Contract
EXHIBIT
2.1
EXECUTION
COPY
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated
as of
June
5, 2008
among
AXWAY
INC.
and
TORNADO
ACQUISITION CORP.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2
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Other
Definitional and Interpretative Provisions
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9
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ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
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Section
2.1
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The
Closing
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10
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Section
2.2
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The
Merger
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10
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Section
2.3
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Conversion
of Shares
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10
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Section
2.4
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Surrender
and Payment
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11
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Section
2.5
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Dissenting
Shares
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12
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Section
2.6
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Company
Stock Options; Company Restricted Shares
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12
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Section
2.7
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Withholding
Rights
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13
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Section
2.8
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Lost
Certificates
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13
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ARTICLE
III
THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION
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Section
3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation
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13
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Section
3.2
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Bylaws
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14
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Section
3.3
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Directors
and Officers
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14
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section
4.1
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Corporate
Existence and Power
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14
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Section
4.2
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Corporate
Authorization
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14
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Section
4.3
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Governmental
Authorization
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15
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Section
4.4
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Non-contravention
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15
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Section
4.5
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Capitalization
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15
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Section
4.6
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Subsidiaries
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17
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Section
4.7
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SEC
Filings and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
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18
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Section
4.8
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Financial
Statements; Internal Controls
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19
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Section
4.9
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Proxy
Statement
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20
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Section
4.10
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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20
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Section
4.11
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No
Undisclosed Material Liabilities
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20
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Section
4.12
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Litigation
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20
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Section
4.13
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Compliance
with Applicable Law and Orders
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21
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Section
4.14
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Material
Contracts
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21
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Section
4.15
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Taxes
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24
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Section
4.16
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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25
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Section
4.17
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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27
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Section
4.18
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Insurance
Policies
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29
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Section
4.19
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Environmental
Matters
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29
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Section
4.20
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Intellectual
Property
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29
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Section
4.21
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Properties
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32
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Section
4.22
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Interested
Party Transactions
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33
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Section
4.23
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Certain
Business Practices
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33
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Section
4.24
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Finders’
Fees
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33
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Section
4.25
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Opinion
of Financial Advisor
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33
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Section
4.26
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Export
Control Laws
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33
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Section
4.27
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Government
Contracts
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34
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Section
4.28
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State
Takeover Statutes
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35
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ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT
AND MERGER SUB
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Section
5.1
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Corporate
Existence and Power
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35
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Section
5.2
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Corporate
Authorization
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35
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Section
5.3
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Governmental
Authorization
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36
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Section
5.4
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Non-contravention
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36
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Section
5.5
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Information
Provided
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36
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Section
5.6
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Company
Securities
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36
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Section
5.7
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Litigation
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37
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Section
5.8
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Financing
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37
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ARTICLE
VI
COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
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Section
6.1
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Conduct
of the Company
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37
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Section
6.2
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Proxy
Statement
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41
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Section
6.3
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Stockholders
Meeting
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42
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Section
6.4
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No
Solicitation
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42
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Section
6.5
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Access
to Information
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44
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Section
6.6
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Notice
of Certain Events
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45
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Section
6.7
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Termination
of 401(k) Plan
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45
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Section
6.8
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FIRPTA
Certificate
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46
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Section
6.9
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Director
Resignations
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46
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ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
OF PARENT
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Section
7.1
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Director
and Officer Liability
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46
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Section
7.2
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Employee
Matters
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47
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ARTICLE
VIII
COVENANTS
OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY
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Section
8.1
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Reasonable
Best Efforts
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48
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Section
8.2
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Public
Announcements
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50
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Section
8.3
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Further
Assurances
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50
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ARTICLE
IX
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
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Section
9.1
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party
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50
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Section
9.2
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Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of the Company
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51
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Section
9.3
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Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and Merger Sub
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51
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ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION
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Section
10.1
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Termination
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52
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Section
10.2
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Effect
of Termination
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53
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.1
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Notices
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54
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Section
11.2
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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55
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Section
11.3
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Amendments
and Waivers
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55
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Section
11.4
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Expenses
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55
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Section
11.5
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Disclosure
Schedule References
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56
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Section
11.6
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Binding
Effect; Benefit; Assignment
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56
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Section
11.7
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Governing
Law
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57
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Section
11.8
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Jurisdiction
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57
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Section
11.9
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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57
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Section
11.10
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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57
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Section
11.11
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Entire
Agreement
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57
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Section
11.12
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Severability
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57
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Section
11.13
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Specific
Performance
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58
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Exhibit
A Agreement
of Guarantee of Sopra Group SA
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as
of June 5, 2008 among Tumbleweed Communications Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), Axway
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Tornado
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”).
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company deem it advisable
and in the best interests of each corporation and their respective stockholders
that Parent acquire the Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the acquisition of the Company shall be effected through a merger (the “Merger”) of Merger
Sub with and into the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware Law”), as a
result of which the Company shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and
inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, all current
executive officers and members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Company
Board”) are entering into Voting Agreements and irrevocable proxies (the
“Voting
Agreements”); and
WHEREAS,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and to
prescribe certain conditions to the consummation of the Merger.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Definitions.
(a) As
used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Acquisition Proposal”
means, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any Contract
offer, proposal, inquiry or indication of interest relating to any transaction
or series of related transactions involving (i) the purchase from the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries by any Third Party of more than a fifteen percent (15%)
interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or any tender offer or exchange offer
that, if consummated, would result in any Third Party beneficially
owning
fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total outstanding voting securities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (ii) any merger,
amalgamation, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or other
similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose
assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute fifteen percent (15%) or
more of the consolidated assets of the Company pursuant to which the
shareholders of the Company immediately preceding such transaction hold,
directly or indirectly, less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the equity
interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction,
(iii) other than in the ordinary course of business, any sale, transfer or
disposition of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the consolidated assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (measured by the greater of
book or fair market value thereof) or (iv) any liquidation, recapitalization,
extraordinary dividend or other significant corporate reorganization of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the
aggregate, constitute fifteen percent (15%) or more of the consolidated assets
of the Company; provided, however, that each
reference to fifteen percent (15%) and eighty-five percent (85%) in clauses (i)
and (ii) shall be changed to twenty percent (20%) and eighty percent (80%),
respectively, with respect to any Third Party that, as of the date hereof,
beneficially owns greater than ten percent (10%) of the total outstanding voting
securities of the Company.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with such Person. As used in
this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling”,
“controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
“Applicable Law”
means, with respect to any Person, any international, national, federal, state
or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention,
ordinance, code, rule or regulation enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by
a Governmental Authority that is binding upon such Person.
“Bid” means any
quotation, bid or proposal by the Company or any of its Affiliates which, if
accepted or awarded, would lead to a Government Contract for the design,
manufacture or sale of products or the provision of services by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“Business Day” means a
day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York, New York or in Paris, France are authorized or required by Applicable Law
to close.
“Closing Date” means
the date of Closing.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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“Company Balance
Sheet” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2008 and the footnotes thereto set forth in the
Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31,
2008.
“Company Balance Sheet
Date” means March 31, 2008.
“Company Bylaws” means
the bylaws of the Company.
“Company Certificate of
Incorporation” means the certificate of incorporation of the
Company.
“Company Common Stock”
means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Disclosure
Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date hereof regarding
this Agreement that has been provided by the Company to Parent and Merger
Sub.
“Company IP” means all
Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and / or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any change, event, circumstance or development (each, an
“Effect”) that
individually or in the aggregate and regardless of whether or not such Effect
constitutes a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
made by the Company in this Agreement, is or would reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the business, assets (including intangible assets),
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding any such Effect resulting from or
arising out of (i) any adverse Effect (including any loss of or adverse change
in the relationship of the Company and its Subsidiaries with their respective
employees, customers, distributors, licensors, partners, suppliers or similar
relationship) arising out of or related to the announcement, pendency or
consummation of the Merger or the performance of any other obligation under this
Agreement, (ii) changes in general economic, market or political conditions
(including acts of terrorism or war or other force majeure events) that do
not disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, as compared with other participants in the industry in which the Company
and its Subsidiaries operate, (iii) general conditions in the industry in which
the Company and its Subsidiaries operate that do not disproportionately affect
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) any changes (after the
date hereof) in GAAP or Applicable Law, (v) any failure of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to take any action as a result of Parent’s unreasonable refusal
to grant its consent to such action pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof,
(vi) any failure of the Company to meet internal or analysts’ expectations or
projections as to revenue or earnings or otherwise (provided that
such
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exclusion
shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such failure), or
(vii) a decline in the price of the Company Common Stock or the Nasdaq generally
(provided that such exclusion shall not apply to any underling Effect that may
have caused such decline).
“Company Products”
means all software and hardware products owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The term “Company Products”
shall not include Third Party software.
“Company Restricted
Share” means a restricted share of Company Common Stock issued (or
issuable under an outstanding deferred stock agreement) pursuant to any of the
Company Stock Plans that remains unvested.
“Company Shares” shall
mean the outstanding shares (each a “Company Share”) of
Company Common Stock.
“Contract” means any
contract, agreement, note, bond, indenture, mortgage, guarantee, option, lease,
license, sales or purchase order, warranty, commitment or other instrument,
obligation or binding arrangement or understanding of any kind.
“Environmental Law”
means any Applicable Law governing (i) pollution or the protection,
investigation or restoration of the environment, human health and safety, or
natural resources, (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, handling,
use, storage, treatment, transport, disposal, release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Substance or (iii) wetland protection.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” of
any entity means any other entity that, together with such entity, would be
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Executory Government
Contract” means a Government Contract that has not been closed by the
U.S. Government, such prime contractor or such higher tier subcontractor, as
appropriate.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental
Authority” means (i) any government or any state, department, local
authority or other political subdivision thereof or (ii) any governmental body,
agency,
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authority
(including any central bank, Taxing Authority or transgovernmental or
supranational entity or authority), minister or instrumentality (including any
court or tribunal) exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Governmental
Authorizations” means, with respect to any Person, all material licenses,
permits (including construction permits), certificates, waivers, consents,
franchises, exemptions, variances, expirations and terminations of any waiting
period requirements and other authorizations and approvals issued to such Person
by or obtained by such Person from any Governmental Authority, or of which such
Person has the benefit under any Applicable Law.
“Government Contract”
means any prime contract or subcontract between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and (i) the U.S. Government, (ii) any prime contractor to the U.S.
Government or (iii) any higher tier subcontractor with respect to any contract
described in clause (i) or (ii).
“Hazardous Substance”
means (i) any substance that is regulated as a “hazardous substance”, “hazardous
waste”, “hazardous material”, “solid waste”, “pollutant”, “contaminant”, “toxic
waste” or any other term of similar import under any Environmental Law, or (ii)
any petroleum product or by-product, chemical, asbestos-containing material,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive materials, lead or lead-based paints or
materials, toxic fungus or mold, mycotoxins or radon.
“HSR Act” means the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
“Indebtedness” means,
collectively, any (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) indebtedness
evidenced by any bond, debenture, note, letter of credit, mortgage, indenture or
other debt instrument or debt security, (iii) amounts owing as deferred purchase
price for the purchase of any property (other than trade payables and other
current liabilities), (iv) amounts owing under any capitalized or synthetic
leases or (v) guarantees with respect to any indebtedness or obligation of a
type described in clauses (i) through (iv) above of any other Person; provided, however, that
Indebtedness shall not include any inter-company indebtedness between the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries or between any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries.
“Intellectual Property
Rights” means all worldwide rights in (i) patents and patent
applications, (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, Internet
domain names and trade names, whether or not registered, and all goodwill
associated therewith, (iii) copyrights and rights in databases, whether or not
registered, (iv) computer software, databases and documentation related to the
foregoing, (v) trade secrets and (vi) all rights to any of the foregoing
provided by bilateral or international treaties or conventions.
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“Lien” means, with
respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, right of first
refusal, preemptive right, community property right or other adverse claim of
any kind in respect of such property or asset (but excluding (i) licenses and
other agreements related to Intellectual Property Rights which are not intended
to secure an obligation, (ii) any obligation to accept returns of inventory and
(iii) any obligation arising by reason of restrictions on transfer under
federal, state and foreign securities laws). For purposes of this
Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien, any property or
asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement relating to such property or asset.
“made available” means
such documents or information shall have been (i) publicly filed with the
SEC, (ii) posted in the electronic data room maintained by the Company and
hosted by XX Xxxxxxxxx Venue in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (iii) provided separately to Parent or its
Representatives, in either instance, no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the
day immediately preceding the date hereof.
“Nasdaq” means The
NASDAQ Global Market.
“1933 Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933.
“1934 Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Order” means, with
respect to any Person, any order, injunction, judgment, decree or ruling
enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority or
arbitrator that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or its
property.
“Permitted Liens”
means (i) Liens disclosed on the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) Liens for
Taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith by any appropriate
Proceedings or for which accruals or reserves have been established on the
Company Balance Sheet and (iii) Liens (other than those securing
Indebtedness) incurred in the ordinary course of business which do not
materially interfere with any continued use of the property or assets to which
such Lien relates.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
trust or other entity or organization, including any Governmental
Authority.
“Proceeding” means any
suit, claim, action, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding),
hearing,
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audit,
examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or
before, any court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator or
arbitration panel (but excluding ordinary course prosecution proceedings before
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office and other IP
registries).
“Registered IP” means
all U.S., international and foreign (i) patents and patent applications, (ii)
registered trademarks, service marks, applications to register trademarks,
applications to register service marks, including intent-to-use applications,
(iii) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration, (iv)
domain name registrations and Internet number assignments and (v) other
Intellectual Property Rights that are the subject of an application or
registration issued or filed with, any Governmental Authority, in the case of
each of clauses (i)-(v) above, owned by or filed in the name of, the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“Representatives”
means, with respect to any Person, the directors, officers, employees, financial
advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other authorized
representatives of such Person, acting in such capacity.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”
means the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“SEC” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at any time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person.
“Superior Proposal”
means any bona fide
written offer which did not arise from a breach of Section 6.4 hereof
and which is an Acquisition Proposal made by a Third Party and which, if
consummated, would result in such Third Party (or in the case of a direct merger
between such Third Party or any Subsidiary of such Third Party and the Company,
the stockholders of such Third Party) owning, directly or indirectly, at least a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or at least a
majority of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each
case for consideration consisting exclusively of cash and / or publicly traded
equity securities, and which Acquisition Proposal the Company Board determines
by a majority vote, after considering the advice of its outside legal counsel
and of a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and taking into
account all of the terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, including
any breakup fees, expense reimbursement provisions and financing or other
conditions to consummation, would be, if consummated, more favorable, from a
financial point of view, to the Company’s stockholders (other than Parent and
its Affiliates) than as provided hereunder (after giving effect to any
adjustments to the terms of this Agreement definitively proposed by Parent in
response to such written offer) and is reasonably likely to be consummated on
the terms proposed.
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“Third Party” means
any Person or “group” as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, other than
the Company and Parent or any of its Affiliates or Representatives.
“U.S. Government”
means any United States Governmental Authority, including United States
Government corporations and non-appropriate fund activities.
