AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among COLUMBUS MIDCO HOLDINGS, INC., COLUMBUS MERGERCO, INC., and FIDELITY SEDGWICK HOLDINGS, INC. Dated as of April 20, 2010
Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
MERGER
by and among
COLUMBUS MIDCO HOLDINGS, INC.,
COLUMBUS MERGERCO, INC.,
and
FIDELITY SEDGWICK HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of April 20, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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THE MERGER |
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1.1.
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The Merger | 1 | ||||
1.2.
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Closing | 1 | ||||
1.3.
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Effective Time | 2 | ||||
1.4.
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Effects of the Merger | 2 | ||||
1.5.
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Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws | 2 | ||||
1.6.
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Directors | 2 | ||||
1.7.
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Officers | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT |
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CORPORATIONS; PAYMENT PROCEDURES; CANCELLATION OF OPTIONS; |
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INITIAL MERGER CONSIDERATION ADJUSTMENTS |
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2.1.
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Effect on Capital Stock | 3 | ||||
2.2.
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Payment Procedures | 4 | ||||
2.3.
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Deemed Option Exercise | 4 | ||||
2.4.
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Escrow Funds | 5 | ||||
2.5.
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Repayment of Debt | 5 | ||||
2.6.
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Redemption of FSC Preferred Stock | 6 | ||||
2.7.
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Estimated Closing Statement | 6 | ||||
2.8.
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Closing Statement | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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3.1.
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Corporate Status and Authority | 9 | ||||
3.2.
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Capitalization | 10 | ||||
3.3.
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Company Subsidiaries | 11 | ||||
3.4.
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No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals | 11 | ||||
3.5.
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Financial Statements | 12 | ||||
3.6.
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities | 12 | ||||
3.7.
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Real Property; Assets | 13 | ||||
3.8.
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Contracts | 14 | ||||
3.9.
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Employment Benefits | 15 | ||||
3.10.
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Intellectual Property | 16 | ||||
3.11.
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Governmental Authorizations; Compliance with Law | 18 |
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3.12.
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Litigation | 19 | ||||
3.13.
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Taxes | 19 | ||||
3.14.
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Absence of Changes | 21 | ||||
3.15.
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Insurance | 22 | ||||
3.16.
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Environment, Health and Safety Matters | 23 | ||||
3.17.
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Brokers | 23 | ||||
3.18.
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Affiliate Transactions | 24 | ||||
3.19.
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Referral Fees | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND THE SUB |
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4.1.
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Corporate Status and Authority | 24 | ||||
4.2.
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No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals | 25 | ||||
4.3.
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Financing | 25 | ||||
4.4.
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Solvency | 26 | ||||
4.5.
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Purchase for Investment | 27 | ||||
4.6.
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Litigation | 27 | ||||
4.7.
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Brokers | 27 | ||||
4.8.
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Guarantees | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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COVENANTS |
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5.1.
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Conduct of Business | 27 | ||||
5.2.
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Certain Filings | 30 | ||||
5.3.
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Further Actions | 31 | ||||
5.4.
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Access and Information | 31 | ||||
5.5.
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Publicity | 32 | ||||
5.6.
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Employee Matters | 32 | ||||
5.7.
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Tax Matters | 33 | ||||
5.8.
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers | 34 | ||||
5.9.
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Financing | 34 | ||||
5.10.
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Intercompany Accounts | 39 | ||||
5.11.
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Solvency of the Company | 39 | ||||
5.12.
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Disclosure of Certain Matters | 39 | ||||
5.13.
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Change of Name | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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6.1.
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Conditions to Obligations of the Parties | 40 | ||||
6.2.
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Conditions to Obligations of the Company | 40 | ||||
6.3.
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Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Sub | 41 |
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ARTICLE VII |
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TAX INDEMNIFICATION |
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7.1.
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Tax Indemnification | 42 | ||||
7.2.
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Straddle Period Allocation and Tax Returns | 43 | ||||
7.3.
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Notice and Payment of Indemnified Amounts | 44 | ||||
7.4.
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Nature of Payments | 45 | ||||
7.5.
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Tax Audits and Contests; Cooperation | 45 | ||||
7.6.
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Tax Refunds; Tax Credits; Tax Benefits | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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8.1.
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Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants | 48 | ||||
8.2.
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Indemnification | 49 | ||||
8.3.
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Claims | 50 | ||||
8.4.
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Limitations; Payments | 51 | ||||
8.5.
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Remedies Exclusive | 53 | ||||
8.6.
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Duty to Mitigate | 53 | ||||
8.7.
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Assignment of Claims | 53 | ||||
8.8.
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Tax Indemnification | 54 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
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DEFINITIONS |
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9.1.
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Definition of Certain Terms | 54 | ||||
9.2.
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Other Definitions | 63 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
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GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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10.1.
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Modification; Waiver | 65 | ||||
10.2.
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Entire Agreement | 66 | ||||
10.3.
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Schedules and Exhibits | 66 | ||||
10.4.
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Certain Limitations | 66 | ||||
10.5.
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Termination | 66 | ||||
10.6.
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Expenses; Transfer Taxes | 69 | ||||
10.7.
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FIRPTA | 69 | ||||
10.8.
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Further Actions | 69 | ||||
10.9.
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Notices | 69 | ||||
10.10.
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Assignment | 71 | ||||
10.11.
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No Third Party Beneficiaries | 71 | ||||
10.12.
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Representative | 71 |
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10.13.
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Counterparts | 72 | ||||
10.14.
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Electronic Transmission | 72 | ||||
10.15.
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Severability | 72 | ||||
10.16.
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Interpretation | 73 | ||||
10.17.
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Governing Law | 73 | ||||
10.18.
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Enforcement | 73 | ||||
10.19.
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Waiver of Jury Trial | 74 |
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Schedules:
Schedule 3.1(c)
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Company Options | |
Schedule 3.2(b)
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Option Holders | |
Schedule 3.3(a)
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Company Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3.3(b)
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Ownership of Company Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3.4(b)
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Governmental Approvals | |
Schedule 3.6
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Indebtedness | |
Schedule 3.7(a)
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Leased Real Property | |
Schedule 3.8
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Material Contracts | |
Schedule 3.9
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Plans | |
Schedule 3.10
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Intellectual Property | |
Schedule 3.13
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Taxes | |
Schedule 3.14
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Absence of Changes | |
Schedule 3.15
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Insurance | |
Schedule 3.18
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Affiliate Transactions | |
Schedule 3.19
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Referral Fees | |
Schedule 5.1
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Conduct of Business | |
Schedule 5.6
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Employee Matters | |
Schedule 5.10
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Intercompany Accounts | |
Schedule 6.3
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Closing Consents | |
Schedule 9.1
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Knowledge of the Company |
Annexes:
Annex 1
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Closing Statement Example | |
Annex 2
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Reserved | |
Annex 3
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Life of Claim Liabilities and Permanent Liabilities Examples |
Exhibits:
Exhibit A
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Officers of Surviving Corporation | |
Exhibit B
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Reserved | |
Exhibit C
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List of Services | |
Exhibit D
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Reserved | |
Exhibit E
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Escrow Agreement | |
Exhibit F
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Key Executive Employment Agreement |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 20, 2010, among
Columbus Midco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), Columbus Mergerco,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent (the “Sub”),
Fidelity Sedgwick Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for purposes of
the rights and obligations, as the case may be, expressly set forth in Article II, Article VII,
Article VIII and Sections 10.9 and 10.12 hereof only, the Representative (as defined below), and
for purposes of the rights and obligations, as the case may be, expressly set forth in Section
5.7(d) hereof only, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in Section 9.1.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of each of the Parent and the Sub and the Board
have approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the merger of the Sub with and into the
Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the
“Merger”) and have determined that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are fair to, and in the best interest of, their respective stockholders; and
WHEREAS, substantially concurrently herewith, all of the Company’s stockholders have executed
and delivered written consents adopting this Agreement and approving the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, representations and
warranties made herein and of the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the
Sub shall be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time,
the separate corporate existence of the Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) and shall succeed to and assume all the
rights and obligations of the Sub in accordance with the DGCL.
1.2. Closing. The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place (a)
at the offices of Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at
10:00 a.m. New York City time on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article VI (other than the conditions which by their terms are to be
satisfied at Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions), provided that,
if the Marketing Period has not ended at the time of the
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satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article VI (excluding the
conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of such conditions), the Closing shall not occur until the earlier to occur of (i) a date
during the Marketing Period specified by the Parent on three (3) Business Days’ written notice to
the Company and (ii) the first Business Day immediately following the end of the Marketing Period
(subject in each case to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article
VI as of the date determined pursuant to this proviso), or (b) on such other date and time as the
Company and the Parent shall agree (the actual date and time of the Closing, the “Closing
Date”).
1.3. Effective Time. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as
practicable on the Closing Date, the parties shall file with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware a certificate of merger or other appropriate documents as provided in Section 251 of the
DGCL (in any such case, the “Certificate of Merger”) executed in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the DGCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the
DGCL to effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Certificate
of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such other time
as the Sub and the Company shall agree should be specified in the Certificate of Merger (the time
the Merger becomes effective being hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time”).
1.4. Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the
applicable provisions of the DGCL.
1.5. Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.
(a) At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company will be amended and
restated in its entirety to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of the Sub as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. Such certificate of incorporation, as so amended,
shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or
amended as provided therein or by Applicable Law.
(b) The by-laws of the Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
by-laws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by
Applicable Law.
1.6. Directors. From and after the Effective Time, the directors of the Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the directors of the Surviving Corporation and
shall serve on the Surviving Corporation’s board of directors, until their respective successors
are duly elected and qualified.
1.7. Officers. Unless otherwise specified by the Parent in written notice delivered
to the Company at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the officers set forth on
Exhibit A shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their
resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected
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or appointed or qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation.
ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT
CORPORATIONS; PAYMENT PROCEDURES; CANCELLATION OF OPTIONS;
INITIAL MERGER CONSIDERATION ADJUSTMENTS
CORPORATIONS; PAYMENT PROCEDURES; CANCELLATION OF OPTIONS;
INITIAL MERGER CONSIDERATION ADJUSTMENTS
2.1. Effect on Capital Stock. As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder of any shares of Company Stock or any shares of
capital stock of the Sub:
(a) Capital Stock of the Sub. Each issued and outstanding share of capital stock of
the Sub shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Parent Owned Stock. Each share of Company
Stock that is owned by the Company and each share of Company Stock that is owned by the Parent, the
Sub or any other subsidiary of the Parent shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall
cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Stock. (i) Each share of Common Stock issued and
outstanding (other than shares of Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.1(b))
shall be converted into the right to receive the sum of (x) the Initial Common Stock Cash
Consideration in cash, without interest, and (y) a portion of the Escrow Funds (the “Escrow
Consideration”), such portion determined as provided in the Escrow Agreement. The “Initial
Merger Consideration” means the sum of the Initial Common Stock Cash Consideration and the
Escrow Consideration.
(ii) As of the Effective Time, all shares of Company Stock shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate representing any such shares of Company Stock shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except the right to receive for each share the Initial Common Stock Cash
Consideration, without interest upon surrender of such certificate in accordance with, or as
otherwise contemplated by, Section 2.2, plus, in the case of each such share of Common
Stock, the right to receive its applicable fractional interest in the Escrow Consideration, if any,
in each case, in accordance with the applicable terms hereof and the Escrow Agreement.
(d) Withholding Tax. Subject to Section 10.7, the Parent and the Surviving
Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable
pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Company Stock outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to
the making of such payment under the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any provision of state, local or
foreign tax law. For the avoidance of doubt, the full amount of any withholding required with
respect to the consideration to be paid to a holder of Common Stock under Section 2.1(c)(i) may be
withheld from the Initial Common Stock Cash Consideration payable to such holder. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of Company Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
2.2. Payment Procedures. Immediately after the Effective Time, the Parent shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to pay the Initial Common Stock Cash Consideration to each holder of
Common Stock that has (a) either tendered to the Company certificate(s) representing all of such
holder’s shares of Common Stock to be converted in the Merger (such certificates to be duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer duly executed in
blank, in either case, and with wire instructions for such holder’s receipt of such payment) or
delivered a lost certificate affidavit in form reasonably satisfactory to the Parent to the effect
that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed (and, if required by the Parent, the
posting by such holder of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Parent may direct, as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against it with respect to that certificate) and (b) duly
consented to the Merger in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
2.3. Deemed Option Exercise.
(a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Company Option which is then outstanding and
unvested shall become vested. At the Effective Time, each Company Option (including Company
Options that become vested pursuant to the prior sentence) shall be automatically converted into
the right to receive the consideration provided in Section 2.1(c) with respect to the number of
whole and fractional shares of Common Stock that would have resulted from a net exercise of each
such Company Option (collectively, the “Deemed Shares”), such consideration to be paid to
the Option Holder under the same terms and conditions as applicable to shares of Common Stock then
issued and outstanding (other than shares of Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section
2.1(b)). The portion of such consideration consisting of the Initial Common Stock Cash
Consideration shall be paid to the Option Holders immediately after the Effective Time, and the
remaining portion shall be paid to the Option Holders as and if the same becomes due and payable,
in accordance with the applicable terms hereof and the Escrow Agreement. To determine the number
of whole and fractional shares resulting from the deemed net exercise for purposes of the prior
sentence, the Company Options shall be treated as though they were exercised pursuant to the net
exercise provision contained in Section 8(e) of the Option Plan; provided, that (i)
deductions and withholdings thereon under the Code, or any provision of applicable U.S. federal,
state, local or foreign tax law, shall be effected as provided in Section 2.3(b) (and shall not
reduce the number of whole or fractional shares resulting from the deemed net exercise), and (ii)
notwithstanding any provision of the Option Plan to the contrary, such deemed exercise shall
include the value of fractional shares of Common Stock. For purposes of such deemed exercise, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock
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determined under the Option Plan shall be equal to the Closing Date Fair Value. Upon the
conversion of each Company Option into the consideration set forth in this Section 2.3, such
Company Option shall be terminated and the individual who, immediately prior to the Effective Time,
held such Company Option shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Option other
than the right to receive the consideration set forth in this Section 2.3.
(b) Withholding Tax. Subject to Section 10.7, the Surviving Corporation shall deduct
and withhold, or cause to be deducted or withheld, from the payment of the Initial Common Stock
Consideration in respect of the Company Options, such amounts as are required to be deducted and
withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of applicable
U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax law. Subject to Section 10.7, deductions and
withholdings with respect to the portion of the Escrow Consideration allocable to the Company
Options shall be effected as provided in the Escrow Agreement. This Section 2.3 shall be
interpreted in a manner to avoid adverse consequences under Section 409A of the Code to the
greatest extent practicable.
2.4. Escrow Funds.
(a) Deposit into Escrow. At the Effective Time, the Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to deliver an amount equal to the Escrow Funds to the Escrow Agent in accordance with
the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
(b) Release from Escrow. From and after the Effective Time, the Escrow Funds shall be
released to the Parent or paid to the Holders, respectively, in accordance with, and subject to the
conditions set forth in, this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
2.5. Repayment of Debt.
(a) Pay-off Letter. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Parent (i) a pay-off letter between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. (the
“BAML Pay-off Letter”), indicating the amount required for the payment in full as of the
Closing of all of the Facility Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement, dated as of
January 31, 2006, by and among Fidelity Sedgwick Corporation, XMAS Merger Corp., the lenders
thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and l/c issuer, and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as syndication agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time and in effect, the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii) one or more
pay-off letters or termination agreements (or other documents evidencing the termination and
payment in full of derivative transactions) between the Company on the one hand and one or more
lenders or derivatives counterparties on the other hand indicating the amount required for the
payment in full as of the Closing of any other long-term obligations of the Company for borrowed
money or any obligations under interest rate, currency or commodity derivatives or other hedging
transactions (including all costs and fees of every kind
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related to terminating such derivatives or other transactions), if any, (the “Obligations
Pay-off Letter”, and, together with the BAML Pay-off Letter, the “Pay-off Letters”).
