Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Among
INTEL CORPORATION,
JEFFERSON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
and
Dated as of August 18, 2010
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1. Definitions |
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1.1 Definitions |
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2. The Merger |
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2.1 The Merger |
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2.2 Effective Time; Closing |
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2.3 Effect of the Merger |
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2.4 Certificate of Incorporation; By-laws |
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2.5 Directors and Officers |
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2.6 Conversion of Securities |
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2.7 Company Stock Options; Company RSUs; Company PSUs; Company Restricted Stock; Company ESPP |
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2.8 Dissenting Shares |
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2.9 Surrender of Company Shares; Stock Transfer Books |
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2.10 Withholding Rights |
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2.11 Additional Actions |
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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3.1 Organization and Qualification; Company Subsidiaries |
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3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws |
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3.3 Capitalization |
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3.4 Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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3.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
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3.6 Permits; Compliance |
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3.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements |
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3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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3.9 Absence of Litigation |
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3.10 Employee Benefit Plans |
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3.11 Labor and Employment Matters |
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3.12 Proxy Statement |
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3.13 Property and Leases |
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3.14 Intellectual Property |
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3.15 Taxes |
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3.16 Environmental Matters |
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3.17 Material Contracts |
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3.18 NYSE |
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3.19 Insurance |
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3.20 Brokers and Expenses |
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3.21 Takeover Laws |
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3.22 Suppliers, Customers, Resellers and Distributors |
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3.23 Restrictions on Business Activities |
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3.24 Certain Business Practices |
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3.25 Affiliate Transactions |
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3.26 Vote Required |
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3.27 Opinion of Financial Advisor |
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3.28 Data Protection |
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3.29 Information Technology |
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4. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub |
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4.1 Corporate Organization |
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4.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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4.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
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4.4 Financing |
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4.5 Proxy Statement |
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4.6 Absence of Litigation |
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4.7 Merger Sub |
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4.8 Vote Required |
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4.9 Broker |
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4.10 Ownership of Company Shares |
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5. Conduct of Business Pending the Merger |
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5.1 Conduct of the Business Pending the Merger |
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5.2 Change of Control and Retention Agreements |
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5.3 Credit Facilities |
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6. Additional Agreements |
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6.1 Stockholders’ Meeting |
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6.2 Access to Information; Confidentiality |
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6.3 No Solicitation of Transactions |
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6.4 Employee Benefits Matters |
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6.5 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance |
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6.6 Takeover Laws and Rights |
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6.7 Notification of Certain Matters |
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6.8 Litigation |
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6.9 Cooperation |
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6.10 HSR Act Filing and International Antitrust Notifications |
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6.11 Rule 16b-3 |
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6.12 Delisting |
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6.13 Further Assurances |
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6.14 Public Announcements |
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6.15 Transfer Taxes |
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6.16 Personally Identifiable Information |
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7. Conditions to the Merger |
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7.1 Conditions to the Merger |
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7.2 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
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7.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
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8. Termination |
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8.1 Termination |
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8.2 Effect of Termination |
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8.3 Fees |
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9. General Provisions |
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9.1 No Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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9.2 Notices |
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9.3 Severability |
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9.4 Entire Agreement; Assignment |
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9.5 Parties in Interest |
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9.6 Specific Performance |
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9.7 Governing Law |
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9.8 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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9.9 General Interpretation |
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9.10 Amendment |
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9.11 Waiver |
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9.12 No Other Representations and Warranties |
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9.13 Counterparts |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 18, 2010 (this “
Agreement”), among
INTEL CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“
Parent”), JEFFERSON ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“
Merger Sub”), and
MCAFEE,
INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger (the “
Merger”)
of Merger Sub with and into the Company in accordance with this Agreement and the General
Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the “
DGCL”), with the Company to be the surviving
corporation of the Merger (the “
Surviving Corporation”), and each share of Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (collectively, the “
Company Shares”) to be
thereupon canceled and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $48.00 per
Company Share (the “
Merger Consideration”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has unanimously
(i) determined that the Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its
stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including the Merger (collectively, the “Transactions”), and
(iii) resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders adopt this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub have each approved and declared
advisable this Agreement and the Merger; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a material
inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain employees of the Company
are executing and delivering to Parent Employment Agreements substantially in the forms attached
hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 (the “Employment Agreements”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal, offer or indication of interest
(whether or not in writing) for or relating to (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) any of the following (other than the Transactions): (i) any direct or indirect
acquisition or purchase (including by any license or lease) by any Third Party of (A) assets
(including equity securities of any Company Subsidiary) or businesses that constitute or generate
fifteen percent (15%) or more of the revenues, net income or assets of the Company and the Company
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Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (B) beneficial ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or
more of any class of equity securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, the assets or
business of which constitutes or generates fifteen percent (15%) or more of the revenues, net
income or assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (ii) any
purchase or sale of, or tender offer or exchange offer by any Third Party for, equity securities of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary that, if consummated, would result in any person beneficially
owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, the assets or business of which constitutes or generates fifteen percent (15%)
or more of the revenues, net income or assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, (iii) any recapitalization, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, other than a wholly-owned Company Subsidiary, or (iv) any merger,
consolidation, business combination, joint venture, share exchange or similar transaction involving
any Company Subsidiary, the assets or business of which constitutes or generates fifteen percent
(15%) or more of the revenues, net income or assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, or involving the Company, if, as a result of any such transaction, the
stockholders of the Company, as a group, immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction
would hold less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the surviving or resulting entity of such
transaction immediately after the consummation of such transaction. An Acquisition Proposal
includes a Superior Proposal.
“Action” means any and all litigation, suits, actions, hearings (other than ex parte
hearings not involving a party), proceedings, arbitrations and mediations by or before, or
otherwise involving, any Governmental Authority.
“affiliate” of a specified person means a person who, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
specified person.
“Antitrust Law” means the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the
HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other Laws and Orders that are
designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of
monopolization or restraint of trade, significant impediments to or lessening of competition, or
the creation or strengthening of a dominant position through merger or acquisition.
“beneficial owner” has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC
under the Exchange Act.
“business day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a
legal holiday under the Laws of the State of New York or California, or is a day on which banking
institutions located in the State of New York or California are authorized or required by Law or
other governmental action to close.
“Claim” means any and all allegations, claims, demands and causes of action.
“Company Intellectual Property” means any and all Intellectual Property Rights that
are owned by (solely or jointly), or exclusively licensed to, the Company or any Company Subsidiary
(or that the Company or any Company Subsidiary claims or purports to own).
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“Company Products” means all services and products of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries.
“Company Restricted Stock” means Company Shares that are unvested or are subject to
repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition on title or ownership under any applicable
restricted stock purchase agreement or other Contract with the Company.
“Company Stock Option Plans” means any equity incentive plans of the Company, as
amended, pursuant to which the Company granted any Company Stock Options, Company RSUs, Company
PSUs and/or Company Restricted Stock, including plans under which awards assumed by the Company in
connection with a merger or acquisition are still outstanding.
“Company Stock Options” means any option to purchase shares of the Company’s Common
Stock granted under any Company Stock Option Plan.
“Continuing Employees” means all employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
who (i) are offered and accept employment, prior to the Effective Time, by Parent or any subsidiary
of Parent, (ii) at the Effective Time, continue their employment with the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, or (iii) remain or become at the Effective Time employees of the Company or, outside
the U.S., at the Effective Time remain or become employees of the Company, Parent or any subsidiary
as required by applicable Law.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, indenture, deed of trust, license, note,
bond, loan instrument, mortgage, lease, purchase or sales order, guarantee and any similar legally
binding undertaking, commitment, pledge or understanding or arrangement, whether written, oral,
express or implied.
“control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities by contract or otherwise.
“Copyrights” means any and all U.S. and foreign copyrights, mask works and all other
rights with respect to Works of Authorship and all registrations thereof and applications therefor
(including moral and economic rights, however denominated).
“Current Government Contract” means any Government Contract that has not yet expired
or terminated, or for which final payment has not been received.
“Current Government Contract Bids” means all quotations, bids and proposals for awards
of new Government Contracts made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for which no award has
been made and for which the Company believes there is a reasonable prospect that such an award to
the Company or a Company Subsidiary may yet be made.
“Environmental Laws” means any Law, including common law, or Order relating to
(i) releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous
Substances, (ii) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of
Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances, (iii) pollution or protection
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of the indoor or outdoor environment, health (as it relates to exposures to Hazardous
Substances) or natural resources, or (iv) the European Union’s Directives on the Restriction of
Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Regulation (EC)
No. 1907/2006 (REACH).
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Company or any Company Subsidiary and that, together with the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the
Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Government Contract” means any prime contract, subcontract, purchase order, task
order, delivery order, teaming agreement, joint venture agreement, strategic alliance agreement,
basic ordering agreement, pricing agreement, letter contract or other similar arrangement of any
kind that is currently active in performance or that has been active in performance at any time in
the five (5) year period prior to the Effective Time with (i) any Governmental Authority, (ii) any
prime contractor of a Governmental Authority in its capacity as a prime contractor, or (iii) any
subcontractor at any tier with respect to any contract of a type described in clauses (i) or
(ii) above. A task, purchase or delivery order under a Government Contract shall not constitute a
separate Government Contract, for purposes of this definition, but shall be part of the Government
Contract to which it relates.
“Governmental Authority” means any (i) nation, principality, state, commonwealth,
province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature,
(ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government, (iii) governmental or
quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, subdivision,
department, agency, bureau, branch, office, commission, council, board, instrumentality, officer,
official, representative, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal), or
(iv) organization, entity or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative,
judicial, administrative, arbitral, regulatory, police, military or taxing authority or power of
any nature (including persons acting as arbitrators, mediators, alternative dispute resolution
organizations and stock exchanges).
“Hazardous Substances” means (i) those substances, materials, contaminants or wastes
defined in or regulated as “hazardous”, “toxic” or “radioactive” under the following U.S. federal
statutes and their state counterparts, as each may be amended from time to time, and all
regulations thereunder: the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean
Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act, and the Clean Air Act, (ii) petroleum and petroleum products, including crude
oil and any fractions thereof, (iii) natural gas, synthetic gas and any mixtures thereof,
(iv) polychlorinated biphenyls, friable asbestos and radon, (v) any other contaminant, and (vi) any
biological or chemical substance, material or waste regulated or classified as hazardous, toxic,
carcinogenic, mutagenic or radioactive by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
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“Intellectual Property” means any and all (i) technology, formulae, algorithms,
procedures, processes, methods, techniques, knowhow, ideas, creations, inventions, discoveries and
improvements (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice),
(ii) technical, engineering, manufacturing, product, marketing, servicing, financial, supplier,
personnel and other information and materials, (iii) customer, vendor and distributor lists,
contact and registration information and correspondence, (iv) specifications, designs, models,
devices, prototypes, schematics and development tools, (v) Software, websites, content, images,
graphics, text, photographs, artwork, audiovisual works, sound recordings, graphs, drawings,
reports, analyses, writings, designs, mask works and other works of authorship and copyrightable
subject matter (“Works of Authorship”), (vi) databases and other compilations and
collections of data or information (“Databases”), (vii) trademarks, service marks, logos
and design marks, trade dress, trade names, fictitious and other business names, and brand names,
together with all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing (“Trademarks”),
(viii) domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the
Internet (“Domain Names”), (ix) information and materials not generally known to the
public, including trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information (“Trade
Secrets”), and (x) tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form or media whether
or not specifically listed herein.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights (anywhere in the world,
whether statutory, common law or otherwise) relating to, arising from, or associated with
Intellectual Property, including (i) Patents, (ii) Copyrights, (iii) other rights with respect to
Software, including registrations thereof and applications therefor, (iv) industrial design rights
and registrations thereof and applications therefor, (v) rights with respect to Trademarks, and all
registrations thereof and applications therefor, (vi) rights with respect to Domain Names,
including registrations thereof and applications therefor, (vii) rights with respect to Trade
Secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person, (viii) rights with
respect to Databases, including registrations thereof and applications therefor, (ix) publicity and
privacy rights, including all rights with respect to use of a Person’s name, signature, likeness,
image, photograph, voice, identity, personality, and biographical and personal information and
materials, and (x) any rights equivalent or similar to any of the foregoing.
“knowledge of the Company” means the actual knowledge of the directors, executive
officers and individuals of the Company set forth in Section 1.1 of the Disclosure
Schedule, in each case, assuming due investigation or inquiry by such person of such other
individuals of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries who would reasonably be expected to have
knowledge of the relevant matter.
“knowledge of Parent or Merger Sub” means the actual knowledge of the individuals of
the Parent set forth in Schedule 1.1, in each case assuming due investigation or inquiry by
such person of such other individuals of the Parent and the Merger Sub who would reasonably be
expected to have such knowledge of the relevant matter.
“Law” means any U.S. or non-U.S. law (statutory, common or otherwise), including any
constitution, statute, convention, ordinance, regulation, rule, code or executive order of a
Governmental Authority.
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“Liens” means any liens, mortgages, encumbrances, pledges, security interests,
options, rights of first refusal, or other charges of any kind.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, condition, circumstance, development, state
of facts, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on, (x) the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (y) the Company’s ability to timely consummate the Merger and the other Transactions in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement or to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement; provided, however, that with respect to clause (x) above, no event,
condition, circumstance, development, state of facts, change or effect (by itself or when
aggregated with any and all other events, conditions, circumstances, developments, states of facts,
changes and effects) to the extent arising out of or resulting from any of the following shall be
taken into account in determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or may or would
occur: (i) conditions (or changes after the date hereof in such conditions) in the industry in
which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (ii) general economic conditions (or
changes after the date hereof in such conditions) in the U.S. or any other country in the world;
(iii) conditions (or changes after the date hereof in such conditions) in the securities markets,
credit markets, currency markets or other financial markets in the U.S. or any other country in the
world; (iv) political conditions (or changes after the date hereof in such conditions) in the U.S.
or any other country in the world, or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation
or general worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism) in the U.S. or any other
country in the world; (v) acts of God, natural disasters, weather conditions or other calamities
occurring after the date hereof; (vi) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement, including, to
the extent arising out of or resulting therefrom, (A) the termination or potential termination (or
the failure or potential failure to renew or enter into) Contracts with actual or potential
customers, suppliers, distributors, resellers, licensors or other business partners, or any other
negative development (or potential negative development) in the relationship of the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries with any of their respective customers, suppliers, distributors, resellers,
licensors or other business partners, (B) the loss or departure of any officers or other employees
of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, or (C) any decline or other degradation in the
Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s customer bookings; (vii) the taking of any action required by
this Agreement, or the failure to take any action to which Parent has approved or consented in
writing or otherwise requested in writing; (viii) the failure to take any action specifically
prohibited by Section 5.1, (ix) changes after the date hereof in Law or other legal or
regulatory conditions (or the interpretation thereof) or changes after the date hereof in GAAP or
other accounting standards (or the interpretation thereof), (x) changes in the Company’s stock
price or the trading volume of the Company’s stock (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of
any such changes unless such underlying cause would otherwise be excepted from this definition),
(xi) any failure by the Company to meet any analysts’ estimates or projections of the Company’s
revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, or any failure by the
Company to meet any internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other
financial performance or results of operations (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of such
failures unless such underlying cause would otherwise be excepted from this definition), and (xii)
any Actions made or brought by any of the current or former stockholders of the Company (on their
own behalf or on behalf of the Company, but in any event only in their capacities as current or
former stockholders) against the Company or any of its directors or
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officers arising out of this Agreement, the Merger or any other Transactions;
provided, however that the exceptions set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v) and (ix) of the foregoing proviso shall not apply solely to the extent that the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries are disproportionately affected thereby relative to other companies of
comparable size in the same industries and geographies in which the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries operate.
“Open Source” means Software or similar subject matter that is generally available in
source code form and that is distributed under a license which, by its terms, (i) does not prohibit
licensees of such Software from licensing or otherwise distributing such Software in source code
form, (ii) does not prohibit licensees of such Software from making modifications thereof, and
(iii) does not require a royalty or other payment for the licensing or other distribution, or the
modification, of such Software (other than a reasonable charge to compensate the provider for the
cost of providing a copy thereof). Open Source Software includes Software distributed under such
licenses as the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, New BSD License, MIT
License, Common Public License and other licenses approved as Open Source licenses under the Open
Source Definition of the Open Source Initiative.
“Order” means any injunction, writ. judgment, decree, determination, ruling or other
order of a Governmental Authority.
“parties” means Parent, Merger Sub and the Company.
“Patents” means any and all U.S. and foreign patent rights, including, without
limitation, all (i) patents, (ii) pending patent applications, including all provisional
applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals and all
patents granted thereon, (iii) all patents-of-addition, reissues, reexaminations, confirmations,
re-registrations, invalidations, and extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or
restoration mechanisms, including supplementary protection certificates or the equivalent thereof,
and (iv) all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.
“Permitted Liens” means any of the following: (i) Liens for Taxes and governmental
assessments, charges or levies either not yet delinquent or the amount and validity of which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have
been established on the 2010 Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP, as adjusted for the passage of
time in the ordinary course of business; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s,
repairmen’s, materialmen’s or other Liens arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) Liens
imposed by applicable Law (other than Tax Law) arising in the ordinary course of business; (iv)
pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation Laws or similar legislation
or to secure public or statutory obligations; (v) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of
bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a similar nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) defects, imperfections or irregularities in title, easements, covenants and rights of way
(unrecorded and of record) and other similar restrictions, and zoning, building and other similar
codes or restrictions, in each case that do not adversely affect in any material respect the
current use of the applicable property owned, leased, used or held for use by the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries; (vii) statutory, contractual or common law liens of landlords; and (viii)
Liens on the landlord’s interest in the underlying Real Property.
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“person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or
instrumentality of a government.
“Registered Company Intellectual Property” means all Patents, registered Trademarks,
applications to register Trademarks, registered Copyrights, applications to register Copyrights,
and Domain Names that are registered, recorded, or filed by, for, under authorization from, or in
the name of (or assigned to) the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
“Representative” means, in respect of any person, the directors, officers, employees,
authorized agents (including financial and legal advisors) and other authorized representatives of
such person.
“Required Company Vote” means the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Company Shares in favor of the adoption of this Agreement.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.
“Software” means all (i) computer programs and other software, including software
implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code or
other form, including libraries, subroutines and other components thereof, (ii) computerized
databases and other computerized compilations and collections of data or information, including all
data and information included in such databases, compilations or collections, (iii) screens, user
interfaces, command structures, report formats, templates, menus, buttons and icons,
(iv) descriptions, flow-charts, architectures, development tools and other materials used to
design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, and (v) all documentation, including
development, diagnostic, support, user and training documentation, related to any of the foregoing.
“subsidiary” or “subsidiaries” means, in respect of any person, (i) a
corporation that is controlled or more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such person or by one of
more other subsidiaries of such person or by such person and one or more other subsidiaries
thereof, (ii) a partnership of which such person, or one or more other subsidiaries of such person
or such person and one or more other subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the general
partner or has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such partnership,
(iii) a limited liability company of which such person or one or more other subsidiaries of such
person or such person and one or more other subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the
managing member or has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such company or
(iv) any other person (other than a corporation, partnership or limited liability company) in which
such person, or one or more other subsidiaries of such person or such person and one or more other
subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership or has the power to
direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) all federal, state, local, non-U.S. and other net
income, gross income, gross receipts, value-added, sales, use, ad valorem, customs duties, capital
stock,
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environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), transfer, franchise, profits,
license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, registration,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, real property, personal property, windfall profits, customs,
duties, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, any penalties or additions to tax with respect
thereto, whether disputed or not, including any fees or penalties imposed on a person in respect of
any information Tax Return made to a Governmental Authority, (ii) any liability for payment of
amounts described in clause (i), whether as a result of transferee liability, of being a member of
an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, or otherwise through
operation of law, and (iii) any liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (i) or
(ii) as a result of any tax sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation Contract or any other express
or implied agreement to indemnify any other person.
“Tax Returns” means all returns and reports, elections, declarations, disclosures,
schedules, estimates and information returns, including any schedule or attachment thereto,
required to be supplied to a Governmental Authority (or any agent thereof) relating to Taxes.