(b) Each
of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such
term:
Term
|
Section
|
Adverse
Recommendation Change
|
6.4(a)
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
Antitrust
Laws
|
8.1(d)
|
Board
Recommendation
|
6.3(b)
|
Breakup
Fee
|
11.4(b)
|
Certificates
|
2.4(a)
|
CFIUS
|
8.1(e)
|
CFIUS
Approval
|
8.1(e)
|
Closing
|
2.1
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
Company
Board
|
Recitals
|
Company
Charter Documents
|
4.1
|
Company
Employee Plan
|
4.16(a)
|
Company
SEC Documents
|
4.7(a)
|
Company
Securities
|
4.5(c)
|
Company
Stock Option
|
2.6(a)
|
Company
Stock Plans
|
2.6(a)
|
Company
Subsidiary Securities
|
4.6(c)
|
Confidentiality
Agreement
|
6.4(b)
|
Continuing
Employees
|
7.2(a)
|
Delaware
Law
|
Recitals
|
Dissenting
Shares
|
2.5
|
Effective
Time
|
2.2(a)
|
End
Date
|
10.1(b)
|
Exchange
Agent
|
2.4(a)
|
Exon-Xxxxxx
|
4.3
|
Export
Approvals
|
4.26(a)
|
Foreign
Competition Laws
|
4.3
|
Grant
Date
|
4.5(d)
|
Indemnification
Agreements
|
7.1(a)
|
Indemnified
Person
|
7.1(a)
|
Insurance
Policies
|
4.18
|
Joint
Filing
|
8.1(e)
|
Leased
Real Property
|
4.21(a)
|
Leases
|
4.21(a)
|
Material
Contract
|
4.14(b)
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Term | Section |
Merger
|
Recitals
|
Merger
Certificate
|
2.2(a)
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Merger
Consideration
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2.3(a)
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Merger
Sub
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Preamble
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Necessary
IP Rights
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4.20(a)
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Open
Source Materials
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4.20(h)
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Parent
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Preamble
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Proxy
Statement
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4.9
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Standard
Outbound Contracts
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4.20(e)
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Stockholder
Approval
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4.2(a)
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Stockholder
Meeting
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6.3(a)
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Subsidiary
Charter Documents
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4.6(a)
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Surviving
Corporation
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2.2(b)
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Tax
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4.15(h)
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Taxing
Authority
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4.15(h)
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Tax
Return
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4.15(h)
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Triggering
Event
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10.1(f)
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Uncertificated
Shares
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2.4(a)
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Voting
Agreements
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Recitals
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Section
1.2 Other Definitional and
Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of
reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation
hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are
to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to
herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set
forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or
Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in
this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed
to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the
words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not
they are in fact followed by those words or words of like
import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing,
typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a
visible form. References to any Person include the successors and
permitted assigns of that Person. References to any statute are to
that statute, as amended from time to time, and to the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. References to “$” and “dollars” are to the
currency of the United States. References from or through any date
mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including,
respectively. References to a party’s “knowledge” are references to
the actual knowledge (without independent inquiry or investigation) of the
executive officers of that party; for the avoidance of doubt, these executive
officers of the Company are: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx.
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ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
Section
2.1 The
Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take
place at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, as soon as practicable (and, in any event,
within one (1) Business Day) after satisfaction or, to the extent permitted
hereunder, waiver of all conditions to the Merger set forth in Article IX (excluding
conditions that, by their terms, are satisfied at the Closing, but subject to
the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted hereunder) of such
conditions), unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to its terms or
unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the parties
hereto. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx
LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, unless another
place is agreed to by the parties hereto.
Section
2.2 The Merger.
(a) As
soon as practicable after satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder,
waiver of all conditions to the Merger, the Company and Merger Sub shall file a
certificate of merger (the “Merger Certificate”)
with the Delaware Secretary of State and make all other filings or recordings
required by Delaware Law in connection with the Merger. The Merger
shall become effective at such time (the “Effective Time”) as
the Merger Certificate is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or at
such later time as is specified in the Merger Certificate.
(b) At
the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company in
accordance with Delaware Law, whereupon the separate existence of Merger Sub
shall cease, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Corporation”). From and after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and
franchises and be subject to all of the obligations, liabilities, restrictions
and disabilities of the Company and Merger Sub, all as provided under Delaware
Law.
Section
2.3 Conversion of
Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holders thereof:
(a) except
as otherwise provided in Sections 2.3(b), 2.3(c) or 2.5, each Company
Share or Company Restricted Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted into the right to receive $2.70 in cash, without
interest (the “Merger
Consideration”);
(b) each
Company Share or Company Restricted Share held by the Company as treasury stock
or owned by Parent or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be canceled, and no payment shall be made with respect thereto;
(c) each
Company Share held by any Subsidiary of either the Company or Parent (other than
Merger Sub) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into such
number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
the
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Surviving
Corporation such that each such Subsidiary owns the same percentage of Surviving
Corporation immediately following the Effective Time as such Subsidiary owned in
the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time; and
(d) each
share of common stock of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be converted into and become one share of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights,
powers and privileges as the shares so converted and (in addition to shares
referred to in Section 2.3(c)) shall
constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
Section
2.4 Surrender and
Payment.
(a) Prior
to the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint an exchange agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”) for the
purpose of exchanging for the Merger Consideration (i) certificates
representing Company Shares (the “Certificates”) and
(ii) uncertificated Company Shares (the “Uncertificated
Shares”). Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent
shall pay to the Exchange Agent, the Merger Consideration to be paid in respect
of the Certificates and the Uncertificated Shares. Promptly after the
Effective Time (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the
Effective Time), Parent shall send, or shall cause the Exchange Agent to send,
to each record holder of Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares at the
Effective Time a letter of transmittal and instructions (which shall specify
that the delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title shall pass, only
upon proper delivery of the Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated
Shares to the Exchange Agent) for use in such exchange.
(b) Each
holder of Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares that have been converted
into the right to receive the Merger Consideration shall be entitled to receive
the Merger Consideration in respect of the Company Common Stock represented by a
Certificate or Uncertificated Share, upon (i) surrender to the Exchange Agent of
a Certificate, together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, or (ii)
receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Exchange Agent (or such other evidence,
if any, of transfer as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request) in the case of
a book-entry transfer of Uncertificated Shares. Until so surrendered
or transferred, as the case may be, each such Certificate or Uncertificated
Share shall represent after the Effective Time for all purposes only the right
to receive such Merger Consideration.
(c) If
any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or the transferred
Uncertificated Share is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that
(i) either such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in
proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Share shall be properly
transferred and (ii) the Person requesting such payment shall pay to the
Exchange Agent any transfer or other Tax required as a result of such payment to
a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Uncertificated
Share or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has
been paid or is not payable.
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(d) After
the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers of
Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares. If, after the Effective
Time, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares are presented to the Surviving
Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration
provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth, in this Article II.
(e) Any
portion of the Merger Consideration paid to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 2.4(a) (and any
interest or other income earned thereon) that remains unclaimed by holders of
Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares six (6) months after the Effective
Time shall be returned to Parent, upon demand, and any such holder who has not
exchanged such Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares for the Merger
Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.4 prior to that
time shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of the Merger
Consideration in respect of such Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares
without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent
shall not be liable to any holder of Company Shares or Company Restricted Shares
for any amounts paid to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar laws.
(f) Any
portion of the Merger Consideration paid to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section
2.4(a) in respect of any Dissenting Shares shall be returned to
Parent, upon demand.
Section
2.5 Dissenting
Shares. Notwithstanding Section 2.3, any Company Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”)
held by a holder who has not voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or the
Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such
Company Shares in accordance with Delaware Law shall not be converted into a
right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless such holder fails to perfect,
withdraws or otherwise loses the right to appraisal. If, after the
Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect, withdraws or loses the right to
appraisal, such Company Shares shall be treated as if they had been converted as
of the Effective Time into a right to receive the Merger
Consideration. The Company shall give Parent prompt notice of any
demands received by the Company for appraisal of Company Shares, and Parent
shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with
respect to such demands. Except with the prior written consent of
Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), the Company shall not make any payment with respect to, or offer to
settle or settle, any such demands.
Section
2.6 Company Stock Options;
Company
Restricted
Shares.
(a) As
of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action or payment
being required on the part of the holders thereof, each option to purchase
shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Company Stock
Option”) issued under any stock option stock or equity compensation plan
or agreement (the “Company Stock Plans”)
that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then
vested or exercisable, shall be deemed to be one hundred percent (100%) vested
and exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, cancelled and, in
consideration of such cancellation, Parent shall, or shall cause Surviving
Corporation to, promptly following the Effective Time, pay to such holders of
Company Stock Options an amount in respect thereof equal to the product of (i)
the excess, if
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any,
of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price of each such Company Stock
Option and (ii) the number of unexercised Company Shares subject thereto (such
payment, if any, to be net of applicable Taxes withheld pursuant to Section
2.7). In the case of any issued Company Stock Option for which
the per share exercise price is greater than or equal to the Merger
Consideration, the amount to which the holder of such Company Stock Option shall
be entitled at the Effective Time shall be $0.00 and, for the avoidance of
doubt, such Company Stock Option shall be terminated for no
consideration. As of the Effective Time, the Company Stock Plans
shall terminate and all rights under any provision of 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 of its Subsidiaries shall be
cancelled. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to effectuate
the foregoing, including, but not limited to, sending out the requisite notices
and obtaining all consents necessary to cash out and cancel all Company Stock
Options necessary to ensure that, after the Effective Time, no person shall have
any right under the Company Stock Plans, except as set forth
herein.
(b) As
of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action or payment
being required on the part of the holders thereof, each Company Restricted Share
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, whether or not
then vested, deemed to be one hundred percent (100%) vested
immediately prior to the Effective Time and converted into the right to receive
Merger Consideration in accordance with Section
2.4.
Section
2.7 Withholding
Rights. Each of the Company, Merger Sub, the Surviving
Corporation and Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold in respect of
any payments made hereunder as may be required by applicable Tax
law. If the Company, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or Parent,
as the case may be, so withholds amounts, such amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of
which the Company, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the case
may be, made such deduction and withholding.
Section
2.8 Lost
Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as
Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it
with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall pay, in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration to be paid
in respect of the Company Shares formerly represented by such Certificate, as
contemplated under this Article
II.
ARTICLE
III
THE SURVIVING
CORPORATION
Section
3.1 Certificate of
Incorporation. The certificate of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation immediately following the Effective Time shall be amended
and restated in its entirety so that such certificate of incorporation is
identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (i)
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the
name of the corporation set forth therein shall be changed to the name of the
Company and (ii) the identity of the sole incorporator shall be
deleted.
Section
3.2 Bylaws. The
bylaws of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until amended in accordance with
Applicable Law.
Section
3.3 Directors and
Officers. From and after the Effective Time, except as
otherwise duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with Applicable
Law, (i) the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the officers of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject
to Section
11.5, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company
represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:
Section
4.1 Corporate Existence
and
Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
all corporate powers required to carry on its business as now
conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except
for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has
heretofore made available to Parent true, complete and correct, in all material
respects, copies of the minutes that have been finalized containing the records
of all proceedings, consents, actions and meetings of the Company Board and
committees thereof and, if applicable, of the stockholders of the Company, since
January 1, 2006 (excluding such minutes related to the potential sale of the
Company), the charters of all committees of the Company Board, all codes of
conduct, whistleblower policies or similar policies adopted by the Company
Board. The Company has made available to Parent a true and correct
copy of the Company Certificate of Incorporation and Company Bylaws, each as
amended to date (collectively, the “Company Charter
Documents”). Each such instrument is in full force and
effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of
the Company Charter Documents.
Section
4.2 Corporate
Authorization.
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby are within
the Company’s corporate powers and, except for obtaining the Stockholder
Approval have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Company. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock in favor of the approval and
adoption of this Agreement and the Merger (the “Stockholder
Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any of the Company’s
capital stock necessary in connection with the consummation of the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar
Applicable Law affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity.
(b) At
a meeting duly called and held, prior to the execution of this Agreement, the
Company’s Board of Directors duly adopted resolutions by a unanimous vote of
those directors in attendance (i) declaring that this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby are fair to and in the best interests of the
Company’s stockholders, (ii) approving and declaring advisable this Agreement,
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) directing that
the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the Stockholder
Meeting and (iv) making the Board Recommendation.
Section
4.3 Governmental
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby require no action by or in respect of, or
filing with, any Governmental Authority, other than (i) the filing of the Merger
Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State and appropriate documents with
the relevant authorities of other states in which the Company is qualified
to do business, (ii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR
Act and any Applicable Law analogous to the HSR Act or otherwise regulating
antitrust, competition or merger control matters and in each case existing in
foreign jurisdictions (“Foreign Competition
Laws”), (iii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the 1933
Act, the 1934 Act and any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities
laws, (iv) compliance with the Exon-Xxxxxx Amendment of the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (“Exon-Xxxxxx”) and any
similar or analogous Applicable Law including the making of a Joint Filing (as
that term is defined in Section
8.1(e) hereof), (v) the contractual consents set forth on Section 4.3 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and (vi) any actions or filings the absence of which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.4 Non-contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with, or result
in any violation or breach of any provision of the Company Charter Documents,
(ii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 4.3,
contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision
of any Applicable Law or Order, (iii) require any consent or other action by any
Person under, constitute a default, or an event that, with or without notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under, or cause or permit the
termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or
obligation or the loss of any benefit under, any provision of any Material
Contract binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Governmental Authorization affecting, or relating in any way to, the assets or
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, with such exceptions, in the case of each of clauses (ii) through
(iv), as would not reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.5 Capitalization.
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(a) The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 10,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company. As of the close of business on June 3, 2008,
(i) 53,099,926 Company Shares were issued and outstanding (of which an
aggregate of 1,900,436 were Company Restricted Shares), (ii) no shares of
preferred stock of the Company were issued and outstanding, (iii) Company Stock
Options to purchase an aggregate of 13,687,132 Company Shares were issued and
outstanding (of which Company Stock Options to purchase an aggregate of
9,365,110 Company Shares were exercisable) and (iv) an aggregate of 7,713,499
Company Shares were reserved for settlement of authorized but unissued Company
Stock Options. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been, and all shares that may be issued pursuant to any Company Stock Plan
will be, when issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof, duly
authorized and validly issued and are (or, in the case of shares that have not
yet been issued, will be) fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive
rights.
(b) Section
4.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the
close of business on June 3, 2008, a complete and correct list of (i) all
outstanding Company Stock Options, including with respect to each such option,
the number of shares subject to such option, the title and position of the
holder, the grant date, the exercise price per share, the vesting schedule and
expiration date of each such option, whether the option is intended to qualify
as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code or a non-qualified
stock option and (ii) all outstanding Company Restricted Shares, including
with respect to each such award, the title, position of the holder, the grant
date and vesting schedule and whether a Section 83(b) election was taken under
the Code (if available) with respect to such Company Restricted
Share. The Company Stock Plans listed on Section 4.5(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule are the only plans or programs the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries maintains under which stock options, restricted shares or other
compensatory equity-based awards have been granted and remain outstanding or may
be granted. All Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares
may, by their terms, be treated in accordance with Section
2.6.