(b) Payment of Indebtedness by Company. Prior to the Closing, the Company may, at its
election, repay any portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement, except to
the extent that any such payment would reasonably be expected to cause the failure of the closing
condition set forth in Section 6.3(d).
(c) Payment of Facility Indebtedness. At the Closing, the Parent shall make or cause
to be made full and final payment of the Facility Indebtedness by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account specified in the Pay-off Letters.
2.6. Redemption of FSC Preferred Stock. Simultaneous to the Effective Time, (a) each
holder of FSC Preferred Stock shall surrender to the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of any
Liens, one or more certificates representing all of the shares of FSC Preferred Stock held by such
holder duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer duly
executed in blank, representing in aggregate 100% of the outstanding FSC Preferred Stock and (b)
upon the surrender of such shares of FSC Preferred Stock to the Surviving Corporation, such shares
shall be redeemed and the Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation, on behalf of Fidelity
Sedgwick Corporation, to pay to each holder of the FSC Preferred Stock in exchange therefor a per
share amount equal to the quotient of (x) the FSC Preferred Stock Redemption Amount, divided by (y)
the aggregate number of shares of FSC Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
Closing. The Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the consideration otherwise payable to any holder of the FSC Preferred Stock with respect to the
redemption of the FSC Preferred Stock such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld
with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or
foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the FSC Preferred
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the redemption in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made.
2.7. Estimated Closing Statement. No later than the fifth Business Day prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Parent a statement (the “Estimated Closing
Statement”) consisting of (i) an estimated consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated Company Subsidiaries as of the Closing after giving effect to the Closing and (ii)
setting forth in reasonable detail the Company’s good faith estimate, based on such balance sheet
of (x) the Adjusted Working Capital (the “Estimated Adjusted Working Capital”) and (y) the
Pension Underfunding (the “Estimated Pension Underfunding”), together, in each case, with
supporting calculations. The Estimated Closing Statement will be prepared in good faith and in a
manner consistent with the GAAP principles, practices and methodologies used in the preparation of
the Financial Statements, consistently applied (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without giving
effect to any purchase accounting adjustment resulting from the Merger).
2.8. Closing Statement.
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(a) Preparation of Closing Statement. As promptly as practicable, but no later than
120 days after the Closing Date, the Parent in good faith shall prepare and deliver to the
Representative, at the Parent’s expense, a statement (the “Closing Statement”) consisting
of (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries as of
the Closing after giving effect to the Closing prepared in good faith and in a manner consistent
with the GAAP principles, practices and methodologies used in the preparation of the Financial
Statements, consistently applied (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any
purchase accounting adjustments resulting from the Merger) and (ii) the Company’s calculation of
(x) the Adjusted Working Capital and (y) the Pension Underfunding, together, in each case, with
supporting calculations. For purposes of illustrating certain adjustments and calculations
required to be made hereunder at Closing, set forth on Annex 1 is an example of adjustments
and calculations (including Adjusted Working Capital) made as if the Closing had occurred on
December 31, 2009.
(b) Review of Closing Statement. The Representative shall have 30 days from the date
on which the Closing Statement is delivered to it to review such documents relating to the Parent’s
computation as the Representative may reasonably request (the “Review Period”). During the
Review Period, the Representative and its representatives will have reasonable access to all
documentation or work papers reasonably requested by the Representative related to the Parent’s
computation of Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding (it being understood that access
to any work papers of any third party accountants shall require the execution of a customary access
letter). If the Representative believes the computation of Adjusted Working Capital or Pension
Underfunding (i) has not been prepared in accordance with the principles, procedures and elections
referred to in the definitions of Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding or (ii) is not
mathematically correct, the Representative may, on or prior to the last day of the Review Period,
deliver a notice to the Parent to such effect, setting forth, in reasonable detail, each disputed
item, the amount disputed and the basis for the Representative’s disagreement therewith, together
with supporting calculations and the Representative’s position as to the proper calculation of such
amount (the “Dispute Notice”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Representative may provide
a Dispute Notice on the basis only of the matters referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of the
immediately preceding sentence. If no Dispute Notice is received by the Parent on or prior to the
last day of the Review Period, the Closing Statement and the computation of the Adjusted Working
Capital and Pension Underfunding set forth therein shall be deemed accepted by the Representative
for all purposes of this Agreement.
(c) The Accountant. If the Representative delivers a Dispute Notice, the Parent and
the Representative will negotiate in good faith for 15 Business Days in order to determine the
actual Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding. If the parties fail to so resolve the
dispute by the end of the 15th Business Day following the delivery of the Dispute Notice, any
dispute shall be determined within 45 days thereafter by a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants (the “Accountant”) mutually agreeable to the
Parent and the Representative. The Accountant shall determine, based solely on written
presentations by the Parent and the Representative and their respective representatives, and not by
independent review, only
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those issues in dispute specifically set forth in the Dispute Notice that have not previously
been resolved between the Parent and the Representative. Such written presentations shall be made
to the Accountant within 30 days of the engagement of the Accountant. In resolving any disputed
item, the Accountant: (a) shall be bound by the principles set forth in the definitions of
Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding, (b) shall limit its review to matters
specifically set forth in the Dispute Notice, and (c) shall further limit its review solely to
whether the determination of Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding set forth in the
Closing Statement is mathematically accurate and has been prepared in accordance with Section
2.8(a). The determination of the Accountant in respect of any disputed item in the Dispute Notice
cannot, however, be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively,
claimed for that particular item in the Parent’s Closing Statement or in the Representative’s
Dispute Notice.
(d) The Adjustment Report. The Accountant shall, as promptly as practicable and in no
event later than 45 days following the date of its retention, deliver to the Representative and the
Parent a report (the “Adjustment Report”), in which the Accountant shall, after considering
all matters set forth in the Dispute Notice, determine in accordance with Section 2.8(a) what
adjustments, if any, should be made to the Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding. The
Adjustment Report shall set forth, in reasonable detail, the Accountant’s determination with
respect to each of the disputed items or amounts specified in the Dispute Notice, and the
revisions, if any, to be made to the Adjusted Working Capital and Pension Underfunding together
with supporting calculations. The determination of the Accountant will be final and binding on the
parties hereto and judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Accountant in any court
having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced. The fees,
costs and expenses of the Accountant shall be borne by the Parent and the Company, jointly and
severally, in the event that Adjusted Working Capital (or, in the event that Adjusted Working
Capital is not a subject of the Dispute Notice, the Pension Underfunding), as set forth in the
Adjustment Report, is closer to the amount proposed by the Representative to the Accountant than to
the amount proposed by the Parent to the Accountant, and otherwise shall be paid by the
Representative on behalf of the Holders, which may use the Escrow Funds in accordance with the
terms of Section 7 of the Escrow Agreement.
(e) Adjustment and Payment. Effective upon the end of the Review Period (if a timely
Dispute Notice is not delivered), or upon the resolution of all matters set forth in the Dispute
Notice by agreement of the parties or by the issuance of the Adjustment Report (if a timely Dispute
Notice is delivered), the Final Adjustment Amount shall be determined. The “Final Adjustment
Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (i) the difference, expressed as a positive or
negative number, as the case may be, between (A) the Working Capital Adjustment Amount and (B) the
Preliminary Adjustment Amount, plus (ii) the difference, expressed as a positive or negative
number, as the case may be, between (A) the Pension Underfunding, and (B) the Estimated Pension
Underfunding. Within two Business Days of the determination of the Final Adjustment Amount, (x) if
the Final Adjustment Amount is positive, the amount of the Final Adjustment Amount will be released
by the Escrow Agent to the Parent, and (y)
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if the Final Adjustment Amount is negative, an amount equal to the absolute value of the Final
Adjustment Amount will be paid by the Parent to the Representative. The Parent’s and the
Representative’s sole and exclusive recourse for any amounts due under this Section 2.8 shall be
limited to the collection of any amounts held in the Escrow Funds in accordance with the terms of
the Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule delivered to the Parent on the date
hereof and constituting an integral part of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure
Schedule”) (and any fact or item disclosed in any Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule
shall be deemed disclosed in all other Sections thereof to which such fact or item applies, but
only if the application of such fact or item to such other Section is reasonably apparent from a
reasonable reading of the disclosure made in the Section, and shall otherwise not qualify or be an
exception to any representation and warranty other than the specific representation and warranty to
which such Section relates), the Company represents and warrants to the Parent and the Sub, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties that
are made as of a specified date shall be made only as of such date):
3.1. Corporate Status and Authority.
(a) Company. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the
Company is a party will be duly executed and delivered prior to the Closing Date by the Company,
and each will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.
(b) Board Approval; Vote Required.
(i) The Board, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous vote at a meeting duly called,
has (A) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and
declared this Agreement and the Merger to be advisable, (B) approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and (C) recommended that the
stockholders of the Company adopt this Agreement.
(ii) The written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the
Common Stock, which has been obtained, is the only
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vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Company
necessary to approve and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger.
(iii) No vote or consent of any or all of the Option Holders is necessary to adopt
this Agreement or authorize the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby.
(c) Agreements with Respect to Capital Stock. There are no preemptive or similar
rights on the part of any holder of any class of securities of the Company. Except for the Company
Options and the agreements with respect to them with the Option Holders listed in Section 3.1(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are (i) no authorized or outstanding securities, options,
warrants, conversion or other rights, subscriptions, undertakings, agreements, commitments,
arrangements or understandings of any kind obligating the Company, contingently or otherwise, to
issue or sell any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable
for any such shares, (ii) no outstanding debt or equity securities of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary that upon the conversion, exchange, or exercise thereof would require the issuance, sale
or transfer by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any new or additional capital stock of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary (or any other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
which, whether after notice, lapse of time, or payment of monies, are or would be convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary), (iii)
no agreements or commitments obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire capital stock or other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and
(iv) no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, stock rights, or other
equity-based interests, rights or agreements in respect of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.2. Capitalization.
(a) Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 37,854,544
shares are issued and outstanding. As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock specified in this Section 3.2(a) constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares
of the capital stock of the Company, and there are no additional shares reserved for issuance
(other than shares reserved in respect of Company Options). All issued and outstanding shares of
Company Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable
and are not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first
refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the DGCL,
the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any Contract to which the Company is
a party or otherwise bound. The Company has not issued any voting indebtedness. As of the date
hereof, except for the Holders, there are no other record owners of any shares of the Company
Stock.
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(b) Options. As of the date hereof, there are 4,600,000 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan may be issued upon
the exercise of options. As of the date hereof, there are options for the purchase of 3,824,100
shares of Common Stock (the “Company Options”) outstanding. Section 3.2(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list of each holder of Company Options (the
“Option Holders”), including the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
such Option Holders’ Company Options and the Exercise Price thereof.
(c) Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all of the issued and
outstanding Common Stock of the Company shall be owned by the Parent free and clear of any Liens
other than Liens created by the Parent or the Sub, and no Company Options will be outstanding.
3.3. Company Subsidiaries.
(a) Each Company Subsidiary and its respective jurisdiction of organization is identified in
Section 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each of the Company Subsidiaries (i) is a
corporation, partnership or other legal entity, as the case may be, duly organized and validly
existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction, (ii) has all
requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as presently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing (if applicable) as a
foreign corporation and is duly authorized to do business in all jurisdictions, except, in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii), where the failure to have such power and authority or to be duly
qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Other than the Company Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary owns any capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint
venture interest or other equity interest in any other Person.
(b) All of the issued and outstanding shares or other ownership interests of each Company
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and,
except as set forth in Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, now and at the Closing,
all such issued and outstanding shares or other ownership interests are and will be owned directly
or indirectly by the Company free and clear of all Liens, except for any Liens created by the
Parent or the Sub, including as a result of any financing to be undertaken by the Parent or the Sub
in connection with transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.4. No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do
not and will not (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both) conflict with,
or result in any violation or breach of, or require any Consent under or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under,
or result in the
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creation of any Lien upon any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary under (i) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.4(b),
any Applicable Law applicable to the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their
respective rights, properties or assets, (ii) any Material Contract to which the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their rights, properties or assets
is bound or affected or (iii) any Organizational Documents of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, for any such violation, breach or
approval which would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to otherwise have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Governmental Approval is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, except (i) any Governmental Approvals required to be obtained or made, as the case may be,
as a result of any legal or regulatory status of, or other facts pertaining specifically to, the
Parent, the Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) filings required with respect to the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), (iii) as
listed in Section 3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (iv) where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to otherwise have, individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect.
3.5. Financial Statements. The Company has made available to the Parent complete and
correct copies of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and the statements
of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and
December 31, 2007, together with the report thereon by the Company’s accountants (the
“Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects
the financial position, cash flows and results of operations of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates or for the respective periods thereof and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented in
the Financial Statements, except as otherwise noted therein. KPMG has not withdrawn or modified or
limited the use of its audit report on any of the Financial Statements.
3.6. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of
any nature, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, unasserted or otherwise and whether due or to
become due, which would be required to be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries or in the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with GAAP applied in a
manner consistent with the Financial Statements, except (a) as reflected on and reserved against in
the Financial Statements or in the notes to the Financial Statements, (b) for liabilities and
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
(“Ordinary Course”) since December 31, 2009, and (c) for liabilities or obligations that
would not reasonably be
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expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth in Section 3.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
have no outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money and have not guaranteed any such indebtedness.
3.7. Real Property; Assets.
(a) Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material items of real
property leased, subleased (as lessee or lessor), licensed or otherwise used by the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries (the “Leased Real Property”). The Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have valid leasehold interests in the Leased Real Property, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens for Taxes and other governmental charges and assessments
that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established on the Balance Sheet, (ii) Liens of
carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice that are not yet due and payable or are being contested
in good faith, (iii) purchase money Liens on property acquired by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary after the Balance Sheet Date in connection with its business which were created
contemporaneously with such acquisition to secure or provide for the payment or financing of all or
any part of the purchase price thereof, (iv) easements, rights of way, restrictions, zoning
ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting the real property that do not materially
interfere with the current use of rights, properties or assets affected thereby, (v) Liens
disclosed on the Balance Sheet or notes thereto or Liens incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since the Balance Sheet Date, (vi) any other Liens that do
not materially interfere with the current use of rights, properties or assets affected thereby, and
(vii) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with any property leased to the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries (collectively, “Permitted Liens”). Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary owns any real property.
(b) Each lease (including any option to purchase contained therein) pursuant to which the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries leases any Leased Real Property (the “Leases”)
is in full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of the Company, is enforceable against the
landlord that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of
the Company, there exists no default or event of default on the part of the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries under any Leases, except for any such default or event of default which would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any
default under any Lease nor any other written termination notice with respect thereto.