“Third Party” means any person other than Parent and its subsidiaries (including
Merger Sub) and the respective Representatives of Parent and its subsidiaries.
“Top Customer” means a top ten (10) customer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
based on revenues during the twelve (12) months ended June 30, 2010, as set forth in
Section 1.1(t) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Top Distributor” means a top ten (10) distributor of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary based on revenues during the twelve (12) months ended June 30, 2010, as set forth in
Section 1.1(t) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Top Reseller” means a top ten (10) reseller of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
based on revenues during the twelve (12) months ended June 30, 2010, as set forth in Section
1.1(t) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Top Supplier” means a top ten (10) supplier of products or services to the Company or
any Company Subsidiary based on expenditures during the twelve (12) months ended June 30, 2010, as
set forth in Section 1.1(t) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“U.S.” means United States of America.
The following terms have the meaning set forth in the Sections set forth below:
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2. The Merger
2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 7
and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease
and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Corporation.
2.2 Effective Time; Closing. The closing of the Merger (the “
Closing”) will take
place as promptly as practicable, but no later than two (2) business days, following the
satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article 7 (other
than those conditions that, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, or such other place as the parties shall agree. The date upon
which the Closing occurs is herein referred to as the “
Closing Date.” On the Closing Date,
the parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the
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Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware, in such form
as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL (the date
and time of such filing, or such later time as shall be agreed by Parent and the Company and
specified in such filing, being the “
Effective Time”).
2.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers
and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all
debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Company and Merger
Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
2.4 Certificate of Incorporation; By-laws.
(a) At the Effective Time, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.5(b), the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to conform
to the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, until thereafter amended as provided by Law and such Certificate of Incorporation;
provided that Article I of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
shall read as follows: “The name of the corporation is
McAfee, Inc.”
(b) At the Effective Time, subject to the provisions of Section 6.5(b), the By-laws
of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to conform to the By-laws
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of Merger Sub
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended as
provided by Law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such
By-laws.
2.5 Directors and Officers. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Surviving Corporation and, except as
determined by Parent or Merger Sub prior to the Effective Time, the officers of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation,
in each case until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until
their earlier death, resignation or removal.
2.6 Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of a certificate or certificates (the
“Certificates”) evidencing the Company Shares or non-certificated shares of Company Shares
represented by book-entry on the records of the Company or the Company’s transfer agent (the
“Book-Entry Shares”):
(a) Each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other
than any Company Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any Dissenting
Company Shares) shall be canceled and converted automatically into the right to receive an amount
in cash, without interest, equal to the Merger Consideration, payable to the holder of such Company
Share, in the manner provided in Section 2.9. If, between the date of this Agreement and
the Effective Time, the outstanding Company Shares are changed into a different number or class of
shares by reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse
stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar
transaction, then the Merger Consideration shall be adjusted to the extent appropriate for all
purposes of this Article 2.
(b) Each Company Share held in the treasury of the Company and each Company Share owned by
Merger Sub, Parent or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired without any conversion
thereof, and no payment or distribution shall be made and no consideration of any kind shall be
delivered with respect thereto.
(c) Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
2.7 Company Stock Options; Company RSUs; Company PSUs; Company Restricted Stock; Company ESPP.
(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of Company Stock Options, each Company Stock Option
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is held by a Continuing Employee and not
described in the following sentence (a “Continuing Option”) will be assumed by Parent. A
Company Stock Option shall not be considered a Continuing Option if
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the Company Stock Option is
subject to the Laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and Parent
determines the Company Stock Option may not be converted into a Continuing Option (i) under a
Law of the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction (including by reason of a failure to obtain any required
regulatory consents or approvals after making commercially reasonable efforts), (ii) under the
policies and practices of Parent with respect to the grant of equity awards in the relevant
non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (iii) due to Parent’s administrative practices with respect to equity
awards. Parent will notify the Company at least twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Time of
the Company Stock Options that will not be Continuing Options pursuant to the previous sentence.
Each Continuing Option assumed by Parent will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms
and conditions of such option immediately prior to the Effective Time (as such terms and conditions
have been amended in accordance with Section 5.2), including the vesting restrictions,
except for administrative changes that are not adverse to the holder of the Continuing Option or to
which the holder consents and except that (X) each Continuing Option will be exercisable for a
number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of Parent (the
“Parent Common Stock”) equal to the product of the number of Company Shares that would be
issuable upon exercise of the Continuing Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by a quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Merger Consideration by (B) the average
closing price of Parent Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “NASDAQ”) for
the five (5) trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the Closing Date (the
“Exchange Ratio”), rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common
Stock, (Y) the per share exercise price for the Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such
assumed Continuing Option will be equal to the quotient determined by dividing the per share
exercise price for such Continuing Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time by
the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and (Z) all references to the “Company”
in the applicable Company Stock Option Plans and the stock option agreements will be references to
Parent. It is the intention of the parties that each Company Stock Option so assumed by Parent
shall qualify following the Effective Time as an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422
of the Code to the extent permitted under Section 422 of the Code and to the extent such Company
Stock Option qualified as an incentive stock option prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Each Company Stock Option that is not a Continuing Option (a “Terminating Option”)
shall in each case be canceled at the Effective Time and shall be converted automatically into the
right to receive, as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, an amount in cash determined by
multiplying (x) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable exercise price
of such option by (y) the number of Company Shares subject to such Terminating Option (after giving
effect to any acceleration provided under the terms of the applicable Company Stock Option Plan
under which the Company Stock Option was granted, the applicable stock option agreement, and any
other Plan disclosed in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule as such Plan is amended
in connection with this Agreement), less all applicable deductions and withholdings required by Law
to be withheld in respect of such payment.
(c) Effective as of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders of Company RSUs, each outstanding restricted
stock unit under the Company Stock Option Plans (such restricted stock units, the “Company
RSUs”) that is then outstanding, unvested and held by a Continuing
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Employee and not described
in the following sentence (a “Continuing RSU”) will be assumed
by Parent. A Company RSU shall not be considered a Continuing RSU if the Company RSU is
subject to the Laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and Parent determines the Company RSU may not be
converted into a Continuing RSU (i) under a Law of the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction (including by
reason of a failure to obtain any required regulatory consents or approvals after making
commercially reasonable efforts), (ii) under the policies and practices of Parent with respect to
the grant of equity awards in the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (iii) due to Parent’s
administrative practices with respect to equity awards. Parent will notify the Company at least
twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Time of the Company RSUs that will not be Continuing RSUs
pursuant to the previous sentence. Each Continuing RSU assumed by Parent will continue to have,
and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such Company RSU immediately prior to the
Effective Time (as such terms and conditions have been amended in accordance with
Section 5.2), including the vesting restrictions, except for administrative changes that
are not adverse to the holder of the Continuing RSU or to which the holder consents and except that
(A) each Company RSU shall cover a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of the number of Company Shares that would be issuable
under the Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio,
rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock and (B) all references to
the “Company” in the applicable Company Stock Option Plans and restricted stock unit agreements
will be references to Parent. Each Company RSU (or any portion thereof) that vests and becomes
settleable by its terms at the Effective Time will not be assumed, but will instead be converted
into the right to receive, in exchange for the cancellation of such Company RSU (or portion
thereof), an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the Merger Consideration multiplied by the
number of Company Shares subject to such Company RSU (or settleable portion thereof) immediately
prior to the Effective Time. Any such payment shall be subject to all applicable federal, state
and local tax withholding requirements.
(d) By virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger
Sub or the holders of Company RSUs, each Company RSU that is not a Continuing RSU outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled at the Effective Time (each, a
“Terminating RSU”). Each holder of a Terminating RSU (after giving effect to any
acceleration provided under the terms of the applicable Company Stock Option Plan under which the
Company RSU was granted, the applicable restricted stock unit agreement, and any other Plan
disclosed in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule as such Plan is amended in
connection with this Agreement) shall be eligible to receive at the Effective Time an amount in
cash (without interest) equal to (A) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (B) the number of
Company Shares subject to each Terminating RSU, less all applicable deductions and withholdings
required by Law to be withheld in respect of such payment.
(e) Effective as of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders of Company PSUs, each outstanding
performance stock unit under the Company Stock Option Plans (such performance stock units, the
“Company PSUs”) that is then outstanding, unvested and held by a Continuing Employee and
not described in the following sentence (a “Continuing PSU”) will be assumed by Parent. A
Company PSU shall not be considered a Continuing PSU if the Company PSU is subject to the Laws of a
non-U.S.
jurisdiction and Parent determines the Company PSU may not be converted into a Continuing
PSU (i) under a Law of the relevant non-U.S.
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jurisdiction (including by reason of a failure to
obtain any required regulatory consents or
approvals after making commercially reasonable efforts), (ii) under the policies and practices
of Parent with respect to the grant of equity awards in the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction, or
(iii) due to Parent’s administrative practices with respect to equity awards. Parent will notify
the Company at least twenty (20) days prior to the Effective Time of the Company PSUs that will not
be Continuing PSUs pursuant to the previous sentence. Each Continuing PSU assumed by Parent will
continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such Company PSU immediately
prior to the Effective Time (as such terms and conditions have been amended in accordance with
Section 5.2), including the vesting restrictions, except for administrative changes that
are not adverse to the holder of the Continuing PSU or to which the holder consents and except that
(A) each Company PSU shall cover a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of the number of Company Shares that would be issuable
under the Company PSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio,
rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock and (B) all references to
the “Company” in the applicable Company Stock Option Plans and performance stock unit agreements
will be references to Parent. Each Company PSU (or any portion thereof) that vests and becomes
settleable by its terms at the Effective Time will not be assumed, but will instead be converted
into the right to receive, in exchange for the cancellation of such Company PSU (or portion
thereof), an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the Merger Consideration multiplied by the
number of Company Shares subject to such Company PSU (or settleable portion thereof) immediately
prior to the Effective Time. Any such payment shall be subject to all applicable federal, state
and local tax withholding requirements.
(f) By virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger
Sub or the holders of Company PSUs, each Company PSU that is not a Continuing PSU outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled at the Effective Time (each, a
“Terminating PSU”). Each holder of a Terminating PSU (after giving effect to any
acceleration provided under the terms of the applicable Company Stock Option Plan under which the
Company PSU was granted, the applicable performance stock unit agreement and any other Plan
disclosed in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule as such Plan is amended in
connection with this Agreement) shall be eligible to receive at the Effective Time an amount in
cash (without interest) equal to (i) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (ii) the number of
Company Shares subject to each Terminating PSU, less all applicable deductions and withholdings
required by Law to be withheld in respect of such payment.
(g) By virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger
Sub or the holders thereof, each Company Restricted Stock award under the Company Stock Option
Plans outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (such restricted stock award, the
“Company Restricted Stock award”) will accelerate and become fully vested as of immediately
prior to but effective as of the Effective Time. Each share of Company Restricted Stock that vests
in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be treated as a Company Share for purposes of
Section 2.6.
(h) Prior to the Effective Time, the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Company
ESPP”) shall be terminated. Unless the offering period underway as of the date hereof under
the Company ESPP (the “Current Offering Period”) terminates by its terms prior
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to the
Effective Time, the rights of participants in the Company ESPP with respect to the Current
Offering Period shall be determined by treating a business day prior to the Effective Time as
the last day of the Current Offering Period and by making such other pro rata adjustments as may be
necessary to reflect the shortened Current Offering Period, but otherwise treating such shortened
Current Offering Period as a fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under
the Company ESPP (the “Final Purchase”). The Company shall take all actions necessary with
respect to the Company ESPP so that (i) no offering periods or purchase periods shall be commenced
following or in addition to the Current Offering Period, (ii) no payroll deductions or other
contributions shall be made or effected after the Current Offering Period with respect to the
Company ESPP, (iii) notice shall be given to participants in the Company ESPP as soon as
administratively practicable following the date hereof describing the Final Purchase and the
termination of the Company ESPP pursuant to this Section 2.7(h) following the Final
Purchase, and (iv) the Company ESPP shall terminate effective upon the Effective Time.
(i) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall provide notice (in a form reasonably
satisfactory to Parent) to each holder of an outstanding award granted pursuant to any Company
Stock Option Plan describing the treatment of such award in accordance with this
Section 2.7.
(j) Parent shall take such actions as are necessary for the assumption of Company Stock
Options, Company RSUs and Company PSUs, including the reservation, issuance and listing of Parent
Common Stock, as is necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this
Section 2.7. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form
S-8 (to the extent available) with respect to the Parent Common Stock subject to such Continuing
Options, Continuing RSUs and Continuing PSUs and shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such
registration statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable (and in no event later
than twenty (20) days) following the Closing Date. It is intended that the assumption of the
Continuing Options assumed by Parent shall comply with Sections 409A and 424 of the Code and this
Section 2.7 shall be construed consistent with such intent.
2.8 Dissenting Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Company Shares that are
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by stockholders who shall
have not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who shall have demanded
properly in writing an appraisal for such Company Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL
and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such Company Shares under
Section 262 of the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Company Shares”) shall not be
converted into or represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration. From and after the
Effective Time, a holder of Dissenting Company Shares shall not have and shall not be entitled to
exercise any of the voting rights or other rights of a stockholder of the Surviving Corporation.
Such stockholders shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such Dissenting
Company Shares held by them in accordance with the provisions of such Section 262, except that all
Dissenting Company Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who effectively
shall have withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such Dissenting Company Shares under such
Section 262 shall thereupon be deemed
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to have been converted into and to have become exchangeable
for, as of the Effective Time, the
right to receive the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon surrender, in
the manner provided in Section 2.9, of the Certificate or Certificates that formerly
evidenced such Dissenting Company Shares.
(b) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by
the Company, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments, notices, petitions, or other
communications received from stockholders or provided to stockholders by the Company with respect
to any Dissenting Company Shares or shares claimed to be Dissenting Company Shares, and (ii) the
opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under
the DGCL. Payment of any amount payable to the holders of Dissenting Company Shares shall be the
obligation of the Company. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent,
make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such
demands.
2.9 Surrender of Company Shares; Stock Transfer Books.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company to act as
paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the payment of funds to which holders of Company
Shares shall become entitled pursuant to Section 2.6(a). From time to time after the
Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent the aggregate
amount payable pursuant to Section 2.6(a). The Paying Agent shall make payment of the
funds to holders of Company Shares in accordance with this Section 2.9. Such funds shall
be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or (after the Effective Time) the Surviving
Corporation, and any and all interest earned on the funds shall be paid by the Paying Agent to
Parent or (after the Effective Time) the Surviving Corporation. Parent shall bear and pay all
charges and expenses, including those of Paying Agent, incurred in connection with the payment of
funds to holders of Company Shares.
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be mailed to each person who was,
at the Effective Time, a holder of record of Company Shares entitled to receive the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6(a) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass,
only upon proper delivery of the Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares, as the case may be,
to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or
transfer of Book-Entry Shares, as the case may be, pursuant to such letter of transmittal. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate or transfer of Book-Entry Shares, together with such
letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions
thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of
the Company Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration for
each Company Share formerly evidenced by such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, and such
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares so transferred shall then be canceled. No interest shall accrue
or be paid on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate for the
benefit of the holder of such Certificate or the holder of any Book-Entry Shares. If payment of
the Merger Consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the
surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Shares so transferred is registered on the stock transfer
books of the Company or the systems of The Depository Trust Company
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(“DTC”), as the case
may be, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so
surrendered or the Book-Entry Shares so transferred shall be endorsed properly or otherwise be
in proper form for transfer, and that the person requesting such payment shall have paid all
transfer and other similar taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a
person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or Book-Entry Shares so
transferred shall have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such taxes
either have been paid or are not applicable. The Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender for
exchange of Certificates or the Book-Entry Shares so transferred shall be deemed to have been paid
in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company Shares previously represented by such
Certificates or the Book-Entry Shares so transferred.
(c) At any time following the sixth (6) month after the Effective Time, Parent shall be
entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it or at its direction any funds which had been
made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed to holders of Company Shares (including all
interest and other income received by the Paying Agent in respect of all funds made available to
it), and, thereafter, such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent (subject to abandoned
property, escheat and other similar Laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any
Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the Certificates held by them or the
due transfer of the Book-Entry Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the
Surviving Corporation and the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Company Share for any
Merger Consideration delivered in respect of such Company Share to a public official pursuant to
any abandoned property, escheat or other similar Law.
(d) At the close of business on the day of the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the
Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of the
Company Shares on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of
Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights
with respect to such Company Shares except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable Law.
(e) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and,
if required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable and customary amount
as Parent may require as indemnity against claims that may be made against it with respect to such
Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate, the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof, pursuant to this Agreement.
2.10 Withholding Rights. Each of Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying
Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable
pursuant to Article 2 to any holder of Company Shares such amounts as are required to be
deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and
withheld, and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
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the holder of the Company Shares
in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
2.11 Additional Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall consider or be advised that any further deeds, assignments or assurances in Law or any other
acts are necessary or desirable to (a) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the
Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or
assets of the Company or (b) otherwise carry out the provisions of this Agreement, the Company and
its officers and directors shall be deemed to have granted to the Surviving Corporation an
irrevocable power of attorney to execute and deliver all such deeds, assignments or assurances in
Law and to take all acts necessary, proper or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm title to and
possession of such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation and otherwise to carry
out the provisions of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation
are authorized in the name of the Company or otherwise to take any and all such action.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company
Except as disclosed in a document of even date herewith delivered by the Company to Parent and
Merger Sub prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and referring by section or
subsection number to the representations and warranties in this Agreement (the “Disclosure
Schedule”) (provided, however, that any such disclosure shall qualify only the
disclosure under the section or subsection number referred to in the Disclosure Schedule and any
other section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedule to the extent that it is reasonably
apparent, on its face, that such disclosure should also qualify such other section or subsection),
the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Company Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of
Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and
is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Section 3.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of
the name and jurisdiction of organization of each subsidiary of the Company (each a “Company
Subsidiary”). Each Company Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent
applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the
requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to be so duly
organized, validly existing, in good standing or have such power and authority would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding contractual
obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to
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repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
Company Subsidiary Securities. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and was issued free of any
preemptive rights.
(c) Except for the Company Subsidiaries and GDX KK, the Company does not directly or
indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture
or other business association or entity; provided, however, that the Company has
passive investments in mutual funds or other similar passive investments solely for money
management purposes in the ordinary course.
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. The Company has heretofore made available to
Parent a complete and correct copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws or
equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary. Such Certificates of Incorporation, By-laws or equivalent organizational documents are
in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in violation in any
material respect of any of the provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or
equivalent organizational documents.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,000,000 Company Shares and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”).
(b) As of the close of business on August 16, 2010:
(i) 152,076,075 Company Shares were issued and outstanding, 42,569 shares of which were shares
of Company Restricted Stock;
(ii) 37,401,849 Company Shares were held in the treasury of the Company;
(iii) no Company Shares were held by any Company Subsidiary;
(iv) 9,577,874 Company Shares were subject to outstanding Company Stock Options, of which
Company Stock Options to purchase 5,079,885 Company Shares were exercisable;
(v) 1,680,487 Company PSUs were outstanding;
(vi) 3,395,556 Company RSUs were outstanding;
(vii) 2,867,623 Company Shares were reserved for issuance under the Company ESPP; and
(viii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding.
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All outstanding Company Shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are issued free
of any preemptive rights.
