AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated as of
November 24, 1997
by and among
Davel Communications Group, Inc.,
Panther Acquisition Corp.
and
Communications Central Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
SECTION 2.01 The Merger........................................ 1
SECTION 2.02 Conversion of Shares. ............................ 2
SECTION 2.03 Exchange of Shares. .............................. 2
SECTION 2.04 Dissenting Shares. ............................... 4
SECTION 2.05 Stock Options and Warrants. ...................... 4
ARTICLE III
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
SECTION 3.01 Certificate of Incorporation...................... 5
SECTION 3.02 Bylaws............................................ 5
SECTION 3.03 Directors and Officers............................ 5
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 4.01 Corporate Organization............................ 5
SECTION 4.02 Authorization..................................... 6
SECTION 4.03 Capital Stock..................................... 6
SECTION 4.04 Subsidiaries...................................... 7
SECTION 4.05 Consents and Approvals; No Violation.............. 7
SECTION 4.06 SEC Reports and Financial Statements.............. 8
SECTION 4.07 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities................ 8
SECTION 4.08 Changes........................................... 8
SECTION 4.09 Investigations; Litigation........................ 9
SECTION 4.10 Environmental and Safety Matters.................. 10
SECTION 4.11 Taxes............................................. 12
SECTION 4.12 Employment Agreements............................. 13
SECTION 4.13 Change of Control Provisions...................... 13
SECTION 4.14 Employee Benefit Plans............................ 13
SECTION 4.15 Licenses.......................................... 14
SECTION 4.16 Trademarks, Trade Names, Patents, etc. ........... 15
SECTION 4.17 Compliance with Other Instruments and Laws........ 15
SECTION 4.18 Employees......................................... 15
SECTION 4.19 Disclosure........................................ 15
SECTION 4.20 Rights Agreement.................................. 16
SECTION 4.21 Certain Fees...................................... 00
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XXXXXXX 0.00 Xxxxxxx of Financial Advisor...................... 16
SECTION 4.23 Phones............................................ 16
SECTION 4.24 Average Net Revenue............................... 16
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
SECTION 5.01 Corporate Organization............................ 17
SECTION 5.02 Authorization..................................... 17
SECTION 5.03 Proxy Statement; Other Information................ 17
SECTION 5.04 Consents and Approvals; No Violations............. 17
SECTION 5.05 Financing......................................... 18
SECTION 5.06 Certain Fees...................................... 18
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 6.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending
the Merger........................................ 18
SECTION 6.02 Shareholders' Meeting; Proxy Material............. 20
SECTION 6.03 Access to Information............................. 20
SECTION 6.04 No Solicitation................................... 21
SECTION 6.05 Representations; Schedules........................ 21
SECTION 6.06 Corporate Organization............................ 22
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF BUYER
SECTION 7.01 Confidentiality................................... 22
SECTION 7.02 Obligations of Newco.............................. 22
SECTION 7.03 Indemnification................................... 22
ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS OF BUYER AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 8.01 Best Efforts...................................... 23
SECTION 8.02 Certain Filings................................... 23
SECTION 8.03 Public Announcements.............................. 23
SECTION 8.04 Further Assurances................................ 24
SECTION 8.05 Notices of Certain Events......................... 24
ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
SECTION 9.01 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party....... 24
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01 Termination.........................................26
SECTION 10.02 Waiver..............................................27
SECTION 10.03 Closing.............................................27
SECTION 10.04 Effect of Termination; Termination Fee..............27
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Notices.............................................28
SECTION 11.02 Survival of Representations and Warranties..........29
SECTION 11.03 Amendments; No Waivers..............................29
SECTION 11.04 Expenses............................................29
SECTION 11.05 Successors and Assigns..............................30
SECTION 11.06 Governing Law.......................................30
SECTION 11.07 Counterparts; Effectiveness.........................30
SECTION 11.08 Headings............................................30
SECTION 11.09 No Third Party Beneficiaries........................30
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT dated as of November 24, 1997 by and among Davel
Communications Group, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Buyer"), Panther
Acquisition Corp., a Georgia corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer
("Newco"), and Communications Central Inc., a Georgia corporation (the
"Company").
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The Boards of Directors of Buyer, Newco and the Company deem it
advisable and in the best interests of the shareholders of such corporations to
effect the merger of Newco and the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
The respective Boards of Directors of Buyer, Newco and the Company
have approved the acquisition of the Company by Buyer, and the Board of
Directors of the Company has unanimously resolved to recommend that it be
approved by the shareholders of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
SECTION 2.01 The Merger.
(a) At the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.01(b)), Newco
shall be merged (the "Merger") with and into the Company in accordance with
the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "Georgia Law"), whereupon the
separate existence of Newco shall cease, and the Company shall be the
surviving corporation (the "Surviving Corporation"). The Merger is
sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Transaction."
(b) As soon as practicable after satisfaction or, to the extent
permitted hereunder, waiver of all conditions to the Merger, the Company
and Newco will file a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Georgia (the "Georgia Certificate of Merger") and make all
other filings or recordings required by the Georgia Law in connection with
the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Georgia
Certificate
of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia
and any additional requirements of the Georgia Law are complied with or at
such later time as is specified in the Georgia Certificate of Merger (the
"Effective Time").
(c) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall possess all the assets, rights, privileges, powers and franchises and
be subject to all of the liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties
of the Company and Newco, all as provided under the Georgia Law.
SECTION 2.02 Conversion of Shares.
(a) At the Effective Time and by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the holders thereof:
(i) each share of capital stock of the Company held by the
Company as treasury stock or owned by Buyer, Newco or any subsidiary
of either of them immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
canceled, and no payment shall be made with respect thereto;
(ii) each share of capital stock of Newco outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one
share of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same
rights and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute
the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation; and
(iii) each share of common stock of the Company, $.01 par value
per share, and the associated share purchase right of the Company (a
"Share") outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall,
except as otherwise provided in clause (i) or clause (ii) of this
subsection or as provided in Section 2.04 with respect to Shares as to
which appraisal rights have been exercised, be converted into the
right to receive $10.50 in cash without interest;
(b) The consideration into which each Share is to be converted
pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (a) above is referred to herein as
the "Merger Consideration."
SECTION 2.03 Exchange of Shares.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Buyer shall appoint an agent (the
"Exchange Agent") for the purpose of exchanging certificates representing
Shares for the Merger Consideration. Buyer will make available to the
Exchange Agent, as needed, the Merger Consideration to be paid in respect
of the Shares. For purposes of determining the Merger Consideration to be
made available, Buyer shall assume that no shareholder of the Company will
perfect his right to appraisal of his Shares. Promptly after the Effective
Time, Buyer
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will send, or will cause the Exchange Agent to send, to each holder of
Shares at the Effective Time a letter of transmittal for use in such
exchange.
