing and delivering to Purchaser a
lockup agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Lockup
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Key
Employees listed in Schedule 1 are
executing and delivering a Letter of Acknowledgment in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G
and a non-competition agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (each, a
“Non-competition
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Purchaser has agreed to establish a Retention Pool for certain Designated
Employees listed in Exhibit I as further
described in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board of
Directors”) has carefully considered the terms of this Agreement and has
determined that the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Transactions, are fair and in the best interests of, and
are advisable to, the Company and the Equityholders, and the Company Board of
Directors unanimously recommended that the Selling Shareholders vote for the
approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and will be
submitting the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of
the transaction contemplated hereby to the Selling Shareholders for their
approval and adoption in accordance with the Company’s Charter Documents and the
Israeli Companies Law (the “Shareholders
Meeting”).
WHEREAS,
following such recommendation of the Company Board of Directors certain
Executing Shareholders holding an aggregate of more than ninety percent (90%) of
the issued and outstanding Company Shares signed a Shareholder’s Voting and
Support Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of Purchaser has carefully considered the terms of this
Agreement and has determined that the terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Transactions, are fair and in the best
interests of, and are advisable to, the Purchaser and Purchaser’s
shareholders.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties to this Agreement hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Certain
Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Acquired Companies”
means, collectively, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.
“Acquisition Proposal”
means, other than the Transactions or any alternative transaction proposed by
Purchaser, any offer, proposal or inquiry relating to, or any Person’s
indication of interest in, (i) the sale, license, disposition or acquisition of
all or a material portion of the business or assets of the Acquired Companies,
taken as a whole, (ii) the issuance, disposition or acquisition of (a) any
shares or other equity security of any Acquired Company (other than in
connection with the exercise or conversion of any Company Preferred Shares,
Company Option or Company Warrant), (b) any subscription, option, call, warrant,
preemptive right, right of first refusal or any other right (whether or not
exercisable) to acquire any shares or other equity security of any Acquired
Company (other than the grant of Company Options to newly hired employees of the
Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices), or
(c) any security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible
into or exchangeable for any shares or other equity security of any Acquired
Company or (iii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization
or similar transaction involving any Acquired Company.
8
“Acquisition
Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions
involving:
(i) the
sale, license or disposition of all or a material portion of any Acquired
Company’s business or assets;
(ii) the
issuance, disposition or acquisition of: (i) any capital stock or other equity
security of an Acquired Company; (ii) any option, call, warrant or right
(whether or not immediately exercisable) to acquire any capital stock, unit or
other equity security of an Acquired Company; or (iii) any security, instrument
or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any
capital stock, unit or other equity security of an Acquired Company;
or
(iii) any
merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization or similar
transaction involving an Acquired Company.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities
or by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled by”
have correlative meanings to the foregoing.
“Aggregate Consideration
Shares” or "Consideration Shares" the lesser of (a) the Base Line
Number of Consideration Shares and (b) the Maximum Consideration Shares (as of
the date of the execution of this Agreement 5,085,736).
“Aggregate Consideration Value” means (i) the
Aggregate Consideration Shares multiplied by the Closing SD Share Price, plus
(ii) the Closing Cash Consideration, minus the Vested Option Adjustment
Amount.
“Applicable Law”
means, with respect to any Person, any Israeli, U.S. federal, state, local,
municipal, foreign or other law (including common law), statutes, regulations,
written regulatory guidance, directives, constitution, treaty, convention,
ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling,
request or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by
a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as
amended unless expressly specified otherwise.
“Average SD Share
Price” means $14.986 per each Consideration Share.
“Balance Sheet” means
the reviewed balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2009.
“Balance Sheet Date”
means June 30, 2009.
“Base Line Number of
Consideration Shares” means 5,338,316 shares of Purchaser’s
Shares.
“Business Day” means a
day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in San
Francisco, California, USA or Tel Aviv, Israel are authorized or required by
Applicable Law to close.
“Cash” means cash
(including short or long term bank deposits) and Cash Equivalents determined in
accordance with GAAP and calculated net of issued but uncleared checks and
drafts and shall include checks, wire transfers and drafts deposited or
available for deposit.
9
“Cash Equivalents”
means investment securities with original maturities (calculated as of the
Closing Date) of 12 months or less, including all funds held in money market or
similar accounts, including interest accrued thereon as of the
Closing.
“Closing Cash
Consideration” means (i) $80,000,000 plus (ii) the Vested Options
Adjustment Amount, plus (iii) the Share Adjustment Amount (as of the date of
execution an amount equal to $3,785,164) plus (iv) an amount
equal to the Company Cash minus an amount equal
to the Company Debt minus the Company
Transaction Expenses set forth in the Company Transaction
Certificate.
“Closing Consideration
Shares” means the Aggregate Consideration Shares minus the number of
Phantom Shares minus the number of Purchaser's Equity Awards (i.e. the total
number of Consideration Shares issued at the Closing to the Selling Shareholders
in connection with the Transaction contemplated hereby).
“Closing SD Share
Price” means the average closing price of a Purchaser’s Share on the
Nasdaq Global Select Market for the 30-day trading period in which the last day
will be the third Business Date prior to the Closing Date.
“Code” means the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company Cash” means
the aggregate amount of all Cash of the Acquired Companies as of the close of
business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date.
“Company Debt” means
both the current and long-term portions of any amount owed by any of the
Acquired Companies (including all outstanding principal, prepayment premiums,
penalties and similar amounts, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest, fees and
expenses related thereto) in respect of borrowed money from third parties (e.g.
excluding any inter-company financing arrangements) from third
parties.
“Company Disclosure
Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date of this Agreement
regarding this Agreement that has been delivered by the Company to
Purchaser.
“Company IP” means any
and all Intellectual Property Rights owned by any Acquired Company.
“Company IP Contract”
means any Contract to which any Acquired Company is party or by which any
Acquired Company is
bound, that contains any sale, assignment or license of, or covenant not to
assert or enforce, or release of, any Intellectual Property Right, including any
Company IP.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” Any event, change, development or state of facts having a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, Company IP, liabilities,
operations, results of operations or financial condition of the Acquired
Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no (i) event, change,
development or state of facts relating to the economy or financing or capital
markets in general or resulting from industry-wide developments in the
semiconductor or IPTV industries or generally affecting geographical areas in
which any of the Acquired Companies conducts its business (but only to the
extent such events, changes, developments or states of facts do not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a disproportionate impact on the Acquired
Companies, taken as a whole, relative to other
Persons in the semiconductor industry or in such applicable geographical areas
in which any of the Acquired Companies conducts its business), (ii) event,
change, development or state of facts directly related to the announcement,
execution, performance or pendency of this Agreement and the Transactions,
including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with
customers, suppliers, distributors or partners, or resulting shortfalls or
declines in revenue, margins or profitability (iii) change in accounting
requirements in accordance with GAAP, (iv) any natural disaster or any acts of
military action or war (whether or not declared), sabotage, terrorism or any
escalation or worsening thereof, occurring or commenced after the date of this
Agreement (but only to the extent such disaster or acts do not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a disproportionate impact on the Acquired Companies,
taken as a whole, relative to other
Persons similarly affected by such disaster or acts), (v) changes in Applicable
Law; or (vi) actions by Purchaser, Company or any of the Equityholders required
to be taken pursuant to this Agreement (including the consummation of the
Transactions), shall be deemed, each individually, to constitute a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
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“Company Option” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.12(a) hereof.
“Company Optionholder”
means a holder of a Company Option.
“Company Option Plan”
means the Company’s 0000 Xxxxxx Share Incentive Plan, the Company’s 2003 Share
Option Plan and the 0000 X.X. Xxxxxxxx thereto, each as amended from time to
time.
“Company Ordinary
Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.10
each.
“Company Ordinary A
Shares” means the ordinary A shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.10 each.
“Company Preferred
Shares” means the preferred shares of the Company, including the
Preferred A-1 Shares, the Preferred A-3 Shares, the Preferred B Shares, the
Preferred C Shares and the Preferred D Shares.
“Company Product”
means each product developed, manufactured, marketed, licensed by, sold,
performed, offered, distributed or otherwise made available, currently or
previously, by or on behalf of any Acquired Company, including any product
currently or previously under development by any Acquired Company, and any and
all services currently or previously provided by or for any Acquired Company
with respect to such Company Products or provided as a separate
service
“Company Shares” means
collectively, the Company Ordinary Shares, the Company Ordinary A Shares and the
Company Preferred Shares.
“Company Trade
Secrets” means all Trade Secrets owned by any Acquired
Company.
“Company Transaction
Expenses” means the total amount of fees, costs and expenses of any
nature that is payable by any Acquired Company to outside legal counsel and any
financial advisor, accountant or other Person who performed services for or on
behalf of any Acquired Company, or who is otherwise entitled to any compensation
from any Acquired Company, in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and not paid prior to the
Closing.
“Company
Warrantholder” means a holder of a Company Warrant.
“Company Warrants”
means each warrant or other contractual right to purchase or acquire Company
Shares other than Company Options.
“Consent” means any
approval, consent, ratification or permission.
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“Consideration Allocation
Certificate” means a spreadsheet that shall be delivered to the Purchaser
3 days prior to the Closing Date and shall set forth, as of the Closing Date and
immediately prior to the Closing, the following factual information relating to
each Equityholder: (i) the names of all of the holders of Company Shares and
holders of Vested Company Options, their street addresses, e-mail address,
telephone number, Israeli identification numbers (if available), bank
information (the respective bank name and number, the branch name, number and
address, swift number and account number); (ii) the number (and class) of
Company Shares held by each holder of Company Shares; (iii) the number of Vested
Company Options and Unvested Company Options held by each Company Optionholder
and the number of underlying Company Shares into which the Vested Company
Options are exercisable assuming a cashless exercise of such Vested Company
Options; (iv) a calculation of the Closing Cash Consideration and the portion
payable to each Selling Shareholder and each holder of Vested Company Options;
(v) a calculation of the number of Closing Consideration Shares, Phantom Shares
and Purchaser's Equity Awards each Equityholder is entitled to receive pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement; (vi) the Cash Component of the Escrow Fund and
the Share Component of the Escrow Fund to be delivered to the Escrow Agent and a
calculation of each Participating Rights Holder’s Interest; and (vii) the Rep
Reimbursement Amount, and (viii) the calculation of each Participating Rights
Holder’s Interest in the Rep Reimbursement Amount and in the Escrow
Fund.
“Contract” means any
oral or written contract, agreement, understanding, undertaking, indenture,
note, or bond pursuant to which an Acquired Company is a party.
“Damages” include any
direct liability, loss, damage, injury, claim, demand, settlement, judgment,
award, fine, penalty, fee (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), charge, cost
(including reasonable costs of investigation) or expense of any
nature.
“Designated Employees”
means the Persons identified on Exhibit
I.
“Environmental Laws”
means any Applicable Law or any agreement with any Governmental Authority or
other Person, relating to human health and safety, the environment or to
Hazardous Substances.
“Environmental
Permits” means all permits, licenses, franchises, certificates, approvals
and other similar authorizations of Governmental Authorities relating to or
required by Environmental Laws and affecting, or relating in any way to, the
business of the Acquired Companies as currently conducted.
“Equityholders” means
the Selling Shareholders, the Company Warrantholders and the Company
Optionholders.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” of
any entity means any other entity which, together with such entity, would be
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Escrow Agent” means
UBank Trust Company Ltd.
“Escrow Fund” means
(i) with respect to holders of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately
prior to the Closing, an amount in US$ equal to 10% of the Closing Cash
Consideration and that number of Purchaser’s Shares equal to 10% of the Closing
Share Consideration payable to all such holders pursuant to this Agreement, and
(ii) with respect to holders of issued and outstanding Vested Company Options
immediately prior to the Closing, an amount in US$ equal to 10% of the Closing
Cash Consideration payable to all such holders pursuant to this
Agreement.
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“Estimated Consideration
Allocation Chart” means a spreadsheet that shall be dated as of the date
of this Agreement and shall set forth the following factual information relating
to each Equityholder: (i) the names of the Equityholder; (ii) the number (and
class) of Company Shares held by each holder of Company Shares; (iii) the number
of Vested Options and Unvested Options held by each Company Optionholder, the
exercise price of such options, the number of underlying Company Shares into
which the Vested Options are exercisable assuming a cashless exercise of the
Vested Options (iv) the number of Company Warrants held by each Company
Warrantholder and the number (and class) of Company Shares the Company Warrants
may be exercised into (based both on a cash and a cashless exercise, such
cashless exercise calculation to be based on the Per Share Ordinary Amount; (v)
an estimation of the Company Cash and the Closing Cash Consideration and the
portion payable to each Selling Shareholder and each holder of Vested Company
Options; (vi) a calculation of the number of Closing Consideration Shares,
Phantom Shares and Purchaser's Equity Awards each Equityholder is entitled to
receive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (vii) the Cash Component of the
Escrow Fund and the Share Component of the Escrow Fund to be delivered to the
Escrow Agent and a calculation of each Participating Rights Holder’s Interest;
(viii) the Rep Reimbursement Amount; and (ix) the calculation of each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest in the Rep Reimbursement Amount and in
the Escrow Fund.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied
throughout the respective periods covered.
“Governmental
Authority” means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province,
territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature;
(ii) Israeli, U.S. federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other
government; (including any governmental division, department, agency,
commission, instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or Person and
any court or other tribunal).
“Governmental
Authorization” means any permit, license, certificate, franchise,
permission, clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued,
granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any
Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Grant”
means any grant, incentive, subsidy, award, participation, exemption, status,
cost sharing arrangement, reimbursement arrangement or other benefit, relief or
privilege provided or made available by or on behalf of or under the authority
of the Chief Scientist, the Investment Center, the State of Israel, the BIRD
Foundation and other bi- or multi-national grant programs for research and
development, the European Union, the Fund for Encouragement of Marketing
Activities of the Israeli Government or any other Governmental
Authority.
“Hazardous Substances”
means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or chemical or any toxic, radioactive,
ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substance, waste or
material, or any substance, waste or material having any constituent elements
displaying any of the foregoing characteristics, including petroleum, its
derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, and any substance, waste or
material regulated under any Environmental Law.
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“Intellectual Property
Rights” means all of the following forms of intellectual property rights
arising under the laws of Israeli, United States or any other jurisdiction with
respect thereto: (i) any and all classes and types of patents, utility models
and design patents and applications for these classes and types of
patent rights and all disclosures relating thereto (and any patents that issue
as a result of those patent applications), and any renewals, reissues,
reexaminations, extensions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions and
substitutions relating to any of the patents and patent applications, as well as
all related foreign patent and patent applications that are counterparts to such
patents and patent applications, (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress,
logos, trade names and corporate names, whether registered or unregistered, and
the goodwill associated therewith, together with any registrations, applications
for registration, renewals and extensions thereof, (iii) copyrights and rights
under copyrights (including software), whether registered or unregistered,
including moral rights and any other rights in works of authorship, and any
registrations and applications for registration thereof, (iv) mask work rights
and registrations and applications for registration thereof, (v) rights in
databases and data collections (including knowledge databases, customer lists
and customer databases), whether registered or unregistered, and any
applications for registration therefor, (vi) Trade Secrets, (vii) URL and domain
name registrations and (viii) all claims, causes of action and rights to xxx or
recover and claim damages arising out of or related to the past, present or
future infringement or misappropriation of any of the foregoing.
“Investment Center”
means the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
established under the Israel Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments,
1959.
“IRS” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISA” means the
Israeli Securities Authority.
“Israeli Code” means
the Income Tax Ordinance of Israel New Version, 1961, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Companies
Law” means the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israel Securities
Law” means the Israel Securities Law, 1968, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ITA” means the Israel
Tax Authority established pursuant to the Israeli Code.
“Key Employees” means
the Persons identified on Schedule
1.
“Knowledge” means, (i)
with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of each of the Key Employees
and any knowledge that each of such individuals should have obtained after
reasonable inquiry in the course of the performance of their respective duties
on behalf of any Acquired Companies; provided, however, that for purposes of
Section 3.16 below, reasonable inquiry shall not include a “freedom to operate”
study, and, (ii) with respect to the Purchaser, the actual knowledge of each of
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser and any
knowledge that each of such individuals should have obtained after reasonable
inquiry in the course of the performance of their respective duties on behalf of
the Purchaser, and (iii) with respect to each Selling Shareholder that is not an
individual, the Chief Executive Officer (in case of a company), or General
Partner (in case of a partnership), of such Selling Shareholders and any
knowledge that each of such individuals should have obtained after reasonable
inquiry in the course of the performance of their respective duties on behalf
of the relevant Selling Shareholder.
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“Lien” means, with
respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of any kind in respect of such
property or asset. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to
own subject to a Lien any property or asset that it has acquired or holds
subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such
property or asset.
“Maximum Consideration
Shares” means the lesser of (i) 5,085,736 shares of Purchaser’s Shares,
or (ii) such number of Purchaser's Shares representing 19.0% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Purchaser immediately prior to the Closing (as
provided by Purchaser to the Company by a certificate signed by the Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the Closing).
“OCS” means the Office
of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Labor.
“Open Source Software”
means any software code that is either (a) distributed under a license approved
by the Open Source Initiative, (b) described as “free software” or
“open source software,” or (c) otherwise distributed in source code form under
terms requiring as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of such
software that other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with
such software (1) be disclosed or distributed in source code form, (2) be
licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, (3) be redistributable at
no charge, (4) licensed under terms that allow such software or portions thereof
or interfaces therefor to be reverse engineered, reverse assembled or
disassembled (other than as provided under Applicable Law), or (5) grants to any
third party any rights to or immunities under any Intellectual Property Rights
(other than as provided under Applicable Law). Open Source Software includes
software code licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General
Public License, Mozilla Public License, Apache License, BSD License, MIT
License, Artistic License, Common Development and Distribution License, Common
Public License, Eclipse Public License, and similar licenses.
“Phantom Shares” means
Purchaser's Shares that would have been issued to the holders of Vested Company
Options as further described in Section 2.03(b) below.
“Paying Agent” means
UBank Trust Company Ltd.
“Participating Rights
Holder” means holder of Company Shares and holder of Vested Company
Options.
“Participating
Rights Holder’s Interest”
means the percentage interest of each Participating Rights Holder in the Escrow
Fund (calculated pursuant to the formula set forth in Section 2.05(c) below) and in the Rep Reimbursement
Amount.
“Person” means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
trust or other entity or organization, including a Governmental
Authority.
“Pre-Closing Tax
Period” means (i) any Tax period ending before the Closing Date and (ii)
with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such period ending at the
close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date.
“Preferred A-1 Shares”
means the Preferred A-1 Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01
each.
“Preferred A-3 Shares”
means the Preferred A-3 Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01
each.
“Preferred B Shares”
means the Preferred B Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
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“Preferred C Shares”
means the Preferred C Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS
0.01 each.
“Preferred D Shares”
means the Preferred D Shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01
each.
“Proceeding” means any
action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing,
inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or
heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental
Authority or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.
"Purchaser's
Equity Awards" shall have the meaning as set forth in Section
2.03(c).
“Purchaser
Indemnitees” means the following Persons: (i) Purchaser; (ii) the
Acquired Companies; (iii) the respective Representatives of the Persons referred
to in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” above; and (iv) the respective successors and
assigns of the Persons referred to in clauses “(i),” “(ii)” and “(iii)”
above.
“Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect” means any event, change, development or state of facts having a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, operations or
financial condition of Purchaser, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no (i) event, change,
development or state of facts relating to the economy or financing or capital
markets in general, or resulting from industry-wide developments in the
semiconductor or IPTV industries or generally affecting geographical areas in
which Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries conducts its business (but only to
the extent such events, changes, developments or states of facts do not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a disproportionate impact on Purchaser or
any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other
Persons in the semiconductor industry or in such applicable geographical areas
in which Purchaser conducts its business), (ii) event, change, development or
state of facts directly related to the announcement, execution, performance or
pendency of this Agreement and the Transactions, including the impact thereof on
relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors
or partners, or resulting shortfalls or declines in revenue, margins or
profitability (iii) change in accounting requirements in accordance with GAAP,
(iv) a any natural disaster or any acts of military action or war (whether or
not declared), sabotage, terrorism or any escalation or worsening thereof,
occurring or commenced after the date of this Agreement (but only to the extent
such disaster or acts do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
disproportionate impact on Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, relative to
other Persons similarly affected by such disaster or acts), (v) changes in
Applicable Law; or (vi) actions by Purchaser, Company or any of the
Equityholders required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement (including the
consummation of the Transactions), shall be deemed, each individually, to
constitute a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
“Purchaser’s Share(s)”
means shares of Purchaser’s common stock, no par value.
“Registered IP” means
all Company IP with respect to which any registration, application, certificate,
filing or other document has been issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any
private, state, government or other public or quasi-public legal authority in
connection with the protection of Intellectual Property Rights, including
patents, domain names, registered copyrights (including registered mask works),
and registered trademarks and all applications for any of the
foregoing.
“Representatives”
means a Person’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants,
advisors, investment bankers and other representatives (and in case of a
partnership, its general partner).
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“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share Adjustment
Amount” means, if the Maximum Consideration Shares is lower than the
Base Line
Number of Consideration Shares, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Average SD Share Price multiplied by (ii) the difference of Base Line Number of
Consideration Shares minus the Maximum Consideration Shares (as of the date of
execution of this Agreement $3,785,164 calculated by multiplying 252,580 shares
of Purchaser's Shares multiplied by the Average SD Share Price). If the Maximum
Consideration Shares is not lower than the Base Line Number of Consideration
Shares, then the Share Adjustment Amount shall be zero.
“Specified
Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.05, Section 4.01 and Section 4.02, and the
information and calculations set forth on the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
“Straddle Period”
means any Tax period beginning before the Closing Date and ending on or after
the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at any time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person.
“Tax” means any and
all taxes, including (i) any net income, gross income, gross receipts, branch
profits, sales, use, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, license,
registration, documentary, conveyancing, gains, withholding, national insurance
(‘bituach leumi’),
national health insurance (‘bituach briyut’) and other
payroll taxes, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
property, environmental or windfall profit, custom duty, escheat or other tax,
governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever,
together with any interest, inflation linkage (‘hefreshei hatzmada’),
penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental
authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (Israeli, United States
(federal, state or local) or foreign).
“Tax Contest” means
any audit (by any Governmental Authority), other administrative proceeding or
inquiry or judicial proceeding involving Taxes.
“Tax Return” means any
return, report, declaration, claim for refund, information return (including
schedules thereto, other attachments thereto, amendments thereof) filed or
required to be filed with any Tax authority in connection with the
determination, assessment or collection of any Tax, or the administration of any
laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating to any
Tax.
“Technology” means all
tangible or intangible embodiments of the Company IP owned by any Acquired
Company which are incorporated in any Company Products.
“Trade Secrets” means
all inventions (whether or not patentable) and improvements thereto, know-how,
research and development information, business plans, specifications, designs,
processes, process libraries, technical data, customer data, financial
information, pricing and cost information, bills of material, or other
confidential information exclusively owned by a Person, including any formula,
pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that (i)
provides an actual or potential independent economic value from not being
generally known to and not being readily ascertainable by, other Persons, and
(ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to
maintain its secrecy and for which those efforts resulted in a reasonable belief
that sufficient secrecy was maintained.
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“Transactional
Agreements” means this Agreement, the Company Closing Certificate, the
Consideration Allocation Certificate, the Transaction Expenses Certificate, the
Closing Cash Certificate, the Selling Shareholder Certificate, the Escrow
Agreement, the Lockup Agreements, the Option Acknowledgment Agreement, the
Paying Agent Agreement, the Non-competition Agreements and the Letter of
Acknowledgment.
“Transactions” means
the purchase of the Company Shares by Purchaser, the payment for the termination
or waiver of Company Warrants, the exchange of Vested Company Options for cash,
the assumption of Unvested Company Options, and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Trustee” means Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Trusts 2004 Ltd. appointed by the Company for the purpose of the
Company’s “Section 102 Plan”.
“Vested Options Adjustment
Amount” means an amount equal to total number of Phantom Shares
multiplied by the Closing SD Share Price.
Section
1.02 Definitional and
Interpretative Provisions.
(a) The
words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement.
(b) The
captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be
ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(c) All
Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby
incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full
herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise
defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this
Agreement.
(d) Any
singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any
plural term the singular.
(e) Whenever
the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not
they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import.
(f) All
references to time shall refer to New York City time. The word “extent” in the
phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing
extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.
(g) The
use of the word “or” shall not, necessarily, be exclusive.
(h) Any
rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against
the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of
this Agreement.
(i) Any
agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein, or in any agreement or
instrument that is referred to herein, means such agreement or instrument as
from time to time amended, modified or supplemented. Other terms may be defined
elsewhere in the text of this Agreement and shall have the meaning indicated
throughout this Agreement.
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(j) The
term “foreign” when used with respect to Applicable Law or a Governmental
Authority shall refer to all jurisdictions other than Israel or the United
States.
(k) The
term “Dollar”, “$”, or USD shall refer to the currency of the United States of
America. When such reference is made and the actual liability or payment is set
in Israeli New Shekels, for purpose of this Agreement, the representative rate
of exchange published by the Bank of Israel on the day prior to the day on which
the calculation is made, unless otherwise specified herein.
ARTICLE
II
DESCRIPTION
OF THE TRANSACTION
Section
2.01 The
Transaction.
(a) Sale and Purchase of
Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the
Closing: (i) the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, shall sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Company Shares to Purchaser, and Purchaser
shall purchase the Company Shares from the Selling Shareholders; (ii) Company
Warrants outstanding as of the Closing Date will be waived or terminated; (iii)
the Purchaser shall exchange all Vested Company Options for cash and (iv) the
Purchaser shall assume the Unvested Company Options in exchange for the
Purchaser's Equity Awards in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and
subject to adjustments and withholdings as set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) Shareholder’s Voting and
Support Agreement. At or prior to the date hereof, Executing Shareholders
holding at least ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding Company
Shares executed a Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Shareholder’s Voting and
Support Agreement”). The Company shall use reasonable
commercial efforts to cause each other Executing Shareholder to execute a
Shareholder’s Voting and Support Agreement.
Section
2.02 Additional
Parties.
(a) Execution of Agreement by
Additional Parties. Promptly after the date of execution of this
Agreement and for as long as this Agreement is not duly terminated, the Company
shall take reasonable commercial efforts to obtain from all Non-Executing
Shareholders, a counter signature on this Agreement under which each such
Non-Executing Shareholder becomes bound by and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement as an Executing Shareholder. The Company agrees to communicate
promptly to the Purchaser any update to the Company’s efforts to obtain a
counter signature on this Agreement from a Non-Executing Shareholder or any
material communication with any Non-Executing Shareholder regarding the
execution of this Agreement by such Non-Executing Shareholder. At any
time on or before the Closing, Purchaser, the Company and the Holder
Representatives may amend Exhibit A, without
the consent of the Executing Shareholders, to include as parties any
Equityholders of the Company not listed on Exhibit A on the date
of this Agreement, including all Non-Executing Shareholders as well as Company
Warrantholders and holders of Vested Company Options who exercised their
respective Company Warrants or Company Options. Such additional Equityholders
shall be deemed to be “Selling Shareholders” for all purposes of this Agreement,
and any Company Ordinary Shares, Company Ordinary A Shares or Company Preferred
Shares owned by such shareholders shall be deemed to be “Company
Shares”.
(b) Section 341 of the Israeli
Companies Law; Bring Along.
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(1) By
executing this Agreement, the Executing Shareholders, who collectively hold at
least 95% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company, have, and
are deemed to have, accepted an offer by Purchaser to purchase their shares in
accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, in accordance with
Section 341 of the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s
Articles of Association.
(2) This
Agreement shall be deemed, for the purpose of Section 341(a) of the Israeli
Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s Articles of Association to
constitute (i) an offer by Purchaser for the purchase of all issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company which is conditioned upon the sale of
all of the outstanding share capital of the Company and (ii) an acceptance of
such offer by all Executing Shareholders who have duly executed this Agreement
initially or pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) above.
(3) Promptly
(but in any event within two (2) Business Days) following the date of this
Agreement, Purchaser will, in accordance with Section 341(a) of the Israeli
Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the Company’s Articles of Association, provide
a written notice in the form to be agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company,
(the “Bring-Along
Notice”) to each Non-Executing Shareholder that has not duly executed and
delivered this Agreement or countersigned this Agreement in accordance with
Section 2.2(a)(i) setting forth the information required by Section 341(a) of
the Israeli Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the Company’s Articles of
Association and stating that Purchaser’s requirement to purchase such
Non-Executing Shareholder’s Company Shares under the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. The Company shall assist Purchaser to dispatch the Bring-Along
Notice to each Non-Executing Shareholder. Purchaser and Company shall fully
coordinate any correspondence to which each may be a party which concerns the
Bring-Along Notice. Purchaser and the Company shall take such other actions as
may be commercially reasonably appropriate in order to complete the transfer of
all of the outstanding Company Shares pursuant to Section 341 of the Israeli
Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s Articles of Association and under
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including in making all reasonable
filings and taking such other reasonable action which is necessary or desirable
to effect the Transactions with respect to all the securities of the Company
outstanding as of the Closing in compliance with Section 341 of the Israeli
Companies Law and Article 50 of the Company’s Articles of Association. After
satisfactory completion of the necessary procedures under Section 341 of the
Israeli Companies Law and Article 50.1 of the Company’s Articles of Association,
and provided that no injunction against the Transactions was issued by a court
of competent jurisdiction that was not subsequently removed, at the Closing the
Company shall register Purchaser as owner of all the shares of the Company held
by all Non-Executing Shareholders as of the Closing against delivery by
Purchaser to the Company of the portion of the Closing Cash Consideration and
the number of the Closing Consideration Shares payable or issuable, as the case
may be, with respect to the Company Shares held by the Non-Executing
Shareholders, less such Non-Executing Shareholder’s portion of the Escrow Fund
to be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, and paid to the Non-Executing
Shareholders following the Closing.
(4) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, following the execution of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, if the Company shall issue any shares pursuant to the
exercise of any Company Options, Company Warrants or any other convertible
securities, then the Company shall promptly: (i) inform Purchaser of such an
issuance, and (ii) amend Exhibit B so that
such Person will be deemed, for purposes of this Agreement a Non-Executing
Shareholder; and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from such
holder of Company Shares, a counter signature on this Agreement under which he,
she or it becomes bound by and subject to the provisions of this Agreement as an
Executing Shareholder (and amend Exhibit A
accordingly); and (iv) if such a Person does not execute this Agreement, assist
Purchaser, to the extent necessary, in the dispatch of a Bring-Along Notice to
such new Non-Executing Shareholders such that said notice will cover all issued
and outstanding share capital of the Company.
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(5) For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Selling Shareholder” shall include all
Non-Executing Shareholders and each such Non-Executing Shareholder shall be
deemed to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except to
the extent that doing so would be inconsistent with the provisions of Section
341 of the Israeli Companies Law.
(6) For
the sake of clarity, Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion, no later than
five (5) Business Days after the alternative transaction deadline date as set
forth in Section 6.11 below, the alternative transaction form under Section 6.11
hereof, in lieu of the bring-along contemplated under this Section 2.02(b), and
is not deemed for any purposes whatsoever to be bound to consummate the
acquisition of the Company by way of said bring-along provisions.
(c) Company Warrants. At
the Closing, the outstanding Company Warrants will either be terminated or
exercised into Company Shares. The number of and class of Company Shares each
Warrantholder will be entitled to receive upon exercise or termination of such
Warrants (calculated on a cashless basis) shall be set forth in the Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart and the Consideration Allocation Certificate. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Selling Shareholder” shall include all
holders of Company Warrants.
Section
2.03 Equityholders Entitlement;
Distribution.
Out of
the Aggregate Consideration, each Equityholder shall be entitled to receive the
following:
(a) Selling Shareholders.
Each Selling Shareholder shall be entitled to receive:
(1) At
the Closing - the product of the Per Share Series C Amount multiplied by the
total number of Series C Preferred Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on
the Closing Date, plus the product of
the Per Share Series B Amount multiplied by the number of Series B Preferred
Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus the product of
the Per Share Series A-3 Amount multiplied by the total number of Series A-3
Preferred Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus the product of
the Per Share Series A-1 Amount multiplied by the total number of Series A-1
Preferred Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date, plus the product of
the Per Share Series Ordinary A Amount multiplied by the total number of Series
Ordinary A Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on the Closing Date (the sum
of this subsection 2.03(a)(1) – for each Selling Shareholder shall be
referred to herein as the “Selling Shareholder’s
Preferred Amount” and for the aggregate amount of all Selling
Shareholder's Preferred Amount, the “Preference
Amount”);
For
purpose of this Agreement; the “Per Share Series C
Amount” means an amount equal to $ 1.5299 per share of Series
C Preferred Shares; the “Per Share Series B Amount” means
an amount equal to $ 1.08946 per share of
Series B Preferred Shares; the “Per Share Series A-3
Amount” means an amount equal to $ 1.08946 per share of
Series A-3 Preferred Shares; the “Per Share Series A-1
Amount” means an amount equal to $ 13.6542 per share of
Series A-1 Preferred Shares; and the “Per Share Series Ordinary A
Amount” means an amount equal to $ 3.6316095 per share of
Series Ordinary A Shares;; plus in each such per share amount above (other than
the Ordinary A Shares) the amount of interest accrued and applicable to
each such Company Shares calculated as of November 30, 2009, as set forth in the
Consideration Allocation Spreadsheet. The Preference Amount shall be
$35,344,209.