(c) Except for changes since the close of business on August 16, 2010 resulting from the
exercise of Company Stock Options or the vesting of Company RSUs or Company PSUs outstanding on
such date or actions taken after such date in compliance with this Agreement, there are no
outstanding (i) options, warrants or other rights, Contracts, arrangements or commitments of any
character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company or obligating the Company
to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, the Company,
(ii) shares of capital stock of, or other voting securities or ownership interests in, the Company,
or (iii) restricted shares, restricted share units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares,
contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of or
provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of any capital stock
or other voting securities (including any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having
voting rights or convertible into securities having voting rights) or ownership interests in the
Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to collectively as the
“Company Securities”), other than as described in Section 3.3(b). All Company
Shares subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the
instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive rights. There are no voting trusts or other
Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party with respect to the voting of
any capital stock of, or other equity interest in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(d) There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Shares or any other Company Securities, or
to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in, any Company Subsidiary or any other person that would be material to the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Section 3.3(e) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a listing of (i) all equity
plans and subplans of the Company, (ii) all outstanding Company Stock Options, Company Restricted
Stock, Company PSUs and Company RSUs as of August 16, 2010, (iii) the date of grant and name of
holder of each Company Stock Option, Company Restricted Stock, Company PSU, Company RSU and the
vesting schedule thereof, and (iv) with respect to Company Stock Options: (x) the portion of which
that is vested as of August 16, 2010, and if applicable, the exercise price or repurchase price
therefor, and (y) whether or not such Company Stock
Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code. Each grant of a Company Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which
the grant of such Company Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”)
by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Company Board (or a
duly constituted and authorized committee thereof), or a duly authorized delegate thereof, and any
required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents; each such grant
was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Stock
Option Plan and all other applicable Law; each such grant intended to qualify as an “incentive
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stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies; and the per share exercise price of each
Company Stock Option was not less than the fair market value of a Company Share on the applicable
Grant Date.
(f) Except for securities owned by the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary, there are no
outstanding (i) options, warrants or other rights, Contracts, arrangements or commitments of any
character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of any Company Subsidiary or obligating
any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests
in, any Company Subsidiary, (ii) shares of capital stock of, or other voting securities or
ownership interests in, any Company Subsidiary, or (iii) restricted shares, restricted share units,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar
securities or rights that are derivative of or provide economic benefits based, directly or
indirectly, on the value or price of any capital stock or other voting securities (including any
bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having voting rights or convertible into securities
having voting rights) or ownership interests in any Company Subsidiary (the items in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) being referred to collectively as the “Company Subsidiary Securities”).
Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary is owned by the Company or
another Company Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens or Contracts or other limitations on the
Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s voting rights.
3.4 Authority Relative to this Agreement.
(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to obtaining the Required Company
Vote, to consummate the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the
Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than,
with respect to the Merger, the Required Company Vote and the filing and recordation of the
Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger
Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in
effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(b) The Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held on August 18, 2010, at which all of
the directors of the Company were present, unanimously (i) determined that the Merger is fair to,
and in the best interests of the holders of Company Shares, (ii) approved and declared advisable
this Agreement and the Transactions (such approval and adoption having been made in accordance with
the DGCL), (iii) resolved to recommend that the holders of Company Shares adopt this Agreement
(clause (i) — (iii) collectively, the “Company Board Recommendation”), and (iv) adopted a
resolution causing none of the Company, any of the Transactions or this Agreement to be subject to
any restriction set forth in any state takeover Law
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or similar Law that might otherwise apply,
which actions and resolutions have not been subsequently rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any
way (other than as permitted by this Agreement).
3.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of
this Agreement by the Company will not, (i) conflict with or violate the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws or equivalent organizational documents of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, (ii) subject to obtaining the Company Required Approvals and, in the case of the
Merger, the Required Company Vote, conflict with or violate any Law or Order applicable to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to obtaining the consents listed in
Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, result in any breach of, or constitute a default
(or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default or breach) under,
or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result
in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
pursuant to, or result in the loss of a material benefit under, any Company Material Contract,
except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches,
defaults or other occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of
this Agreement by the Company will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of,
or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except (i) for (x) applicable
requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act and state securities or “blue sky” Laws (“Blue Sky
Laws”), (y) the pre-merger notification requirements of the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), and similar requirements in foreign
countries under applicable Antitrust Laws, and (z) filing and recordation of the Certificate of
Merger pursuant to the DGCL (collectively, the “Company Required Approvals”), and
(ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make
such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.6 Permits; Compliance. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in possession
of all material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances,
exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary
for each of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its properties or to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted (the “Permits”). Except as would not
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no suspension or
cancellation of any of the Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in
writing, and (ii) there have occurred no defaults under, violations of, or events giving rise to a
right of termination, amendment or cancellation of any such Permits (with or without notice, the
lapse of time or both). Neither the Company nor any
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Company Subsidiary is, and neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has been since June 30, 2007, in conflict with, or in default, breach or
violation of, (i) any material Law or Order applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(ii) any Permit to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company
or any Company Subsidiary or any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is
bound, except for any such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, since June 30, 2007, neither the
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental
Authority alleging that it is not in compliance in all material respects with any Law or Order.
3.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has filed all forms, reports and other documents required to be filed by it
with the SEC since June 30, 2007 (such documents filed since June 30, 2007, and those filed by the
Company with the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement, if any, including any amendments
thereof, the “SEC Reports”). Each SEC Report (i) complied, or if filed subsequent to the
date of this Agreement will comply, as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the
Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“SOX”) and the
applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed
(or, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), contain, or if filed
after the date hereof, at the time of filing will not contain, any untrue statement of a material
fact, or omit to state a material fact, required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. No Company Subsidiary is required to file any form, report or other document with the
SEC.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements contained in the SEC Reports (collectively,
the “Company Financial Statements”) (i) complied, or will comply, as the case may be, as
of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
(ii) was, or will be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), and (iii) fairly presents, or will
fairly present, as the case may be, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries as at
the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case
of unaudited interim statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments).
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its consolidated Company Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2010, including the notes thereto (the
“2010 Balance Sheet”), neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any liability or
obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), and there is no
existing condition, situation or set of circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result
in such a liability or obligation, except for (i) liabilities and obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business in amounts consistent with past practice since the date of the 2010
Balance Sheet, (ii) liabilities and obligations that would not, individually or in
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aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) liabilities and obligations under executory Contracts to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, other than as a result of a breach
thereunder, and (iv) liabilities and obligations incurred in connection with the preparation and
negotiation of this Agreement or pursuant to this Agreement or in connection
with the Transactions. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any
indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding as of the date hereof (other than any indebtedness
owed to the Company or a Company Subsidiary). Section 3.7(c)-1 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all obligations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries outstanding as of the date hereof
in respect of interest rate and currency obligations, swaps, xxxxxx or similar arrangements that
are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer
of the Company (and each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former
principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by
Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or Sections 302 and 906 of SOX and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to the SEC Reports, and the statements
contained in such certifications are true and correct. For purposes of this
Section 3.7(d), “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have
the meanings given to such terms in SOX. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries
has outstanding, or has arranged any outstanding, “extensions of credit” to directors or executive
officers within the meaning of Section 402 of SOX. The Company is in compliance in all material
respects with SOX.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any
commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar
contract or arrangement (including any contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or
relationship between or among the Company and any of the Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and
any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose
entity or person, on the other hand, or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in
Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K of the SEC)), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such
contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material
liabilities of, the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in the Company Financial Statements
or any SEC Report.
(f) The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting and
accounting sufficient in all material respects to provide reasonable assurances regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes, including 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 that could have a material effect on the Company’s
financial statements 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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(g) The Company has in place “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are sufficient in all material respects to ensure
that material information that is required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it
files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated
and made known to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(h) The Company’s management has completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of
SOX for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and such assessment concluded that such controls
were effective. Since June 30, 2007 , the Company has disclosed to the Company’s outside auditors
and the audit committee of the Company (and made copies of such disclosures available to Parent)
(i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that are
reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data, and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
controls over financial reporting. Since June 30, 2007, the Company has not received from its
independent auditors any oral or written notification of a (x) “significant deficiency” or
(y) ”material weakness” in the Company’s internal controls. For purposes of this Agreement, the
terms “significant deficiency” and “material weakness” shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Statements of Auditing Standards 60, as in effect on the date hereof.
(i) There are no outstanding unresolved comments with respect to the Company or the SEC
Reports noted in comment letters or other correspondence received by the Company or its attorneys
from the SEC, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no pending (i) formal or informal
investigations of the Company by the SEC or (ii) inspection of an audit of the Company’s financial
statements by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Since June 30, 2007, there has been
no material written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has engaged in improper or illegal accounting or auditing practices or maintains
improper or inadequate internal accounting controls. Since June 30, 2007, no current or former
attorney representing the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has reported in writing
evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation
by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Company Board or any
committee thereof or to any director or executive officer of the Company.
(j) To the knowledge of the Company, since June 30, 2007, no employee of the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries has provided or is providing information to any law enforcement agency
regarding the possible commission of any crime or the violation or possible violation of any Law of
the type described in Section 806 of SOX.
(k) The Company has adopted a code of ethics, as defined by Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K of
the SEC, for senior financial officers, applicable to its principal financial officer, comptroller
or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. The
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Company has promptly
disclosed any change in or waiver of the Company’s code of ethics with respect to any such persons,
as required by Section 406(b) of SOX. To the knowledge of the Company, since June 30, 2007, there
have been no material violations of provisions of the Company’s code of ethics by any such persons.
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the 2010 Balance Sheet through
the date hereof, except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
have conducted their businesses in all material respects only in the ordinary course and in a
manner consistent with past practice. Since the date of the 2010 Balance Sheet through the date
hereof, (a) there has not been any event, condition, circumstance, development, change or effect
having, or that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, and (b) none of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has taken any
action, or authorized, committed or agreed to take any action, that if taken between the date
hereof and the Effective Time would constitute a breach of
Section 5.1(d), (e), (f)(iv), (f)(v), (i), (j), (k) or (n).
3.9 Absence of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is (a) no Action or, to the knowledge
of the Company, Claim pending and, (b) to the knowledge of the Company, (i) no inquiry or
investigation by any Governmental Authority pending and (ii) no Action, inquiry or investigation by
any Governmental Authority threatened in writing against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or
any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, that (A) would have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (B) will cause or require (or purports to cause
or require) Parent or any of its affiliates (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) to
(x) grant to any Third Party any license, covenant not to xxx, immunity or other right with respect
to or under any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by Parent or any of its affiliates, or
(y) be obligated to pay any royalties or other amounts, or offer any discounts, to any Third Party.
As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any property or asset of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject to any settlement agreement or similar written
agreement with any Governmental Authority, or any Order of any Governmental Authority that would
prevent or materially delay consummation of the Merger or have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not be material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, there are not currently pending, nor have there been since June 30,
2007, any internal investigations conducted by the Company, the Company Board (or any committee
thereof) or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Third Party at the request of any of the
foregoing concerning any financial, accounting, tax or other misfeasance or malfeasance, conflict
of interest, illegal activity, or fraudulent or deceptive conduct involving the Company, any of the
Company Subsidiaries or their respective officers or employees. As of the date hereof, there is no
material Action that the Company or any Company Subsidiary intends to initiate.
3.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all employee benefit plans
(as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive,
deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or
other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all employment, termination,
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severance
or other Contracts to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is a party (except for (i) offer
letters for employees hired and based in the United States that provide for at-will employment and
can be terminated without material cost or liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii)
offer letters for employees hired and based in locations outside of the United States that can be
terminated without material cost or liability to the Company and its
Subsidiaries), with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has or could have any
obligation or that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or
were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary
could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and (iv) any individual consulting contracts,
arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any employee,
director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including any contracts,
arrangements or understandings relating in any way to a sale of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (except for agreements that can be terminated without material cost or liability to the
Company and its Subsidiaries)(collectively, the “Plans” and all Plans, excluding Plans not
subject to U.S. Law, the “US Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent a true and
complete copy of each Plan and has made available to Parent a true and complete copy of each
material document, if any, prepared in connection with each such Plan (except for individual
written offer letters providing for at-will employment, Company Stock Option, Company RSU, Company
Restricted Stock award, or Company PSU, in which case only forms of such agreements have been made
available to Parent, unless such individual agreements materially differ from such forms),
including as applicable (A) a copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (B) each most recent
summary plan description and summary of material modifications, (C) all annual reports on Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 filed within the past three (3) years, (D) the most
recently received IRS determination letter for each such Plan, and (E) the most recently prepared
actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plan. There are no material
oral Plans. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any
express or implied commitment (x) to create, incur liability with respect to or cause to exist any
other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (y) to enter into any Contract to
provide compensation or benefits to any individual other than in the ordinary course of business,
or (z) to modify, change or terminate any Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change
or termination required by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Law.
(b) None of the Plans is a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or
4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”), a “multiple employer plan” (within the
meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code) (a “Multiple Employer Plan”), a “multiple employer
welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA) a plan that is subject to Title
IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or a “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 419
of the Code. None of the Plans (i) provides for the payment of material separation, severance,
termination or similar type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates the Company or any Company
Subsidiary to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or partially
as a result of any Transaction, or (iii) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make
any payment or provide any benefit in connection with a “change
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in ownership or effective control”,
within the meaning of such term under Section 280G of the Code, or in connection with an event
directly or indirectly related to such a change. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has become obligated to make, or will as a result of any event connected directly or indirectly
with any transaction contemplated herein become obligated to make, any “excess parachute payment”
as defined in Section 280G of the Code
(without regard to Subsection (b)(4) thereof). There is no written or unwritten Contract,
plan, arrangement or other contract by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound to
compensate any individual for excise taxes paid pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code. None of the
Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any
current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as
required by Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or similar applicable state Law.
(c) Each Plan is now and always has been operated in accordance with its terms and the
requirements of all applicable Laws including ERISA and the Code, except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, result in material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have performed all obligations required to be performed by
them under and are not in default under or in violation of, and to the knowledge of the Company,
there is no default or violation by any party to, any Plan, except for any such non-performance,
default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability
to the Company or any Company Subsidiary. No Action that could, individually or in the aggregate,
result in material liability to the Company or any Company subsidiary, is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than routine claims for
benefits in the ordinary course of business) and no fact or event exists that reasonably could be
expected to give rise to any such Action.
(d) Each US Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or
Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the IRS
covering all of the provisions applicable to such US Plan for which determination letters are
currently available that such US Plan is so qualified, has a remaining period of time under
applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such letter and to make
any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination, or may rely upon an opinion letter
for a prototype or volume submitter plan, and each trust established in connection with any US Plan
that is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has
received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, has a remaining period of time
under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such letter and
to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination, or may rely upon an opinion
letter for a prototype or volume submitter plan, and no fact or event has occurred since the date
of such determination letter or letters from the IRS, if applicable, that could be expected to
adversely affect the qualified status of any such US Plan or the exempt status of any such trust or
materially increase any such US Plan’s costs.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, there has not been any prohibited transaction (within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and not otherwise exempt under Section
408 of ERISA) with respect to any US Plan. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
result in material liability to the Company or any Company
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Subsidiary, neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability under, arising out of or by operation of Title IV of
ERISA (other than liability for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the
ordinary course of business), including any liability in connection with (i) the termination or
reorganization of any employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) the withdrawal
from any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could give
rise to any such liability.
(f) Except as would not , individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, all contributions, premiums or payments required to be made
with respect to any US Plan have been made on or before their due dates. Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, all such contributions are or were fully deductible for federal income tax purposes and
no such deduction has been challenged or disallowed by any Governmental Authority, and no fact or
event exists that could be expected to give rise to any such challenge or disallowance.
(g) Section 3.10(g) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Plan that provides any
compensation that could be deemed deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code, and each such Plan is in material compliance with Section 409A of the Code. No event has
occurred that would be treated by Section 409A(b) as a transfer of property for purposes of
Section 83 of the Code.
(h) In addition to the foregoing, with respect to each plan, program or arrangement described
in Section 3.10(a) that is not subject to U.S. Law (a “Non-U.S. Benefit Plan”),
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to the Company
or any Company Subsidiary:
(i) all employer and employee contributions to each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan required by Law or
by the terms of such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance
with normal accounting practices, and a pro rata contribution for the period prior to and
including the date of this Agreement has been made or accrued;
(i) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, the liability of
each insurer for any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established
for any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or
provide for the benefits determined on an ongoing basis accrued to the date of this Agreement with
respect to all current and former participants under such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, according to the
actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, and no Transaction shall cause such assets or insurance obligations to be
less than such benefit obligations; and
(ii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been
maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities and is approved by any
applicable taxation authorities to the extent such approval is available. Each Non-U.S. Benefit
Plan is now, and always has been, operated in material compliance with all applicable Laws.
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3.11 Labor and Employment Matters.
(a) (i) As of the date hereof, there are no material claims, disputes, grievances, or
controversies pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened between
the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any of their respective present or former employees.
(ii) Except with respect to employees located in Brazil and France, neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is, and for the two (2) year period prior to the date hereof has been, a
party to any collective bargaining agreement, works council agreement, or similar labor union
agreement. Except with respect to employees located in Brazil and France, to the knowledge of the
Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is represented by any labor
organization, and there are no activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such
employees.
(iii) There are no material union grievances outstanding against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary; nor are there any unfair labor practice complaints pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary before the National Labor
Relations Board or any court, tribunal or other Governmental Authority, or any current union
representation questions involving employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(iv) Except as would not result in a material liability to the Company, all individuals who
are or were performing consulting or other services for the Company or any Company Subsidiary have
been correctly classified by the Company or the Company Subsidiary as either “independent
contractors” (or comparable status in the case of a foreign Company Subsidiary) or “employees” as
the case may be, and, at the Effective Time, with respect to those individuals still performing
consulting services for the Company or the Company Subsidiary as of the Effective Time, such
individuals will qualify for such classification. Except as would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect solely with respect to the pending action listed in Section 3.11(a)(i) of the
Disclosure Schedule, and otherwise as would not result in material
liability to the Company all individuals who are or were classified as employees as of the Effective
Time have been correctly classified as exempt or non-exempt, as the case may be, under the Fair
Labor Standards Act or other applicable Laws.
(v) Except with respect to Brazil and France, there is no strike, slowdown, work stoppage or
lockout, or other labor dispute or union organizing effort or similar activity pending as of the
date hereof or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened as of the date hereof, no consent of
any labor union is required to consummate the Transactions, and there is no obligation to inform,
consult or obtain consent whether in advance or otherwise of any works council, employee
representatives or other representative bodies in order to consummate the Transactions.
(b) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all applicable
Laws relating to the employment of labor, including those related to wages, hours, collective
bargaining, equal employment opportunity, occupational health and safety, immigration, individual
and collective consultation, notice of termination and redundancy, and
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the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries are not materially liable for any arrears of wages, taxes, penalties or other sums for
failure to comply with any of the foregoing. As of the date hereof, there is no charge or other
Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened before the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, any court, or any other
Governmental Authority with respect to the employment practices of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, other than charges or Actions, individually or in the aggregate, that would not
(i) prevent or materially delay consummation of the Merger or (ii) if adversely determined, result
in material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The employment of each employee of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is terminable at will without material cost or liability
to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(c) The Company has provided to Parent a complete and accurate list of each current
employee providing services to the Company or any Company Subsidiary and the
country (and state, for those located in the U.S.) in which each such employee is
based and primarily performs his or her duties or services (except where the disclosure of such
information would be prohibited by data privacy/protection Laws without the employee’s consent). As of the date hereof, no employee employed pursuant to any of the Top
Three Tiers (1, 2A, 2B, or 3) of employment agreements with the Company reflected in
Section 3.11(c)(B) of the Disclosure Schedule has terminated or has advised the Company or
any Company Subsidiary of his or her intention to terminate his or her relationship or status as an
employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for any reason, including because of the
consummation of the Transactions. The Company has made available to Parent a true and correct copy
of the form of each of the three tiers of employment agreement with officers and key employees and
the form of consultant agreement.
(d) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the Worker
Readjustment and Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 00 X.X.X. §0000 and all applicable Laws regarding redundancies,
reductions in force, mass layoffs and plant closings, including all obligations to promptly and
correctly furnish all notices required to be given thereunder in connection with any redundancy,
reduction in force, mass layoff, or plant closing to affected employees, representatives, any state
dislocated worker unit and local government officials, or any other Governmental Authority
(collectively, the “WARN Act”). No reduction in the notification period under the WARN Act
is being relied upon by the Company.