(b) Each holder of Shares that have been converted into a right to
receive the Merger Consideration, upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a
certificate or certificates representing such Shares, together with a
properly completed letter of transmittal covering such Shares, will be
entitled to receive the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such
Shares. Until so surrendered, each such certificate shall, after the
Effective Time, represent for all purposes only the right to receive such
Merger Consideration.
(c) If any portion of the Merger Consideration payable in respect of
any Share is to be paid to a person other than the registered holder of the
Shares represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered, it shall
be a condition to such payment that the certificate or certificates so
surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for
transfer and that the person requesting such payment shall pay to the
Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required as a result of such
payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Shares or
establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been
paid or is not payable.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration
of transfers of shares of capital stock of the Company which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(e) Until the Merger Consideration is paid in respect of the Shares,
the Exchange Agent may invest portions thereof as Buyer directs, provided
that all such investments shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the
United States of America, in commercial paper obligations receiving the
highest rating from either Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor's Corporation, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase
agreements or bankers' acceptances of commercial banks with capital
exceeding $250,000,000 (collectively, "Permitted Investments") or in money
market funds which are invested solely in Permitted Investments. Any net
profit resulting from, or interest or income produced by, such investments
shall be payable to the Surviving Corporation or Buyer. Any portion of the
Merger Consideration made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section that remains unclaimed by the holders of
Shares entitled thereto six months after the Effective Time shall be
returned to Buyer, upon demand. Buyer shall not be liable to any
shareholder of the Company for any amount paid to a public official
pursuant to applicable abandoned property laws. Any amounts remaining
unclaimed by holders of Shares who would otherwise be entitled thereto six
months after the Effective Time (or such earlier date immediately prior to
such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of
any governmental entity) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
become the property of Buyer free and clear of any claims or interest of
any person previously entitled thereto.
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(f) Any portion of the Merger Consideration made available to the
Exchange Agent pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.03 to pay for
Shares for which appraisal rights shall have been perfected shall be
returned to Buyer, upon demand.
SECTION 2.04 Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding Section 2.02, Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a holder who has
not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has
demanded appraisal for such Shares in accordance with the Georgia Law shall not
be converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless such
holder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his right to appraisal.
If after the Effective Time such holder fails to perfect or waives, rescinds,
withdraws or otherwise loses his right to appraisal, such Shares shall be
treated as if they had been converted as of the Effective Time into a right to
receive the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such Shares pursuant to
Section 2.02. The Company shall give Buyer prompt notice of any demands received
by the Company for appraisal of Shares, and Buyer shall have the right to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands.
The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Buyer, make any
payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands.
SECTION 2.05 Stock Options and Warrants.
(a) At or immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall
use its best efforts to cause (i) all outstanding employee stock options to
purchase Shares granted under any employee stock option or compensation
plan or arrangement of the Company and (ii) all outstanding warrants to
purchase Shares of the Company, 200,000 of which have been issued to First
Union National Bank and 34,500 of which have been issued to former
employees of Xxxxx Systems Corporation (the "Warrants"), to be canceled,
and each holder of any such exercisable option or Warrant shall be paid by
the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time for each such option or
Warrant an amount (funded by Buyer) determined by multiplying (i) the
excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable exercise
price then in effect of such option or Warrant by (ii) the number of Shares
such holder could have purchased had such holder exercised such option or
Warrant in full immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether or not
such option or Warrant is actually vested or exercisable at such time)
without giving effect to any antidilutive changes in the number of such
Shares arising from the Merger.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall use its best
efforts to obtain any consents from holders of options to purchase Shares
granted under the Company's stock option or compensation plans or
arrangements and from holders of Warrants that are necessary to give effect
to the transactions contemplated by paragraph (a) of this Section. Except
as otherwise agreed to by Buyer and the Company, the Company shall take all
action necessary to ensure that (i) the Company's 1991 Stock Option Plan,
1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated as of October 11, 1995, and
the Stock Option Plan for Directors (collectively, the "Stock Option
Plans") shall have been terminated as of the Effective Time
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and the provision in any other plan, program or arrangement providing for
the issuance or grant of any other interest in respect of the capital stock
of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, shall be canceled as of the
Effective Time, and (ii) following the Effective Time, (A) no participant
in any Stock Option Plan or other plans, programs or arrangements shall
have any right thereunder to acquire equity securities of the Buyer, the
Company, the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof and all such
plans shall have been terminated, and (B) the Company will not be bound by
any convertible security, option, warrant, right or agreement which would
entitle any person to own any capital stock of the Buyer, the Company, the
Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof.
ARTICLE III
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
SECTION 3.01 Certificate of Incorporation. The certificate of
incorporation of Newco in effect at the Effective Time shall be the certificate
of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until amended in accordance with
applicable law, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be
"Communications Central Inc."
SECTION 3.02 Bylaws. The bylaws of Newco in effect at the Effective
Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until amended in
accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 3.03 Directors and Officers. From and after the Effective
Time, until successors are duly elected or appointed in accordance with
applicable law, (a) the directors of Newco at the Effective Time shall
constitute the directors of the Surviving Corporation, and (b) the officers of
the Company at the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving
Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to Buyer and Newco that:
SECTION 4.01 Corporate Organization. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Georgia, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own,
operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01 hereto, the Company
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the character of its properties owned or held under lease or the nature of
its activities makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be
so qualified or to be in good standing will not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition
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(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse
Effect").
SECTION 4.02 Authorization. The Company has the necessary corporate
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly and validly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors, have been
approved by the Board of Directors prior to either Buyer or Newco becoming an
"interested shareholder" as defined in Section 14-2-1112 of the Georgia Law and
have been approved as otherwise required by the Company's articles of
incorporation, as amended. Except for the approval, if required, of this
Agreement and the Merger by the Company's shareholders, no other corporate
proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary for the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance of the Company's
obligations hereunder or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
or by the availability of equitable remedies generally.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company's Board
of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held, (i) unanimously determined that
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company's
shareholders, (ii) unanimously approved this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger, and resolved to
recommend the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Merger by the
Company's shareholders and (iii) has taken any and all additional actions as may
be necessary to cause the provisions of Section 14-2-1111 of the Georgia Law and
the restrictions contained in Section 14-2-1132 of the Georgia Law and Article
VII of the Company's articles of incorporation to be inapplicable to the Merger.
The actions taken by the Company and its Board of Directors in connection with
the Merger are sufficient to render the relevant provisions of such Section
14-2-1111 and the restrictions contained in Section 14-2-1132 of the Georgia Law
and Article VII of the Company's articles of incorporation inapplicable to the
Merger.
SECTION 4.03 Capital Stock. The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of: (a) 50,000,000 Shares, of which, as of November 24, 1997,
there were 6,285,987 Shares issued and outstanding (and no Shares held in the
Company's treasury) and (b) 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value,
of which no shares are issued or outstanding. All of the outstanding Shares and
all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company's Subsidiaries (as
defined in Section 4.04 hereof) have been validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights with no personal liability attaching
to the ownership thereof. Except for options to acquire not more than 900,000
Shares pursuant to the Stock Option Plans and the Warrants exercisable for not
more than 234,500 Shares, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options,
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warrants, rights, contracts or other arrangements or commitments obligating the
Company to issue any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of its capital stock.