(c) Except
for changes since June 3, 2008 resulting from the exercise of Company Stock
Options outstanding on such date and disclosed on Section 4.5(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or for issuances of shares of Company Common Stock
and grants of Company Stock Options permitted under Section 6.1(c), there
are no outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the
Company, (ii) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (iii) options,
warrants or other rights or arrangements or other Contracts to acquire from the
Company, or other obligations or commitments or other Contracts of the Company
to issue, any capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests
in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or
other voting securities or ownership interests in, the Company, (iv) restricted
shares, restricted share units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares,
contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that
are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly,
on the value or price of, any capital stock of, or other voting securities or
ownership interests in, the Company (the items in clauses (i)-(iv) being
referred to collectively as the “Company Securities”),
(v) voting trusts, proxies or other similar agreements or understandings or
other Contracts to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound with respect
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to
the voting of any shares of capital stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(vi) except as may be required by applicable securities laws and regulations,
obligations or commitments or other Contracts of any character restricting the
transfer of, or requiring the registration for sale of, any shares of capital
stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vii) obligations or
commitments or other Contracts of any character of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company
Securities. No Company Securities are owned by any Subsidiary of the
Company.
(d) With
respect to the Company Stock Options, (i) each Company Stock Option intended to
qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so
qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Company Stock Option was duly authorized no
later than the date on which the grant of such Company Stock Option was by its
terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all
necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Company
Board (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof), or a duly
authorized delegate thereof, and any required stockholder approval by the
necessary number of votes or written consents, (iii) each such grant was made in
all material respects in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company
Stock Plan and Applicable Law and (iv) the per share exercise price of each
Company Stock Option was not less than the fair market value of a share of
Company Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date.
Section
4.6 Subsidiaries.
(a) Section 4.6(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of each Subsidiary of
the Company, its place and form of organization. The Company has
delivered or made available to Parent the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws, or like organizational documents (collectively the “Subsidiary Charter
Documents”), of each of its Subsidiaries. Each such instrument
is in full force and effect. No Subsidiary is in violation of any of
the provisions of its respective Subsidiary Charter Documents.
(b) Each
Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation or other business entity duly
incorporated or organized (as applicable), validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all
corporate or other organizational powers required to carry on its business as
now conducted. Each such Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is
necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified, when
taken together with all other such failures to be so qualified or in good
standing, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) All
of the outstanding capital stock of, or other voting securities or ownership
interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company, is owned by the Company, directly
or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other limitation or
restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise
dispose of such capital stock or other voting securities or ownership
interests). There are no outstanding (i) securities of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock or other voting securities or ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the
Company, (ii) options, warrants or other rights or arrangements or other
Contracts to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or other
obligations or commitments or other Contracts of the Company or any
of
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its
Subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock of or other voting securities or
ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any capital stock of or other voting securities or other Contracts or ownership
interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company, or (iii) restricted shares,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, contingent value rights,
“phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or
provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price
of, any capital stock of, or other voting securities or ownership interests in,
any Subsidiary of the Company (the items in clauses (i)-(iii), in addition to
all shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries,
being referred to collectively as the “Company Subsidiary
Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations or other
Contracts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any of the Company Subsidiary Securities.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity,
ownership, profit, voting or similar interest in or any interest convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity, profit, voting or similar interest
in, any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company).
Section
4.7 SEC Filings and the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(a) The
Company has made available to Parent all of its reports, statements,
schedules, registration statements and other documents required to be filed
or furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the SEC since
December 31, 2005 (the documents referred to in this Section 4.7(a),
together with all information incorporated by reference therein in accordance
with applicable SEC regulations, are collectively referred to in this Agreement
as the “Company SEC
Documents”).
(b) As
of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date
hereof, on the date of such filing), each Company SEC Document complied as to
form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act
and the 1934 Act, as the case may be.
(c) As
of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date
hereof, on the date of such filing), each Company SEC Document filed pursuant to
the 1934 Act did not contain 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.
(d) The
Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all
comment letters received by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries from the SEC
since December 31, 2004 relating to the Company SEC Documents, together with all
written responses of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries
thereto. As of the date hereof, (i) there are no outstanding or
unresolved comments in any such comment letters received by the Company from the
SEC and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company SEC documents is
the subject of ongoing SEC review.
(e) Each
required form, report and document containing financial statements that has been
filed with or submitted to the SEC by the Company since July 31,
2002
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was
accompanied by the certifications required to be filed or submitted by the
Company’s chief executive officer and / or chief financial officer, as required,
pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and, at the time of filing or submission of
each such certification, such certification was true and accurate and complied
with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
Section
4.8 Financial Statements;
Internal Controls.
(a) The
audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim
financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents were
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in
accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year end adjustments, condensation or
omission of certain information and footnote disclosure in the case of any
unaudited interim financial statements). As of the date hereof, the
Company has no current intention to restate the financial statements included
in, or incorporated by reference into, the Company SEC Documents.
(b) The
Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting is sufficient in
all material respects to provide reasonable assurance (i) regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP,
(ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and
expenditures are executed in accordance with the authorization of management and
(iv) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that would materially
affect the Company’s financial statements. No significant deficiency
or material weakness was identified in management’s assessment of internal
controls as of December 31, 2007.
(c) The
Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e) under the 0000 Xxx) are reasonably designed to ensure that
(i) all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported to the individuals
responsible for preparing such reports within the time periods specified in the
rules and forms of the SEC and (ii) all such information is accumulated and
communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the
principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company
required under the 1934 Act with respect to such reports.
(d) The
audit committee of the Company Board includes an Audit Committee Financial
Expert, as defined by Item 401(h)(2) of Regulation S-K.
(e) The
Company has adopted a code of ethics, as defined by Item 406(b) of Regulation
S-K, for senior financial officers, applicable to its principal financial
officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing
similar functions. The Company has promptly disclosed any change in
or waiver of the Company’s code of ethics with
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respect
to any such persons, as required by Section 406(b) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. To the knowledge of the Company, there have been no violations
of provisions of the Company’s code of ethics by any such persons.
Section
4.9 Proxy
Statement. The information to be supplied by or on behalf of
the Company for inclusion in the proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders
of the Company (the “Proxy Statement”) in connection with the Stockholder
Meeting shall not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to
stockholders of the Company or at the time of the Stockholder Meeting, contain
any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which
it shall be made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
in the Proxy Statement not false or misleading in light of the circumstances
under which they were or shall be made; or omit to state any material fact
necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to
the solicitation of proxies for the Stockholder Meeting which has become false
or misleading.
Section
4.10 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since December 31, 2007, (i) the business of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice, (ii) there has not been any event, change,
development or set of circumstances that has had or would reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (iii) there has not been any
action or event, nor any authorization, commitment or agreement by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any action or event, that if taken or
if it occurred after the date hereof would be prohibited by Section
6.1.
Section
4.11 No Undisclosed Material
Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any “off-balance
sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K of the
SEC). There are no liabilities or obligations of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent,
absolute, determined or determinable, and there is no existing condition,
situation or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in
such a liability or obligation, other than:
(a)
liabilities or obligations disclosed and provided for in the Company Balance
Sheet or disclosed in the notes thereto;
(b)
liabilities or obligations incurred under this Agreement or in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(c) liabilities
or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice in amounts that would not reasonably be expected individually or in the
aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.12 Litigation.
(a) As
of the date hereof, there is no Proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or assets or any of the
directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of its
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stockholders
or Representatives (in each case insofar as any such matters relate to their
activities with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) that would reasonably be
expected individually or in the aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) As
of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject
to any Order against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or naming the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a party that would reasonably be expected
individually or in the aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.13 Compliance with Applicable
Law and Orders.
(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and, since December 31, 2005 has
been, in compliance with all Applicable Laws and Orders, and the Company has not
received a written notice of a material violation of, or a material liability or
default under, any Applicable Law or Order, except such non-compliance,
violations, liabilities or defaults that have not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date
hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
notice since December 31, 2006 until the date hereof (i) of any administrative
or civil, or criminal investigation or audit (other than Tax audits) by any
Governmental Authority relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) from any Governmental Authority alleging that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are not in compliance in any material respect with any Applicable
Law or Order.
(b) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has in effect all Governmental
Authorizations necessary for it to own, lease or otherwise hold and to operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its businesses and operations as now
conducted, except where the failure to have such Governmental Authorizations has
not had and would not reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There have occurred no
defaults (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, violations of,
or events giving rise to any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of
any such Governmental Authorizations, except where such defaults, violations or
events have not had and would not reasonably be expected individually or in the
aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.14 Material
Contracts.
(a) Section 4.14(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list of each of the
following Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is legally bound as of the
date hereof:
(i) (x)
each of the twenty (20) largest Contracts between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and an end-user customer for the license of Company Products
(determined on the basis of aggregate license revenues received by the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, over the four consecutive fiscal quarter
period ended March 31, 2008), (y) each of the twenty (20) largest Contracts
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and a non-end user customer,
including any customer
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that
embeds one or more Company Product into one or more product of such customer for
the license of Company Products (determined on the basis of aggregate license
revenues received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, over
the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2008) and
(z) each of the ten (10) largest Contracts between the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and a customer for the provision of services, including
professional or consulting services, other than maintenance and support services
provided solely in connection with licenses of Company Products (determined on
the basis of aggregate revenues received by the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, over the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended March
31, 2008);
(ii) except
for the Contracts disclosed in clause (i) above, each Contract that involves (x)
license of Company Products, or (y) performance of services (including
maintenance and support services) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(z) the marketing, resale, OEM, distribution or other similar arrangement of the
Company Products, in each instance providing for annual payments to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries of $250,000 or more (determined on the basis of
aggregate payments to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries over the four
consecutive fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2008);
(iii) (x)
each of the Contracts between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any
licensor of Intellectual Property Rights that is material to the conduct of the
Company and its Subsidiaries’ business, other than non-exclusive in-licenses for
non-customized commercial off the shelf software that is generally available on
standard terms, and (y) each of the ten (10) largest Contracts between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any supplier (other than a licensor),
including any supplier of outsourcing or development services, to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (determined on the basis of aggregate
payments made by the including supplier of outsourcing services over the four
consecutive fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2008);
(iv) each
Contract that contains any exclusivity or non-competition provisions (x)
restricting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation
from competing in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or
engaging in any activity or business (including with respect to the development,
manufacture, marketing or distribution of their respective products or
services), or pursuant to which any benefit or right is required to be given or
lost as a result of so competing or engaging, or (y) which would have any
such effect on Parent or any of its Affiliates after the consummation of the
Merger or the Closing Date;
(v) each
Contract that (x) grants any exclusive license, exclusive supply or exclusive
distribution agreement or other material exclusive rights, (y) grants any
“most favored nation” rights, rights of first refusal or other similar terms
with respect to any product, service or material Intellectual Property Rights,
or
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(z) contains
any provision that requires the purchase of all or a given portion of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ requirements from a given Third Party, or
any other similar material provision;
(vi) each
lease or sublease of real property and each lease or sublease of personal
property providing for annual payments of $250,000 or more to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is party as either lessor or lessee;
(vii) each
Contract relating to Indebtedness, except any such Contract with an aggregate
outstanding principal amount not exceeding $250,000;
(viii) each
Contract creating or granting a material Lien (including Liens upon properties
acquired under conditional sales, capital leases or other title retention or
security devices), other than Permitted Liens;
(ix) each
partnership, joint venture or other similar Contract or arrangement currently in
effect (but excluding non-exclusive outbound or inbound partnering agreements
(such as marketing, reselling, consulting, OEM and distributor agreements)
entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business and Standard Outbound Contracts);
(x) each
employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union,
and each employment Contract (other than offer letters for employment at-will or
similar arrangements) that is not terminable by the Company without notice and
without cost to the Company;
(xi) each
Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has acquired or sold
a business or entity, or assets of a business or entity, whether by way of
merger, consolidation, purchase or sale of stock, purchase or sale of assets,
exclusive license or otherwise since December 31, 2004, or any Contract pursuant
to which it has any material ownership interest in any other Person (other than
its Subsidiaries); or
(xii) except
for the Contracts disclosed above, each Contract currently in effect and
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation
S-K under the 1933 Act.
(b) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(i) each Contract disclosed in Section 4.14(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule (each, a “Material Contract”)
is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the
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knowledge
of the Company, of each other party thereto, enforceable against the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company,
against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its
terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium and other similar Applicable Law affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity and (ii) none of the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto
is or alleged to be in default or breach under the terms of any Material
Contract in any respect which would permit the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or any other party thereto, on the other hand, to
terminate such Material Contract, including with notice or lapse of time or
both.
Section
4.15 Taxes.
(a) All
material Tax Returns required by Applicable Law to be filed with any Taxing
Authority by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been
filed and all such Tax Returns are, or shall be at the time of filing, true and
complete in all material respects.
(b)
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has paid (or has had paid on its
behalf) or has withheld and remitted to the appropriate Taxing Authority all
material Taxes due and payable, or, has otherwise established (or has had
established on its behalf and for its sole benefit and recourse) in accordance
with GAAP an adequate accrual for all material Taxes through the Company Balance
Sheet Date. All liabilities for Taxes that arose since the Company
Balance Sheet Date arose in the ordinary course of business.
(c) As
of the date hereof, (i) there is no Proceeding now pending with respect to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any material Tax, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened in a writing received from a Governmental
Authority and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
informed in writing by any Governmental Authority that the Governmental
Authority believes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was required to
pay any material Tax that was not paid or file a material Tax Return that was
not filed.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any extension or waiver of
the statute of limitations period applicable to any material Tax Return, which
period (after giving effect to such extension or waiver) has not yet
expired.
(e)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is or has ever been a member
of a group of corporations with which it has filed (or been required to file)
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than a group of which only
the Company and its Subsidiaries are or were members or (ii) has any liability
for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or such Subsidiaries) pursuant
to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement, under Treasury Regulations Section
1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), or as a
transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.
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(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been either a “distributing
corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution to which Section
355 of the Code is applicable.
(g) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have consummated or participated in, nor
are currently participating in, any transaction which was or is a “tax shelter”
transaction as defined in Sections 6662, 6011, or 6111 of the Code.
(h) “Tax” means (i) any
tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever
(including withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any
interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
Governmental Authority (a “Taxing Authority”)
responsible for the imposition of any such tax, (ii) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this sentence as a
result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary
group for a taxable period, and (iii) any liability for the payment of any
amounts of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this sentence as a
result of being a transferee of or successor to any Person or
entity. “Tax Return” means any
report, return, document, declaration or other information or filing required to
be filed with any Taxing Authority with respect to Taxes, including
information returns.
Section
4.16 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Section 4.16 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a correct and complete list identifying
each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) as of the
date hereof, each employment, severance, change-in-control or similar contract,
plan, practice or policy providing for compensation, bonuses, profit-sharing,
stock option or other stock related rights or other forms of incentive or
deferred compensation, vacation benefits, insurance (including any self-insured
arrangements), health or medical benefits, loans, employee assistance program,
disability or sick leave benefits, workers’ compensation, supplemental
unemployment benefits, severance benefits and post-employment or retirement
benefits, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism
therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) whether formal or informal, oral or
written (including compensation, pension, health, medical or life insurance
benefits) which is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate of the Company and covers any current or former
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and with respect to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability (each, a “Company Employee
Plan”).