(2) At
the Closing - the product of the Per Share Ordinary Amount multiplied by the sum
of (i) the total number of Ordinary Shares held by such Selling Shareholder on
the Closing Date, plus (ii) the total number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon
conversion of all Series Ordinary A Shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares, Series
A-3 Preferred Shares, Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares
held by such Shareholder on the Closing Date, as set forth opposite the name of
such Shareholder on the Consideration Allocation Certificate.
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The Per
Share Ordinary Amount will be calculated as follows:
(i) The
Aggregate Consideration Value minus the Preference Amount shall be referred to
herein as the “Aggregate Participating
Amount”.
(ii) The
quotient obtained by dividing the Aggregate Participating Amount by the "Fully Diluted Equity
Securities" (which is equal to the total number of Participating Shares
plus the total number of Vested Company Options which are outstanding as of the
Closing Date plus the total number of Company Ordinary Shares that are subject
to the Unvested Company Option assumed by Purchaser pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement), shall be defined as the "Per Share FD
Amount".
(iii) The
“Participating Rights
Holders Participating Amount” shall be equal to the Aggregate
Participating Amount minus the product obtained by multiplying the Unvested
Company Options by the Per Share FD Amount (i.e., the Value of Unvested Company
Options”).
(iv) The
quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Participating Rights Holders Participating
Amount plus the Aggregate Exercise Amount, by (B) the Participating Shares plus
the total number of Vested Company Options, shall be defined as the “Per Share Ordinary
Amount”. In this Agreement, the “Aggregate Exercise
Amount” shall mean the amount which would have been obtained if the total
number of Vested Company Options had been exercised in full into Company Shares.
For clarification purposes, the Aggregate Exercise Amount will not be actually
paid by the holders of Vested Company Options, nor will it be added to the
Closing Cash Consideration, but rather used for calculation purposes only in
order to determine the Per Share Ordinary Amount.
The total
number of shares held by each Selling Shareholder and which are referred to in
subsection 2.03(a)(2)(i) and 2.03(a)(2)(ii) above shall be referred to as the
“Selling Shareholder’s
Participating Shares” and for all Selling Shareholders the “Participating
Shares”; The amount or value each Selling Shareholder shall be entitled
to receive pursuant to this subsection 2.03(a)(2) shall be referred to as
the “Selling
Shareholder’s Participating Amount” and for all Selling Shareholders the
“Shareholders Participating
Amount”.
The total
amount each Selling Shareholder will be entitled to receive shall be equal to
such Selling Shareholder’s Participating Amount plus such Selling Shareholder’s
Preferred Amount, if any (the “Selling Shareholder’s
Closing Payment Amount”), subject to the provisions of Section 2.5 and
Article XI below.
(3) In
this Agreement:
The
“Closing Payment
Value” means an amount equal to the Aggregate Consideration Value minus
the Value of Unvested Company Options.
The
quotient obtained by dividing (i) (A) the Value of the Closing Consideration
Shares plus (B) the Value of the Phantom Shares, by (ii) the Closing Payment
Value will be referred to herein as the “Equity Portion”; and
the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Closing Cash Consideration minus the
Vested Options Adjustment Amount, by (ii) the Closing Payment Value shall be
referred to herein as the “Cash Portion”. In
this Agreement the “Value of the Closing
Consideration Shares” means an amount equal to the Closing SD Share Price
multiplied by the total number of Closing Consideration Shares; and the "Value of the Phantom
Shares" means an amount equal to the Closing SD Share Price multiplied by
the total number of Phantom Shares.
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The
proportion between the Closing Consideration Shares and the Closing Cash
Consideration each Selling Shareholder will be entitled to receive at the
Closing, will be based on the ratio between the Cash Portion and the Equity
Portion (the “Distribution
Ratio”).
The
number of Closing Consideration Shares each Selling Shareholder will be entitled
to receive shall be equal to such Selling Shareholder’s Closing Payment Amount
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the Equity Portion
and the denominator is equal to the Closing SD Share Price.
The
number of Closing Consideration Shares and the portion of the Cash Consideration
each Selling Shareholders will be entitled to receive at the Closing shall be
set forth in the Consideration Allocation Certificate.
(b) Holder’s of Vested Company
Options:
(1) At
the Closing, each holder of a Vested Company Option, by virtue of the
Transactions without any action on the part of the holder, shall be entitled to
receive in exchange for such Vested Company Option an amount in cash equal to
the product of Per Share Ordinary Amount multiplied by the total number of
Ordinary Shares issuable upon a cashless exercise (i.e. using the Per Share
Ordinary Amount) of such Optionholder’s Vested Company Option (“Optionholder’s Closing
Payment Amount”).
The
Purchaser's Shares that all holders of Vested Company Options would have been
entitled to receive, if such Optionholders had exercised their Vested Company
Options into Company Shares (on a cashless basis) is defined as the "Phantom Shares". The
number of Phantom Shares each holder of Vested Company Options would have been
entitled to receive if such Optionholder would have exercised his, her or its
Vested Company Options, shall be equal to such Optionholder’s Closing Payment
Amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the Equity
Portion and the denominator is equal to the Closing SD Share Price.
For
clarification purposes (i) the Phantom Shares are not issuable and will not be
issued to the holders of Vested Company Options and in lieu of such Phantom
Shares such holders of Vested Company Options will be entitled to receive an
amount in cash equal to such Optionholder's respective number of Phantom Shares
multiplied by the Closing SD Share Price; and (ii) the total amount payable to
all holders of Vested Company Options pursuant to this sub-section shall be
equal to the Vested Options Adjustment Amount.
(2) Payments
made to each holder of Vested Company Options will be made to the Trustee
through the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.10 below;
(3) The
amount of Cash Consideration each holder of Vested Company Options will be
entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be set forth
in the Consideration Allocation Certificate.
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(c) Holder’s of Unvested Company
Option
(1) At
the Closing, Purchaser shall assume the unvested portion of each Company Option
outstanding as of the Closing Date (the “Unvested Company
Options”). Each Unvested Company Option will be exercisable (or will
become exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of whole
Consideration Shares equal to the number of Company Ordinary Shares that were
subject to the Unvested portion of such Company Option immediately prior to the
Closing Date multiplied by the ratio of the Per Share FD Amount to the Closing
SD Share Price (such ratio, the “Option Ratio”),
rounded down to the nearest whole number of Consideration Shares (and the per
share exercise price for the Consideration Shares issuable upon exercise of such
assumed Unvested Company Option will be equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing the exercise price per Company Ordinary Share at which such Unvested
Company Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Closing Date by the
Option Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent). The “Value of Unvested Company
Options” shall mean the product obtained by multiplying the Unvested
Company Options by the Per Share FD Amount.
(2)
The number of Consideration Shares issuable pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)
shall be referred to as the “Purchaser’s Equity
Awards”. The number of Purchaser's Equity Awards each holder
of Unvested Company Options will be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, shall be set forth in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(d) Company
Warrantholders.
(1) The
Company Warrants outstanding at the Closing will either be terminated or
exercised into Company Shares immediately prior to the Closing.
(2) The
number of and class of Company Shares each Warrantholder will be entitled to
receive upon exercise or termination of such Warrants as well as the number
Closing Consideration Shares and the portion of the Cash Consideration each
holder Warrantholder will be entitled to receive at the Closing upon the
cashless exercise of such Warrants, shall be set forth in the Consideration
Allocation Certificate.
(3) For
clarification purposes the parties acknowledge that for purposes of this Section
2.03 and the calculation of the amount distributed to each Equityholder, the
Warrantholders will deemed to be, and are treated as, Selling Shareholders (and
the formulas set forth above should include the number of Company Shares
issuable upon a cashless exercise of such Warrants).
(e) Clarifications;
Mechanics. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding:
(1) Out
of the total number of Closing Consideration Shares, ninety percent (90%) shall
be issued to the Selling Shareholders and the balance of ten percent (10%) will
be issued for the benefit of the Selling Shareholders yet set aside in the
Escrow Fund (the "Share Component of the
Escrow Fund") as further described in this Section 2 and subject to
forfeiture in accordance with Article XI. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in no event will the total number of Consideration
Shares issued or issuable by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, including all
Closing Consideration Shares and all Purchaser's Equity Awards, equal more than
the Maximum Consideration Shares.
(2) Out
of the Closing Cash Consideration payable at Closing, Purchaser shall extend to
the Escrow Agent: (i) an amount in cash equal to ten percent (10%) of the
Closing Cash Consideration (the "Cash Component of the Escrow
Fund"); and (ii) an amount in cash equal to $200,000 as the Rep
Reimbursement Amount - as further described in this Section 2, and the balance
of Closing Cash Consideration will be paid to the Participating Rights Holders
in accordance with the terms hereof. In addition, and with respect to each
Participating Rights Holder, severally and not jointly, Purchaser may deduct any
withholding amounts as further described in this Section 2.
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(3) The
Purchaser or any of its Representatives shall not be responsible for the
determination of the Aggregate Consideration allocation. The Aggregate
Consideration allocation will be presented in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate, which will be deemed a Specified Representation of the Company. The
Company also represents that the information and calculations set forth in the
Consideration Allocation Certificate shall be made in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company’s Articles of Association, and
other relevant existing contractual arrangements among the Company, the holders
of Company Shares, Company Optionholders and Company Warrantholders. Anything to
the contrary notwithstanding, Purchaser shall be entitled to rely entirely upon
the Consideration Allocation Certificate in connection with making the payments
pursuant to this Agreement and neither the Holder Representatives nor any
Equityholder shall be entitled to make any claim in respect of the allocation of
the payments made by Purchaser to or for the benefit of any Equityholders to the
extent that the payments are made in a manner consistent with the Consideration
Allocation Certificate.
(4) The
Purchaser will make the payments pursuant this Agreement with the assistance of
a Payment Agent. Purchaser shall cause, and be responsible for, the Payment
Agent, to make the payment of the Closing Cash Consideration to the holders of
Company Shares and Vested Company Options in accordance with the provisions set
forth in this Agreement and the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(5) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no fractions of a cent will
be payable hereunder and any amounts payable hereunder shall be rounded down to
the nearest whole cent and no fractional shares shall be issued hereunder and
any fractional shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole
share.
(6) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and subject to the potential
additional payment pursuant to the terms of Section 7.05 hereof, the aggregate
maximum consideration that Purchaser shall be required to pay to all of the
Equityholders pursuant to this Agreement shall in no event exceed an aggregate
value of $160,000,000 plus the amount of Company Cash held by the Company on the
Closing Date, with all shares of Purchaser’s Shares issued or to be issued
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement deemed to have, for the purpose of this
sub-section 2.03(e)(6) only, a stipulated value of the Average SD Share Price,
minus the amount of Company Debt on the Closing Date minus the Company
Transaction Expenses set forth in the Transaction Expenses
Certificate.
(f) WAIVER AND RELEASE OF
CLAIMS.
(1) Effective
for all purposes as of the date hereof, each Executing Shareholder acknowledges
and agrees on behalf of itself and each of its agents, trustees, beneficiaries,
directors, officers, affiliates, subsidiaries, estate, successors and assigns
(each, a “Releasing
Party”) that each hereby releases and forever discharges the Company,
each Equityholder and the Purchaser (each a “Beneficiary”) and
each of such Beneficiary’s respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, representatives, agents, members, stockholders, successors,
predecessors and assigns (each, a “Released Party” and
collectively, the “Released Parties”)
from any and all Equityholder Claims such Releasing Party may have or assert it
has against any of the Released Parties, from the beginning of time through the
time of the Closing and following the Closing, in each case whether known or
unknown, or whether or not the facts that could give rise to or support a Claim
are known or should have been known. In this Agreement an “Equityholder Claim”
shall mean: (i) any claim or right to receive any Company Shares other than
the Company Shares set forth opposite his, her or its name in the Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart (other than as a result of an exercise of
any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing by any
Executing Shareholder who is a Company Warrantholder); (ii) any claim or right
to receive any portion of the Cash Consideration, Consideration
Shares or any other form, amount or value of consideration payable or issuable
to any Equityholder pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, other than as
specifically set forth in the Consideration Allocation Certificate (subject to
any changes contemplated in this Agreement – e.g. as a result of changes in the
Company Cash, Company Debt, the vesting of any Unvested Company Option or the
exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately prior to the
Closing by any Company Warrantholder) and applicable to such Executing
Shareholder; or (iii) any claim with respect to the authority to enter into the
Transactions and the enforceability of the Transactions.
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(2) Each
Executing Shareholder hereby confirms, acknowledges, represents and
warrants that he, she or it: (A) (i) is the holder of the number of Company
Shares set forth opposite his, her or its name in the Estimated Consideration
Allocation Chart; (ii) other than the number and class of Company Shares set
forth opposite his, her or its name in the Estimated Consideration Allocation
Chart, is not entitled to any additional Company Shares (other than as
a result of an exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately
prior to the Closing by any Executing Shareholder who is a Company
Warrantholder) or any other form of equity securities including, shares,
options, warrants or any other convertible security, or right to acquire shares,
options or warrants of or any other convertible security into share capital of
the Company; (iii) waives any right to receive any additional Company Shares (as
a result of any anti-dilution rights, preemptive rights, conversion rights (of
any of the Company Shares which are outstanding as of the date hereof or any
Company Shares he, she or it may have been entitled to receive as a result of
the conversion of any convertible loan agreement or any other convertible
instrument that was issued by the Company), rights of first offer, co-sale and
no-sale rights, any other participation, first refusal or similar rights, any
adjustment of the conversion price of any preferred share whatsoever) or
otherwise), except for any additional Company Shares issued as a result of an
exercise of any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately prior to the
Closing by any Company Warrantholder; (iv) fully, finally, irrevocably and
forever waives any right to convert any of its Company Shares into any
other class or series of Company Shares presently and through the Closing; and
(B) (i) examined the Estimated Consideration Allocation Chart and is entitled
only to the distribution set forth in such a chart (subject to any changes
contemplated in this Agreement – e.g. as a result of changes in the Company
Cash, Company Debt, the vesting of any Unvested Company Option or the exercise
of any Company Warrant outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing by any
Company Warrantholder); (ii) waives any right to receive consideration other
than as set forth in the Consideration Allocation Certificate (including,
without limitation, for any interest payments, the method of determination of
the Preference Amount and the Aggregate Participating Amount, the method of
calculation of any of the values set forth in this Agreement or the method of
determination of the Participating Rights Holder's Interest,, any preferential
amount, any amount resulting from the conversion of shares any other rights of
any nature under the Articles of Association, or any Shareholders Agreement,
which the Executing Shareholders and/or its successors and assignees ever had,
now have or hereafter can, shall or may have, at any time, due to actions or
events that occurred prior to Closing which do not conform or are not consistent
with the terms of this Agreement and the consideration attributed to such
Executing Shareholders in the Consideration Allocation Certificate); (C) hereby
terminates and waives any rights, powers and privileges such Executing
Shareholder has or may have pursuant to any Shareholders Agreement (which for
purposes of this Agreement will be defined as any investors rights agreement,
registration rights agreement or shareholders agreement entered into by such
Executing Shareholders with respect to the Company) or any right to make a claim
or demand for any discrepancy between any Shareholders Agreement, share purchase
agreement or convertible loan agreement such Executing Shareholder and the
provisions of this Agreement and his, her or its entitlement pursuant to such
agreements; (D) for as long as this Agreement is in force agrees not to sell,
transfer, assign or convert any of its Company Shares, or subject such Company
Shares to any Liens, except pursuant to a transfer request of Company Shares
provided to the Company and Purchaser prior to the date hereof; and (E) has not
heretofore assigned or transferred, or purported to have assigned or
transferred, to any corporation (or any other legal entity) or person
whatsoever, any claim, debt, liability, demand, obligation, cost, expense,
action or cause of action herein released.
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(3) Each
Executing Shareholder hereby acknowledges that such Executing Shareholder is
familiar with Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California (“Section 1542”), which
provides as follows:
A GENERAL
RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO
EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN
BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE
DEBTOR.
Effective
for all purposes as of the date hereof, each Executing Shareholder waives and
relinquishes on behalf of each Releasing Party any rights and benefits which
such Releasing Party may have under Section 1542 or any similar statute or
common law principle of any jurisdiction. Each Executing Shareholder
acknowledges that such Executing Shareholder may hereafter discover facts in
addition to or different from those which such Executing Shareholder now knows
or believes to be true with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, but
it is such Executing Shareholder’s intention to fully and finally and forever
settle and release any and all matters, disputes and differences, known or
unknown, suspected and unsuspected, which do now exist or may exist or
heretofore have existed between any Releasing Party and any Released Party with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. In furtherance of
this intention, the releases herein shall be and remain in effect as full and
complete general releases notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such
additional or different facts.
(4) Each
Executing Shareholder, on behalf of each Releasing Party, further covenants and
agrees that such Releasing Party has not heretofore sold, transferred,
hypothecated, conveyed or assigned, and shall not hereafter xxx any Released
Party upon, any Equityholder Claim released under this Section 2.03(f), and that
each Releasing Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties
against any loss or liability on account of any actions brought by such
Releasing Party or such Releasing Party’s assigns or prosecuted on behalf of
such Releasing Party and relating to any Equityholder Claim released under this
Section 2.03(f).
(5) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 2.03(f), the foregoing releases and covenants shall not
apply to any claims (a) relating to Purchaser’s failure to pay the Closing Cash
Consideration, to issue the Consideration Shares or any other payments in
accordance with this Agreement; (b) relating to Purchaser’s failure to perform
any of its obligations, undertakings or covenants set forth in this Agreement
(including, without limitation the filing of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 and indemnification obligations) or any of the Transactional Agreements; (c)
relating to any employment payment, including salary, bonuses, accrued vacation,
any other employee compensation and/or benefits, and unreimbursed expenses or
any of the amounts set forth in Section 7.05 (Bonus/ Retention Pool), (d)
relating to or arising from any commercial relationship such Executing
Shareholder may have with any of the Released Parties; and (e) for indemnity by
officers, employees and directors of the Company in their capacity as such in
accordance with Section 7.07 below.
(6) Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the foregoing release is conditioned upon
the consummation of the Closing and shall become null and void, and shall have
no effect whatsoever, without any action on the part of any person or entity,
upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; and (ii) should
any provision of this release be found, held, declared, determined, or deemed by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be void, illegal, invalid or
unenforceable under any applicable statute or controlling law, the legality,
validity, and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected
and the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision will be deemed not to be a
part of this Release.
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Section
2.04 [Reserved].
Section
2.05 Escrow
Fund.
(a) Escrow Deposit. At
the Closing, Purchaser shall issue and deliver to the Escrow Agent, as the
escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement, the Cash Component of the Escrow Fund
in US dollars in immediately available funds and shall deliver the Share
Component of the Escrow Fund constituting the Escrow Fund to be held by the
Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and released
from the Escrow Fund pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement. For all purposes of the Escrow Fund, including the calculation of any
payment to Purchasers for Damages in accordance with Article XI below, the value
of each Consideration Share held in the Escrow Fund shall be calculated using
the Average SD Share Price. The “Value of the Escrow
Fund” shall be equal to the product of the aggregate Share Component of
the Escrow Fund multiplied by the Average SD Share Price, plus the aggregate
Cash Component of the Escrow Fund.
(b) Any
amount paid from the Escrow Fund to Purchaser in accordance with Article XI
shall be paid to Purchaser in (i) cash and (ii) a number of Consideration
Shares, in proportion to the ratio between the Cash Component of the Escrow Fund
and the Share Component of the Escrow Fund, assuming a value for each such
Consideration Share equal to the Average SD Share Price.
(c) Participating Rights
Holder’s Interest. Each Participating Rights Holder portion in the Escrow
Fund shall be calculated as the quotient obtained by dividing each Participating
Rights Holder's Cash Component of the Escrow Fund, plus such Participating
Rights Holder's Share Component of the Escrow Fund, if any (calculated based on
the Average SD Share Price), by the Value of the Escrow Fund Each
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest in the Escrow Fund and the number of
Consideration Shares and the portion of the Cash Consideration set aside in
Escrow Fund, shall be set forth in the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
(d) Any
amount distributed out of the Escrow Fund shall be allocated to each
Participating Rights Holder according to such Participating Rights Holder's
Interest in the Escrow Fund (it being understood that the Share Component of the
Escrow Fund shall be distributed only to the Selling Shareholders, and in
accordance with the aforementioned such Participating Rights Holder's
Interest.
Section
2.06 Non
Executing Shareholders' Deposit.
(a) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Purchaser elects to
exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3)
of this Agreement, Purchaser shall transfer to the Paying Agent the appropriate
portion out of the Closing Consideration Shares and the Closing Cash
Consideration payable under this Agreement to all Non Executing Shareholders,
subject to any applicable amount to remain in the Escrow Fund in accordance with
Section 2.05 (the “Non-Executing Shareholder’s
Deposit”). Such amounts will be held by the Paying Agent in trust for and
to the benefit of each such Non Executing Shareholders, until such Non Executing
Shareholder shall have become an Execution Shareholder hereunder by executing
and delivering to Purchaser this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to be executed by it and otherwise delivering to Purchaser all other deliveries
called for herein. As soon as practicable thereafter, the Paying Agent shall
transfer to such Non Executing Shareholder who has become an Executing
Shareholder his, her or its appropriate portion held in such assets and funds.
The foregoing shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the
appropriate portion of any sums released from the Escrow Agent in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement. Should a Non-Executing Shareholder not
execute the aforementioned within three months of the Bring-Along Notice, then
the Purchaser may direct the Paying Agent to transfer such Non-Executing
Shareholder’s Deposit to the Company. Thereafter, such Non-Executing
Shareholder shall look only to the Company for the Non-Executing Shareholder’s
Deposit.
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Section
2.07 Holder Representative
Reimbursement Amount.
A portion
of the Closing Cash Consideration otherwise payable to the Participating Rights
Holders equal to $200,000 (the “Rep Reimbursement
Amount”), shall not be paid at the Closing to the Participating Rights
Holders, but shall instead be deposited with the Escrow Agent, to be used by the
Holder Representatives for the payment of expenses incurred by each of the
Holder Representatives in performing his duties pursuant to this Agreement. The
portion of the Closing Cash Consideration to be contributed on behalf of each
Participating Rights Holder hereunder to the Rep Reimbursement Amount shall be
based on the Participating Rights Holder’s Interest. The Rep Reimbursement
Amount shall in no manner affect or impact the amount of the Escrow Fund. In the
event that the Holder Representatives have not used the entire Rep Reimbursement
Amount at such time as the termination of the Escrow Period, any remaining
amount shall be distributed by the Escrow Agent to the Participation Rights
Holders pro rata to their respective Participating Rights Holder’s Interests.
The Rep Reimbursement Amount, or any portion thereof, will be distributed to the
Participating Rights Holders in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement and such distribution shall be based on the Participating Rights
Holder's Interest. If the Rep Reimbursement Amount shall be
insufficient to reimburse each of the Holder Representatives’ expenses in
accordance with this Agreement, then upon written request of the Holder
Representatives, each Participating Rights Holder shall make a payment of its
respective share of such additional expenses to the Holder Representatives,
based on such Participating Rights Holder’s Interest; provided, however, that
any additional payment by each Participating Rights Holder shall not impact any
of the obligations of each Participating Rights Holder pursuant to Article XI
below.
Section
2.08 Consideration
Charts.
(a) Estimated Consideration
Allocation Chart. Prior to the date hereof, the Company provided the
Purchaser and the Holder Representatives with the Estimated Consideration
Allocation Chart (attached hereto as Exhibit K)
illustrating the respective distribution of the consideration at Closing Date
based on certain hypothetical assumptions and conditions. The Estimated
Consideration Allocation Chart is not intended in any way to set forth the
amounts that will actually be payable to the Equityholders pursuant to this
Agreement, and is merely an illustration of how to calculate the amount due to
each Equityholder based on the methodology set forth above.
(b) Consideration Allocation
Certificate. Not later than three (3) Business Days before the Closing,
the Company shall deliver to Purchaser and the Holder Representatives a
certificate of the Company (the “Estimated Company
Pre-Closing Certificate”) executed on its behalf by the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company that sets forth in reasonable detail the Company’s
estimate of the Closing Cash, together with copies of the Company bank
statements supporting such estimation (“Estimated Closing
Cash”). The Estimated Company Pre-Closing Certificate will be amended and
delivered to Purchaser one (1) Business Day before the Closing, to reflect any
changes in the Closing Cash. The adjusted certificate will be referred to herein
as the “Closing Cash
Certificate”. The amounts set forth in the Closing Cash Certificate shall
be incorporated in the Consideration Allocation Certificate. The Closing Cash
Certificate shall be executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company and shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
of the Company with respect to the amount of Cash held by the Company at
Closing. The Consideration Allocation Certificate, as adjusted to reflect the
Closing Cash Certificate (the “Consideration Allocation
Certificate”) shall be delivered together with the Closing Cash
Certificate and shall be executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, and by the Holder Representatives, and shall
be deemed to be a representation and warranty of the Company and each of the
Selling Shareholders with respect to his, her or its entitlement to distribution
hereunder. In no event shall Purchaser be required to make any payments pursuant
to this Agreement unless and until the Consideration Allocation Certificate has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Holder Representatives.
Purchaser shall be entitled to rely entirely upon the Consideration Allocation
Certificate in connection with making the payments pursuant to this Agreement
and neither the Holder Representatives nor any Equityholder shall be entitled to
make any claim in respect of the allocation of the payments made by Purchaser to
or for the benefit of any Equityholders to the extent that the payments are made
in a manner consistent with the Consideration Allocation
Certificate.
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(c) Recapitalization. If
between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the number of
outstanding Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares is changed into a different
number of shares or into a different class, by reason of any share
dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up,
combination, exchange of shares, or the like, the per Company Share,
and per Company Option amounts set out in this Agreement will be correspondingly
adjusted to reflect such change, such that the Aggregate Consideration shall not
be increased or reduced as a result of any such action.
Section
2.09 Legend
Requirement.
(a) Securities Act. Each
certificate representing the Closing Consideration Shares shall (unless
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Agreement) be imprinted with a
legend substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend
required under applicable securities laws or as provided elsewhere in this
Agreement):
For
Regulation D Investors:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO REGULATION D OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, MORTGAGED,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH,
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY
PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, NO HEDGING TRANSACTION MAY BE CONDUCTED WITH
RESPECT TO THESE SECURITIES UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.”
For
Regulation S Investors:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO REGULATION D OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, MORTGAGED,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH,
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY
PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, NO HEDGING TRANSACTION MAY BE CONDUCTED WITH
RESPECT TO THESE SECURITIES UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.”
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For all
Principal Shareholders:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 12, 2009 BY AND AMONG SIGMA DESIGNS, INC.,
COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD., AND CARMEL V.C. 2 LTD. AND XXXXX XXXXXXX
VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD., AS THE HOLDER REPRESENTATIVES, AND EACH PERSON
IDENTIFIED ON EXHIBIT A-1 THERETO (THE “ACQUISITION AGREEMENT”) AND ARE SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS (THE “LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS”) ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 12, 2009, IN FAVOR OF SIGMA DESIGNS,
INC. THE LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS SHALL EXPIRE AS TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
(25%) OF THE TOTAL SECURITIES ISSUED TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PURSUANT
TO THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT ON THE LATER OF (I) THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING THE FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, RELEASE OR FILING OF EARNINGS OF SIGMA
DESIGNS, INC. FOLLOWING THE CLOSING DATE OF SIGMA DESIGNS, INC.’S ACQUISITION OF
COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD., OR (II) THE DATE ON WHICH THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
REGISTERED FOR RESALE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT IS DECLARED
EFFECTIVE (SUCH LATER DATE, THE “INITIAL RELEASE DATE”). THEREAFTER,
AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) OF THE TOTAL SECURITIES ISSUED TO THE
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT WILL BE
RELEASED FROM THE LOCK-UP RESTRICTIONS ON EACH OF THE 60TH, 120TH AND 180TH DAY
FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RELEASE DATE.”
(b) Blue Sky Laws. In
addition, certificates representing the Closing Consideration Shares may contain
any legend required by the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction to the extent such
laws are applicable to the sale of the Closing Consideration Shares
hereunder.
Section
2.10 Closing of the Company’s
Share Registry.
At the
Closing Date, holders of certificates representing Company Shares that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date shall cease to have any rights
as shareholders of the Company, and the share registry of the Company shall be
closed with respect to all shares outstanding immediately prior to the Closing
Date. No further transfer of any such Company Shares shall be made on such share
registry after the Closing Date.
Section
2.11 Withholding
Rights.
(a) Right to Withhold.
Each of Purchaser, the Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent and the Company shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise
deliverable to any Equityholder, former Equityholder or other Person pursuant to
this Agreement such amounts as Purchaser, the Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent or
the Company, as the case may be, are required to deduct or withhold therefrom
under the Code, the Israeli Code, or any Tax law, with respect to the making of
such payment. To the extent that such amounts are so withheld by Purchaser, the
Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent or the Company, as the case may be, (i) such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the Person to whom or to which such amounts would otherwise have
been paid in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by
Purchaser, the Escrow Agent or the Company, (ii) such withheld amounts shall be
remitted by Purchaser, the Escrow Agent or the Company, to the applicable
Governmental Authority, and (iii) Purchaser, the Escrow Agent or the Company, as
applicable, shall promptly provide to the Equityholder from which such amounts
were withheld written confirmation of the amount so withheld. To the extent that
such amounts are required to be deducted or withheld by Purchaser, the Paying
Agent, Escrow Agent or Company, such Person shall withhold such amounts from the
Closing Cash Consideration rather than the Closing Consideration Shares. In the
event such amounts required to be deducted or withheld by Purchaser, the Paying
Agent, Escrow Agent or Company exceed the Closing Cash Consideration, such
Person is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of, on behalf of such
Equityholder, the portion of the Closing Consideration Shares otherwise
deliverable to such Equityholder, to enable Purchaser, the Paying Agent, Escrow
Agent or Company to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement.
Purchaser, Escrow Agent or Company shall notify the relevant Equityholder that
such sale and withholding or deduction was made and remit to such Equityholder
any balance of the proceeds of such sale not applied to the payment of taxes
less any costs or expenses incurred by Purchaser, the Paying Agent, Escrow Agent
or Company in connection with such sale.
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(b) Tax Rulings; Withholding
Certificates. Without derogating from the foregoing, Purchaser agrees
that:
(1) if
a valid Israeli tax ruling with respect to withholding required in connection
with the Transactions is obtained from the ITA, any withholding under the
Israeli Code with respect to the transactions covered in such tax ruling will be
made in accordance with such tax ruling;
(2) no
withholding or reduced withholding under the Israeli Code will be made from any
consideration payable hereunder to an Equityholder to the extent that such
holder has provided Purchaser, the Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent or the Company
with an appropriate and applicable exemption or confirmation of no withholding
or a reduced withholding rate (as applicable) issued by the ITA with respect to
such Equityholder (a “Qualified Withholding
Certificate”), prior to the time such payment of consideration is
made;
(3) no
withholding under United States Tax law will be made from any consideration
payable hereunder to a Selling Shareholder that delivers to Purchaser or the
Paying Agent a duly completed Form W-9 or Form W-8, as applicable, unless
required under applicable law for service providers to the Company prior to the
Closing or Purchaser following the Closing.
(4) in
the absence of receipt of a Qualified Withholding Certificate, to the extent any
Tax is withheld by Purchaser or the Company, as the case may be, in accordance
with the provisions hereof and subject to the prior compliance by the relevant
Equityholder with the conditions of the following sentence, then the party
withholding such amount shall not remit same to the applicable Tax authorities
earlier than one Business Day prior to the last date for such remittance is
required under applicable Tax law with respect to a certain Equityholder,
provided, unless it is provided by said Equityholder, prior to such date, with a
Qualified Withholding Certificate in respect of such payment, in which case
Purchaser shall withhold in accordance with the provisions of the Qualified
Withholding Certificate and any remaining amount shall be promptly released to
Paying Agent for distribution to the relevant Equityholder. The party
withholding such amount shall not defer payment to the applicable Tax
authorities, unless provided with a cashier’s check on or prior to the date of
the original payment in such amount as the Purchaser deems adequate to cover for
any deficiencies due to exchange rate fluctuations
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Section
2.12 Treatment of Company
Options.
(a) General. Each
outstanding option to purchase Company Ordinary Shares under any Company Option
Plan (a “Company
Option”) shall entitle its holder to receive the benefits set forth in
this Agreement.