SECTION 4.04 Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.04 hereto lists all direct and
indirect subsidiaries of the Company (each, a "Subsidiary" and collectively, the
"Subsidiaries"). Except as listed in Schedule 4.04 hereto, the Company does not
directly or indirectly own any interest in any other corporation, partnership,
joint venture or other business association or entity. Each Subsidiary is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power
and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.04 hereto, each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties owned or
held under lease or the nature of its activities makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing
will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.04 hereto, all outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any liens,
claims or encumbrances.
SECTION 4.05 Consents and Approvals; No Violation. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.05 hereto and except for (a) applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the "Exchange Act"), (b) expiration of the waiting period under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR
Act"), (c) the filing and recordation of the Georgia Certificate of Merger as
required by Georgia Law, (d) such filings and consents as may be required under
any environmental law pertaining to any notification, disclosure or required
approval triggered by the Merger or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, (e) filing with, and approval of, the Nasdaq Stock Market and the SEC
with respect to the delisting and deregistration of the Shares, and (f) such
consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, notifications, registrations,
declarations and filings as may be required under the corporation, takeover or
blue sky laws of various states, no filing with or prior notice to, and no
permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any federal, state, local,
foreign or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality is necessary for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by the Company with any of the
provisions hereof will (i) conflict with or result in any violation of any
provision of the articles of incorporation, as amended, or bylaws of the Company
or any Subsidiary, (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 4.05, result in a
violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation
or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, license, agreement or other instrument or obligation
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any
of their properties or assets may be bound, or, (iii) violate any federal,
state, local or foreign order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or
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regulation applicable to the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their properties
or assets, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) violations,
breaches or defaults which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.06 SEC Reports and Financial Statements.
(a) Since June 30, 1995, the Company has filed all required forms,
reports and documents with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") required to be filed by it pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the "Securities Act") and the Exchange Act (hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Company Reports"), all of which have complied in all
material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act. The Company has previously furnished to Buyer copies
of all such Company Reports.
(b) None of such forms, reports or documents, including, without
limitation, any financial statements or schedules included therein, at the
time filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(c) The consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity and changes in financial
position (including, without limitation, the related notes thereto) of the
Company and the Subsidiaries included in the financial statements contained
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
1997 (the "Company 10-K") and in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-
Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (the "Company 10-Q"), present
fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and the
Subsidiaries as of their respective dates, and the results of consolidated
operations and changes in consolidated financial position for the periods
then ended, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and
subject in the case of unaudited interim financial statements to normal
year-end audit adjustments.
SECTION 4.07 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has any liabilities (whether absolute, accrued or
contingent), except: (a) liabilities, obligations or contingencies that are
accrued and reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and the Subsidiaries as of June 30, 1997 or reflected in the notes thereto, (b)
liabilities incurred since June 30, 1997 in the ordinary course of business, (c)
liabilities disclosed in Schedule 4.07 hereto or (d) liabilities which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.08 Changes. Since the date of the Company 10-K, and except
as set forth in the Company 10-K, the Company 10-Q and the Company's Current
Reports on Form 8-K
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dated August 13, 1997, August 29, 1997, September 22, 1997, October 10, 1997 and
October 21, 1997 and except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 4.08 hereto:
(a) there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(b) except as permitted by this Agreement, there has been no direct or
indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any shares of the
Company's capital stock, or any declaration, setting aside or payment of
any dividend or other distribution by the Company in respect of the
Company's capital stock, or any issuance of any shares of capital stock of
the Company, or any granting to any person of any option to purchase or
other right to acquire shares of capital stock of the Company or any stock
split or other change in the Company's capitalization;
(c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into or agreed
to enter into any new or amended contract with any unions representing
employees of the Company or any subsidiary;
(d) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into or agreed
to enter into any new or amended contract with any of the officers thereof
or otherwise increased the compensation payable to the officers or
directors of any such entity; and
(e) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has (i) entered into or
amended any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, profit
sharing, retirement, pension, group insurance or other benefit plan except
as required by law or regulations or (ii) made any contribution to any such
plan except for contributions specifically required pursuant to the terms
thereof.
SECTION 4.09 Investigations; Litigation.
(a) Except as described in Schedule 4.09(a), and other than reviews
pursuant to the HSR Act, there are, to the knowledge of the Company, no
pending investigations, reviews or inquiries by any federal, state,
municipal, foreign or other governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality with respect to the Company or any
Subsidiary or with respect to the activities of any officer, director or
employee of the Company (an "Investigation"), nor to the knowledge of the
Company is an Investigation threatened, nor has any such governmental
entity indicated to the Company or any executive officer of the Company an
intention to conduct an Investigation, other than Investigations which, if
the resolution thereof were adverse, would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. For the purpose of this
Agreement, "knowledge of the Company" shall be deemed to mean the actual
knowledge, after due inquiry, of any executive officer of the Company.
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(b) Except as described in Schedule 4.09(b) hereto, (i) there are no
actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary before any court or before
any administrative agency or administrative officer or executive, whether
federal, state, local or foreign, which seek to enjoin the Merger or which
if adversely determined would, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there are no outstanding domestic or foreign
judgments, decrees or orders against the Company or any Subsidiary
enjoining any of them in respect of, or the effect of which is to prohibit,
any business practice or the acquisition of any property or the conduct of
business in any area that, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of, and none of them has received any claim or notice that it is
in violation of, any federal, state, local or foreign laws, statutes,
rules, regulations or orders promulgated or judgments entered by any
federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental authority or
instrumentality, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; (iv) there are no actions pending, or to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the directors or any director
of the Company alleging a breach of such directors' or director's fiduciary
duties, except for such actions or threatened actions as outside legal
counsel of the Company, acting in good faith, advises the Company are not
likely to prevail in any material respect; and (v) to the knowledge of the
Company, there are no claims, actions or proceedings pending or threatened
against the Company arising out of the transactions consummated pursuant to
the Agreement dated August 21, 1997 among the Company, Invision Telecom,
Inc. and Xxxxxx Holdings, Inc.
SECTION 4.10 Environmental and Safety Matters.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material
respects and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental and Safety Requirements. "Environmental and Safety
Requirements" means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes,
regulations, ordinances and other provisions having the force or effect of
law, all judicial and administrative orders and determinations and all
common law in each case concerning public health and safety, worker health
and safety, and pollution or protection of the environment (including
without limitation all those relating to the presence, use, production,
generation, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, Release, threatened
Release, control, or cleanup of any hazardous materials, substances or
wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants,
contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls, noise or radiation). "Release" has the meaning
set forth in CERCLA (as defined below).