(b) With
respect to each Company Employee Plan, the Company has provided or made
available to Parent a complete and accurate copy of each Company Employee Plan
and, to the extent applicable or in existence (i) the most recent IRS
determination letter, (ii) any summary plan description, (iii) a summary of
any proposed amendments or changes anticipated to be made to the Company
Employee Plans at any time within the twelve months immediately following the
date hereof and which have been communicated to employees, (iv) the three
most recent annual reports (Form 5500) filed with the IRS, and all schedules
attached thereto for each Company Employee Plan that is subject to ERISA and
Code reporting requirements, and all material communications with participants,
the IRS, the U.S. Department
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of
Labor, or any other Governmental Authority, administrator, trustee, beneficiary
and alternate payee relating to any Company Employee Plan; and (v) each trust
agreement, group annuity contract or other funding instrument, if any, relating
to such Company Employee Plan.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company nor any predecessor thereof
sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has in the past sponsored, maintained
or contributed to, any Company Employee Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code
or Title IV of ERISA, any non-U.S. defined benefit plan, or any multiple
employer plan within the meaning of Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company nor
any predecessor thereof contributes to any multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA. No Company Employee Plan is a split-dollar
life insurance program or otherwise provides for loans (except for routine
advances for business expenses and other items in the ordinary course) to
executive officers (within the meaning of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act).
(d)
Each Company Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter, or has pending
or has time remaining in which to file, an application for such determination
from the Internal Revenue Service, and the Company is not aware of any reason
why any such determination letter should be revoked or not be
reissued.
(e) Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
each Company Employee Plan has been maintained in substantial compliance with
its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders,
rules and regulations including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, which
are applicable to such Employee Plan.
(f) There
has been no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement by the
Company relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any
Company Employee Plan that would increase materially the expense of maintaining
such Company Employee Plan above the level of the expense incurred in respect
thereof for the most recent fiscal year ended prior to the date
hereof.
(g) There
is no Proceeding pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
against or involving any Company Employee Plan before any arbitrator or any
Governmental Authority. No event has occurred and, to the knowledge
of the Company, no condition exists that would subject the Company or its
Subsidiaries, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with any ERISA
Affiliate, to any Tax, fine, lien, penalty or other liability imposed by ERISA
or the Code that would reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(h) All
contributions due from the Company or a Subsidiary with respect to any of the
Company Employee Plans have been made or have been accrued on a timely basis on
the Company’s or on a Subsidiary’s financial statements, in all material
respects, and no further contributions shall be due or shall have accrued
thereunder as of the Closing Date (other than contributions accrued in the
ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, after the Company
Balance Sheet Date as a result of the operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries after the Company Balance Sheet Date). No
Company Employee Plan shall be
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subject
to any surrender fees or services fees upon termination other than the normal
and reasonable administrative fees associated with the termination of benefit
plans.
(i) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any written (i) agreement
with any stockholder, or any present or former director, executive officer or
other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) the benefits of
which are contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the
occurrence of a transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
the nature of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B)
providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee or (C) providing
severance benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of such
director, executive officer or key employee regardless of the reason for such
termination of employment other than as required by COBRA (or similar state
laws), Applicable Law, vacation pay cash-outs or other arrangements governed by
ERISA or (ii) except as contemplated in Section 2.6 of this Agreement,
Company Employee Plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the
vesting of the benefits of which shall be accelerated or resulting in any
payment to or funding of any trust, by the occurrence of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will
be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(j) The
Company has not established any compensation or benefit plan that is maintained
or is required to be maintained or contributed to by the law, applicable custom
or rule of the relevant jurisdiction outside the United States.
(k) As
of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any
payments or is obligated to make any payments or is a party to any agreement
that could obligate it to make any payments that will be treated as an “excess
parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code or will give rise to an excise
Tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code pursuant to the Merger or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
4.17 Labor and Employment
Matters.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement with a labor union or organization. None of the employees
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by any union with
respect to his or her employment by the Company or such
Subsidiary. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, claims, grievances, labor
disputes or labor arbitration proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to
their businesses, including charges of unfair labor practices. There
is no activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to the
knowledge of the Company to organize any employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. No lockout, strike, slowdown, work stoppage against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, nor has there been any such occurrence for the past three
years.
(b) The
Company has delivered or made available to Parent a true, correct and complete
list of the names, positions and rates of compensation of all
officers,
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directors,
consultants, independent contractors and employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, showing each such person’s name, date of hire, position, work
location, annual remuneration, status as exempt/non-exempt (for U.S. employees),
country of citizenship (for non-U.S. employees) bonus and fringe benefits for
the current fiscal year.
(c) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all
Applicable Law and contracts relating to employment, including without
limitation legal requirements relating to employment practices,
anti-discrimination, immigration, wages, hours, overtime pay, meal and rest
periods and occupational health and safety laws and regulations. The
Company has correctly classified employees as exempt employees and nonexempt
employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and applicable state or local
laws. All Persons providing services to the Company have been
properly classified as employees or independent contractors, as applicable, for
purposes of federal and applicable state tax laws, laws applicable to
employee benefits and other Applicable Law.
(d) To
the Company’s knowledge, no employee or consultant of the Company is in material
violation of (i) any term of any employment or consulting Contract or
(ii) any term of any other Contract or any restrictive covenant relating to
the right of any such employee or consultant to be employed by the Company or to
use trade secrets or proprietary information of others. To the
Company’s knowledge, the employment of any employee or consultant by the Company
does not subject it to any liability to any Third Party.
(e) As
of the date hereof, there are no actions, grievances, investigations, suits,
claims, charges or administrative matters pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to
any current or former employees or independent contractors. The Company
has no material liabilities under COBRA with respect to former employees or
qualifying beneficiaries thereunder.
(f) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld all amounts required by
Applicable Law or by agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries, and
other payments to employees, and is not liable for any arrears of wages,
compensation, Taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of
the foregoing, and are not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund
governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with
respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other
benefits or Liabilities for employees or independent contractors (other than
routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with
past practice), except, in each case as would not reasonably be expected
individually or in the aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(g)
Within the past two years through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability under the Workers Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or local law that remains
unsatisfied.
(h) Any
Company Employee Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated since January 1,
2005 in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code, and the United
States Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance thereunder.
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Section
4.18 Insurance
Policies. Section
4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material insurance
policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business, equipment,
properties, operations, employees, officers or directors of the Company
(collectively, the “Insurance Policies”) that are in full force and effect,
true, correct and complete copies of which have been made available to
Parent. There is no material claim by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which the Company
has been notified that coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the
underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums due and payable
under all such policies and bonds have been paid when due, and the Company and
its Subsidiaries are otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such
policies and bonds. The Company does not have any knowledge of any
threatened termination of, or material premium increase (other than with respect
to customary annual premium increases) with respect to, or material alteration
of coverage under, any Insurance Policy.
Section
4.19 Environmental
Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect:
(a) neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received (i) any written notice alleging
that any of them has not complied with applicable Environmental Laws or (ii) any
written notice, demand, claim or request for information alleging that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or subject to liability
under any Environmental Law and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such
written notice, demand, claim or request is threatened by any Governmental
Authority or other Person arising out of any failure of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental Law;
(b) as
of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject
to any investigations, proceedings, orders, decrees or injunctions by or issued
by any Governmental Authority or is subject to any indemnity agreement with any
Third Party relating to liability under any Environmental Law;
(c) the
Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and all Governmental Authorizations required by Environmental
Law; and
(d) Hazardous
Substances have not been generated, transported, treated, stored, disposed of,
arranged to be disposed of or released by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries at, on or from any of the properties or facilities currently
owned or leased by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, from facilities formerly owned or leased by the Company or its
Subsidiaries, that would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or reasonably be expected to require
remediation or reporting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, under any
Environmental Laws.
Section
4.20 Intellectual
Property.
(a) The Company owns or otherwise
holds the right to use all Intellectual Property Rights necessary for the
conduct of the business of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries
as currently conducted (the “Necessary IP
Rights”), except where the failure to own or hold such rights would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) encumber or
extinguish any Necessary IP Rights, (ii) result in the creation of any Lien with
respect to any Company IP, (iii) result in the loss or impairment of Company IP
or payment of any additional amounts (other than amounts payable by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course) nor require the consent of any
Third Party in respect of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s right to own,
use or hold for use any of the Company IP, or (iv) result in the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries being required to procure from Parent or any of Parent’s
Subsidiaries a license to or covenant not to assert Parent’s Intellectual
Property, except in each case under subsections (i) through (iv) of this Section 4.20(a) where
such encumbrance or result would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, there are no Proceedings
arising from alleged infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual
Property Rights of any Person by the Company or its
Subsidiaries. During the two (2) year period preceding the date
hereof, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received written notice
from any Third Party alleging infringement of Third Party Intellectual Property
rights or requesting that Company or its Subsidiaries purchase a license to
Third Party Intellectual Property Rights to avoid a claim of infringement of
such Intellectual Property Rights.
(c)
The Company IP is free and clear of any Lien, other than outbound licenses
granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course, and
there are no restrictions on the transfer of the Necessary IP Rights, the
Company IP or the Company Products or on offering the Company’s or any of
its Subsidiary’s services, including any restrictions that would impair in any
respect Parent’s ability to operate the business immediately after the Effective
Time as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except with
respect to such restrictions as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Section 4.20(d)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list in all material respects
of all Registered IP and Section 4.20(d)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list in all material
respects of all material unregistered trademarks used by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in offering Company Products or services, if any, in each
case as of the date of this Agreement. To the knowledge of the
Company, all Registered IP (other than applications therefor) is valid,
enforceable and subsisting. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
commercially reasonable actions to maintain and protect the Company IP,
including requiring current executive officers and current employees that have
or have had a material role in the development of the Company Products, services
and material Company IP to execute confidentiality and intellectual property
assignment agreements.
(e) With
respect to Contracts relating to Intellectual Property Rights, (i) Section 4.20(e)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, lists all Contracts pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently licensed or otherwise has
acquired the right to use material Third Party Intellectual Property Rights
(excluding non-exclusive, generally
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commercially
available, off-the-shelf software programs) including without limitation (A)
material Third Party Intellectual Property Rights in computer software programs
that are incorporated into or bundled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with any of the Company Products and (B) rights granted by Third Parties to
market, resell or distribute the products, technology or services of any Third
Party, and (ii) Section 4.20(e)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Contracts pursuant to which Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has granted any Third Party rights under or to any
Company Products or services other than pursuant to or substantially in the form
of Company’s standard outbound form Contracts (“Standard Outbound
Contracts”) and pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
received license revenues exceeding $250,000 (determined on the basis of
aggregate payments to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries over the four
consecutive fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2008). The Company
has provided Parent with copies of its form of Standard Outbound
Contracts.
(f) Section 4.20(f) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all current versions of
Company Products.
(g) Except
with respect to source code escrow agreements with Third Party escrow agents in
effect as of the date hereof, Third Party contractors and consultants working on
behalf of Company or its Subsidiaries while being subject to written
confidentially obligations that prohibit unauthorized use or distribution of the
proprietary source code of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or as
disclosed in Section 4.20(g) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company source code (excluding Open Source
Materials) included in any Company Products has been delivered, licensed, or is
subject to any source code escrow obligation by the Company or its Subsidiaries
to a Third Party, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is under
any contractual obligation to disclose or deliver to any Third Party any Company
source code (excluding Open Source Materials) included in any Company
Products or used to provide services to the customers of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement alone will
not result in or cause a release from escrow or other disclosure or delivery to
any Third Party of any such source code that is a material part of the Company
Products or that has been used to provide services to the customers of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(h) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts
to (i) identify Open Source Materials (as defined below) and (ii) to
avoid the unauthorized use of Open Source Materials in Company
Products. Section 4.20(h) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list describing the Open Source
Materials used by the Company and its Subsidiaries in any Company Product and
the applicable licenses or website address at which such license is
available. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is required to
disclose or distribute in source code form any material Company IP into which
such Open Source Materials has been incorporated or to make the Company Products
available for free as the result of having incorporated any Open Source
Materials into such Company Products, except as where such disclosure or
distribution of Company IP would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. “Open Source
Materials” means all computer software or other material that is
distributed as “open source software” or under a similar open source licensing
or distribution model, including, but not limited to, the GNU General Public
License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and Mozilla Public
License (MPL).
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(i) All
commercially-released, non-evaluation versions of Company Products are free
of (i) any material critical defects, including without limitation
any material critical error or material critical omission in the processing of
any transactions (excluding errors and bugs identified by the Company in the
ordinary course of improving, updating and enhancing its software) and (ii) any
material disabling codes or instructions and any “back door”, “time
bomb”, “Trojan horse”, “worm”, “drop dead device”, “virus”
or other software routines or hardware components that permit unauthorized
access or the unauthorized disruption, impairment, disablement or erasure of
such product or data or other software of users (excluding software keys and
other devices intended to prevent such unauthorized access that have been
incorporated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into a Company Product or
are otherwise offered to customers in conjunction with the sale or license of a
Company Product in the ordinary course) except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company
Products licensed and delivered and all services provided by the Company and its
Subsidiaries conform in all material respects with all applicable material
contractual commitments, including express warranties extended by the Company
and the Company’s published specifications for the Company Products except as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.21 Properties.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. Section 4.21 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all real
property leased, subleased or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(the “Leased Real
Property”). The Company has made available to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of all Contracts under which the Leased Real
Property is currently leased, licensed or subleased (collectively, the “Leases”). Each
Lease is in full force and effect, valid and binding, and is enforceable by the
Company or its Subsidiaries in accordance with its respective terms (subject to
the bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
and to general equity principles), except for such failures to be in full force
or effect or valid, binding and enforceable that would not reasonably be
expected individually or in the aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. There is not any existing material breach, default or event
of default (or event which with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) by the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any Third Party under any of the Leases. No parties
other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have a right to occupy any
material Leased Real Property. The Leased Real Property is used only
for the operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(b) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have legal and valid title to, or, in the case of
leased properties, a valid and enforceable leasehold interest in, all of the
tangible personal properties and assets used or held for use by the Company and
its Subsidiaries in connection with the conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, including all the tangible personal properties and
assets reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, except for such imperfections of
title, if any, which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. All such tangible personal properties and assets are
free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens or for such Liens, if
any, which do not materially impair the
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continued
use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby, or
otherwise materially impair business operations at such properties.
Section
4.22 Interested Party
Transactions. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction or agreement (other than ordinary
course directors’ compensation arrangements or any Company Employee Plan listed
on Section 4.16(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule) with any Affiliate, stockholder that beneficially
owns five percent (5%) or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock, or
director or executive officer of the Company and (ii) no event has occurred
since the date of the Company’s last proxy statement to its stockholders that
would be required to be reported by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
Section
4.23 Certain Business
Practices. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor (to the knowledge of the Company and its directors) any
director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
expenses relating to political activity or for the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) made any bribe or kickback, illegal political
contribution, payment from corporate funds which was incorrectly recorded on the
books and records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, unlawful payment
from corporate funds to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or (iii) made any other unlawful
payment.
Section
4.24 Finders’
Fees. Except for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a copy of
whose engagement agreement (and all indemnification and other agreements related
to such engagement) has been made available to Parent, there is no investment
banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is
authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
Affiliates, or any of their respective officers or directors in their capacity
as officers or directors, who might be entitled to any banking, broker’s
finder’s or similar fee or commission in connection with the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
4.25 Opinion of Financial
Advisor. The Company has received the opinion of Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., financial advisor to the Company, dated as of the date hereof,
to the effect that, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations
set forth therein, as of the date of such opinion, the Merger Consideration to
be received by the holders of shares of Company Common Stock is fair from a
financial point of view to such holders.