(b) Unvested Company
Options. At the Closing Date, Unvested Company Options shall be assumed
by Purchaser as set forth in this Section 2. Each Unvested Company Option so
assumed by Purchaser under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject
to, the same terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Company Option
documents (including any applicable Company Option Plan and share option
agreement or other document evidencing such Company Option) immediately prior to
the Closing Date (including any repurchase rights or vesting provisions), except
that (i) each such Company Option will be exercisable (or will become
exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of Purchaser's Equity
Awards and (ii) the per share exercise price under the assumed Unvested Company
Option for the Purchaser’s Equity Award will be based on the Option Ratio as set
forth above. Each assumed Unvested Company Option shall continue to vest
following the Closing Date based on the vesting schedule applicable to such
Unvested Company Option as in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date. The
assumption of any Unvested Company Option is intended to be effected in a manner
which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code, and each assumed Unvested
Company Option that qualified as an incentive stock option pursuant to Section
422 of the Code immediately prior to the Closing Date is intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option immediately after the Closing Date. The assumption of
any Unvested Company Options granted under the Israeli Code is intended to be
effected in a manner which is consistent with the provisions of the Israeli
Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if obtained. Following the Closing Date, Purchaser Board
of Directors, a committee thereof or such other committee to which Purchaser
Board duly delegates authority shall succeed to the authority and responsibility
of the Company Board of Directors or any committee thereof with respect to each
assumed Unvested Company Option. The exercise of the assumed Unvested Company
Option and/or sale of underlying shares shall be subject to the terms of the
Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if obtained and to such terms and restrictions,
including blackout periods, as are generally applicable to such exercise and
sale of options to purchase Purchaser's Shares. In the event that any Unvested
Company Option assumed in accordance with this Section 2.12(b) terminates or
otherwise expires following the Closing in accordance with its terms, the
Purchaser's Equity Awards which would have been issued upon the exercise of such
Unvested Company Option shall be, as soon as practicable following such
termination or expiration, granted as additional options to individuals who were
employed by the Company as of the Closing Date and continue to be employed by
the Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates at the time of
grant, on such terms and to such specific individuals as will be determined in
the discretion of the Purchaser Board of Directors or any committee thereof to
which the Purchaser Board of Directors delegates its authority, in consultation
with management of the Company.
(c) Vested Company
Options. At the Closing, each holder of a Vested Company Option, by
virtue of the Transactions without any action on the part of the holder, shall
be entitled to receive in exchange for such Vested Company Option and the
cancellation thereof at the Closing an amount in cash as set forth in Section
2.03 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any
Company Shares or Vested Company Options are held in trust pursuant to Section
102 of the Israeli Code, the Paying Agent will make payment of
the consideration that such holder of Company Shares or Vested Company
Options is entitled to receive directly to the “Section 102 Plan” trustee
(the “Trustee”), and in
accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling, if
obtained. The vesting and exercisability of each outstanding Company Option held
by a non-employee director (or consultant) of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
shall accelerate in accordance with the terms of the Company Option Plan and/or
agreement evidencing the Company Option, and such Company Option shall be
canceled at the Closing Date and shall thereafter constitute Vested Company
Options. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall use reasonable commercial
efforts to obtain at the earliest practicable date an Options Acknowledgement
Agreement from holders of Vested Company Options. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, as a condition to receipt of the Optionholder’s
Closing Payment Amount, each such Optionholder shall be required to execute and
deliver to Purchaser an Options Acknowledgement Agreement.
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Section
2.13 Closing.
(a) Time and Place. The
consummation of the Transactions (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Herzog, Fox, Xxxxxx Law Offices, Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxx
Xx.,Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx at a time and on a date to be specified by the parties,
which shall be no later than the third Business Day after the satisfaction or
waiver of all the conditions set forth in Article IX to be satisfied or waived
(other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the
Closing), or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree
in writing. The date on which the Closing actually takes place is referred to in
this Agreement as the “Closing
Date”.
(b) Transactions at
Closing. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur, which
transactions shall be deemed to take place simultaneously, and no transaction
shall be deemed to have been completed or any document delivered until all such
transactions have been completed and all required documents
delivered:
(1) Each
Executing Shareholder shall deliver to Purchaser one or more share certificates
(or a written declaration of loss or destruction in lieu thereof in the form to
be agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company (and attached hereto as Exhibit M)
accompanied by duly executed deeds of transfer, in the form to be agreed upon by
Purchaser and the Company (and attached as Exhibit
N).
(2) Each
person who at the time of the Closing is a Company Warrantholder shall deliver
at the Closing to Purchaser a duly executed termination and waiver agreement in
the form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser.
(3) Purchaser,
each of the Holder Representatives on behalf of himself and each Participating
Rights Holder, and the Escrow Agent shall enter into the Escrow
Agreement.
(4) Purchaser
shall deliver to the Paying Agent for further distribution by the Paying Agent,
upon receipt of a duly executed and completed letter of transmittal set forth as
an exhibit to the Paying Agent Agreement, to each Participating Rights Holder or
the Trustee in accordance with the Option Tax Ruling, the portion of the Closing
Cash Consideration, if any, payable thereto in accordance with this Agreement
and the information contained in such letter of transmittal, and shall issue to
each Participating Rights Holders his, her or its portion of Closing
Consideration Shares.
(5) Purchaser
shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the Escrow Fund.
(6) If
the Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice
under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, Purchaser shall acquire good and
valid title, free and clear of any Liens, to all Company Shares owned by the Non
Executing Shareholders in accordance with Section 341 of the Companies Law-1999
or any other procedures available under the Company's articles of association
and applicable law, and as of the Closing Date, Purchaser will own 100% of the
issued and outstanding share capital of the Company (on a fully diluted basis)
and, indirectly through the Company, 100% of the issued and outstanding of the
share capital of the Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien.
(7) If
Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under
Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, the Company shall register the transfer of
all the Company Shares to Purchaser in the register of shareholders of the
Company, and shall provide Purchaser with a true and correct copy of such
updated register of shareholders reflecting such entry, certified by two
directors of the Company. If Purchaser elects not to exercise its
rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this
Agreement, the Company shall register the transfer of the Company Shares held by
the Executing Shareholders to Purchaser in the register of shareholders of the
Company, and shall provide Purchaser with a true and correct copy of such
updated register of shareholders reflecting such entry, certified by two
directors of the Company.
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(8) If
Purchaser elects to exercise its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under
Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to
Purchaser validly executed share certificate(s) covering all the Company Shares,
issued in the name of Purchaser. If Purchaser elects not to exercise
its rights to provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this
Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to Purchaser validly executed
share certificate(s) covering the Company Shares previously held by the
Executing Shareholders, issued in the name of Purchaser.
(9) The
Purchaser shall have received an irrevocable Letter of Appointment of Directors
in the form set forth in Exhibit CC, executed
by holders of a majority of the Company Preferred Shares, including Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures Capital II Ltd., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures II L.P., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Ventures II CEO Fund (U.S.) L.P., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures II (Cayman Islands)
L.P., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx XX (Israel) L.P., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures II CEO Fund L.P.
(collectively, “Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx”), The Challenge Fund II – Etgar L.P. (the “Challenge Fund”) and
Carmel Ventures II L.P. (“Carmel Ventures”),
appointing Purchaser’s designees to the Board of Directors of the Company,
effective as of the Closing.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject
to Section 13.05, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company represents and warrants to Purchaser:
Section
3.01 Corporate Existence and
Power.
(a) The
Company: (i) is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly
existing under the laws of Israel; (ii) is duly licensed or qualified to do
business and where applicable is in good standing as a foreign corporation in
all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the activities it is
engaged makes such licensing or qualification necessary; and (iii) has all
necessary corporate power and authority: (A) to conduct is business in the
manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (B) to own, use and
distribute its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned,
used and distributed; and (C) to perform its obligations under all
Contracts.
(b) Section
3.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and
complete list of the Company’s Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement.
Each of the Subsidiaries of the Company (i) has been duly organized, and is
validly existing and where applicable in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization; (ii) is duly licensed or qualified to do
business and is where applicable in good standing as a foreign entity in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the activities it is
engaged makes such licensing or qualification necessary; and (iii) has all
necessary corporate power and authority: (A) to conduct is business in the
manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (B) to own, use and
distribute its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned,
used and distributed; and (C) to perform its obligations under all Material
Contracts.
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(c) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of: (i) the
articles of association, certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent
governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of each Acquired Company
(the “Charter
Documents”), including all amendments thereto, of each Acquired Company;
(ii) the equity records of each Acquired Company; and (iii) the minutes of the
meetings and other proceedings (including any actions taken by written consent
or otherwise without a meeting) of the Selling Shareholders of each Acquired
Company, the Company Board of Directors, all committees thereof and the boards
of directors of the Subsidiary, in each case since January 1, 2006. There has
not been any violation of any of the provisions of the articles of association
or bylaws (or equivalent constituent documents), including all amendments
thereto, of each Acquired Company, as applicable, and no Acquired Company
has taken any action that is inconsistent in any material respect with any
resolution adopted by the Selling Shareholders, the Company Board of Directors
or any committee thereof. The books of accounts, stock records, minute books and
other records of each Acquired Company are accurate, up-to-date and complete in
all material respects, and have been maintained in accordance with prudent
business practices and all Applicable Law.
(d) Section
3.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately sets forth: (i) the names
of the members of the board of directors (or similar body) of each Acquired
Company; (ii) the names of the members of each committee of the board of
directors (or similar body) of each Acquired Company; and (iii) the names and
titles of the officers of each Acquired Company.
(e) None
of the Acquired Companies has conducted any business under or otherwise used,
for any purpose or in any jurisdiction, any fictitious name, assumed name,
business name or other name, other than its respective corporate name as set
forth in this Agreement.
Section
3.02 Corporate
Authorization.
(a) The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to
perform its obligations under the Transactional Agreements to which it is a
party in accordance with the respective terms thereof; and the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transactional Agreements to which
it is a party in accordance with the respective terms thereof have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and the
Company Board of Directors. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by all other parties thereto, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and the relief of
debtors, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief
and other equitable remedies. Upon the execution of each of the other
Transactional Agreements at the Closing, each of such other agreements to which
the Company is a party will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company, and will be, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by all other parties thereto, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its respective terms, subject to (i) laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and the relief of
debtors, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief
and other equitable remedies.
(b) At
a meeting duly called and held, the Company Board of Directors has
(i) unanimously determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are
fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and
(ii) unanimously approved and adopted this Agreement and the
Transactions.
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Section
3.03 Governmental Authorizations;
Governmental Grants.
(a) Section
3.03(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each material Governmental
Authorization held by any Acquired Company, and the Company has delivered to
Purchaser accurate and complete copies of all Governmental Authorizations
identified in Section 3.03(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. The
Governmental Authorizations identified in Schedule 3.03(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule are valid and in full force and effect, and collectively
constitute all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the
Acquired Companies to conduct their respective businesses in the manner in which
such businesses are currently being conducted. Each of the Acquired Companies
is, and has at all times been, in compliance with the terms and requirements of
the respective Governmental Authorizations identified in Schedule 3.03(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, except for any noncompliance with any such
Governmental Authorization that would not cause the Company to lose a material
benefit or incur any material liability. Except as set forth in Section 3.03(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Companies has received
any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority regarding: (i)
any actual or possible violation of or failure to comply with any term or
requirement of any Governmental Authorization; or (ii) any actual or possible
revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of
any Governmental Authorization.
(b) Section
3.03(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Governmental Grant
(including with respect to “approved enterprise” status) that has been or is
provided or available or applicable to any Acquired Company. Except as set forth
on Section 3.03(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Company
has ever received any Governmental Grant. The Company has delivered to Purchaser
accurate and complete copies of: (i) all applications and related documents and
correspondence submitted by the Company to the Investment Center, the Office of
the Chief Scientist and any other Governmental Authority; and (ii) all
certificates of approval and letters of approval (and supplements thereto)
granted to the Company by the Investment Center, the Office of the Chief
Scientist and any other Governmental Authority. In each such application
submitted by or on behalf of any Acquired Company, all information required by
such application has been disclosed accurately and completely in all material
respects and any non-material disclosures that are not accurate or complete
would not cause the loss of the Governmental Grant obtained by such application.
Except for undertakings set forth in such letters of approval and under
Applicable Law, there are no undertakings of any Acquired Company given in
connection with any Governmental Grant. Each Acquired Company is in compliance
with the terms, conditions, requirements and criteria of all Governmental
Grants, except for any noncompliance with such Governmental Grants that would
not cause the Company to lose a material benefit or incur any material liability
and, except as set forth in Section 3.03(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, has duly fulfilled all conditions, undertakings and other obligations
relating thereto. Except as set forth in Section 3.03(b)(iv) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Governmental Authority: (i) has awarded any
participation or provided any support to any Acquired Company; or (ii) is or may
become entitled to receive any royalties or other payments from any Acquired
Company.
(c) Section
3.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each
Governmental Grant referred to in Section 3.03 (b)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) the total amount of the benefits received by
each Acquired Company under such Governmental Grant and the total amount of the
benefits available for future use by each Acquired Company under such
Governmental Grant; (ii) the time period in which each Acquired Company
received, or will be entitled to receive, benefits under such Governmental
Grant; and (iii) any Governmental Grant consisting of a Tax incentive (other
than incentives generally available by operation of law without application or
action by any Governmental Authority). No event has occurred, and no
circumstance or condition exists, that would or that could reasonably be
expected to give rise to: (A) the annulment, revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, recapture or modification of any Governmental Grant; (B) the
imposition of any limitation on any Governmental Grant or any benefit available
in connection with any Governmental Grant; or (C) a requirement that any
Acquired Company return or refund any benefits provided under any Governmental
Grant. The consummation of the Acquisition Transaction pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement: (1) will not adversely affect the ability of any Acquired
Company to obtain the benefit of any Governmental Grant for the remaining
duration thereof or require any recapture of any previously claimed incentive;
and (2) will not result in (x) the failure of any Acquired Company to comply
with any of the terms, conditions, requirements and criteria of any Governmental
Grant or (y) any claim by any Governmental Authority or other Person that any
Acquired Company is required to return or refund, or that any Governmental
Authority is entitled to recapture, any benefit provided under any Governmental
Grant. Except as set forth in Section 3.03(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Consent of any Governmental Authority or other Person is required
to be obtained prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Transaction pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement in order to preserve the entitlement of any
Acquired Company to any Governmental Grant or to avoid any increase in royalty
rates incurred by any Acquired Company under any such Governmental Grant or
other change in the terms and conditions applicable to any Acquired Company
under any such Governmental Grant. There is no intention to change the terms of
any Governmental Grant, except as may result from generally applicable changes
to the relevant laws and regulations thereunder.
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Section
3.04 Non-Contravention.
Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
neither: (1) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of
the other agreements, documents or instruments referred to in this Agreement;
nor (2) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any such other agreement, document or instrument, will (with or without notice
or lapse of time):
(a) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of: (i) any of the provisions of any
Charter Documents of any of the Acquired Companies;
(b) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Authority or
other Person, subject to the Purchaser’s representation and warranties set forth
in Section 5.04 below being true and correct, the right to challenge any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain
any relief under, any Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree to which any of the Acquired Companies or any of the assets owned or used
by any of the Acquired Companies, is subject;
(c) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of,
or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend,
cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by any
of the Acquired Companies or that otherwise relates to any Acquired Company’s
business or to any of the assets owned or used by any Acquired
Company;
(d) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default
under, any material provision of any Material Contract, or give any Person the
right to: (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any such Material
Contract; (ii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any such Material
Contract; or (iii) cancel, terminate or modify any such Material Contract;
or
(e) result
in the imposition or creation of any Lien upon or with respect to any asset
owned or used by any of the Acquired Companies (except for minor liens that will
not, in any case or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the
assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of any of the
Acquired Companies).
Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Acquired Companies is and none of the Acquired Companies will be
required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any consent
from, any Person in connection with: (x) the execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in this Agreement; or (y) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Section
3.05 Capitalization;
Subsidiaries.
(a) The
authorized capital of the Company consists of 30,000,000 Company Ordinary
Shares, 8,040,000 Company Ordinary A Shares, 8,000,000 Preferred A-1 Shares,
4,650,000 Preferred A-3 Shares, 3,158,000 Preferred B Shares, 15,200,000
Preferred C Shares, 1,500,000 Preferred D Shares and 4,500,000 Deferred Shares.
As of the date of this Agreement, there were issued and outstanding 506,540
Company Ordinary Shares, 229,460 Company Ordinary A Shares, 21,960 Preferred A-1
Shares, 4,645,470 Preferred A-3 Shares, 3,157,800 Preferred B Shares, 9,608,510
Preferred C Shares, zero Preferred D Shares and 167,620 Deferred Shares, Company
Options to purchase an aggregate of 5,328,425 Company Ordinary Shares (of which
options to purchase an aggregate of 3,729,925 Company Ordinary Shares were
exercisable) and Company Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 281,880 Preferred
C Shares. Each Company Ordinary A Share is convertible at the option of the
holder of such Share into the right to receive one Company Ordinary Share. Each
Preferred A-1 Share is convertible into such number of Company Ordinary Shares
received by dividing 136.542 by 15.853. Each Preferred B Share and each
Preferred A-3 Share is convertible at the option of the holder of such Share
into the right to receive one Preferred A-1 Share or one Company Ordinary A
Share. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has reserved 184,575
Company Ordinary Shares for future issuance of Company Options. All
of the issued and outstanding Company Shares have been, and all Company Shares
that may be issued pursuant to any Company Option granted under any Option Plan
or pursuant to Company Warrants will be, when issued in accordance with the
respective terms thereof, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
(b) Section
3.05(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list
of each outstanding Company Option to purchase Company Shares, including the
name of the holder, the number of Company Shares subject to such Company Option,
the vested status applicable thereto as of the date of this Agreement, exercise
price per share, vesting schedule (including the number of vested and unvested
shares as of a date not earlier than five (5) Business Days prior to date of
this Agreement assuming continued employment by such Optionholders), whether
such Company Option is an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section
422 of the Code, the date on which such Company Option expires, and whether the
vesting of such Company Option shall be subject to any acceleration in
connection with the Transactions, and with respect to the Company Options
granted to Israeli taxpayers, whether each such Company Option was granted
pursuant to Section 3(i) of the Israeli Code, Section 102 of the Israeli Code
(prior to June 30, 2003) or Section 102 of the Israeli Code (on or after June
30, 2003) and the subsection of Section 102 pursuant to which the Company Option
was granted. With respect to any Company Option granted under a Company Option
Plan, there has been (y) no amendment to such option, including any
amendment to reduce its exercise price per share, and (z) no
cancellation of such option in exchange for cash or another equity-based
award.
(c) Section
3.05(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list
of each outstanding Company Warrant to purchase Company Shares, including the
name of the holder, the number of Company Shares subject to such Company
Warrant, the vested status applicable thereto as of the date of this Agreement,
exercise price per share, vesting schedule (including the number of vested and
unvested shares as of a date not earlier than five (5) Business Days prior to
date of this Agreement assuming continued employment by such Optionholders), the
date on which such Company Warrant expires, and whether the vesting of such
Company Warrant shall be subject to any acceleration in connection with the
Transactions.
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.05(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
outstanding (i) shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) securities,
instruments or obligations of the Company that are or may become convertible
into or exchangeable for Company Shares (iii) subscription, option, call,
convertible note, warrant or rights (whether or not currently exercisable) to
acquire any Company Shares or other securities of the Company; (iv) Contract
under which the Company is or may become obligate to sell or otherwise issue any
Company Shares or any other securities; or (v) condition or circumstance that
may give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person
to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any Company
Shares or other securities of the Company.
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(e) Section
3.05(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
list, by name, of the Company’s Shareholders, the addresses of the Company
Shareholders, the number of Company Shares owned by such shareholder identified
by class and series. All outstanding Company Shares have been issued and granted
in compliance with (i) all applicable securities laws and other Applicable Law
and (ii) all material requirements set forth in applicable Contracts. None of
the outstanding Company Shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights
or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. Section
3.05(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identified each Acquired
Company Contract relating to any securities of the Company that contained any
information rights, management rights, registration rights, financial statement
requirements or other terms that would survive the Closing unless terminated
(other than in accordance with its terms) or amended prior to the
Closing.
(f) At
the Closing, Purchaser will receive good and valid title, free and clear of any
Liens, adverse claims, to all outstanding Company Shares owned by the Selling
Shareholders.
(g) Other
than as set forth in Section 3.05(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has never repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any of its
shares or other securities and there are no outstanding rights or obligations of
the Company to repurchase or redeem any of its securities. All shares of capital
stock of the Company ever repurchased or redeemed by the Company were
repurchased or redeemed in compliance with: (i) all applicable securities laws
and other Applicable Law; and (ii) all requirements set forth in all applicable
Charter Documents and Contracts.
(h) Section
3.05(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each Subsidiary of the Company.
The Company is the sole owner of all of the securities of each of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.05(h) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Subsidiary of the Company has or is bound by any outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments, rights agreements or
agreements of any character calling for it to issue, deliver or sell, or cause
to be issued, delivered or sold any of its equity securities or any securities
convertible into, exchangeable for or representing the right to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise receive any such equity security or obligating such
Subsidiary to grant, extend or enter into any such subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, commitments, rights agreements or other similar agreements.
There are no outstanding contractual obligations of any Subsidiary of the
Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its securities or
other equity interests. All of the securities of each of the Subsidiaries of the
Company are validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the
applicable governing documents) and nonassessable and, with respect to such
shares held directly or indirectly by the Company, are owned by the Company free
and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. All of the securities of each
of the Subsidiaries (i) have been issued in compliance with all applicable
securities laws and other Applicable Law and all requirements set forth in
applicable Charter Documents and Contracts; and (ii) were not issued in
violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities of such Subsidiaries. The Company has not agreed and
is not obligated under any Contract to, directly or indirectly, make any future
investment in or capital contribution or advance to any Person. Except for
preemptive rights held by the Company, there are no preemptive rights applicable
to any shares of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company. None of the
Subsidiaries of the Company have the right to vote on or approve any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Section
3.06 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser the Company’s audited consolidated balance
sheets as of December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the related audited
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each of the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and the reviewed but unaudited consolidated
interim balance sheet as of June 30, 2009 and the related reviewed but unaudited
consolidated interim statement of income and cash flows for the six months ended
June 30, 2009 (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”).
(b) The
Financial Statements (i) have been prepared from the books and records of the
Acquired Companies, (ii) complied as to form in all respects with applicable
accounting requirements with respect thereto as of their respective dates, (iii)
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited
statements, for the absence of footnotes) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated therein or in the
notes thereto) and consistent with each other, and (iv) fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial condition of the Acquired Companies at the
dates therein indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash
flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified
(subject, in the case of unaudited interim period financial statements, to
normal recurring year-end audit adjustments and to any other adjustments
described therein including the notes thereto).
(c) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the books of account and other financial records
of the Company have been kept accurately in the ordinary course of business
consistent in all material respects with Applicable Law, the transactions
entered therein represent bona fide transactions, and the revenues, expenses,
assets and liabilities of the Acquired Companies have been properly recorded
therein in all material respects.
(d) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not received any written
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding any material deficiency in
the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of
the Company or their respective internal accounting controls, including any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices.
(e) To
the Knowledge of the Company: (i) transactions of the Acquired Companies are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions of the Acquired Companies are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(f) Section
3.06(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate reconciliation
of all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables of the
Acquired Companies as of the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet
Date. Except as set forth in Section 3.06(f) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, all existing accounts receivable of the Acquired Companies
(including those accounts receivable reflected on the Company Financial
Statements that have not yet been collected and those accounts receivable that
have arisen since the Balance Sheet Date and have not yet been collected)
represent current and valid obligations arising from bona fide transactions
entered into in the ordinary course of business and not in violation of
Applicable Law.
(g) There
are no amounts (including loans, advances or other indebtedness) owed to any
Acquired Company by a director, officer, employee or shareholder of an Acquired
Company (other than travel advances made in the ordinary course of
business.
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Section
3.07 Absence of Certain
Changes.
Since the Balance Sheet Date, the
business of the Company has been conducted in the ordinary course consistent
with past practices (except for actions taken in connection with the negotiation
of this Agreement and the Transactions) and, except as set forth in Section 3.07 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there has not been:
(a) any
event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts that has had
or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any
damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance)
affecting the business or assets of any Acquired Company in any material
manner;
(c) except
as set forth in Section 3.07(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any
amendment of the Charter Documents of any Acquired Company and none of the
Acquired Companies has effected or been a party to any Acquisition
Transaction;
(d) any
splitting, combination or reclassification of any Company Shares or any equity
securities of any Subsidiary of the Company or declaration, setting aside or
payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or
property or any combination thereof) in respect of any Company Securities or any
equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, or redemption, repurchase or
other acquisition or offer to redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any
Company Securities or any equity securities of any Subsidiary of the
Company;
(e) (i)
any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance, delivery or
sale of, any shares of any Company Securities or any equity securities of any
Subsidiary of the Company, other than the issuance of any Company Shares upon
the exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants that are outstanding on the
date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of those options or warrants
on the date of this Agreement (except for the issuance of Company Options set
forth on Schedule 3.07(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), or (ii) any
amendment or waiver of (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise) any term of any Company Security or Company Option Plan (including
permitting the accelerated vesting thereunder) (other than an amendment to
effect the provisions of Section 2.11 above and the acceleration of vesting of
Company Options set forth and as described in Section 3.07(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule);
(f) any
incurrence of any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in
respect thereof by any Acquired Company, except for capital expenditures that do
not exceed $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(g) any
acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of shares or assets or
otherwise), directly or indirectly, by any Acquired Company of any all of
substantially all assets, properties or securities of any Person;
(h) any
sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, any
assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses of any Acquired Company,
other than (i) sales of Company Products in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices or (ii) sales of assets, securities, properties,
interests or businesses with a sale price (including any related assumed
indebtedness) that does not exceed $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the
aggregate;
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(i) the
making by any Acquired Company of any loans (other than in the ordinary course
of business), guarantee or capital contributions to, or investments in, any
other Person;
(j) the
creation of any Company Debt or the guarantee by any of the Acquired Companies
of any indebtedness formerly borrowed;
(k) (i)
the entering into of any Contract that limits or otherwise restricts in any
respect any Acquired Company or any of its Affiliates or any successor thereto
from engaging or competing in any line of business, in any location or with any
Person or (ii) the entering into, amendment or modification in any material
respect or termination of any Material Contract (as defined in Section 3.09) or
waiver, release or assignment of any material rights, claims or benefits of any
Acquired Company thereunder;
(l) the
sale, disposition of, transfer or license to any Person of any rights, including
any rights to any Company IP or other assets by any Acquired Company other than
on a non-exclusive basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or the acquisition, lease or license from any Person of any rights
including any Intellectual Property Right or other assets other than in the
ordinary course of business, or the sale, disposition of, transfer or provision
of a copy of the Company’s source code;
(m) (i)
the grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or amendment of
any existing arrangement with) any director, officer, advisor, consultant or
employee of any Acquired Company, (ii) any increase in benefits payable under
any existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements,
(iii) the entering into of any employment, deferred compensation or other
similar agreement (or amendment of any such existing agreement) with any
director, officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, (iv)
the establishment, adoption or amendment (except as required by Applicable Law)
of any collective bargaining, bonus, commission, profit-sharing, thrift,
pension, retirement, deferred compensation, compensation, share option,
restricted share or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any director,
officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, (v) any
increase in compensation, bonus, commission or other benefits payable to any
director, officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company,
except that in the case of each of the clauses (iii) and (v), when
reference is made to an advisor, consultant or employee who is not an officer or
director of the Company or a Key Employee, the foregoing representation will be
read with the following qualification: other than in the ordinary course of
business or as required by any Applicable Law;
(n) any
change in the methods of accounting or accounting practices of any Acquired
Company, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP, as agreed to by its
independent public accountants;
(o) any
settlement, or offer or proposal by any Acquired Company to settle: (i) any
Proceeding or claim involving or against any Acquired Company, (ii) any Selling
Shareholder litigation or dispute against any Acquired Company or any of its
Representatives or (iii) any Proceeding that relates to the
Transactions;
(p) any
Tax election made or materially changed; any claim, notice, audit report or
assessment in respect of Taxes settled or compromised (or agreement with respect
thereto); any Tax Return filed (except as required by Applicable Law or in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); any Tax allocation
agreement, Tax sharing agreement, advance pricing agreement, cost sharing
agreement, pre-filing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement
relating to any Tax entered into; any annual Tax accounting period or method of
Tax accounting changed or adopted; any Tax petition, Tax complaint or
administrative Tax appeal filed; any right to claim a Tax refund surrendered or
foregone (which is reasonably be expected to be material to the Company); or any
extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any Tax
claim or assessment consented to, nor has any application or negotiation for or
receipt of a Tax ruling or arrangement been made by the Company or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any Selling Shareholder or on their behalf, whether or not
in connection with the Transactions, except as explicitly contemplated in this
Agreement;
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(q) any
application for or receipt of a Governmental Grant;
(r) any
of the Acquired Companies has written off as uncollectible, or established any
extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness in excess of $10,000 with respect to a single matter, or in excess
of $50,000 in the aggregate;
(s) any
of the Acquired Companies has made any pledge of any of its assets or otherwise
permitted any of its assets to become subject to any Lien, except for pledges of
immaterial assets made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
such Acquired Company’s past practices;
(t) any
of the Acquired Companies has entered into any material transaction outside the
ordinary course of business; and
(u) any
of the Acquired Companies has commenced any Proceeding; or
(v) any
agreement or commitment to take any of the actions referred to in clauses “(c)”
through “(u).”
Section
3.08 No Undisclosed
Liabilities.
(a) No
Acquired Company has any liabilities or obligations of any kind, whether
accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, whether or
not required to be reflected or reserved in financial statements in accordance
with GAAP and greater than $50,000 in each individual case, and whether due or
to become due, other than:
(1) liabilities
or obligations reflected in the “liabilities” column of the Company’s Balance
Sheet or in the notes thereto;
(2) accounts
payable and accrued salaries that have been incurred by the Acquired Companies
since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice;
(3) the
liabilities identified in Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
and
(4) liabilities
arising under this Agreement.
(b) Section
3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate and complete
breakdown and aging of: (i) all accounts payable of each of the Acquired
Companies as of the date of this Agreement; and (ii) all notes payable of each
of the Acquired Companies and all other indebtedness of each of the Acquired
Companies as of the date of this Agreement.
(c) None
of the Acquired Companies has ever effected or otherwise been involved in any
“off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation
S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Acquired Companies has
ever guaranteed any debt or other obligation of any other Person.
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Section
3.09 Material
Contracts.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company is a party to or bound by any of the following (a Contract responsive to
any of the following categories being hereinafter referred to as a “Material
Contract”):
(1) any
lease of tangible personal property providing for annual payments in excess of
$10,000 individually, or $50,000 in the aggregate when taken together with all
other such leases, except for car leases, phone leases and similar leases that
would not individually exceed annual payments of $25,000;
(2) any
Contract relating to the acquisition, transfer, use, development, sharing or
license of any Intellectual Property Rights (including any joint development
agreement, technical collaboration agreement or similar agreement), to or from
any of the Acquired Companies other than any end user license agreements for
non-exclusive “off the shelf”, and “click through” agreements or similar form of
agreements or non-disclosure agreements entered in the ordinary course of
business;
(3) any
Contract imposing any restriction on any Acquired Company’s right, (A) to
compete with any other Person (including granting exclusive rights or rights of
first refusal to license, market, sell or deliver any of the products or
services offered by any Acquired Company), (B) to acquire any product or other
asset or any services from any other Person, to sell any product or other asset
to or perform any services for any other Person or to transact business or deal
in any other manner with any other Person (including granting any rights of
first refusal), or (C) to develop, distribute or license Intellectual Property
Rights;
(4) any
Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or
other assets from a “single source” provider, providing for annual payments by
any Acquired Company or annual payments of $50,000 or more;
(5) any
Contract (including purchaser orders or a series of purchase orders) for the
provision of any Acquired Companies’ products or services that (i) account for
at least 10% of the Acquired Companies’ aggregate revenues from January 1, 2009
and until June 30, 2009 as per the Financial Statements or (ii) offers “most
favored nation” pricing guarantees;
(6) any
partnership, joint venture or any sharing of revenues, profits, losses, costs or
liabilities Contract;
(7) any
Contract relating to the consolidation, reorganization, acquisition or
disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale of shares, sale of assets
or otherwise) or any similar transaction to which any of the Acquired Companies
is party;
(8) any
Contract relating to borrowed money;
(9) any
Contract effective as of the Closing Date relating to the acquisition, issuance
or transfer of any securities and the voting and any other rights or obligations
of a shareholder of any of the Acquired Companies;
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(10) any
Contract under which (A) any third party has directly or indirectly guaranteed
any liabilities or obligations of any Acquired Company, (B) any Acquired Company
has directly or indirectly guaranteed liabilities or obligations of any other
third party (in each case other than endorsements for the purposes of collection
in the ordinary course of business);
(11) any
Contract relating to the creation of any Lien with respect to any asset of any
Acquired Company (other than Permitted Liens);
(12) any
Contract which contains any provisions requiring any Acquired Company to
indemnify any other party, except in respect of indemnity in connection with the
sale of Company Products in the ordinary course of business;
(13) any
Contract of any Acquired Company with any Related Person;
(14) any
employment, severance, retention, guaranteed bonus or other agreement with any
current employee, officer, director, advisor or consultant of any Acquired
Company pursuant to which any Acquired Company which will result (by
its terms) in annual cash payments by any Acquired Company of more than $50,000
to any such individual (other than for base salary payments and/or as a result
of the receipt of Closing Cash Consideration and/or Purchaser’s Equity Awards
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and/or as a result of the receipt of any
cash payments pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof);
(15) each
Contract relating to any liquidation or dissolution of any of the Acquired
Companies;
(16) any
Contract that contemplates or involves: (A) the payment or delivery of cash or
other consideration by any of the Acquired Companies in an amount or having a
value in excess of $50,000 individually, or $100,000 in the aggregate when taken
together with all other Contracts involving such Person or such Person’s
affiliates; or (B) the performance of services having a value in excess of
$50,000 individually, or $100,000 in the aggregate when taken together with all
other Acquired Company Contracts involving such Person or such Person’s
affiliates, in each case other than Contracts entered in the ordinary course of
business or otherwise disclosed under Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule;
(17) each
Contract with a Governmental Authority; and
(18) any
other Contract that was entered into outside the ordinary course of business or
was inconsistent with the past practices of any of the Acquired
Companies.