3.12 Proxy Statement. The proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in
connection with the Stockholders’ Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, being
referred to herein as the “Proxy Statement”) shall not, on the date first mailed to the
stockholders of the Company, and at the time of the Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact, required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not false or misleading, or necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication
with respect to the solicitation of proxies for the Stockholders’ Meeting that shall have become
false or misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or
warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
Representatives for inclusion in the Proxy Statement or any other document required to be filed by
the Company with the SEC or disseminated to the Company’s stockholders in connection with this
Agreement and the Transactions.
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3.13 Property and Leases.
(a) The Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries owns, and has good title to, each of the
tangible assets reflected as owned by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries on the 2010 Balance
Sheet that are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (except for
tangible assets sold or disposed of since that date in the ordinary course of business) free of any
Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have sufficient title
to all their properties and assets to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted,
with only such exceptions as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, all
of the machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property and assets owned or used by the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are usable in the ordinary course of business and are
reasonably adequate and suitable for the uses to which they are being put.
(b) Section 3.13(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list
of all real property owned by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (“Company Owned
Real Property”). The Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries have good, valid and marketable
title in fee simple to all Company Owned Real property, free and clear of all Liens of any nature
whatsoever except Permitted Liens. There are no outstanding options or other contractual rights to
purchase, lease or use, or rights of first refusal to purchase, the Company Owned Real Property or
any portion thereof or interests therein or contracts relating to the right to receive any portion
of the income or profits from the sale, operation or development thereof. Except as would not
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, all of the buildings, fixtures
and other improvements located on the Company Owned Real Property are adequate and suitable in all
material respects for the purpose of conducting the Company’s business as presently conducted, and
the operation thereof as presently conducted is not in violation in any material respect of any
applicable building code, zoning ordinance or other applicable Law or Orders.
(c) Section 3.13(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list
of all leases of real property greater than 10,000 square feet (a “Company Leased Real
Property”) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (“Company Real
Property Lease”). Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any material alterations,
additions or improvements to the leased property that are required to be removed (or of which any
landlord or sublandlord could require removal) at the termination of the applicable lease term.
Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, all of the
buildings, fixtures and other improvements located on the Company Leased Real Property are adequate
and suitable in all material respects for the purpose of conducting the Company’s business as
presently conducted, and the operation thereof as presently conducted is not in violation in any
material respect of any applicable building code, zoning ordinance or other applicable Law or
Order.
3.14 Intellectual Property.
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(a) Schedule of Registered Intellectual Property. Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all material Registered Company Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable efforts to
prosecute, register, and maintain all material Registered Company Intellectual Property. The
Company and/or one of the Company Subsidiaries is the sole owner of each item of (i) material
Registered Company Intellectual Property and (ii) material unregistered Copyrights in the Company
Intellectual Property for Software included in the material Company Products. All material Company
Intellectual Property is free and clear of material Liens.
(b) Trademarks. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable
actions to police all material Trademarks included in the Company Intellectual Property against
unauthorized use by Third Parties.
(c) Rights to Intellectual Property Ordered or Awarded. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any decree, judgment, order, or arbitral award that is
reasonably expected to require the Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant to any Third Party
any license, covenant not to xxx, immunity or other right with respect to any material Company
Intellectual Property or that affects the terms and conditions under which any such license,
covenant, immunity or other right is, may be, or must be granted.
(d) No Proceedings. Within 24 months prior to date hereof, the Company has not received
notice that any Registered Company Intellectual Property is or has been involved in any
interference, reissue, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, or proceeding regarding invalidity
or unenforceability in the U.S. and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such action has been
threatened.
(e) Trade Secrets. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have, in accordance with the
applicable Law of each relevant jurisdiction, taken commercially reasonable steps to protect their
rights in and to their material Trade Secrets.
(f) Employees, Consultants, & Contractors.
(i) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have, and use reasonable commercial efforts to
enforce, policies requiring each employee, consultant and contractor who is involved in the
development of material Intellectual Property to execute proprietary information, confidentiality
and assignment agreements appropriate for the jurisdiction in which such employees, officers,
consultants and contractors reside and work.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to and bound by any Contract
that materially prohibits or restricts a group of their employees (a) from certain work assignments
or moving within, between, or among the Company, any Company Subsidiary, and its or their
affiliates (and its and their organization or business units), (y) from performing any services for
or working with any Third Party, or (z) from engaging in any activities or performing any work
related to any particular technology or product, to the extent each of the foregoing prohibitions
or restrictions, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the business of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary.
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(g) Enforceability, Validity of Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, there
are no specific facts or circumstances that the Company reasonably expects would render invalid or
unenforceable any material Registered Company Intellectual Property. In the 36 months preceding
the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary located in the United States has
received any Claim from a Third Party challenging the priority, ownership, validity or
enforceability of any material Registered Company Intellectual Property in the United States.
(h) No Infringement or Misappropriation of Company Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of
the Company, the Company does not have any specific information that any person is, in any material
respect, infringing, misappropriating, using or disclosing without authorization, or otherwise
violating in a material respect any material Company Intellectual Property. Within 36 months prior
to date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any Claim with respect to
infringement or misappropriation of any material Company Intellectual Property against any person.
(i) Infringement by Company. To the specific knowledge of the Company, none of the Company,
any Company Subsidiary, or any Company Product infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates
any Intellectual Property Rights of any person or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices
under the Laws of any jurisdiction where such infringement, misappropriation, or violation would,
individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as
a whole. Within 24 months prior to date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any Claim, or notice of any Action, alleging any of the foregoing.
(j) [Reserved.]
(k) Scheduled Intellectual Property Agreements. Section 3.14(k) of the Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Contracts in effect as of the date hereof,
other than Contracts to which the Company became a party or succeeded to as a result of the
acquisition by the Company of a third party: (i) pursuant to which a Third Party has licensed to
the Company or a Company Subsidiary Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property that is a
material part of a Company Product, other than Contracts with respect to Intellectual Property
Rights or Intellectual Property (including Software) that is generally available on a commercial
basis from Third Parties, including Software licensed pursuant to shrink-wrap or click-wrap
agreements, terms of use or services, or similar agreements; (ii) in which the Company or a Company
Subsidiary has granted or received a license, covenant, release, immunity, assignment, or other
right with respect to any material Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the settlement
of a litigation brought against, or by, the Company in the past 36 months; (iii) pursuant to which
the Company has granted an express license, covenant, release, immunity, assignment, or other right
to any Patents that are material Company Intellectual Property or has received an express license,
covenant, release, immunity, assignment, or other right to any of the Patents owned by a Third
Party which license is material to the business of Company or the Company Subsidiaries, (iv)
pursuant to which the Company has granted a Third Party an exclusive license to material Company
Intellectual Property; and (v) entered into in the 36 month period prior to the date hereof,
pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has granted a Third Party any license,
covenant, release, immunity, assignment, or
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other right with respect to any material Company Intellectual Property other than in the
ordinary course of business (collectively, the “Company Intellectual Property Agreements”).
(l) Effect of Transaction. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are not party to any
Contract, decree, judgment, order, or arbitral award under which the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement will result in (i) Parent granting to any Third Party any license,
covenant not to xxx, immunity or other right with respect to or under any Intellectual Property
Rights of Parent or any of its affiliates (other than the Company or the Surviving Corporation or
any of their respective subsidiaries), or (ii) Parent or any of its affiliates (other than Company
or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries or on their behalf) being
obliged to pay any Third Party material amounts or royalties.
(m) Open Source. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any Claim from a third party that any material Company Product incorporates, is integrated
with, or, links to any Open Source in such a manner that requires the Company or any Company
Subsidiary to distribute any material proprietary source code for such Company Product under the
terms of an Open Source License, and to the knowledge of the Company as of the date hereof, there
would be no reasonable basis for such a Claim to be made by a Third Party. The Company and the
Company Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to regulate the use and distribution
of Open Source in compliance with applicable Open Source licenses.
(n) Standards, SIGs. Section 3.14(n) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of
all standards-setting organization and multi-party special interest groups in which the Company or
any Company Subsidiary participates (and to the knowledge of the Company, has participated in the
past) where such participation requires Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant third parties a
license to Patents that are Company Intellectual Property.
3.15 Taxes.
(a) Except in each case with respect to matters for which adequate reserves or accruals have
been established in accordance with GAAP on the 2010 Balance Sheet as adjusted for the passage of
time in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (i) each of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries has filed all Tax Returns that it was required to file under
applicable Laws; (ii) all such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects, and
were prepared in substantial compliance with all applicable Laws; (iii) all material Taxes due and
owing by Company or the Company Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been
paid and (iv) each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has complied in all material
respects with all applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including
withholding of Taxes in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, former employee or
independent contractor) and 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, stockholder, or other Third Party. Neither the Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries has received written notice from a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, does not file Tax Returns to the effect that the
Company or the Company Subsidiary
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is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no Liens for Taxes (other
than Permitted Liens) upon any assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.
(b) As of the date hereof, there is no unresolved material dispute or claim concerning any Tax
liability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries claimed or raised by any Governmental
Authority in writing or, to the knowledge of the Company, in connection with any federal income Tax
liability of the Company by the Internal Revenue Service through other formal communication.
(c) Section 3.15(c) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all federal, state, local and
non-U.S. Tax Returns filed with respect to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that
currently are the subject of audit. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete
copies of all examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against, or agreed to by
the Company and any of the Company Subsidiaries since January 1, 2006. Other than in connection
with the audits described in Section 3.15(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has waived any statutes of limitations in respect of
Taxes, or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency, which
period has not yet expired.
(d) There is no Contract to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party
that, individually or collectively, (i) could give rise to the payment of any material amount that
would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) or (ii) could require the Company, the Company
Subsidiaries or Parent or any of its subsidiaries to provide a material gross up to any employee of
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for Tax-related payments.
(e) The accruals and reserves for taxes reflected in the 2010 Balance Sheet are adequate to
cover all taxes accruable through such date (including interest and penalties, if any, thereon) in
accordance with GAAP; and since the date of the 2010 Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any of
the Company Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for Taxes arising from extraordinary gains or
losses, as that term is used in GAAP, outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice, other than taxes incurred in connection with the Transactions.
(f) None of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has been included in any “consolidated,”
“unitary” or “combined” Tax Return (other than Tax Returns that include only the Company and/or the
Company Subsidiaries) provided for under the laws of the U.S., any foreign jurisdiction or any
state or locality with respect to Taxes for any taxable year, and neither Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has any obligation to contribute to the payment of any Tax of any person other than the
Company or a Company Subsidiary under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of Law), as transferee, successor, by contract or otherwise.
(g) None of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has constituted either a
“distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A)
of the Code in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355
of the Code in the two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement
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(or will
constitute such a corporation in the two (2) years prior to the Effective Time), or that
otherwise constitutes part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” within the meaning of
Section 355(e) of the Code in conjunction with the Merger.
(h) No Company Subsidiary is a passive foreign investment company as defined in Section
1297(a) of the Code.
(i) Except in each case with respect to matters for which adequate reserves or accruals have
been established in accordance with GAAP on the 2010 Balance Sheet as adjusted for the passage of
time in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (i) the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
transfer pricing laws and regulations, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous
documentation substantiating transfer pricing practices of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
and (ii) the prices for any property or services (or for the use of any property) provided by or to
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries are arm’s-length prices for purposes of the relevant
transfer pricing laws, including Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 482 of the Code.
(j) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with,
all terms and conditions of any Tax exemption, Tax holiday, or other Tax reduction agreement or
order.
(k) None of the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Tax
allocation, indemnification or sharing agreement (other than commercial or financial agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and indemnification
agreements or similar arrangements with directors and executive officers).
(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has engaged in a “listed transaction” as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011 4(b)(2) or Section 301.6111-2(b)(2) of the Code.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries will be required to include any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Effective Time as a result of any:
(A) change in the method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or
prior to the date hereof;
(B) “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 date hereof;
(C) intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in
Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding
provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law);
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(D) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the
Effective Time; or
(E) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Effective Time.
3.16 Environmental Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Company and each Company Subsidiary is, and has at all times been,
in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) to the knowledge of the Company, none of
the properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (including soils and surface and ground waters) are contaminated with any Hazardous
Substance, (c) since June 30, 2007, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any
written notice, letter or request for information stating that it may be in violation of
Environmental Laws, or liable under any Contract, or pursuant to Environmental Law, for any
contamination by Hazardous Substances at any site containing Hazardous Substances, and any
allegations of current or historical non-compliance with Environmental Laws, or liability under
Environmental Laws, has been resolved to the satisfaction of the relevant Governmental Authorities,
(d) the Company and each Company Subsidiary possesses and is in compliance with all certificates,
registrations, permits, licenses and other authorizations required under any Environmental Law
(“Environmental Permits”). The Company has made available to Parent all material Phase 1
environmental site assessments and environmental compliance audits that identify significant
environmental liabilities of the Company or a Company Subsidiary that are in the possession of the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries. The parties agree that the representations and warranties
contained in this Section 3.16 are the only representations and warranties in this
Agreement which relate to environmental matters, including Environmental Laws, Hazardous Substances
and Environmental Permits.
3.17 Material Contracts.
(a) Subsections (i) through (xiii) of Section 3.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule
contain lists of the following Contracts in effect as of the date hereof (together with all
amendments and supplements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or by which
any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected (such Contracts
as are required to be set forth in Section 3.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule and any
“material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC)
collectively being, the “Company Material Contracts”):
(i) other than the Plans set forth on Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, (A)
all employment Contracts of those employees and managers that receive from the Company or any
Company Subsidiary annual compensation (including base salary, commissions, incentive payments, and
annual or other periodic or project bonuses) in excess of $500,000, and (B) all individual
consulting Contracts for those consultants that receive from the Company or any Company Subsidiary
annual compensation in excess of $500,000 (provided that references to such Contracts have
been made completely anonymous for those employees, managers or consultants based in jurisdictions
where this is required under applicable data privacy/protection Laws);
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(ii) all Company Intellectual Property Agreements;
(iii) all material Government Contracts, including material Current Government Contracts, and
material Current Government Contract Bids;
(iv) all Contracts involving material joint ventures or material strategic alliances;
(v) those Contracts required to be set forth in Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule;
(vi) other than the Plans set forth on Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, any
Contract, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan or stock purchase plan,
any of the benefits of which will be triggered or increased, or the vesting of benefits of which
will be accelerated, by the consummation of the Transactions or the value of any of the benefits of
which will be calculated on the basis of any of the Transactions (either alone or upon a
termination of employment or service in connection therewith);
(vii) all Contracts providing for indemnification, contribution or any guaranty in an amount
that is material to the Company, not entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) all Contracts since January 1, 2005 (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any business (whether by merger, sale or purchase of
assets, sale or purchase of stock or equity ownership interests or otherwise) for consideration in
excess of $5,000,000 or (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary will acquire
any interest or make an investment in any other person, other than the Company Subsidiaries, in
each case, that contain ongoing obligations that are material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries;
(ix) all mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans, credit agreements, security agreements or
other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case, in excess
of $10,000,000, other than (A) accounts receivables and payables, and (B) loans to or guarantees
for direct or indirect wholly-owned Company Subsidiaries, in each case, in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(x) all material Contracts with each of the Top Suppliers, Top Customers, Top Distributors and
Top Resellers;
(xi) any Company Real Property Leases;
(xii) other than the Plans set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule,
all employment Contracts that would obligate the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any
payment in connection with this Agreement; and
(xiii) all other Contracts, whether or not made in the ordinary course of business, the
absence or termination of which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) (i) Each Company Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding agreement and is in full
force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws relating to, or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally); (ii) the Company or the Company
Subsidiary, as applicable, is not in material default under any Company Material Contract, has not
committed or failed to perform any act that, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a material default under the Company Material Contract; and none of the Company Material
Contracts has been canceled by the other party; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no other
party is in material breach or material violation of, or material default under, any Company
Material Contract; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, since June 30, 2007, the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries have not received any written claim of material default under any Company
Material Contract that has not been cured.
(c) Government Contracts.
(i) Compliance with Contract Requirements. To the knowledge of the Company, since January 1,
2006, (A) with respect to work regarding Government Contracts, the Company and each Company
Subsidiary have complied, in all material respects, with applicable laws and regulations; (B) the
representations, certifications and warranties made by the Company and each Company Subsidiary, as
applicable, with respect to the Government Contracts were accurate in all material respects as of
their effective dates, and the Company and each Company Subsidiary, as applicable, have complied,
in all material respects, with all such certifications and terms and conditions of each
Government Contract; and (C) since January 1, 2006, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has received an adverse or negative government past performance evaluation or rating for the past
three (3) years that could adversely affect the evaluation by the Governmental Authority or other
potential customer of the Current Government Contract Bids.
(ii) Notice of Non-Compliance. With respect to the Current Government Contracts, to the
knowledge of the Company, the Company has not been notified in writing of any actual or alleged
violation, or breach of any Government Contract-related statute, regulation, representation,
certification, disclosure obligation, contract term, condition, clause, provision or specification,
committed by the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or respective directors, officers or employees in
their capacities as such, that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in a manner that
would be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on payments under
Current Government Contracts or adversely affect, in a manner that would be material to the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the award of Government Contracts to the Company
or any Company Subsidiary in the future.
(iii) Termination for Default or Convenience. To the knowledge of the Company, (A) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written show cause, cure, deficiency,
default, termination for convenience, or similar notice relating to any Current Government Contract
that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (B) no termination
for default, cure notice or show cause notice that is material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has been issued or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, in
writing, and remains unresolved with respect to any
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Government Contract; (C) no event, condition,
or omission has occurred or currently exists that would constitute grounds for such action; (D)
there has not been any withholding or setoff under
any Government Contract; and (E) all invoices and claims submitted under each Government
Contract were current, accurate, and complete, in all material respects, as of their submission
date.
(iv) Suspension and Debarment. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company, any
Company Subsidiary, nor any of their current respective directors, officers or employees in
connection with the performance of the duties for, or on behalf of, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, is debarred or suspended, or, since January 1, 2006, has been proposed for suspension
or debarment from bidding on any Government Contract, declared nonresponsible or ineligible, or
otherwise excluded from participation in the award of any Government Contract or for any reason
been listed on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-procurement Programs.
(v) Audits, Investigations and Enforcement Actions. To the knowledge of the Company, (A)
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has undergone or is currently undergoing any
internal or external audit, review, inspection, investigation, survey, or examination of records
relating to any Government Contracts, other than in the ordinary course of business, and (B) since
January 1, 2006, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice or
otherwise become aware of, or undergone any investigation or review relating to any noncompliance,
misconduct, violation or breach regarding any Government Contract, other than in the ordinary
course of business.
(vi) Internal Investigations. Since January 1, 2006, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has made any disclosure, except as would not be material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Governmental Authority, other customer, prime contractor or
higher-tier subcontractor related to any suspected, alleged or possible violation of a contract
requirement, any apparent or alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or
relating to a Government Contract, or any violation of applicable Law.
(vii) Organizational Conflicts of Interest. To the knowledge of the Company, except as would
not be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary performs activities under Current Government Contracts, or has other
relationships with any other person or entity, that could result in an “organizational conflict of
interest” as defined in Subpart 9.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency supplements
thereto.
(viii) National Security Obligations. To the knowledge of the Company, (A) the Company and
each Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable national
security obligations and there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to
result in the suspension or termination of such clearances or that would reasonably be expected to
render the Company or any Company Subsidiary ineligible for such security clearances in the future;
and (B) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all
security measures required by Government Contracts or any applicable Laws.
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(ix) Accounting and Timekeeping. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each
Company Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with all timekeeping/time recordation
requirements of the applicable Government Contracts, and neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has any knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to
result in an investigation by the U.S. government based upon the failure by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary to comply with such applicable timekeeping/time recordation requirements.
(x) Disputes and Claims. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received any written notice of any outstanding Claims or Contract disputes, relating
to the Government Contracts, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party.
(xi) Government Contracts Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company as of the
date hereof, all Software delivered under a Government Contract has, been properly and sufficiently
marked and protected so that no more than the minimum rights or licenses required under applicable
regulations and Government Contract terms or the terms of such Government Contract, if any, have
been provided. To the knowledge of the Company as of the date hereof, (A) all “commercial computer
software” (as defined in 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations) provided to a Governmental
Authority has been developed at private expense and (B) products delivered to the Governmental
Authority in connection with a Government Contract are limited to “commercial items” (as defined in
2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations).