Section
4.26 Export Control
Laws. Except as would not be reasonably expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
for the last five (5) years conducted its export and related transactions in
compliance with (i) all applicable
U.S. export, re-export, and anti-boycott controls, including the United States
Export Administration Act and Export Administration Regulations, the Arms Export
Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and U.S. economic
sanctions laws and regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control and (ii) all other applicable import and
export controls in other countries in which the Company and / or each of its
Subsidiary conducts business. Without limiting the foregoing, except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect:
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(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all export licenses, license
exceptions and other consents, notices, waivers, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations and declarations from any Governmental Authority
required in connection with (i) the export and re-export of products, services,
software and technologies, and (ii) releases of technologies and software to
foreign nationals located in the United States and abroad (“Export
Approvals”).
(b) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with the terms of
all applicable Export Approvals.
(c) As
of the date hereof, there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened material claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to noncompliance with Export Approvals.
(d) Section 4.26 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth the true, complete and accurate export control
classifications applicable to the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
products, services, software and technologies.
Section
4.27 Government
Contracts.
(a)
Except where the following matters have not had or would not be reasonably
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the
Company, with respect to Executory Government Contracts or outstanding Bids
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (i) the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all material
terms and conditions of such Government Contract or Bid, (ii) the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all
requirements of statute, rule, regulation, order or agreement with the U.S.
Government pertaining to such Government Contract or Bid, (iii) the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all
representations and certifications executed, acknowledged or set forth in such
Government Contract or Bid, (iv) as of the date hereof, the U.S. Government has
not notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in writing, that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has breached or violated any statute, rule,
regulation certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement
pertaining to such Government Contract or Bid, and (v) as of the date hereof, no
termination for default has been received by the Company, and no cure notice or
show cause notice has been received by the Company and not resolved or cured
pertaining to such Government Contract or Bid.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, (i) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is (or for the last three years has been) under administrative,
civil or criminal investigation, indictment or information, or audit (other than
routine contract audits) or internal investigation, indictment or
information, or audit (other than routine contract audits) or internal
investigation with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission
arising under or relating to its performance under any material Government
Contract or Bid, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made a
Voluntary Disclosure pursuant to the
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Department
of Defense Fraud Voluntary Disclosure Program with respect to any alleged
irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to its
performance under any material Government Contract or Bid that has led or could
lead, either before or after the Closing Date, to any of the consequences set
forth in (i) or (ii) above or any other damage, penalty assessment, recoupment
of payment or disallowance of cost, except the imposition of which would not be
reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries is (or at any time during the last
three years has been) suspended or debarred from doing business with the U.S.
Government or has been declared nonresponsible or ineligible for U.S. Government
contracting. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has, within the
past three years, been terminated for default under any Government
Contract.
Section
4.28 State Takeover
Statutes. Except for Section 203 of the Delaware Law, no “fair
price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or
other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation enacted under state or federal
laws in the United States applicable to the Company is applicable to the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company
Board has taken all actions so that the restrictions contained in Section 203 of
Delaware Law applicable to a “business combination” (as defined in such Section
203) will not apply to Parent or Merger Sub, including the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER
SUB
Parent
represents and warrants to the Company that:
Section
5.1 Corporate Existence and
Power. Parent is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has all corporate
powers required to carry on its business as now conducted. Merger Sub
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and has all corporate powers required to carry
on its business as now conducted. Since the date of its
incorporation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities other than in
connection with or as contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.2 Corporate
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the corporate
powers of Parent
and Merger Sub and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each such Person in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar Applicable Law affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
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Section
5.3 Governmental
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby require no action by or in
respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority, other than (i) the
filing of the Merger Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State and
appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which
Parent is qualified to do business, (ii) compliance with any applicable
requirements of (x) the HSR Act and (y) any Foreign Competition Law, (iii)
compliance with any applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and
any other U.S. state or federal securities laws, (iv) compliance with
Exon-Xxxxxx and any similar or analogous Applicable Law, including the making of
a Joint Filing (as that term is defined in Section 8.1(e)
hereof), (v) required under any contractual consents and (vi) any actions
or filings the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially delay or materially impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.4 Non-contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement
and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in any
violation or breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of Parent or the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub,
(ii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.3,
contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of
any Applicable Law or Order, (iii) require any consent or other action by any
Person under, constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination,
cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or
the loss of any benefit to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled
under, any provision of any agreement or other instrument binding upon Parent or
Merger Sub, with such exceptions, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and
(ii) above, as would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially
delay or materially impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.5 Information
Provided. The information to be supplied by or on behalf of
Parent specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to be sent to the
stockholders of the Company in connection with the Stockholder Meeting shall
not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to stockholders of the
Company or at the time of the Company Meeting, contain any statement which, at
such time and in light of the circumstances under which it shall be made, is
false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made in the Proxy
Statement not false or misleading in light of the circumstances under which they
were or shall be made, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct
any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of
proxies for the Stockholder Meeting which has become false or
misleading. If at any time prior to the Stockholder Meeting any fact
or event relating to Parent or any of its Affiliates which should be set forth
in a supplement to the Proxy Statement should be discovered
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by
Parent or should occur, Parent shall, promptly after becoming aware thereof,
inform the Company of such fact or event.
Section
5.6 Company
Securities. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns
any Company Securities.
Section
5.7 Litigation. There
is no Proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened
against or affecting, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that would, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or
materially impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Parent nor any
of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order against Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries or naming Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as a party
that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially delay or materially impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.8 Financing. Parent
currently has sufficient cash, available lines of credit or other sources of
immediately available funds to enable Merger Sub to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including payment of the aggregate Merger
Consideration.
ARTICLE
VI
COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
The
Company agrees that:
Section
6.1 Conduct of the
Company. Except for matters contemplated by this Agreement,
from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice and use commercially reasonable efforts to
(i) preserve intact its assets and business organization, (ii) maintain in
effect all of its material Governmental Authorizations, (iii) keep available the
services of its present officers and employees and (iv) maintain satisfactory
relationships with its material customers, partners, suppliers, licensors,
licensees, distributors and others having material business relationships with
it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for
matters (A) contemplated by this Agreement, including the matters set forth
under Section
6.4, (B) set forth on Section 6.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, or (C) required by Applicable Law, the
Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the
following without the prior written consent of Parent:
(a) amend
the Company Charter Documents or other comparable charter or organizational
documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of any of its
Subsidiaries;
(b) (i) declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions (whether in
cash, stock, property or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any Contract
with respect to the voting of, any capital stock of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, other than dividends and distributions by a direct or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to its parent, (ii) split,
combine or reclassify any capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for shares of Company Common Stock
issued in accordance with clauses (A)
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and
(B) of Section
6.1(c)(i)), (iv) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company
Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities, other than repurchases of Company
Restricted Shares to the extent required to be repurchased pursuant to the terms
of the relevant Company Restricted Share award as of the date hereof, at no
greater cost than the lower of cost or the then-current fair market value of
Company Common Stock, (v) take any action that would result in any default
under, any material Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(vi) adopt or enter into any “shareholder rights plan” or similar anti-takeover
agreement or plan;
(c) (i)
issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge, transfer, subject to any Lien or otherwise
encumber or dispose of any Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities,
other than (A) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise
of Company Stock Options that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement, and
only if and to the extent required by and in accordance with the applicable
terms as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (B) grants of Company Stock
Options or Company Restricted Shares to existing and newly hired employees in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for no more than
an aggregate of 264,000 Company Stock Options and 435,000 Company
Restricted Shares or (ii) amend any term of any Company Security or any Company
Subsidiary Security (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise);
(d) adopt
a plan or agreement of, or resolutions providing for or authorizing, complete or
partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization;
(e) incur
any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in respect thereof in
excess of $1,097,230 in the aggregate, of which $365,230 will be allocated
solely for tenant improvements (and related soft costs) to the Company’s
facility located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
which tenant improvements (and related soft costs) will be reimbursed by the
Third Party lessor of such facility;
(f) enter
into any joint venture or material partnership or other similar
arrangement;
(g) acquire
(i) any business or Person or division thereof (whether by purchase of stock,
purchase of assets, merger, consolidation, or otherwise), or (ii) any other
assets other than assets acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice;
(h)
sell, lease, license, pledge, transfer, subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose
of any of its assets or properties which are material individually or in the
aggregate to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
except (i) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice or immaterial equipment no longer used in the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) any Lien incurred in
the course of financing ordinary course payables consistent with past practice,
(iii) any non-exclusive license or sales of Company Products, in each case in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and
(iv) pursuant to existing Contracts as in effect on the date
hereof;
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(i) transfer
or license to any Person any rights to any Intellectual Property, or acquire or
license from any Person any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights, other than
non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or transfer or provide a copy of any material Company-proprietary
source code included in the Company Products to any Person other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to a
source code escrow agreement with an escrow holder entered into by the Company
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to the
terms of a customer Contract, the terms of which source code escrow agreement
being substantially similar to the source code escrow agreements entered into by
the Company prior to the date hereof that have been made available by the
Company to Parent;
(j) (i)
grant to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries any increase in compensation, bonus or other
benefits, except (A) increases in connection with promotions of non-executive
officer employees in the ordinary course of business, (B) annual merit increases
in base salaries of non-executive officer employees in the ordinary course of
business or (C) increases required under Applicable Law or existing Company
Employee Plans, in the case of (A) and (B) in accordance with the Company’s
operating budget approved by the Company Board on January 31, 2008 which has
been made available to Parent, (ii) grant to any current or former director,
officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any
severance or termination pay or benefits or any increase in severance, change of
control or termination pay or benefits, except to the extent required under
Applicable Law or Contract or existing Company Employee Plans, (iii) establish,
adopt, or enter into any Company Employee Plan (other than offer letters using
the Company’s standard, unmodified form of offer letter which provides for “at
will” employment without severance, acceleration or post-termination benefits)
or collective bargaining or works council agreement, or amend (except as
required by Applicable Law or would not reasonably be expected to materially
increase any benefit payable thereunder individually or in the aggregate or any
administrative expense thereof) any Company Employee Plan or collective
bargaining agreement except as required under Applicable Law, (iv) take any
action to accelerate any rights or benefits or take any action to fund or in any
other way secure the payment of compensation of benefits under any Company
Employee Plan, (v) make any Person (after the date of this Agreement) a
beneficiary of any retention or severance plan under which such Person is not as
of the date of this Agreement a beneficiary which would entitle such Person to
payments, vesting, acceleration or any other right as a consequence of
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and / or termination of employment, (vi) hire any employees at the
vice-president level or above, or enter into, amend or extend the term of, any
employment or consulting Contract with any officer, employee, consultant or
independent contractor (except that the Company may enter into (x) offer letters
with new employees using the Company’s standard, unmodified form of offer letter
which provides for “at will” employment without severance, acceleration or
post-termination benefits and (y) consulting Contracts in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice), or (vii) grant or pay, or enter into
any Contract providing for the granting of any severance or termination pay, or
the acceleration of vesting or other benefits, to any Person, except payments
made, or the acceleration of vesting or other benefits provided for, pursuant to
written Contracts or plans outstanding on the date hereof, including, without
limitation, the Company’s stock option plans or the Company’s general employment
policies and procedures as currently in effect;
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(k) effect
any material restructuring activities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with respect to their respective employees, including any material reductions in
force;
(l) make
any loans, advances or capital contributions (other than travel and business
expense advances to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) to, or investments
in, any other Person, other than inter-company loans, advances or capital
contributions among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, or forgive or discharge in
whole or in part any outstanding loans or advances or otherwise modify any loan
previously granted;
(m) cancel
any debts or waive any claims or rights of substantial value (including the
cancellation, compromise, release or assignment of any indebtedness owed to, or
claims held by, the Company or any its Subsidiaries), except for cancellations
made or waivers granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(n) agree
to any exclusivity, non-competition or similar provision or covenant (A)
restricting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from competing or otherwise
engaging in any line of business, market or geographic or with any Person or in
any area or engaging in any activity or business (including with respect to the
development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of their respective products
or services), (B) granting most favored nation pricing, exclusive sales,
distribution, marking or other exclusive rights, rights of first refusal, rights
of first negotiation or similar rights and / or terms to any Third Party, (C)
otherwise limiting the right of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the
Surviving Corporation to sell, distribute or manufacture any Company Products,
to purchase or otherwise obtain any components, materials, supplies, equipment,
parts, subassemblies, software, Intellectual Property or services, (D) limiting
the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to solicit suppliers or
customers, (E) restricting the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to use or enforce any material Company IP (other than non-disclosure agreements,
non-exclusive licenses for Company patents and Contracts for the provision of
Company Products, in each instance entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice)
or (F) regarding the delivery of unreleased Company software (other than
ordinary course maintenance upgrades);
(o) fail
to file with the appropriate Governmental Authorities all material Tax Returns
required to be filed by or with respect to the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date, or fail to pay or remit (or cause
to be paid or remitted) any material Taxes due in respect of such Tax
Returns;
(p)
change any election in respect of Taxes, change any accounting method in respect
of Taxes or file any material amendment to a Tax Return;
(q)
institute, settle, or agree to settle any material Proceeding pending or
threatened before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, except
in the ordinary course of business;
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(r) dispose
of, transfer, permit to lapse or abandon any material Intellectual Property or
material Intellectual Property Rights, or dispose of or unlawfully disclose to
any Person, other than Representatives of Parent, any Trade Secrets, and other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(s) change
accounting methods or revalue any of its material assets (including writing down
the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable, taking or
making an impairment charge on or against any assets, in each case otherwise
than in the ordinary course of business) except in each case as required by GAAP
as concurred with by its independent auditors and after notice to
Parent;
(t) enter
into any Contract for the purchase, sale, disposition or lease of any real
property other than the renewal of current leases on substantially similar
terms;
(u) enter
into any operating lease involving payments in excess of $100,000 in the
aggregate per annum;
(v) accelerate
the payment or discharge of any Contract in excess of $50,000 other than
pursuant to the terms of such Contract or in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(w) cancel
or terminate or amend, in any material respect, or enter into any material
insurance policy other than the renewal of existing Insurance Policies with an
existing or alternate underwriter consistent with past practice;
(x) enter
into any Contract or transaction in which any officer, director, employee, agent
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any shareholder of the Company, to the
extent such Person has an interest under circumstances that, if entered into
immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, would require that such
Contract be listed on Section 4.22 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule; or
(y) authorize,
resolve, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.
Section
6.2 Proxy Statement.
(a) As
promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the
Company shall, with the assistance of Parent, prepare and file with the SEC the
Proxy Statement. The Company shall respond to any comments from the
SEC and shall use all reasonable efforts to file the definitive Proxy Statement
as reasonably practicable after such filing. The Company shall notify
Parent promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff in
connection with the filing of, or amendments or supplements to, the Proxy
Statement. Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set
forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall
promptly inform Parent of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the
SEC or its staff, and / or mailing to stockholders of the Company,
such amendment or supplement. The Company shall cooperate and provide
Parent (and its counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on
the Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement prior
to filing such with the
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SEC,
and shall provide Parent with a copy of all such filings made with the
SEC. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its
stockholders at the earliest practicable time.
