GUARANTEE
Exhibit
99.1
This
GUARANTEE (this “Guarantee”), dated as
of November 1, 2010, is made by Marco Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx xxx Graças Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Stefanini Participações Ltda., and Stefanini Consultoria e Assessoria
em Informatica S.A. (each a “Guarantor”, and
collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor
of TechTeam Global, Inc. (the “Guaranteed
Party”).
WHEREAS,
Platinum Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”),
Stefanini International Holdings Ltd, a corporation organized under the laws of
England and Wales (“Parent”), and the
Guaranteed Party have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated the
date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Agreement”) pursuant
to which, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement,
Purchaser shall commence a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Guaranteed Party and, following the consummation of the
Offer, merge with and into the Guaranteed Party with the Guaranteed Party as
the Surviving Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, each of the Guarantors is providing this Guarantee as a
condition and inducement to the Guaranteed Party’s willingness to enter into the
Agreement;
ARTICLE
I
ARTICLE
II
(a) To
induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into the Agreement, each Guarantor,
intending to be legally bound as primary obligor and not merely as surety,
hereby, absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed
Party the due and punctual payment of any and all liabilities and obligations of
Parent and Purchaser under or pursuant to the Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Purchaser’s obligations to pay (i) at the Purchase Time, the
Offer Price for each Share validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, (ii) at the
Effective Time, the Merger Consideration, any other payment pursuant to Articles
I, I and III of the Agreement and any and all other amounts payable pursuant to
any other Section thereof, and (iii) subject to the express limitations set
forth in the Agreement including Section 8.2 of the Agreement, any and all
damages, losses, costs and expenses arising out of or related to any breach of
the Agreement by Purchaser (collectively, together with the non-payment
obligations of Purchaser pursuant to the Agreement, the “Guaranteed
Obligation”), in each case regardless of any automatic stay under
bankruptcy law or similar concept that prevents the Guaranteed Party from
pursuing any remedies against Parent or Purchaser. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, the Guarantors also agree to cause Parent and Purchaser
to perform all of their respective non-payment obligations pursuant to the
Agreement. If the Parent or Purchaser fails to discharge its
Guaranteed Obligation when due in accordance with the applicable terms of the
Agreement, then the Guaranteed Party may at any time and from time to time, in
its sole discretion, and so long as Parent or Purchaser has failed to discharge
the Guaranteed Obligation, take any and all actions available hereunder or under
applicable Law to collect any of the Guarantors’ liabilities hereunder in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligation. The Guarantors shall pay, or
cause to be paid, the Guaranteed Party not later than the third day following
receipt of a written notice by the Guaranteed Party of the failure of the
Purchaser to pay any or all of the Guaranteed Obligation in accordance with the
Agreement, the full amount then due and payable by Parent under the Agreement in
cash by wire transfer to the account set forth in such notice.
(b) Subject
always to the last sentence of Section 2.2 below, this Guarantee is an absolute,
unconditional, irrevocable and continuing guarantee of payment and performance
and not of collection and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until
termination pursuant to Section 5.12, (ii) be binding upon each Guarantor, its
successors and assigns, and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by,
the Guaranteed Party and its successors and permitted assigns. All
obligations to which this Guarantee applies or may apply under the terms hereof
shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance
hereon. Any and all payments made pursuant to this Guarantee shall be
made in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States of
America.
(c) Each
Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this
Guarantee and of the obligations hereunder, presentment, demand for payment,
notice of non-performance, notice of default, notice of dishonor and protest,
notice of any obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind, all
defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium law
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the
marshalling of assets of Purchaser, Parent or any other Person interested in the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement, and all suretyship defenses
generally (other than defenses that are available to Purchaser or Parent under
or in connection with the Agreement (other than a Purchaser or Parent
bankruptcy)); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall constitute
a waiver of any notice required to be given to Parent or Purchaser under the
Agreement. The Guarantors acknowledge that they will receive
substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by
the Agreement and that the waivers set forth in this Guarantee are knowingly
made in contemplation of such benefits.