(b) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of all written
Material Contracts identified in Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, including all amendments thereto. Section 3.09(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule provides an accurate description of the material terms of
each Material Contract identified in Section 3.09(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule that is not in written form.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each
Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Acquired Company party thereto, and is in
full force and effect, is enforceable by the applicable Acquired Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) laws of general application relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (ii) rules of law
governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies
and no Acquired Company is and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party
thereto is in default or breach in any material respect under the terms of any
such Material Contract, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has
occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice
or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably be expected to, (i) result in a
violation or breach of any of the material provisions of any Material Contract,
(ii) give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy
under any Material Contract, (iii) give any Person the right to accelerate
the maturity or performance of any Material Contract, or (iv) give any Person
the right to cancel, terminate or modify any Material Contract. No
Acquired Company has waived any of its material rights under any
Contract.
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(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.09(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any
other communication regarding any material violation or breach of, or default
under, any Material Contract.
(e) No
Person is renegotiating any amount paid or payable to any Acquired Company under
any Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Material
Contract.
(f) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser a complete and accurate copy of each standard
form of customer Contract used by any Acquired Company, including each standard
form of purchase order. Schedule 3.09(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule accurately identifies each material customer Contract that deviates in
any material respect from the corresponding standard form agreement delivered to
Purchaser.
Section
3.10 Compliance with Applicable
Law.
(a) Each
Acquired Company is, and has at all times been, in compliance in all material
respects with and has operated its respective business and maintained its
respective Assets in compliance with all Applicable Law, except for any defaults
or violations under any Applicable Law that would not cause the Company to lose
any material benefit or incur any material liability. No Acquired Company is or
has been under investigation with respect to, given notice of any violation of,
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to be charged with any violation of,
Applicable Law or received any inquiry regarding the possible violation of, any
Applicable Law. No event has occurred, and no condition or
circumstance exists, that will or could reasonably be expected to (with or
without notice or lapse of time) constitute or result in a violation by any
Acquired Company of, or a failure on the part of any Acquired Company to comply
with, any Applicable Law.
(b) No
Acquired Company has and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no agent, employee or
other Person acting on behalf of any Acquired Company (in his or her capacity as
an employee of any Acquired Company) has at any time, directly or indirectly:
(i) made any unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity and related in any way to any Acquired
Company’s business; (ii) made any unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee, foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns, official of any public international organization, or official of any
state-owned enterprise; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, Title 5 of the Israeli Penalty Law (Bribery
Transactions), the Israeli Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, 2000, or any
other applicable anti-corruption statute; (iv) made any bribe, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment; or (v) made any payment
(whether or not lawful) to any Person, or provided (whether lawfully or
unlawfully) any favor or anything of value (whether in the form of property or
services, or in any other form) to any Person, for the purpose of obtaining or
paying for: (a) favorable treatment in securing business or (b) any
other special concession; or (vi) agreed, committed, offered or attempted to
take any of the actions described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Acquired
Companies have obtained all material approvals
necessary for (i) exporting the Company Products in accordance with all
applicable export control regulations, and (ii) importing the Company Products
into any country in which the Company Products are now sold or licensed for use,
except for such failures to obtain approvals that would not cause the Company to
lose any material benefit or incur any material liability. All such export and
import licenses and approvals throughout the world are valid, current,
outstanding and in full force and effect, and the Acquired Companies are in
compliance in all material respects with the terms of all such export and import
licenses or approvals. Except as set forth in Section 3.10(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there are no pending Proceedings, or threatened claims
against the Acquired Companies with respect to such export and import licenses
and approvals. There are no facts or circumstances which are reasonably expected
to result in a Proceeding against the Acquired Companies or any of their
respective businesses or assets or any of the directors or officers of the
Acquired Companies (in their capacity as directors or officers of the Acquired
Companies), pertaining to export or import transactions. The Company does not
use or develop, or engage in, encryption technology, technology with military
applications, or other technology whose development, commercialization or export
is restricted under Israeli Applicable Law, and no Company business requires the
Company to obtain a license from the Israeli Ministry of Defense or an
authorized body thereof pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Control of Products and
Services Declaration (Engagement in Encryption), 1974, as amended or Control of
Products and Services Order (Export of Warfare Equipment and Defense
Information), 1991, as amended.
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Section
3.11 Litigation.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no
pending Proceeding, and, since January 1, 2006, no Person has (to the Knowledge
of the Company) threatened to commence any Proceeding: (i) that involves any
Acquired Company or, any of the assets owned or used by any Acquired Company or
any Person whose liability any Acquired Company has or may have retained or
assumed, either contractually or by operation of law, or any Company Product;
(ii) that challenges, or that may be reasonably expected to have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal the Transactions; or (iii) that relates to
the ownership of any capital stock of any of the Acquired Companies, or any
option or other right to the capital stock of any of the Acquired Companies, or
any right to receive consideration as a result of this Agreement. Except as set
forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no event has
occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that
can reasonably be expected to, give rise to or serve as a basis for the
commencement of any such Proceeding.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2006, no Proceeding has been commenced by or has been pending against
any Acquired Company.
(c) There
is no order, writ, injunction, directive, restriction, judgment or decree issued
by any Governmental Authority by which any Acquired Company, or any of the
assets owned or used by any Acquired Company, is subject or which restricts in
any material respect the ability of any Acquired Company to conduct its business
as now being conducted. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer or other
employee of any Acquired Company (in each case, in his or her capacity as an
officer or employee of any Acquired Company) is subject to any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree that prohibits such officer or other employee
from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the
business of any Acquired Company.
Section
3.12 Properties.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of the other Acquired Companies owns any real property. The
Company or one of the Acquired Companies has a good and valid leasehold interest
in each parcel of real property leased by the Company or one of the other
Acquired Companies, as applicable (the “Company Leased Real
Property”). Section 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each
lease, subleases, license or other occupancy agreement or arrangement relating
to the Company Leased Real Property (each, a “Real Property
Lease”).
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(b) Each
Acquired Company has the right to use and occupy the Company Leased Real
Property for the full term of the Real Property Lease relating thereto, subject
to its respective terms.
(c) The
Acquired Companies own and have good and marketable title to, or a valid license
or leasehold interest in, all tangible personal property and assets reflected on
the Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date (except for personal
properties and intangible assets sold since the Balance Sheet Date in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) (the “Assets”). This
Section 3.12 does not cover intangible personal property and assets of any
Acquired Company, including Company IP. Except as set forth in Section 3.12(c)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Current Liens”), none
of the Assets is subject to any Lien, except:
(1) Liens
for taxes not yet due; or
(2) mechanic’s,
carrier’s, worker’s, material man’s, warehouse man’s, supplier’s, vendor’s or
similar Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business;
or
(3) easements,
covenants, conditions and restrictions of record and easements, covenants,
conditions and restrictions not of record as to which no material violation or
encroachment exists or, if such violation or encroachment exists, as to which
the cure of such violation or encroachment would not materially interfere with
the conduct of the business of the Company (clauses “(1)” through “(3)” of this
Section 3.12(c) are, collectively, the “Permitted
Liens”).
(d) Schedule
3.12(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies all assets that are being
licensed or leased to the Acquired Companies for which the annual rental payment
for each such asset exceeds $25,000 (the “Leased
Assets”). All Leased Assets are leased pursuant to valid,
binding and enforceable Contracts in accordance with their respective
terms. To the Knowledge of the Company there does not exist under any
such Contract any material default.
(e) The
Assets have no material defects, are in good operating condition and repair,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, and have been reasonably maintained consistent
with standards generally followed in the industry (giving due account to the age
and length of use of same, ordinary wear and tear excepted), and are adequate
and suitable for their present uses.
(f) The
Assets constitute all of the material tangible personal property and assets used
or held for use in connection with the businesses of the Acquired Companies and
represent all of the material tangible personal property and assets necessary
for the conduct of the business of the Acquired Companies as currently
conducted, and the Assets in the aggregate are in such operating condition and
repair (subject to normal wear and tear) as is necessary for the conduct of the
businesses of the Acquired Companies as currently conducted.
Section
3.13 Inventory.
All
inventory of the Acquired Companies, whether or not reflected on the Balance
Sheet, consists of a quality and quantity usable and saleable in the ordinary
course of business, except for obsolete items and items of below-standard
quality, all of which have been written-off or written-down to net realizable
value on the Balance Sheet. All inventories not written-off have been
priced at the lower of cost or market value on a first-in, first-out
basis. The quantities of each type of inventory, whether raw
materials, work-in-process or finished goods, are not excessive in the present
circumstances of the Acquired Companies.
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Section
3.14 Products and
Services.
Each of
the Company Products has been at all times up to and including the sale thereof,
produced, sold or provided in compliance in all material respects with all
Applicable Law.
Section
3.15 Customers and
Suppliers.
Section
3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (a) each customer
that accounted for more than five percent (5%) of the consolidated revenues of
the Company during the last full fiscal year or the interim period through the
Balance Sheet Date and the amount of revenues accounted for by such customer
during each such period and (b) each supplier that is the sole supplier of any
significant product or service to any Acquired Company. No such customer or
supplier has indicated within the past year that it will stop purchasing
products from the Acquired Company or materially reduce its general volume of
purchases (without regard to normal short-term fluctuations) from the Acquired
Companies.
Section
3.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Section
3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies and describes
as of the date of this Agreement each Company Product.
(b) Section
3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies as of the date
of this Agreement (i) each item of Registered IP in which any Acquired Company
has an ownership interest (whether exclusively or jointly with another Person),
(ii) the jurisdiction in which such item of Registered IP has been registered or
filed and the applicable application, registration or serial number, the date on
which such item of Registered IP was registered or filed and any renewal dates
associated with such item of Registered IP (including after the date of this
Agreement), (iii) any other Person that has an ownership interest or Lien
(expect for Permitted Liens) in such item of Registered IP and the nature of
such ownership interest or Lien, and (iv) the law firm and/or other company
(including name, address, contact person, telephone and email) that is
responsible for obtaining and/or maintaining each item of Registered
IP. Section 3.16(b)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Schedule further
lists all unregistered trademarks used in connection with the Company Products.
The Company has made available to Purchaser complete and accurate copies of all
applications, correspondence, and other material documents related to each such
item of Registered IP.
(c) Section
3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies as of the date
of this Agreement: (i) each Contract pursuant to which any Intellectual Property
Rights is or has been licensed, sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise
conveyed or provided to any Acquired Company (other than agreements between any
Acquired Company and its employees entered in the ordinary course of business in
the form attached as Exhibit BB and
non-exclusive “shrink-wrap”/ “click-wrap”/ other off-the-shelf generally
commercially available end user agreements and purchase orders for components
each of which having a value less than $10,000 collectively “GA Agreements”)
(collectively, “Inbound Licenses”);
and (ii) whether each Inbound License is exclusive or nonexclusive. Except as
set forth in Section 3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no party to
Inbound License (other than the Acquired Companies) has ownership rights or
license rights to any Company IP, including any modifications, improvements or
derivative works made by or on behalf of any Acquired Company under any such
Inbound License, nor is any Acquired Company required to assign or license any
Intellectual Property Rights under any Inbound License.
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(d) Section
3.16(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies as of the date
of this Agreement each Contract pursuant to which any Person has been granted
any license under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or
not currently exercisable) or interest in (other than Permitted Lien or pursuant
to any GA Agreement), any Company IP (collectively, “Outbound Licenses”).
Except as set forth in Section 3.16(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
Acquired Company is bound by, and no Company IP is subject to, any Contract
containing any covenant or other provision that in any way limits or restricts
the ability of any Acquired Company to use, exploit, assert, or enforce any
Company IP anywhere in the world, or requires any Acquired Company to allocate
to a third party any control in, or damages or other amounts arising from, the
enforcement or licensing of Company IP. Except as set forth in Section 3.16(c)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Company has transferred
ownership of (whether a whole or partial interest), or granted any exclusive
right in, any Company IP to any Person.
(e) Section
3.16(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list
of all royalties, fees, commissions and other amounts payable by any Acquired
Company to any other Person pursuant to any Inbound License.
(f) The
Company has made available to Purchaser an accurate and complete copy of each
form of Company IP Contract and any Contract under which a third party acquires
access to, or a right to use, any Company IP, in each case used by any Acquired
Company at any time and when such form was used (if such form is no longer used
as of the date of this Agreement), including each standard form of (i) OEM, VAR,
distributor or reseller agreement, (ii) employee agreement containing any
assignment or license of Technology or Intellectual Property Rights or any
confidentiality provision, (iii) development, consulting or independent
contractor agreement containing any assignment or license of Technology or
Intellectual Property Rights or any confidentiality provision, or (iv)
confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement.
(g) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Acquired
Companies exclusively own all right, title, and interest to and in the
Registered IP and own all right, title, and interest to and in the Company IP
which is not Registered IP, in each case, free and clear of any Liens, (other
than non-exclusive licenses and non-exclusive rights granted pursuant to any
Outbound License and Permitted Liens), and all Company IP will be fully
transferable, alienable or licensable by the Acquired Companies without
restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth in Section 3.16(g) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
(1) all
material documents and material instruments necessary to establish, perfect and
maintain the rights of the Acquired Companies in the Company IP that is
Registered IP have been validly executed, delivered and filed in a timely manner
with the appropriate Governmental Authority;
(2) each
Person, including any former or current employee, who is or was involved in the
creation or development of any Company IP, has signed an enforceable agreement
containing confidentiality provisions protecting the Company IP and an
assignment to the Acquired Companies of all Intellectual Property Rights in such
individual’s or entity’s contribution to the Company IP; and
(3) the
Acquired Companies have taken all commercially reasonable steps to maintain the
confidentiality of all Company Trade Secrets pertaining to any Acquired Company.
Without limiting the foregoing, to the Knowledge of the Company (i) there has
been no misappropriation of any Company Trade Secrets used in connection with
the business of the Acquired Companies by any Person; (ii) no employee,
independent contractor or agent of the Acquired Companies has
misappropriated any Company Trade Secrets of any other Person in the course of
performance as an employee, independent contractor or agent of the business; and
(iii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of the Acquired Companies is
in default or breach of any material term of any employment agreement,
nondisclosure agreement, assignment of invention agreement or similar agreement
or contract or any provision of Applicable Law vesting ownership of Intellectual
Property Rights in employees of other third parties, each relating in any way to
the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of the Company
IP.
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(h) The
Acquired Companies own or otherwise have the unrestricted right to use, and
after the Closing the Acquired Companies will continue to have the unrestricted
right to use, all Intellectual Property Rights necessary to conduct the business
of each Acquired Company as (i) currently conducted, including all rights
necessary for the manufacture, marketing, use, distribution, license, sale,
offer for sale, service and support of all Company Products and (ii) to the
Knowledge of the Company as contemplated to be conducted, including continued
research, design and development.
(i) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all
Registered Company IP, all proprietary copyrights of the Company and all Company
Trade Secrets are valid, subsisting, and enforceable and have not expired or
been cancelled or abandoned. The Acquired Companies have made all filings and
payments and taken all other actions required to be made or taken to establish,
perfect and maintain each item of Company IP that is Registered IP (other than
Intellectual Property Rights which the Company has reasonable determined to be
not material to its business and which have been abandoned or allowed to lapse)
in full force and effect by the applicable deadline and otherwise in accordance
with all Applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
except as set forth in Section 3.16(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(1) to
the Knowledge of the Company, no registered trademark or registered trade name
owned, used or applied for by any Acquired Company conflicts or interferes, in
the territory such a trade xxxx or trade name was registered, with any trademark
or trade name owned or applied for by any other Person;
(2) Section
3.16(i)(2) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies and
describes each action, filing, and payment that must be taken or made on or
before the date that is 180 days after the date of this Agreement in order to
maintain such item of Company IP that is Registered IP in full force and effect,
and the Company has taken the actions necessary to ensure that no administrative
action for any item of Registered IP must be taken by Purchaser within the first
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date; and
(3) no
interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or Proceeding is or has been
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, in which the scope,
validity or enforceability of any Company IP is being, has been, or could
reasonably be expected to be contested or challenged. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no basis for a claim that any Company IP is invalid or
unenforceable.
(j) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no Person has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise
violated, and no Person is currently infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise
violating, any Company IP.
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(k) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of
any of the Transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement will, with
or without notice or the lapse of time, result in, or give any other Person the
right or option to cause or declare, (i) a loss of, rights in, or Lien on, any
Company IP; (ii) a breach of, termination of, or acceleration or modification of
any material right or obligation under any Inbound License or Outbound License;
(iii) the release, disclosure, or delivery of any Company IP by or to any escrow
agent or other Person; or (iv) the grant, assignment, or transfer to any other
Person of any license or other right or interest under, to, or in any of the
Company IP.
(l) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no Acquired Company has infringed (directly,
contributorily, or by inducement), misappropriated, or otherwise violated any
Intellectual Property Right of any other Person. Except as set forth in Section
3.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no infringement, misappropriation,
or similar claim or Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against any Acquired Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
against any Person who may be entitled to be indemnified or reimbursed by any
Acquired Company with respect to such claim or Proceeding. Except as set forth
in Section 3.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Company has
received any notice (in writing or otherwise) relating to any actual, alleged,
or suspected infringement, misappropriation, or violation by any Acquired
Company, its employees or agents of any Intellectual Property Right of another
Person, including any letter or other communication suggesting or offering that
any Acquired Company obtain a license to any Intellectual Property Right of
another Person. None of the Acquired Companies are party to any
settlement, covenant not to xxx, consent, decree, stipulation, judgment or order
resulting from any Proceeding which (i) restricts any Acquired Company’s right
to use any Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) restricts any Acquired Company’s
business in order to accommodate a third party’s Intellectual Property Right, or
(iii) requires any future payment by any of the Acquired Companies.
(m) No
Company Product which the Company makes available to its customers (and
excluding any product or service currently under development by any Acquired
Company) materially fails to comply with the Company's officially published
specifications relating to the use, functionality, or performance of such
Company Product. Each Company Product conforms in all material
respect to all applicable contractual commitments, express and implied
warranties and does not contain functionality that is not in compliance with
Applicable Law. The Company has delivered to Purchaser a complete,
accurate and current list of all reported or known errors or bugs in the Company
Products.
(n) No
Company Product contains any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,”
“Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the
software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of
performing or facilitating, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting,
disabling, harming, or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or
providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device
on which such code is stored or installed or with which it interoperates, or
(ii) compromising the privacy or data security of a user or damaging or
destroying any data or file without the user’s consent (collectively, “Malicious Code”). The
Acquired Companies implement all current industry standard measures designed to
prevent the introduction of Malicious Code into the Company
Products.
(o) The
source code for all Company Products contains annotations and programmer’s
comments, and otherwise has been documented in a manner that is both: (i)
consistent with customary code annotation conventions and common practices in
the software industry; and (ii) sufficient to independently enable a programmer
of reasonable skill and competence to understand, analyze, and interpret program
logic, correct errors and improve, enhance, modify and support the Company
Products. Except as set forth in Section 3.16(o)(2) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no source code for any Company Product has been delivered, licensed,
or made available to any escrow agent or other Person who is not, as of the date
of this Agreement, an employee of any of the Acquired Companies. Except as set
forth in Section 3.16(o)(3) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company has any duty or obligation (whether present, contingent, or otherwise)
to deliver, license, or make available the source code or similar confidential
information for any Company Product to any escrow agent or other Person who is
not, as of the date of this Agreement, an employee of any Acquired Company. No
event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or
without notice or lapse of time) will, or could reasonably be expected to,
result in the delivery, license, or disclosure of any source code for any
Company Product to any other Person who is not, as of the date of this
Agreement, an employee of any Acquired Company. A listing of all licensed
software that is included in any Company Product (other than “off-the-shelf”
software each of which having a value less than $10,000), and the particular
Company Product in which that licensed software is used, is provided in Section
3.16(o)(4).
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(p) Section
3.16(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies: (i) each item
of Open Source Software that is contained in, distributed or made available with
or used in the development of the Company Products or from which any part of any
Company Product is derived; (ii) the applicable license terms for each such item
of Open Source Software; (iii) the Company Products to which each such item of
Open Source Software relates; and (iv) whether the Open Source Software is
incorporated into the Company Products (and if so, how), distributed with the
Company Products, or used in the development of the Company Products. Except as
expressly stated in Section 3.16(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
Company Product contains, is derived from, is distributed with or is being or
was developed using Open Source Software that (i) could require, or could
condition the use or distribution of such Company Product on, the disclosure,
licensing, or distribution of any source code for any portion of such Company
Product or the licensing of any Company IP or (ii) could otherwise impose any
limitation, restriction, or condition on the right or ability of any Acquired
Company to use or distribute any Company Product.
(q) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no funding,
facilities, or personnel of any Governmental Authority or educational
institution were used, directly or indirectly, to develop or create, in whole or
in part, any Company IP. To the Company’s Knowledge, no current or former
employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company who was involved
in, or contributed to, the creation or development of any material Company IP
has performed services for any Governmental Authority, for a university, college
or other educational institution or for a research center during a period of
time during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor was also
performing services for the Company.
(r) Except
as set forth in Section 3.16(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company has ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, or subject
to any agreement with, any industry standards body or other entities that could
reasonably be expected to require or obligate any Acquired Company to grant or
offer to any other Person any license to, right to or otherwise impair the
Company’s control of any Company IP.
Section
3.17 Insurance
Coverage.
Section
3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each material insurance
policy maintained by, at the expense of or for the benefit of each of the
Acquired Companies as of the date of this Agreement and identifies any material
claims made thereunder as of the date of this Agreement. The Company
has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of all insurance
policies listed on Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of
which is in full force and effect. There is no claim by any Acquired Company
pending under any of such policies as to which coverage has been questioned,
denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or in respect of which
such underwriters have reserved their rights. All premiums payable under all
such policies have been timely paid and each Acquired Company has otherwise
complied with all material terms and conditions of all such
policies. Since January 1, 2006, none of the Acquired Companies has
received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (i)
cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; (ii) refusal of any
coverage or rejection of any claim under any insurance policy; or (iii) material
adjustment in the amount of the premiums payable with respect to any insurance
policy. Neither: (A) the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement or any of the other agreements, documents or instruments referred to
in this Agreement; nor (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any such other agreement, document or instrument, will (with
or without notice or lapse of time): (1) result in the cancellation,
invalidation or termination, or give any Person the right to cancel, invalidate
or terminate, any of the insurance policies of the Acquired Companies; (2)
result in the reduction of coverage, or give any Person the right to reduce the
coverage, under any such insurance policies; or (3) have any impact on any
Acquired Company’s right or ability to make a claim under any such insurance
policies in respect of or relating to events or circumstances that have occurred
prior to the Closing
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Section
3.18 Tax
Matters.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Acquired
Companies have timely filed in a proper manner or caused to be filed with the
appropriate Tax authorities all Tax Returns required to be filed by each
Acquired Company and has timely paid or caused to be paid all Taxes shown as due
on any Tax Return. All such Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all
material respects. All Taxes due and owing by any Acquired Company whether or
not required to be shown on a Tax Return have been paid. No written claim has
ever been made by a Tax authority or other Governmental Authority in a
jurisdiction where an Acquired Company does not file Tax Returns that such
Acquired Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. No
Acquired Company has or has had any nexus with any jurisdiction where it does
not file a Tax Return, which nexus has subjected it to Tax in such
jurisdiction.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the unpaid
Taxes of the Acquired Companies did not, as of the Balance Sheet Date, exceed
the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth
on the face of the Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto), and (ii)
will not, as of the Closing Date, exceed such reserve. Since the Balance Sheet
Date, no Acquired Company has incurred any liability for Taxes (i) from
extraordinary gains or losses within the meaning of GAAP, (ii) outside the
ordinary course of business or (iii) otherwise inconsistent with past custom and
practice.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no written
deficiencies for Taxes with respect to any Acquired Company have been claimed,
proposed or assessed by any Tax authority or other Governmental Authority. The
Company has not received notice of any pending or threatened audits, assessments
or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of Taxes of any
Acquired Company. There are no matters under discussion with any Tax authority,
or to the Knowledge of any Acquired Company, with respect to Taxes that are
likely to result in an additional liability for Taxes with respect to any
Acquired Company which could have reasonably been expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Purchaser (i)
complete and accurate copies of all Tax Returns of each Acquired Company (and
any predecessor thereof) for all taxable years since 2006, including draft Tax
Returns for 2008 (with final Tax Returns being made available promptly upon
their availability), and (ii) complete and accurate copies of all audit or
examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to
by any Acquired Company (or any predecessor thereof) since December 31, 2006. No
Acquired Company (or any predecessor thereof) has waived any statute of
limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect
to a Tax assessment or deficiency, nor has any request been made in writing for
any such extension or waiver. No power of attorney (other than powers of
attorney authorizing employees of any Acquired Company to act on behalf of such
Acquired Company) with respect to any Taxes has been executed or filed with any
Tax authority, and each employee of an Acquired Company who is authorized to act
on behalf of any Acquired Company with respect to any Taxes is identified on
Section 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
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(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Liens for Taxes on any assets of the Acquired Companies other than Permitted
Liens. Section 3.18(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all
statutory liens for Taxes the amount or validity of which is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings. Appropriate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP with respect to all statutory liens for
Taxes that are being contested.
(e) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Company’s Knowledge, the US Subsidiary (i) has not 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)(ii) of the Code;
(ii) has not made an election under Section 897(i) of the Code; (iii) has not
been a shareholder of a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section
957 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), (iv)
has not been a “personal holding company” as defined in Section 542 of the Code
(or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law); (v) has not been a
shareholder of a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of
Section 1297 of the Code; or (vi) has not engaged in a trade or business, had a
permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty), or
otherwise become subject to Tax jurisdiction in a country other than the country
of its formation.
(f) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, none of the outstanding indebtedness of the US
Subsidiary constitutes indebtedness with respect to which any interest
deductions may be disallowed under Sections 163(i) or 163(l) or 279 of the Code
or under any other provision of Applicable Law or deferred under Section 163(j)
of the Code or under any other provision of Applicable Law.
(g) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no closing
agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar
agreements or rulings relating to Taxes have been entered into or issued by any
Governmental Authority with or in respect of any Acquired Company, other than in
connection with the Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 3.18(h) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
requested or received a ruling from any Tax authority, other than the Israeli
Option Tax Pre-Ruling, the Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling and the Escrow Tax
Ruling. The Company has made available to Purchaser accurate and complete copies
of any Tax ruling obtained from the ITA and applications therefor, including
with respect to Company Options, in each case since January 1,
2006.
(h) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary will not be required to include any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any
Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any
(i) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law)
executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) installment sale or open
transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date, or (iii) prepaid
amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(i) Section
3.18(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all material Tax
exemptions, material Tax holidays or other material Tax reduction agreements or
arrangements applicable to any Acquired Company. The Company has made available
to Purchaser all material documentation relating to such Tax exemptions, Tax
holidays or other Tax reduction agreements or arrangements which are currently
in effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, each Acquired Company is in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements for any such Tax
exemption, Tax holiday or other Tax reduction agreement or
arrangement.
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(j) Except
as set forth in Section 3.18(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary has not been a party to a
transaction that is or is substantially similar to a “reportable transaction,”
as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1), or any
other transaction requiring disclosure under analogous provisions of state,
local or foreign Tax law. If any Acquired Company has entered into any
transaction such that, if the treatment claimed by it were to be disallowed, the
transaction would constitute a substantial understatement of federal income Tax
within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code, then such Acquired Company, as
the case may be, believes that it has either (x) substantial authority for
the tax treatment of such transaction or (y) disclosed on its Tax Return
the relevant facts affecting the tax treatment of such transaction. No Acquired
Company has participated, in any Tax amnesty program. The Company has not
undertaken since January 1, 2007 any transaction which will require special
reporting in accordance with the Israeli Income Tax Regulations (Tax Planning
Requiring Reporting) (Temporary Provisions), 2006 regarding aggressive tax
planning.
(k) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary has never been a member of an
affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return. To the
Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary has no liability for the Taxes of
any Person (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state, local, or foreign law), (ii) as a transferee or successor,
(iii) by Contract, or (iv) otherwise.
(l) To
the Company’s Knowledge, each Acquired Company has withheld and paid all
material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with
amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
shareholders of such Acquired Company or other Person.
(m) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary has not participated in nor is
it participating in an international boycott within the meaning of Code Section
999.
(n) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the US Subsidiary is not a party to any
distribution that the parties to which treated as satisfying the requirements of
Section 355 of the Code. No Acquired Company has acquired any assets from any
other corporation in a transaction in which the adjusted Tax basis in the
acquired assets was determined by reference (in whole or in part) to the
adjusted Tax basis of the acquired assets (or any other property) in the hands
of the transferor.
(o) To
the Knowledge of the Company, no Acquired Company other than the US Subsidiary
(i) has or has had any nexus with the United States, a trade or business or
permanent establishment within the United States or any other connection with
the United States that has subjected or could reasonably be expected to have
subjected it to United States federal, state or local Tax; (ii) is, or has ever
been, a “surrogate foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section
7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as a U.S. corporation under Section 7874(b)
of the Code; or (iii) was created or organized in the United States such that
the Company would be taxable in the United States as a domestic entity pursuant
to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-5(a).
(p) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has never, nor has the US Subsidiary
or any other entity, organization, branch or body of the Acquired Companies
filed an entity classification election Form 8832 under Section 7701 of the
Code.
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(q) To
the Knowledge of the Company, there are no limitations on the utilization of the
net operating losses, tax credit carryovers or other tax attributes of the US
Subsidiary under Section 382 through Section 384 of the Code (or any
corresponding or similar provisions of Applicable Law) or the separate return
limitation year rules under the consolidated return provisions of the Treasury
Regulations (or any corresponding or similar provisions of Applicable Law),
other than any such limitation arising as a result of the consummation of the
Transactions.
(r) To
the Knowledge of the Company, all payments between the Company, the US
Subsidiary and any of their affiliates have been made at arm’s-length and have
complied with Section 482 of the Code, Section 85A of the Israeli Code (and any
similar provisions of state, local, foreign or other tax law).
(s) The
Company is not subject to any restrictions or limitations pursuant to Part E2 of
the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance or pursuant to any tax ruling made with
reference to the provisions of Part E2.
(t) To
the Company’s Knowledge, it meets the conditions to be an “Industrial Company”
according to the meaning of that term in the Law for the Encouragement of
Industry (Taxes), 1969, and, subject to the Investment Center Approval, to the
Company’s Knowledge, the consummation of the Transactions will not have any
adverse effect on such qualification as an Industrial Company.
Section
3.19 Employees and Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Section
3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to each
current employee of each of the Acquired Companies (including any Employee who
is on a leave of absence of any nature, paid or unpaid, authorized or
unauthorized, including disability, family, maternity or other leave, sick leave
or on layoff status subject to recall): (i) the name of such employee and the
date as of which such employee was originally hired by each of the Acquired
Companies and whether the employee is on active or inactive status, (ii) such
employees title (iii) annualized compensation as of the date of this Agreement
(or as of the date of departure, if applicable), including base salary, vacation
and/or paid time off accrual amounts, bonus and/or commission potential,
severance pay potential and any other compensation forms; (iv) whether such
employee is not fully available to perform the essential functions of its job
because of a qualified disability or other leave and, if applicable, the type of
leave (e.g. illness, workers compensation, family, maternity or other leave
protected by applicable Law) and anticipated date of return to full service; (v)
which entity employs the employee; (vi) the facility at which such employee is
deemed to be located; (vii) each current Employee Plans in which such employee
participates or is eligible to participate; (viii) any governmental
authorization, permit or license that is held by such employee and that is used
in connection with the any of the Acquired Companies business; (y) with respect
to each of the Acquired Companies employees, whether each such employee has
executed the respective Acquired Companies standard form nondisclosure,
confidentiality and assignment of inventions agreement. None of the Acquired
Companies has any outstanding liability (contingent or otherwise) and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no reasonable basis for any liability
(contingent or otherwise) related to any employee whose employment with any
Acquired Company has terminated since January 1, 2007.