3.18 NYSE. The Company is in material compliance with the applicable criteria for continued
listing of the Company Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), including all
applicable corporate governance rules and regulations.
3.19 Insurance.
(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and continually since the later of June 30,
2007 or the date of acquisition by the Company with respect to any Company Subsidiary have been,
insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are customary in the businesses in
which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so insured would not have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect,
with respect to each such insurance policy: (i) the policy is legal, valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with its terms and, except for policies that have expired under their
terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is in material breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to
the payment of premiums or the giving of notice or both), and (iii) to the knowledge of the
Company, no insurer on the policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership,
conservatorship or liquidation.
(c) Other than with respect to any Plans disclosed on Section 3.10(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule pursuant to which benefits are provided through insurance contracts, at no
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time subsequent to the later of June 30, 2007 and the date of acquisition by the Company with
respect to any Company Subsidiary, has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been denied any
insurance or indemnity bond coverage, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending material claim by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary under any insurance policy.
3.20 Brokers and Expenses. No broker, finder or investment banker (other than the Company
Financial Advisor) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection
with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by, or on behalf of, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. The Company has heretofore made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of all
Contracts between the Company and the Company Financial Advisor pursuant to which such firm would
be entitled to any payment relating to the Transactions.
3.21 Takeover Laws. The Company Board has approved this Agreement and the Transactions for
all purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL and has taken all action necessary to ensure that Section
203 of the DGCL will not impose any material additional procedural, voting, approval, fairness or
other restrictions on the timely consummation of the Transactions or restrict, impair or delay the
ability of Parent or Merger Sub to engage in any Transaction. No other “fair price,” “moratorium,”
“control share acquisition” or other anti-takeover statute or regulation of any Governmental
Authority is applicable to the Company or the Transactions.
3.22 Suppliers, Customers, Resellers and Distributors. Since June 30, 2007, there has not
been any material adverse change in the business relationship of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary with any Top Customer, Top Supplier, Top Distributor or Top Reseller, and neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written communication or notice from any such
customer, supplier, distributor or reseller to the effect that any such customer, supplier,
distributor or reseller (i) has materially changed, modified, amended or reduced, or is reasonably
likely to materially change, modify, amend or reduce, its business relationship with the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, or (ii) will fail to perform in any material respect, or is reasonably
likely to fail to perform in any material respect, its obligations under any of its material
Contracts with the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.23 Restrictions on Business Activities. Except for those Contracts and Orders set forth in
Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is a party to, and no asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is material to
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is bound by, any Order or Contract that (a) restricts or
prohibits the Company or any Company Subsidiary from engaging in a material aspect of the Company’s
business anywhere in the world, with any person, or during any period of time, (b) grants a right
of first refusal, first offer or similar right with respect to a material asset or material aspect
of the Company’s business, or (c) will restrict or prohibit in a material respect Parent or its
affiliates (other than the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
subsidiaries) from engaging in any business that they would otherwise have been permitted to engage
in absent the Merger.
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3.24 Certain Business Practices.
(a) From and after June 30, 2007, to the knowledge of the Company, including reliance in good
faith, without further independent investigation, on
sub-certifications delivered quarterly to
management of the Company, neither the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company or any Company Subsidiary acting on behalf of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful payments relating to political activity, (ii) directly or
indirectly, used or contemplated the use of funds, given, offered, promised, or authorized to give,
any money or thing of value (except for payments permitted by 15 U.S.C. Section 78dd-2(b) or (c) to
any foreign or domestic government official or to any foreign or domestic political party or
campaign (collectively, “Government Official”), for the purpose, with respect to subclauses
(i) and (ii), of influencing an act or decision of the Government Official, or inducing the
Government Official to use his or her influence or position to affect any government act or
decision to obtain or retain business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iii) directly or
indirectly, made any unlawful payment.
(b) From and after June 30, 2007, to the knowledge of the Company, (i) all books and records
of the Company and all Company Subsidiaries accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail,
all transactions and dispositions of funds or assets, and (ii) there have been no false or
fictitious entries made in the books or records of the Company or any Company Subsidiary relating
to any illegal payment or secret or unrecorded fund, and neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has established or maintained a secret or unrecorded fund.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, since June 30, 2007, the Company and each Company
Subsidiary have conducted their export transactions in accordance in all material respects with
applicable provisions of U.S. export Laws, and other export Laws of the countries where it conducts
business. Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each Company Subsidiary have obtained all
material export licenses and other approvals required for their exports of products, software and
technologies from the U.S. and other countries where it conducts business;
(ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each Company Subsidiary are in
compliance in all material respects with the terms of such applicable export licenses or other
approvals; and
(iii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened Claims against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to such export licenses or other approvals.
3.25 Affiliate Transactions. There are no existing contracts, transactions, indebtedness or
other arrangements, or any related series thereof, between the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
on the one hand, and any of the directors, officers or other affiliates of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, on the other hand.
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3.26 Vote Required. The Required Company Vote is the only vote of the holders of any class or
series of Company’s capital stock necessary to adopt this Agreement or approve the Merger.
3.27 Opinion of Financial Advisor. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company
Board received an opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (the “Company Financial
Advisor”) to the effect that, as of the date thereof and based upon and subject to the various
qualifications and assumptions set forth therein, the Merger Consideration is fair to the
stockholders of the Company from a financial point of view. The Company will make available to
Parent a copy of such opinion promptly following the execution of this Agreement for informational
purposes only. The Company has been authorized by the Company Financial Advisor to include such
opinion and a summary of the Company Financial Advisor’s analysis in the Proxy Statement.
3.28 Data Protection. In the twelve (12) month period prior to the date hereof, there has
been no release of personally identifiable information by the Company in material breach of either
(i) Contracts to which the Company is bound or (ii) Laws with respect to personally identifiable
information, that has resulted in, or is reasonably expect to result in, a material liability to
the Company or that has resulted in a disruption of the business or operations of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries. The Company is not the subject of and has not been notified of any
regulatory investigation, or enforcement Actions related to data security or privacy. No person
(including any Governmental Authority) has made any Claim or commenced any Action with respect to
loss, damage, or unauthorized access, use, modification, or other misuse of any such information by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or any of their respective employees or contractors) which
has, or would reasonably be expected to, result in material liability to the Company. The Company
has no reason to believe that an Action or regulatory investigation relating to data security or
privacy will be commenced within six (6) months of the data hereof.
3.29 Information Technology. In the twelve (12) month period prior to the date hereof, there
has been no failure or breakdown of any core information technology systems of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary that have resulted in a material disruption or material interruption in the
operation of the business of the Company and any Company Subsidiary. The Company and Company
Subsidiaries have in place commercially reasonable disaster recovery and business continuity plans
and procedures.
4. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
Parent and Merger Sub hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company
that:
4.1 Corporate Organization. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
Delaware and has the requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as it is now being conducted. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed as a
foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business
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makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not prevent or
materially delay consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from
performing any of their material obligations under this Agreement.
4.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations
hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the
Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other
corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement
or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the filing and
recordation of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL). This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Parent
and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms,
except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’
rights generally, and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
4.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub will not, (i) conflict with or violate the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of either Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming that all
consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions described in Section 4.3(b) have
been obtained and all filings and obligations described in Section 4.3(b) have been made,
conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any property or
asset of either of them is bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a
default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default or breach)
under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or
result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to, or
result in the loss of a material benefit under any Contract filed by Parent with the SEC, permit,
franchise or other instrument or obligation to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which
Parent or Merger Sub or any property or asset of either of them is bound or affected, except, with
respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other
occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate, would not prevent or materially delay
consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from performing any of
their material obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except
(i) for applicable requirements, if any, of (x) the Exchange Act and Blue Sky Laws, (y) the HSR Act
and similar requirements in foreign countries under applicable Antitrust
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Laws and (z) the filing and recordation of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL, and
(ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make
such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, would not prevent or materially
delay consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from performing
their material obligations under this Agreement.
4.4 Financing. Parent currently has, and at the Effective Time, Parent will have the funds
necessary to satisfy all of Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement, including
to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration, to pay all amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.7 and to pay all fees and expenses in connection therewith. Parent’s and Merger Sub’s
obligations hereunder are not subject to a condition regarding Parent’s or Merger Sub’s obtaining
of funds to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions.
4.5 Proxy Statement. The information supplied by Parent and Merger Sub for inclusion in the
Proxy Statement, if any, shall not, as of the date first mailed to the stockholders of the Company,
and at the time of the Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or
misleading, or necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the
solicitation of proxies for the Stockholders’ Meeting that shall have become false or misleading.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub make no representation or warranty with
respect to any information supplied by the Company or any of its Representatives for inclusion in
any of the foregoing documents. The information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement, if any, shall comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
4.6 Absence of Litigation. There is (a) no Action pending and (b) to the knowledge of Parent
or Merger Sub, (i) no inquiry or investigation by any Governmental Authority pending and (ii) no
Action, inquiry or investigation by any Governmental Authority threatened in writing against
Parent, any subsidiary of Parent, or any property or asset of Parent, or any subsidiary of Parent,
that, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to prevent the consummation of any
Transaction or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from performing their material obligations
under this Agreement or seeks to materially delay or prevent the consummation of the Merger and the
other Transactions. Neither Parent nor any subsidiary of Parent nor any property or asset of
Parent or any subsidiary of Parent is subject to any settlement agreement or similar written
agreement with, any Governmental Authority, or any Order of any Governmental Authority that is
reasonably likely to prevent consummation of the Merger or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub
from performing their material obligations under this Agreement.
4.7 Merger Sub. All of the outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub is owned directly by
Parent. Except for obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its incorporation or
organization or the negotiation and consummation of this Agreement, the Merger and the
Transactions, Merger Sub has not incurred any obligations or liabilities, and has not engaged in
any business or activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any Contracts or
arrangements with any person.
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4.8 Vote Required. No vote of the holders of any of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of Parent is necessary to approve this Agreement and the Transactions.
4.9 Broker. No agent, broker, finder or investment banker (other than Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission payable by the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.
4.10 Ownership of Company Shares. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is, nor at any time during
the last three (3) years has it been, an “interested stockholder” of the Company as defined in
Section 203 of the DGCL (other than as contemplated by this Agreement). None of Parent, Merger Sub
or any of their respective subsidiaries beneficially own any Company Shares.
5. Conduct of Business Pending the Merger
5.1 Conduct of the Business Pending the Merger. Between the date of this Agreement and the
earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms, except as (x) permitted by this Agreement or required by Law or Order or (y) approved in
writing by Parent (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i)
the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to, conduct the businesses of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries only in the ordinary course of business, in a manner in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, (ii) the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact the business organization of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the current officers and
key employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to preserve the material current
relationships of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries with their material customers, suppliers,
distributors, resellers, licensors, licensees and other persons with which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary has business relations, and (iii) the Company shall provide to Parent such
monthly and other periodic financial and operational summaries and reports as are prepared by or on
behalf of the Company for use by or delivery to any member of the Company Board within three (3)
business days after delivery thereof to any member of the Company Board. In addition, and not in
limitation of the foregoing, except as (x) permitted by this Agreement or required by Law or
Order, (y) set forth in the Schedule corresponding to the applicable sub-section of this
Section 5.1 or (z) approved in writing by Parent (which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall, between
the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, directly or indirectly, do, or propose to do,
any of the following without the prior written consent of Parent:
(a) amend or otherwise change its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or equivalent
organizational documents;
(b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale,
pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, any shares of any class of capital stock of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights
of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other
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ownership interest (including any phantom interest and including any Company RSUs, any Company
PSUs or voting securities), of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for:
(i) the issuance of Company Shares pursuant to exercises of the Company Stock Options, or the
vesting or settlement of Company RSUs, Company PSUs, or Company Restricted Stock awards outstanding
on the date hereof as disclosed in Section 3.3(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, in accordance
with their terms as existing on the date of this Agreement, or granted after the date hereof in
compliance with clause (ii) of this Section 5.1(b),
(ii) the issuance of Company Stock Options, Company RSUs and Company PSUs in accordance with
Schedule 5.1(b)(ii), and
(iii) subject to Section 2.7(h), the issuance of Company Shares pursuant to the
Company ESPP;
(c) transfer, lease, sell, pledge, license, dispose of or encumber any assets or properties of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary that are material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except in the ordinary course of business (provided that all
Intellectual Property shall be further subject to the restrictions set forth in Section
5.1(o));
(d) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash,
stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock (other than dividends or
distributions made by a Company Subsidiary to the Company or another wholly-owned Company
Subsidiary);
(e) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire,
directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, except for Tax withholdings and exercise price
settlements upon exercise of Company Stock Options or with respect to Company RSUs, Company PSUs or
Company Restricted Stock awards, in each case in the ordinary course of business and in compliance
with applicable Law;
(f) (i) acquire, directly or indirectly (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of
stock or assets or any other business combination), any corporation, partnership, other business
organization or any division thereof or any other business, other than for any such acquisitions
that are for cash consideration (including any future, potential or contingent consideration) not
in excess of the amount of consideration in any one (1) acquisition transaction or a series of
related acquisition transactions (each acquisition transaction or series of related acquisition
transactions regardless of the amount of consideration, an “acquisition transaction”) set
forth in Schedule 5.1(f)(i), and that do not exceed in the aggregate the number of
acquisition transactions, set forth in Schedule 5.1(f)(i); provided
further, that the Company shall consult with Parent a reasonable period prior to executing
any definitive agreement providing for any such acquisition transaction (regardless of the amount
of consideration) and provide Parent with any deal summaries, analyses, due diligence reports or
other similar documents prepared for the Company’s senior executives or the Company Board relating
to such acquisition transaction,
(ii) incur any indebtedness under the Credit Facilities or incur any indebtedness for borrowed
money, or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for (contingently or
otherwise), the obligations of any person, in excess of the
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amount set forth on Schedule 5.1(f)(ii), except for (1) debt, other than under the
Credit Facilities, incurred in the ordinary course of business under letters of credit or lines of
credit in effect on the date hereof (and pursuant to the terms thereof as of the date hereof), or
(2) loans or advances from the Company or any wholly-owned Company Subsidiary, or issue any debt
securities or any commercial paper,
(iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions, except (1) to the Company or any
wholly-owned Company Subsidiary or (2) for employee loans or advances for travel and reasonable
business expenses and extended payment terms for customers, in each case subject to applicable Law
and only in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) make, authorize or make any commitment with respect to any capital expenditures or other
expenditures, other than, in any calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement, for such
capital or other expenditures that individually or collectively, in the aggregate for the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, are not in excess of the amount set forth in
Schedule 5.1(f)(iv) (pro rata for any partial quarter during the term of this Agreement),
or
(v) make or direct to be made any capital investments other than in the ordinary course of
business, or make or direct to be made any equity investments in any entity (provided that any
acquisitions of businesses, whether by acquisition of equity interests, assets, or other means,
will be subject to clause (i) above); provided, however, that this clause (v) does
not prevent the Company from making passive investments in mutual funds or other similar passive
investments for money management purposes;
(g) except as may be required pursuant to any Plan or Contract in effect on the date hereof or
entered into after the date hereof in compliance with this Agreement (in each case subject to
Section 5.2, if applicable):
(i) other than in accordance with Schedule 5.1(g)(i), increase the compensation
payable or to become payable (including bonus grants) or increase or accelerate the vesting of any
benefits provided, or pay or award any payment or benefit not required as of the date hereof by a
Plan as existing on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule, to its directors, officers, other employees or other service providers,
(ii) grant any severance or termination pay or benefits to, or, except for offer letters,
employment agreements and individual consulting agreements for new hires entered into in the
ordinary course of business that are terminable at will and without liability to the Company and
its Subsidiaries (including with respect to any severance or termination pay or benefits), enter
into any employment, severance, retention, change in control, consulting or termination Contract
with, any director, officer, other employee or other service providers of the Company or of any
Company Subsidiary,
(iii) establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing,
thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, performance stock, pension, retirement,
deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, Contract, trust, fund,
policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer or employee or
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other service providers, except for (A) the grant of Company Stock Options, Company RSUs and
Company PSUs to the extent permitted pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 5.1(b) and (B) as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement,
(iv) pay or make, or agree to pay or make, any accrual or other arrangement for, or take, or
agree to take, any action to fund or secure payment of, any severance pension, indemnification,
retirement allowance, or other benefit, or
(v) hire, elect or appoint any officer that will have the title or duties of senior vice
president or above, or any member of the board of directors, of the Company or any material Company
Subsidiary;
(h) announce, implement or effect any reduction in labor force, lay-off, early retirement
program, severance program or other program or effort concerning the termination of employment of
employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than routine employee terminations in the
ordinary course of business;
(i) enter into a new line of business that (A) is material to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (B) represents a category of revenue that is not discussed in
Item 1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009;
(j) take any action, other than reasonable actions in the ordinary course of business, with
respect to accounting policies or procedures (including actions with respect to accounting periods
and procedures with respect to the payment of accounts payable, collection of accounts receivable
and the revaluation of any assets);
(k) make or change any Tax election, change an annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change
any Tax accounting period, adopt or change any Tax accounting method, file any amended Tax Return,
enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, settle any Tax Claim or assessment relating
to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent
to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax Claim or assessment
relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in a manner that is not in the ordinary course of
business, destroy or dispose of any books and records with respect to Tax matters relating to
periods beginning before the Effective Time and for which the statute of limitations is still open
or under which a record retention agreement is in place with a Governmental Authority, or take any
other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax, if such
election, adoption, change, amendment, agreement, settlement, surrender, consent or other action
would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for
any period ending after the Effective Time or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date, in either case by an amount that is material
individually or in the aggregate with all other similar amounts;
(l) (i) commence any Action, other than following reasonable consultation with Parent;
provided, however, the commencement of any Action against or related to any Third
Party set forth in Schedule 5.1(l)-1 shall require the prior written consent of Parent, or
(ii) settle,
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pay, discharge or satisfy any Claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise), including any Action, other than, in the case of this clause
(ii), (x) the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business, of
liabilities reflected or reserved against in the 2010 Balance Sheet or subsequently incurred in the
ordinary course of business, and (y) those that involve only the payment or receipt of money in an
amount in the aggregate of less than the amount set forth on Schedule 5.1(l)-2;
provided, however, that in connection with any such payment the Company shall have
received a complete and unconditional release against the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and
provided, further, that no such settlement, payment, discharge or satisfaction
shall involve the assumption by or imposition on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or Parent
or any of its subsidiaries, of any liability or obligation, including the grant to any Third Party
of any license, covenant not to xxx, immunity or other right with respect to or under any of
Intellectual Property;
(m) other than in the ordinary course of business: (i) enter into any Contract or amendment
that would be a Company Material Contract, (ii) amend, modify, waive any rights under or consent to
the termination of any Company Material Contract, or (iii) waive, release or consent to the
termination of any other Claims or rights of material value to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary;
(n) enter into any Government Contract by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is
inconsistent with the commercial item acquisition terms and conditions related to Intellectual
Property set forth in Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation or agency supplements thereto,
or that otherwise provide for any research and development, joint development or funding by any
Governmental Authority of Intellectual Property, or that would provide any Governmental Authority
rights other than those provided by the Company’s standard commercial licenses or whereby the
Company or any Company Subsidiary provides to the Governmental Authority any products or services
that the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not otherwise make commercially available;
(o) enter into any Contracts (i) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary grants or
agrees to grant to any Third Party any assignment, license, covenant, release, immunity or other
right with respect to any material Intellectual Property Rights (other than non-exclusive licenses
of Intellectual Property granted to customers or other Third Parties in the ordinary course of
business), (ii) other than in the ordinary courses of business, under which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary establishes with any Third Party a joint venture or partnership pursuant to
which the Company agrees to develop or create any material Intellectual Property, products or
services, or (iii) that will cause or require the Surviving Corporation or Parent or any of its
affiliates (other than the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
subsidiaries) to (A) grant to any Third Party any license, covenant not to xxx, immunity or other
right with respect to or under any of the Intellectual Property Rights of Parent or any of its
affiliates (other than the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
subsidiaries), or (B) be obligated to pay any royalties or other amounts, or offer any discounts,
to any Third Party;
(p) enter into or amend any Contract pursuant to which any other party is granted, or that
otherwise constrains or subjects the Company or any Company Subsidiary or Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries to, any non-competition, “most-favored nation”, exclusive
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marketing or other exclusive rights (other than non-solicitation agreements with respect to
employees) of any type or scope or that otherwise restricts in a material respect the Company or
any Company Subsidiary or, upon completion of the Merger, Parent or any of its subsidiaries, from
engaging or competing in any material line of business, in any location; or, other than in the
ordinary course of business, enter into or amend any Contract with respect to joint ventures or
strategic alliances;
(q) enter into any Company Real Property Lease, except for a renewal of an existing Company
Real Property Lease in the ordinary course of business;
(r) other than with respect to the Plans set forth on Section 3.10(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule for which benefits are provided through insurance contracts (and in the case of
such Plans solely as permitted by the terms of this Agreement, other than in the ordinary course of
business in a manner that does not result in any material increase in aggregate benefits or costs
to the Company) and except for the D&O Insurance policy and related side policies, terminate,
cancel, amend or modify any insurance coverage policy maintained by Company or any Company
Subsidiary that is not promptly replaced by a comparable amount of insurance coverage;
(s) enter into or amend or otherwise modify any Contract or arrangement with persons that are
affiliates or are executive officers or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(t) enter into, commence participation in, establish or join any new standards-setting
organization, university or industry bodies or consortia, or other multi-party special interest
groups or activities; or
(u) announce an intention to enter into, or enter into, any formal or informal Contract or
otherwise make a commitment to do any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to give Parent or Merger Sub,
directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the business or operations of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Effective Time.