Section
6.3 Stockholders
Meeting.
(a) The
Company, acting through the Company Board, shall take all action
necessary in accordance with the Delaware Law and the Company Charter Documents
to call, hold and convene a meeting of the Company stockholders (the “Stockholder Meeting”)
to be held as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this
Agreement and in any event will use commercially reasonable efforts (to the
extent permissible under Applicable Law) to cause the Stockholder Meeting to be
convened within forty-five (45) days after the mailing of the Proxy Statement to
Company stockholders. Subject to Section 6.4(b), the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders
proxies in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the approval of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall take all
other action required by the Delaware Law, all other Applicable Law and the
applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq to obtain such
approvals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Company may adjourn or postpone the Stockholder Meeting after
consultation with Parent to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary
supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to its stockholders
in advance of a vote on the Merger and this Agreement or, if as of the time
for which the Stockholder Meeting is scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy
Statement) there are insufficient Company Shares represented (either in person
or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the
Stockholder Meeting. The Company shall ensure that the Stockholder
Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies
solicited by it in connection with the Stockholder Meeting are solicited in
compliance with the Delaware Law, the Company Charter Documents and the
applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq.
(b)
Except to the extent expressly permitted by Section 6.4(b), (i) the
Company Board shall recommend that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of
the adoption of this Agreement at the Stockholder Meeting, (ii) the Proxy
Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Company Board has
recommended by the unanimous approval of all directors present at a duly called
meeting held prior to the execution of this Agreement that the Company’s
stockholders vote in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the
approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby at the
Stockholder Meeting (the “Board Recommendation”) and
(iii) neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall withdraw,
amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify in a manner
adverse to Parent, the recommendation of its Board of Directors that the
Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the adoption and approval of this
Agreement, the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
6.4 No
Solicitation.
(a) Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
authorize or permit any of its or their Representatives to, and the Company
shall instruct, and cause each applicable Subsidiary and Affiliate, if any, to
instruct, each such Representative not to, directly or indirectly, solicit,
initiate or knowingly take any
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action
to facilitate or encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal or any
inquiries or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to
lead to any Acquisition Proposal, or, subject to Section 6.4(b), (i)
solicit, initiate, seek, support or knowingly induce any inquiry, proposal or
offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an
Acquisition Proposal, (ii) conduct or engage in any discussions or negotiations
with, disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to, afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or
records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or otherwise knowingly
assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by, any Third Party
that constitutes, or could reasonably lead to, an Acquisition Proposal,
(iii) (A) amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or
similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) approve any transaction under, or any Third
Party becoming an “interested stockholder” under, Section 203 of Delaware Law,
or (iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet,
acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture
agreement, partnership agreement or other Contract relating to any Acquisition
Proposal. Subject to Section 6.4(b) and
Section 6.4(c),
neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall withhold, withdraw,
amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub the Board
Recommendation, or recommend an Acquisition Proposal, or fail to recommend
against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer for the Company Shares
within ten (10) Business Days after the commencement of such offer (any of the
foregoing, an “Adverse
Recommendation Change”). The Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to, cease
immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities,
discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party conducted prior to or
on the date hereof with respect to any Acquisition Proposal.
(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to but not after the time the vote is taken
with respect to the adoption of this Agreement at the Stockholder Meeting, the
Company Board, directly or indirectly through any Representative, may (i) engage
in negotiations or discussions with any Third Party that has made (and not
withdrawn) a Acquisition Proposal in writing that the Company Board reasonably
believes, after considering the advice of its outside legal counsel and of a
financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, constitutes a Superior
Proposal or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal,
(ii) thereafter furnish to such Third Party non-public information relating
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an executed
confidentiality agreement with terms not materially less favorable to the
Company than those contained in the Confidential Disclosure Agreement effective
as of September 10, 2007 between the Company and Parent (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”), which Confidentiality Agreement shall not include any
provision for any exclusive right to negotiate with such Third Party or having
the actual effect of restricting the Company from fulfilling its obligations
under this Agreement, (iii) following receipt of such Acquisition Proposal,
make an Adverse Recommendation Change; provided, that, immediately
prior to the adoption of a resolution to make an Adverse Recommendation Change,
the Company Board has determined after considering the advice of its outside
legal counsel and of a financial advisor of a nationally recognized reputation,
that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal
and / or (iv) take any action that any court of competent
jurisdiction orders the Company to take, but in each case referred to in
the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), only if (A) such Superior Proposal
shall not have arisen from a material breach of the provisions of this Section 6.4 or was
not otherwise submitted as a result of a violation of this Section 6.4, (B) the
Company shall have complied with its obligations under this Section 6.4 and (C)
the Company
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Board
determines by a majority vote, after considering the advice of outside legal
counsel to the Company, that it is necessary or appropriate to take such action
to comply with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Law. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent the Company Board from complying with Rule 14d-9
and Rule 14e-2(a) or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A under the 1934 Act with
regard to an Acquisition Proposal. The Company Board shall not take
any of the actions referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of the Section 6.4(b) unless
the Company shall have first complied with the provisions of Section 6.4(c) hereof
and delivered to Parent a prior written notice advising that it intends to take
such action.
(c) The
Company shall notify Parent promptly, but in no event later than the
earlier of (x) the second Business Day, or (y) forty-eight (48) hours, after
receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their respective
Representatives), of any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry (including any
request for non-public information) that constitutes or could reasonably be
expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal as well as the identity of the Third
Party making any such Acquisition Proposal and the price and material terms and
conditions communicated with respect to such Acquisition
Proposal. The Company shall provide such notice in
writing. The Company shall keep Parent informed, as promptly as
practicable, of the status and details of any such Acquisition Proposal and
provide Parent as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the
earlier of (x) the second Business Day or (y) forty-eight (48) hours after
receipt by the Company, a copy of all written proposals and drafts of definitive
agreements provided to the Company in connection with any such Acquisition
Proposal or inquiry. After initial notice to Parent in accordance
with this Section
6.4(c) of a Third Party making an Acquisition Proposal, if requested by
Parent, the Company shall engage in good faith negotiations with Parent for
ninety-six (96) hours after that notice is given to amend this Agreement in such
a manner that such Acquisition Proposal would not be a Superior
Proposal. If, subsequent to such initial notice, there is a change in
price or form of consideration to such Acquisition Proposal, then the Company
shall notify Parent of such change and shall engage in good faith negotiations
with Parent for ninety-six (96) hours after notice of that change is given to
Parent to amend this Agreement in such a manner that such Acquisition Proposal
would not be a Superior Proposal. The Company shall provide Parent
with at least two (2) Business Days prior notice (or such lesser prior notice as
provided to the members of Company Board) of any meeting of the Company Board at
which the Company Board is reasonably expected to discuss any Acquisition
Proposal, including to determine whether such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior
Proposal.
Section
6.5 Access to
Information. From the date hereof until the earlier of the
Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement, and subject to the
Confidentiality Agreement, upon reasonable advance notice, the Company shall (i)
give to Parent and its Representatives reasonable access during normal business
hours to the offices, properties, books, records, Contracts, Governmental
Authorizations, documents, officers and employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Parent and its Representatives such financial and
operating data and other information as such Persons may reasonably request and
(iii) instruct its Representatives to cooperate with Parent and its
Representatives in its investigation; provided, that the Company may
restrict the foregoing access to the extent that (A) any Applicable Law requires
the Company to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or
information, (B) such disclosure would, based on the advice of outside
counsel, violate any agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party, or (C) such disclosure would, based on
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the
advice of outside counsel, result in a waiver of attorney-client privilege, work
product doctrine or any other applicable privilege applicable to such
information. Any request for access or information pursuant to this
Section 6.5
shall be directed to any of the persons listed on Section 6.5 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and any investigation pursuant to this Section 6.5
shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section
6.6 Notice of Certain
Events. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify
the other if it obtains knowledge of any of the following:
(i) any
written 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;
(ii) any
written notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) any
Proceeding commenced or, to its knowledge, threatened in writing against,
relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that, if pending on the date of this
Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to
Sections 4.12, 4.13, 4.15 or 4.16, as the case may
be, or that relate to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(iv) any
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement at any
time during the term hereof that would reasonably be expected to cause the
conditions set forth in Section 9.3(a) or
Section 9.3(d)
not to be satisfied; and
(v) any
failure of the Company to comply with or satisfy any covenant contained in this
Agreement at any time during the term hereof that would reasonably be expected
to cause the condition set forth in Section 9.3(b) not to
be satisfied.
Section
6.7 Termination of 401(k)
Plan. Unless otherwise directed in writing by Parent at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company Board shall
authorize the termination of the Company’s 401(k) plan effective on the Closing
Date. The Company shall provide Parent evidence that such resolutions
to terminate the Company 401(k) plan have been adopted by the Company Board or
the board of directors of its Subsidiaries, as applicable. The form
and substance of such resolutions shall be subject to review and approval of
Parent (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld). Immediately prior to such termination, the Company shall
make (or cause to be made) all necessary payments to fund the contributions (i)
necessary or required to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Company
401(k)
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plan,
(ii) for elective deferrals made pursuant to the Company 401(k) plan for the
period prior to termination and (iii) for employer matching contributions (if
any) for the period prior to termination. The Company shall also take
such other actions in furtherance of terminating the Company’s 401(k) Plan as
Parent may reasonably require.
Section
6.8 FIRPTA
Certificate. The Company shall make a determination as to the
classification as to whether the Company Shares are “United States real property
interests” within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code and provided that the
Company determines that the Company Shares are not “United States real property
interest” shares, the Company shall deliver to Parent a certification to that
effect dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective
Time.
Section
6.9 Director
Resignations. The Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain a written letter of resignation from each of the directors of
the Company, and each of its Subsidiaries that will be effective as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided, that such resignation shall
not affect any change of control rights or other benefits to which such
directors may be entitled to and shall not change such directors’ status, if
applicable, as an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS OF
PARENT
Parent
agrees that:
Section
7.1 Director and Officer
Liability.
(a) All
rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from
liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time
now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (each, an “Indemnified Person”)
as provided in the Company Charter Documents (or comparable organizational
documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement) and any indemnification or
other agreements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as in effect on the
date hereof (the “Indemnification
Agreements”) shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force
and effect in accordance with their terms, and the Surviving Corporation shall,
and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, comply with and honor the
foregoing obligations. Without limiting the generality or effect of
the foregoing, from and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respect the obligations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to
(x) any Indemnification Agreement and (y) indemnification, expense
advancement and exculpation provisions set forth in the Company Charter
Documents or other charter or organizational documents of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, in each instance as in effect on the date of this
Agreement and subject to Applicable Law.
(b)
Prior to the Effective time, the Company shall purchase a director and officer
“tail” policy in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective
Time covering each Indemnified Person currently covered by the Company’s
officers’ and directors’
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liability
insurance policy for six (6) years after the Effective Time on terms with
respect to coverage and amount not to exceed the amount set forth in Section 7.1(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and with an aggregate premium not to
exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the amount per annum the Company
paid in respect of its last annual policy period.
(c) If
Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns
(i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger,
or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary,
proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or
the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set
forth in this Section
7.1 as
applicable.
(d) The
rights of each Indemnified Person under this Section 7.1 shall survive
consummation of the Merger and are intended to benefit, and shall be enforceable
by, each Indemnified Person. The obligations of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation under this Section 7.1 shall not be
terminated or modified in such manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified
Person to whom this Section 7.1 applies, without
the consent of such Indemnified Person.
Section
7.2 Employee Matters.
(a) Parent
shall provide, or cause to be provided, for those employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (the “Continuing
Employees”), (i) through December 31, 2008, compensation (including base
salary and bonus) that shall not be any less favorable than the compensation and
benefits provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Continuing
Employees immediately prior to the date of the Agreement and (ii) through
December 31, 2009, employee benefits that in the aggregate are not less
favorable than the benefits provided by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary
to the Continuing Employees immediately prior to the date of this
Agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to be a guarantee of
employment following the Closing Date for any employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, other than as provided in any applicable employment agreement
or other Contract.
(b) Parent
shall (i) waive, or shall cause to be waived, any applicable pre-existing
condition exclusions and waiting periods with respect to participation and
coverage requirements in any replacement or successor welfare benefit plan of
the Company or any Subsidiary that a Continuing Employee is eligible to
participate in following the Closing to the extent such exclusions or
waiting periods were inapplicable to, or had been satisfied by, such
Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Closing under the analogous Company
Employee Plan in which such Continuing Employee participated, (ii) provide, or
cause to be provided, each Continuing Employee with credit for any
co-payments and deductibles paid prior to the Closing (to the same extent such
credit was given under the analogous Company Employee Plan prior to the Closing)
in satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements and (iii)
recognize service prior to the Closing with the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting, determination
of level of benefits, and vacation accrual to the same extent such service was
recognized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the
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analogous
Company Employee Plan in which such Continuing Employee participated immediately
prior to the Closing; provided, that the foregoing
shall not apply to the extent it would result in any duplication of benefits for
the same period of service.
(c) From
and after the Closing, except as otherwise agreed in writing between Parent and
a Company employee, and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including
Section 7.2(a)
above, Parent shall honor and shall cause to be honored, in accordance with its
terms, (i) each existing employment, change in control, severance, or other
termination protection plan, policy or practice of or between the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and any officer, director or employee, including, but not
limited to, the Company’s standard severance practice of one (1) week of
severance for each year (including partial years) of employment for employees
not subject to a severance agreement or other termination protection provisions
contained in any Contract and who are terminated without cause (with a minimum
of three months of severance for vice president-level employees, two months of
severance for director-level employees and one month of severance for all other
employees), (ii) all obligations in effect as of the Closing under any
bonus or bonus deferral plans, programs or agreements of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and (iii) all obligations in effect as of the Closing pursuant
to any retention and equity-based plans, programs or agreements, and all vested
and accrued benefits under any Company Employee Plan, in each case, provided
that such arrangement or obligation has been disclosed to Parent in Section 4.16 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule as of the date hereof, and the Company has provided
to Parent a complete and accurate copy of the applicable Company Employee
Plan.
ARTICLE
VIII
COVENANTS OF PARENT AND THE
COMPANY
The
parties hereto agree that:
Section
8.1 Reasonable Best
Efforts.
(a) Prior
to the Closing, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall use their respective
commercially reasonable best efforts to (x) take, or cause to be taken, actions,
and (y) do, or cause to be done, things necessary, proper or advisable under any
Applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement as promptly as practicable, including using commercially
reasonable best efforts in (i) the preparation and filing of all forms,
registrations and notices required to be filed to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) obtaining (and cooperating with each other
in obtaining) any consent, authorization, Order or approval of, or any exemption
by, any Third Party, including any Governmental Authority (which actions
shall include furnishing all information required under the HSR Act and in
connection with approvals of or filings with any other Governmental Authority)
required to be obtained or made by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of
their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and (iii) the execution and delivery of any additional
instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this
Agreement. Additionally, each of Parent and the Company shall use
commercially
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reasonable
best efforts not to take any action after the date of this Agreement that would
reasonably be expected to materially delay the obtaining of, or result in not
obtaining, any permission, approval or consent from any Governmental Authority
necessary to be obtained prior to Closing.