(b) Section
3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete
list identifying each “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA and each other employment, consulting, severance, termination, retirement,
profit sharing, bonus, incentive or deferred compensation, retention or
transaction bonus or change in control agreement, pension, stock option,
restricted stock or other equity-based benefit, profit sharing, savings,
retirement, life, health, disability, accident, medical, dental, insurance,
vacation, paid time off, long term care, perquisite, fringe benefit, death
benefit or other material compensation or benefit plan, program, arrangement,
agreement, fund or commitment (i) for the benefit or welfare of any current or
former director, officer or employee of any of the Acquired Companies and
maintained or contributed to by any of the Acquired Companies, or (ii) with
respect to which any of the Acquired Companies has any liability or obligation.
Such plans are referred to collectively herein as the “Employee
Plans.”
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(c) The
Company has delivered to Purchaser (i) accurate and complete copies of each
Employee Plan to the extent currently effective, including all amendments
thereto and copies of applicable resolutions adopting each such amendment, (ii)
the three most recent annual reports (Form 5500 and all schedules and financial
statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in
connection with each Employee Plan, (iii) if the Employee Plan is funded, the
most recent annual and periodic accounting of Employee Plan assets, (iv) the
most recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of material
modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each
Employee Plan, (v) all material written Contracts relating to each Employee Plan
to the extent currently effective, including administrative service agreements
and group insurance contracts, (vi) accurate and complete copies of any
discrimination and “top heavy” testing or analysis performed with regard to any
Employee Plan for each of the three most recent plan years for such Employee
Plan, and (vii) material correspondence within the past three years to or from
any Governmental Authority relating to any Employee Plan.
(d) None
of the Acquired Companies nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof (nor any predecessor
thereof) sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has since January 1, 2006
sponsored, maintained or contributed to, any Employee Plan subject to Part 3 of
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412 or 430 of the
Code, or any non-U.S. defined benefit plan.
(e) None
of the Acquired Companies nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof (nor any predecessor
thereof) contributes to, or has since January 1, 2006 contributed to, any
multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(f) Each
Acquired Company has performed all material obligations required to be performed
by such Acquired Company thereunder, is not in default or violation of, and such
Acquired Company has no Knowledge of any default or violation by any other party
to, any Employee Plan. Each Employee Plan has been established and maintained in
accordance with its terms and in compliance in all material respects with
Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code. Each Employee Plan which is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable), and no
Acquired Company is aware of any reason why any such determination letter may
not currently be relied on, should be revoked or not be reissued. The Company
has delivered to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of the most recent
Internal Revenue Service determination letters (or opinion letters, if
applicable) with respect to each such Employee Plan. Each Employee Plan has been
maintained in material compliance with its terms and with the requirements
prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including
ERISA and the Code, which are applicable to such Employee Plan. No material
events have occurred with respect to any Employee Plan that could result in
payment or assessment by or against any Acquired Company of any material excise
taxes under Sections 4972, 4975, 4976, 4977, 4979, 4980B, 4980D, 4980E or 5000
of the Code.
(g) The
consummation of the Transactions will not (either alone or together with any
other event, including a subsequent termination of employment or service)
entitle any employee or independent contractor of any Acquired Company to
severance pay or accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any
payment of funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or
benefits under, increase the amount payable or trigger any other material
obligation pursuant to, any Employee Plan. There is no Contract covering any
employee or other service provider of any Acquired Company that, considered
individually or considered collectively with any other such Contracts, will, or
could reasonably be expected to, give rise directly or indirectly to the payment
of any amount that would be characterized as a “parachute payment” within the
meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code. There is no Contract by which any
Acquired Company is bound to compensate any Person for taxes paid pursuant to
Sections 4999 or 409A of the Code. Section 3.19(g) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list of (i) all of the Contracts
which give rise to an obligation to make or set aside amounts payable to or on
behalf of a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the
Code) with respect to any Acquired Company as a result of the Transactions, true
and complete copies of which have been previously provided to Purchaser and (ii)
the maximum aggregate amounts so payable to each such individual as a result of
the Transactions.
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(h) No
Acquired Company or ERISA Affiliate has any current or projected liability in
respect of post-employment or post-retirement health, medical or life insurance
benefits for retired, former or current employees of any Acquired Company or any
ERISA Affiliate, except as required to avoid excise tax under Section 4980B of
the Code or except for the continuation of coverage through the end of the
calendar month in which termination from employment occurs. No condition exists
that would prevent any Acquired Company or any ERISA Affiliate from amending or
terminating any Employee Plan that is an “employee welfare benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
(i) There
has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or not
written) by any Acquired Company or any of its Affiliates relating to, or change
in employee participation or coverage under, an Employee Plan which would
increase materially the expense of maintaining such Employee Plan above the
level of the expense incurred in respect thereof for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008. No Employee Plan will be subject to any surrender fees or
service fees upon termination other than the normal and reasonable
administrative fees associated with the termination of benefit
plans.
(j) No
Acquired Company or any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, established,
sponsored, participated in or contributed to any self-insured plan that provides
medical, dental or any other similar employee benefits to employees (including
any such plan pursuant to which a stop-loss policy or contract
applies).
(k) All
contributions and payments accrued under each Employee Plan, determined in
accordance with prior funding and accrual practices, as adjusted to include
proportional accruals for the period ending as of the date of this Agreement,
have been discharged and paid on or prior to the date of this Agreement except
to the extent reflected as a liability on the Balance Sheet. All contributions
due from any Acquired Company with respect to any Employee Plan qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and containing a Code Section 401(k) cash or deferred
arrangement (each, a “401(k) Plan”) have
been timely made.
(l) There
is no Proceeding pending against or involving or threatened or anticipated
against or involving, any Employee Plan (other than routine claims for
benefits).
(m) No
Employee Plan which is maintained for the benefit of any employee or service
provider (or former employee or service provider) who performs or performed
services outside the United States has unfunded liabilities, that as of the
Closing Date, will not be offset in full by insurance or otherwise fully accrued
for on a basis which complies with GAAP or any applicable international
accounting standard.
(n) Each
person providing services to any Acquired Company that has been characterized as
a consultant or independent contractor and not an employee has been properly
characterized as such and no Acquired Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any
liability or obligations, including under or on account of any Employee Plan,
arising out of the hiring or retention of persons to provide services to any
Acquired Company or any ERISA Affiliate and treating such persons as consultants
or independent contractors and not as employees of any Acquired Company or any
ERISA Affiliate.
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(o) No
payment pursuant to any Employee Plan or other arrangement with any “service
provider” (as such term is defined in Section 409A of the Code and the United
States Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance thereunder) of an Acquired Company,
including the grant, vesting or exercise of any share option or other equity
award, would subject any Person to tax pursuant to Section 409A of the Code,
whether pursuant to the Transactions or otherwise.
(p) Subject
to the immediately following sentence, all Company Options and Company Option
Plan have been appropriately authorized by the Company Board of Directors, the
Company’s Shareholders or an appropriate committee thereof, as applicable,
including approval of the option exercise price or the methodology for
determining the option exercise price and the substantive option terms, and are
in compliance with the Applicable Law, including the designated statute under
which each Company Option was issued. The exercise price of each Company Option
granted to employees of the US Subsidiary is, to the Knowledge of the Company,
at least equal to the fair market value of the Company Ordinary Shares on the
date of grant of such Company Option as determined in accordance with Section
409A of the Code. No Company Options have been retroactively granted, or the
exercise price of any such option determined retroactively in contravention of
any Applicable Law.
(q) No
Acquired Company is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any
collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding with a labor
union, works council or similar organization. Except as set forth in Section
3.19(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Acquired Company is in
compliance, in all material respects, with all Applicable Law regarding terms
and conditions of employment, employee safety and health, immigration status and
wages and hours, including overtime, and in each case, with respect to employees
(i) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay, overtime pay or any
Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and (ii)
is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or
maintained by or on behalf of any governmental authority, with respect to
unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or
obligations for employees (in each case, other than routine payments to be made
in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). There are
no controversies pending or threatened between any Acquired Company and any of
their respective current or former employees that would reasonably be expected
to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(r) To
the Knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in Section 3.19(r) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no employee of any Acquired Company is in violation
of any material term of any employment agreement or non-competition
agreement.
(s) The
employment of each Acquired Company employee is terminable by the Acquired
Company that employs such employee at will and any termination of such
employment would result in no liability to the Company or Purchaser other than
as required under Applicable Law, any agreement entered into by the applicable
Acquired Company and employee or any written policy of the applicable Acquired
Company in each case which has previously been delivered to the
Purchaser.
(t) To
the Knowledge of the Company, no Key employee: (i) intends to terminate his or
her employment with the applicable Acquired Company; (ii) has received an offer
to join a business that is competitive with the business of any Acquired
Company; or (iii) is a party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement,
non-competition agreement or other Contract (with any Person) that may have a
material adverse effect on: (A) the performance by such employee of any of his
or her duties or responsibilities as an employee of an Acquired Company or (B)
any of the Acquired Companies’ businesses or operations.
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(u) There
has not been, nor are there currently, any Proceedings or internal
investigations or inquiries conducted by any Acquired Company, the Company Board
of Directors or any committee thereof (or any Person at the request of any of
the foregoing) concerning any financial, accounting, tax, conflict of interest,
illegal activity, fraudulent or deceptive conduct, or discrimination/sexual
harassment with respect to any current or former director, officer, advisor,
consultant or employee of any Acquired Company which could reasonably be expect
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Except
as set forth in Section 3.19(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect
to employees of the Company who reside or work in Israel (the “Israeli Employees”):
(i) the employment of each Israeli Employee is subject to termination upon not
more than thirty (30) days prior written notice under the termination notice
provisions included in the applicable employment agreement with such Israeli
Employee disclosed on Section 3.19(a) or Applicable Law; (ii) as of September
30, 2009, all obligations of the Company to provide statutory severance pay to
all Israeli Employees pursuant to the Severance Pay Law (5723-1963) are fully
funded or are accrued on the Company Financial Statements; (iii) no Israeli
Employee’s employment by any Acquired Company requires any special license,
permit or other governmental authorization; (iv) there are no
unwritten policies, practices or customs of any Acquired Company that
entitle any Israeli Employee to benefits which are reasonably expected to result
in annual cash payments of more than $10,000 or any payment of Company
Securities, in addition to what such Israeli Employee is entitled to by
Applicable Law or under the terms of such Israeli Employee’s employment
agreement (including unwritten customs or practices concerning bonuses, the
payment of statutory severance pay when it is not required under Applicable
Law); (v) all amounts that any Acquired Company is legally or contractually
required either (x) to deduct from Israeli Employees’ salaries or to transfer to
such Israeli Employees’ managers insurance, pension or provident fund, life
insurance, incapacity insurance, education fund or other similar funds or (y) to
withhold from their Israeli Employees’ salaries and benefits and to pay to any
Governmental Authority as required by the Israeli Code and the National
Insurance Law or otherwise, have, in each case, been duly deducted, transferred,
withheld and paid, and none of the Acquired Companies has any outstanding
obligations to make any such deduction, transfer, withholding or payment; (vi)
each of the Acquired Companies is in compliance in all material
respects with all Applicable Law and Contracts relating to employment,
employment practices, wages, bonuses, pension benefits and other compensation
matters and terms and conditions of employment related to Israeli Employees,
including but not limited to The Prior Notice to the Employee Law, 2002, The
Notice to Employee (Terms of Employment) Law, 2002, the Prevention of Sexual
Harassment Law, 1998, the Hours of Work and Rest Law, 1951, the Annual Leave
Law, 1951, The Salary Protection Law, 1958 and The Employment by Human Resource
Contractors Law, 1996; and (vii) none of the Acquired
Companies has engaged any consultants, sub-contractors or
freelancers, except as identified in Section 3.19(v) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired Companies is
subject to, and no employee of the Acquired Companies benefits from, any
expansion order (tzavei
harchava) except for extension orders applying to all employees in the
State of Israel. The Company has furnished to Purchaser (a) copies of all
agreements with Israeli Employees, agreements with Israeli human resource
contractors, or with Israeli consultants, sub-contractors or freelancers; (b)
copies of manuals and written policies relating to the employment of Israeli
Employees and (c) a summary of any dues it pays to the Histadrut Labor
Organization and whether the Company or any Subsidiary participates in the
expenses of any workers committee (Va’ad Ovdim). In
addition, Company has made available to Purchaser a correct and complete summary
of the calculations concerning the components of the Israeli Employees’
compensation, including current salary, overtime entitlement, vacation day
entitlement and accrual, bonuses, benefits of any kind and any components which
are not included in the basis for calculation of amounts set aside for purposes
of statutory severance pay and pension;
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Section
3.20 Environmental
Matters.
(a) No
written notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation, summons
or order has been received, no complaint has been filed, no penalty has been
assessed, and no Proceeding (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any basis
therefor) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened by any
Governmental Authority or other Person against any Acquired Company and relating
to or arising out of any Environmental Law;
(b) To
the Knowledge of the Company, each Acquired Company is, and has at all times
since January 1, 2006 been, in material compliance with all Environmental Laws
and all Environmental Permits; and
(c) There
are no liabilities of any Acquired Company under any Environmental Law or any
Hazardous Substance and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no condition,
situation or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in
or be the basis for any such liability.
(d) There
has been no environmental investigation, study, audit, test, review or other
analysis conducted of which the Company has Knowledge in relation to the current
or prior businesses of any Acquired Company that has not been delivered to
Purchaser.
Section
3.21 Affiliate
Transactions.
Except as
set forth in Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no director,
officer, employee of any Acquired Company or members of any of their immediate
family (each of the foregoing, a “Related Person”),
other than in its capacity as a director, officer or employee of any Acquired
Company (i) has been involved, directly or indirectly, in any material business
arrangement or other material relationship with any Acquired Company (whether
written or oral), (ii) directly or indirectly owns, or otherwise has any right,
title, interest in, to or under, any material property or right, tangible or
intangible, that is used by any Acquired Company or (iii) is engaged, directly
or indirectly, in the conduct of the businesses of any Acquired Company. In
addition, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such Related Person has an
interest in any Person that competes with the businesses of any Acquired Company
in any market presently served by any Acquired Company (except for ownership of
less than one percent of the outstanding capital share of any corporation that
is publicly traded on any recognized stock exchange or in the over-the-counter
market). Except as set forth in Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
to the Knowledge of the Company, all material transactions since January 1, 2006
between the Company and interested parties that require approval pursuant to
Sections 268 to 284 of the Israel Companies Law or pursuant to the Charter
Documents or Contracts have been approved. For purpose of this Agreement,
“immediate family” of any Person shall mean spouse, parents, children and
brothers and sisters of such Person.
Section
3.22 Finders’
Fees.
Except
for JPMorgan Chase, a copy of whose engagement agreement has been delivered to
Purchaser, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary
that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of any Acquired
Company who might be entitled to any fee or commission from any Acquired Company
in connection with the Transactions.
Section
3.23 Bank
Accounts.
Section
3.23(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule provides the following information
with respect to each account maintained by or for the benefit of any of the
Acquired Companies at any bank or other financial institution: (i) the name of
the bank or other financial institution at which such account is maintained;
(ii) the account number; (iii) the type of account; and (iv) the names of all
Persons who are authorized to sign checks or other documents with respect to
such account.
Except as
set forth in Section 3.23(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Company has any outstanding credit facility, overdraft, loan, loan stock,
debenture, letter of credit, acceptance credit or other financial
facility. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding amounts
owed by any Acquired Company under any such credit facility, overdraft, loan,
loan stock, debenture, letter of credit, acceptance credit or other financial
facility.
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Section
3.24 Shareholder Vote
Required.
Except as
set forth in Section 3.24 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent or vote
of the holders of any class or series of any of the Acquired Companies’ share
capital is required to approve this Agreement and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
3.25 Company Transaction
Expense.
Section
3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s current
reasonable estimate of the Company Transaction Expenses as of the date of this
Agreement.
Section
3.26 Full
Disclosure.
This
Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Schedule) does not, and the
Transaction Agreements and any documents or certificates delivered pursuant to
this Agreement do not: (i) contain any representation, warranty or information
that is false or misleading with respect to any material fact; or (ii) omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the representations,
warranties and information contained and to be contained herein and therein (in
the light of the circumstances under which such representations, warranties and
information were or will be made or provided) not false or misleading, provided
that the Company does not warrant that it will achieve any future results or
projections described to Purchaser.
Section
3.27 Disclaimer of Other
Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, the
Closing Allocation Spreadsheet, the Company Closing Certificate, the Company
Cash Certificate and the Transaction Expense Certificate are the exclusive
representations and warranties made by the Company in connection with the
Transactions, including, without limitation, with respect to the Company, any of
its Affiliates and their respective assets and liabilities. The Company hereby
disclaims any other express or implied representations or warranties with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
assets or liabilities.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Subject
to Section 13.05, except as set forth in the Selling Shareholders’ Disclosure
Schedule, each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly,
represents and warrants, to and for the benefit of Purchaser, as
follows:
Section
4.01 Title to Company
Shares.
Such
Selling Shareholder has, and Purchaser will acquire at the Closing, good and
valid title to the Company Shares set forth on Exhibit A or Exhibit B with
respect to such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any Liens and from any
agreement, obligation or commitments to create, grant, give or permit to subsist
any Liens, except for such Liens created by the Purchaser. All of such Company
Shares (a) have been duly authorized and validly issued, (b) are fully paid
and non-assessable, and (c) have been issued in full compliance with (i)
all applicable securities laws and any other Applicable Law and (ii) all
requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
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Section
4.02 Authority; Binding Nature of
Agreements.
(a) Such
Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to enter into and to
perform such Selling Shareholder’s obligations under each of the Transactional
Agreements to which such Selling Shareholder is or may become a party. This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Selling
Shareholder, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by all
other parties hereto, enforceable against such Selling Shareholder in accordance
with its terms. Upon the execution of each of the other Transactional Agreements
at the Closing, each of such other agreements will constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Selling Shareholder who is a party thereto, and
will be, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by all other
parties hereto, enforceable against such Selling Shareholder in accordance with
its terms, subject to (a) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency and the relief of debtors, and (b) rules of law governing specific
performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. Such Selling
Shareholder has reviewed, as of the date of this Agreement the Estimated
Consideration Allocation Certificate, and as of the Closing the Consideration
Allocation Certificate to be provided by the Company, and confirms that it
agrees with the calculations set forth therein as such calculations relate to
the consideration to be received by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this
Agreement. The spouse, if any, of such Selling Shareholder who is a resident of
a community property jurisdiction has the absolute and unrestricted right, power
and capacity to execute and deliver and to perform his or her obligations under
the Spousal Consent being executed by him or her. Said Spousal Consent
constitutes such spouse’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable
against him or her in accordance with its terms.
(b) If
any of the Selling Shareholders is a body corporate: (i) it is duly incorporated
and validly existing under the laws of the country of its incorporation; and
(ii) all necessary actions, conditions and things have been taken, fulfilled and
done in order to enable it to enter into, perform and comply with its
obligations hereunder and those obligations are validly, and legally binding and
enforceable upon it.
Section
4.03 Non-Contravention;
Consents.
Neither
(1) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such
Selling Shareholder, nor (2) the consummation of the Transactions by such
Selling Shareholder, will (with or without notice or lapse of
time):
(a) if
such Selling Shareholder is not an individual, contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of (i) any of the provisions of the
articles of association, partnership agreement, bylaws or other charter or
organizational documents of such Selling Shareholder, or (ii) any
resolution adopted by the shareholders, the board of directors or any committee
of the board of directors of such Selling Shareholder;
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 4.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provisions of any
Applicable Law, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to
challenge the Transactions or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under,
any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which such Selling
Shareholder is bound; or
(c) contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of or a default under any
provision of, give any Person the right to declare a default under, cause or
permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right
or obligation or loss of any benefit under, or require any consent under, any
Contract to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling
Shareholder is bound or any license, franchise, permit, certificate, approval or
other similar authorization affecting, or relating to, the Selling Shareholder,
except where any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, rights or
losses individually or in the aggregate will not prevent the consummation of the
Transactions.
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Except as
set forth in the Selling Shareholders’ Disclosure Schedule, such Selling
Shareholder neither was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give
any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x)
the execution, delivery or performance of the Transactional Agreements to which
such Selling Shareholder is a party or (y) the consummation of the Transactions,
other than where the failure to make filings, give notice or obtain Consents
will not impair the ability of such Selling Shareholder to consummate the
Transactions.
Section
4.04 Capacity of Selling
Shareholder.
(a) Such
Selling Shareholder has the capacity to comply with and perform all of such
Selling Shareholder’s covenants and obligations under each of the Transactional
Agreements to which such Selling Shareholder is or may become a
party.
(b) Such
Selling Shareholder:
(1) has
not, at any time, (A) made a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, (B) filed, or had filed against such Selling Shareholder, any
bankruptcy petition or similar filing, (C) suffered the attachment or other
judicial seizure of all or a substantially all of such Selling Shareholder’s
assets, (D) admitted in writing such Selling Shareholder’s inability to pay
such Selling Shareholder’s debts as they become due, or (E) taken or been
the subject of any action that will have an adverse effect on such Selling
Shareholder’s ability to comply with or perform any of such Selling
Shareholder’s covenants or obligations under any of the Transactional
Agreements; or
(2) to
such Selling Shareholder’s Knowledge, is not subject to any Applicable Law that
may have an adverse effect on such Selling Shareholder’s ability to comply with
or perform any of such Selling Shareholder’s covenants or obligations under any
of the Transactional Agreements.
(c) There
is no Proceeding pending, and, to such Selling Shareholder’s Knowledge, no
Person has threatened to commence any Proceeding, that may have an adverse
effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to comply with or perform any
of such Selling Shareholder’s covenants or obligations under any of the
Transactional Agreements. To the Knowledge of the Selling Shareholders, no event
has occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists,
that may serve as a reasonable basis for any such Proceeding.
Section
4.05 Securities
Laws.
Such
Selling Shareholder hereby represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) Such
Selling Shareholder is aware of Purchaser’s business affairs and financial
condition and has acquired sufficient information about Purchaser to reach an
informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Closing Consideration Shares.
Such Selling Shareholder is acquiring the Closing Consideration Shares for such
Selling Shareholder’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a
view to, or for the resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof for
purposes of the Securities Act.
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(b) Such
Selling Shareholder is (i) an accredited investor within the meaning of
Regulation D prescribed by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act (a “Regulation D
Investor”), and/or (ii) not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S
promulgated under the Act (a “Regulation S
Investor”). If such Selling Shareholder is a Regulation D Investor, such
Selling Shareholder also represents that: (x) it can afford to bear the economic
risk of holding the Closing Consideration Shares for an indefinite period and
can afford to suffer the complete loss of such Selling Shareholder’s investment
in the Closing Consideration Shares; (y) its knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters is such that such Selling Shareholder is capable
of evaluating the risks of the investment in the Closing Consideration Shares;
(z) only to the extent that such Selling Shareholders is not an individual, it
has not been organized for the purpose of acquiring the Closing Consideration
Shares, then all the equity owners of such Selling Shareholders are Regulation D
Investors. If such Selling Shareholder is a Regulation S Investor, such Selling
Shareholder also represents that: (1) it is not a U.S. Person, (2) it was not
organized under the laws of any United States jurisdiction, and was not formed
for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities
Act, (3) on the date hereof, the Regulation S Investor is outside the United
States, (4) the Selling Shareholder is not acquiring the Closing Consideration
Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person, (5) it will not, during
the one-year period starting on the date of such Selling Shareholder’s purchase
and receipt of the Closing Consideration Shares, offer or sell any of the
Closing Consideration Shares (or create or maintain any derivative position
equivalent thereto) in the United States, to or for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person other than in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or any available
exemption therefrom and, in any case, in accordance with applicable state
securities laws and (6) it will, after the expiration of such one-year period,
offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Closing Consideration Shares (or
create or maintain any derivative position equivalent thereto) only pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or any available
exemption therefrom and, in any case, in accordance with applicable state
securities laws. Each Executing Shareholder has confirmed on the
signature page hereto whether such Executing Shareholder is a Regulation D
Investor and/or a Regulation S Investor, and such Executing Shareholder
represents and warrants that the information set forth in its respective
signature page is true and correct. Selling Shareholder should refer
to the definition of terms set forth in Appendix A for additional
information.
(c) Such
Selling Shareholder understands that the Closing Consideration Shares have not
been registered under the Securities Act and the Closing Consideration Shares
are being issued in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which
exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of its
investment intent as expressed herein. Moreover, such Selling Shareholder
understands that Purchaser is under no obligation to register the Closing
Consideration Shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United
States other than as required by this Agreement.
(d) Such
Selling Shareholder understands that the Closing Consideration Shares are
“restricted securities” under the United States federal securities laws and may
be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in very limited
circumstances. In this regard, each Selling Shareholder is aware of the
provisions of Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, which in
substance, permit limited public resale of “restricted securities” acquired,
directly or indirectly from the issuer thereof (or from an affiliate of such
issuer), in a non public offering subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions.
(e) Such
Selling Shareholder has received and reviewed information about Purchaser and
has had an opportunity to discuss Purchaser’s business, management and financial
affairs with its management.
(f) Such
Selling Shareholder understands and agrees that the Closing Consideration Shares
cannot be offered, resold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to (i) an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering such offer,
sale or transfer and such offer, sale or transfer is made in accordance with
such registration statement, or (ii) an available exemption from registration,
in which case such Selling Shareholder shall furnish Purchaser with (A) a
written statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed sale or transfer
and (B) if reasonably requested by Purchaser, an opinion of counsel, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, that such sale or transfer will
not require registration under the Securities Act. Such Selling Shareholder
hereby covenants and agrees that he, she or it will not offer, sell or otherwise
transfer such Closing Consideration Shares except in compliance with this
Section 4.05(f) and with Applicable Law. In order to prevent any transfer from
taking place in violation of this Agreement or Applicable Law, each Selling
Shareholder hereby agrees that Purchaser may cause a stop transfer order to be
placed with its transfer agent with respect to the Closing Consideration Shares.
Purchaser will not be required to transfer on its books any Closing
Consideration Shares that have been sold or transferred in violation of any
provision of this Agreement or Applicable Law.
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Section
4.06 Tax Withholding
Information.
Any and
all information provided to Purchaser by or on behalf of such Selling
Shareholder for purposes of enabling Purchaser to determine the amount to be
deducted and withheld from the consideration payable to such Selling Shareholder
pursuant to this Agreement under Applicable Law is true, accurate and
complete.
Section
4.07 Disclosure.
The
representations and warranties made by each Selling Shareholder in this
Agreement, any Transactional Agreement and any documents or certificates
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the filing of Form
S-3 are the exclusive representations and warranties made by such Selling
Shareholder in connection with the Transactions. Each Selling Shareholder hereby
disclaims any other express or implied representations or warranties with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
assets or liabilities.
This
Agreement does not, and no other Transactional Agreement executed, or
information provided in connection with the filing of the Form S-3, by such
Selling Shareholder will, (a) contain any representation, warranty or
information made by or relating to such Selling Shareholder that is false or
misleading with respect to any material fact, or (b) omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the representations, warranties and information
made by or relating to such Selling Shareholder contained herein and therein (in
the light of the circumstances under which such representations, warranties
and information were or will be made or provided) not false or misleading with
respect to such Selling Shareholder.
Section
4.08 Finder’s
Fees.
There is
no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been
retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of such Selling Shareholder who
might be entitled to any fee or commission from any Acquired Company or any of
its Affiliates in connection with the Transactions.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Except as
set forth in the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser represents and
warrants to the Company that:
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Section
5.01 Corporate Existence and
Power.
Purchaser
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of California. Purchaser has delivered or made available (including
through the SEC XXXXX system) to the Company accurate and complete copies of the
amended and restated articles of incorporation of Purchaser in effect as of the
date of this Agreement.
Section
5.02 Corporate
Authorization.
Purchaser
has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance by
Purchaser of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Purchaser and Purchaser Board of Directors. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors, and
(b) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other
equitable remedies.
Section
5.03 Governmental
Authorization.
Except as
set forth in Section 5.03 of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, the execution,
delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by
Purchaser of the Transactions require no action by or in respect of, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority, other than (i) compliance with any applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other securities
laws or the laws of any securities exchange and (ii) any actions or filings
the absence of which would not be reasonably expected to materially impair the
ability of Purchaser to consummate the Transactions.
Section
5.04 Non-Contravention.
The
execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the
consummation by Purchaser of the Transactions do not and will not (a)
contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision
of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Purchaser; (b) assuming compliance
with the matters referred to in Section 5.03, contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of any provision of any material Applicable Law;
or (c) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.03, require
any consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a default, or an
event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default, under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation or,
acceleration under any provision of any Contract binding upon Purchaser that is
filed as an exhibit to Purchaser’s Annual Report in Form 10-K filed or required
to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April
2, 2009. Purchaser is not aware of any fact or circumstances that would prevent
it from performing its obligations under the Agreement.
Section
5.05 SEC Filings; Financial
Statements.
(a) Purchaser
has timely filed with or otherwise furnished to the SEC all forms, reports,
schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by
it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since January 1, 2008 together
with all certifications required pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act (these
documents, as supplemented or amended since the time of filing, and together
with all information incorporated by reference therein and schedules and
exhibits thereto, the “Purchaser SEC Documents”).
Purchaser has delivered or made available to the Company (including through the
SEC XXXXX system) accurate and complete copies of the Purchaser SEC Documents
and of all comment letters received by Purchaser from the Staff of the SEC since
January 1, 2008 and all responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of
Purchaser. No Subsidiary of Purchaser is required to file with or furnish to the
SEC any forms, reports, schedules, statements or other documents.
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(b) As
of their respective filing dates, the Purchaser SEC Documents and all Purchaser
SEC Documents filed after the date hereof but before the Closing complied or, if
filed after the date hereof, will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder, as the case may be, and none of the Purchaser
SEC Documents contained or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading, except to the extent such Purchaser SEC Documents
have been corrected, updated or superseded by a document subsequently filed with
the SEC. The financial statements of Purchaser, including the notes thereto,
included in the Purchaser SEC Documents (the “Purchaser Financial
Statements”) comply
as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied and Regulation S-X of the SEC (except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as
permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act) and present fairly the
consolidated financial position of Purchaser and its consolidated Subsidiaries
at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations, changes in
Shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the
case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). There
has been no change in Purchaser's accounting policies except as described in the
notes to the Purchaser Financial Statements. Except as reflected or reserved
against in the Purchaser Financial Statements, Purchaser has no material
liabilities, except liabilities and obligations (i) incurred in the ordinary
course of business or (ii) that would not be required to be reflected or
reserved against the balance sheet of Purchaser prepared in accordance with
GAAP. Neither the Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries has “off-balance sheet
arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).
(c) Purchaser
and its Subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures required by
Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; such controls
and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning
Purchaser and its Subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to the
individuals responsible for the preparation of Purchaser’s filings with the SEC.
Purchaser maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
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Section
5.06 Valid
Issuance.
(a) The
authorized capital of Purchaser consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock
and 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, there
were 26,797,698 shares of Purchaser’s Common Stock outstanding and no shares of
Purchaser’s Preferred Stock outstanding. As of the date of this Agreement, there
were outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 4,401,189 Purchaser's
Shares (of which options to purchase an aggregate of 1,932,585 Purchaser's
Shares were exercisable). As of the date of this Agreement, Purchaser has
reserved 2,820,000 Purchaser's Shares for future issuance under equity incentive
plans.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 5.06(a) above and pursuant to the terms of the Rights
Agreement, dated June 7, 2004, between Purchaser and Mellon Investor Services
LLC, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”),
and for changes since the date of this Agreement resulting from the exercise of
options of Purchaser outstanding on such date, there are no outstanding (i)
shares or voting securities of Purchaser, (ii) securities of Purchaser
convertible into or exchangeable for shares or voting securities of Purchaser or
(iii) options or other rights to acquire from Purchaser, or other obligation of
Purchaser to issue, any shares, voting securities or securities convertible into
or exchangeable for shares or voting securities of Purchaser. For
clarification purposes, the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
not trigger any rights under the Rights Agreement.
(c) At
the Closing, the Equityholders will receive good and valid title, free and clear
of any Liens (subject to the indemnity, lock-up and other obligations under this
Agreement), to the Closing Consideration Shares to be issued in connection with
the Transactions. The Closing Consideration Shares to be issued in connection
with the Transactions will, when issued in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and issued in
compliance with Applicable Law, including securities laws.
Section
5.07 Litigation.
There is
no pending Proceeding, and (to the knowledge of the Purchaser) no Person has
threatened to commence any Proceeding that challenges, or that may have the
effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with,
the Transactions. To the Knowledge of Purchaser, no event has occurred, and no
claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that will, or that
would reasonably be expected to, give rise to or serve as a basis for the
commencement of any such Proceeding.
Section
5.08 Compliance with Applicable
Law.