(c) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good title to, or in the case of leased
rights, property and assets have valid leasehold interests in, all material rights, property and
assets (whether real, personal, tangible or intangible)
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reflected on the Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date, except for properties
and assets sold since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice (the “Company Assets”). None of such owned rights, property or assets, or
leasehold interests in such rights, property or assets, is subject to any Lien, except for
Permitted Liens. All such Company Assets are in good condition and repair in all material
respects, reasonable wear-and-tear excepted, and are adequate to carry on the business of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
3.8. Contracts. Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Material
Contracts. The term “Material Contracts” means all of the following types of Contracts to
which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective rights, properties or assets is bound as of the
date hereof (other than real property leases, labor or employment-related agreements and agreements
related to intellectual property, which are provided for in Sections 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10,
respectively, and agreements related to expenses of lawyers, investment bankers and other third
parties payable at or before Closing in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, which are provided for in Section 3.17): (a) joint venture and partnership agreements,
(b) mortgages, indentures, loan or credit agreements, guarantees (other than any guarantees between
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or between Company Subsidiaries), security agreements and
other agreements and instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit in any
case in excess of $325,000 and any agreements relating to any interest rate, derivatives or hedging
transaction, (c) Contracts with the fifty (50) largest customers of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries measured in terms of total consolidated revenues during the Company’s fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009, (d) other Contracts that are not cancelable by the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries on notice of 90 days or less and that require payment by the Company after the
date hereof of more than $325,000, (e) any agreement containing a non-competition provision or
other covenant restricting in any material respect the distribution of products and services of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, (f) any other Contract entered into other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice involving aggregate payments by or to the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries in excess of $250,000 per year or $500,000 in the aggregate, (g)
other than the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, any Contract providing for the indemnification of any officer, director, employee,
manager or independent contractor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (h) Contracts providing
for any obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to provide funds to, or make any
investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any Company Subsidiary or
any other Person, (i) outstanding power of attorney, or obligation or liability (whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor
or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any Person, in each case in excess of $325,000
individually, other than obligations between the Company and any of the Company Subsidiaries, (j)
any agency Contract with any Person for the distribution of the services of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, which Contract had relevance with respect to more than 1% of the new business
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in 2008 or 2009, (k) any Contract set forth in Section
3.18 of the Company Disclosure
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Schedule,
(l) any agreements entered into during the period commencing three (3) years prior to the date hereof
involving the sale or purchase of substantially all of the assets or capital stock of any Person,
or a merger, consolidation or business combination transaction, (m) any performance guarantees in
respect of any Contract (other than intercompany Contracts) that put $250,000 or more of the fees
payable under such Contract at risk (and the aggregate amount paid by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries in the period between January 1, 2010 and the date hereof and in the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 pursuant to the performance guarantees under any Contract), (n) the
twenty-five (25) largest Contracts with vendors or suppliers of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries that provide that the vendor or supplier pay, share or reimburse the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries for any portion of the fees paid to or earned by such vendor or supplier
(determined by the amount paid, shared or reimbursed to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
during the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2009) and (o) any other Contract that is
material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than
Contracts with customers, which are subject to clause (c) of this Section 3.8) which generates
annual revenues or expenditures in excess of $325,000 per year. Each such Material Contract is
and, as of the Closing Date only, each other Contract entered into or amended after the date hereof
that if in effect on such terms as of the date hereof would have been a Material Contract (the
“Other Contracts”) will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of the
Company Subsidiaries and is, or will be, as the case may be, in full force and effect as to the
Company or the Company Subsidiary party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, as to each
other party thereto, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has,
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, none of the other parties thereto have, violated any
provision of, or committed or failed to perform any act, and no event or condition exists, which
with or without notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a default or event of default under
the provisions of, any Material Contract, or as of the Closing Date only, any Other Contract,
except in each case for those violations and defaults which would not be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
3.9. Employment Benefits.
(a) Agreements and Plans. Section 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
an accurate list of all material Plans.
(b) Documents. With respect to each Plan listed in Section 3.9 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has provided or made available to the Parent true and complete
copies of the following documents, to the extent applicable: (i) the most recent Plan document and
all amendments thereto; (ii) the most recent trust instruments, insurance contracts or other
funding agreements; (iii) the most recent summary plan description; (iv) the most recent
determination letter issued by the IRS; and (v) the most recent Form 5500 Annual Report.
(c) Compliance with Law. All Plans comply, in form and operation, in all respects
with their terms and the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
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Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), the Code and other Applicable Laws, except
for any failures to comply that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except for the Sedgwick Claims Management Services
Retirement Plan and the Sedgwick Claims Management Services Excess Benefit Plan (the “Pension
Plans”), neither the Company nor any other entity that, together with the Company, is or was
treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code maintains or
contributes to an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA
or Section 412 of the Code for which the Company, the Parent, or any Affiliate of the Parent has or
will have at any time in the future any liability or obligation. None of the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries has incurred, or could reasonably be expected to incur, any liability for any
tax or penalty imposed by Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA, except for any such
liability that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. No Plan is a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims by or on behalf of any
of the Plans subject to ERISA or by any employee involving any such Plan (other than routine claims
for benefits), except for any claims that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Tax Qualification. Each Plan that is intended to be “qualified” within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, and the trust maintained pursuant thereto, has been
determined to be so qualified and exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the Code
by the IRS, and to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred with respect to the operation
of any such Plan that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification of
exemption from tax.
(e) Employment Relations. None of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a
party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, nor has any of them experienced any
strike or material grievance, claim of unfair labor practices, or other collective bargaining
dispute within the past two years.
(f) Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits. None of the Plans provides post-employment
or post-service welfare benefits for any current or former officer, employee, director, consultant
or independent contractor, except as may be required under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and at the expense of the current or former officer,
employee, director, consultant or independent contractor.
3.10. Intellectual Property. (a) Section 3.10(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all material applications and registrations for trademarks, copyrights, trade names,
service marks, patents and Internet domain names owned by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries as of the date hereof. Except for the third-party software identified in Section
3.10(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries own all
right, title and interest, including copyrights, in the JURIS Software and the viaOne software used
by them as of the date hereof. Each of the items set forth in Section 3.10(a)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule and each of the
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material unregistered trademarks, copyrights, trade names, service marks, inventions and trade
secrets owned by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (together with the JURIS Software
and the viaOne software not identified as third-party software in Section 3.10(a)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, collectively the “Owned Intellectual Property”) are owned free
and clear of all Liens, except as set forth in Section 3.10(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and except for Permitted Liens, and the Company’s ownership rights in the Owned
Intellectual Property are not invalid or unenforceable, except where such invalidity or
unenforceability would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own or have the right to use
all trademarks, service marks, trade names and designs (including any registrations or applications
for registration, as well as common law rights in any of the foregoing); patents (including any
continuations, continuations in part, renewals and applications for any of the foregoing) and
inventions; copyrights (including any registrations and applications therefor and whether
registered or unregistered); Internet domain names, computer software, data, databases, works of
authorship, mask works, technology, trade secrets and other confidential information, know-how,
proprietary processes, formulae, algorithms, models, user interfaces, inventions, discoveries,
concepts, ideas, techniques, methods, source codes, object codes, methodologies and, with respect
to all of the foregoing, related confidential data or information (collectively, the “Company
Intellectual Property”) which in each case is used in or necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses substantially as currently conducted, except where such failures to own or
possess rights to use such Company Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, and the conduct of their respective businesses, have not infringed, misappropriated
or otherwise violated or conflicted with any Intellectual Property owned by third parties, and do
not presently do so, except, in each case, any infringement, misappropriation or violation which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any notice or
claim, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, has any proceeding been threatened, that its respective
use or ownership of the Company Intellectual Property infringes on or misappropriates the
trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of any Person, and
no infringement or misappropriation by any Person of the Owned Intellectual Property has occurred
or exists other than, in each case, for infringements or misappropriations as would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Other than
customers pursuant to Contracts or as disclosed in Section 3.10(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no third party has a license or right to use, transfer, assign or commercialize any of
the Owned Intellectual Property, and no Owned Intellectual Property has been disclosed to or
accessed by any third party (other than as necessary for such third party to perform services to
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries under Contracts providing for reasonable protections for
the Owned Intellectual Property). Section 3.10(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists
all material Contracts to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party, in each
case as of the date hereof (other than Contracts for
commercial, off-the-shelf software and end
user license or access
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agreements for the JURIS Software or viaOne software) and pursuant to which (i) the Company or
such Company Subsidiary permits any Person to use any of the Owned Intellectual Property, (ii) any
Person permits the Company or such Company Subsidiary to use any Company Intellectual Property that
is not Owned Intellectual Property or (iii) the Company or such Company Subsidiary permits any
Person to use any Company Intellectual Property that is not Owned Intellectual Property. Each such
material Contract (and any material Contract for commercial, off-the-shelf software and any end
user license or access agreement for the JURIS Software or viaOne software) is a valid and binding
agreement of the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries and is in full force and effect as to
the Company or the Company Subsidiary party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, as to
each other party thereto, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, all material Company
Intellectual Property that has been licensed to the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is being
used by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries substantially in accordance with the applicable
license or Contract pursuant to which the Company or such Company Subsidiaries acquired the right
to use such material Company Intellectual Property. Other than in connection with the modification
of Company Intellectual Property for use by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, none of
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has entered into an agreement to indemnify any party
against a charge of infringement arising out of the authorized use of the Owned Intellectual
Property.
(b) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have established and are in compliance with
commercially reasonable security protocols and industry accepted practices that are designed to
protect (i) the security, confidentiality and integrity of transactions executed through their
computer systems, including transmission encryption and/or other security protocols and techniques
when appropriate and (ii) the security, confidentiality and integrity of confidential or
proprietary data except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and
the Company Subsidiaries have not, since December 31, 2006, suffered a material security breach
with respect to their data or systems, and neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries
has notified customers or employees of any material information security breach with respect to the
security, confidentiality or integrity of information related to such customers or employees due to
the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ computer systems or those of any third-party
subcontractor to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.
3.11. Governmental Authorizations; Compliance with Law. All Governmental
Approvals necessary to conduct the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as
currently conducted have been duly obtained or made, are held by the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries and are in full force and effect, except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Applicable Laws and none of the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries has received any notice of any violation of any Applicable Law, except in each
case as would
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not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect or with respect to matters that prior to the date hereof have been resolved or are no longer
outstanding. This Section 3.11 does not relate to employee benefits matters, tax matters, or
environmental, health and safety matters which are instead the subject of Section 3.9, Section 3.13
and Section 3.16, respectively.
3.12. Litigation. There are no judicial, arbitral, governmental or administrative
actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective rights,
properties or assets that (a) have a reasonable likelihood of being determined in a manner that
would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect
or (b) question the validity of this Agreement or seek to prevent or delay any action taken or to
be taken by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in connection herewith. There are no
outstanding orders, judgments, warrants, decrees or injunctions against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary issued by any Governmental Authority, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
is a party to any agreement with any Governmental Authority (other than Contracts for the provision
of services entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), in each
case except as would not reasonably be expected (i) to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) to prevent or delay the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents.
3.13. Taxes. Except as reflected or reserved against in the Financial Statements:
(a) each material Tax Return required to have been filed by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries has been filed;
(b) all amounts shown as due on such Tax Returns have been paid;
(c) all material employment and withholding Taxes required to have been paid or withheld by or
on behalf of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries have been paid or properly set aside in
accounts for such purpose;
(d) no written agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the
period of assessment or collection of any material Taxes payable by the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is in effect as of the date hereof;
(e) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is, as of the date hereof, the
beneficiary of any extension of time (other than an automatic extension of time not requiring the
consent of the IRS or any other Taxing Authority) within which to file any material Tax Return not
previously filed;
(f) as of the date hereof, there are not pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened any audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect of material
Taxes payable by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;
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(g) all Tax Returns filed by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries were true and
correct in all material respects when filed or subsequently modified or amended prior to the date
hereof and all Taxes shown as due on any modified or amended Tax Return filed prior to the date
hereof have been paid;
(h) with respect to audits, no deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or
assessed against the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that have not been finally
resolved;
(i) there are no Liens for Taxes upon the assets of the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries except Permitted Liens;
(j) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries will be required to include any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any Post-Closing
Period, as a result of any (i) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to
the Closing Date, (ii) closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any comparable
provision of Applicable Tax Law entered into on or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) change in
method of accounting, (iv) intercompany transaction or excess loss account (as defined in the
Treasury Regulations applicable to the filing of consolidated returns or any comparable provision
of Applicable Tax Law) occurring or arising during a Pre-Closing Period or (v) amount received by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary on or prior to the Closing Date that was not, and will not
be, included in taxable income with respect to any Pre-Closing Period, except, in each case, as
disclosed in the Financial Statements;
(k) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is party to or bound by any Tax
indemnity, Tax sharing, or Tax allocation agreement or arrangement;
(l) since February 1, 2006, the Company and each of the FSH Subsidiaries have been members of
an affiliated group of corporations, as defined in Section 1504 of the Code, of which the Company
is and has been the common parent, and such affiliated group has had a valid election to file
consolidated federal income tax returns in effect for all Tax Periods beginning on or after
February 1, 2006;
(m) except in connection with the payment of the transaction bonuses identified in Section
5.1(b)(iv), neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment becoming due to any employee,
director of (or independent contractor providing services to or on behalf of) the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan or (iii) result in
the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any such benefits. Neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiaries has made any payments, is obligated to make any payments, or
is a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement, or plan that could obligate it to make any
payments, that are or could be, separately or in the aggregate, “excess parachute payments” within
the meaning of Section 280G of the Code;
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(n) each asset with respect to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries claims
depreciation, amortization or similar expense for Tax purposes is owned for Tax purposes by the
Company or a Company Subsidiary under Applicable Tax Law;
(o) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries owns, directly or indirectly, any
interest in any entity classified as a partnership for United States federal income Tax purposes;
(p) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to any safe harbor
lease within the meaning of Section 168(f)(8) of the Code, as in effect prior to amendment by the
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982;
(q) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is, or has been, a United States
real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the
5-year period ending on the Closing Date;
(r) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has participated in an
international boycott as defined in Section 999 of the Code;
(s) there are no outstanding claims by any Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that any such entity is or may
be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction;
(t) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with the
requirements of Section 6038A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereto;
(u) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are not parties to any record maintenance
agreement with the IRS with respect to Section 6038A of the Code;
(v) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has entered into any transaction
that is a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2);
and
(w) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has ever participated in an
affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, or aggregate Tax Return with any corporation other
than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in any year for which the statute of limitations with
respect to the assessment or collection of any Tax remains open.
3.14. Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2009, (x) other than in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (y) there has been
no change, event, condition or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) none of the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries has:
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(a) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to
the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, or to fulfill certain employment related obligations
existing prior to such date, or as set forth in Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
issued, sold or granted or purchased or redeemed any shares of its capital stock or options,
deferred stock units or warrants to acquire shares of its capital stock;
(b) incurred indebtedness for borrowed money or entered into any guaranty;
(c) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien any of its rights, properties or assets,
except for Permitted Liens;
(d) except as required by GAAP, made any change in its accounting principles or the methods by
which such principles are applied for financial reporting purposes;
(e) increased the compensation, bonus or benefits (including severance) of, or entered into
any Contract with, any officer or employee, other than (i) compensation increases to reflect cost
of living adjustments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) with
respect to any employee whose annual salary is less than $100,000, compensation increases in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) to comply with Applicable Law or
(iv) as may be required to satisfy contractual obligations existing as of the date hereof under
Contracts listed in Section 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
(f) disposed or agreed to dispose of any rights, properties or assets (other than inventory)
in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000 or acquired or agreed to acquire rights, assets or
properties in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000, other than (i) in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or (ii) as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement;
(g) canceled or forgiven any material debts or claims or redeemed or repaid any indebtedness
for borrowed money, in each case except (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (ii) in accordance with the mandatory provisions of the instruments governing such debts,
claims or indebtedness and (iii) through the application at any time or from time to time of excess
cash generated by the Company’s operations;
(h) paid any dividend or other distribution on any of its capital stock, Company Option, or
other equity interest; or
(i) authorized, or entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding to do, any of the
foregoing.
3.15. Insurance. Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material
policies of insurance maintained by the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date hereof.
Such policies are in full force and effect and all premiums due with
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respect to all periods specified in Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule have
either been paid or adequate provisions for the payment by the Company thereof has been made,
except for such failures to be in full force and effect or to pay such premiums that would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.16. Environment, Health and Safety Matters. To the Knowledge of the Company, each
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has complied and is in compliance with all
Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements, except where the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
has obtained, has complied, and is in compliance with permits, licenses and other authorizations
that are required pursuant to Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements for the occupation of
its facilities and the operation of its business, except, in each case, where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries has received any notice, report or other information regarding
any actual or alleged violation of Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements, or any material
liabilities or potential material liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated
or otherwise), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations, relating to any of
them or their facilities (including any currently or formerly owned or leased properties or for any
property for which the Company could be deemed a successor by contract or operation of law) arising
under Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements. There are no conditions existing on currently
or formerly owned or leased properties, assets or businesses of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surfacewater, indoor air, buildings or other
structures) that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any claim, proceeding or action, or
to any material liability under any Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements, except for any
such conditions which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. No such properties, assets or businesses contain or contained any
underground storage tanks, asbestos-containing material, lead products, or polychlorinated
biphenyls, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to the Parent all material reports and
information prepared for or in the possession of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect
to environmental, health and safety matters concerning all currently or formerly owned or leased
properties, assets or businesses of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
3.17. Brokers. All negotiations relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been carried out without the intervention of any Person acting on behalf
of the Company or the Parent in such manner as to give rise to any claim against the Parent or the
Company for any brokerage or finder’s commission, fee or similar compensation. True and correct
copies of all engagement letters or similar agreements with brokers, accountants, counsel and other
professionals relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby have been made
available to the Parent by the Company.