(b) Prior
to the Closing, each party shall promptly consult with the other parties to this
Agreement to provide any necessary information with respect to (and, in the case
of correspondence, provide the other parties (or their counsel) copies of), all
filings made by such party with any Governmental Authority or any other
information supplied by such party to, or correspondence with,
a Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party to this
Agreement shall promptly inform the other parties to this Agreement of any
communication from any Governmental Authority regarding any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. If any party to this Agreement or any
Affiliate of such party receives a request for additional information or
documentary material from any Governmental Authority with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then such party shall use
commercially reasonable best efforts to make, or cause to be made, promptly and
after consultation with the other parties to this Agreement, an appropriate
response in compliance with such request.
(c) The
Company and Parent shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to file, as
promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days
after the date of this Agreement, notifications under the HSR Act and shall use
reasonable best efforts to respond, as promptly as practicable, to any inquiries
received from the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice for additional information or documentation and to
respond, as promptly as practicable, to all inquiries and requests received from
any state Attorney General or other Governmental Authority in connection with
antitrust matters.
(d) Each
of Parent and the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to
resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental
Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under
the HSR Act, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and any other United States federal or
state laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having
the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (collectively,
“Antitrust
Laws”). Each of Parent and the Company shall use reasonable
best efforts to take such action as may be required to cause the expiration of
the notice periods under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws with respect to the
Transactions as promptly as possible after the execution of this
Agreement.
(e) Company
and Parent shall cooperate with respect to the preparation and submission as
promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, of a joint
filing and any requested supplemental information (collectively, the “Joint Filing”) to the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (including any successor or
replacement, “CFIUS”) under
Exon-Xxxxxx with regard to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The parties shall promptly provide each other with all
information necessary to complete preparation and submission of the Joint
Filing, to respond to any inquiries from CFIUS or any other interested
Governmental Authority and use commercially reasonable best efforts to take
all
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steps
necessary to secure the approval of CFIUS of the transactions contemplated
hereby as promptly as practicable (“CFIUS
Approval”). Without limiting the foregoing, the requirement of
Parent to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the CFIUS
Approval shall include negotiating and entering into one or more mitigation
agreements with a federal Governmental Authority, provided that such mitigation
agreements would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall require Parent
or any of its Affiliates to (i) litigate with any Governmental Authority, (ii)
divest any material business or assets or any of the shares of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) divest, hold separate or otherwise accept
limitations on ownership or control by Parent or any of its Affiliates of any of
their respective existing businesses, assets or properties or on the operation
of the business of Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company) or
(iv) agree that a majority of the directors of Parent, any of its Affiliates or
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries be residents or citizens of the United
States.
Section
8.2 Public
Announcements. Parent and the Company shall consult with each
other before issuing any press release, making any other public statement, or
scheduling any press conference or conference call with investors or analysts,
with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and,
except as may be required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with or
rule of any national securities exchange or association, shall not issue any
such press release, make any such other public statement, or schedule any such
press conference or conference call before such consultation.
Section
8.3 Further
Assurances. At and after the Effective Time, the officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and
deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Company or Merger Sub, any deeds,
bills of sale, assignments or assurances and to take and do, in the name and on
behalf of the Company or Merger Sub, 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.
ARTICLE
IX
CONDITIONS TO THE
MERGER
Section
9.1 Conditions to the Obligations of
Each Party. The respective obligations of each party hereto to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the
satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions,
any of which may be waived, in writing, by agreement of all the parties
hereto:
(a) Stockholder
Approval. The Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained in
compliance with Delaware Law, the Company Charter Documents and the rules of
Nasdaq, each as in effect on the date of such approval.
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(b) No Injunctions or Restraints;
Illegality. No temporary restraining, preliminary, permanent
or other Order issued by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or
other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation
of the Merger.
(c) Governmental
Authorizations. (i) All applicable waiting periods (and any
extensions thereof) applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall have
expired or been terminated. (ii) The period of time for any
applicable review process under Exon-Xxxxxx shall have expired, and the
President of the United States shall not have taken action to prevent the
consummation of the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
9.2 Additional Conditions to the
Obligations of the
Company. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger
shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of
the following additional conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing,
exclusively by the Company:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this
Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of
such date), in each case, except where the failure to be true and correct,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
individually or in the aggregate prevent, materially delay or materially impair
Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and the Company shall have received a certificate signed on
behalf of Parent by an officer of Parent to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of Parent and Merger Sub. Parent and Merger Sub shall have
performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by
them under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall
have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an officer of Parent
to such effect.
Section
9.3 Additional Conditions to the
Obligations of the Parent and Merger
Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the
Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of
each of the following additional conditions, any of which may be waived, in
writing, exclusively by Parent and Merger Sub:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to
the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a
particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct only as of such date), in each case, except (other than the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.5(a), which
shall be true and correct in all material respects and Section 4.2 which
shall be true and correct in all respects) where the failure to be true and
correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and
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Parent
shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer
of the Company to such effect.
(b)
Performance of
Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed
in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under
this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company to such
effect.
(c)
No
Litigation. No Proceeding brought by any Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction seeking to prevent the consummation of the
Merger or limiting or restricting the conduct or operation of the business of
the Company by Parent or Merger Sub after the Merger be pending, except as
permitted, required or contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Material Adverse
Effect. No event has occurred or circumstance shall have come
into existence and be continuing, either individually or in the aggregate, since
the date hereof that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION
Section
10.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time (whether
before or after the Stockholder Meeting), by written notice by the terminating
party to the other party specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such
termination is effected):
(a) by
mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b)
by either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated
by October 31, 2008 (the “End Date”); provided, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(b) shall not be
available to any party whose willful failure to fulfill any material
obligation under this Agreement has been a principal cause of the failure of the
Merger to occur on or before the End Date;
(c) by
either Parent or the Company if a Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction shall have issued a nonappealable final Order, decree or ruling or
taken any other nonappealable final action, in each case having the effect of
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger; provided, that the party
seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(c) shall
have used commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the occurrence of and to
remove such Order;
(d) by
either Parent or the Company if at the Stockholders Meeting, the Stockholder
Approval shall not have been obtained; provided, that, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(d) shall not be
available to either party whose willful
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failure
to fulfill any material obligation under this Agreement has been the principal
cause of the failure to obtain Stockholder Approval;
(e) by
the Company, upon an Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Superior
Proposal effected by the Company Board in compliance with Section 6.4 and concurrently
with payment to Parent by the Company of all amounts due pursuant to Section 11.4 of this
Agreement in accordance with the terms specified therein;
(f) by
Parent (at any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Stockholder
Approval) if a Triggering Event with respect to the Company shall have
occurred. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Triggering Event”,
with respect to the Company, shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) the Company
Board or any committee thereof shall for any reason have made an Adverse
Recommendation Change and it has not been withdrawn as of the time of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(f), or
(ii) a tender or exchange offer for all of the Company’s outstanding securities
shall have been formally commenced by a Third Party, and the Company shall not
have sent to its security holders pursuant to Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the
1934 Act, within ten (10) Business Days after such tender or exchange offer is
formally commenced, a statement disclosing that the Company Board recommends
rejection of such tender or exchange offer.
(g) by
Parent, if there has been a breach of or failure to perform any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this
Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would cause the conditions set
forth in Section
9.3(a) or 9.3(b) not to be
satisfied, and (ii) (A) shall not have been cured within twenty (20) Business
Days following receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach or
failure to perform from Parent or (B) by its nature or timing cannot reasonably
be cured by the End Date.
(h) by
the Company, if there has been a breach of or failure to perform any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger
Sub set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would
cause the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) or 9.2(b) not to be
satisfied, and (ii) (A) shall not have been cured within twenty (20) Business
Days following receipt by Parent of written notice of such breach or failure to
perform from the Company or (B) by its nature or timing cannot reasonably be
cured by the End Date.
Section
10.2 Effect of
Termination. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 10.1, this Agreement shall become void and of no effect without
liability of any party (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent,
consultant or representative of such party) to each other party hereto; provided, that if such
termination shall result from the willful and material failure of any party (i)
to fulfill a condition to the performance of the obligations of any other party,
or (ii) to perform a covenant hereof, such party shall be fully liable for any
and all liabilities and damages incurred or suffered by any other party as a
result of such failure. The provisions of this Section 10.2 and
Sections 11.4,
11.6(b), 11.7, 11.8 and 11.9 and the
Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination hereof pursuant to Section
10.1.
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.1 Notices. All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing (including facsimile transmission but excluding electronic mail) and
shall be given,
if
to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
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a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Directeur
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Xxxxxx LLP
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to the Company, to:
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a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
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Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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or
to such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify
for the purpose by notice to each other party hereto. All such
notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed duly delivered prior
to 5:00 p.m. in the place of delivery (i) one (1) Business Day after being sent
for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable international
overnight courier service, or (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or,
the first Business Day following such receipt if the date of such receipt is not
a Business Day) of transmission by facsimile.
Section
11.2 Survival of Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained
herein and in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto shall
not survive the Effective Time. The covenants of Parent and Surviving
Corporation in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time.
Section
11.3 Amendments and
Waivers.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 7.1(d), any provision of
this Agreement may be amended or waived prior to the Effective Time if, but only
if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an
amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each
party against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided, that after the
Stockholder Approval without the further approval of the Company’s stockholders,
no such amendment or waiver shall be made or given that requires the approval of
the stockholders of the Company under Delaware Law unless the required approval
is obtained.
(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 Applicable Law.
Section
11.4 Expenses.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with
this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense; provided, that the Company and
Parent shall share equally all filing fees payable pursuant to a CFIUS review,
the HSR Act or any Foreign Competition Law.
(b) If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(d) or Section 10.1(f) and
after the date of this Agreement but prior to such termination (i) an
Acquisition Proposal has been publicly disclosed and not publicly withdrawn and
(ii) within twelve (12) months of such termination the Company shall have
entered into any binding, definitive written Contract for any Acquisition
Proposal, then the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Parent), within one (1) Business Day
of the execution of such Contract, a fee in an amount equal to $4,500,000 (the
“Breakup
Fee”). For purposes of this Section 11.4, each
reference to fifteen percent (15%) or eighty-five percent (85%), respectively,
in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal”
shall be deemed to be fifty percent (50%).
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(c) If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(e), then
the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated by Parent), within one (1) Business Day of such
termination by Parent, the Breakup Fee.
(d)
In no event shall the Company have to pay more than one Breakup
Fee. Except as provided in Section 10.2 hereof,
payment of the Breakup Fee shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent,
Merger Sub and their Affiliates under this Agreement.
(e) The
Company acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in Section 11.4(b) and Section 11.4(c) are an integral
part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) the amount
of, and the basis for payment of, the Breakup Fee is reasonable and
appropriate in all respects, and (iii) without this agreement, Parent would
not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails to
pay in a timely manner the Breakup Fee pursuant to Section 11.4(b)
and / or Section 11.4(c), and, in order
to obtain such payment, Parent makes a claim that results in a judgment for the
Breakup Fee, the Company shall pay to Parent its reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such
suit, together with interest on the amount set forth in Section 11.4(b) and /
or Section
11.4(c) at the prime lending rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal, plus two percent (2%), on
the date such Breakup Fee was required to be paid hereunder.
Section
11.5 Disclosure Schedule
References. The parties hereto agree that any reference in a
particular Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall only be deemed to be
an exception to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of) (i) the
representations and warranties (or covenants, as applicable) of the Company that
are contained in the corresponding Section of this Agreement and (ii) any other
representations and warranties (or covenants, as applicable) of the Company that
are contained in this Agreement, but only if the relevance of that reference as
an exception to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such representations and
warranties (or covenants, as applicable) are reasonably apparent.
Section
11.6 Binding Effect; Benefit;
Assignment.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and, except as provided in
Section 7.1, shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Except as provided in Section 7.1, no provision of
this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer any rights, benefits,
remedies, obligations or liabilities of any nature whatsoever under or by reason
of this Agreement upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.
(b) No
party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto,
except that Parent or Merger Sub may transfer or assign its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, in whole or from time to time in part, to one
or more of its Affiliates at any time; provided, that such transfer or
assignment shall not relieve Parent or Merger Sub of any of its obligations
hereunder.
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Section
11.7 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
conflicts of law rules of such State.
Section
11.8 Jurisdiction. The
parties hereto agree that any Proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or
based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in any federal court located
in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each of the parties
hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of
the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Proceeding and
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Proceeding
in any such court or that any such Proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Proceeding
may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the
jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each
party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 11.1 shall be
deemed effective service of process on such party.
Section
11.9 Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
11.10 Counterparts;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a
counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until
and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by each other
party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any
right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written
agreement or other communication).
Section
11.11 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Confidentiality
Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to their
subject matter.
Section
11.12 Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the
parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as
originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
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Section
11.13 Specific
Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage
would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance
with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the
performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal court located in
the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, in addition to any other
remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement and Plan of
Merger to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day
and year first above written.
AXWAY
INC.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER]
AGREEMENT
OF GUARANTEE
This Agreement of Guarantee (this
“Agreement”)
dated June 5, 2008 between Sopra Group SA, a corporation organized under the
laws of France (“S Group”)
and Tumbleweed Communications Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”) of even date herewith, by and among the Company, Axway Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“Parent”)
which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axway Software SA, a corporation organized
under the laws of France, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sopra, and
Tornado Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Merger Agreement.
WHEREAS
the Board of Directors of each of Sopra, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
deems it advisable and in the best interests of such corporation and its
respective stockholders that Parent acquire the Company on the terms and
conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and as a condition and
inducement of Company’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, Sopra is
entering into this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below, Sopra agrees as
follows:
Section
1.1 Guarantee. Sopra
guarantees each and every representation and warranty of Parent and Merger Sub,
and/or any of their respective permitted assigns (and where any such
representation or warranty is made to the knowledge of Parent or Merger Sub,
such guarantee shall be deemed made to the knowledge of Sopra), and the full and
timely performance of their respective obligations under the provisions of the
Merger Agreement subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement. This
is a guarantee of payment and performance, and not of collection, and Sopra
acknowledges and agrees that this guarantee is unconditional.
Section
1.2 Governing
Law. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such
State.
Section
1.3 Jurisdiction. The
parties hereto agree that any Proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or
based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in any federal court located
in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each of the parties
hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of
the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Proceeding and
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Proceeding
in any such court or
that
any such Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. Process in any such Proceeding may be served on
any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of
any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees
that service of process on such party as provided in Section 1.4 hereof
shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
Section
1.4 Notice. All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing (excluding facsimile transmission and electronic mail) and shall be
given,
if
to Sopra, to:
Sopra
Group SA
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xxx xxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
00000 Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Directeur Juridique
with
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
if
to the Company, to:
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General
Counsel
with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
or
to such other address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by
notice to each other party hereto. All such notices, requests and
other communications shall be deemed duly delivered prior to 5:00 p.m. in the
place of delivery on the date of confirmation of receipt. The notice
shall be sent, fees prepaid, via a reputable international overnight courier
service.
Section
1.5 Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
1.6 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.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement of Guarantee to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first written above.