Since
December 31, 2008, Purchaser is, and has been, in compliance with all Applicable
Law except for such failures to be in compliance which would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect. Since December 31, 2008, neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries
is or has been under investigation with respect to or threatened to be charged
with, given notice of any violation of, any Applicable Law or received any
inquiry regarding the possible violation of, any Applicable Law, except for any
such violations which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.09 Financial
Capacity.
Purchaser
has, and at the Closing, Purchaser will have sufficient funds in the aggregate
to pay in cash any and all amounts necessary to consummate the Transactions
(including the purchase of the Company Shares), including payment of the Closing
Cash Consideration and all other fees and expenses required to be paid by
Purchaser hereunder.
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Section
5.10 Finders’
Fees.
Other
than UBS Securities LLC and its affiliates, there is no investment banker,
broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized
to act on behalf of Purchaser who might be entitled to any fee or commission
from Purchaser or any of its Affiliates in connection with the
Transactions.
Section
5.11 Disclaimer of Other
Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement and the
Purchase Closing Certificate are the exclusive representations and warranties
made by the Purchaser in connection with the Transactions, including, without
limitation, with respect to the Purchaser, any of its Affiliates and their
respective assets and liabilities. The Purchaser hereby disclaims any other
express or implied representations or warranties with respect to the Purchaser
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or
liabilities.
ARTICLE
VI
COVENANTS
OF THE PARTIES
Section
6.01 Conduct of
Business.
From the
date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, or the earlier termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and shall cause
each Acquired Company to, conduct their businesses in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice, including using commercially reasonable efforts
to (i) preserve intact their respective present business organizations, (ii)
maintain in effect Governmental Authorizations necessary for the conduct of the
Acquired Companies’ business, (iii) keep available the services of all Acquired
Company officers and employees, and (iv) maintain satisfactory
relationships with the customers, lenders, suppliers of the Acquired
Companies and
others having a business relationship with them. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or pursuant
to the prior written consent of Purchaser (unless the requirement to obtain
Purchaser’s consent in such instance would be a violation of Applicable Law),
the Company shall not, and shall cause each of the other Acquired Companies not
to:
(a) amend
its articles of association, bylaws or other similar organizational documents
(whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);
(b) declare,
set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, share or
property or any combination thereof) in respect of any Company Securities or
securities of any other Acquired Company, or redeem, repurchase or otherwise
acquire or offer to redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Company
Securities or securities of any other Acquired Company;
(c) (i)
issue, deliver or sell, or authorize the issuance, delivery or sale of, any
shares of any Company Securities or securities of any other Acquired Company,
other than the issuance of any Company Shares upon the conversion of any Company
Preferred Shares or exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants that are
outstanding on the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of those
Company Preferred Shares and Company Options or Company Warrants on the date of
this Agreement or (ii) amend any term of any Company Security or securities of
any other Acquired Company, (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise)
including an amendment of a Company Option held by an employee to provide for
acceleration of vesting as a result of the Transactions or a termination of
employment or service related to the Transactions;
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(d) incur
any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities outside the ordinary
course of business or which individually exceed $25,000 or in aggregate exceed
$50,000;
(e) acquire
(by merger, consolidation, acquisition of share or assets or otherwise),
directly or indirectly, any securities (except for the purchase of treasury
investments with maturity dates of less than ninety (90) days) or all or
substantially all of the assets, properties or businesses of any third
party;
(f) sell,
lease or otherwise transfer, or create or incur any Lien, on any assets of the
Acquired Companies (including Company IP) or properties, other than Permitted
Liens;
(g) make
any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other
Person other than (i) between the Company and any of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the generation of accounts
receivable from the sale of Company Products to customers in the ordinary course
of the business and (iii) advances of travel expenses in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) create,
incur, assume, suffer to exist or otherwise be liable with respect to any
Company Debt;
(i) enter
into, amend or modify in any material respect or terminate any Material Contract
(other than the entry into a Material Contract in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practices, except for any Material Contract
that would result in payments by the Company in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate) or otherwise waive, release or assign any material rights, claims or
benefits of any Acquired Company;
(j) (i)
other than as required under Applicable Law, grant or increase any severance or
termination pay to (or amend any existing arrangement with) any director,
officer, advisor, consultant, or employee of any Acquired Company,
(ii) other than in accordance to agreements entered into prior to the date
hereof, increase benefits payable under any existing severance or termination
pay policies or employment agreements, (iii) other than in the Acquired
Companies’ ordinary course of business, enter into any employment, deferred
compensation or other agreement or offer (or amend any such existing agreement
or offer) with any director, officer, advisor, consultant, or employee of any
Acquired Company, (iv) establish, adopt or amend (except as required by
Applicable Law or as may be required or advisable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement) any collective bargaining, bonus, commission, profit-sharing, thrift,
pension, retirement, deferred compensation, compensation, share option,
restricted share or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any director,
officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, (v) other than
in accordance to agreements entered into prior to the date hereof, increase
compensation, bonus, commission, or other benefits payable to any director,
officer, advisor, consultant or employee of any Acquired Company, (vi) terminate
any Key Employee, or (vii) other than in the Acquired Companies’ ordinary course
of business, promote any employee of any Acquired Company to any non-officer
position;
(k) change
any Acquired Company’s methods of accounting or accounting practices, except as
required by concurrent changes in GAAP and as agreed to by its independent
public accountants;
(l) other
than a settlement with any Equityholder with respect to his, her or its holding
in the Company so long as any such settlement does not have an adverse effect on
the Acquired Companies or the Acquired Companies assets, business or financial
condition, commence, settle, or offer or propose to settle, (i) any Proceeding
involving or against any Acquired Company, (ii) any shareholder litigation or
dispute against any Acquired Company or any of its officers or directors or
(iii) any Proceeding that relates to the Transactions;
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(m) other
than as may be required under Applicable Law or with respect to any Tax ruling
contemplated herein, make or change any Tax election; settle or compromise any
claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes; file any Tax
Return; enter into any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax
indemnity agreement, pre-filing agreement, advance pricing agreement, cost
sharing agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax; change or adopt any
annual Tax accounting period or method of Tax accounting; surrender or forfeit
any right to claim a Tax refund; file any Tax petition, Tax complaint or
administrative Tax appeal; or consent to any extension or waiver of the statute
of limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment or, except as
contemplated by this Agreement request, negotiate, apply for or receive a Tax
ruling on its own behalf or on behalf of any of the Selling
Shareholders;
(n) accelerate
collection of any accounts receivable of any Acquired Company, reduce prices of
any Company Product in effect as of the date hereof or defer payment of any
accounts payable outside the Company’s normal payment cycle;
(o) enter
into, or enter into agreements that contemplate any of the Acquired Companies
engaging in, a new line of business;
(p) form
or acquire any Subsidiaries;
(q) apply
for or accept any Grant; or
(r) agree,
resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
From the
date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, or the earlier termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Purchaser shall not declare, set
aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, share or
property or any combination thereof) in respect of any Purchaser securities, or
redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or offer to redeem, repurchase, or
otherwise acquire any Purchaser securities (except for the repurchase or offer
to repurchase any outstanding options and shares issuable upon exercise thereof
in the ordinary course of business).
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Section
6.02 No Solicitation; Other
Offers.
From the
date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, (a) each Selling Shareholder
shall not, and shall cause each of its Representatives not to, and (b) the
Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Representatives and each of the
Acquired Companies (and each of their respective Representatives) not to,
directly or indirectly to: (i) solicit, initiate, facilitate, support, seek,
induce, entertain or encourage, or take any action to solicit, initiate,
facilitate, support, seek, induce, or encourage any inquiries, announcements or
communications relating to, or the making of any submission, proposal or offer
that constitutes, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an
Acquisition Proposal; (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any
discussions or negotiations relating to, any Acquisition Proposal with any
Person other than Purchaser; (iii) furnish to any Person other than Purchaser
any information that the Company or such Selling Shareholder believes or should
reasonably know would be used for the purposes of formulating any inquiry,
expression of interest, proposal or offer relating to an Acquisition Proposal or
take any other action regarding any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or
offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an
Acquisition Proposal; (iv) accept any Acquisition Proposal or enter into any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) providing for
the consummation of any transaction contemplated by any Acquisition Proposal or
otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal; or (v) submit any Acquisition
Proposal or any matter related thereto to the vote of the shareholders of the
Company. Each Selling Shareholder shall, and shall cause each of its
Representatives to, and the Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Representatives and each of the other Acquired Companies (and each of their
respective Representatives) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any
and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons
conducted prior to or on the date of this Agreement with respect to any
Acquisition Proposal, and shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours)
provide Purchaser with: (i) an oral and a written description of any expression
of interest, inquiry, proposal or offer relating to a possible Acquisition
Transaction that is received by any Acquired Company or such Selling Shareholder
or by any Representative of any Acquired Company or such Selling Shareholder
from any Person (other than Purchaser), including in such description the
identity of the Person from which such expression of interest, inquiry, proposal
or offer was received (the “Other Interested
Party”); and (ii) a copy of each written communication and a complete
summary of each other communication transmitted on behalf of the Other
Interested Party or any of the Other Interested Party’s Representatives to any
Acquired Company or any Selling Shareholder or any Representative of any
Acquired Company or Selling Shareholder or transmitted on behalf of any Acquired
Company or Selling Shareholder or any Representative of any Acquired Company or
Selling Shareholder to the Other Interested Party or any of the Other Interested
Party’s Representatives.
Section
6.03 Access to
Information.
From the
date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, or the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall and shall cause each
other Acquired Company, and the Purchaser shall, and shall cause its
subsidiaries, to (a) give Purchaser or Company, as the case may be, and their
respective Representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, books
and records of their respective companies, (b) furnish to Purchaser and Company,
as the case may be, and their respective Representatives such financial and
operating data and other information relating to their respective companies as
such Persons may reasonably request and (c) instruct their respective employees,
counsel and financial advisors to cooperate with Purchaser and the Company, as
the case may be, in their investigation of the Acquired Companies and the
Purchaser, as the case may be; provided, however, that neither Seller nor
Purchaser shall be required to comply with this Section 6.03 if such compliance
would result in a violation of Applicable Law. Any investigation pursuant to
this Section 6.03 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere
unreasonably with the conduct of the businesses of the Acquired Companies and
the Purchaser, as the case may be.
Each
Selling Shareholder, on behalf of itself and its Representatives, and the
Acquired Companies, on behalf of each of themselves and each of their respective
Representatives, agree that it may learn of material, non-public information of
Purchaser during this period and that the United States securities laws prohibit
any persons who have material, nonpublic information concerning Purchaser from
purchasing or selling securities of Purchaser or from communicating such
information to any person under circumstances in which it is reasonably
foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities in
reliance upon such information. Accordingly, each Selling
Shareholder, on behalf of itself and its Representatives, and the Company, on
behalf of itself and each of the Acquired Companies and their respective
Representatives, agree that it shall not purchase or sell or otherwise trade in
any manner in Purchaser’s securities until such time as it is no longer in
possession of material, non-public information of Purchaser.
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Section
6.04 Employee
Plans.
The
Company shall amend the terms of any Employee Plan, other than the Company
Option Plan, to eliminate any acceleration or triggering of payments or benefits
based in whole or in part on the consummation of the
Transactions. Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall take any and
all actions required to terminate all Employee Plans that are self-funded
“employee benefit plans” within the meaning of ERISA or that are intended to
include a Code Section 401(k) arrangement (collectively, “Terminable Benefit
Plans”) as of a date no later than one (1) day prior to the Closing
Date. Such actions shall include providing to the Purchaser executed
resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors terminating the Terminable
Benefit Plans. The form and substance of such resolutions shall be subject to
review and approval of the Purchaser (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld). The Company also shall take such other actions in
furtherance of terminating such Terminable Benefit Plan(s) as the Purchaser may
reasonably require. If the Company is required to terminate its
401(k) plan pursuant to this Section 6.04, the Purchaser shall take such actions
as are necessary to cause a retirement plan maintained by it or one of its ERISA
Affiliates that is qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code to accept
qualifying direct and indirect rollover distributions of the Continuing
Employees’ balances under the Company’s 401(k) plan. In the event that
termination of the Company’s 401(k) Plan would reasonably be anticipated to
trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or other fees then the Company
shall take such actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the amount of
such charges and/or fees and provide such estimate in writing to the Purchaser
no later than ten (10) business days prior to the Closing Date.
Section
6.05 Notices of Certain
Events.
(a) From
the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, or the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company and each Selling Shareholder
(as it relates to information about such Selling Shareholder only) shall
promptly notify Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall promptly notify the Company
and the Holder Representatives of:
(1) any
notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such
Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions;
(2) any
notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority (i) delivered in
connection with the Transactions, or (ii) indicating that a Governmental
Authorization is revoked or about to be revoked or that a Governmental
Authorization is required in any jurisdiction in which such Governmental
Authorization has not been obtained, which revocation or failure to obtain has
had or would reasonably be expected to be material to any Acquired Company or to
the Purchaser, as the case may be.
(3) any
actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to their
respective Knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise
affecting any Acquired Company, or the Purchaser, as the case may be, that, if
pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been
disclosed pursuant to Sections 3.10 or 3.11, or Section 5.07, as the case
may be, or that relate to the consummation of the Transactions;
(4) any
inaccuracy in or breach of any of their respective representations, warranties
or covenants contained in this Agreement; and
(5) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction
of any of the conditions set forth in Article IX impossible or
unlikely.
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(b) If
any event, condition, fact or circumstance that is required to be disclosed
pursuant to Section 6.05(a) requires any change in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, Selling Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or the Purchaser Disclosure
Schedule, as applicable, or if any such event, condition, fact or circumstance
would require such a change assuming the Company Disclosure Schedule, Selling
Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, as
applicable, were dated as of the date of the occurrence, existence or discovery
of such event, condition, fact or circumstance, then the Company, such Selling
Shareholder or Purchaser, as applicable, shall be entitled to deliver to the
Company, the Selling Shareholder or the Purchaser, as applicable, an update to
the Company Disclosure Schedule, Selling Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or the
Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, specifying such change. No such
notice or update shall be deemed to supplement or amend the Company Disclosure
Schedule or Selling Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or the Purchaser Disclosure
Schedule, as applicable, for the purpose of (i) determining the accuracy of
any of the representations and warranties made by the Company, the Purchaser or
any Selling Shareholder in this Agreement, or (ii) determining whether any
of the conditions set forth in Article IX has been satisfied.
Section
6.06 Insurance.
The
Company and each Acquired Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to maintain in effect and to pay all premiums due thereon all insurance policies
covering Company or any Acquired Company as of the date hereof or to procure
comparable replacement policies (or such replacement coverage as is obtainable
on a commercially reasonable basis) and maintain such policies and bonds in
effect until the Closing.
Section
6.07 Company
Debt.
Immediately
prior to the Closing, each Acquired Company shall repay any outstanding Company
Debt.
Section
6.08 Company
Warrants.
The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company Warrants
to be exercised or terminated prior to Closing.
Section
6.09 Restriction on
Transfer.
Each
Selling Shareholder agrees that, prior to the Closing, such Selling Shareholder
shall not directly or indirectly sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of, or
pledge or otherwise permit to be subject to any Lien, any Company Shares or any
other security of the Company, or any direct or indirect beneficial interest
therein; provided,
however, that Company Shares may be transferred to an Affiliate
(including any general or limited partner) or family member of such Selling
Shareholder so long as: (a) the transferor notifies Purchaser of the intended
transfer in writing at least 10 days prior to the transfer; (b) the transferee
agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; and (c) the
transferor remains liable for any breach by the transferee of this
Agreement.
Section
6.10 Transactional
Agreements.
Prior to
the Closing, each Executing Shareholder shall execute and deliver to the Company
and Purchaser, each agreement or document set forth in Section 9.02(e) to be
executed by such Selling Shareholder in substantially the forms attached as
exhibits hereto.
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Section
6.11 Alternative Transaction
Form.
The
Company, on behalf of itself and its Representatives, and the Executing
Shareholders irrevocably agree and covenant that if, for any reason, less than
one hundred percent (100%) of all Selling Shareholders have executed this
Agreement within ten (10) Business Days of the date of this Agreement, then immediately upon
Purchaser’s written demand thereof to the Company and the Holder
Representatives, which demand must be delivered to the Company and the Holder
Representatives no later than two (2) Business Days after the end of such ten
(10) Business Day period, (a "Merger Notice") the
Company, the Purchaser and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall work in good faith
for at least five (5) Business Days from the date of delivery of Merger Notice
to amend the structure set forth in this Agreement into a merger
agreement (such amendment having substantially the same terms and conditions of
this Agreement). If Purchaser does not deliver a Merger Notice within
the time frame specified above, or if after working in good faith for such
period of time, the parties cannot agree on the manner in which this Agreement
should be amended and the form of the merger, then the parties shall continue to
use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the Closing in accordance with
the provisions set forth in this Agreement as of the date
hereof. If the parties amend this Agreement and apply a form of a
merger (rather than a sale of shares as currently contemplated), then the
Company, the Purchaser and the Executing Shareholders shall use their best
efforts to effect, by no later than seventy-five (75) days after execution of a
merger agreement, a merger of the Company, as the absorbing company (HaChevra
Ha'Koletet, Acquisition Subsidiary), as the target company (Chevrat Ha'Ya'ad),
upon consummation of which the Acquisition Subsidiary will cease to exist, and
the Company will continue as the surviving corporation and become a wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Merger”), in
accordance with the Companies Law. If Purchaser consummates the
Closing without electing to consummate the Merger or exercising its rights to
provide the Bring-Along Notice under Section 2.02(b)(3) of this Agreement, then
Purchaser may consummate a merger transaction with Purchaser, Acquisition
Subsidiary and the Company after the Closing.
Section
6.12 Company Shareholders
Meeting.
Company
shall take all action necessary under all Applicable Law and the
Company's Articles of Association to send a notice of all requisite
shareholders' meetings, to Company's shareholders and hold such
shareholders' meetings to vote on the proposal to approve this Agreement and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as specified in Schedule
3.24 hereof.
On even
date herewith, the Company shall send, by facsimile or by hand, a notice
of a single class meeting to all of the holders of the Company's Preferred
A-1 Shares, Preferred A-3 Shares, Preferred B Shares and the Preferred C Shares,
to vote, pursuant to Article 12.4.2 of the Company's Articles of
Association, as a single class, on effecting the "Deemed Liquidation" (as
defined in the Company's Articles of Association) in accordance with the
transactions contemplated hereby. The meeting shall take place at the offices of
the Company in Israel as soon as practicable following the date hereof. Prior to
the date of said meeting, the Company will use reasonable commercial efforts to
receive unanimous written consent of all of the holders of the Company's the
Preferred A-1 Shares, Preferred A-3 Shares, Preferred B Shares and the Preferred
C Shares, with respect to the effecting of a "Deemed Liquidation.
ARTICLE
VII
ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
Section
7.01 Commercially Reasonable
Efforts.
(a) Facilitating the
Close. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
conditions set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.01 to be satisfied on a timely
basis, and Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
conditions set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.03 to be satisfied on a timely
basis.
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(b) Filings - General. As
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, each party to
this Agreement (a) shall make all filings and give all notices reasonably
required to be made and given by such party in connection with the Transactions,
and (b) shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all Consents
required to be obtained (pursuant to any Applicable Law or Contract, or
otherwise) by such party in connection with the Transactions. Each party shall,
upon request of another party, promptly deliver to such other party a copy of
each such filing made, each such notice given and each such Consent obtained by
it, provided that, to the extent such filings contain competitively sensitive
information, the filing party may designate that portion of each such filing as
“Highly Confidential” and provide that portion of the filing on an attorney-eyes
only basis. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, neither the
Purchaser nor the Company shall, and the Company shall cause each of the
Acquired Companies, not to, amend or modify in any material respect or otherwise
waive, release or assign any material rights, claims or benefits of the
Purchaser or any Acquired Company, respectively, or pay any fee or other
compensation to any Person in order to obtain any Consent required to be
obtained (pursuant to any Applicable Law or Contract, or otherwise) by such
party in connection with the Transactions.
(c) Antitrust Filings. In
the event that Purchaser or the Company reasonably determines that it is
required to make a pre-merger notification filing (an “Antitrust Filing”)
under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the
“HSR Act”), or
the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 1988 (the “RTP Law”), or any
corresponding law or regulation of any other foreign Governmental Authority (a
“Foreign Antitrust
Filing”) with respect to the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby, such party shall promptly notify the other parties of such
requirement and thereafter each of the parties will:
(1) as
promptly as is practicable, make its required filings under the HSR Act, the RTP
Law or any laws mandating a Foreign Antitrust Filing;
(2) as
promptly as is practicable after receiving any governmental request under the
HSR Act the RTP Law or any corresponding law or regulation of any foreign
Governmental Authority for additional information, documents, or other
materials, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with such
request;
(3) cooperate
with the other in connection with resolving any governmental inquiry or
investigation, whether domestic or foreign, relating to their respective HSR Act
filings, RTP Law fillings or Foreign Antitrust Filings, as the case may be, or
any related inquiry or investigation;
(4) promptly
inform the other of any communication with, and any proposed understanding,
agreement, or undertaking with any Governmental Authority, whether domestic or
foreign, relating to their respective HSR Act filings, RTP Law fillings or
Foreign Antitrust Filings, as the case may be, or any related inquiry or
investigation;
(5) to
the extent reasonably practicable and to the extent allowed under Applicable
Law, give the other reasonable advance notice of, and the opportunity to
participate in (directly or through its representatives), any meeting or
conference with any Governmental Authority, whether domestic or foreign,
relating to their respective HSR Act filings, RTP Law fillings or Foreign
Antitrust Filings, as the case may be, or any related inquiry or investigation;
and
(6) pay
any filing fees required to be paid in connection with such filings, if any,
under the HSR Act, the RTP Law or in connection with any Foreign Antitrust
Filings.
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(7) Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties hereto understand and agree that
the commercially reasonable efforts of any party hereto shall not be deemed to
include (i) entering into any settlement, undertaking, consent decree,
stipulation or agreement with any Governmental Authority in connection with the
Transactions or (ii) divesting or otherwise holding separate (including by
establishing a trust or otherwise), or taking any other action (or otherwise
agreeing to do any of the foregoing) with respect to any of their respective
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates’ businesses, assets or
properties.
(d) Israeli Tax Rulings.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall
prepare and file with the ITA an application for a ruling:
(1) that
either: (i) exempts Purchaser and the Company and their agents from any
obligation to withhold Israeli Tax at source from any consideration payable or
otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to Equityholders, including
those set aside in the Escrow Fund, or clarifies that no such obligation exists;
or (ii) instructs Purchaser and the Company and their agents how such
withholding at source is to be performed, and the rate or rates of withholding
to be applied (the “Israeli Withholding Tax
Ruling”); and
(2) that
confirms that: (A) the purchase of Company Shares issued under Company Options
which at the Closing are held in trust by the Trustee and the payment of
consideration in respect of such Company Options directly to such trustee will
not result in a requirement for an immediate Israeli Tax payment; (B) that the
Israeli taxation will be deferred until the end of the “lock up period” under
any “Section 102 Plan” and release of the consideration to the Person holding
the Company Option (the “Israeli Option Tax
Pre-Ruling” and together with the Israeli Withholding Tax Ruling, the
“Israeli Tax
Rulings”).
(3) permitting
any Participating Rights Holder who elect to become a party to such a tax
pre-ruling (the “Electing Holder”), to defer any applicable Israeli tax with
respect to any Closing Consideration Shares that such Electing Holder will
receive pursuant to this Agreement until the sale, transfer or other conveyance
for cash of such Closing Consideration Shares by such Electing Holder (the
“104(h) Tax
Pre-Ruling”). The 104(h) Tax Pre-Ruling shall not impose any restrictions
or obligations on the Purchaser or any of the Acquired Companies.
The
Company shall, and shall instruct its Representatives to cooperate with
Purchaser and its Israeli counsel and Representatives with respect to the
preparation and filing of such applications and in the preparation of any
written or oral submissions that may be necessary, proper or advisable to obtain
the Israeli Tax Rulings. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the parties
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to be
taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under Applicable Law to obtain the Israeli Tax Rulings, as promptly
as practicable. To avoid doubt, the Company and its Representatives shall not
make any application to the Israeli tax authorities with respect to any matter
relating to the subject matter of the Israeli Tax Rulings without first
consulting with Purchaser’s Israeli legal counsel, and will inform Purchaser’s
counsel of the content of any discussions and meetings relating thereto. As of
the Closing, the Holder Representatives shall assume sole responsibility for the
Israeli Tax Ruling.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholder
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to be
taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under any Applicable Law to obtain the aforementioned tax rulings
as promptly as practicable.
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Section
7.02 Confidentiality; Public
Announcements.
(a) Confidentiality
Agreement. Purchaser and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree to
continue to be bound by the Confidential Disclosure Agreement dated as of May
25, 2009 by and between Purchaser and the Company (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”).
(b) Public Announcements;
Disclosure Requirements. Notwithstanding the Confidentiality Agreement,
except as required by Purchaser, the Company and any Selling Shareholder
pursuant to any disclosure requirements under Applicable Law (including Israeli,
US, federal and state securities laws and regulations), stock exchange rules or
other regulations, Purchaser, Company, Selling Shareholders, and the Holder
Representatives hereby agree to not (and to cause their Representatives and
Affiliates to not) make any public announcement, notice, or any other
communication to any other third party regarding the existence or any subject
matter, terms or conditions of this Agreement, the Transactional Agreements, and
the Transaction without the prior written approval of both the Company and
Purchaser. Each of the Company, the Public Funds (who have executed this
Agreement) and the Purchaser shall submit to each other drafts of any public
announcement of or relating to the Transaction that such party intends to
release reasonable time before the release thereof and will cooperate in good
faith in providing to each other comments to such announcements.
Section
7.03 Form
S-3.
(a) Purchaser
shall prepare and file with the SEC, within 15 days of the Closing Date, a
resale registration statement on Form S-3 for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or such other resale registration form
that Purchaser may then be eligible to use) in order to register with the
Commission the resale by the Executing Shareholders not eligible for S-8
Registration, from time to time, of the Closing Consideration Shares issued to
them (including such Closing Consideration Shares set aside in the Escrow Fund)
through Nasdaq or the facilities of any national securities exchange on which
Purchaser’s Shares are then traded, or in privately negotiated transactions (a
“Registration
Statement”). Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon thereafter as
reasonably practicable and maintain the Registration Statement effective for a
period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) two years following the last
day of the Lock-Up Period (as such term is defined in the Lock-Up Agreements),
as prolonged and extended by any Suspension Period or (ii) the date on which all
Closing Consideration Shares covered by the Registration Statement may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act (such time frame, as extended from
time to time, shall be referred to herein as the “Effective Period”).
Following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Purchaser may, at any
time, suspend the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for up to an
aggregate of 60 days, as appropriate (a “Suspension Period”),
by giving notice to the Holder Representatives, if Purchaser shall have
determined that Purchaser may be required to disclose any material corporate
development or as otherwise required by applicable securities laws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser may not suspend the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement more than two times during any twelve-month period,
subject to applicable securities laws. The Purchaser shall inform each Executing
Shareholder of any such Suspension Period and will instruct such holders (and by
executing this Agreement each Executing Shareholder agrees) not sell any Closing
Consideration Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement until (a) such
Person is advised in writing by the Holder Representatives that the use of the
applicable prospectus may be resumed, or (b) such Person has received copies of
any additional or supplemental or amended prospectus, if applicable, or (c) such
Person has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings which are
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
prospectus.
(b) If
the Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time
during the Effective Period, Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness thereof. If a Registration Statement is filed, Purchaser shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective as promptly as is reasonably practicable and shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective until the end of the Effective Period.
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(c) During
the Effective Period, Purchaser shall supplement and amend the Registration
Statement if, as and when required by the Securities and Act of 1933, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by
Purchaser for such Registration Statement.
(d) In
connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, Purchaser will, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(1) furnish
to the Executing Shareholders whose shares are covered in the Registration
Statement (“Holders”) such number
of copies of the prospectus for the Registration Statement, including a
preliminary prospectus (and amendments or supplements thereto), in conformity
with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they
may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Closing
Consideration Shares owned by them;
(2) use
its reasonable commercial efforts to register and qualify the securities covered
by such registration statement under such other United States securities or blue
sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as will be reasonably
requested by the Executing Shareholders; provided that Purchaser will not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do
business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such state or
jurisdiction unless Purchaser is already so qualified or subject to service of
process, respectively, in such jurisdiction; and
(3) promptly
notify the Executing Shareholders in writing at any time when a prospectus
relating to the Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing.
(e) Executing Shareholder
Obligations.
(1) Each
Executing
Shareholder shall deliver to Purchaser an Executing Shareholder
Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit AA and shall
provide such other information and shall execute such other documents in
connection with such registration as Purchaser may reasonably
request. At least seven (7) Business Days prior to the first
anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, Purchaser shall notify
each Executing Shareholder of the information Purchaser requires from such
Executing Shareholder in order for such Executing Shareholder to have any of
such holders’ Closing Consideration Shares included in the Registration
Statement. Each Executing Shareholder shall provide a completed
Executing Shareholder Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit AA and such
other information request by Purchaser to Purchaser at least four (4) Business
Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement
in order for such Executing Shareholder to have any Closing Consideration Shares
included in the Registration Statement. Purchaser shall not have any
obligation to register the Closing Consideration Shares pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise with respect to Closing Consideration Shares held by any
Executing Shareholder that does not comply with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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(2) Each
Executing Shareholder, by its acceptance of the Closing Consideration Shares
agrees to cooperate with Purchaser as reasonably requested by Purchaser in
connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement
hereunder, unless such Executing Shareholder has notified Purchaser in writing
of its election to exclude all of its Closing Consideration Shares from such
Registration Statement.
(3) Each
Executing
Shareholder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from Purchaser of either (i)
the commencement of a Suspension Period pursuant to Section 7.03(a), such
Executing Shareholder will immediately discontinue disposition of Closing
Consideration Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such
Closing Consideration Shares, until the Executing Shareholder is advised by the
Company that such dispositions may again be made.
(f) Indemnification.
(1) By
Purchaser. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Purchaser
will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Executing Shareholder, the
officers, directors, agents and employees of each of them, each person who
controls any Executing Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and the officers, directors,
agents and employees of each such controlling person, against any losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which such Executing
Shareholder may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other
U.S. federal or state law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively, a “Violation”):
(A) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
registration statement filed by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 7.03 pursuant
to which Closing Consideration Shares are sold, including any preliminary
prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or
supplements thereto;
(B) the
omission or alleged omission to state in such registration statement,
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or
(C) any
violation or alleged violation by Purchaser of the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, any U.S. federal or state securities law or any rule or regulation
promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any U.S. federal or
state securities law in connection with the offering of Closing Consideration
Shares covered by such registration statement;
provided, however, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.03(e)(i) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of Purchaser,
nor shall Purchaser be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a
Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by
such Holder or as result of any violation or alleged violation by a Selling
Shareholder of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any U.S. federal or state
securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act or any U.S. federal or state securities law.
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(2) By Holders. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, each selling Executing Shareholder
will indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, its directors, officers agents and
employees, each person, if any, who controls Panther within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 12 of the Exchange Act, any
underwriter and any other Executing Shareholder selling securities under
such registration statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(joint or several) to which Purchaser or any such director, officer, controlling
person, underwriter or other such Executing Shareholder may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state law
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case
to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished by
such Executing Shareholder expressly for use in connection with such
registration; and each such Executing Shareholder will indemnify and reimburse
Purchaser and any such director, officer, controlling person, underwriter or
other Executing Shareholder for any reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other expenses reasonably incurred by Purchaser or any such director, officer,
controlling person, underwriter or other Executing Shareholder in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action, as incurred. In no event will the liability of any Executing Shareholder
under this Section 7.03(e)(ii) exceed the net proceeds from the applicable sale
of Closing Consideration Shares received by such Executing
Shareholder.
(3) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7.03(f) of notice of
the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) against, such
indemnified party; such indemnified party will, if a claim for indemnification
or contribution in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party
under this Section 7.03(f), deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice
of the commencement thereof and, if the indemnifying party is Purchaser,
Purchaser shall have the right to control the defense of such action, and if
Purchaser fails to defend such action it shall indemnify and reimburse the
selling Holders for any reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such action;
provided, however, that: (x) Purchaser shall also have the right, at its option,
to assume and control the defense of any action with respect to which Purchaser
or any person entitled to be indemnified by the selling Holders under Section
7.03(f)(2) is entitled to indemnification from the selling Holders; (ii) the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to participate at its own
expense in the defense of such action and (but only to the extent agreed in
writing with Purchaser and any other indemnifying party similarly noticed) to
assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties;
and (iii) an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel,
with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the indemnifying party,
if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the
indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to an actual or potential conflict
of interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by
such counsel in such proceeding. The failure of an indemnified party to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to the ability of the
indemnifying party to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party
of any liability to the indemnified party under Section 7.03(f), but the
omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve
the indemnifying party of any liability that it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under this Section 7.03(f).
Section
7.04 Form
S-8.