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(d) Each
Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder (i) shall be enforceable against
such Guarantor without any party having to proceed first against Purchaser,
Parent, any other Guarantor, or any other Person and (ii) shall not be released
or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by the failure or
delay on the part of any other party hereto to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against Purchaser or Parent.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Guarantee, Guaranteed Party, by its acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees that the maximum aggregate liability of the
Guarantors hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate liability of Parent and
Purchaser under the Agreement, as determined in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement plus reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable costs of
enforcement of, and collection under, this Guarantee.
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ARTICLE
III
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ARTICLE
IV
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ARTICLE
V
if to
Stefanini Participações Ltda, Stefanini Consultoria e Assessoria em Informatica
S.A., Marco Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx or Xxxxx xxx Graças Xxxxx Xxxxxxx:
c/o
Stefanini IT Solutions SA
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, 0000
00x
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx
SP
000000-000
Xxxxxx
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile:
011 55 11 3815-2800
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
with
additional copies (which will not constitute notice) to:
0 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X0X 0XX
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile:
011 55 11 3815-2800
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
and
DLA Piper
LLP (US)
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 0-000-000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
if to the
Guaranteed Party:
TechTeam
Global, Inc.
00000
Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: XXxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
with an
additional copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Ropes
& Xxxx LLP
Prudential
Tower, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: Xxxxxxx.Xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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SECTION
5.8. Governing
Law. This Guarantee, and any claim arising out of or relating
to this Guarantee, its negotiation, terms or performance, or the transactions
contemplated hereby, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any
choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or
any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
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SECTION
5.9. Forum
Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. (a) Each of the
Guarantors and the Guaranteed Party irrevocably agrees that any legal action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee, its negotiation, terms
or performance, or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment entered in any such action or proceeding, shall be
brought and determined exclusively in the Chancery Court of the State of
Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court declines to accept jurisdiction over such
matter, in any federal or state court within the State of
Delaware). Each of the Guarantors and the Guaranteed Party hereby
irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and
in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal
jurisdiction and venue of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring
any such action in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a
defense, counterclaim, by way of motion, or otherwise, in any such action or
proceeding: (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of the above named courts, (ii) any claim that it or its property
is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal
process issued by such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment
prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of
judgment, or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the
applicable Law, any claim that (x) such action or proceeding in such court is
brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such action or proceeding is
improper or this Guarantee, or the subject mater hereof, may not be enforced in
or by such courts.
(b) Each
Guarantor irrevocably agrees (and Guaranteed Party, by its acceptance of this
Guaranty, irrevocably agrees), that service of process, or of any other notice,
pleading, order or other document of any kind in connection with any such action
or proceeding brought with respect to this Guaranty, may be made by service in
compliance with Section 5.3 of this Guaranty or any other method permitted by
the Law of the State of Delaware or of any other jurisdiction in which such
Guarantor is located or has assets, and shall be, and shall conclusively be
deemed to be, valid and effective service upon each party thus served in
accordance with Section 5.3 any other method permitted by Law in the State of
Delaware or any other jurisdiction such Guarantor is located or has
assets.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary expressed or implied in this Guarantee, each Guarantor
acknowledges and agrees that: (i) an action or proceeding to enforce
or collect upon any order or judgment issued by any of the courts specified in
Section 5.9(a) in any action or proceeding contemplated by Section 5.9(a) may be
brought in any jurisdiction where any Guarantor, or any direct or indirect
subsidiary of any Guarantor, is located or has assets; and (ii) it irrevocably
waives any objection to registration, exequatur, execution, enforcement or
collection of any order or judgment within subclause (i) in any such enforcement
or collection action or proceeding.
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/s/ Marco Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxx xxx Gracas Xxxxx
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DAS GRAÇAS XXXXX XXXXXXX
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STEFANINI
PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA.
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By:
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/s/ Marco Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Marco
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: President
& CEO
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STEFANINI
CONSULTORIA E ASSESSORIA
EM
INFORMATICA S.A
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By:
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/s/ Marco Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Marco
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: President
and CEO
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
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TECHTEAM
GLOBAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title:
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Corporate
Vice President,
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General
Counsel and Secretary
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