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3.18. Affiliate Transactions.
(a) Section 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists agreements, arrangements and
other commitments or transactions to or by which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and any of the Holders or any officers or directors of the Company or any Company
Subsidiaries, or any other Affiliate of the Company or any of the Holders, on the other hand. No
Affiliate of the Company (i) owns, directly or indirectly, any interest in (A) any asset or other
property or right used in or held for use in the business and operations of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries as conducted as of the date hereof and at any time between the date hereof and
the Closing or (B) any Person that is a material supplier, customer or competitor of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, (ii) serves as an officer, director or employee of any Person that is a
material supplier, customer or competitor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iii) is a
debtor or creditor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(b) Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all balances as of December 31,
2009 between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any of the Holders or any
officers or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, or any other Affiliate of the
Company or any of the Holders, on the other hand. Except as incurred in the Ordinary Course or
listed on Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2009 there has not
been any accrual of liability by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any Affiliate of the
Company (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries).
3.19. Referral Fees. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is now or has
been since January 31, 2006 a party to any arrangement, agreement or understanding, except as set
forth in Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with any Person that is in the business
of providing insurance brokerage or agency services, for the payment of referral, profit sharing or
other fees in connection with such broker’s or agent’s referral or recommendation of, or placement
of business with, the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND THE SUB
The Parent and the Sub, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company, as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows (except that those representations and
warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be made only as of such date):
4.1. Corporate Status and Authority. Each of the Parent and the Sub is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement
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and the other Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by the stockholders and board of
directors of the Sub and the board of directors of the Parent and the Sub, which constitutes all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent and the Sub for such authorization. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Parent and the Sub and constitutes, and each
of the other Transaction Documents will be duly executed and delivered prior to the Closing Date by
the Parent and the Sub, and each will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Parent
and the Sub, enforceable against each of the Parent and the Sub in accordance with its terms,
except as limited by laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general
equitable principles.
4.2. No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Parent and the Sub of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not and will not (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or require any Consent under, or give
rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a
material benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, assets or
rights of the Parent or the Sub under (i) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in
Section 4.2(b), any Applicable Law applicable to the Parent or the Sub or any of the properties,
assets or rights of the Parent or the Sub, (ii) any Contract to which the Parent or the Sub is a
party or by which the Parent or the Sub or any of their properties, assets or rights is bound or
affected (iii) any Organizational Documents of the Parent or the Sub, except in the case of clauses
(i) and (ii) above, for any such violation, breach or approval which would not reasonably be
expected to materially impair the ability of the Parent or the Sub to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) No Governmental Approval is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the
Parent or the Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except
(i) filings required with respect to the HSR Act, (ii) filings, notices and approvals required
pursuant to Section 4151.211 of the Texas Insurance Code and (iii) where the failure to do so would
not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Parent or the Sub to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.3. Financing.
(a) The Parent and the Sub have delivered to the Company a true and complete copy of (A) the
Equity Financing Letters pursuant to which investors party thereto have committed, subject to the
terms thereof, to invest the cash amount set forth therein (the “Equity Financing”) and (B)
the Debt Commitment Letter (the Debt Commitment Letter, together with the Equity Financing Letters,
the “Financing Letters”), pursuant to which the lenders party thereto have committed,
subject to the terms thereof, to lend the amounts set forth therein (the “Debt Financing”
and, together with the Equity Financing, the “Financing”). As of the date of this
Agreement, the Financing Letters are
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in full force and effect and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the
Parent and, to the knowledge of the Parent, the other parties thereto. Other than as expressly set
forth in the Financing Letters, there are no conditions precedent related to the funding of the
full net proceeds of the Financing (including pursuant to any “flex” provisions in connection
therewith) under any agreement relating to the Financing to which the Parent or any of its
Affiliates is a party that would, or would reasonably be expected to, (A) impair the validity of
the Financing Letters, (B) reduce the aggregate amount of the Financing or (C) delay or prevent the
Closing.
(b) Upon receipt of the proceeds contemplated by the Financing Letters, the Parent and the Sub
will have access at the Effective Time to sufficient cash funds and borrowing capacity to pay all
amounts contemplated by this Agreement to be paid by them and to perform their respective
obligations hereunder.
(c) As of the date of this Agreement, no event has occurred that would constitute a breach or
default (or that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) of the Financing
Letters, in each case, on the part of the Parent or the Sub or, to the knowledge or the Parent, the
other parties under the Financing Letters. The Parent has fully paid or caused to be fully paid
all commitment fees or other fees required pursuant to the Financing Letters to be paid as of the
date of this Agreement.
4.4. Solvency. Assuming (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date, (ii) that each of the representations and
warranties in this Section 4.4 would be true and correct immediately before giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) that the most recent financial forecasts
relating to the Company made available to the Parent by the Company prior to the date of this
Agreement have been prepared in good faith and on assumptions that were reasonable at the time such
forecasts were prepared, are reasonable as of the date hereof and will continue to be reasonable as
of the Closing, then immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including the consideration for the Merger and any financings to be undertaken in
connection therewith), (a) none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary will have incurred debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature or become due, (b) the then present fair
salable value of the assets of each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries will not exceed the
amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities (including the probable amount of all
contingent liabilities) and its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) the assets of each
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, in each case at a fair valuation, will exceed its
respective debts (including the probable amount of all contingent liabilities) and (d) none of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary will have unreasonably small capital to carry on its respective
business as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted. No transfer of property is being
made and no obligation is being incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement at the direction or otherwise on behalf of the Parent or the Sub with the intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any present or future creditors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
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4.5. Purchase for Investment. Each of the Parent and the Sub is purchasing the
Company pursuant to the Merger for investment for its own account and not with a view to, or for
sale in connection with, any distribution of the capital stock of the Surviving Corporation. The
Parent and the Sub (either alone or together with their advisors) have sufficient knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of its investment in the Company and are capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment.
4.6. Litigation. There are no judicial or administrative actions, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent or the Sub, threatened that question the
validity of this Agreement or seek to prevent or delay any action taken or to be taken by the
Parent or the Sub in connection herewith.
4.7. Brokers. All negotiations relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been carried out without the intervention of any Person acting on behalf
of the Parent or the Sub in such manner as to give rise to any valid claim against the Parent or
the Company for any brokerage or finder’s commission, fee or similar compensation.
4.8. Guarantees. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Parent has
delivered to the Company duly executed limited guarantees of the Sponsors (the
“Guarantors”) with respect to certain matters on the terms specified therein (the
“Limited Guarantees”). The Limited Guarantees are in full force and effect, have not been
amended, withdrawn or rescinded in any respect and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Guarantors.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
5.1. Conduct of Business.
(a) From the date hereof to the Closing Date, except (i) as set forth on Section 5.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) for entering into this Agreement and performing its obligations
contemplated hereby and (iii) as otherwise consented to by the Parent in writing, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld, the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall be
conducted only in the ordinary course of each such entity’s business consistent with past practice,
and the Company will not take any action, or permit any Company Subsidiary to take any action,
other than actions in the ordinary course of such entity’s business consistent with past practice,
and, to the extent consistent therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to keep intact
their respective businesses, keep available the services of their current employees, keep insurance
coverage in force with respect to their operations and preserve their relationships with customers,
suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others with whom they deal to the end that their
respective businesses shall be unimpaired at the Closing; it being understood and agreed that
subject to the performance of its obligations under this Section 5.1(a), the Company shall not be
responsible for any failure to keep
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intact its business, keep insurance coverage in force with respect to its operations, loss of
services of current employees or of relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees,
distributors and others with whom it deals that results solely from the announcement of the
Agreement (including the identity of the Parent as the buyer of the Company).
(b) In addition (and without limiting the generality of the foregoing), except (x) as set
forth on Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (y) as otherwise expressly set forth in
this Agreement and (z) as otherwise consented to by the Parent in writing, the Company and the
Company’s Subsidiaries shall not do any of the following:
(i) amend its certificate of incorporation or by-laws;
(ii) declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution except to the extent
that any such dividend or other distribution would not reasonably be expected to cause the
failure of the closing condition set forth in Section 6.3(d);
(iii) redeem or otherwise acquire any capital stock (except pursuant to Section 2.6)
issue any capital stock (except upon the exercise of outstanding options), or any option,
warrant or right relating to its capital stock or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock;
(iv) adopt or amend, in any material respect, any Plan or enter into any collective
bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor organization, union or association,
or increase the compensation, bonus or benefits (including severance) of, or enter into any
Contract with, any officer or employee, other than (A) compensation increases to reflect
cost of living adjustments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (B) with respect to any employee whose annual salary is less than $100,000,
compensation increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
(C) to comply with Applicable Law, (D) as may be required to satisfy contractual
obligations existing as of the date hereof under Contracts listed in Section 3.9 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or (E) payments of any transaction bonuses or other amounts to
any person in each case that are Deal Expenses and listed on Section 5.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, provided, up to an aggregate of $4,000,000 of transaction
bonuses may be paid without such amounts being set forth on Section 5.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule (which payments (including the amounts and the recipients thereof) will
be disclosed to Parent after they have been determined and prior to the Closing and the
amounts of which payments, for the avoidance of doubt, are Deal Expenses);
(v) incur indebtedness for borrowed money or enter into any guaranty;
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(vi) permit, allow or suffer any of its assets, properties or rights to become
subjected to any Lien of any nature (other than Permitted Liens);
(vii) cancel any material indebtedness (individually or in the aggregate) or waive any
claims or rights of value greater than $100,000;
(viii) pay, loan or advance any amount to, or sell, transfer, exclusively license or
lease any of its assets, properties or rights to, or enter into any agreement or
arrangement with, any Holder or any of its Affiliates, except for transactions among the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries and for payments of (but not increases in, except as
permitted by clause (iv) hereof) compensation and benefits to employees in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(ix) acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion
of the assets of, or by any other manner (or enter into any definitive document with
respect thereto), any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other
business organization or division thereof or otherwise acquire any assets that are
material, except for the entering into of Contracts for rendering services in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(x) sell, lease, license (other than any licenses under customer agreements in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or otherwise dispose of any of
its assets, properties or rights that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xi) enter into any lease of real property except for any renewals or replacements of
existing leases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices with
respect to the leases listed on Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
(xii) modify, amend, terminate or permit the lapse of any lease of, or reciprocal
easement agreement, operating agreement or other material agreement relating to, real
property (except (x) as required by their terms or (y) modifications or amendments
associated with renewals of existing leases in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices with respect to the leases listed on Section 5.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule);
(xiii) except as required by GAAP, make any change in its accounting policies or
practices;
(xiv) enter into any Other Contract, other than any such Other Contract specifically
permitted by another subsection of this Section 5.1(b), including the entering into of
Contracts for rendering services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, provided, that a fee of up to
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$1,500,000 may be paid at the option of the Company to each of BofA Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in connection with any proposed initial public offering by the Company
prior to the date hereof so long as the payment of such fee is a Deal Expense and as such
meets the other requirements hereunder relating to Deal Expenses (for the avoidance of
doubt, the payment of any such fee shall not be included in the calculation of transaction
bonuses for purposes of Section 5.1(b)(iv)); or
(xv) authorize any of, or commit or agree, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any
of, the foregoing actions.
5.2. Certain Filings.
(a) The parties shall cooperate with one another (i) in determining whether any action by or
in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required (including, without
limitation, under applicable Antitrust Laws), or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are
required to be obtained from parties to any Contracts, in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) in taking such actions or making any such
filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any
such actions, consents, approvals or waivers (including, without limitation, seeking early
termination of applicable waiting periods).
(b) The parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in all reasonable respects with
each other, and to keep the other party informed in all material respects with respect to any
communication given or received, in connection with any filing, submission, investigation or
proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) The parties agree to take all actions necessary and cause their Affiliates to take
reasonable steps to make the filings required of it or any of its Affiliates under applicable
Antitrust Laws or other Applicable Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as
promptly as practicable and in any event with respect to (i) filings pursuant to the HSR Act and
(ii) filings, notices and approvals required pursuant to Section 4151.211 of the Texas Insurance
Code, in each case within 5 Business Days of the date hereof, and to supply as promptly as
practicable, and in any event within 10 Business Days of the receipt of any request therefor, any
additional information and documentary or other material that may be requested pursuant to any such
Antitrust Law or other Applicable Law. The parties further agree not to withdraw their respective
Notification and Report Form or to otherwise extend the time for review of the transaction without
the other party’s prior written consent.
(d) If any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby under
any Antitrust Law or if any suit or proceeding is instituted or threatened by any Governmental
Authority or any private party challenging any of the transactions contemplated hereby as violative
of any Antitrust Law, the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts promptly to resolve such
objections. For purposes of this
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Section 5.2(d), the “reasonable best efforts” of the Parent or the Company, as the case may
be, shall not require the Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to, inter alia, agree to any
prohibition, limitation or other requirement of the type set forth in Section 6.3(h).
5.3. Further Actions. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to bring about the satisfaction as promptly as
practicable of all the conditions contained in Article VI, in each case to the extent such party
has the ability to cause or facilitate the satisfaction of such conditions, and otherwise to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties shall, as promptly as practicable,
apply for and diligently prosecute all applications for, and shall use their reasonable best
efforts promptly to: (a) effect, in addition to filings discussed in Section 5.2, all necessary
registrations and filings, (b) defend any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or
administrative, whether brought derivatively or on behalf of third parties (including Governmental
Authorities or officials), challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and (c) furnish to each other such information and assistance and to consult
with respect to the terms of any registration, filing, application or undertaking as reasonably may
be requested in connection with the foregoing.
5.4. Access and Information.
(a) From the date hereof to the Closing Date or as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
subject to existing confidentiality obligations owed to third parties, the Company and each of the
Company Subsidiaries shall give to the Parent and its representatives reasonable access, at
reasonable times, to the properties, books and records and personnel of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries and shall furnish such information and documents in its possession relating to the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries as the Parent may reasonably request, including with respect
to operational developments and the general status of ongoing operations; provided that the
Parent shall not be entitled to any such access, information or documents that would interfere
unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or that
could, in the good faith opinion of the Company, result in the loss of attorney-client privilege
with respect to any such information or documents. All such information and documents obtained by
the Parent shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of January 22,
2010, between an Affiliate of the Parent and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”),
provided that the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement shall be binding upon the Parent
and the Sub, and all requests for and provision of such information and documents shall be made
through and coordinated by the Company.
(b) The Parent and the Sub shall cause the Company, following the Closing, to reasonably
cooperate with Holders (with any reasonable out of pocket expenses to be borne by Holders) in
connection with any inquiries or investigations by Holders, any governmental agency or other
regulatory authority, or any litigation of any
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kind, involving the business of the Company and relating to matters occurring prior to the
Closing. The Parent and the Sub shall cause the Company to maintain, for the five-year period
following the Closing, a complete and accurate set, in all material respects, of the Company’s and
its subsidiaries’ records (electronic and hardcopy), in existence as of the Closing, which may be
relevant to the investigations, litigations or other regulatory matters existing as of the Closing
Date, provided, that after such period, the Parent and Sub shall cause the Company, prior to the
destruction or other disposition of any such records, to provide notice to and afford the Holders a
reasonable opportunity to copy such records, at such Holder’s expense. The Parent and the Sub
shall cause the Company to afford promptly to each Holder and its agents reasonable access, during
normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to such records (except to the extent such
records have been destroyed by the Company in compliance with the proviso in the preceding
sentence), and to furnish copies thereof which such Holder or its agents reasonably requests in
connection with any such matters, provided that any such access by any such Holder or its agents
shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company. The Parent and
the Sub shall cause the Company to afford promptly to each Holder and its agents reasonable access
to the Company’s employees, who shall be available for interviews and depositions in connection
with any such inquiries, investigations or litigations.