5.2 Change of Control and Retention Agreements.
(a) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all employees who are
“Participants” in the Company’s change of control and retention plan (the “Company COC
Plan”) (as such term is defined in the Company COC Plan) as of the date of this Agreement (or
as of such later date if permitted in accordance with Section 5.1) to execute and return a
retention letter, in substantially the forms attached hereto as either Exhibit B-1 or
Exhibit B-2, as applicable (with such additional changes as are needed to customize the
letter to each individual, including with respect to applicable Law) (the “Retention
Letter”). Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide Parent with a copy of each
Retention Letter executed prior to that time.
(b) The Company shall amend Company PSUs not subject to the Company COC Plan or the Company’s
change in control agreements (“Company COC Retention
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Agreements”) so that upon the Effective Time each such Company PSU shall convert to an
award with time-based vesting. Pursuant to such amendment, as of the Effective Time, each such
Company PSU will be vested to the extent that such Company PSU would have vested if the Company PSU
had been granted originally with a four (4) year time-based vesting schedule with annual vesting.
The vesting of each such Company PSU will continue after the Effective Time, assuming continuous
service, based upon the same time-based vesting schedule. To the extent that such Company PSU is
not fully vested at the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Effective Date, on such eighteen
(18) month anniversary, the Company will cause such Company PSU to be fully vested. For purposes
of clarity, the Company and Parent acknowledge that all Company PSUs subject to the Company COC
Plan or the Company COC Retention Agreements shall convert to awards with time-based vesting in
accordance with the Company COC Plan or Company COC Retention Agreements, as applicable.
5.3 Credit Facilities. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep
outstanding and maintain in place, including any availability period or commitment (without
reduction or termination) thereunder, (a) that certain Credit Agreement (and amendment), dated as
of December 22, 2008, as amended, by and between the Company, McAfee Ireland Holdings Limited as
Borrowers, certain guarantors, certain lenders and Bank of America, N.A. and (b) that certain
Umbrella Credit Facility, dated April 15, 2004, as amended, by and between the Company and ABN AMRO
Bank N.V. (clauses (a) and (b) collectively, the “Credit Facilities”).
6. Additional Agreements
6.1 Stockholders’ Meeting.
(a) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, and in any event within ten (10) business
days after the date hereof, the Company shall prepare, and the Company shall file with the SEC,
preliminary proxy materials (including a preliminary Proxy Statement). Parent shall provide
promptly to the Company such information concerning Parent and Merger Sub as may be reasonably
requested by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement. At the earliest practicable time
(and in any event within five (5) business days) following the later of (i) receipt and resolution
of the SEC comments on the preliminary Proxy Statement, and (ii) the expiration of the ten (10)-day
waiting period provided in Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Company shall file
definitive proxy materials (including the definitive Proxy Statement) with the SEC and cause the
definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders. Unless the Company Board shall have
effected a Change in Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3(b), prior to filing any
Proxy Statement or any other filing with the SEC in connection with the Transactions, the Company
shall provide Parent and its counsel with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such
filing in advance, and the Company shall in good faith consider including in such filings all
comments reasonably proposed by Parent. All documents that the Company files with the SEC in
connection with the Merger or the other Transactions, including the Proxy Statement, will comply as
to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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(b) The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any oral or written comments
from the SEC or its staff (or of notice of the SEC’s intent to review the preliminary Proxy
Statement) and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy
Statement or any other filing with the SEC in connection with the Transactions or for
additional/supplemental information in connection therewith. The Company shall, as promptly as
practicable after the receipt of such comments from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy
Statement or any other such filing, (i) supply Parent with copies of all written correspondence
received in connection therewith, and (ii) provide Parent a reasonably detailed description of any
oral comments received in connection therewith. Unless the Company Board shall have effected a
Change in Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3(b), the Company (x) shall provide
Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any responses to comments or
inquiries by the SEC with respect to any filings related to the Transactions, (y) shall consider in
good faith including in such response all comments reasonably proposed by Parent in respect of the
filings and (z) shall provide Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to participate in any
discussions or meetings with the SEC or its staff with respect to such filings. The Company shall
respond promptly in good faith to any comments by the SEC and if, at any time prior to the
Effective Time, any event or information relating to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, or any of
their affiliates, should be discovered by Parent or the Company which should be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that such document would not include any
misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not false or misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify
the other parties and the Company shall cause an appropriate amendment or supplement describing
such information to be filed with the SEC as promptly as practicable thereafter and, to the extent
required by applicable Law or Order, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company.
(c) The Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law, Order and
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws (i) to duly call, give notice of, convene
and hold a special meeting of its stockholders as promptly as practicable, and in any event (to the
extent permissible under applicable Law and Order) within forty-five (45) days after the mailing of
the definitive Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the Company, for the purpose of considering
the adoption of this Agreement (the “Stockholders’ Meeting”), and (ii) unless the Company
Board shall have effected a Change in Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3(b),
(A) include in the Proxy Statement the Company Board’s recommendation that the holders of the
Company Shares vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement (which recommendation shall be
deemed a part of the Company Board Recommendation), and (B) use its reasonable best efforts to
solicit from the stockholders of the Company proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and
secure the vote or consent of the Company’s stockholders as required by the rules of NYSE, the DGCL
or other applicable Law to effect the Merger. The Company shall give Parent no less than ten (10)
business days advance notice (or such shorter period of time as notice is provided to the NYSE) of
the date which shall be set as the “record date” for the Company’s stockholders eligible to vote on
this Agreement and the Transactions. The Company shall consult with Parent regarding the date of
the Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not postpone or adjourn the Stockholders’ Meeting without the
prior written consent of Parent; provided, however, that nothing herein shall
prevent the Company from postponing or adjourning (one time only for no more than five (5) business
days in the case of clause (w) and
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one time only for no more than seven (7) business days in the case of clause (y)) the
Stockholders’ Meeting if and to the extent that:
(w) there are holders of an insufficient number of Company Shares present or represented by a
proxy at the Stockholders’ Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Stockholders’ Meeting and the
Company uses its reasonable best efforts during any such postponement or adjournment to obtain such
a quorum as soon as practicable,
(x) the Company is required to postpone or adjourn the Stockholders’ Meeting by applicable Law
or Order or a request from the SEC or its staff and the Company uses its reasonable best efforts to
hold or resume the Stockholders’ Meeting as soon as practicable,
(y) the Company Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside
legal counsel) that it is required by Law to postpone or adjourn the Stockholders’ Meeting,
including in order to give stockholders of the Company sufficient time to evaluate any information
or disclosure that the Company has sent to its stockholders or otherwise made available to its
stockholders by issuing a press release, filing materials with the SEC or otherwise (including in
connection with any Change in Recommendation); provided that this clause (y) shall not
apply to allow a postponement or adjournment for any information or disclosure related to an
Acquisition Proposal (including any Superior Proposal), or
(z) the Company Board shall have provided to Parent a Notice of Designated Superior Proposal
in accordance with Section 6.3(b)(x)(1), in which case the Company Board shall have the
right, for each such Notice of Designated Superior Proposal so delivered, to postpone or adjourn
the Stockholders Meeting to a date no later than fifteen (15) business days after the date of
delivery to Parent of such Notice of Designated Superior Proposal.
The Company shall ensure that the Stockholders’ Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and
conducted, and that all parties solicited in connection with the Stockholders’ Meeting are
solicited, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders. At the
Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent and Merger Sub shall cause all Company Shares then owned by them and
their subsidiaries to be voted in favor of the adoption of this Agreement. The adoption of this
Agreement and adjournment of the Stockholders’ Meeting, as necessary, to solicit additional proxies
if there are insufficient votes in favor of adoption of this Agreement, shall be the only matters
which the Company shall propose to be acted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Stockholders’
Meeting unless otherwise approved in writing by Parent.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company agrees that (i) its
obligation to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Stockholders’ Meeting shall not be
affected by the withdrawal, amendment or modification of the Company Board Recommendation, and (ii)
its obligations pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall not be affected by the commencement,
public proposal, public disclosure or communication to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal
(whether or not a Superior Proposal). Unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with
Section 8.1, the Company agrees that it shall not submit to the vote of the stockholders
of the Company any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal) prior to the vote of
the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Merger and the other Transactions at the
Stockholders’ Meeting.
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6.2 Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) From the date hereof until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and shall cause the Company
Subsidiaries and the Representatives, auditors and agents of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries to, afford the Representatives of Parent and Merger Sub reasonable access during
normal working hours upon reasonable advance notice to the officers, employees, agents, assets,
properties, offices, plants and other facilities, books and records of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary and shall furnish Parent and Merger Sub with such financial, operating and other data
and information (including the work papers of the Company’s accountants, subject to the prior
consent of such accountants, which consent the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain as soon as practicable) as Parent or Merger Sub, through their Representatives, may
reasonably request, as long as these actions are in compliance with all applicable data
privacy/protection Laws; provided, however, that the Company may restrict or
otherwise prohibit access to any documents or information to the extent that (i) any applicable
Laws (including any Laws relating to security clearances) requires the Company to restrict or
otherwise prohibit access to such documents or information, including any Laws with respect to a
Contract with a Governmental Authority to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a
party that restricts access without an appropriate security clearance (except to the extent that
personnel at Parent or its Representatives has the appropriate security clearance required), (ii)
access by Parent or its Representatives to such documents or information would give rise to a
material risk (based on the advice of the Company’s outside counsel and after giving due
consideration of the existence of any common interest, joint defense or similar agreement between
the parties) of waiving any attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable
privilege applicable to such documents or information, or (iii) access to a Contract to which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or otherwise bound would violate or cause a default
under, or give a Third Party the right to terminate or accelerate the rights under, such Contract;
provided further, however, that in the event that the Company does not provide
access or information in reliance on the preceding proviso, the Company shall promptly notify
Parent and use its reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, as the case may be, (x)
obtain any necessary clearance or consent in order to permit such access or disclosure and (y)
provide such access or communicate such information to Parent (including through its
Representatives) in a way that would not violate the applicable Law or Contract or waive any such a
privilege. Any investigation conducted pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section
6.2 shall be conducted in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of
the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or damage or destroy any property or
assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries. Any access to the properties and
documents of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries afforded pursuant to this Section
6.2(a) shall be provided pursuant to, and subject to, the Company’s reasonable, generally
applicable security measures.
(b) All information obtained by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Section 6.2
shall be held confidential in accordance with the confidentiality agreement, dated June 14, 2010
(the “Confidentiality Agreement”), between Parent and the Company.
(c) The Company shall consult with Parent in good faith on a regular basis as requested by
Parent to report material (individually or in the aggregate) operational
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developments, material change in the status of relationships with material customers and
potential customers, material change in the status of ongoing operations and other material matters
reasonably requested by Parent.
(d) No investigation or consultation pursuant to this Section 6.2 or otherwise shall
affect any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement in this Agreement of any party or
any condition to the obligations of the parties.
6.3 No Solicitation of Transactions.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 6.3, until the termination of this Agreement
in accordance with the terms hereof, the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company
Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or permit its and the Company Subsidiaries’ respective
Representatives to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly
facilitate any Acquisition Proposal or the making thereof, (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise
participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish any information to, or
otherwise cooperate in any way with, any Third Party or their Representatives that is seeking to
make, or has made, any Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) waive, terminate, modify or fail to enforce
any provision of any contractual “standstill” or confidentiality or similar obligation of any Third
Party.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any violation of the restrictions set forth in
the preceding sentence by any Company Subsidiary or any Representative of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary shall be a breach of this Section 6.3 by the Company. The Company
immediately shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and shall instruct each of their
respective Representatives immediately to, cease and cause to be terminated any and all discussions
or negotiations with any person that may be ongoing with respect to, or that would reasonably be
expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal and request the prompt return or destruction of all
confidential information provided to any such person or its Representatives prior to the date of
this Agreement and use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with such request.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to obtaining the Required Company Vote, in
response to a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal made after the date hereof, that
did not result from or arise out of a breach of this Section 6.3, and that the Company
Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and a financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation) is, or is reasonably likely to lead to, a Superior Proposal, the
Company may, subject to compliance with Section 6.3(c), (x) furnish information regarding
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the person making such Acquisition Proposal (and its
Representatives) pursuant to a confidentiality agreement (which shall permit the Company to comply
with the terms of Section 6.3(c)) containing confidentiality and other provisions not less
restrictive to such Third Party than the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement are to Parent;
provided, however, that all such information has previously been made available to
Parent or is made available to Parent prior to, or concurrent with, the time it is provided to such
person, and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with the person making such Acquisition
Proposal (and its Representatives) regarding such Acquisition Proposal, but, in connection with the
foregoing clauses (x) and (y), only if the Company Board determines in good faith (after
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consultation with outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized
reputation) that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be a breach of its
fiduciary duties under applicable Law, and provided, however, that the Company
shall not take any of the actions referred to in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y) unless the
Company shall have notified Parent in writing, at least two (2) business days prior to taking such
action, that it intends to take such action and the basis hereunder therefor.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” means any bona fide unsolicited written
proposal, which did not result from or arise out of a violation of this Section 6.3, made
by a Third Party that, if consummated, would result in such Third Party (or its stockholders)
owning, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the equity securities of the Company
(or of the shares of the surviving entity in a merger or the direct or indirect parent of the
surviving entity in a merger) or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and that
the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with a financial advisor of
nationally recognized reputation and its outside legal counsel) to be (i) more favorable to the
Company’s stockholders than the Merger (taking into account all terms and conditions of such
proposal (including any termination or break-up fees, expense reimbursement provisions and
conditions to consummation) and of this Agreement (including any changes to the terms of this
Agreement proposed by Parent in a binding written offer in response to such offer or otherwise
which is capable of being accepted by the Company)) and (ii) reasonably capable of being completed
by such Third Party (taking into account, among other things, the expectation of obtaining required
regulatory approvals).
(b) Except as set forth in this
Section 6.3, until the termination of this Agreement
in accordance with the terms hereof, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i)
(A) fail to make (including as required by clause
(A) of
Section 6.1(c)), or
withdraw, modify or amend or publicly propose to withdraw, modify or amend, in any manner adverse
to Parent or Merger Sub, the Company Board Recommendation, (B) fail to make a statement in
opposition and recommend rejection to the Company’s stockholders of a tender or exchange offer of
the Company’s securities initiated by a Third Party pursuant to Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the
Securities Act within ten (10) business days after such tender or exchange offer shall have been
announced or commenced by such Third Party, or (C) approve or recommend, or publicly propose to
approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal (any of the foregoing in clauses (A)-(C), a
“
Change in Recommendation”), or (ii) adopt or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt or
recommend, or allow the Company or any Company Subsidiary to execute or enter into, any letter of
intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle,
merger agreement, acquisition
agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other similar
Contract constituting or related to, or that is intended to or would reasonably be expected to lead
to, any Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement referred to in
Section
6.3(a)) (any of the foregoing, an “
Acquisition Agreement”).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at any time prior to
obtaining the Required Company Vote, the Company Board may:
(x) in response to a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal that was made after
the date hereof, that did not result from or arise out of a breach of this Section 6.3,
and that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with
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outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) constitutes
a Superior Proposal (1) make a Change in Recommendation if the Company Board has determined in
good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that, in light of the receipt of
such Superior Proposal, the failure to make such Change in Recommendation would reasonably be
expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law,
or (2) cause the Company to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) and (and
only if the Company shall) concurrently with such termination enter into an Acquisition Agreement
if the Company Board has concluded in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal
counsel) that, in light of the receipt of such Superior Proposal, the failure to effect such
termination would reasonably be expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s
stockholders under applicable Law; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to the foregoing clause (2), and any purported
termination pursuant to the foregoing clause (2) shall be void and of no force or effect, unless,
prior to such termination, the Company pays by wire transfer of immediately available funds the Fee
in accordance with Section 8.3(a)(iv); provided, further, that the Company
Board shall not be entitled to make a Change in Recommendation in respect of any such Superior
Proposal or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) in respect of any such
Superior Proposal, and any purported termination pursuant to the foregoing clause (2) shall be void
and of no force or effect, unless the Company has:
(A) provided to Parent five (5) business days’ prior written notice that it intends to take a
such action (a “Notice of Designated Superior Proposal”), which notice shall describe the
terms and conditions of any Superior Proposal (including the identity of the party making such
Superior Proposal) that is the basis of the proposed action by the Company Board (a “Designated
Superior Proposal”) and attach the most current form or draft of any written agreement
providing for the transaction contemplated by such Designated Superior Proposal and all other
contemplated transaction documents (including any agreements with any stockholders, directors or
employees) (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial terms or any other
material term of such Superior Proposal shall require a new Notice of Designated Superior Proposal
and a new five (5) business day period);
(B) during such five (5) business day period, if requested by Parent, engaged in good faith
negotiations with Parent to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Acquisition Proposal
that was determined to constitute a Superior Proposal no longer is a Superior Proposal; and
(C) at the end of such five (5) business day period, such Acquisition Proposal has not been
withdrawn and the Company Board determines in good faith that such Acquisition Proposal continues
to constitute a Superior Proposal (taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement
agreed to or proposed by Parent in a binding written offer in response to a Notice of Designated
Superior Proposal, as a result of the negotiations required by clause (B) or otherwise, which is
capable of being accepted by the Company); or
(y) in response to a material fact, event, change, development or set of circumstances (other
than, and not related in any way to, an Acquisition Proposal) that was neither known to nor
reasonably foreseeable by any member of the Company Board, assuming consultation with the executive
officers of the Company, as of or prior to the date of this
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Agreement, and did not result from or arise out of the announcement or pendency of, or any
actions required to be taken (or to be refrained from being taken) pursuant to, this Agreement
(such material fact, event, change, development or set of circumstances, as “Intervening
Event”), make a Change in Recommendation; provided, however, that the Company
Board first shall have concluded in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and a
financial advisor of nationally recognized standing) that, in light of the existence of such
Intervening Event, the failure to make such Change in Recommendation would reasonably be expected
to be a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law; and
provided, further, that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise its right to
make a Change in Recommendation in light of the existence of such Intervening Event unless the
Company has:
(A) provided to Parent five (5) business days’ prior written notice that it intends to take a
such action, which notice shall specify the facts underlying the Company Board’s determination that
an Intervening Event has occurred, and the rationale and basis for such Change in Recommendation,
in reasonable detail (it being understood and agreed that any material change to the facts and
circumstances relating to such Intervening Event shall require a new notice and a new five (5)
business day period),
(B) during such five (5) business day period, if requested by Parent, engaged in good faith
negotiations with Parent to amend this Agreement in such a manner as obviates the need for the
Change in Recommendation as a result of the Intervening Event, and
(C) at the end of such five (5) business day period, the Company Board determines, in good
faith, that the failure to make such Change in Recommendation in light of such Intervening Event
(taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement agreed to or proposed by Parent as
a result of the negotiations required by clause (B) or otherwise) would reasonably be expected to
be a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law.