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have obtained and complied with, and are in compliance
with, all permits, licenses and other authorizations that are required
pursuant to Environmental and Safety Requirements for the occupation of
their facilities and the operation of their business, except
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where the failure to obtain or comply with such permits, licenses and other
authorizations will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written or
oral notice, report or other information regarding any material liabilities
(whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise) or
material investigatory, removal, remedial or corrective obligations,
relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
current or former properties and facilities, and arising under
Environmental and Safety Requirements.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10(d) hereto, none of the
following exists at any property or facility currently owned or operated by
the Company or its Subsidiaries:
1) Underground storage tanks;
2) Asbestos-containing material in any form or condition;
3) Materials or equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls;
or
4) Landfills, surface impoundments, waste piles or other waste
management, treatment, storage or disposal areas.
(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not treated, stored,
disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported,
handled, or Released any substance, including without limitation any
hazardous substance, or owned or operated any facility or property, so as
to give rise to liabilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries for response
costs, natural resource damages or attorneys fees pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980 ("CERCLA"), as amended, or similar state Environmental and Safety
Requirements.
(f) To the knowledge of the Company, neither this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement will
result in any obligations for site investigation or cleanup, or
notification to or consent of government agencies or third parties,
pursuant to any so-called "transaction-triggered" or "responsible property
transfer" Environmental and Safety Requirements.
(g) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have, either expressly or
by operation of law, assumed or undertaken any liability, including without
limitation any obligation for removal, corrective or remedial action, of
any other Person relating to any Environmental and Safety Requirements.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company, no Environmental Lien has
attached to any property currently owned, leased or operated by the Company
or any Subsidiary. "Environmental Lien" means a lien, either recorded or
unrecorded, in favor of any governmental entity, relating to any liability
arising under Environmental and Safety Requirements.
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(i) Without limiting the foregoing, no facts, events or conditions
relating to the past or present facilities, properties or operations of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Company's knowledge, any
predecessor or affiliate thereof, will prevent, hinder or limit continued
compliance in all material respects by the Company with applicable
Environmental and Safety Requirements, give rise to any material
investigatory, removal, remedial or corrective obligations pursuant to
Environmental and Safety Requirements, or give rise to any other material
liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or
otherwise) pursuant to Environmental and Safety Requirements, including
without limitation any relating to onsite or offsite Releases or threatened
Releases of hazardous materials, substances or wastes, personal injury,
property damage or natural resource damage.
SECTION 4.11 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 hereto,
each of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries has timely filed (or has or
will have had filed on its behalf) all federal, state, local and foreign income
and other tax returns, reports and declarations which are or were required by
applicable law to have been filed at or before the Effective Time, except where
the failure to so timely file does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has paid or
will pay (or has or will have paid on its behalf), or where payment is not
required to be made, has made or will make adequate provision in reserves
established on its financial statements and accounts for the payment of, all
taxes (including, without limitation, all taxes required to be withheld, or any
interest and penalties on any taxes), in respect of the periods covered by said
returns, reports and declarations or any other taxable period ending on or
before the Effective Time. The foreign and federal income tax returns of the
Company and the Subsidiaries have been audited and settled through, or the
statute of limitations has expired with respect to, the taxable year ended June
30, 1994. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 hereto, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has waived or extended, or requested any waiver or extension of,
any limitation period for audit or assessment of any tax liability. All
material returns, reports and declarations required to be made, including,
without limitation, any amendments to date, have been prepared in good faith and
are complete and accurate in all material respects. To the knowledge of the
Company, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries will have any material
liability with respect to any such taxes, including, without limitation,
interest and/or penalties thereon, in excess of the amount so paid or the
reserves so established on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary. Except
as set forth on Schedule 4.11 hereto, neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is delinquent in the payment of any material tax, assessment or
governmental charge required to be paid by it. No deficiencies for any tax,
assessment or governmental charge have been asserted or assessed against the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries which have not been paid, settled or
adequately provided for through reserves established in the financial statements
and accounts and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any
such deficiency, assessment or charge which would be material to the Company and
the Subsidiaries taken as a whole. No election under Section 341(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), has been or shall
hereafter be made to treat the Company or any of the Subsidiaries as a
consenting corporation (as defined in Section 341(f) of the Code). Neither the
Company nor any of
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its Subsidiaries is a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning
of Code Section 897(c)(2).
SECTION 4.12 Employment Agreements. Except as disclosed in Schedule
4.12 hereto, there are no employment, consulting, severance or indemnification
arrangements, agreements or understandings between the Company or any
Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any directors, officers or other employees of
the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand.
SECTION 4.13 Change of Control Provisions. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.l3 hereto, none of the arrangements, agreements or understandings set
forth in Section 4.12 hereto and none of the Company's or any Subsidiary's
employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements contains any provision that
would become operative as the result of a change of control of the Company or
that will become operative as a result of the Merger or any other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.14(a) hereto, all of the (i)
Plans (as defined in clause (b) of this Section 4.14), and (ii) other
bonus, insurance, pension, profit sharing, retirement, health, and other
benefit plans, stock option plans and stock purchase or ownership plans
currently maintained by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party may be terminated by the
Surviving Corporation following the Effective Time without financial
penalty or premium and there will be no obligation of the Surviving
Corporation or Buyer following the Effective Time to issue any shares of
their respective capital stock pursuant to any of the foregoing or
otherwise following the Effective Time. Except as set forth in Schedule
4.14(a) hereto, no payment by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to any
person (whether payable or distributable pursuant to the foregoing
agreements and plans, this Agreement or otherwise) will be nondeductible by
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes
because of Section 280G of the Code.
(b) All employee benefit plans within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), maintained by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries since June
30, 1995 (collectively, the "Plans") are in compliance in all material
respects with, and have been administered and operated in all material
respects in accordance with, the terms of such Plans and applicable law,
and the Internal Revenue Service has determined that each such Plan which
is intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the
Code is so qualified and that each related trust is exempt from tax under
Section 501(a) of the Code. No event which constitutes a "reportable
event" as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA has occurred and is continuing
with respect to any Plan subject to Title III of ERISA. No material
liability under any statutes, orders, governmental rules or regulations
applicable to any Plan, including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code,
has been or may reasonably be expected to be in-
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curred with respect to any Plan (other than liabilities for the payment of
contributions and benefits in the ordinary course). No Plan has been
terminated pursuant to Title IV of ERISA. To the best knowledge of the
Company, no event has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any
Plan which presents a material risk of termination or partial termination
of any Plan, which could reasonably be anticipated to result in a material
liability on the part of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Full
payment has been made, or provision has been made therefor, of all amounts
which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries were required under the terms
of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the
date hereof and no Plan which is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I
of ERISA has incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the
meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not
waived. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any other "disqualified person" or "party in
interest" (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section 3(14) of
ERISA, respectively) has engaged in any nonexempt prohibited transactions
in connection with any Plan (or its related trust) with respect to which
the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or any officer, director, employee of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any trustee, administrator or other fiduciary of any Plan, would be subject
to either a penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by
Section 4975 of the Code nor, to the knowledge of the Company, will the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitute
such a transaction. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.14(b), no material
claim, action or litigation, has been made, commenced or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan. No Plan or related
trust owns any securities in violation of Section 407 of ERISA. No
withdrawal by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, partial or complete,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, has occurred or may be reasonably
expected to occur with respect to any Plan which is a multiemployer plan
which would create a material liability not adequately reserved against by
the Company. With respect to each employee pension benefit plan (as defined
in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which is a defined benefit plan and is not a
multiemployer plan, the assets of such Plan available to meet the accrued
liabilities of such Plan would exceed such liabilities, based on the
actuarial assumptions used for plan termination. The Company has paid, or
has set up an adequate reserve for the payment of, all material liabilities
under each Plan.