5.5. Publicity. No press release or public announcement related to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued or made by any party without the joint
approval of the Company and the Parent, unless required by Applicable Law (in the reasonable
opinion of counsel), in which case the Company and the Parent shall have the right to review such
press release or announcement prior to publication.
5.6. Employee Matters. Except as provided in Section 5.6 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to,
provide each employee of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (an “Employee”),
during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2010, with (i) health
and welfare benefits (other than compensation and bonuses) that are comparable in the aggregate to
the health and welfare benefits (other than as to compensation and bonuses) of such employee in
effect as of the date hereof, as changed if at all through the Closing Date in accordance with
subclauses (C) and (D) of Section 5.1(b)(iv), and (ii) other benefits (other than defined benefit
and equity-based compensation plans) that are comparable in the aggregate to the benefits (other
than health and welfare benefits, defined benefit and equity-based compensation plans) of such
employee as of the date hereof, as changed if at all through the Closing Date in accordance with
subclauses (C) and (D) of Section 5.1(b)(iv). The Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to, cause each Buyer Plan in which an Employee participates or will participate
pursuant to this Section 5.6 to (a) recognize all service of such Employee with the Company, any of
the Company Subsidiaries and their predecessor entities for purposes of vesting, eligibility,
participation and coverage (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, accrual and level of
benefits) to the extent such service would be recognized under the analogous Plan, (b) honor or
provide appropriate credit for co-payments, deductibles and other expenses incurred by such
Employee or his or her beneficiaries under the analogous Plans, and, (c) if applicable, waive any
waiting
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periods or other eligibility limitations and exclusions for preexisting conditions; provided,
however that such crediting of services shall not operate to duplicate any benefit or the funding
of any such benefit. Nothing herein shall be deemed or construed (A) to be a guaranty of
employment for any Employee, (B) to restrict the right of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries,
the Parent, the Sub or any Affiliates to amend or terminate any benefit plans in accordance with
the terms and conditions of such benefit plans, (C) to establish, amend, or modify any benefit
plan, program, agreement or arrangement or (D) to confer upon any Person (including employees,
retirees, or dependents or beneficiaries of employees or retirees) any rights as a third-party
beneficiary of this Agreement.
5.7. Tax Matters.
(a) The Parent shall not make or permit any Person to make an election under Section 338(g) of
the Code with respect to the purchase of Company Stock pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or specifically consented to in writing
by the Parent, from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, the Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of the Company Subsidiaries to, (i) make or rescind any express or deemed
material election relating to Taxes, (ii) settle or compromise any material claim, audit, dispute,
controversy, examination, investigation, or other proceeding relating to Taxes, (iii) execute any
waiver of restriction on assessment or collection of any Tax, including without limitation any
extension of limitations period, (iv) materially change any of its methods of reporting income or
deductions for federal income Tax purposes except as may be required by Applicable Tax Law or (v)
amend in a material way any Tax Return previously filed, in each of the foregoing cases other than
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 5.7(b) shall not apply to any actions taken by the Representative, the Company, or any of
the Company Subsidiaries in connection with the conduct of any Contest or proceeding governed by
Section 7.5(d).
(c) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall timely file all Tax Returns required to be
filed after the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date in a manner consistent with past
practice, to the extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law, and shall pay any Taxes shown as due
thereon.
(d) FNF, through its employees, or, following notice to the Company, through its agents,
contractors or independent third parties, shall provide or cause to be provided to the Company
those services set forth on Exhibit C hereto (each, a “Service” and collectively,
the “Services”) for the twelve month period following the Closing or until earlier
terminated by the Company upon no less than 30 days prior written notice, with respect to all or
part of the Services, at the Company’s sole discretion. FNF will be entitled to be compensated on
a cost plus 10% basis for the Services, and FNF will be reimbursed for its reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses in connection with its provision of the Services. The standard of care for the Services
shall be the same as has applied to
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comparable Services provided by FNF to the Company prior to Closing. At all times during the
performance of the Services, all persons performing services hereunder (including any agents,
temporary employees, independent third parties and consultants) shall be construed as being
independent from the Company and not as employees of the Company on account of such Services.
5.8. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall continue to
contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and
exculpation of each present and former director and officer of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) than are presently set forth in the
Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed
or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any such
individuals.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company, at its own expense, shall purchase six year tail
policies of directors’ and officers’ liability covering the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and
the current and former officers and directors of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries who are
currently covered by the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance from a
reputable insurance carrier on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Company, the Company
Subsidiaries and such directors and officers than those in effect on the date hereof, except that
the maximum deductible shall be $1,000,000 and the coverage limit shall be $20,000,000.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall either (i) obtain such waivers or (ii) a
three-year extended reporting period, in either case from its existing errors and omission
liability insurance carriers as may be necessary to maintain, notwithstanding the Merger, the
coverage provided by such existing errors and omission liability insurance following the Closing
Date in at least the same coverage amounts and covering the same risks and insured parties;
provided, however, that in lieu of (i) and (ii) above, the Company may elect to
purchase, at or prior to the Closing Date, a three year tail policy on errors and omissions
insurance covering Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the current and former officers and
directors of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries who are currently covered by the Company’s
existing errors and omission insurance from a reputable insurance carrier on terms and conditions
no less favorable to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and such directors and officers than
those in effect on the date hereof, except that the maximum deductible shall be $500,000 and the
coverage limit shall be $40,000,000 (the “E&O Tail”).
5.9. Financing.
(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective directors, officers, employees,
attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives to provide, all cooperation reasonably
requested by the Parent to assist the Parent in causing the conditions in the Financing Letters to be satisfied and all
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cooperation
otherwise necessary or reasonably requested by the Parent in connection with any Financing,
provided that such requested cooperation (i) does not unreasonably interfere with the
ongoing business of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or (ii) otherwise would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, including
cooperation that consists of:
(i) participating in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, road shows, due
diligence sessions, drafting sessions, and sessions with rating agencies;
(ii) assisting in preparing bank information memoranda, syndication memoranda, rating
agency and lender presentations, and other marketing materials reasonably requested by the
Parent, including business and financial projections and similar materials;
(iii) furnishing the Parent and its Financing sources as promptly as reasonably
practicable with such financial and other information regarding the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as may be necessary in connection with any Financing or as otherwise
reasonably requested by the Parent;
(iv) furnishing the Parent and its Financing sources as promptly as reasonably
practicable with an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of,
and related statements of income and cash flows of the Company for, the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2010, prepared in a manner consistent with the Financial Statements
(subject to the absence of footnotes), and with all Marketing Information, and assisting in
preparing a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated
statement of income of the Company as of and for the twelve-month period ending on the last
day of the four-fiscal quarter period ended March 31, 2010, prepared after giving effect to
the Merger, the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by the Financing Letters as if the same had occurred as of such date (in the
case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other
financial statements), which pro forma financial statements need not include adjustments
for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations
(formerly SFAS 141R)) (all such information described in this Section 5.9(a)(iv),
collectively, the “Required Information”);
(v) using reasonable best efforts to obtain corporate and facilities ratings, consents
and other items or actions relating to the Financing as reasonably requested by the Parent,
and otherwise assisting the Parent in matters relating to the Financing (including
providing reasonable access to the Parent and its directors, officers, employees,
investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives and
Financing sources to all real property of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries);
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(vi) cooperating with prospective lenders involved in the Financing to provide access
to, and taking all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Parent to permit such
prospective lenders to evaluate, the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ respective
assets, cash management systems, accounting systems, and policies and procedures relating
thereto, including for purposes of establishing collateral arrangements as of the Effective
Time;
(vii) executing and delivering authorization letters, legal opinions, other
certificates and documents, and backup therefor, as reasonably requested by the Parent,
including a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to
solvency matters (including as to the solvency of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis) and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any
materials relating to any Financing, and otherwise reasonably facilitating the pledging of
and granting of security interests in collateral as of the Effective Time;
(viii) execution and delivery, immediately prior to the Effective Time, of definitive
financing documentation by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries on terms satisfactory
to the Parent, including credit agreements, pledge and security documents, and hedging
arrangements;
(ix) taking such corporate or other action necessary or reasonably desirable to permit
the consummation of the Financing, and the discharge of any other indebtedness, Liens or
other obligations in connection with such Financing, including obtaining customary payoff
letters, Lien terminations and instruments of discharge to be delivered at Closing to allow
for the payoff, discharge and termination in full on the Closing Date of all indebtedness
and Liens under the Credit Agreement;
(x) subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the third-to-last sentence of this Section
5.9(a), making any reasonable representations and warranties to, and entering into any
reasonable covenants for the benefit of, third parties providing or arranging any
Financing;
(xi) furnishing the Parent and its Financing sources promptly with all documentation
and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your
customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the
PATRIOT Act; and
(xii) otherwise cooperating with the marketing efforts of the Parent and its Financing
sources for any of the Financing as necessary or reasonably requested by the Parent.
Except to the extent any such fee, commitment or liability is conditioned on the consummation of
the Closing, in no event shall the Company or the Company Subsidiaries be required to pay any
commitment or similar fee, enter into any binding
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commitment or incur any liability in connection with the Financing prior to the Effective Time,
except to the extent the Parent has provided the indemnity referenced in the third-to-last sentence
of this Section 5.9(a) or in the case of payment of commitment or similar fees, the Parent has
advanced the amount of such fees to the Company or the Company Subsidiaries prior to payment. The
Parent shall, promptly upon request by the Company, reimburse the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries for all reasonable out of pocket costs incurred by the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries in connection with the cooperation required by this Section 5.9(a). The Parent shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and their respective directors,
officers, employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives for and against
any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interest, awards, judgments and
penalties suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement of the Financing and the
performance of their respective obligations under this Section 5.9 and any information utilized in
connection therewith, other than to the extent any of the foregoing arise from (i) the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of any of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or its or their
respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants or other advisors or
representatives or (ii) any information provided by any of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or
its or their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants or other advisors
which is the subject of any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article III and such
information would constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty that would be
indemnified hereunder with or without giving effect to any survival or other limitations of any
kind set forth in Article VIII. The Company shall supplement and keep current the Required
Information on a reasonably current basis and provide any supplements reasonably requested by the
Parent. The Company consents to the reasonable use of the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’
logos in connection with the arrangement of the Financing in a manner customary for financing
transactions.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parent and the Sub
shall use its reasonable best efforts (taking into account the anticipated timing of the Marketing
Period) to (i) consummate the Financing on the terms and conditions set forth in the Financing
Letters, including using reasonable best efforts to (A) negotiate and enter into definitive
agreements with respect to the Financing consistent with the terms and conditions set forth in the
Financing Letters and (B) satisfy on a timely basis (or obtain the waiver of) all conditions to the
Financing set forth in such definitive agreements that are to be satisfied by the Parent or the Sub
and (ii) comply with its obligations under the Financing Letters. The Parent and the Sub shall
give the Company prompt notice of any material breach by any party to the Financing Letters of
which the Parent and the Sub have become aware, or any purported termination of the Financing
Letters. Neither the Parent nor the Sub shall, without the prior written consent of the Company,
(x) enter into any amendment or modification to, or grant any waiver of any material provision or
remedy under, the Financing Letters if such amendment, modification, waiver or remedy results in
new (or materially adversely modifies any existing) conditions to the consummation of the Financing
or reduces the amount thereof, or (y) terminate, or take any action that would permit the
termination of, the Financing Letters; provided, however, that the Parent and the
Sub may terminate any of the Financing Letters so long as such Financing Letter is being
simultaneously replaced with
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alternative financing arrangements on terms that are not materially less favorable to the
interests of the Company than the terms contained in such Financing Letter (and any related fee
letter) (which alternative financing arrangements shall thereafter constitute a corresponding
portion of the Financing hereunder). The obligations of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, the
Parent and the Sub with respect to the Financing under this Section 5.9 shall also apply to any
alternative Financing referred to in the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence and any
related debt financing commitment letters and fee letters with respect thereto and such debt
financing commitment letters and fee letters shall be deemed to the Debt Commitment Letter for
purposes of this Section 5.9.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and
conditions set forth in the Financing Letters (and any related fee letter), regardless of the
reason therefor (other than due to the failure of a condition to the consummation of the Financing
resulting from a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Company
set forth in this Agreement), the Parent and the Sub shall (i) use their reasonable best efforts to
obtain as promptly as possible alternative financing (including from other sources) in an amount
such that the aggregate funds available to the Parent and the Sub are sufficient to pay all amounts
contemplated by this Agreement to be paid by them and to perform their respective obligations
hereunder, which alternative financing shall not (unless the Parent and the Sub otherwise approve
in their sole discretion) be on terms that are less favorable to the interests of the Parent and
the Sub than the terms contained in the Financing Letters (and any related fee letter), and shall
not, without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), include
any conditions to the consummation of such alternative financing that are materially less favorable
to the interests of the Company than the conditions to the Financing set forth in the Financing
Letters (and any related fee letter) (any such alternative financing, an “Alternative
Financing”, which Alternative Financing shall thereafter constitute the, or a corresponding
portion of the, Financing hereunder), and (ii) promptly notify the Company of such unavailability.
The obligations of the Parent and the Sub, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, with
respect to the Financing and any related debt financing commitment letters and fee letters with
respect thereto under this Section 5.9 shall also apply to any Alternative Financing and such debt
financing commitment letters and fee letters shall be deemed to the Debt Commitment Letter for
purposes of this Section 5.9.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, no public offering of debt securities shall be made or be
required to be made in connection with the Financing prior to the Closing. The parties hereto
acknowledge that the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter does not constitute
a public offering of debt securities.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.9 or in any other provision of this
Agreement, and in no way limiting the obligation to pay the Termination Fee pursuant to Section
10.5, in no event shall the Parent or the Sub be required (1) to amend or waive any of the terms or
conditions hereof, (2) to consummate the Closing any earlier than the final day of the Marketing
Period, (3) bring any enforcement action against any source of the Financing to enforce its
respective rights under the Financing Letters, (4) seek the Equity Financing from any source other
than
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those counterparty to, or in any amount in excess of that contemplated by, the Equity
Financing Letter or (5) pay any fees in excess of those contemplated by the Financing Letters
(whether to secure waiver of any conditions contained therein or otherwise).
5.10. Intercompany Accounts. Except as set forth in Section 5.10 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, any agreements between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand,
and any Affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries), on the other hand, shall be terminated at or prior to the Closing, and any amounts
due under such terminated agreements shall be paid in full at such time.
5.11. Solvency of the Company. The Parent shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Company copies of any solvency opinions or similar materials obtained from third parties in
connection with the financing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to the extent
contractually permitted by the issuer of such opinion. The Parent shall use reasonable efforts to
cause the firms issuing any such solvency opinions to allow the Company to rely thereon;
provided that no material fee or expense is associated with obtaining such reliance.
5.12. Disclosure of Certain Matters. Each of the Parent and the Company, as
applicable, shall promptly upon becoming aware thereof (the “Notifying Party”) disclose to
the other (the “Notified Party”) (i) any breach of its representations or warranties set
forth in this Agreement, whether arising after the date hereof (a “Post-Signing Rep
Breach”) or existing as of the date hereof and subsequently discovered, (ii) any failure by it
to comply in all material respects with any material covenant, condition or agreement to be
complied with or satisfied by any of them under this Agreement and (iii) in the case of the Company
being the Notifying Party, the occurrence of any matter or event which would reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. In the event the Notifying
Party provides the Notified Party notice of a Post-Signing Rep Breach, the Notifying Party will
concurrently state whether such breach would cause the condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or
Section 6.3(a), as applicable, to fail to be satisfied (any such breach, a “Waiver
Breach”). In the event the Notifying Party so states that a Post-Signing Rep Breach is a
Waiver Breach, then if the Notified Party nonetheless proceeds with the Closing, it shall have
waived any right to indemnification for such breach under Article VIII hereof. Except for the
foregoing, no notice provided under this Section 5.12 shall be deemed to cure any breach of
representation, warranty or covenant or update the Company Disclosure Schedule or otherwise affect
in any respect the rights and remedies of the Notified Party.