(c) The Company shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of learning of
the relevant information) advise Parent orally and in writing of the receipt of any Acquisition
Proposal (including for the avoidance of doubt any request for information or other inquiry in
connection with or which would reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal),
including the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal (including any changes
thereto) and the identity of the person making such Acquisition Proposal and attaching a copy of
any such written Acquisition Proposal, or if such Acquisition Proposal is provided orally to the
Company, the Company shall summarize in writing the terms and conditions of such Acquisition
Proposal, including the identity of the person making such Acquisition Proposal (including for the
avoidance of doubt any such request or other inquiry). The Company shall keep Parent reasonably
and promptly informed in all material respects of the status and details (including any material
change or proposed material change to the terms thereof) of any Acquisition Proposal. The Company
shall provide Parent with forty eight (48) hours prior notice (or such lesser prior notice as is
provided to the members of the Company Board) of any meeting of the Company Board at which the
Company Board is expected to consider any Acquisition Proposal or any such inquiry or to consider
providing information to any person or group in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any such
inquiry.
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(d) Nothing contained in this Section 6.3 shall prohibit the Company or the Company
Board from (i) taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a)
under the Exchange Act or making a statement required under Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act and
(ii) making any disclosure to its stockholders that the Company Board shall have determined in good
faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to make such disclosure
would reasonably be expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders
under applicable Law; provided, however, that in the case of both clause (i) and
clause (ii) any such disclosure, other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar
communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act, shall be deemed to
be in a Change in Recommendation unless the Company Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Company
Board Recommendation in such disclosure.
(e) Unless such actions are taken in connection with a termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 8.1(g), the Company shall not, except to the extent required by
Order of a court of competent jurisdiction, take any action to approve any transaction under, or
any Third Party becoming an “interested stockholder” under, Section 203 of the DGCL.
6.4 Employee Benefits Matters.
(a) If so directed by Parent, the Company Board, at least five (5) business days prior to the
Effective Time, will adopt resolutions terminating any and all Plans intended to qualify as a
qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code, effective no later than
the day immediately preceding the date the Company becomes a member of the same controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code) as Parent. The form and substance of such
resolutions shall be subject to the reasonable approval of Parent, and the Company shall provide
Parent evidence that such resolutions have been adopted by the Company Board or the board of
directors of the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable. The Company shall take such other actions in
furtherance of terminating any such 401(k) plans as Parent may reasonably request. Immediately
prior to such termination, the Company will make (or cause to be made) all necessary payments to
fund the contributions (i) necessary or required to maintain the tax qualified status of any such
401(k) Plan, (ii) for elective deferrals made pursuant to any such 401(k) Plan for the period prior
to termination, and (iii) for employer matching contributions (if any) required pursuant to such
401(k) Plan for the period prior to termination.
(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall (x) create any Third Party beneficiary rights in any
employee or former employee (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary in any respect, including in respect of continued employment (or resumed
employment), or create any such rights in any persons in respect of any benefits that may be
provided, directly or indirectly, under any Plan of the Company prior to the Effective Time), or
(y) constitute or be construed to constitute an amendment to any of the compensation or benefit
plans maintained for or provided to employees or other persons prior to or following the Effective
Time. Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a limitation on the rights to amend, modify or
terminate any such plans or arrangements of Parent or any of its subsidiaries (including any Plan
of the Company prior to the Effective Time).
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(c) The Company will consult with Parent (and consider in good faith the advice of
Parent) prior to sending any material notices or other communication materials to its employees
regarding the matters described in this Section 6.4, and any other matters relating to the
entry into of this Agreement or the effects of the Merger.
(d) Parent shall take the actions set forth in Schedule 6.4(d).
6.5 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) For six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation
to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent that the Surviving Corporation is permitted to
indemnify under applicable Law, each person who is now or was prior to the Effective Time an
officer or director of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries and each person who is now or was
prior to the Effective Time an officer or director of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries who
served as a fiduciary under or with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) (each, an “Indemnified
Person”) against any costs or expenses, judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit,
arbitration, proceeding or investigation in respect of, or arising out of, acts or omissions
occurring, or alleged to have occurred, at or prior to the Effective Time, based in whole or in
part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, the fact that such person is or was an officer or
director of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, or a fiduciary under or with respect to any
employee benefit plan of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that if, at any time prior to the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, any
Indemnified Person delivers to Parent a written notice asserting a claim for indemnification under
this Section 6.5(a) then the claim asserted in such notice shall survive the sixth
anniversary of the Effective Time until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. In
addition, for six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation
to advance, to the extent that the Surviving Corporation is permitted to advance under applicable
Law, prior to the final disposition of any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, arbitration,
proceeding or investigation for which indemnification may be sought under this Agreement, promptly
following request by an Indemnified Person therefor, all costs, fees and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and investigation expenses) incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with any such claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation;
provided, however, that any advancement of expenses pursuant to this Section
6.5(a) shall be conditioned upon the Surviving Corporation’s receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined by
final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to
be indemnified pursuant to this Section 6.5(a). In the event of any such action, Parent
and the Surviving Corporation shall cooperate with the Indemnified Person in the defense of any
such action.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill
and honor, in all respects, the obligations of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to
any indemnification agreements of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
Indemnified Person, on the other hand (the “Indemnification Agreements”) and any
indemnification, exculpation or advancement of expenses provisions under the certificates of
incorporations or bylaws (or comparable
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organizational documents) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as in effect immediately
prior to the date hereof; provided, however, that such obligations shall be subject
to any limitation imposed from time to time under applicable Law or Order.
(c) For six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall or shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to provide officers’ and directors’ liability, fiduciary liability and similar
insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior
to the Effective Time covering each Indemnified Person covered, as of the date of this Agreement,
by the Company’s D&O Insurance policies on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less
favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement, as well as covering
claims brought against each Indemnified Person under ERISA; provided, however,
that, in satisfying its obligation under this Section 6.5(c), the Surviving Corporation
shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in the aggregate for any one (1) year in excess of
two hundred percent (200%) of the amount per annum the Company paid in its last full fiscal year,
which amount the Company has disclosed to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement (the
“Current Premium”); provided, further, that that if the annual premiums of
such insurance coverage exceed such maximum amount, the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to
obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such maximum amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time Parent or the Surviving Corporation may, and prior to
the Effective Time, the Company, following notice to Parent may, and, if so directed by Parent,
shall, purchase a “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, for a total premium
in aggregate of no more than two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the Current Premium, covering the
same persons and providing the same terms with respect to coverage and amount as aforesaid, and
that by its terms shall provide coverage until the sixth (6th) annual anniversary of the
Effective Time, and upon the purchase of such insurance Parent’s and the Surviving Corporation’s
obligations pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 6.5(c) shall be deemed
satisfied.
(d) In the event of any Claim or Action for which indemnification may be sought pursuant to
this Section 6.5, (i) the Surviving Corporation and Parent will have the right to control
the defense thereof, (ii) each Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain his or her own
counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Surviving Corporation,
whether or not the Surviving Corporation or Parent elect to control the defense of any such Claim
or Action, (iii) the Surviving Corporation (and Parent) shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel retained by an Indemnified Person in connection with such Claim or Action (provided that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.5 or elsewhere in this
Agreement, the Surviving Corporation (and Parent) shall not be obligated to pay for the fees and
expenses of more than one (1) counsel (selected by a majority of the applicable Indemnified Persons
for any Indemnified Persons in any jurisdiction with respect to a single Claim or Action) except to
the extent that two (2) or more of such Indemnified Persons shall have an actual material conflict
of interest in such Claim or Action), and (iv) neither Parent or Surviving Corporation, on the one
hand, nor any Indemnified Person, on the other hand, shall be liable for any settlement effected
without its, his or her prior express written consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth in this Section 6.5(d) or elsewhere in this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of
its affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) shall settle or otherwise compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any Claim or
Action for which indemnification may be sought by an
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Indemnified Person under this Agreement unless such settlement, compromise, consent or
termination includes an unconditional release of all Indemnified Persons from all liability arising
out of such Action. Each Indemnified Party shall cooperate with Parent and the Surviving
Corporation in the defense of any such Action, shall furnish or cause to be furnished records,
documents, information and testimony and shall attend such conferences, discovery proceedings,
hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection therewith.
(e) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their successors or assigns shall (i)
consolidate with or merge into any other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving
corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each case, proper provisions shall be made so
that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations of
Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation set forth in this Section 6.5.
(f) The rights of each Indemnified Person under this Section 6.5 shall survive
consummation of the Merger and, following the Effective Time, are intended to benefit, and shall be
enforceable by, each Indemnified Person.
6.6 Takeover Laws and Rights. If any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”
or other anti-takeover statute or regulation (“Takeover Law”) is or may become applicable
to this Agreement, the Company Shares, the Merger or any of the other Transactions, the Company and
the Company Board shall use their reasonable best efforts to grant such approvals and take such
actions as are necessary so that such Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on
the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of
such Takeover Law on this Agreement, the Company Shares, the Merger or such other Transactions.
6.7 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent of (i) the Company becoming aware that any
representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement is or would be untrue or inaccurate in any
material respect, or (ii) any failure of the Company to comply in any material respect with or
satisfy in any material respect any covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it
hereunder. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent of any written notice or other
communication from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required in
connection with any of the Transactions. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent if the
representation contained in Section 3.15(b) (without regard to the date limitation therein)
does not continue to be true during the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) the delivery of any
notice pursuant to this Section 6.7(a) shall not limit, or otherwise affect, the remedies
available hereunder to the party receiving such notice and shall not affect or be deemed to modify
any representation or warranty of the Company set forth herein or the conditions to the obligations
of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger,
and (ii) the failure to give any notice required by this Section 6.7(a) shall not be
treated as a breach of covenant for the purposes of Section 7.2(b).
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(b) Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company of (i) Parent becoming aware that any
representation or warranty made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement is or would be untrue or
inaccurate in any material respect, or (ii) any failure of Parent or Merger Sub to comply in any
material respect with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant or agreement to be complied
with or satisfied by it hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, (i) the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) shall not limit,
or otherwise affect, the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice and shall
not affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub set forth
herein or the conditions to the obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and (ii) the failure to give any such notice shall not
be treated as a breach of covenant for the purposes of Section 7.3(b).
6.8 Litigation. Each party shall promptly notify the other parties of any Action that shall
be instituted or threatened against such party to restrain, prohibit or otherwise challenge the
legality of, or seek damages in connection with, this Agreement or the Merger. The Company shall
promptly notify Parent of any Action that may be threatened or asserted in writing, brought or
commenced against the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would have been listed in Section
3.9 of the Disclosure Schedule or otherwise, if such Action had arisen prior to the date
hereof. Parent shall promptly notify the Company of any Action that may be threatened or asserted
in writing, brought or commenced against Parent or Merger Sub that would have been within the scope
of Section 4.6 or otherwise, if such Action had arisen prior to the date hereof. The
Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate at Parent’s expense in the defense or
settlement of any Action commenced by any stockholder of the Company against the Company or any of
its directors relating to the Merger. The Company shall not settle or make an offer to settle any
litigation against the Company or any director by any stockholder relating to this Agreement or the
Merger without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed).
6.9 Cooperation. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall use their
reasonable best efforts to take (or cause to be taken) all actions, and do (or cause to be done),
and assist and cooperate with the other party or parties in doing, all reasonable things necessary,
proper or advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Merger
as soon as practicable, including using their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the
conditions to the Company’s (in the case of Parent and Merger Sub) and Parent’s and Merger Sub’s
(in the case of the Company) obligations to close the Merger set forth in Article 7 to be
satisfied on or before the Outside Date. In addition, the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain all consents, waivers and approvals under all Company Material Contracts in
connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger, including those specified in
Section 3.5(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, so as to maintain and preserve the benefits
under such Company Material Contracts as of the consummation of the Merger, and Parent shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to assist in such endeavors. The parties shall consult with
each other with respect to the obtaining of all such permits, consents, approvals and
authorizations, and each party will keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to
completion of the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub, on the one
hand, shall not be required to, and the Company, on the other hand, unless otherwise directed by
Parent (which direction shall not require payment to be made until at or after the Effective
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Time), shall not, pay any consent fee, “profit sharing” payment or other consideration
(including increased rent payments), or provide additional security (including a guaranty) to any
Third Party as a condition to receipt of any consent, waiver or approval from any party to any such
Company Material Contract. In addition to the foregoing, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, neither Parent or Merger Sub, on the one hand, nor the Company, on the other hand, shall
take any action, or fail to take any action, that is intended to, or has (or would reasonably be
expected to have) the effect of, preventing or materially impairing or delaying or otherwise
adversely affecting the consummation of the Merger or the ability of such party to perform its
obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.9 to the
contrary, the sole obligation of the parties to take, or refrain from taking, any action in respect
of any Antitrust Law, including as may otherwise be required by any Antitrust Law in connection
with the Merger and the other Transactions, whether in connection with any approvals or consents
(or the expiration of any waiting period) that may be required under any Antitrust Law or
otherwise, shall be those set forth in Section 6.10.
6.10 HSR Act Filing and International Antitrust Notifications.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, each of Parent and the
Company shall file with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division
of the U.S. Department of Justice (the “Antitrust Division”), a Notification and Report
Form in accordance with the HSR Act with respect to the Merger. As promptly as practicable after
the date of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company, as applicable, shall file with
applicable foreign Governmental Authorities all comparable pre-merger notification filings, forms
and submissions that are required to be filed in respect of the Merger or any other Transactions
pursuant to the Antitrust Laws of the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 6.10(a) (the
“Specified Governmental Authorities”), including a notification on Short Form or Form CO
with the European Commission based on Council Regulation 139/2004, unless Parent and the Company
jointly determine after the date of this Agreement that any such comparable pre-merger notification
filings, forms and submissions are not required to be filed pursuant to applicable Antitrust Laws.
In the event that either Parent or the Company receive a request for additional information or
documentary material from any Governmental Authorities with respect to the Merger, any of the other
Transactions or any filings, forms and submissions filed with, or any investigations conducted by
or before, any Governmental Authorities relating to this Agreement, the Merger or any other
Transactions (including any proceedings initiated by a private party), then such party shall use
its reasonable best efforts to make (or cause to be made) as soon as reasonably practicable
thereafter, and only after reasonable consultation with the other party, an appropriate response in
compliance with such request. Each of Parent and the Company shall cooperate and coordinate with
each other in connection with the preparation and filing of any and all material filings, forms and
submissions that are required to be made in respect of the Merger or any other Transactions
pursuant to applicable Antitrust Laws, or that are reasonably requested to be made by any
Governmental Authority in connection with the Merger or any other Transactions. Except for the
filings, forms and submissions referenced in this Section 6.10(a) (and the Proxy Statement
contemplated by Section 6.1 and any other filings that the Company may be required to make
with the SEC in connection with the Merger), neither Parent nor any of its affiliates, on the one
hand, nor the Company nor any of its affiliates, on the other hand, shall make or submit any other
material filings, forms, submissions, declarations, registrations or notifications with or to any
Governmental Authorities in connection with the
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Merger or any of the other Transactions without the other party’s prior written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Each of Parent and the Company shall keep the other party reasonably and promptly informed
of any and all written and material oral communications from any Governmental Authorities regarding
the Merger, any of the other Transactions and any and all material filings, forms and submissions
filed with, and any and all investigations conducted by or before, any Governmental Authorities
relating to this Agreement, the Merger or any other Transactions (including any proceedings
initiated by a private party). Each of Parent and the Company (i) shall provide the other party a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any material written or material oral
communications proposed to be given by such party to any Governmental Authorities regarding the
Merger, any of the other Transactions and any and all material filings, forms and submissions filed
with, and any and all investigations conducted by or before, any Governmental Authorities relating
to this Agreement, the Merger or any other Transactions (including any proceedings initiated by a
private party), (ii) shall provide the other party reasonable advance notice of any meetings
proposed to be held with any Governmental Authorities regarding the Merger, any of the other
Transactions and any and all material filings, forms and submissions filed with, and any and all
investigations conducted by or before, any Governmental Authorities relating to this Agreement, the
Merger or any other Transactions (including any proceedings initiated by a private party), (iii)
shall consult with the other party a reasonable time in advance of any and all such meetings and
consider in good faith the views of such other party regarding the matters to be presented and
discussed at any and all such meetings, and (iv) to the extent permitted by the applicable
Governmental Authorities, shall allow, unless such party has a reasonable basis for denial, the
other party to participate in such meetings or portions thereof. Each of Parent and the Company
shall consult and cooperate with one another, provide one another with a reasonable advance
opportunity to review and comment upon, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in
connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions,
proposals or other written communications explaining or defending the Merger and other Transactions
made or submitted by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with proceedings under or
relating to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws.
(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the
expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and all other
applicable Antitrust Laws as soon as reasonably practicable, and (ii) take (or cause to be taken)
all actions and do (or cause to be done) all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to
obtain all clearances, consents and approvals necessary to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 7.1(b), Section 7.1(c) and Section 7.2(d) and otherwise consummate
the Merger in compliance with applicable Antitrust Laws, including taking all such reasonable
actions and doing all such things reasonably necessary to (A) resolve any objections, if any, as
the FTC, the Antitrust Division, or any other Specified Governmental Authorities may assert under
any applicable Antitrust Laws with respect to the Merger and other Transactions, and (B) avoid or
eliminate each and every impediment under any applicable Antitrust Laws that may be asserted by the
FTC, the Antitrust Division or any other Specified Governmental Authorities or Persons with respect
to the Merger and other Transactions so as to enable the Merger and other Transactions to be
consummated as soon as possible after the date hereof, including for purposes
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of the preceding clauses (A) and (B), such reasonable undertakings and commitments as may be
reasonably requested by any Specified Governmental Authorities, in sufficient time to allow the
conditions to the Merger to be satisfied on or before the Outside Date . Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall require
Parent or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to, and, except with the prior written consent of
Parent, the Company shall not take any action to and shall not allow any of the Company
Subsidiaries to consent or proffer to divest or hold separate any business or assets of Parent, the
Company or any of their respective subsidiaries.
(d) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Parent shall contest and litigate
and defend against any Action, whether judicial or administrative, brought by or pending before the
European Commission, DOJ or FTC and promptly and expeditiously appeal any Order in such Action, (i)
challenging or seeking to make illegal, delaying materially or otherwise directly or indirectly
restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or any other Transactions, (ii) seeking
to prohibit or limit in any respect, or place any conditions on, the ownership or operation by the
Company, Parent or any of their respective affiliates of all or any portion of the business or
assets of Parent or the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or to require any such
person to dispose of, license (whether pursuant to an exclusive or nonexclusive license) or hold
separate all or any portion of the business or assets of Parent, the Company or any of their
respective subsidiaries, in each case as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger, (iii)
seeking, directly or indirectly, to impose or confirm limitations on the ability of Parent or any
of its affiliates to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of, any Company Shares
or any shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation on all matters properly presented to
the stockholders of the Company or the Surviving Corporation, respectively, (iv) seeking to require
divestiture by Parent, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries of any Company Shares or
any business or assets of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or Parent or its subsidiaries, or
(v) that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the
Merger or that would reasonably be expected to dilute materially the benefits to Parent of the
Transactions, except so far as any of the prohibitions, limitations, conditions or requirements
referred to in this Section 6.10(d) are covered by any commitments made to any Governmental
Authority in accordance with Section 6.10(c) in order to satisfy the conditions set forth
in Section 7.1(b), Section 7.1(c) and Section 7.2(d).