SOPRA
GROUP SA
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VOTING AGREEMENT AND
IRREVOCABLE PROXY
This
VOTING AGREEMENT AND
IRREVOCABLE PROXY (this “Agreement”)
is entered into effective as of June 5, 2008, by and between Axway Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
and the undersigned stockholders (collectively referred to herein as “Stockholder”)
of Tumbleweed Communications Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Stockholder is a material inducement to the
willingness of Parent to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated on or about the date hereof (the “Merger
Agreement”), by and among Parent, Tornado Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger
Sub”), and the Company, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and
into the Company (the “Merger”),
and the Company will survive the Merger and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent.
WHEREAS, Stockholder
understands and acknowledges that the Company and Parent are entitled to rely
on: (i) the truth and accuracy of Stockholder’s representations
contained herein; and (ii) Stockholder’s performance of the obligations set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the promises and the covenants and agreements set forth in the
Merger Agreement and in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Restrictions on
Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions herein and in the
Merger Agreement:
(a) Stockholder
shall not, directly or indirectly, transfer (except as may be specifically
required by court order or by operation of law), grant an option with respect
to, sell, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or encumber, the Shares (as
defined in Section 4(a)
below) or any New Shares (as defined in Section 1(d)
below), or make any offer or enter into any agreement or binding arrangement or
commitment or other Contract providing for any of the foregoing, at any time
prior to the Expiration Time (as defined below); provided, however, that nothing
contained herein will be deemed to restrict the ability of Stockholder to
exercise any Company Options held by Stockholder; provided, further, that
Stockholder may transfer Shares and New Shares: (i) to any member of
Stockholder’s immediate family; (ii) to a trust for the benefit of Stockholder
or any member of Stockholder’s immediate family for estate planning purposes;
(iii) in connection with or for the purpose of personal tax-planning; or (iv) to
a charitable organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; provided, however, that any
transfer referred to in this section shall be permitted
only
if, as a precondition to such transfer, the transferee agrees to be bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided further however, that
Stockholder may sell up to 60,000 Shares or New Shares in accordance with
Stockholder’s Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan as in effect as of January 1, 2008, a
copy of which has previously been provided to Parent. As used herein,
the term “Expiration
Time” shall mean the earliest to occur of: (A) the Effective
Time; (B) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its
terms; (C) the written agreement of the parties hereto to terminate this
Agreement; or (D) the date of: (1) any change or amendment to the
material terms of the Merger Agreement (including a waiver or forbearance by the
parties to the Merger Agreement that has the effect of a change or amendment)
that adversely effects the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s interest in the
Shares or New Shares (excluding, for sake of clarity, any amendment to the terms
of the Merger Agreement with the effect of extending the End Date); or (2) any
change or amendment of the Merger Agreement (including a waiver or forbearance
by the parties to the Merger Agreement that has the effect of a change or
amendment) that results in a decrease in the Merger Consideration or that
results in a change in the form of consideration to be paid by Parent in the
Merger.
(b) At
all times commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement until the
Expiration Time, Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, grant any
proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any of the Shares or any New
Shares, deposit any of the Shares or any New Shares into a voting trust, or
enter into a voting agreement (other than this Agreement) or similar binding
arrangement or commitment with respect to any of the Shares or any New Shares,
in each case in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms
hereof.
(c) Stockholder
shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action (other than any action of
Stockholder in the exercise of Stockholder’s fiduciary or other duties to the
Company and its Stockholders, to the extent any such duties shall exist),
between the date hereof and the Expiration Time, that would make any
representation or warranty contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the
effect of impairing Stockholder from performing his or her obligations under
this Agreement.
(d) Any
shares of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company that
Stockholder purchases or with respect to which Stockholder otherwise acquires or
exercises voting rights after the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Expiration Time, including pursuant to the exercise of Company Options and Other
Rights (as defined in the Section 4(b)
below) (collectively, the “New
Shares”) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
to the same extent as if they constituted Shares.
2. Agreement to Vote
Shares.
(a) Prior
to the Expiration Time and except as otherwise contemplated by Section 2(b)
below, at every meeting of the Stockholders of the Company called and at every
adjournment or postponement thereof, and in any written action by consent of
Stockholders of the Company, unless otherwise directed in writing by Parent,
Stockholder shall vote, to the extent not voted by the person(s) appointed
pursuant to Section 3 of
this Agreement, the Shares
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and
any New Shares: (i) in favor of approval of the principal terms of
the Merger and any matter that is reasonably necessary to facilitate the Merger;
and (ii) against any Acquisition Proposal and any other action that would
reasonably be expected to frustrate, delay, postpone, prevent or adversely
affect the Merger.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict Stockholder
from: (i) acting in Stockholder’s capacity as a director or officer
of the Company, to the extent applicable, it being understood that this
Agreement shall apply to Stockholder solely in Stockholder’s capacity as a
Stockholder of the Company; or (ii) voting in Stockholder’s sole discretion on
any matter other than matters referred to in Section 2(a).
3. Grant of Irrevocable
Proxy. In order to secure the performance by Stockholder of
Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement, until the Expiration Time,
Stockholder hereby irrevocably (or to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Laws) appoints the Board of Directors of Parent or any other designee of Parent,
as Stockholder’s sole and exclusive attorneys-in-fact and proxies, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote and exercise all voting and
related rights (to the fullest extent Stockholder is entitled to do so) with
respect to the Shares and any New Shares in accordance with Section 2 of
this Agreement, but subject to the terms of Section 2(b). The
proxies and powers of attorney granted pursuant to this Section 3 by
Stockholder shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to
support an irrevocable proxy and shall terminate upon the Expiration
Time. Stockholder hereby revokes any and all prior proxies or powers
of attorney given by the Stockholder with respect to the voting of any Shares or
any New Shares inconsistent with the terms of Section 2 and
agrees not to grant any subsequent proxies or powers of attorney with respect to
the voting of any Shares or any New Shares inconsistent with the terms of Section 2 until
after the Expiration Time.
4. Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of Stockholder. Stockholder hereby represents,
warrants and covenants to Parent as follows as of the date hereof:
(a) Stockholder
is the beneficial or record owner of, and has the voting power over, that number
of shares of Company Common Stock and restricted shares of Company Common Stock
set forth on the signature page hereto (all such shares owned beneficially or of
record by Stockholder, or over which Stockholder exercises voting power, on the
date hereof, collectively, the “Shares”
provided that
any Shares subsequently transferred as permitted in and accordance with
Section 1(a) above shall from and after such transfer cease to be
Shares). The Shares are free of any encumbrance that would materially
and adversely affect Stockholder’s ability to exercise his or her voting power
as provided in Section 2, grant
the proxy pursuant to Section 3, or
otherwise complying with the terms hereof. No person not a signatory
to this Agreement has a beneficial interest in or a right to acquire or vote any
of the Shares (other than, if Stockholder is a married individual and resides in
a state with community property laws, the community property interest of his or
her spouse to the extent applicable under such community property
laws). The Shares constitute Stockholder’s entire interest in the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Stockholder is not the beneficial
or record holder of, and does not
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exercise
voting power over, any other outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company. No person that is not a signatory to this Agreement has a
beneficial interest in or a right to acquire or vote any of the
Shares.
(b) Stockholder
is the legal and beneficial owner of the number of options to purchase shares of
Company Common Stock set forth on the signature page hereto (collectively, the
“Company
Options and Other Rights”). The Company Options and Other
Rights are free of any encumbrance that would materially and adversely affect
Stockholder’s ability to exercise his or her voting powers as provided in Section 2, grant
the proxy pursuant to Section 3, or
otherwise comply with the terms hereof.
(c) Stockholder
has all requisite power, capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement
and, with respect to Shares not transferred pursuant to and accordance with
Section 1(a), to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by Stockholder and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent, constitutes a
valid and binding obligation of Stockholder, enforceable against Stockholder in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to general principles of
equity.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance by Stockholder of this Agreement will
not: (i) conflict with, require a consent, waiver or approval under,
or result in a breach of or default under, any of the terms of any Contract to
which Stockholder is a party or by which any of such Stockholder’s assets is
bound; or (ii) violate any Order or Applicable Laws applicable to Stockholder or
any of such Stockholder’s assets, except for such conflicts, breaches,
violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect Stockholder’s ability to perform his, her or its
obligations under this Agreement.
5. Consent and Waiver;
Termination of Existing Agreements. Stockholder hereby agrees,
between the date hereof and the Expiration Time, to give any consents or waivers
that are reasonably required for the consummation of the Merger under the terms
of any agreement or instrument or other Contract to which Stockholder is a party
or subject or in respect of any rights Stockholder may have in connection with
the Merger or the other transactions provided for in the Merger Agreement
(whether such rights exist under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws, any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is, or any
of its assets are, bound under statutory or common law or
otherwise). Without limiting the generality or effect of the
foregoing, Stockholder shall not, between the date hereof and the Expiration
Time, contest or object to the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement,
the Board of Directors of the Company actions in approving and recommending the
Merger, the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions provided for
in the Merger Agreement, and shall not seek damages or other legal or equitable
relief in connection therewith. Unless the Expiration Time shall have
occurred by reason of the occurrence of the events contemplated by clause (D) of
the definition of thereof and this Agreement shall be terminated prior to the
Effective Time, from and after the Effective Time, Stockholder’s right to
receive cash on the terms and subject to the
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conditions
set forth in the Merger Agreement shall constitute Stockholder’s sole and
exclusive right against the Company and/or Parent in respect of Stockholder’s
ownership of the Shares or status as a stockholder of the Company or any
agreement or instrument with the Company pertaining to the Shares or
Stockholder’s status as a stockholder of the Company.
6. Confidentiality. Except
as required by Applicable Laws or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms
of the Merger Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement, Stockholder shall hold
any information regarding this Agreement and the Merger in strict confidence and
shall not divulge any such information to any third person until Parent has
publicly disclosed the Merger. Neither the Stockholder, nor any of
his or her affiliates (other than the Company, whose actions shall be governed
by the Merger Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement), shall issue or cause
the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect
to this Agreement, the Merger, the Merger Agreement or the other transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby without the prior written consent of Parent,
except as may be required by Applicable Laws or by any listing agreement with,
or the policies of Nasdaq in which circumstance such announcing party shall make
reasonable efforts to consult with Parent to the extent
practicable.
7. Dissenters’
Rights. Stockholder agrees not to exercise, between the date
hereof and the Expiration Time, any rights of appraisal or any dissenters’
rights that Stockholder may have or could potentially have or acquire (whether
under Applicable Laws or otherwise) in connection with the Merger.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing (including facsimile transmission but excluding electronic mail) and
shall be given:
(i) if
to Parent, to:
Axway
Inc.
0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
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(ii) if
to Stockholder, to the address set forth for the Stockholder on the signature
page hereof, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General
Counsel
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
or
to such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify
for the purpose by notice to each other party hereto. All such
notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed duly delivered prior
to 5:00 p.m. in the place of delivery: (i) one (1) Business Day after
being sent for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable
international overnight courier service; or (ii) on the date of confirmation of
receipt (or, the first Business Day following such receipt if the date of such
receipt is not a Business Day) of transmission by facsimile.
(b) Interpretation. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a
Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect
in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each
case to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The phrases
“the date of this Agreement”, “the date hereof”, and terms of similar import,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed to refer to the date
first above written. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise
requires: (i) words of any gender include each other gender; (ii)
words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular
number, respectively; and (iii) the terms “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and
derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement.
(c) Specific Performance;
Injunctive Relief. The parties hereto acknowledge that Parent
will be irreparably harmed and that there will be no adequate remedy at law for
a violation of any of the covenants or agreements of Stockholder set forth
herein. Therefore, it is agreed that, in addition to any other
remedies that may be available to Parent upon any such violation of this
Agreement, Parent shall have the right to enforce such covenants and agreements
by specific performance, injunctive relief or by any other means available to
Parent at law or in equity and Stockholder hereby waives any requirement for the
security or posting of any bond in connection with such
enforcement.
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(d) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other parties hereto; it being understood that all parties need not sign the
same counterpart.
(e) Entire Agreement;
Nonassignability; Parties in Interest; Death or
Incapacity. This Agreement and the documents and instruments
and other agreements specifically referred to herein or delivered pursuant
hereto (including, without limitation, the proxy): (i) constitute an
inducement and condition to entering into the Merger Agreement; (ii) constitute
the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; and (iii) are not
intended to confer, and shall not be construed as conferring, upon any person
other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies
hereunder. Except as provided in Section 1(a),
neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests, or obligations under
this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation
of law or otherwise, by Stockholder without the prior written consent of Parent,
and any such assignment or delegation that is not consented to shall be null and
void. This Agreement, together with any rights, interests or
obligations of Parent hereunder, may be assigned or delegated in whole or in
part by Parent to any affiliate of Parent without the consent of or any action
by Stockholder upon notice by Parent to Stockholder as herein
provided. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be
binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto
and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including, without
limitation, any person to whom any Shares are sold, transferred or assigned
pursuant to Section 1(a)
hereof). All authority conferred herein shall survive the death or
incapacity of the Stockholder and in the event of Stockholder’s death or
incapacity, any obligation of the Stockholder hereunder shall be binding upon
the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the
Stockholder.
(f) Additional
Documents. Stockholder shall, between the date hereof and the
Expiration Time, execute and deliver any additional documents necessary or
desirable, in the reasonable opinion of Parent upon advice of counsel, to carry
out the purpose and intent of this Agreement.
(g) Severability. In
the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof,
becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void
or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances shall be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the
parties hereto. The parties hereto further agree to use their
commercially reasonable efforts to replace such void or unenforceable provision
of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that shall achieve, to
the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or
unenforceable provision.
(h) Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all
remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party shall be deemed cumulative with
and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon
such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy shall not preclude the
exercise of any other remedy.
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(i) Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference to such
state’s principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Courts of the
State of Delaware and the Federal district court of the United States of America
located within the State of Delaware, in respect of the interpretation and
enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and of the documents referred to
in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any
Proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or thereof, that it is
not subject thereto or that such Proceeding may not be brought or is not
maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate or
that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such
courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to
such Proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a State Court in the State
of Delaware or such Federal court. The parties hereby consent to and
grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the
subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers
in connection with any such Proceeding in the manner provided in Section 8(a) or
in such other manner as may be permitted by Applicable Laws, shall be valid and
sufficient service thereof.
(j) Termination. This
Agreement shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect from and
after the Expiration Time, and thereafter there shall be no liability or
obligation on the part of the Stockholder, provided, that no
such termination shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this
Agreement prior to such termination.
(k) Amendment. Any
provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such
amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by
each of the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against
which the waiver is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no failure or delay by any party hereto in exercising any right hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise of any right hereunder.
(l) No Ownership
Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed
to vest in Parent or any of its affiliates any direct or indirect ownership or
incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Shares or New
Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of or relating to
the Shares and New Shares shall remain vested in and belong to Stockholder, and
Parent shall have no authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict,
regulate, govern or administer any of the policies or operations of the Company
or exercise any power or authority to Stockholder in the voting of any of the
Shares or New Shares, except as otherwise provided herein and in the Merger
Agreement.
(m) WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
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PROCEEDING
OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN NEGOTIATION,
ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this VOTING AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLE
PROXY to be executed as of the date first above written.
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Shares
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