5.13. Change of Name. Notwithstanding any restriction in Section 5.1 hereof, the
Parent and the Sub agree that the Company may, prior to the Closing, file a certificate of
amendment to the articles of incorporation of the Company solely for the purposes of changing the
name of the Company from “Fidelity Sedgwick Holdings, Inc.” to either Sedgwick Inc. or Sedgwick
Holdings, Inc. To the extent that such a certificate is not filed prior to the Closing, the Parent
agrees that the certificate of incorporation of the
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Company referenced in Section 1.5 hereof will include a change in the name of the Surviving
Corporation to a name that does not include “Fidelity” as part of such name.
5.14. Additional Financial Statements. As soon as practicable after they become
available, the Company shall furnish to the Parent and Sub the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of the Company as at March 31, 2010 and the related statements of income and cash flows for the
three month period ended March 31, 2010 (the “Unaudited Financial Statements”). The
Unaudited Financial Statements will present fairly in all material respects the financial position,
cash flows and results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as at March 31,
2010 or for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 and will be prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the period presented in the Unaudited Financial
Statements, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject to normal year-end adjustments that in
the aggregate would not be material and the absence of notes.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
6.1. Conditions to Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of the Company and the
Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the
fulfillment at the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) HSR Act. The waiting period under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or
expired.
(b) No Injunction. There shall not be in effect any injunction or other order issued
by a court of competent jurisdiction or any other Applicable Law restraining or prohibiting the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.2. Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at
the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Parent and the Sub. Each of the
representations and warranties of the Parent and the Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true
and correct on the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though
made at and as of such time (without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect
limitations therein and except that those representations and warranties that are made as of a
specified date shall be true and correct only as of such date), with such exceptions as would not
materially impair the ability of the Parent or the Sub to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement. Each of the Parent and the Sub shall have duly performed and complied in all material
respects with all covenants and agreements contained herein required to be performed or complied
with by it at or before the Closing.
(b) Officer’s Certificate. The Parent shall have delivered to the Company a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a senior executive officer on
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behalf of each of the Parent and the Sub, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2(a).
(c) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
the Parent and the Escrow Agent.
(d) Absence of Proceedings. There shall not be pending or threatened by any
Governmental Authority any proceeding (or by any other Person any proceeding that has a reasonable
likelihood of success) challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
6.3. Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Sub. The obligations of the
Parent and the Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject
to the fulfillment at the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. Each of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
on the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though made at and as
of such time (without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect limitations therein and
except that those representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date shall be true
and correct only as of such date), with such exceptions (other than, in the case of the last
sentence of Section 3.5, which shall not be subject to the following qualification) as would not
reasonably be expected (x) to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or
(y) to materially impair the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement. The Company shall have duly performed and complied in all material respects with all
covenants and agreements contained herein required to be performed or complied with by it at or
before the Closing.
(b) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Parent a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a senior executive officer of the Company, as to
the fulfillment of the conditions with respect to the Company, set forth in Section 6.3(a).
(c) Resignations. The Company shall have received, and delivered copies to the Parent
and the Sub of, valid resignations, effective as of immediately following the Effective Time, from
all of the non-employee directors of the Company.
(d) Cash at Closing. The Parent shall have received evidence, reasonably satisfactory
to it, that as of the Effective Time the Company shall have no less than an amount in cash and cash
equivalents equal to $20,000,000, after giving effect to the Closing (and subtracting any amount
paid by the Company at or prior to the Closing in respect of any Parent Costs), calculated in
accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the principles, procedures and elections used
in the preparation of the Financial Statements (which amount shall not include cash and cash
equivalents held by
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the Company or the Company Subsidiaries on behalf of their respective clients or any
marketable securities).
(e) Deal Expenses. The Parent shall have received evidence, reasonably satisfactory
to it, that all Deal Expenses have been paid.
(f) Consents. All Consents set forth on Section 6.3 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule shall have been obtained in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and shall
be in full force and effect.
(g) No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2009, there shall not have been
any change, event, condition or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expect to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Absence of Proceedings. There shall not be pending or threatened by any
Governmental Authority any proceeding (or by any other Person any proceeding that has a reasonable
likelihood of success) (i) challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or seeking to obtain from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the Merger any damages that are material in relation to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any portion of the business or assets of the Parent, the
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or to compel the Parent, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the
Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case as a result of the Merger
or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) seeking to prohibit the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from effectively controlling in any material respect the business
or operations of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(i) Key Executive. The Key Executive shall not be incapable of performing his
long-term duties and functions consistent with the requirements of the Employment Agreement because
of the death or incapacitation of the Key Executive.
(j) Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
the Company and the Escrow Agent.
ARTICLE VII
TAX INDEMNIFICATION
7.1. Tax Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article VII and Article VIII, the
Parent Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against, (i) any and all Taxes
imposed on or due with respect to the Company or to any of the Company Subsidiaries for any
Pre-Closing Period, (ii) any Taxes resulting from, arising out of or related to any breach by the
Company of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.13(j), (k) and (l) or the
covenants set forth in
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Section 5.7(b) and (c), (iii) any obligation of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for any
Pre-Closing Period to contribute to the payment of a Tax determined on a consolidated, combined, or
unitary basis with respect to a group of corporations that includes or included the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries and any corporation other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, (iv) any (A) gross-up payment that results from the imposition of Taxes under Section
4999 of the Code on any excess parachute payments (as that term is used for purposes of Section
4999 of the Code) resulting (either alone or in combination with another event) from the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (for purposes of this
Article VII and related provisions of Article VIII and of the Escrow Agreement, any such gross-up
payment shall be deemed to be a Tax) and (B) loss of any Tax deduction (excluding any loss of
deduction on any gross-up payment to the extent the indemnification for the gross-up payment is not
included in the taxable income of the Company or any Company Subsidiary) by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, or any successor thereto, resulting from the application of Section 280G of the
Code to any payment (as that term is used for purposes of Section 280G of the Code and any
regulations promulgated thereunder) made to a current or former employee, director, service
provider, or shareholder of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and resulting (either alone or in
combination with another event) from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated thereby, (v) any Taxes resulting from the denial of deductions for the
items described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Closing Tax Benefits and (vi) any Taxes
required to be withheld in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement as a result of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries being a “United States
real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code at any time
during the 5-year period ending on the Closing Date.
(b) The Company, the Company Subsidiaries, and the Parent will be liable for, and will
indemnify, defend and hold the Company Indemnitees harmless from and against any and all Taxes (i)
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for which the Company Indemnitees are not required to
indemnify the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, or the Parent pursuant to Section 7.1(a) of this
Agreement or (ii) resulting from, arising out of or related to any breach of the covenant set forth
in Section 5.7(a).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Parent Indemnitees shall not be
indemnified under this Agreement with respect to Taxes of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries
to the extent of the reserves for Taxes taken into account in calculating Adjusted Working Capital.
(d) A Person entitled to indemnification for Taxes under this Section 7.1 shall also be
entitled to indemnification for all reasonable fees and costs (including reasonable outside
professional fees and costs) incurred in contesting or otherwise in connection with any such Taxes.
7.2. Straddle Period Allocation and Tax Returns.
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(a) In the case of any Straddle Period, Tax items will be apportioned between Pre-Closing
Periods and Post-Closing Periods based on a closing of the books and records of the relevant entity
or entities as of the Closing Date, provided that:
(i) any Tax item incurred by reason of the transactions occurring on or before the
Closing Date as contemplated by this Agreement will be treated as occurring in a
Pre-Closing Period and any Tax item incurred by reason of any transaction not contemplated
by this Agreement and occurring after the Closing will be treated as occurring in a
Post-Closing Period;
(ii) depreciation, amortization and depletion will be apportioned on a daily pro rata
basis; and
(iii) any liability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for any real
property Tax, any personal property Tax, or any similar ad valorem obligation will be
apportioned between Pre-Closing Periods and Post-Closing Periods based on the number of
days of such Tax Period that fall on or prior to the Closing Date and the number of days of
such Tax Period that fall after the Closing Date.
(b) The Parent shall cause the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to prepare and timely file
all Tax Returns with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary for (i) all Straddle Periods
and (ii) to the extent required to be filed (or otherwise filed) after the Closing Date, all
Pre-Closing Periods, and such Tax Returns shall, with respect to any Pre-Closing Period, to the
extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law, be prepared in a manner consistent with past practice of
the Company or relevant Company Subsidiary unless the Representative consents otherwise (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is understood and agreed
that Fidelity Sedgwick Corporation and each of the other FSH Subsidiaries (but not the Company)
will file a consolidated federal income tax return for calendar year 2009 unless (i) the
Representative or the Company receives confirmation from the IRS in writing that the Company and
each of the FSH Subsidiaries are eligible to file a consolidated federal income tax return for
calendar year 2009 with the Company as the common parent, and (ii) Parent consents to filing on
that basis, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
7.3. Notice and Payment of Indemnified Amounts.
(a) Duty to Notify. The Parent shall notify the Representative of any Taxes paid or
incurred by any of the Parent Indemnitees which are subject to indemnification under this Article
VII. The Representative shall notify the Parent of any Taxes paid or incurred by the Company
Indemnitees which are subject to indemnification by the Parent, the Company, and the Company
Subsidiaries under this Article VII.
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(b) Explanation of Claim. Any notice contemplated by this Section 7.3 shall include
a detailed calculation and a brief explanation of the basis for such indemnification.
7.4. Nature of Payments. Any payment (other than interest on a payment) owing to any
of the Parent Indemnitees pursuant to this Article VII shall be treated by all parties for all
purposes as a reduction of the Initial Merger Consideration. Any payment (other than interest on a
payment) owing to the Company Indemnitees pursuant to this Article VII shall be treated by all the
parties for all purposes as a net adjustment to the Initial Merger Consideration.
7.5. Tax Audits and Contests; Cooperation.
(a) After the Closing Date, except as provided in (b), (c) and (d) below, the Parent shall
control the conduct, through counsel of its own choosing and at its own expense, of any audit,
claim for refund, or administrative or judicial proceeding involving any asserted Tax liability or
refund with respect to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (any such audit, claim for
refund, or proceeding relating to an asserted Tax liability referred to herein as a
“Contest”).
(b) Subject to paragraph (d) below, in the case of a Contest after the Closing Date that
relates solely to Taxes for which any of the Parent Indemnitees is entitled to be indemnified under
Section 7.1 and which are not reportable on any combined, consolidated, or unitary Tax Return that
includes any entity other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary, the Representative shall
control the conduct of such Contest, but the Parent shall have the right to participate in such
Contest at its own expense, and the Representative shall not be able to settle, compromise and/or
concede any portion of such Contest without the consent of the Parent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that, if the Representative fails or declines to assume
control of the conduct of any such Contest within a reasonable period following the receipt by the
Representative of notice of such Contest, the Parent shall have the right to assume control of such
Contest but the Representative shall have the right to participate in such Contest at its own
expense and the Parent shall not be able to settle, compromise and/or concede any portion of such
Contest that is likely to result in a claim for indemnification hereunder without the consent of
the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) below, in the case of a Contest after the Closing Date that
relates both to Taxes for which any of the Parent Indemnitees is entitled to be indemnified under
Section 7.1 and either (i) to Taxes for which the Parent Indemnitees are not indemnified under
Section 7.1, or (ii) to any Taxes reportable on any combined, consolidated, or unitary Tax Return
that includes any entity other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary, the Parent shall control
the conduct of such Contest, but the Representative shall have the right to participate in such
Contest at its own expense, and with respect to any Tax for which the Parent is indemnified under
Section 7.1, the Parent shall not settle, compromise and/or concede such Contest without the
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consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.5, the Representative shall, at
its sole expense (including, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonable expenses incurred by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary in cooperating with the Representative or in filing any amended
Tax Return or other submission), control the portion of any Contest, or any other proceeding with
any Governmental Authority, that relates to Taxes for which any of the Parent Indemnitees is
entitled to be indemnified under Section 7.1(a) as a result of a breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.13(l), provided that, (i) subject to such control,
following the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall consult with the Parent and its
counsel with regard to the conduct of any such Contest or proceeding, shall keep the Parent and the
Company informed of any proceedings, events and developments in connection therewith, shall provide
the Parent and the Company copies of all substantive correspondence and documents relating thereto
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, any substantive correspondence and documents relating to
procedural aspects of any such Contest or proceeding), and shall, to the extent reasonably
practical, provide the Parent, the Company and the Parent’s counsel the opportunity to review and
comment in advance on substantive submissions to any Governmental Authority in connection
therewith, and (ii) the Representative shall have the right to settle, compromise and/or concede
that portion of any such Contest or proceeding without consent of the Parent unless any such action
taken by the Representative would have an adverse effect on any of the Parent Indemnitees for which
the affected party is not indemnified pursuant to Section 7.1(a). If the Representative fails or
declines to assume control of the conduct of any such Contest or proceeding within ten (10)
Business Days following the receipt by the Representative of any notice of such a Contest or
proceeding, the Parent shall have the right to assume control of such Contest or proceeding but the
Representative shall have the right to participate in such Contest or proceeding at its own expense
and the Parent shall not be able to settle, compromise and/or concede any portion of such Contest
or proceeding that is likely to result in a claim for indemnification hereunder without the consent
of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Parent Indemnitees shall be
indemnified as provided in Section 7.1(a) for all reasonable fees and costs (including reasonable
outside professional fees and costs) incurred in the control of any Contest or proceeding governed
by this Section 7.5(d) (including any such costs relating to filing any amended Tax Return or other
submission) regardless of whether or not any indemnifiable Taxes are required to be paid in
connection with or as a result thereof.
(e) The Representative and the Parent agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other,
upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information (including access to books and records)
and assistance relating to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as is reasonably requested for
the preparation, prosecution, defense or conduct of any Contest, other proceeding (including a
request for regulatory relief) or the preparation and filing of amended Tax Returns. The
Representative and the Parent shall reasonably cooperate with each other in the conduct of any
Contest, other
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proceeding (including a request for regulatory relief) or the preparation and filing of
amended Tax Returns involving or otherwise relating to the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (or
their income or assets) with respect to any Tax and each shall execute and deliver such powers of
attorney and other documents as are necessary to carry out the intent of this Section 7.5. Any
information obtained under this Section 7.5 shall be kept confidential, except as may be
otherwise necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in the conduct of a Contest or
other Tax proceeding or as otherwise required by law.
(f) Each of the Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to properly
retain and maintain the Tax and accounting records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries that
relate to any Tax Periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date until the
expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations.
(g) The Parent shall promptly notify the Representative, and the Representative shall promptly
notify the Parent, in writing within 30 Business Days from the receipt of notice of any pending or
threatened Tax audits or assessments of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, with respect to
which the notifying party may seek to be indemnified under Section 7.1. Failure to notify the
indemnifying party under this Section 7.5(g) shall not relieve the indemnifying party from its
obligations under Section 7.1, except to the extent that the indemnifying party shall have been
actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. In that case, the amount the indemnifying party
is otherwise required to pay under Section 7.1 shall be reduced by the amount determined pursuant
to the preceding sentence.
7.6. Tax Refunds; Tax Credits; Tax Benefits.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.6(b), the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
shall be entitled to any Tax refund, Tax credit or Tax Benefit that is received after the Closing
Date with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.