(e) Neither Parent nor the Company shall, nor shall it permit any of its subsidiaries to,
enter into or publicly announce an agreement to form a joint venture or acquire any assets,
business or company if any such agreements, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected by Parent with respect to agreements by Parent or any of its subsidiaries or by the
Company with respect to agreements by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to cause any of the
conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b), Section 7.1(c) or Section 7.2(d) to
fail to be satisfied prior to the Outside Date.
6.11 Rule 16b-3. Prior to the Effective Time, (i) Parent shall take such actions as may be
required to cause the transactions contemplated by Section 2.7 with respect to the
assumption and conversion of any Company Stock Options, Company RSUs and Company PSUs or other
convertible securities by each individual who is a director or officer of the Company to be exempt
under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and (ii) the Company shall take
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such actions as may be required to cause the transactions contemplated by Section
2.7, and any other dispositions of equity securities (or other derivative securities) of the
Company by each individual who is a director or officer of the Company to be exempt under Rule
16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
6.12 Delisting. Each party agrees to cooperate with the other party in taking, or causing to
be taken, all actions necessary to (i) delist the Company Shares from the NYSE and (ii) to
terminate the registration of the Company Shares under the Exchange Act; provided,
however, that such delisting or termination shall not be effective until after the
Effective Time.
6.13 Further Assurances. Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Change in
Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3(b), each party, at the reasonable request of
another party, shall execute and deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts
and things as may be necessary or desirable for effecting the consummation of this Agreement and
the Transactions.
6.14 Public Announcements. No press release or public announcement, statement or disclosure
concerning the Merger shall be issued by either party without the prior consent of the other party
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as such release
or announcement may be required by Law, including the rules or regulations of any U.S. or non-U.S.
securities exchange, in which case the party required to make the release or announcement shall use
its reasonable efforts to allow the other party reasonable time to comment on such release or
announcement in advance of such issuance; provided, however, that the restrictions
set forth in this Section 6.14 shall not apply to any press release or public
announcement, statement or disclosure made by the Company following, and related to, or by Parent
following, a Change in Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3(b).
6.15 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added
and other similar Taxes and fees incurred in connection with the Transactions shall be paid by the
party or applicable stockholder of the Company on whom such Taxes are imposed by applicable Law.
6.16 Personally Identifiable Information. Before the Effective Time, none of the parties
shall use any disclosed personably identifiable information for any purposes other than those
related to the performance of this Agreement and the completion of the Transactions.
7. Conditions to the Merger
7.1 Conditions to the Merger. The obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be
subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following conditions:
(a) Required Company Vote. The Required Company Vote shall have been obtained by the Company
in accordance with the DGCL, rules and regulations of the NYSE and the Certificate of Incorporation
and By-laws of the Company;
(b) No Order; Illegality. No Order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other
legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of
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the Merger shall be in effect; nor shall there be any Law enacted, entered, or enforced by any
Governmental Authority that prevents or prohibits the consummation of the Merger; or
(c) HSR and Other Laws. The waiting period applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall
have expired or been terminated, and all other required waiting periods, clearances, consents or
approvals of any Specified Governmental Authorities applicable to the Merger under the Antitrust
Laws of the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 6.10(a) shall have expired, been obtained
or been terminated.
7.2 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the
Effective Time, of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company set
forth in (i) this Agreement (other than in Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section
3.17(c)(xi), Section 3.20, Section 3.21 and Section 3.26) shall be
true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to “materiality” or Material
Adverse Effect set forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing
Date as though made on or as of such date (other than, in each case, those representations and
warranties that address matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specified
period of time, that need only be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as
to “materiality” or Material Adverse Effect set forth therein) as of such particular date or with
respect to such specified period), except where the failure of such representations and warranties
(as modified above, but including those representations and warranties that address matters only as
of a particular date or only with respect to a specified period of time) to be true and correct as
of the date hereof or at and as of the Closing Date has not had and would not have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (excluding for this purpose, clause (y) of the
definition of “Material Adverse Effect”), (ii) Section 3.3 shall be true and
correct in all respects as of the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date as though made on
or as of such date, except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date does not, directly or
indirectly, result (including through additional Company Shares, Company Stock Options, Company
Restricted Stock, Company PSUs and Company RSUs being outstanding) in additional costs to Parent or
the Surviving Corporation (including by virtue of increased Merger Consideration payable hereunder
or otherwise) in excess of $30,000,000 in the aggregate, and (iii) each of Section 3.4,
Section 3.17(c)(xi), Section 3.20, Section 3.21 and Section
3.26, to the extent not qualified by materiality or “Material Adverse Effect”, shall be true
and correct in all material respects, and to the extent so qualified, shall be true and correct in
all respects, as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date as though made on
or as of such date (except for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of
a particular date or only with respect to a specified period of time, that need only be true and
correct in all material respects as of such particular date or with respect to such specified
period).
(b) Covenants. The Company shall have complied with or performed, in all material respects,
all covenants, obligations and agreements of the Company under this Agreement to be complied with
or performed by it prior to the Effective Time.
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(c) Certificate. The Company shall have furnished Parent with a certificate signed on its
behalf by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company to the effect that
the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a), (b), and (e) are satisfied.
(d) Litigation. There shall not have been instituted and remain pending any litigation, suit,
action or proceeding by any Governmental Authority:
(i) challenging or seeking to make illegal, or otherwise, directly or indirectly, restrain or
prohibit the consummation of the Merger; or
(ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company, Parent or any of
their subsidiaries of all or any of the business or assets of the Company, Parent or any of their
subsidiaries, or to compel the Company, Parent or any of their subsidiaries, to dispose of, license
or to hold separate all or any portion of the business or assets of the Company, Parent or any of
their subsidiaries.
(e) Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of
the 2010 Balance Sheet and be continuing (excluding for this purpose, clause (y) of the definition
of “Material Adverse Effect”).
7.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company
to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Effective Time, of
the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date
of this Agreement, and at and as of the Closing Date as though made on or as of such date, (other
than those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date or only
with respect to a specified period of time, that need only be true and correct as of such
particular date or with respect to such specified period), except where the failure of such
representations and warranties (including those representations and warranties that address matters
only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specified period of time) to be true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date, individually or in the
aggregate, would not prevent or materially delay consummation of the Merger or otherwise prevent
Parent or Merger Sub from performing any of their material obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have complied with or performed, in all material
respects, all covenants, obligations and agreements of Parent and Merger Sub under this Agreement
to be complied with or performed by them on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Certificate. Parent and Merger Sub shall have furnished the Company with a certificate
signed on their behalf by an authorized officer of Parent and Merger Sub to the effect that the
conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(a) and (b) are satisfied.
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8. Termination
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time
prior to (i) the Effective Time, for Sections 8.1(a) through (f) and Section
8.1(h), notwithstanding any requisite adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company, and (ii) obtaining the Required Company Vote, for Section 8.1(g):
(a) By mutual written consent of Parent and the Company; or
(b) By either Parent or the Company, if:
(i) the Merger shall not have been consummated by May 18, 2011 (the “Outside Date”);
provided, however, that (x) if the Closing shall not have occurred by May 18, 2011,
but on such date, (A) the condition set forth in Section 7.1(a) has been satisfied and
(B) the conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b) (solely as it relates to applicable
Antitrust Laws) or Section 7.1(c) have not been satisfied or waived in writing, then the
“Outside Date” shall be deemed to be automatically and without any action on the part of either
party, August 18, 2011, and (y) if the Closing shall not have occurred by August 18, 2011, but on
such date (A) the condition set forth in Section 7.1(a) has been satisfied and (B) the
conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b) (solely as it relates to applicable Antitrust Laws)
or Section 7.1(c) have not been satisfied or waived in writing, then the Company may elect
(by delivering written notice to Parent on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) on August 18,
2011) to extend the “Outside Date” to November 18, 2011; provided, further, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available
to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or
resulted in, the failure of the Merger to occur on or before the Outside Date; or
(ii) any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction that is material to the business of Parent
or the Company shall have (x) enacted, issued, promulgated, or enforced any Law that makes
consummation of the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibited, or (y) issued or entered an Order that
enjoins Parent and the Company from consummating the Merger, and such Order shall have become final
and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement
under this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill
any obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in any of the events
described in the preceding clause (x) or (y); or
(c) By either Parent or the Company if the Required Company Vote shall not have been obtained
at the Stockholders’ Meeting (giving effect to any adjournment or postponement thereof permitted by
the terms hereof); or
(d) By either Parent or Merger Sub, if (i) each of Parent or Merger Sub are not then in
material breach of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) there is an
inaccuracy in the Company’s representations herein, or a breach by the Company of its covenants
herein, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a) and
(b) would fail to be satisfied, and such inaccuracy or breach is not cured within thirty
(30) days after notice thereof; or
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(e) By the Company, if (i) the Company is not then in material breach of its covenants or
obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) there is an inaccuracy in the representations of Parent
and Merger Sub herein, or a breach by Parent and Merger Sub of their covenants herein, in either
case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(a) and (b) would fail to
be satisfied, and such inaccuracy or breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice
thereof; or
(f) By either Parent or Merger Sub, if any of the following shall have occurred: (i) the
Company Board or any committee thereof shall have made a Change in Recommendation, (ii) the
Company shall have failed to publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation within ten (10)
business days after receipt of a written request by Parent to provide such reaffirmation following
a publicly announced Acquisition Proposal or commencement of a tender or exchange offer for the
Company Shares, (iii) the Company shall have failed to include the Company Board Recommendation in
the Proxy Statement, or (iv) the Company shall have materially breached any of the covenants set
forth in Section 6.3;
(g) By the Company, in connection with a Change in Recommendation made in accordance with
Section 6.3 in which the Company Board shall have determined to accept or enter into a
transaction related to a Superior Proposal that was the subject of such Change in Recommendation;
provided, however, that the Company shall concurrently with such termination enter
into an Acquisition Agreement relating to such Superior Proposal and pay Parent the Fee payable
under Section 8.3(a)(iv) prior to such termination. Any purported termination pursuant to
this Section 8.1(g), that is not effected in compliance with the requirements of this
Section 8.1(g), shall be null and void and of no effect; or
(h) By the Company, not later than ten (10) business days following written notice to the
Company and Parent of a decision by the European Commission under the EC Merger Regulation to
prohibit the Merger.
8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability
on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or their respective officers, directors,
stockholders, or affiliates; provided, however, that, (a) the provisions of
Section 6.2(b) (Confidentiality), Section 6.14 (Public Announcements),
Section 8.3 (Fees), Article 9 (General Provisions) and this Section 8.2
shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement, and (b) such
termination shall not relieve any party from liability for any fraud or intentional breach of its
representations or warranties or covenants hereunder. A termination of this Agreement shall not
cause a termination of the Confidentiality Agreement or any other agreement between the parties.
8.3 Fees.
(a) In the event that this Agreement is terminated:
(i) by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c), provided that (x)
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Stockholders’ Meeting, an
Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced and not publicly
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withdrawn (excluding, for purposes of this Section 8.3(a)(i), from the definition of
“Acquisition Proposal” any inquiries), and (y) within twelve (12) months after such termination,
either (A) the Company enters into an Acquisition Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal
or (B) an Acquisition Proposal is consummated (provided, however, that for purposes
of this Section 8.3(a)(i) only, all references to “fifteen percent (15%)” and “eighty five
percent (85%)” in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” shall be references to fifty point one
percent (50.1%));
(ii) by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to Section 8.1(d) (in respect of a breach by
the Company of its covenants herein following the public announcement of the Acquisition Proposal
described in the following clause (x) or the receipt by the Company Board of the Acquisition
Proposal described in the following clause (x)), provided that (x) following the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and prior to such termination, an Acquisition Proposal (excluding,
for purposes of this Section 8.3(a)(ii), from the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” any
inquiries) shall have been publicly announced and not publicly withdrawn or shall have been
communicated to the Company Board and (y) within twelve (12) months after such termination, either
(A) the Company enters into an Acquisition Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or (B)
an Acquisition Proposal is consummated (provided, however, that for purposes of
this Section 8.3(a)(ii) only, all references to “fifteen percent (15%)” and “eighty-five
percent (85%)” in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” shall be references to fifty point one
percent (50.1%));
(iii) by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to Section 8.1(f) (provided,
however, in the case of clause (iv) of Section 8.1(f), that the applicable breach
was not by a person who was an employee of the Company or a Company Subsidiary with a title and
responsibilities below that of vice president, and who had not at any time had a title or
responsibilities of vice president or above, and who was not directed or authorized by or on behalf
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to take such actions constituting the breach); or
(iv) by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(g);
then, in any such event, the Company shall pay Parent a fee of Two Hundred Thirty Million Dollars
($230,000,000) (the “Fee”) less, in the case of (i) above, any Expenses previously paid
pursuant to Section 8.3(b)), which amount shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately
available funds. The Fee (less, in the case of (i) above, any Expenses previously paid pursuant to
Section 8.3(b)) shall be paid (x) in the circumstances described in clauses (i) and (ii)
above, promptly (but in no event later than one (1) business day) following the consummation of
the Acquisition Proposal or the entry into an Acquisition Agreement, as the case may be, (y) in the
circumstances described in clause (iii) above, promptly (but in no event later than one (1)
business day) following termination, and (z) in the circumstances described in clause (iv) above,
prior to and as a condition to the termination.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(c) and neither
Parent nor Merger Sub is in material breach of their respective agreements contained in this
Agreement or their respective representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the
Company shall reimburse each of Parent and Merger Sub and their affiliates for all out-of-pocket
expenses and fees (including fees and expenses payable to all banks and
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investment banking firms, and all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, experts and
consultants to Parent and Merger Sub) actually incurred or accrued by any of them, or on their
behalf, in connection with the Transactions, and actually incurred or accrued by banks, investment
banking firms, other financial institutions and other persons and assumed by Parent or Merger Sub
in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement, and
the structuring of the Transactions (all the foregoing being referred to herein collectively as the
“Expenses”), up to a maximum of $25,000,000. The Expenses shall be paid by wire transfer
of immediately available funds promptly (but in no event later than one (1) business day) following
termination, and shall be further paid promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day)
following submission of statements therefor.
(c) Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such
expenses, whether or not any Transaction is consummated; provided, however, that
all filing fees associated with compliance with applicable regulatory requirements (including
filings under the HSR Act and any applicable foreign antitrust fees) in connection with the Merger
shall be shared equally by Parent and the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub
acknowledges and agrees, on behalf of itself and its affiliates, that the Fee is not a penalty, but
rather is liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent and Merger Sub in
the circumstances in which the Fee is payable for the efforts and resources expended and
opportunity forgone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the
expectation of the consummation of the Transactions, which amount would otherwise be impossible to
calculate with precision. The Company acknowledges and hereby agrees that the provisions of this
Section 8.3 are an integral part of the Transactions, and that, without such provisions,
Parent would not have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company shall fail to pay
the Fee or the Expenses when due, the terms “Fee” and “Expenses”, as applicable,
shall be deemed to include the costs and expenses incurred or accrued by Parent and Merger Sub
(including fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with the collection under and enforcement of
this Section 8.3, together with interest on such unpaid Fee and Expenses, commencing on
the date that the Fee and Expenses became due, at a rate equal to the rate of interest publicly
announced by Citibank, N.A. from time to time, in the City of New York, as such bank’s Base Rate,
plus five percent (5%).
9. General Provisions
9.1 No Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time.
9.2 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be given and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered
personally (notice deemed given upon receipt), telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of
receipt), sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service such as Federal Express (notice
deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery) or mailed by registered
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or certified mail, return
receipt requested (notice deemed given upon receipt) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified
in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.2):
if to Parent or Merger Sub:
Intel Corporation
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No: (000) 000 0000
Attention: President, Intel Capital Corporation
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx
if to the Company:
McAfee, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Senior Vice President – Corporate Development
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
McAfee, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
and with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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9.3 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or
incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect, so long as
the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially
adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement
so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible, in a mutually acceptable
manner, in order that the Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest
extent possible.
9.4 Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute
the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all
prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or
any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be assigned
(whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise), except that Merger Sub may assign
all or any of their rights and obligations hereunder to any wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;
provided, however, that any such assignment shall not relieve Merger Sub of any of
its obligations hereunder.
9.5 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit
of each party, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to, or shall confer
upon, any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of
this Agreement, other than, after the Effective Time, as set forth in Section 6.5 (which
is intended to be for the benefit of the persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such
persons).
9.6 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event
any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof or were
otherwise breached and that the parties shall be entitled to an immediate injunction or
injunctions, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of damages as a remedy and without the
necessity of posting any bond or other security, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any federal court located in the State of
Delaware or any
Delaware state court, in addition to any other remedy to which the parties may be
entitled at Law or in equity.
9.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that
State, without regard to the conflict of law rules of such State. All actions and proceedings
arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to
accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware). The
parties hereby (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept
jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware) for the
purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party, and (b)
irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such
Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the
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above-named courts,
that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that
the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or
that this Agreement or the Transactions may not be enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
9.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS. Each
of the parties (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has
represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation,
seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been
induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions, as applicable, by, among other things,
the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 9.8.
9.9 General Interpretation.
(a) The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of
reference only, and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(b) Unless otherwise indicated, all references herein to Sections, Articles, Annexes, Exhibits
or Schedules shall be deemed to refer to Sections, Articles, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules of or
to this Agreement, as applicable.
(c) Unless otherwise indicated, the words “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used
herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(d) The word “extent” and the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject
or other thing extends, and such word or phrase shall not mean simply “if.”
(e) The parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and
execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding
or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be
construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.
(f) The phrase “made available to Parent” when used herein, shall mean that true, correct and
complete copies of the subject document were uploaded to the Data Room prior to the date of this
Agreement or otherwise made available to Parent.
(g) The phrase “ordinary course” when used in Article 3 and Section 5.1,
shall be deemed to include the words “consistent with past practice.”
9.10 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties by action taken by or on behalf
of their respective Boards of Directors at any time prior to the Effective Time; provided,
however, that, after the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company, no amendment may be made that requires the approval of such stockholders
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under applicable
Law unless such approval is obtained. This Agreement may not be amended, except by an instrument
in writing signed by each of the parties.
9.11 Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any party may (a) extend the time for
the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties of any other party contained herein or in any document delivered
pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any agreement of any other party or any condition to
its own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in
an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.
9.12 No Other Representations and Warranties. Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other hand, each acknowledges and agrees that, in connection with this Agreement
and the Transactions, except for the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Article 3 and of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Article 4, (a) no party (or
any of its affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives,
advisors or any other person) makes, and no party (or any of its affiliates, stockholders,
directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, advisors or any other person) has made,
any representations or warranties, express or implied, relating to such party, its subsidiaries,
its businesses or operations or otherwise, including with respect to any information or materials,
documents, estimates, projections, forecasts or other forward-looking information, business plans
or other material provided or made available to the other party or any of its affiliates,
stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, advisors or any other person
(including in “data rooms” or management presentations) in anticipation or contemplation of the
Merger or any other Transaction, and (b) any information or materials, documents, estimates,
projections, forecasts or other forward-looking information, business plans or other material
provided or made available to the other party or any of its affiliates, stockholders, directors,
officers, employees, agents, representatives or advisors, or any other person (including in “data
rooms” or management presentations) in anticipation or contemplation of the Merger or any other
Transaction shall not be deemed to be representations or warranties of a party for purposes of this
Agreement except to the extent any such information or material is the subject of any
representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that it
is not relying on any representations or warranties, express or implied, relating to the other
party, its subsidiaries, its businesses or operations or otherwise, including with respect to any
information or materials, documents, estimates, projections, forecasts or other forward-looking
information, business plans or other material provided or made available to such party or any of
its affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, advisors or
any other person (including in “data rooms” or management presentations) in anticipation or
contemplation of the Merger or any other Transaction, except to the extent of the representations
and warranties set forth in this Agreement.
9.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or
other form of electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties in
separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures to this Agreement
transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in PDF form, or by any other electronic
means designed to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of
a document, will be
deemed to have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original
signatures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Agreement to be
executed, as of the date first written above, by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized.
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