SECTION 4.15 Licenses. The Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may
be, has obtained all permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses and
other federal, state, local or foreign governmental authorizations and approvals
material, individually or in the aggregate, to the conduct of all or any
material part of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (collectively,
"Licenses"), except where the failure to obtain such Licenses will not have a
Material Adverse Effect. All of the Licenses are in full force and effect and,
to the best of the Company's knowledge after due inquiry, will not be impaired
or adversely affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a
manner or to a degree that would have a Material Adverse Effect. There is not
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened any domestic or foreign
suit or proceeding with respect to the suspension, revocation, cancellation,
modification or non-renewal of any of such
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Licenses, and, except as set forth on Schedule 4.15, no event has occurred that
(whether with notice or lapse of time, or both) will or may result in a
suspension or revocation of or failure to renew any of the Licenses, the loss of
which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.16 Trademarks, Trade Names, Patents, etc. The Company or a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has the right to use all U.S. and foreign
patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, inventions, formulae, trade
secrets, manufacturing processes, know-how and other intellectual property
rights material for the manufacturing and marketing of the products presently
manufactured or marketed by it, including, without limitation, any product
licensed from others. To the knowledge of the Company, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not impair any such patent, trademark, trade
name, copyright or other similar property rights. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any knowledge of any notice or claim or other indication that any
such patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other similar property right is
not valid or enforceable by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
or of any infringement upon or conflict with any such patent, trademark, trade
name, copyright or other similar property right of any third party by the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or any claim of a third party
alleging such infringement or conflict.
SECTION 4.17 Compliance with Other Instruments and Laws. Except as
set forth on Schedule 4.17, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of any term of its articles of incorporation, as amended, or bylaws,
or in violation of any mortgage, indenture, instrument or agreement relating to
indebtedness for borrowed money or of any judgment, decree or order which names
the Company or any Subsidiary or in violation of any term of any other
instrument, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any
of its properties or assets is bound, which violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.17, the Company's and each
Subsidiary's businesses are in compliance in all material respects with all
federal, state, local or foreign statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, governmental
regulations, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses or other
governmental authorizations or approvals applicable to the operation of such
business, except where such violation will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.18 Employees. To the Company's knowledge, as of the date
of this Agreement, no key employee, or group of employees of the Company has any
plans to terminate employment with the Company. Without limiting the generality
of Section 4.17, the Company has complied in all material respects with all laws
relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to
wages, hours, equal opportunity and collective bargaining, and it does not have
any material labor relations problems (including without limitation threatened
or actual strikes or work stoppages or material grievances).
SECTION 4.19 Disclosure. At the time the Company Proxy Statement (as
defined in Section 6.02 hereof) or any amendment or supplement thereto is first
mailed to shareholders of the Company, at the time such shareholders vote on
adoption of this Agreement and at the Effective Time, the Company Proxy
Statement as supplemented or amended, if applicable, will not contain
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any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the time of the
filing of any disclosure document filed after the date hereof pursuant to the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law (each a "Company
Disclosure Document") other than the Company Proxy Statement, at the time of any
distribution thereof and throughout the remaining pendency of the Merger each
such Company Disclosure Document (as supplemented or amended) will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations
and warranties contained in this subsection (b) will not apply to statements or
omissions in the Company Proxy Statement or the Company Disclosure Documents
based upon information furnished to the Company by Buyer or Newco specifically
for use therein.
SECTION 4.20 Rights Agreement. The Company's Board of Directors has
taken all necessary action to provide that neither Buyer nor Newco will become
an "Acquiring Person," that no "Triggering Event," "Stock Acquisition Date" or
"Distribution Date" (as such terms are defined in the Shareholder Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 25, 1995, between the Company and First Union
National Bank of North Carolina, as Rights Agent, and amended by Amendment No. 1
to Shareholders Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 1997 (the "Rights
Agreement")) will occur, and that the Rights Agreement will not be applicable to
the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any amendment hereto or the
consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby. The
Company has provided to Buyer and Newco written evidence, reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer and Newco, of the foregoing.
SECTION 4.21 Certain Fees. Except in connection with the engagement
of X.X. Xxxxxxxx & Co., neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has employed any
broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory, brokerage
or finders' fees or commissions in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION 4.22 Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company has received
the opinion of X.X. Xxxxxxxx & Co., dated the date hereof, to the effect that,
as of such date, the Merger Consideration to be received in the Merger by the
Company's shareholders is fair to the Company's shareholders from a financial
point of view, a copy of which opinion has been delivered to Buyer and Newco.
SECTION 4.23 Phones. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.23 hereto,
the Company has good and marketable title, free of all liens, claims and
encumbrances, to at least 19,500 pay telephones in operation, subject to
enforceable site location agreements or generating income for the Company. The
average term of such site location agreements for each telephone is at least 40
months.
SECTION 4.24 Average Net Revenue. The Average Net Revenue shall be
at least $90.00 per pay telephone in operation as of the date hereof. For
purposes of this Agreement,
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"Average Net Revenue" for such pay telephones shall mean the average of the
monthly gross revenues minus telephone bills and commissions (excluding dial-
around compensation) for the 18 months prior to September 30, 1997.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND NEWCO
Buyer and Newco represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
SECTION 5.01 Corporate Organization. Each of Buyer and Newco is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on
its businesses as now being conducted.
SECTION 5.02 Authorization. Each of Buyer and Newco has the
necessary corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Buyer and Newco, the performance by Buyer and Newco of their
respective obligations hereunder and the consummation by Buyer and Newco of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the
respective Boards of Directors of Buyer and Newco, and by Buyer as the sole
shareholder of Newco, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of Buyer or
Newco is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of
Buyer and Newco, the performance of their respective obligations hereunder and
the consummation by Buyer and Newco of the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Buyer
and Newco and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Buyer and
Newco, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
or by the availability of equitable remedies generally.