(b) If there is an adjustment to the amount of Tax (without regard to interest, penalties, or
additions to tax) (a “Tax Adjustment”) of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
for which any of the Parent Indemnitees shall have been indemnified pursuant to Section 7.1(a)
hereof (an “Indemnified Tax Adjustment”) and such Tax Adjustment arises from the deferral
or disallowance of a deduction, credit or loss that results in the allowance of a deduction
(including any loss carryforward) or credit to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in any Tax
Period and such allowance produces a Tax refund, Tax credit or Tax Benefit, the Company shall,
within 30 days of receipt thereof, deliver the amount of such Tax refund, Tax credit or Tax Benefit
as provided in Section 7.6(f) below to the extent of the amount of the Indemnified Tax Adjustment,
subject to Section 7.6(c).
(c) If the amount of any Tax Adjustment referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds the
amount of the related Indemnified Tax Adjustment, the Company
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and the Company Subsidiaries shall be entitled to retain the resulting Tax refund, Tax credit
or Tax Benefit up to the amount of such excess.
(d) For purposes of this Section 7.6, a Tax refund, Tax credit or Tax Benefit shall be treated
as having been “received” when it results in an actual refund of Taxes previously paid or an actual
reduction in Taxes otherwise payable as reported on the Company’s or applicable Company
Subsidiary’s Tax Returns (other than Estimated Tax Returns) as filed or subsequently adjusted.
(e) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7.6, if the Holders or any Affiliate of
the Holders receive any Tax refund or credit after the Closing Date with respect to the Taxes of
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, the Holders shall, within 30 days, pay the amount
of such Tax refund or credit (together with any interest received in connection with such Tax
refund or credit) to the Company. Any payment made after such 30-day period shall include interest
at the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal calculated on a daily basis accrued from
the final day of the 30-day period until the date of payment.
(f) Any amount that is delivered by the Company under Section 7.6(b) shall be treated for all
purposes of Section 8.4 and of the Stockholder Agreements as reducing the amount that the Parent
Indemnitees have been paid pursuant to Article VII. Any amount to be delivered by the Company
pursuant to Section 7.6(b) (i) prior to the Distribution Date (as defined in the Escrow Agreement)
shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent to be held and disbursed under the terms of the Escrow
Agreement and (ii) on or after the Distribution date shall be (x) delivered to the Representative
to be distributed to the Holders, (y) delivered to the Escrow Agent to be held and disbursed under
the terms of the Escrow Agreement or (z) retained by the Company, in each case as determined under
the terms of the Escrow Agreement as if the amount to be delivered had been held in the Escrow
Account from the Closing Date to the Distribution Date (in each case net of any applicable
withholding tax).
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1. Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants.
(a) The representations and warranties set forth herein (other than the representations and
warranties in Section 3.13), and the right to commence any claim with respect thereto, shall
survive for 12 months from the Closing Date and shall expire thereafter, and the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.13, and the right to commence any claim with respect thereto,
shall survive for 27 months from the Closing Date and shall expire thereafter (such additional
15-month period, the “Extended Survival Period”), it being understood and agreed that the
Parent and its Affiliates’ right to make any claim for indemnification under Article VII
(including, without limitation, in respect of the representations and warranties in Sections
3.13(j), (k), and (l)) and Section 8.2(a)(iii) shall survive for 27 months from the Closing Date;
provided that in the event
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written notice of any claim for indemnification under Section 8.2 or Section 7.1 shall have
been given in accordance with Section 8.3(b) or Section 7.3 hereof or written notice of the
commencement of a Tax audit shall have been given in accordance with Section 7.5(f) hereof within
the applicable survival period, the right to be indemnified with respect to such matter shall
survive until such time as such matter is fully and finally resolved. Any investigation or other
examination that may have been made or may be made at any time by or on behalf of the party to whom
representations and warranties are made shall not limit, diminish or in any way affect or be deemed
to modify the representations and warranties in this Agreement, and the parties may rely on the
representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement, and any schedule, exhibit or
certificate in respect thereof, irrespective of any information obtained by them by any
investigation, examination or otherwise, in all cases subject to any and all limitations to which
such representations, warranties and covenants are subject pursuant to this Agreement, including
the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Any covenant or agreement of the parties contained in this Agreement which by its terms
contemplates performance after the Closing shall survive the Closing in accordance with its terms;
provided, that this provision is not intended to release any party from liability for any
breach occurring prior to the Closing of any covenant or agreement that does not survive the
Closing.
8.2. Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VIII, from and after the Closing
Date, the Parent and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) and each of their respective directors, officers and employees (collectively, the
“Parent Indemnitees”), shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against any and all
Losses, whether or not resulting from any Third Party Claims, resulting from, arising out of or
related to:
(i) any breach by the Company of any representation and warranty of the Company
(without regard to any limitation as to Material Adverse Effect or materiality contained
therein (collectively, the “Excluded Qualifiers”)) in this Agreement or in the
certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.3(b); provided, however, that
this provision shall not apply to Taxes, which shall be governed by Article VII;
(ii) the failure of the Company to perform any of its covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof; provided,
however, that this provision shall not apply to Taxes (other than Transfer Taxes),
which shall be governed by Article VII; and
(iii) in the event that the E&O Tail is not purchased at or prior to the Closing, any
claim that would be payable under the Company’s errors and omission liability insurance
coverage, as in effect on the date hereof, if such coverage was subject to a $500,000
aggregate retention for a policy period expiring on the last day of the Extended Survival
Period rather than a $500,000
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per occurrence retention; provided that the maximum amount recoverable by the
Parent Indemnities under this Section 8.2(a)(iii) shall not exceed $1,500,000 in the
aggregate.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article VIII, from and after the
Closing Date, each of the Parent and the Sub shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold
harmless each of the Holders and their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries) and each of their respective present and former directors, officers and
employees (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”), against any and all Losses incurred or
suffered by any Company Indemnitee, arising out of (i) any breach by the Parent or the Sub of any
representation and warranty of the Parent or Sub (without regard to the Excluded Qualifiers) in
this Agreement or in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) and (ii) the failure of
the Parent or Sub to perform any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof.
8.3. Claims.
(a) A party entitled to indemnification under this Agreement shall be referred to as an
“Indemnified Party.” A party obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Party under this
Agreement shall be referred to as an “Indemnifying Party”; provided that in the
case of Sections 7.1 and 8.2(a), the Representative shall be deemed to have such rights as though
it were the Indemnifying Party for purposes of this Section 8.3 and Section 7.3 (for the
avoidance of doubt, without being subject to the indemnification obligations under Section 8.2 or
Section 7.1, which shall be satisfied pursuant to the provisions of 8.4(a)).
(b) Each Indemnified Party agrees to provide prompt written notice to the Indemnifying Party
of the assertion of any claim, or the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding in respect of
which indemnity may be sought under this Article VIII, which notice shall: (i) specify in
reasonable detail the basis on which indemnification is being asserted, (ii) if possible, provide a
reasonable estimate of the amount of the Losses asserted therein, (iii) specify the provision or
provisions of this Agreement under which such Losses are asserted and (iv) in the case of a Third
Party Claim, include copies of all notices and documents (including court papers), if any, served
on or received by the Indemnified Party by such third party; provided, however, that the failure to
give such notification shall not affect the indemnification provided under this Article VIII
except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been actually prejudiced as a result of such
failure.
(c) The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume, conduct and control, through counsel
of its own choosing and at its own expense, the settlement or defense of any claim asserted by any
third party (“Third Party Claim”). If the Indemnifying Party shall assume the control of
the defense of any Third Party Claim in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.3, (i)
the Indemnifying Party shall obtain the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld) before entering into any settlement of such Third Party Claim, if the
settlement
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does not release the Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations with respect to
such Third Party Claim or the settlement imposes injunctive or other equitable relief against the
Indemnified Party or admits any liability in connection therewith and (ii) the Indemnified Party
shall be entitled to participate in (but not conduct or control) the defense of such Third Party
Claim and to employ separate counsel of its choice for such purpose. The fees and expenses of such
separate counsel shall be paid by the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that
such Indemnified Party will be entitled to participate in any such defense with separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party if (i) authorized by the Indemnifying Party to participate or
(ii) in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential
conflict exists between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party that would make such
separate representation advisable; and provided further, that the Indemnifying
Party will not be required to pay for more than one such counsel for all Indemnified Parties in
connection with any Third Party Claim.
(d) Each party shall cooperate, and cause its respective Affiliates to cooperate, in the
defense or prosecution of any Third Party Claim and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such
records, information and testimony, and attend such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings,
trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith.
(e) If the Indemnifying Party receiving such notice of a Third Party Claim does not elect to
defend such Third Party Claim or does not defend such Third Party Claim in good faith, the
Indemnified Party shall have the right, in addition to any other right or remedy it may have
hereunder, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, to defend such Third Party Claim; provided,
however, that the Indemnified Party shall not settle, compromise or discharge, or admit any
liability with respect to, any such Third Party Claim without the written consent of the
Indemnifying Party (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(f) If the Indemnifying Party has disputed its liability with respect to any claim hereunder,
the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a
resolution of such dispute and, if not resolved through negotiations, such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 10.18 and Section 10.19.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 8.3(b) through (f) shall not apply to Taxes (other
than Transfer Taxes), which shall be governed by Article VII.
8.4. Limitations; Payments.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parent
Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (i) in the case of
indemnification for Losses under Section 8.2(a)(i) (other than in respect of a breach of Section
3.2), only to the extent that the aggregate amount of all such Losses exceeds, on a cumulative
basis, 1% of the Purchase Price, and then only to the extent of such excess, (ii) only to the
extent that the aggregate amounts required to be paid to the Parent Indemnitees in respect of all
Losses and under Article VII shall not
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exceed in the aggregate 10% of the Purchase Price, plus all Earnings (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement) to which they are entitled under the terms of the Escrow Agreement and (iii) only to the
extent of funds available in the Escrow Funds, it being understood that such Escrow Funds shall be
the sole and exclusive source of recovery and remedy of any Parent Indemnitee with respect to any
claim for indemnification under Sections 7.1 and 8.2(a) and, as such, the
indemnification obligations set forth herein are non-recourse to the Company, the Company
Subsidiaries or the Holders in all respects; provided, that the limitation in this clause
(iii) shall not apply with respect to claims of Parent Indemnitees for indemnification under
Section 7.1 and Section 8.2(a)(iii) that are validly brought pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement during the Extended Survival Period, it being understood that the Parent Indemnitees
shall have the right to seek indemnification from the Primary Shareholders pursuant to the terms
and limitations set forth in the Stockholder Agreements; provided, further, that
the limitations in clauses (i) through (iii) shall not apply to any Losses resulting from, arising
out of or relating to any intentional misrepresentation or any fraud.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:
(i) in the case of indemnification for Losses under Section 8.2(b)(i) only to the
extent that the aggregate amount thereof exceeds, on a cumulative basis, 1% of the Purchase
Price, and then only to the extent of such excess; and
(ii) only to the extent that the aggregate amount required to be paid to the Company
Indemnitees does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the Purchase Price; provided,
that the limitations in clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any Losses resulting from,
arising out of or relating to any intentional misrepresentation or any fraud.
(c) The amount of any Losses that the Indemnifying Party is obligated to pay to the
Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VIII or, with respect to clause (ii) of this sentence
only, all amounts that the Indemnifying Party is obligated to pay to the Indemnified Party pursuant
to Article VII, shall be net of (i) any amounts collected in connection with such Losses from any
applicable insurance policies or other prior or subsequent recoveries from any other Person alleged
to be responsible for such Losses, in each case subject to the limits in the last sentence of this
Section 8.4(c) and in Section 8.7 and (ii) any Tax Benefit (net of any associated Tax Cost)
actually realized by an Indemnified Party arising from the incurrence or payment of any such Losses
and the receipt of indemnity payments hereunder. Any Indemnified Party shall use reasonable efforts
to (i) collect any amounts available under such insurance policies or from such other Person
alleged to be responsible and (ii) realize any Tax Benefit with respect to any indemnified Losses.
If an Indemnified Party receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies, or from any other
Person alleged to be responsible for any indemnified Losses, subsequent to an indemnification
payment by the Indemnifying
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Party, then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for any
payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection with providing such
indemnification payment up to the amount received by the Indemnified Party, net of any expenses
incurred by such Indemnified Party in collecting such amount; provided, that such
reimbursement shall only be required to the extent the Indemnified Party would otherwise retain an
amount greater than the full amount of the Losses incurred by the Indemnified Party as a result of
the underlying claim.
(d) The Indemnified Parties shall be deemed not to have suffered or incurred a Loss in respect
of any item to the extent (and only to the extent) an amount in respect of such item has reduced
Adjusted Working Capital or increased Pension Underfunding.
8.5. Remedies Exclusive. Except in cases of intentional misrepresentation or fraud or
as otherwise specifically provided herein, the remedies provided in Article VII and this Article
VIII shall be the exclusive monetary remedies (including equitable remedies that involve monetary
payment, such as restitution or disgorgement, other than specific performance to enforce any
payment or performance due hereunder) of the parties from and after the Closing in connection with
any breach of a representation or warranty or any failure or breach of any covenant, obligation,
condition or agreement to be performed or fulfilled.
8.6. Duty to Mitigate. Each Indemnified Party shall take all commercially reasonable
efforts required by Applicable Law, at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, to mitigate any claim
or liability that an Indemnified Party asserts or is reasonably likely to assert under this Article
VIII or Article VII upon becoming aware of any event that would reasonably be expected to give
rise to such assertion. In the event that an Indemnified Party shall fail to make such
commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any such claim or liability, then notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required by Applicable Law, no
Indemnifying Party shall be required to indemnify any Indemnified Party for that portion of any
Losses that could reasonably be expected to have been avoided if the Indemnified Party had made
such efforts.
8.7. Assignment of Claims. If an Indemnified Party receives any payment in respect of
any Loss pursuant to Section 8.3 and such Indemnified Party could have recovered all or a part of
such Loss from an unaffiliated third party (a “Potential Contributor”) based on the
underlying claim asserted, if the Indemnified Party shall have received full payment of all Losses
with respect to such claim, such Indemnified Party shall assign such of its rights to proceed
against the Potential Contributor as are necessary to permit the Indemnifying Party to recover from
the Potential Contributor any amount of such Loss that the Indemnifying Party paid to the
Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VIII; provided, that if the Indemnified Party
shall not have received payment in full of all such Losses (including as a result of any limits on
indemnification in this Article VIII), then no such assignment shall be required until such full
payment has been received from the Indemnifying Party and such third party.
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8.8. Tax Indemnification. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article
VIII, this Article VIII shall not apply to indemnification with respect to Taxes (other than
Transfer Taxes), which is provided for in Article VII.
ARTICLE IX
DEFINITIONS
9.1. Definition of Certain Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth below; provided that all capitalized terms
defined in this Article IX or elsewhere in this Agreement that are defined in the singular shall
have a comparable meaning when used in the plural and vice versa. All references herein to a
Section, Article, Annex, Exhibit, Schedule or Recital are to a Section, Article, Annex, Exhibit,
Schedule or Recital of or to this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated and the words “hereof”,
“hereto,” “herein” and “hereunder” will be deemed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision. The words “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by
the words “without limitation” whenever used.
“Adjusted Working Capital” means an amount equal to (a) current assets of the Company
and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries less (b) current liabilities of the Company and its
consolidated Company Subsidiaries, in each case as of the Closing (after giving effect to the
Closing), calculated in accordance with the GAAP principles, procedures and elections used in the
preparation of the Financial Statements, consistently applied (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
without giving effect to any purchase accounting adjustments resulting from the Merger and without
giving effect to the incurrence or payment by the Company of any Parent Costs made on or prior to
the Closing); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (w) current assets will include
an accrual for the amount of the Closing Tax Benefits, (x) current liabilities will include an
accrual for the amount of any Deal Expenses not fully paid on or before the Closing as is required
under Section 6.3(e) (which Section, for the avoidance of doubt, can be waived only by the Parent,
in its sole discretion), (y) current liabilities will exclude (A) Life of Claim Liabilities as of
the Closing (after giving effect to the Closing) and (B) Permanent Liabilities as of the Closing
(after giving effect to the Closing) and (z) the asset/liability for current income Taxes and for
deferred income Taxes shall be determined presuming the accuracy of the representation set forth
in Section 3.13(l). For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the asset/liability for current
income Taxes and for deferred income Taxes included in current assets and current liabilities for
purposes of this definition for the items described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of
Closing Tax Benefits shall be limited to the amount of Closing Tax Benefits included in Adjusted
Working Capital pursuant to clause (w) hereof.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person and (for the avoidance of
doubt) with respect to the Company, includes each Primary Shareholder and its respective
Affiliates.