With
respect to the Unvested Company Options assumed pursuant to Section 2.12 and
held by employees of the Company that continue employment following the Closing
Date, Purchaser shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or
any successor form), relating to the Purchaser's Shares issuable pursuant to the
exercise of Purchaser's Equity Awards. Any such registration
statement shall be filed within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, and
Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and subject to applicable
securities laws, to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement
for so long as any assumed Unvested Company Options remain outstanding, subject
to Purchaser’s standard policies regarding securities compliance, but in any
event not less than the Effective Period. Purchaser shall, as soon as
practicable after the Closing Date, deliver to each holder of a Purchaser's
Equity Awards written notice documenting the assumption of the Unvested Company
Option. Such notice shall specify the number of Purchaser's Shares subject to
the Purchaser's Equity Awards, as well as the exercise price per Consideration
Share subject to such assumed Purchaser's Equity Awards. The provisions of this
Section 7.04 are not intended to be for the benefit of, or enforceable by, any
holder of Company Options.
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Section
7.05 Bonus/ Retention
Pool.
(a) Retention Pool. No
later than such applicable date set forth in Exhibit J as to each
Milestone set forth therein (each date, a “Date of Grant”),
Purchaser shall pay up to an aggregate amount of US$5,000,000 to such persons
and in such amounts as set forth on Exhibit I (the “Designated Employees”
and “Transaction
Payments”, respectively); provided that the Transaction Payment to each
individual set forth on Exhibit I, as it
applies to each individual Milestone, is subject to such individual remaining
continuously employed by Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries through December
31, 2010 (the “Eligible Employees”)
and provided further that the applicable Milestone set forth in Exhibit J was
attained (on or before the date specified in Exhibit J). Each
applicable Milestone shall be deemed to be attained upon the mutual agreement of
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (or person acting in such capacity
notwithstanding a change in formal title following the Closing) and Purchaser’s
Chief Executive Officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
the Company attains the Milestones set forth in Exhibit J (on or
prior to the date specified therein) and a Designated Employee’s employment with
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated prior to December 31, 2010 by
Purchaser or such Subsidiary for any reason other than for “Cause”, such
Designated Employee shall be entitled to receive, at the applicable Date of
Grant, the Transaction Payment set opposite to his or her name in Exhibit I and shall
be deemed to be “Eligible Employees”.
For purpose of this Agreement, “Cause” means (a) conviction of the Designated
Employee of a felony (other than a traffic-related offense); (b) persistent and
willful refusal by the Designated Employee to properly perform his or her
obligations under his or her applicable employment agreement; (c) the Designated
Employee’s willful misconduct or material negligence with regard to the
business, assets or employees of the Company or its affiliated entities,
including breach of fiduciary duty, or other conduct which is materially
detrimental to the Company, as determined by the Company; (d) the Designated
Employee’s theft, embezzlement, dishonesty or fraud with regard to the Company
or any other material breach by the Designated Employee of his or her applicable
employment agreement which, if curable, remains uncured for twenty (20) days
after a written notice thereof is given to the Designated Employee, or any
breach of his or her duties of non-disclosure, confidentiality or
non-competition which the Designated Employee agrees are not
curable.
(b) Redistribution. In
the event that the Milestones set forth in Exhibit J were
attained (on or before the date specified in Exhibit J) and a
Designated Employee is no longer eligible to receive his or her portion of the
Transaction Payments pursuant to Section 7.05(a), the portion of the Transaction
Payments which would have been payable to such Designated Employee shall be paid
at the Date of Grant to all Eligible Employees (remaining employed by Purchaser
or any of its Subsidiaries through December 31, 2010, as set forth in Section
7.05(a) above), based on the proportions each Eligible Employee is entitled to
receive out of the total Transaction Payments.
(c) Withholding
Obligations. Purchaser shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any
Transaction Payment pursuant to Section 7.05(a) such amounts as Purchaser is
required to deduct or withhold therefrom under the Israeli Code, the Code or any
other Applicable Law, with respect to such Transaction Payment.
(d) Third Party
Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Section 7.05 are not intended to be
for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any Eligible Employee.
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Section
7.06 Employee Benefits; Other
Employment Matters.
(a) Additional Employment
Matters. Purchaser agrees that, subject to any necessary transition
period and subject to any applicable plan provisions, contractual requirements
or Applicable Law: (i) all employees of the Company who continue employment with
Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser after the Closing (“Continuing
Employees”) shall be eligible to receive employee benefits that are
substantially similar in the aggregate to those employee benefits provided to
similarly situated employees of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries; and (ii) for the
sole purpose of determining a Continuing Employee’s eligibility to receive such
employee benefits (but not for purposes of benefit accrual), such Continuing
Employee shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, receive credit under
such benefit plans for his or her years of continuous service with the Company
prior to the Closing to the same extent as
such Continuing Employee was entitled, prior to the Closing, to credit for such
service under any similar benefit plan in which such Continuing Employee
participated or was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Closing;
provided that, such credit
shall not result in duplication of benefits. Nothing in this Section 7.06 will
be or be deemed to be an amendment of any benefit plan or benefit agreement of
the Company or will require Purchaser to continue the service relationship
(whether as an employee, director, consultant, or otherwise) of any
individual.
(b) Third Party
Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Section 7.06 are not intended to be
for the benefit of, or enforceable by, any Continuing Employee.
Section
7.07 Indemnification of Officers
and Directors.
(a) Rights to
Indemnification. Purchaser agrees that all rights to indemnification for
acts or omissions occurring prior to and through the Closing Date (including the
approval and execution of this Agreement and other Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the Transaction contemplated hereby) existing as of the date of
this Agreement in favor of the current and former directors and officers of the
Company listed on Exhibit P shall
survive Closing and the consummation of the Transactions and shall continue in
full force and effect in accordance with their terms following the Closing Date,
and Purchaser shall cause the Company to fulfill and honor such obligations to
the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law.
(b) D&O Tail. Prior
to the Closing, the Company shall obtain and fully pay for “tail” insurance
policies with a claims period of at least seven years from the Closing Date from
an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s
current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance in an amount and scope at least as favorable as the Company’s existing
policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(c) Third Party
Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the
Closing and are intended to be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, each
current director and officer of the Company and his or her heirs and personal
representatives, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect any indemnification
rights that any such current director or officer and his or her heirs and
personal representatives may have under the Articles of Association of the
Company or any Contract or Applicable Law.
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Section
7.08 Nasdaq.
At
Closing, Purchaser shall file with the Nasdaq Stock Market a true and complete
Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares covering the Closing
Consideration Shares to be issued in connection with the
Transactions.
Section
7.09 Israeli Securities
Law.
As soon
as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser, in
consultation with Company, shall submit a request to, and to use reasonable
commercial efforts to receive from, the Israeli Securities Authority an
exemption pursuant to Section 15D of the Israeli Securities Law from the
requirement to file in Israel a prospectus with respect to the Transaction
contemplated hereby.
Section
7.10 Parachute
Payments.
As
promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall
submit to the shareholders of the Company (in a manner satisfactory to
Purchaser) for approval by such number of shareholders of the Company as is
required by the terms of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code a written consent in
favor of a single proposal to render the parachute payment provisions of Section
280G of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (collectively, “Section 280G”)
inapplicable to any and all payments and/or benefits provided pursuant to any
Contracts or employee benefit plan that might result, separately or in the
aggregate, in the payment of any amount and/or the provision of any benefit that
would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G or that would be subject to an
excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code (together, the “Section 280G
Payments”). Any such shareholder approval shall be obtained in
a manner which satisfies all applicable requirements of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of
the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, including Q-7 of Section
1.280G-1 of such Treasury Regulations. The Company and the Selling
Shareholders agree that: (i) in the absence of such shareholder approval, no
Section 280G Payments shall be made; and (ii) promptly after execution of
this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser waivers duly executed by
each Person who might receive any Section 280G Payment. The form and
substance of all stockholder approval documents contemplated by this Section
7.10, including the waivers, shall be subject to the review and approval of
Purchaser.
Section
7.11 Communications with
Employees.
Prior to
the Closing Date, neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholders shall (and
the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall ensure that none of their
respective Representatives, any Acquired Company or any Acquired Company’s
Representatives) communicate with any employees of the Acquired Companies
regarding post-Closing employment matters with Purchaser or any Subsidiary or
affiliate of Purchaser, including post-Closing employee benefit plans and
compensation, without the prior written approval of Purchaser.
Section
7.12 Resignation of
Directors.
The
Company shall obtain and deliver to Purchaser at or prior to the Closing the
resignation of each director of each Acquired Company effective as of the
Closing in the form set forth as Exhibit Z
hereto.
Section
7.13 Option Acknowledgment
Agreements.
Prior to
the Closing, the Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts to cause each
holder of outstanding Vested Company Options granted under the Company Option
Plan to enter into an Option Acknowledgment Agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Purchaser (an “Option Acknowledgment
Agreement”).
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ARTICLE
VIII
TAX
MATTERS
Section
8.01 Tax
Returns.
(a) Filings Prior to the Closing
Date. Each of the Acquired Companies shall prepare and timely file, or
shall cause to be prepared and timely filed, all Tax Returns in respect of such
Acquired Company that are required to be filed (taking into account any
extensions granted) on or before the Closing Date, and such Acquired Company
shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of its Taxes that are due on or before the
Closing Date. Such Tax Returns shall be prepared by treating items on such Tax
Returns in a manner consistent with the past practices of such Acquired Company,
as applicable, with respect to such items, except as required by Applicable
Law.
(b) Post Closing Filings.
Following the Closing, Purchaser shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) and
timely file (or caused to be timely filed) all other Tax Returns with respect to
the Acquired Companies that are required to be filed (taking into account any
extensions granted) after the Closing Date, including to Tax Returns for any
Straddle Period. Such Tax Returns shall be prepared by treating items on such
Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the past practices of the Acquired
Companies, as applicable, with respect to such items, except as otherwise
required by Applicable Law. Purchaser shall deliver a draft of any such Tax
Returns for Pre-Closing Tax Periods at least 30 days prior to the due date
(taking into account any extension) for the filing of such Tax Return to the
Holder Representatives for review. Purchaser shall reflect any reasonable
comments the Holder Representatives may submit to Purchaser no less than five
(5) Business Days prior to the due date of such Tax Returns (or any extension
for such filling). For clarification purposes the parties agree: (i)
the fact that any such Tax Returns are submitted to the Holder Representatives
for review shall not, as of itself, be deemed to trigger and indemnification
claim, impose an indemnification obligation on the Participating Rights Holder
with respect thereto under this Article 8 and shall not exempt Purchaser from
acting in accordance with, nor shall it prevent the Participating Rights Holders
from relying on the provisions set forth in Article XI below (ii) the Taxes that
may be due and payable by any of the Acquired Companies will not be, in of
itself, evidence of a breach of the Company’s representations and warranties set
forth in this Agreement (even if the position, interoperation of any applicable
Tax law or action taken by Purchaser or any of the Acquired Companies will have
an adverse impact the Acquired Companies business for the post-Closing Tax
period), and (iii) only amounts exceeding the reserve for Tax liability for said
item set forth on the face of the Balance Sheet (rather than in amounts in the
notes thereto) shall be eligible for any Damage claim pursuant to this
Agreement.
(c) Straddle Period. In
the case of a Straddle Period, the portion of any Tax that is allocable to the
taxable period that is deemed to end on the day prior to the Closing Date will
be: (i) in the case of Taxes other than income, sales and use and withholding
Taxes, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period multiplied by
a fraction the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period
ending on the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date and the
denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire period, and
(ii) in the case of income (including capital gains), sales and use and
withholding Taxes, determined from the books and records of the Company as
though the taxable year of the Company terminated at the close of business on
the day prior to the Closing Date.
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Section
8.02 Cooperation.
The
Company and the Holder Representatives shall, and shall cause the Acquired
Companies to, and Purchaser shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates,
auditors and Representatives to reasonably cooperate, in preparing and filing
all Tax Returns, including maintaining and making available to each other all
records necessary in connection with Taxes and in resolving all disputes and
audits with respect to all taxable periods relating to Taxes. In the event of an
indemnification claim that will be made against the Participating Rights Holders
with respect to any Tax matters, each of the Holder Representatives and his
advisors and consultants will need access, from time to time, after the Closing
Date, to certain accounting and Tax records and information held by the Acquired
Companies to the extent such records and information pertain to events occurring
prior to the Closing Date; therefore, Purchaser, as a condition to any
indemnification claim that may be made pursuant to Article XI hereof, shall
cause each of the Acquired Companies to, (a) properly retain and maintain such
records until such time as the Holder Representatives agree, in writing, that
such retention and maintenance is no longer necessary, but in no event later
than the applicable survival period has expired and (b) allow each of the Holder
Representatives and his consultants and advisors, at times and dates mutually
acceptable to the parties, to inspect, review and make copies of such records as
they may deem reasonably necessary or appropriate from time to time, during
normal business hours and at the Participating Rights Holder’s
expense.
Section
8.03 Tax
Contests.
(a) Notification.
Purchaser and the Acquired Companies, on the one hand, and the Participating
Rights Holder, on the other hand, and their respective Representatives, shall
promptly notify each other upon receipt by such party of written notice of any
inquiries, claims, assessments, notices of Tax deficiency or other adjustments
of Taxes, audits, examinations or similar events with respect to Taxes payable
by the Company or by any Taxing authority regarding the Company and in each case
relating to a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the
Closing Date or relating to the income, assets or operations of the Company and
the Subsidiaries for all taxable periods, in each case for which the
Participating Rights Holders may be liable under Article XI and send a copy of
such written notice to the counter party.
(b) Purchaser’s Control.
Purchaser shall have the sole right to control any audit or examination by any
Taxing authority, initiate any claim for refund or amend any Tax Return, and
contest, resolve and defend against any assessment for additional Taxes, notice
of Tax deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes of, or relating to, the income,
assets or operations of the Acquired Companies for all taxable periods, and the
terms of and procedures set forth in Section 11.04 (Defense of Third Party
Claims) shall apply hereto, mutatis mutandis.
Section
8.04 Transfer
Taxes.
Each
Participating Rights Holder and Purchaser shall pay all sales, use, stamp,
documentary, filing, recording, transfer or similar fees or Taxes or
governmental charges (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”)
levied against such Person by any Governmental Authority as a result of the
Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, Transfer Taxes shall not include any
Taxes based upon or in any way with reference to income, receipts or
gain.
ARTICLE
IX
CONDITIONS
TO THE TRANSACTIONS
Section
9.01 Conditions to the
Obligations of Each Party.
The
obligations of the Company, Purchaser and the Selling Shareholders to consummate
the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
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(a) No Injunction. No temporary restraining
order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree issued by
any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect which
prevents the consummation of the Transactions on the terms contemplated herein,
and no Applicable Law shall have been enacted or be deemed applicable to the
Transactions that makes the consummation of the Transactions
illegal.
(b) Securities Law
Exemptions. Purchaser shall have received a letter of
exemption under Section 15D of the Israeli Securities Law of 1968, as amended,
or some other legally compliant method of issuing options in Purchaser’s Shares
to holders of Unvested Company Options in Israel.
Section
9.02 Conditions to the
Obligations of Purchaser.
The
obligations of Purchaser to consummate the Transactions are subject to the
satisfaction, or waiver by Purchaser in its sole discretion, at or prior to the
Closing, of the following further conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. (i) Each of the
representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement shall have
been accurate in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall
be accurate in all material respects as of such date), without giving effect to
any materiality qualifications contained or incorporated directly or indirectly
in such representations and warranties; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.05(a) through 3.05(d) must
be accurate in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, and (ii) each of the representations and warranties made by the Selling
Shareholders in this Agreement shall have been accurate in all material respects
as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made as of the
Closing Date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
particular date, which shall be accurate in all material respects as of such
date), without giving effect to any materiality qualifications contained or
incorporated directly or indirectly in such representations and warranties;
provided, however, that the conditions set forth in each of clauses (i) and (ii)
above shall be deemed not to have been met only if all inaccuracies in the
Company’s or the Selling Shareholders’, as applicable, representations and
warranties in this Agreement constitute a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Covenants. (i) Each of the covenants
and obligations that the Company is required to comply with or to perform at or
prior to the Closing shall have been complied with and performed in all material
respects and (ii) each of the covenants and obligations that the Selling
Shareholders are required to comply with or to perform at or prior to the
Closing shall have been complied with and performed in all material
respects.
(c) Company Warrants.
Purchaser shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all
Company Warrants have been terminated or exercised prior to the Closing Date and
that the Company Warrantholders have waived any right to prior notification of
the Transactions.
(d) Executed Agreements and
Certificates. Purchaser shall have
received the following agreements and documents, each of which shall be in full
force and effect:
(1)
this Agreement executed by Selling Shareholders holding in excess of ninety-five
percent (95%) of the issued and outstanding Company Shares, including Company
Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of Company Warrants outstanding on the
date hereof; provided that, in no event shall Purchaser be required to
consummate the Transactions within a date that is the later of one (1) month
from the date the Bring Along Notice is delivered to Non-Execution Shareholders
or such date as a final decision in a court of law is issued in connection with
a compulsory acquisition under Section 341 of the Israeli Companies Law, without
receiving executed signature pages to this Agreement by Selling Shareholders
holding one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Company Shares,
including Company Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of Company Warrants
outstanding on the date hereof;
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(2)
the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, executed
by each of the Holder Representatives (on behalf of himself and each
Participating Rights Holder);
(3)
Lockup Agreements, executed by Principal Shareholders holding at least an
aggregate of ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding Company
Shares;
(4) holders
of at least an aggregate of seventy-five percent (75%) of Company Shares that
would be issuable upon exercise of Vested Company Options issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing shall deliver to Purchaser a duly executed
Option Acknowledgment Agreement;
(5)
a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Q, executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer (the “Company
Closing Certificate”) and containing representations and warranties of
the Company to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 9.02(a)(i),
9.02(b)(i), 9.02(e)(i) 9.02(g), 9.02(h) and 9.02(i) have been duly
satisfied;
(6)
the Consideration Allocation Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and by the Holder
Representatives;
(7) a
certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R, executed
on behalf of each Selling Shareholder by the Holder Representatives (the “Selling Shareholder
Certificate”) and containing representations and warranties of the
Selling Shareholders to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections
9.02(a)(ii) and 9.02(b)(ii) have been duly satisfied;
(8)
a legal opinion of Shenhav & Co. Law Offices, Xxxxxx, Xxx and Xxxxxx, &
Co., legal counsels to the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T and Exhibit U,
respectively
(9)
Non-competition Agreements, executed by each of the Key Employees listed in
Schedule
1;
(10) written
resignations of all directors of each Acquired Company, to be effective as of
the Closing Date;
(11) Paying
Agent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit Y (the “Paying Agent
Agreement”), executed by the Holder Representatives;
(12) a
certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company updating
Section 3.24 of the Company Disclosure Schedule as of the Closing (such
certificate shall be referred to as the “Transaction Expenses
Certificate”); and
(13) a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company attaching and
certifying the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Shareholders’ Approval;
Share Certificates and Share Registry.
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(1) The
Selling Shareholders of the Company shall have approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transaction.
(2) Each
Selling Shareholder shall have delivered to Purchaser all certificates
representing the Company Shares set forth on Exhibit A with
respect to such Selling Shareholder (or Affidavits of Lost Shares with respect
thereto), together with share transfer deeds satisfactory in form and substance
to Purchaser and its counsel, such that Purchaser shall have received in the
aggregate certificates representing all outstanding Company Shares owned by such
Executing Shareholders.
(3) The
Company shall have delivered to Purchaser the share registry of the Company
evidencing the transfer and ownership of all of the Company Shares to
Purchaser.
(f) Employees. As of
immediately prior to the Closing: (i) each Key Employee shall submit his or her
Letter of Acknowledgement; (ii) each Key Employee shall enter into a Non
Competition Agreement; and (iii) at least 75% of the Acquired Companies
employees shall remain employed by the Company and no more than 25% of the
Acquired Companies employees shall have evidenced any intention to terminate
employment with Purchaser or the Company following the Closing.
(g) Litigation. There shall not be: (i)
pending by or before any Governmental Authority any Proceeding that (A) seeks to
frustrate or prevent the consummation of the Transactions on the terms, and the
conferring upon Purchaser and the Company all of their respective rights and
benefits, contemplated by this Agreement and is determined by the parties
counsel as being likely to succeed, or (B) seeks the award of Damages (in an
amount which will have a Material Adverse Effect to the Company or which is
likely to exceed the amounts set forth in the Escrow Fund) payable by, or any
other remedy against, Purchaser or the Company if the Transactions are
consummated; or (ii) any Proceeding threatened in writing by any Person that has
a reasonable likelihood of success, and that if successful would have any of the
effects described in clause “(i).”
(h) Appointment of
Directors. The Purchaser shall have received an irrevocable
Letter of Appointment of Directors in the form set forth in Exhibit CC, executed
by holders of a majority of the Company Preferred, including Xxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Challenge Fund and Carmel Ventures, appointing Purchaser’s designees to the
Board of Directors of the Company, effective as of the Closing.
(i) Termination of Benefit
Plans. Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser under Section 6.04, the
Purchaser shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the
Company’s Terminable Benefit Plans shall have been
terminated.
Section
9.03 Conditions to the
Obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
The
obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders to consummate the
Transactions are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the Company and the
Holder Representatives at each party’s sole discretion, of the following further
conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties made by Purchaser in this Agreement shall have
been accurate in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall
be accurate in all material respects as of such date), without giving effect to
any materiality qualifications contained or incorporated directly or indirectly
in such representations and warranties; provided, however, that the conditions
set forth in this Section 9.03(a) shall be deemed not to have been met only if
all inaccuracies in Purchaser’s representations and warranties in this Agreement
constitute a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Covenants. Each of
the covenants and obligations that Purchaser is required to comply with or to
perform at or prior to the Closing shall have been complied with and performed
in all material respects, provided that Purchaser’s obligations set forth in
Section 2 above shall have been fully complied and Purchaser shall have paid and
issued the Aggregate Consideration in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
(c) Executed Agreements and
Certificates. The Company and the
Holder Representatives shall have received the following agreements and
documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect:
(1) the
Escrow Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, executed
by Purchaser;
(2) the
Paying Agent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit Y, executed
by Purchaser;
(3) a
certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit S, executed
on behalf of Purchaser by its authorized representative and containing the
representation and warranty of Purchaser that the conditions set forth in
Sections 9.03(a) and 9.03(b) have been duly satisfied (the “Purchaser Closing
Certificate”).
(4) the
Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling; provided, that if the Israeli Option Tax
Pre-Ruling is not obtained within forty five (45) days from the date of this
Agreement, the Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling shall not be a condition to the
consummation of the Transactions and Purchaser shall deposit any proceeds
payable to the Optionholders with the Escrow Agent until such time as the
Israeli Option Tax Pre-Ruling is obtained or the Holder Representatives, acting
together, instruct the Purchaser to release such proceeds from the Escrow Agent
(and withhold any applicable amounts).
(5) a
legal opinion of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, legal counsel to
Purchaser, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
X.
ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION
Section
10.01 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time
prior to the Closing:
(a) by
mutual written agreement of the Holder Representatives and
Purchaser;
(b) by
either the Company, the Holder Representatives or Purchaser, if the Transactions
have not been consummated on or before ninety (90) days from the date hereof or,
if the parties execute a merger agreement pursuant to Section 6.11 above, one
hundred twenty (120) days from the date hereof (such date, the “End Date”); provided that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(b) shall not be
available to any party whose breach of any provision of this Agreement results
in the failure of the Transactions to be consummated by such time;
(c) by
either Purchaser, the Company or the Holder Representatives, if a Governmental
Authority shall have issued any order, injunction or other decree or taken any
other action, in each case, which has become final and non-appealable and which
restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Transactions;
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(d) by
Purchaser, if (i) any representation or warranty of the Company or a Selling
Shareholder contained in this Agreement shall be inaccurate such that the
condition set forth in Section 9.02(a) would not be satisfied, or (ii) the
covenants or obligations of the Company or the Selling Shareholders contained in
this Agreement shall have been breached in any material respect such that the
condition set forth in Section 9.02(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that if an
inaccuracy or breach is curable by the Company or the applicable Selling
Shareholder during the 30-day period after Purchaser notifies the Company and
the Holder Representatives in writing of the existence of such inaccuracy or
breach (the “Company
Cure Period”), then Purchaser may not terminate this Agreement under this
Section 10.01(d) as a result of such inaccuracy or breach prior to the
expiration of the Company Cure Period unless the Company or applicable Selling
Shareholder is no longer continuing to exercise commercially reasonable efforts
to cure such inaccuracy or breach; or
(e) by
the Company or the Holder Representatives, if (i) any representation or warranty
of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be inaccurate such that the
condition set forth in Section 9.03(a) would not be satisfied, or (ii) the
covenants or obligations of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall have
been breached in any material respect such that the condition set forth in
Section 9.03(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that if an
inaccuracy or breach is curable by Purchaser during the 30-day period after the
Holder Representatives notify Purchaser in writing of the existence of such
inaccuracy or breach (the “Purchaser Cure
Period”), then the Holder Representatives may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 10.01(e) as a result of such inaccuracy or breach
prior to the expiration of Purchaser Cure Period unless Purchaser is no longer
continuing to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy
or breach.
The party
desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01 (other than
pursuant to Section 10.01(a)) shall give a notice of such termination to the
other parties setting forth a brief description of the basis on which such party
is terminating this Agreement.
Section
10.02 Effect of
Termination.
If this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement shall become
void and of no effect and all further obligations of the parties hereto shall
terminate; provided that: (a)
none of the Selling Shareholders, the Acquired Companies or the Purchaser shall
be relieved of any obligation or liability arising from any prior breach by such
party of any provision of this Agreement; and (b) the parties shall, in all
events, remain bound by and continue to be subject to the provisions set forth
in Section 13 and Section 7.02.
ARTICLE
XI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
11.01 Survival of
Representations.
(a) Company and Selling
Shareholders Representations. Subject to Sections 11.01(b), other
than the Specified Representations, which shall survive the Closing and expire
on the third anniversary of the Closing Date, and the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.18 (“Tax
Matters”), which shall survive the Closing Date and expire on
the eighteenth (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Tax Expiration
Date”), all other representations and warranties made by the Company and
the Selling Shareholders (the “General
Representations”) shall survive the Closing and shall expire on the
twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “General Expiration
Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time prior to either
applicable expiration date set forth above for a given representation or
warranty, any Purchaser Indemnitee delivers to the Holder Representatives an
Officer’s Claim Certificate, then the claim asserted in such notice shall
survive until such time as such claim is fully and finally
resolved.
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(b) Intentional
Misrepresentation; Fraud. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Section 11.01(a), the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(a)
shall not apply in the case of claims based upon intentional misrepresentation
or fraud.
(c) Purchaser’s
Indemnification. Other than Purchaser’s representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 5.02 (Corporate Authorization),
5.05(a), 5.05(b) (SEC
Filings) and 5.06(c) (Valid Issuance) (the “Purchaser’s Specified
Representations”) which shall expire on the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, the representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in
Section 5 shall terminate and expire as of the Closing Date, and any liability
of Purchaser with respect to such representations and warranties shall thereupon
cease. From and after the Closing Date and until the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall hold harmless and indemnify
each of the Participating Rights Holders from and against, and shall compensate
and reimburse each of the Participating Rights Holders for, any Damages which
are suffered or incurred by any such Participating Rights Holder and
which arise from or as a result of, or are connected with, (i) any inaccuracy in
or breach of any Purchaser’s Specified Representation (provided that solely for
purposes of measuring the Damages indemnifiable hereunder there will not be
given any effect to any materiality or similar qualification limiting the scope
of such representation or warranty); or (ii) any breach of any covenant or
obligation of the Purchaser set forth in this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
indemnification payment shall be required to be made by the Purchaser to any
Participating Rights Holder pursuant to Section 11.01(c)(i) as it relates to an
inaccuracy in or breach of Section 5.05(a) or Section 5.05(b) or the matters set
forth in clause (ii) above unless and until the aggregate amount of Damages
sustained by all Executing Shareholders exceeds the Basket Amount. If
the total amount of such Damages exceeds the Basket Amount then the
Participating Rights Holders shall be entitled to be indemnified against and
compensated and reimbursed the entire amount of such Damages including the
Basket Amount.
(d) Extinguishment of Rights to
Make Claim. Neither Purchaser nor any of Purchaser Indemnitees shall be
entitled to bring any claim with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions
contemplated hereby against any of the Equityholders or the Escrow Fund
following the expiration of the applicable survival period. All representations
and warranties made by Company or any Selling Shareholder shall terminate and
expire as of the end of the applicable surviving period, and the Purchaser and
Purchaser Indemnitees’ right to bring a claim, and any liability of Company or
any Selling Shareholders with respect to such representations and warranties
shall thereupon cease, except with respect to any liability of Company or any
Participating Rights Holder as a result of an Officer’s Claim Certificate
submitted prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period or as
otherwise provided herein.
(e) Escrow Fund and Escrow
Period. The Escrow Fund will be held by the Escrow Agent until the Tax
Expiration Date (unless prior to the applicable expiration date any Purchaser
Indemnitee delivers to the Holder Representatives an Officer’s Claim
Certificate, in which case the Escrow Fund will be held until the claim asserted
in such notice shall be fully and finally resolved) (the "Escrow Period").
Anything in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement notwithstanding: (i)
following the General Expiration Date, Purchaser and Purchaser's Indemnitees
shall not be entitled to make a claim against the Escrow Fund for any General
Representation; and (ii) following the expiration of the Escrow Period all
amounts in the Escrow Fund, if any, will be distributed to the Participating
Rights Holders.
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Section
11.02 Indemnification by
Participating Rights Holders.
(a) Indemnification. From
and after the Closing Date, the Participating Rights Holders shall: (i) for
claims made against the Escrow Fund, severally and jointly, and (ii) for any
other claims, severally and not jointly, in proportion to their respective
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest, hold harmless and indemnify each of the
Purchaser Indemnitees from and against, and shall compensate and reimburse each
of the Purchaser Indemnitees for, any Damages which are suffered or incurred by
any of the Purchaser’s Indemnitees and which arise from or as a result of, or
are connected with:
(1) any
inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty of the Company or the
Selling Shareholders contained in this Agreement as of the date of this
Agreement (except in the case of any representation and warranty which by its
terms speaks only as of a specified date or dates and without giving effect to:
(A) any materiality or similar qualification limiting the scope of such
representation or warranty for purposes of measuring the Damages indemnifiable
hereunder; or (B) any update of or modification to the Company Disclosure
Schedule or the Selling Shareholder Disclosure Schedule made or purported to
have been made on or after the date of this Agreement);
(2) any
inaccuracy in or breach of: (A) any representation or warranty of the Company or
the Selling Shareholders contained in this Agreement as if such representation
or warranty was made on and as of the Closing (except in the case of any
representation and warranty which by its terms speaks only as of a specified
date or dates); or (B) any representation or warranty of the Company in the
Company Closing Certificate or of the Selling Shareholders in the Selling
Shareholders Certificate (in the case of clauses “(A)” and “(B)”, without giving
effect to: (1) any materiality or similar qualification limiting the scope of
such representation or warranty for purposes of measuring the Damages
indemnifiable hereunder; or (2) any update of or modification to the Company
Disclosure Schedule or the Selling Shareholder Schedule made or purported to
have been made on or after the date of this Agreement);
(3) any
breach of any covenant or obligation of the Company or the Selling Shareholders
in this Agreement or in any other agreement or document delivered to Purchaser
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(4) any
inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty regarding the
Consideration Allocation Certificate, Transaction Expense Certificate or Closing
Cash Certificate; or
(5) any
Third Party Claim referred to on Schedule 11.02(a)(5), subject to the terms and
conditions contained therein.
(b) Basket. Subject
to Section 11.02(d), the Participating Rights Holders shall not be obligated or
required to make any indemnification payment nor would they be subject to any
liability, and Purchaser Indemnitees shall not be entitled to present a claim,
demand or to receive any indemnification payment pursuant to Section 11.02(a)(1)
or Section 11.02(a)(2) until such time as the total amount of all Damages that
have been suffered or incurred by any one or more of the Purchaser Indemnitees
exceeds an amount equal to the value of ten percent (10%) of the Escrow Fund in
the aggregate, assuming a value for each Consideration Share in the Escrow Fund
equal to the Average SD Share Price (the “Basket
Amount”). If the total amount of such Damages exceeds the
Basket Amount then the Purchaser Indemnitees shall be entitled to be indemnified
against and compensated and reimbursed for the entire amount of such Damages
including the Basket Amount.
(c) Applicability of
Basket. The limitations that are set forth in Section 11.02(b)
shall not apply: (1) in the case of fraud or intentional misrepresentation; (2)
to inaccuracies in or breaches of any of the Specified Representations; or (3)
to the matters referred to in Section 11.02(a)(4).