SECTION 5.03 Proxy Statement; Other Information. None of the
information supplied by Buyer or Newco for inclusion or included in the Company
Proxy Statement or any other Company Disclosure Document, or in any amendments
or supplements thereto, required to be filed with the SEC in connection
therewith, will, at the respective times such documents, amendments or
supplements are filed with the SEC and mailed to shareholders, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
SECTION 5.04 Consents and Approvals; No Violations. Except for (a)
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, (b) expiration of the waiting
period under the HSR Act, (c) the filing and recordation of the Georgia
Certificate of Merger as required by Georgia Law (d) such
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filings and consents as may be required under any environmental law pertaining
to any notification, disclosure or required approval triggered by the Merger or
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (e) filing with, and approval
of, the Nasdaq Stock Market and the SEC with respect to the delisting and
deregistration of the Shares, and (f) such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, notifications, registrations, declarations and filings as may be
required under the corporation, takeover or blue sky laws of various states or
non-U.S. change-in-control laws or regulations, no filing or registration with,
no notice to and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of any public or
governmental body or authority is necessary for the consummation by Buyer and
Newco of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer and Newco nor the consummation by Buyer
and Newco of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by Buyer and
Newco with any of the provisions hereof will (i) conflict with or result in any
breach of any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of Buyer or Newco, (ii) at the Effective Time, result in a violation or
breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a
default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration
or otherwise change the existing rights or obligations of any party thereto)
under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage
indenture, license, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which Buyer
or Newco is a party or by which Buyer or Newco, or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound, or (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction,
decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Buyer or Newco or any of their
respective properties or assets, excluding from the foregoing clauses (ii) and
(iii) violations, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of Buyer.
SECTION 5.05 Financing. Buyer and/or Newco has sufficient funds
available, or written commitments providing therefor, to purchase all Shares
currently outstanding for the Merger Consideration.
SECTION 5.06 Certain Fees. Except for ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation,
Inc., whose fees will be paid by Buyer, there is no investment banker, broker,
finder or other intermediary who might be entitled to any fee or commission upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 6.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.
The Company covenants and agrees that prior to the Effective Time or the date,
if any, on which this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 10.01
hereof, unless Buyer and Newco shall otherwise consent in writing or except as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
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(a) the businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries will be
conducted only in the ordinary and usual course; the Company will use its
best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and goodwill,
keep available the services of its officers and employees and maintain
satisfactory relationships with suppliers, distributors, customers and
others having business relationships with it and the Subsidiaries; and the
Company will promptly notify Buyer and Newco of any event or occurrence or
emergency not in the ordinary and usual course of the business of the
Company or any Subsidiary or material to the business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(b) the Company will not (i) amend its articles of incorporation or
bylaws or (ii) split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Shares or
declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property
with respect to the Shares;
(c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will issue or agree to
issue any additional shares of, or rights of any kind to acquire shares of,
its capital stock of any class other than the issuance of shares of capital
stock of a Subsidiary to the Company or, with respect to the Company,
Shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options pursuant to the Stock
Option Plans or upon exercise of the Warrants;
(d) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will enter into or agree to
enter into any new or amended contract or agreement with any unions
representing employees of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(e) except as contemplated by Section 6.04 hereto, the Company will
not authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to authorize,
recommend or propose, or enter into an agreement in principle or an
agreement with respect to any merger, consolidation or business combination
(other than the Merger), any acquisition or disposition of a material
amount of assets or securities (including, without limitation, the assets
or securities of any Subsidiary) or any material change in its
capitalization, or enter, other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, into a material contract or any release or
relinquishment of any material contract rights;
(f) the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i)
enter into or amend any employment, severance or change-in-control
agreement, or any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation,
profit sharing, retirement, pension, group insurance or other benefit plan
except as required by law or regulations, or as expressly provided by this
Agreement; or (ii) make any contribution to any such plan except for
contributions specifically required pursuant to the terms thereof;
(g) the Company will not (i) except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(g)
hereto, create, incur or assume any long-term debt (including, without
limitation, obligations in respect of capital leases) or, except in the
ordinary course of business under existing lines of credit or except to
fund out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with the transactions
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contemplated hereby, create, incur, assume, maintain or permit to exist any
short-term debt in an aggregate amount for the Company and the Subsidiaries
as a whole exceeding $1,400,000; (ii) except as set forth on Schedule
6.01(g), assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or
responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the
obligations of any other person except wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the
Company in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices; or (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to,
or investments in, any other person other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary
(other than customary advances to employees and short-term investments
pursuant to customary cash management systems of the Company in the
ordinary course and consistent with past practice);
(h) the Company will neither amend the Rights Agreement nor redeem any
of the Rights without the written consent of Buyer; and
(i) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall agree in writing or
otherwise to take (i) any action that it is prohibited from taking by this
Section 6.01, (ii) any action that would be prohibited by Section 6.01(e)
in the absence of the exception therein for matters contemplated by Section
6.04 hereto or (iii) any action that would constitute or is likely to cause
or result in a breach of any covenant, agreement, or representation or
warranty set forth herein.
SECTION 6.02 Shareholders' Meeting; Proxy Material. If required
under the Georgia Law, the Company shall cause a meeting of its shareholders
(the "Company Shareholder Meeting") to be duly called and held as soon as
reasonably practicable for the purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of
this Agreement and the Merger. The Board of Directors of the Company, subject
to their fiduciary duties as advised by counsel, will (a) recommend approval and
adoption of this Agreement by the Company's shareholders in accordance with
Section 1.02 hereof and (b) use its best efforts to obtain the necessary
approval by the Company's shareholders of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby. In connection with such meeting, the Company will promptly
prepare and file with the SEC, will use its best efforts to have cleared by the
SEC and will thereafter mail to its shareholders a proxy statement and all other
proxy materials for such meeting (the "Company Proxy Statement") and will
otherwise comply with all legal requirements applicable to such meeting.
SECTION 6.03 Access to Information. Subject to the terms of Section
7.01, the Company will give Buyer, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and
other authorized representatives full access throughout the period prior to the
Effective Time to all of the offices, properties, business and marketing plans,
books, files and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries, will furnish to
Buyer, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized
representatives such financial and operating data and other information as such
persons may reasonably request and will instruct the Company's employees,
counsel and financial advisors to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company will furnish
promptly to Buyer and Newco (a) a copy of each report, schedule and other
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document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of Federal or
state securities laws, and (b) all such other information concerning its
business, properties and personnel as Buyer or Newco may reasonably request;
provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall affect any
representation or warranty contained herein or the conditions to the obligations
of the parties to consummate the Merger.
SECTION 6.04 No Solicitation. (a) The Company agrees that, prior
to the Effective Time, it shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of
its Subsidiaries or any of its or its Subsidiaries' directors, officers,
employees, agents or representatives, directly or indirectly, to solicit,
initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing or disclosing non-public
information) any inquiries or the making of any proposal with respect to any
merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company or the
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the
Company (an "Acquisition Transaction") or negotiate, explore or otherwise engage
in substantive discussions with any person (other than Buyer, Newco or their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives) with
respect to any Acquisition Transaction or enter into any agreement, arrangement
or understanding requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the
Merger or any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that
(i) the Company may, in response to a bona fide unsolicited written proposal
with respect to an Acquisition Transaction from a credible third party that is
not subject to any material financing uncertainties and is more favorable to the
shareholders of the Company than the Merger, furnish or disclose non-public
information to, and negotiate, explore or otherwise engage in substantive
discussions with, or enter into such an agreement with, such third party
(provided that it shall concurrently with entering into such agreement pay or
cause to be paid to Buyer the amount specified in Section 10.04(b) hereof) and
(ii) upon receipt of an unsolicited written proposal with respect to an
Acquisition Transaction that appears, on its face, to meet the requirements set
forth in clause (i) above, the Company may explore such proposal with such other
person for the purpose of determining whether it meets such requirements, in
each case only if the Board determines in good faith by a majority vote, after
consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel of the
Company, that failing to take such action would constitute a breach of the
fiduciary duties of the Board.
(b) Upon executing this Agreement, the Company shall immediately
advise Buyer in writing regarding the identity of any other persons or entities
with whom the Company has had direct or indirect contact since September 30,
1997 regarding a possible Acquisition Transaction. Hereafter, the Company shall
immediately advise Buyer in writing of the receipt, directly or indirectly, of
any inquiries or proposals relating to an Acquisition Transaction and any
actions taken pursuant to Section 6.04(a) and furnish to Buyer either a copy of
such proposal or a written summary of such proposal.
SECTION 6.05 Representations; Schedules. Each of the Company, on
the one hand, and Buyer and Newco, on the other, (a) will use their reasonable
best efforts to take all action necessary to render true and correct as of the
Closing its representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, (b) will
refrain from taking any action that would render any such representation
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or warranty untrue or incorrect as of such time, and (c) will perform or cause
to be satisfied each agreement, covenant or condition to be performed or
satisfied by it.
SECTION 6.06 Corporate Organization. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement or in the Schedules hereto, the Company
and each Subsidiary shall take all actions necessary in order to be duly
qualified and in good standing on the Effective Date with the Secretary of State
and the state regulatory authority governing pay telephone services in each
jurisdiction in which the character of its properties owned or held under lease
or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF BUYER
Buyer agrees that:
SECTION 7.01 Confidentiality. Buyer will hold, and will use its
reasonable best efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees,
consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to
disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law,
all trade secrets and confidential information concerning the Company and the
Subsidiaries furnished to Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, except to the extent that such information can be shown to
have been (a) previously known on a nonconfidential basis by Buyer, (b) in the
public domain through no fault of Buyer or (c) lawfully available to Buyer from
sources other than the Company; provided, however, that Buyer may disclose such
information to its officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors,
agents, banks and other sources of financing in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement so long as such persons are informed by Buyer of
the confidential nature of such information and are directed by Buyer to treat
such information confidentially and provided that Buyer shall be responsible for
any disclosures of such information by any such persons. If this Agreement is
terminated, such confidence shall be maintained and Buyer will, and will use its
best efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors
and agents to, destroy or deliver to the Company, upon request, all documents
and other materials, and all copies thereof, obtained by Buyer or on its behalf
from the Company in connection with this Agreement that are subject to such
confidence.
SECTION 7.02 Obligations of Newco. Buyer will take all action
necessary to cause Newco to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03 Indemnification. Buyer shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to indemnify, to the full extent permitted under the Georgia Law,
the present and former directors or officers of the Company and the Subsidiaries
(the "Indemnified Parties") in respect of actions taken
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prior to and including the Effective Time in connection with their duties as
directors or officers of the Company (including the transactions contemplated
hereby) for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Time;
provided that, in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such
six-year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or
claims shall continue until final disposition of any and all such claims.
Without limitation of the foregoing, in the event any Indemnified Party becomes
involved in such capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation in
connection with any matter, including the transactions contemplated hereby,
occurring prior to and including the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation,
to the extent permitted and on such conditions as may be required by applicable
law, will periodically reimburse such Indemnified Party for his legal and other
out-of-pocket expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation)
incurred in connection therewith.
ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS OF BUYER AND THE COMPANY
The parties hereto agree that:
SECTION 8.01 Best Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, each party will use its best efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper
or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company, Buyer and Newco shall
each furnish to one another and to one another's counsel all such information as
may be required in order to accomplish the foregoing actions.
SECTION 8.02 Certain Filings. The Company and Buyer shall cooperate
with one another (a) in connection with the preparation of the Company Proxy
Statement and the Company Disclosure Documents, (b) in determining whether any
other action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency
or official, or authority or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are
required to be obtained from parties to any material contracts in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (c)
in seeking any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers or making any such
filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith or with the
Company Proxy Statement and the Company Disclosure Documents and seeking timely
to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.
SECTION 8.03 Public Announcements. Buyer and the Company will
consult with each other before issuing any press release or making any public
statement with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby and, except as may be required by applicable law or any listing agreement
with any national securities exchange, will not issue any such press release or
make any such public statement prior to such consultation.
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SECTION 8.04 Further Assurances. At and after the Effective Time,
the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation will be authorized to
execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Company or Newco, any
deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and to take and do, in the name
and on behalf the Company or Newco, any other actions and things to vest,
perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation any and
all right, title and interest in, to and under any of the rights, properties or
assets of the Company acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as
a result of, or in connection with, the Merger.