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(d) Recourse to
Escrow. (i) Following the Closing, subject to Section
11.02(e), recourse to the funds held in the Escrow Fund shall be a Purchaser’s
Indemnitee’s sole and exclusive remedy for monetary damages resulting from the
matters referred to in Section 11.02(a) or any other matter relating to this
Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby. (ii) Purchaser
may elect that amounts payable to the Purchaser’s Indemnitees as Damages
pursuant to this Article XI shall first be paid from the Escrow Fund as set
forth in Section 11.02(a)(i) above.
(e) Applicability of Liability
Cap. The limitation set forth in Section 11.02(d) shall not
apply: (1) in the case of intentional misrepresentation or fraud; (2) to
inaccuracies in or breaches of any of the Specified
Representations. The total amount of indemnification payments that
the Participating Rights Holders may be required to make to the Purchaser
Indemnitees pursuant to Section 11.02(a) shall be limited, with respect to each
Participating Rights Holder, to the amount of cash and the total number of
Consideration Shares received, if any, by the Participating Rights Holder
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement with a stipulated share price equal to
the Average SD Share Price per each Consideration Share issued
hereunder.
(f) Several Liability.
Subject to the right of recourse against the Escrow Fund (as set forth in
Section 11.02(d)(ii)), in the event of a breach by any Selling Shareholders of
any of his, her or its respective representations and warranties (set forth in
Article IV of this Agreement) (the "Breaching
Shareholder"), Purchaser or any Purchaser Indemnitee’s shall only be
entitled to present a demand, bring a claim, or be entitled to any remedy
against the Breaching Shareholder, and none of the other Participating Rights
Holders will be liable for such a breach (and each Breaching Shareholder will
indemnify and reimburse the Participating Rights Holder and any of their
respective directors, officers, controlling persons, Damage incurred by such
Participating Rights Holder or any such director, officer, or controlling person
in connection with any loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as incurred by
them as a result of such a breach). In case of an intentional misrepresentation
or fraud or an inaccuracy in or breaches of any of the Specified Representations
which is not specifically related to a breach by any Selling Shareholder of any
of his, her or its representations and warranties (set forth in Article IV of
this Agreement) and for which Purchaser Indemnitees will be entitled to seek
indemnification beyond the Escrow Fund, the Participating Rights Holders’
liability pursuant to this Agreement and this Article XI will be several and not
joint and will only be based on the Participating Rights Holder’s
Interest.
(g) Calculations of
Damages. Any amounts payable pursuant to the indemnification
obligations hereunder shall be paid without duplication, and in no event shall
any party be indemnified under different provisions of this Agreement for the
same Damages. The amount of any Damages with respect to which any
party may be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement shall be net of
the amount of any insurance proceeds or contributions from third parties
actually recovered by such party in connection with such Damages; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no party shall have any obligation
or duty to seek to recover any such insurance proceeds or contributions from
third parties.
Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Participating Rights Holders nor
any Purchaser Indemnitee shall have any liability for any loss of profits or
anticipated savings; loss of goodwill or injury to reputation of Purchaser
Indemnitee or such Participating Rights Holder, as the case may be; the loss of
business opportunity of Purchaser Indemnitee or such Participating Rights
Holder, as the case may be; punitive damages that are attributable to any act or
omission of the Company or any Participating Rights Holder or any Purchaser
Indemnitee, as the case may be; or any other indirect, consequential or special
loss or damage (collectively: "Consequential
Damages"). For clarification purposes the parties agree that in the event
of a Third Party Claim which is subject to indemnification pursuant to this
Article XI in which Purchaser will be obligated to pay Consequential Damages to
such a third party or in any Third Party Claim that results in an injunction or
other equitable remedy against the Purchaser or any Purchaser Indemnitee, such
amounts paid in such Third Party Claim or any Consequential Damages incurred by
Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of the Third Party Claim, including but not
limited to loss of profits or anticipated savings or the loss of business
opportunity of Purchaser Indemnitee, will be deemed as Damages for purpose of
this Agreement and Purchaser may seek indemnity for such Damages pursuant to
this Article XI.
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Section
11.03 Claims and
Procedures.
(a) Officer’s Claim
Certificate. Except as provided in Schedule 11.02(a)(5) as it applies to
any claim by a Purchaser Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section
11.02(a)(5), if after: (i) any Purchaser Indemnitee has or claims to have
incurred or suffered Damages or (ii) any Purchaser Indemnitee has made a
reasonable determination that there is or may have been a breach of a
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement or becomes
aware of any breach of this Agreement or breach or misrepresentation of a
representation or other event or circumstance for which it is, or may be or
become, entitled to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement pursuant to
this Article XI, Purchaser may deliver to the Holder Representatives a
certificate signed by any officer of Purchaser (any certificate delivered in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.03(a) an “Officer’s Claim
Certificate”):
(1) stating
that a Purchaser Indemnitee reasonably believes that there is or may have been a
breach of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement or
that such Purchaser Indemnitee is or may otherwise be entitled to
indemnification under this Article XI;
(2) to
the extent possible, containing a good faith non-binding, preliminary estimate
of the amount to which such Purchaser Indemnitee claims to be entitled to
receive, which shall be the amount of Damages such Purchaser Indemnitee claims
to have so incurred or suffered or could reasonably be expected to incur or
suffer (the aggregate amount of such estimate, as it may be modified by each
Purchaser or Purchaser Indemnitee in good faith from time to time, being
referred to as the “Claimed Amount”);
and
(3) contain
a brief description (based upon the information then possessed by Purchaser
Indemnitee) the material facts known to the Purchaser Indemnitee giving rise to
such claim.
(b) Notification to the Escrow
Agent. At the time of delivery of any Officer’s Claim Certificate to the
Holder Representatives, a duplicate copy of such Officer’s Claim Certificate
shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent by or on behalf of Purchaser (on behalf
of itself or any other Purchaser Indemnitee), but the failure to provide such
duplicate copy to the Escrow Agent in a timely fashion or otherwise shall not
alter Purchaser Indemnitees rights under this Article XI.
(c) Dispute
Procedure. During the 45-day period commencing upon the date
that notice is deemed duly given pursuant to Section 13.01 to the Holder
Representatives of an Officer’s Claim Certificate (the “Dispute Period”), the
Holder Representatives, acting together, may deliver to Purchaser a written
response (the “Response Notice”) in
which the Holder Representatives: (i) each agrees that the full
Claimed Amount is owed to the Purchaser or Purchaser Indemnitee; (ii) each
agrees that part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount (the “Agreed Amount”) is
owed to the Purchaser or Purchaser Indemnitee; or (iii) each indicates that
no part of the Claimed Amount is owing to the Purchaser or Purchaser
Indemnitee. Any part of the Claimed Amount that is not agreed to be
owing by each of the Holder Representatives to the Purchaser or Purchaser
Indemnitee pursuant to the Response Notice shall be the “Contested
Amount.” If a Response Notice is not duly given to the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 13.01 prior to the expiration of the Dispute
Period, then the Holder Representatives shall be conclusively deemed to have
agreed that the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Purchaser
Indemnitee. For all purposes under this Agreement, Purchaser and the
Escrow Agent shall only be required to give effect of any action taken or notice
or response given by the Holder Representatives if such action, notice or
response is signed by both Holder Representatives when delivered.
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(d) Payment of Claimed
Amount. If: (a) the Holder Representatives deliver a Response
Notice agreeing that the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Purchaser
Indemnitee; or (b) the Holder Representatives do not deliver a Response Notice
during the Dispute Period, then: (i) in the case of an Escrow Claim (as defined
below), Purchaser and the Holder Representatives shall, within three Business
Days following the earlier of the delivery of such Response Notice or the
expiration of the Dispute Period (as defined below), jointly execute and deliver
to the Escrow Agent a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to pay the
Claimed Amount to the Purchaser Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund; and (ii) in the
case of a Direct Claim, the Participating Rights Holders, subject to the
provisions set forth in Section 11.02(f), shall, within 20 days following the
earlier of the delivery of such Response Notice or the expiration of the Dispute
Period, pay the Claimed Amount to the Purchaser Indemnitee.
(e) Payment of Agreed
Amount. If the Holder Representatives deliver a Response
Notice agreeing that less than the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Purchaser
Indemnitee, then: (i) in the case of an Escrow Claim, Purchaser and
the Holder Representatives shall, within three business days following the
receipt of such Response Notice, jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent
a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to pay the Agreed Amount to such
Purchaser Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund; and (ii) in the case of a Direct
Claim, the Participating Rights Holders shall, subject to the provisions set
forth in Section 11.02(f), shall, within 20 days following the receipt of such
Response Notice, pay the Agreed Amount to the Purchaser Indemnitee.
(f) Resolution between the
Parties. If the Holder Representatives deliver a Response
Notice indicating that there is a Contested Amount, the Holder Representatives
and the Purchaser shall attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute related to
the Contested Amount. If the Purchaser and the Holder Representatives
resolve such dispute, such resolution shall be binding on the Holder
Representatives, the Participating Rights Holders and the Purchaser and a
settlement agreement stipulating the amount owed to the Purchaser or Purchaser
Indemnitee (the “Stipulated Amount”)
shall be signed by such Purchaser and the Holder Representatives. In the case of
an Escrow Claim, Purchaser and the Holder Representatives shall, within three
business days following the execution of such settlement
agreement, jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written
notice instructing the Escrow Agent to pay the Stipulated Amount to the
Purchaser Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund. In the case of a Direct
Claim, the Participating Rights Holders shall, subject to the provisions set
forth in Section 11.02(f), within 20 days following the execution of such
settlement agreement, pay the Stipulated Amount to the Purchaser
Indemnitee.
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(g) Arbitration. If
the Holder Representatives and the Purchaser are unable to resolve the dispute
relating to any Contested Amount within 45 days after the date that notice is
deemed duly given pursuant to Section 13.01 to the Holder Representatives the
delivery of the Officer’s Claim Certificate, then either the Purchaser
Indemnitee or the Holder Representatives may submit the claim described in the
Officer’s Claim Certificate to arbitration to be settled by binding arbitration
in the State of New York in accordance with the JAMS’ Comprehensive Arbitration
Rules and Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”) then in
effect. The language of the arbitration shall be English. Arbitration
will be conducted before a single arbitrator to be mutually selected by the
Purchaser Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Holder Representatives, on the
other hand. If the Purchaser Indemnitee and the Holder
Representatives fail to select an arbitrator within five business days following
the submission of such dispute to arbitration, then the arbitrator shall be
selected by JAMS in accordance with the JAMS Rules then in
effect. The parties agree to use all reasonable efforts to cause the
arbitration hearing to be conducted within 75 days after the appointment of the
arbitrator and to use all reasonable efforts to cause the decision of the
arbitrator to be furnished within 15 days after the conclusion of the
arbitration hearing. The arbitrator’s authority shall be confined to
deciding: (i) whether the Purchaser Indemnitee is entitled to recover
the Contested Amount (or a portion thereof), and the portion of the Contested
Amount the Purchaser Indemnitee is entitled to recover; and (ii) the
non-prevailing party in the arbitration. The final decision of the
arbitrator shall include the dollar amount of the award to the Purchaser
Indemnitee, if any, shall be furnished to the Holder Representatives and the
Purchaser Indemnitee in writing and shall constitute a conclusive determination
of the issue(s) in question, binding upon the Holder Representatives, the
Participating Rights Holders and the Purchaser Indemnitee and shall not be
contested by any of them. The non-prevailing party in any such
arbitration shall pay the reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of the
prevailing party, and the fees and expenses associated with the arbitration
(including the arbitrator’s fees and expenses). The non-prevailing
party shall be determined solely by the arbitrator. In the case of an
Escrow Claim, Purchaser and the Holder Representatives shall, within three
business days following the delivery of the final decision of the arbitrator (or
such shorter period as may be set forth in such final decision), jointly execute
and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to
pay the Purchaser Indemnitee in accordance with the written decision of the
arbitrator from the Escrow Fund. In the case of a Direct Claim, the
Participating Rights Holders shall, within 20 days following the delivery of the
final decision of the arbitrator (or such shorter period as may be set forth in
such final decision), pay the Purchaser Indemnitee in accordance with the
written decision of the arbitrator. Any ruling or decision of the arbitrator may
be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(h) Release of Escrow Fund on
Tax Expiration Date. Within three business days after the Tax Expiration
Date, Purchaser and the Holder Representatives shall jointly execute and deliver
to the Escrow Agent a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to release
from the Escrow Fund to each Participating Rights Holder such Participating
Rights Holder’s Interest of the amount equal to: (i) the aggregate amount
remaining in the Escrow Fund as of the Tax Expiration Date; minus (ii) the
aggregate amount, as of the Tax Expiration Date, of the Claimed Amounts and
Contested Amounts associated with all claims contained in Notices of Claim that
have not been finally resolved and paid prior to the Tax Expiration Date in
accordance with this Section 11.03 (such unresolved claims being referred to as
the “Unresolved
Claims”).
(i) Resolution of Unresolved
Claims. Following the Tax Expiration Date, if an Unresolved
Claim is finally resolved, Purchaser and the Holder Representatives shall
jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three business days
after the final resolution of such Unresolved Claim and the delivery to the
Purchaser of the amount to be delivered to the Purchaser from the Escrow Fund
pursuant to this Section 11.03, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to
release from the Escrow Fund to each Participating Rights Holder such
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest of the amount (if any) by
which the aggregate amount held in the Escrow Fund as of the time of such
disbursement exceeds the aggregate amount of the Claimed Amounts and Contested
Amounts associated with all remaining Unresolved Claims.
(j) Payment
Allocation. Any amount paid from the Escrow Fund to Purchaser
in accordance with this Article XI shall be paid to Purchaser in (i) cash and
(ii) a number of Consideration Shares, in such proportion between (x) the total
Cash Consideration payable to the Participating Rights Holders and (y) the value
of the Consideration Shares payable to Participating Rights Holders, assuming a
value for each such Consideration Share equal to the Average SD Share
Price.
(k) Definitions. For
purposes of this Section 11.03, a claim made pursuant to an Officer’s Claim
Certificate shall constitute an “Escrow Claim” if and
to the extent that sufficient amounts remain in the Escrow Fund to pay the
amount due to be paid to the Purchaser Indemnitee in accordance with this
Article XI, and shall constitute a “Direct Claim” to the
extent that the amounts held in the Escrow Fund are insufficient to pay any
amount due to be paid to the Purchaser Indemnitee in accordance with this
Article XI; provided, however, that a claim with respect to which recourse to
the funds held in the Escrow Account is the Purchaser Indemnitee’s sole and
exclusive remedy pursuant to Section 11.02(e) shall never constitute a Direct
Claim.
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Section
11.04 Defense of Third-Party
Claims.
In the
event of the assertion or commencement by any Person of any claim or Proceeding
(whether against the Company, against Purchaser or against any other Person) (a
“Third Party
Claim”) with respect to which any Selling Shareholder may become
obligated to hold harmless, indemnify, compensate or reimburse any Purchaser
Indemnitee pursuant to Article XI, Purchaser shall proceed with the defense of
such claim or Proceeding on its own with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder Representatives. In such case:
(a) each
Participating Rights Holder shall make available to Purchaser any documents and
materials in his possession or control that may be necessary to the defense of
such claim or Proceeding; and
(b) Purchaser
shall have the right to settle, adjust or compromise such claim or Proceeding;
provided, however, that if Purchaser settles, adjusts or compromises any such
claim or Proceeding without the consent of the Holder Representatives, such
settlement, adjustment or compromise shall not be conclusive evidence of the
amount of Damages incurred by the Purchaser Indemnitee in connection with such
claim or Proceeding (it being understood that if Purchaser requests that the
Holder Representatives consent to a settlement, adjustment or compromise, the
Holder Representatives shall not unreasonably withhold or delay such
consent).
Purchaser
shall give the Holder Representatives prompt notice of the commencement of any
such Proceeding against Purchaser or the Company and provide information
reasonably requested by the Holder Representatives and not subject to
attorney-client privilege of Purchaser or Purchaser’s Indemnitees relating to
such claim; provided, however, that any failure on the part of Purchaser to so
notify the Holder Representatives and provide such information shall not limit
any of the obligations of the Participating Rights Holders under Article XI
(except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the defense of such
Proceeding by the Holder Representatives).
Section
11.05 No
Contribution.
No
Participating Rights Holder shall have, or be entitled to exercise or assert (or
attempt to exercise or assert), any right of contribution, right of indemnity or
other right or remedy against the Company in connection with any indemnification
obligation or any other liability to which he may become subject under or in
connection with this Agreement.
Section
11.06 Exercise of Remedies by
Indemnitees Other Than Purchaser.
No
Purchaser Indemnitee (other than Purchaser or any successor thereto or assign
thereof) shall be permitted to assert any indemnification claim or exercise any
other remedy under this Agreement unless Purchaser (or any successor thereto or
assign thereof) shall have consented to the assertion of such indemnification
claim or the exercise of such other remedy, in which case all matters relating
to such indemnification claim or such other remedy shall be handled on behalf of
such other Purchaser Indemnitee only by Purchaser (or any successor thereto or
assign thereof), and the Holder Representatives shall communicate only with
Purchaser (or any successor thereto or assign thereof), and not with any such
other Purchaser Indemnitee with respect to any such indemnification claim or
such other remedy.
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Section
11.07 Tax
Impact.
The
parties hereto agree to treat any indemnity payment made pursuant to this
Article XI as an adjustment to the Aggregate Consideration for Tax
purposes.
Section
11.08 Sole and Exclusive
Remedy.
(a) The
indemnification provisions contained in Sections 11.01 through 11.08 (inclusive)
are intended to provide the sole and exclusive remedy following the Closing as
to all Damages any Purchaser Indemnitee or Participating Rights Holder may incur
arising from or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions; and Purchaser,
with respect to itself, any of its Affiliates and any Purchaser Indemnitee, on
the one hand, and each Participating Rights Holder, with respect to itself and
any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, each: (i) hereby expressly waives any
right, power or remedy it may have, under any Applicable Law, against the other
party with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby;
(ii) agrees to be barred from making any claim, request or demand and shall be
barred from presenting any cause of action, other than pursuant to the specific
terms of this Agreement, and neither any Purchaser Indemnitee nor any
Participating Rights Holder shall be entitled to any other remedy not provided
for herein and to the extent, and subject to the limitations, provided for
herein.
(b) Injunctive Relief; Specific
Performance. Notwithstanding Section 11.10(a) above, in addition to the
remedies provided in this Article XI, injunctive relief may be obtained to
enjoin the breach, or threatened breach, of any provision of this Agreement and
each party shall be entitled to the specific performance by the other of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
Section
11.09 Additional
Provisions.
(a) Affect of Due
Diligence. The representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of
the Company and the Selling Shareholders, and the rights and remedies that may
be exercised by Purchaser Indemnitees, shall not be limited or otherwise
affected by or as a result of any information furnished to, or any investigation
made by or knowledge of, any of the Purchaser Indemnitees or any of their
Representatives.
(b) Affect of Disclosure
Schedules. For purposes of this Agreement, each statement or other item
of information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or a Selling
Shareholder Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty made by the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as applicable, in this
Agreement.
(c) Damages of Company.
The parties acknowledge and agree that, if an Acquired Company suffers, incurs
or otherwise becomes subject to any Damages as a result of or in connection with
any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
obligation, then (without limiting any of the rights of the Company as an
Indemnitee) Purchaser shall also be deemed, by virtue of its ownership of the
shares of the Company, to have incurred Damages as a result of and in connection
with such inaccuracy or breach.
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ARTICLE
XII
HOLDER
REPRESENTATIVES
Section
12.01 Appointment of Holder
Representatives; Power and Authority.
(a) By
virtue of the execution or adoption of this Agreement, each Participating Rights
Holder, including the Executing Shareholders, those executing this Agreement
following the date hereof and each of the holders of Vested Company Options or
the Non-Executing Shareholders, regardless of whether or not such Participating
Rights Holder executes this Agreement or votes in favor of the adoption of the
Agreement, whether at a meeting or by written consent in lieu thereof (it being
understood that a receipt or an agreement to receive consideration pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement will be deemed as an adoption of this Agreement by
any Participating Rights Holder) hereby irrevocably agrees, constitutes and
appoints Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd. and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures Management II Ltd. (and
by the execution of this Agreement as a Holder Representative, each of Carmel
V.C. 2 Ltd. and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Ventures Management II Ltd. hereby accepts each of
his appointment) as the true, exclusive and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact
(each, a “Holder
Representative” and together, the “Holder
Representatives”) of each of the Participating Rights Holders to act: (i)
as a Holder Representative under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and to
have the right, power and authority to perform all actions (or refrain from
taking any actions) the Holder Representatives shall together deem necessary,
appropriate or advisable in connection with, or related to, this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement and the Transactions, (ii) in the name, place and stead of
each Participating Rights Holder (A) in connection with the Transactions, in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (B) in any
Proceeding involving this Agreement, and (iii) and to do or refrain from doing
all such further acts and things, and to execute all such documents as the
Holder Representatives together shall deem necessary or appropriate in
connection with the Transactions (including any Transaction Document). This
power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. All actions,
decisions and instructions of the Holder Representatives shall be conclusive and
binding upon all of the Participating Rights Holders, so long as such actions,
decisions and instructions are jointly taken and agreed upon by the Holder
Representatives.
(b) Without
derogating from the generality of the foregoing, as of the date hereof the
Holder Representatives, acting together and not separately, shall have the
right, power and authority to:
(1) act
for the Selling Shareholders with regard to all matters set forth in this
Agreement, including those pertaining to the achievement of the Milestones and
the indemnification referred to in this Agreement, the power to compromise or
settle any claim regarding the Milestones or any indemnity claim on behalf of
the Selling Shareholders and to transact matters of litigation or other
Proceedings;
(2) execute
and deliver the Escrow Agreement on behalf of all Participating Rights Holders
and all amendments, waivers, ancillary agreements, share powers, certificates
and documents that the Holder Representatives deem necessary or appropriate in
connection with the consummation of the Transactions;
(3) following
the receipt of a Merger Notice, negotiate and agree on the amendment of this
Agreement to comply with the provisions set forth in Section 6.11 (Alternative Transaction
Form).
(4) receive
funds for the payment of expenses of the Participating Rights Holders and apply
such funds in payment for such expenses;
(5) do
or refrain from doing any further act or deed on behalf of the Participating
Rights Holders that the Holder Representatives deem necessary or appropriate in
their sole discretion relating to the subject matter of this Agreement as fully
and completely as the Selling Shareholders could do if personally present;
and
(6) receive
all notices or other documents given or to be given to the Holder
Representatives by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement;
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(7) receive
service of process on behalf of any Participating Rights Holder in connection
with any claims under this Agreement.
(8) negotiate,
undertake, compromise, defend, resolve and settle any suit, Proceeding, claim or
dispute under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement on behalf of the
Participating Rights Holders;
(9) engage
special counsel, accountants and other advisors and incur such other expenses in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Escrow Agreement;
(10) apply
the Rep Reimbursement Amount to the payment of (or reimbursement of the Holder
Representative for) expenses and liabilities which the Holder Representatives
may incur pursuant to this Agreement; and
(11) take
such other action as the Holder Representatives may deem appropriate,
including:
(i)
agreeing to any modification or amendment of this Agreement in accordance
with Section 13.03 or the Escrow Agreement and executing and delivering an
agreement of such modification or amendment;
(ii)
taking any actions required or permitted under the Escrow Agreement;
and
(iii) all
such other matters as the Holder Representatives may collectively deem
necessary, appropriate or advisable to carry out the intents and purposes of
this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
(c) Each
of the Holder Representatives may be removed or replaced only upon delivery of
written notice to the Company and the Purchaser by the Selling Shareholders
holding at least a majority of outstanding shares of Company Shares on an
as-converted-to Company Ordinary Shares basis as of immediately prior to the
Closing Date. Purchaser, the Company and any other Person may conclusively and
absolutely rely, without inquiry, upon any action of either of the Holder
Representatives in all matters referred to herein.
Section
12.02 Reimbursement.
(a) The
Holder Representatives shall be entitled to receive reimbursement from any Rep
Reimbursement Amounts retained on behalf of the Holder Representatives, for any
and all expenses, charges and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
incurred by the Holder Representatives in the performance or discharge of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (the “Rep Expenses”). The
Rep Reimbursement Amount shall only be used for the payment of the Rep Expenses
or as otherwise required by this Agreement.
(b) The
Holder Representatives will not be required to take any action involving any
expense unless the payment of such expense is made or provided for in a manner
satisfactory to him, her or it. The Participating Rights Holders shall be
responsible for and shall, jointly and severally, on a pro rata basis based on
their Participating Rights Holder’s Interest, reimburse the Holder
Representatives or any member thereof upon demand for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Holder Representatives in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or
any other documents executed in connection herewith or therewith, including the
costs and expense of receiving advice of counsel according to this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement.
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(c) Any
of the Rep Reimbursement Amount deposited with the Escrow Agent at the Closing
that has not been consumed by the Holder Representatives pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement on or prior to the end of the period in which Purchaser may
make claims for indemnification pursuant to Article XI or, if later, the date on
which all indemnification claims of Purchaser outstanding at the end of such
period have been discharged in full, shall be distributed by the Escrow Agent to
the Participating Rights Holders on a proportionate basis based on the
Participating Rights Holder’s Interest.
Section
12.03 Release from Liability;
Indemnification.
Each
Participating Rights Holder hereby releases the Holder Representatives and each
Participating Rights Holder agrees, jointly and severally, on a pro rata basis
based on their Participating Rights Holder’s Interest, to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Holder Representatives (including any losses incurred, as such
losses are incurred) for, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the Holder Representatives’ duties hereunder or any action
taken or not taken by him, her or it in his, her or its capacity as such agent
(including the legal costs and expenses of defending the Holder Representatives
against any claim or liability (and all actions, claims, proceedings and
investigations in respect thereof) in connection with, caused by or arising out
of, directly or indirectly, the performance of the Holder Representatives’
duties hereunder), except for the liability of the Holder Representatives, or
any member thereof, to a Participating Rights Holder for loss which such holder
will suffer from the willful misconduct of each of the Holder Representatives in
carrying out his, her or its duties hereunder. The Holder Representatives will
not incur any liability with respect to any action taken or suffered by him, her
or it in reliance upon any notice, direction, instruction, consent, statement or
other document believed by him, her or it to be genuine and to have been signed
by the proper person (and shall have no responsibility to determine the
authenticity thereof), nor for any other action or inaction, except his own
willful misconduct. In all questions arising under this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement, the Holder Representatives may rely on the advice of counsel, and the
Holder Representatives will not be liable to the Participating Rights Holders
for anything done, omitted or suffered by the Holder Representatives based on
such advice. Any and all decisions, acts, consents or instructions made or given
by the Holder Representatives in connection with this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement shall constitute a decision of all the Participating Rights Holders
and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each and every Participating
Rights Holders, and the Purchaser shall be entitled to rely upon any such
decision, act, consent or instruction of either of the Holder Representatives,
acting individually or together.
ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
13.01 Notices.
All
notices, requests and other communications required or permitted under, or
otherwise made in connection with, this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person,
(b) upon confirmation of receipt when transmitted by facsimile transmission
or by electronic mail (but, in the case of electronic mail, only if followed by
transmittal by national overnight courier or by hand for delivery on the next
Business Day), (c) upon receipt after dispatch by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid or (d) on the next Business Day if transmitted by
national overnight courier (with confirmation of delivery), in each case,
addressed as follows:
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if to
Purchaser, to:
Sigma
Designs, Inc.
0000
XxXxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile
No.: 000.000.0000
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Pillsbury
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: 650.233.4545
E-mail:xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
and
if to the
Company prior to the Closing Date, to:
CopperGate
Communications Ltd.
00
Xxxxxxxx Xx.
00000 Xxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile
No.: 972.3.644.6253
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx,
Fox & Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxxx Xx.
Xxx Xxxx
00000, Xxxxxx
Attention:
Alon Sahar, Advocate
Facsimile
No.: x000-0-000-0000
Email:
xxxxx@xxx.xx.xx
and
to:
Shenhav
& Co., Law Offices
Or
Towers, Building B
0
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xx.
Xxx Xxxx
00000, Xxxxxx
Attention:
Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Adv.
Facsimile
No.: x000-0-000-0000
if to the
Holder Representatives, to:
Carmel
V.C. 2 Ltd.
00 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: x000.0.000.0000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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and
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures Management II Ltd.
Xxxxxxxx
Xx. 00
Xxx Xxxx
00000, Xxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: x000.0.000.0000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxx
or to
such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for
the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto in accordance with this
Section 13.01.
Section
13.02 Remedies; Specific
Performance.
Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, the rights and remedies of the parties
hereto shall be cumulative (and not alternative). The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement
or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or
in equity, in each case without the requirement of posting any bond or other
type of security.
Section
13.03 Amendments and
Waivers.
(a) This
Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented other than by
means of a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of Purchaser
and the Holder Representatives (acting exclusively for and on behalf of all of
the Selling Shareholders).
(b) No
failure on the part of any Person to exercise any power, right, privilege or
remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Person in
exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall
operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or
partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or
remedy. No Person shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising
out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this
Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is
expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such Person; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any
effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
Section
13.04 Expenses.
All costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, including all
third-party legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting or other fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions, shall be paid by the
party incurring such cost or expense.
Section
13.05 Disclosure Schedule
References.
The
parties hereto agree that any reference in a particular Section of the Company
Disclosure Schedule or the Selling Shareholder Disclosure Schedule shall only be
deemed to be an exception to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of)
(a) the representations and warranties (or covenants, as applicable) of the
relevant party that are contained in the corresponding Section of this Agreement
and (b) any other representations and warranties of such party that is contained
in this Agreement, but only if the relevance of that reference as an exception
to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such representations and warranties would
be readily apparent to an individual who has read that reference and such
representations and warranties.
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Section
13.06 Binding Effect; Benefit;
Assignment.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is not intended
to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder
upon any Person, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns.
(b) No
party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto,
except that Purchaser may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under
this Agreement, without obtaining the consent or approval of any other party
hereto, in whole or from time to time in part, to (i) one or more of its
Affiliates at any time and (ii) after the Closing Date, to any Person; provided that such
transfer or assignment shall not relieve Purchaser of its obligations hereunder
or enlarge, alter or change any obligation of any other party hereto or due to
Purchaser.
Section
13.07 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws that
would require the application of the laws of any other
jurisdiction.
Section
13.08 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial.
The
parties hereto agree that any Proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or
based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the
Transactions shall be brought in the competent courts (federal and state) in the
State of New York, subject to the arbitration provisions in Section 11.03(g),
and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such
courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such
Proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such Proceeding in any such court or that any such Proceeding brought in any
such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such
Proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or
without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each
party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 13.01
shall be deemed effective service of process on such party. EACH PARTY HERETO
IRREVOCABLY AND ABSOLUTELY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH, ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED
AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AND AGREES TO TAKE ANY
AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.
Section
13.09 Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party
hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other
parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof
signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no
party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any
other oral or written agreement or other communication). The exchange of a fully
executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in
..PDF format or by facsimile shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
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Section
13.10 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written,
between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement.
Section
13.11 Attorneys’
Fees.
If any
Proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of any provision of
this Agreement is brought against any party hereto, the prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (in
addition to any other relief to which the prevailing party may be
entitled).
Section
13.12 Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal
substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse
to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good
faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the
parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the
Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent
possible.
[Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first written
above.
COPPERGATE
COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Gabi Hilevitz | |
Name: | Gabi Hilevitz | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE | |||
CARMEL V.C. 2 LTD. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx /s/ Ori Bendori | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; Ori Bendori | ||
Title: | |||
HOLDER REPRESENTATIVE | |||
XXXXX XXXXXXX VENTURES MANAGEMENT II LTD. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: | Managing Partner | ||
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[SELLING SHAREHOLDERS] | |||
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Name: | |||
Title: |
Please
check one of the following two boxes:
o I am a
Regulation D Investor (as defined in Section 4.05 of the Agreement);
or
o I am a
Regulation S Investor (as defined in Section 4.05 of the
Agreement).
_____________
Shares of Company Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Ordinary A Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Series A-1 Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Series A-3 Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Series B Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Series C Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned
_____________
Shares of Company Series D Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned
If
the offer to receive Consideration Shares under the Acquisition Agreement was
made to you in Israel, then please check one of the following two
boxes:
o
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I/We
qualify as one of the entities listed on the First Supplement of the
Israeli Securities Law-1968 (as amended), pursuant to Section 15A(b)(1) of
said law (e.g., mutual investment fund, pension fund, a banking
institution, insurance company, portfolio manager, investment
advisor, member of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange or venture capital fund, as
those terms are defined therein, or a company which is not a special
purpose investment vehicle with shareholders equity of not less than NIS
250 million), each of which is referred to herein as an “Exempt
Investor.”
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o | I/We do not qualify as an Exempt Investor (as defined above). |
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Exhibit A – Executing
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder
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Xxxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Technoplus
Ventures L.P.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures Capital II Ltd.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures II L.P
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures II CEO Fund (U.S) LP.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures II (Cayman Islands) LP.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures II (Israel) LP.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Ventures II CEO Fund LP.
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The
Challenge Fund II – Etgar L.P.
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Far
East Finance Ltd.
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Carmel
Ventures II L.P.
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Motorola,
Inc.
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