SECTION 8.05 Notices of Certain Events. The Company and Buyer shall
promptly notify the other of:
(a) any notice or other communication from any person alleging that
the consent of such person is or may be required in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) any notice or other communication from any governmental or
regulatory agency or authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) any actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings
commenced or, to the best of its knowledge threatened against, relating to
or involving or otherwise affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, on the
one hand, or Buyer or Newco, on the other hand, which relate to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(d) any action, event or occurrence that would constitute a breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of it set forth in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
SECTION 9.01 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The
obligations of the Company, Buyer and Newco to consummate the Merger are subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) if required by the Georgia Law, this Agreement shall have been
approved and adopted by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with
such Law;
(b) any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to the
Merger shall have expired;
(c) no provision of any applicable law or regulation and no judgment,
injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the consummation of the Merger;
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(d) with respect to the obligations of Buyer and Newco, all
outstanding employee stock options shall be canceled upon delivery at the
Effective Time of the consideration described in Section 2.05;
(e) with respect to the obligations of Buyer and Newco, there shall
not have been a breach of any representation or warranty of the Company set
forth in Sections 4.06(b), 4.06(c), 4.11, 4.19 and 4.24 of this Agreement
when made or as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, except in each
case that with respect to any such representation and warranty that speaks
as of a specific date or time, there shall not have been a breach thereof
as of such date or time and the Company shall have performed or complied in
all material respects with each covenant or agreement of it set forth in
this Agreement;
(f) with respect to the obligations of Buyer and Newco, the
individuals who are party to the Consulting and Non-Competition Agreements,
the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits A, B, C, D, E and F,
shall have executed and delivered to Buyer counterparts to such agreements;
(g) this Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with
its terms; and
(h) with respect to the obligations of Buyer and Newco, on the one
hand, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Effective
Date as if made on and as of such date, except where the failure of such
representations and warranties to be true and correct (after giving effect
to the disclosures made by the Company in any disclosure schedules
delivered hereto, but disregarding any materiality qualifications contained
within the body of such representations and warranties, including, without
limitation, Section 4.07(d)) would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect and, with respect to the obligations of the Company, on the
other hand, the representations and warranties of Buyer or Newco contained
herein shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the
Effective Date as if made on and as of such date, except where the failure
of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (disregarding
any materiality qualifications contained within the body of such
representations and warranties) would not, in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of Buyer and Newco.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the
Transaction may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time
(notwithstanding any approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the
Company):
(a) by mutual written consent of the Company, Buyer and Newco;
(b) by either the Company or Buyer, if the Merger has not been
consummated by February 27, 1998; provided that no party may terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this clause if such party's failure to fulfill any of
its obligations under this Agreement shall have been the reason that the
Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before said date;
(c) by either the Company or Buyer, if there shall be any law or
regulation that makes consummation of the Transaction illegal or otherwise
prohibited or if any judgment, injunction, order or decree enjoining Buyer
or the Company from consummating the Transaction is entered and such
judgment, injunction, order or decree shall become final and nonappealable;
(d) by either of Buyer or Newco, if the Company's Board of Directors
shall withdraw, modify or change its recommendation or approval in respect
of this Agreement or the Merger in a manner adverse to Buyer;
(e) by either of Buyer or Newco, if the Company's Board of Directors
shall have recommended any proposal other than by Buyer or Newco in respect
of an Acquisition Transaction;
(f) by either of Buyer or Newco, if any corporation, partnership,
person, other entity or group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) other than Buyer or Newco or any of their respective
subsidiaries or affiliates shall have become the beneficial owner of more
than 20% of the outstanding Shares (either on a primary or a fully diluted
basis);
(g) by the Board of Directors of the Company, to allow the Company to
enter into an agreement in respect of an Acquisition Transaction which the
Board has determined is more favorable to the Company and its shareholders
than the transactions contemplated hereby (provided that the termination
described in this clause (g) shall not be effective unless and until the
Company shall have paid to Buyer the fee described in Section 10.04(b)
hereof); or
(h) by either of Buyer or Newco, if there shall have occurred any
decline in either the Dow Xxxxx Industrial Average or the Standard & Poor's
Index of 400 Industrial Companies
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or in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index in excess of 15% measured
from the close of business on the trading day next preceding the date of
this Agreement.
Such right of termination shall be exercised by written notice of termination
given by the terminating party to the other parties hereto in the manner
hereinafter provided. Any such right of termination shall not be an exclusive
remedy hereunder but shall be in addition to any other legal or equitable
remedies that may be available to any non-defaulting party hereto arising out of
any default hereunder by any other party hereto.
SECTION 10.02 Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the
parties hereto, by action taken by or pursuant to resolutions of their
respective Boards of Directors, may (a) extend the time for the performance of
any of the obligations or other acts of the parties hereto, (b) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any
document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) except for approval of the holders
of Shares and, in connection with all HSR Act filings, of the Federal Trade
Commission and the Department of Justice, waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party
hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party.
SECTION 10.03 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
contained in Section 9.01 hereof, the closing of the Merger contemplated by this
Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx in
Chicago, Illinois as soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of all
of the conditions to the Merger contained in Section 9.01(a) and (b) hereof or
at such other time and place as Buyer, Newco and the Company shall agree.
SECTION 10.04 Effect of Termination; Termination Fee. (a) If this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement shall become
void and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto, except
that the agreements contained in Sections 7.01, and 11.04 shall survive the
termination hereof, and except that no such termination shall relieve any party
from liability for breach of this Agreement or failure by it to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(b) If (i) Buyer or Newco shall have terminated this Agreement
pursuant to any of clauses (d), (e) or (f) of Section 10.01 hereof or (ii) the
Company shall have terminated this Agreement pursuant to clause (g) of Section
10.01 hereof, then in either such case the Company shall promptly, but in no
event later than two business days after the date of such termination or event,
pay Buyer a termination fee of $3,000,000 plus an amount, not to exceed
$500,000, equal to Buyer's actual and reasonably documented out-of-pocket
expenses directly attributable to the proposed acquisition of the Company,
including negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the attempted
financing and completion of the Merger, which fee and amount shall be payable in
same day funds. In no event shall the Company be required to pay more than one
termination fee and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to this Section 10.04(b).
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Notices. All notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile,
telex or similar writing) and shall be given,
If to Buyer or Newco, to:
Davel Communications Group, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: R. Xxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to the Company, to:
Communications Central Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: President
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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with a copy to:
Hunton & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or such other address, telecopy or telex number as such party may hereafter
specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. Each such
notice, request or other communication shall be effective (a) if given by
facsimile or telex, upon confirmation of receipt, or (b) if given by any other
means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section.
SECTION 11.02 Survival of Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall not survive the Effective
Time. The covenants and agreements contained herein shall not survive the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement except for the covenants and
agreements set forth in Sections 7.01 (only in the event of termination pursuant
to Section 10.01), 7.03, 10.04 and 11.04.
SECTION 11.03 Amendments; No Waivers.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived prior to
the Effective Time if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and
signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company, Buyer and Newco or in the
case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective;
provided that after the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of the
Company, no such amendment or waiver shall, without the further approval of such
shareholders, alter or change (i) the amount or kind of consideration to be
received in exchange for any shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) any
term of the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation or (iii) any
of the terms or conditions of this Agreement if such alteration or change would
adversely affect the holders of any shares of capital stock of the Company.
(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein
provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
SECTION 11.04 Expenses. Except as provided in Section 10.04, each
party shall pay its own costs and expenses relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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SECTION 11.05 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no party may assign,
delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the consent of the other parties hereto except that Newco may
transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more of its
affiliates, the right to purchase Shares in the Merger, but any such transfer or
assignment will not relieve Newco of its obligations hereunder or prejudice the
rights of shareholders to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to the
Merger.
SECTION 11.06 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Georgia, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of
the State of Georgia or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application
of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia.
SECTION 11.07 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall
have received counterparts hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto.
SECTION 11.08 Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are
for convenience only and shall be ignored in the construction and interpretation
hereof.
SECTION 11.09 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 7.03,
no provision of this Agreement is intended to, or shall, confer any third party
beneficiary or other rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties
hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
DAVEL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
By Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Chairman of the Board
PANTHER ACQUISITION CORP.
By Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: President
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRAL INC.
By Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