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“Antitrust Law” means the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the
HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, the EC Merger Regulations and all other
applicable federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative
and judicial doctrines and other laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or
regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening
of competition through merger or acquisition.
“Applicable Laws” means all applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, treaties,
statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or orders of any
Governmental Authority, (b) Governmental Approvals and (c) orders, decisions, injunctions,
judgments, awards and decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Authority.
“Applicable Tax Law” means any law of any nation, state, region, province, locality,
municipality, or other jurisdiction relating to Taxes, including regulations and other official
pronouncements of any governmental entity or political subdivision of such jurisdiction charged
with interpreting such laws.
“Balance Sheet” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009.
“Balance Sheet Date” means December 31, 2009.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required to close.
“Buyer Plan” means each employee benefit plan, scheme, program, policy, arrangement
and contract (including, but not limited to, any “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, and any bonus, deferred compensation, stock bonus,
stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, employment, termination, stay agreement or bonus,
change in control and severance plan, program, policy, arrangement, agreement and contract) for the
benefit of any current or former officer, employee, director, consultant or independent contractor
of the Parent or the Surviving Corporation that is maintained or contributed to by the Parent or
the Surviving Corporation or under which the Parent or Surviving Corporation has any continuing
payment obligations.
“Closing Date Fair Value” means an amount (rounded to the nearest $0.01) equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (x) (i) the Purchase Price plus (ii) the Option Exercise
Consideration minus (iii) the FSC Preferred Stock Redemption Amount minus (iv) the
Facility Indebtedness minus (v) the Preliminary Adjustment Amount, by (y) the number of
Fully Diluted Shares.
“Closing Tax Benefits” means an amount equal to 39.135 percent of the sum of all the
maximum amounts properly taken into account as deductions for United States
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federal income tax purposes by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for any Tax Period
(but only to the extent that the Company has not taken such deductions into account in calculating
the amount of any tax payment (including any estimated tax payment) prior to the Closing Date) that
are attributable to (a)(i) any Company Options granted pursuant to the Company’s 2006 Stock
Incentive Plan, whether vested or unvested prior to or as of the Closing Date and (ii) any other
compensation (excluding any such amount that does not reduce Adjusted Working Capital) payable to
any present or former employee or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in each case
as a result (either alone or in combination with another event) of either the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) the
total amount of Deal Expenses incurred by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries on or
before the Closing Date.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Stock” means the Common Stock.
“Company Subsidiary” means 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 the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
“Consent” means any consent, approval, authorization, waiver, permit, grant,
franchise, concession, agreement, license, certificate, exemption, order, registration,
declaration, filing, report or notice of, with or to any Person.
“Contract” means any written or oral agreement, contract, commitment, instrument,
undertaking or arrangement.
“Deal Expenses” means (i) the fees and expenses payable to lawyers (including Xxxxx &
XxXxxxx LLP), investment bankers, if any, and accountants for the Company and the Holders,
including, without limitation, in connection with any proposed initial public offering by the
Company, (ii) any amounts payable upon Closing to any employee or consultant of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary in respect of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, the occurrence of the
transaction contemplated hereby or otherwise and (iii) any other costs and expenses incurred by the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing incident or related to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Debt Commitment Letter” the executed commitment letter, dated as of the date hereof,
among the Parent, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Securities LLC and Barclays Bank PLC,
including all exhibits, schedules, annexes and amendments thereto, and the related fee letter (with
fee amounts redacted).
“Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements” shall mean all federal, state, local
and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and similar provisions having the force or effect of
law, as well as all judicial and administrative orders, interpretations and
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determinations relating to health and safety or pollution or protection of the environment,
including, but not limited to, all those relating to the presence, use, production, generation,
handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing,
processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control, or cleanup of any hazardous materials,
substances or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic
chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, noise or
radiation.
“Equity Financing Letters” means (a) the executed commitment letter, dated as of the
date hereof, among Trident IV, L.P., Trident IV Professionals Fund, L.P. and the Parent including
all exhibits, schedules, annexes and amendments to such letter in effect as of the date of this
Agreement and (b) the executed commitment letter, dated as of the date hereof, among Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Capital Partners VI, L.P., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Capital Partners VI (Parallel), L.P.,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Capital Executives VI, L.P., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Capital Associates VI, L.P. and
Parent including all exhibits, schedules, annexes and amendments to such letter in effect as of the
date of this Agreement.
“Escrow Agent” means a nationally recognized bank or trust company to be mutually
agreed by the Company and the Parent.
“Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement by and among the Company, the
Representative, and the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto, with such changes to the agent liability and exculpation provisions as may be agreed among
the parties.
“Escrow Funds” means 10% of Purchase Price.
“Exercise Price” means, with respect to any Company Option, the per share amount
required to be paid by the holder thereof to exercise such Company Option.
“Facility Indebtedness” means all of the indebtedness outstanding of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries (including any obligations under interest rate, currency or commodity
derivatives or other hedging transactions (including all costs and fees of every kind related to
terminating such derivatives or other transactions), other long-term obligations of the Company for
borrowed money, breakage costs and other fees payable in connection with the prepayment thereof);
provided, that Facility Indebtedness as of the Closing shall not include amounts repaid by
the Company prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 2.5(b).
“FSC Preferred Stock” means the issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of
Fidelity Sedgwick Corporation, par value $0.001 per share.
“FSC Preferred Stock Redemption Amount” means an amount equal to (i) the product of
(x) $10, times (y) the number of shares of FSC Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to Closing, plus (ii) the amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends owed by Fidelity
Sedgwick Corporation on the FSC Preferred Stock as of the Closing Date.
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“FSH Subsidiaries” means, for all Tax Periods beginning on or after February 1 2006,
(i) the corporations listed on Form 851 of the consolidated federal income tax returns filed by the
Company prior to the date hereof for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007, with
respect to any Tax Periods ending in such years and (ii) the corporations listed on Form 851 of the
consolidated federal income tax return filed by the Company prior to the date hereof for the year
ended December 31, 2008, with respect to any other Tax Period ending on or before the Closing Date.
“Fully Diluted Shares” means the number of shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing if at such time all Company Options then outstanding
were exercised for shares of Common Stock.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States.
“Governmental Approval” means any Consent of, made with or obtained from, any
Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court, arbitrator
or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body, and any self-regulatory
organization.
“Holders” means the holders of shares of Company Stock and Company Options immediately
before the Effective Time.
“Initial Common Stock Cash Consideration” means an amount (rounded to the nearest
$0.01) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (i) the Purchase Price minus (ii) the
FSC Preferred Stock Redemption Amount minus (iii) the Escrow Funds minus (iv) the
Facility Indebtedness minus (v) the Preliminary Adjustment Amount, by (y) the sum of (i)
the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing and
(ii) the aggregate number of Deemed Shares.
“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names and designs
(including any registrations or applications for registration, as well as common law rights in any
of the foregoing); patents (including any continuations, continuations in part, renewals and
applications for any of the foregoing) and inventions; copyrights (including any registrations and
applications therefor and whether registered or unregistered); Internet domain names, computer
software, data, databases, works of authorship, mask works, technology, trade secrets and other
confidential information, know-how, proprietary processes, formulae, algorithms, models, user
interfaces, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, techniques, methods, source codes, object
codes, methodologies and, with respect to all of the foregoing, related confidential data or
information.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
“JURIS Software” means the software, computer routines, procedures, knowledge,
copyrightable works (including related documentation) and other related
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intangible rights created, developed, prepared or enhanced by the Company in the JURIS System,
but does not include the equipment, network connections or other tangible materials embodying any
of the foregoing or the rights of third-parties in such equipment, network connections, or other
tangible materials.
“JURIS System” means the proprietary data management system that has been created,
developed, prepared and enhanced by the Company, including the JURIS Software, documentation, and
all related material and network connections that allows certain equipment to interact with the
JURIS database and operating environment.
“Key Executive Employment Agreement” means the employment agreement entered into
between Xxxxx X. North, Jr. and Columbus Topco Holdings, Inc. as executed in the form attach hereto
as Exhibit F.
“Knowledge of the Company” means, with respect to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge after the reasonable inquiry of any of the persons identified on
Section 9.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
“KPMG” means KPMG LLP.
“Liens” means, with respect to any property, asset or right, any mortgage, lien,
pledge charge, encumbrance or security interest with respect thereto.
“Life of Claim Liabilities” means, as of any given date, an amount equal to the total
life of claim deferred revenue of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries calculated
in a manner consistent with the GAAP principles, procedures and elections used in the preparation
of the Financial Statements, consistently applied (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without giving
effect to any purchase accounting adjustments resulting from the Merger). For illustrative
purposes only, an example showing the calculation of Life of Claim Liabilities as of December 31,
2009 is attached as Annex 3 hereto.
“Losses” means all costs, damages, disbursements, obligations, penalties, liabilities,
assessments, judgments, losses, injunctions, orders, decrees, rulings, dues, fines, fees,
settlements, deficiencies or awards (including interest, penalties, investigation, reasonable
legal, accounting and other professional fees, and other costs or expenses incurred in the
investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of any action, suit, proceeding or claim and
amounts paid in settlement) imposed upon or incurred, sustained or suffered by an Indemnified
Party; provided, however, that Losses shall not include (i) any exemplary or punitive damages,
unless such exemplary or punitive damages are awarded against any of the Indemnified Parties in a
Third Party Claim or (ii) any consequential damages, unless awarded against any of the Indemnified
Parties in a Third Party Claim.
“Marketing Information” means such financial and other information as may be customary
or otherwise necessary or reasonably requested by the Parent to prepare the confidential
information memoranda and other marketing materials for the Debt
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Financing, provided that the Parent or any of its Financing sources shall make any
request for such information within twenty (20) days of the date hereof.
“Marketing Period” shall mean the first period of thirty-five (35) consecutive days
commencing after the date hereof (subject to the proviso hereto) and throughout and at the end of
which (A) the Parent shall have the Required Information that the Company is required to provide to
the Parent pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(iii) and (B) nothing shall have occurred and no condition
shall exist or have existed that could reasonably be expected to cause any of the conditions set
forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.3 to fail to be satisfied (or result in any such failure)
assuming the Closing were to be scheduled at the end of such thirty-five (35) consecutive day
period; provided that (x) the Marketing Period shall not be deemed to have commenced if,
prior to the completion of the Marketing Period, KPMG shall have withdrawn, modified or limited the
use of its audit opinion with respect to any Financial Statements, in which case the Marketing
Period shall not be deemed to commence unless and until, at the earliest, a new unqualified audit
opinion is issued with respect to such Financial Statement(s) by KPMG or another independent public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Parent and (y) the Marketing Period shall not commence
prior to the date that is earlier of (i) thirty (30) days following the date hereof or any such
earlier date that the Parent may specify, in its sole discretion, and (ii) the date on which the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.3 (other than those conditions that by their nature can
only be satisfied at the Closing) shall be satisfied. If the Company shall in good faith
reasonably believe it has delivered the Required Information required to commence the Marketing
Period, it may deliver to the Parent a written notice to that effect (stating when it believes it
completed such delivery), in which case, without limiting the condition to the commencement of the
Marketing Period set forth in clause (B) or the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, the
Required Information will be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Parent received
such notice unless the Parent in good faith reasonably believes the Company has not completed
delivery of the Required Information required to commence the Marketing Period and, within three
(3) Business Days after the delivery of such notice by the Company, delivers a written notice to
the Company to that effect (stating with reasonable specificity which Required Information has not
been delivered).
“Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse change in or effect on the
business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, other than any change or effect that results or arises from or relates to (a)
changes in (i) general economic, banking, currency, capital market, regulatory, political or other
similar conditions (including acts of war, declared or undeclared, armed hostilities and
terrorism), general financial, securities or commodities market conditions or prevailing interest
rates, (ii) conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries operate or (iii) Applicable Laws or accounting standards, principles or
interpretations; provided, that any change described in this clause (a) does not disproportionately
affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries relative to other companies in their industry or
(b) the announcement of this Agreement (including the identity of the Parent as the buyer of the
Company).
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“Option Exercise Consideration” means the aggregate of the exercise prices with
respect to all Company Options issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
“Option Plan” means the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.
“Organizational Documents” means, as to any Person, if a corporation, its articles or
certificate of incorporation or organization and by-laws, if a partnership, its partnership
agreement or, if any other entity, all of the formation and constitutive documents of such entity.
“Outside Date” means the date that is 60 calendar days following the date of this
Agreement; provided, that if the Company or Parent are unable to obtain by the Outside Date
any Governmental Approval with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary necessary to
satisfy any closing condition set forth in Section 6.1, the Outside Date shall automatically be
extended an additional 30 calendar days.
“Parent Costs” means any amounts owed or paid by the Company at or prior to Closing in
connection with the Financing or in connection with any other cost incurred by or allocable to
Parent or Sub under Section 10.6 hereunder.
“Pension Underfunding” means the amount of the accrued liabilities (as determined
under GAAP) of the Pension Plans over the fair market value of its assets (as determined under
GAAP), in each case determined as of the Closing Date, calculated in good faith and in a manner
consistent with (i) the GAAP principles, practices and methodologies used in the preparation of the
Financial Statements, consistently applied and (ii) past practice; provided,
however, that irrespective of any of the foregoing requirements, the parties agree that the
discount rate of 6.359% and the plan asset rate of return of 8.0% utilized in the calculation of
the Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 shall be the rates utilized to
calculate accrued liabilities and no party shall submit a Dispute Notice in connection with the use
of such rates. For illustrative purposes only, the amount of the accrued liabilities of the
Pension Plans over the fair market value of its assets as of December 31, 2009 was $20.2 million.
“Permanent Liabilities” means, as of any given date, the amount of current liabilities
of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries, net of any associated current deferred
tax assets, in respect of (1) paid time off accruals, (2) incurred but not reported workers
compensation claims, (3) incurred but not reported medical and dental claims and (4) errors and
omissions liability reserves, calculated in a manner consistent with the GAAP principles,
procedures and elections used in the preparation of the Financial Statements, consistently applied
(and, for the avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any purchase accounting adjustments
resulting from the Merger). For illustrative purposes only, an example showing the calculation of
Permanent Liabilities as of December 31, 2009 is attached as Annex 3 hereto.
“Person” means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, trust, business trust, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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“Plan” means each employee benefit plan, scheme, program, policy, arrangement and
contract (including, but not limited to, any “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, and any bonus, deferred compensation, stock bonus, stock
purchase, restricted stock, stock option, employment, termination, stay agreement or bonus, change
in control and severance plan, program, policy, arrangement, agreement and contract) for the
benefit of any current or former officer, employee, director, consultant or independent contractor
of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is maintained or contributed to by the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or under which the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries has any current or contingent liability or obligations.
“Post-Closing Period” means, with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
any Tax Period beginning after the Closing Date and the portion of any Straddle Period beginning
after the Closing Date.
“Pre-Closing Period” means, with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries,
any Tax Period ending on or before the Closing Date and the portion of any Straddle Period ending
on the Closing Date.
“Preliminary Adjustment Amount” means an amount equal to (a) the absolute value of the
Estimated Adjusted Working Capital to the extent the Estimated Adjusted Working Capital is a
negative amount, and (b) otherwise, $0.
“Primary Shareholders” means, collectively, Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Xxxxxx
X. Xxx Equity Fund V, L.P., Xxxxxx X. Xxx Parallel Fund V, L.P., Xxxxxx X. Xxx Equity (Cayman) Fund
V, L.P., Xxxxxx X. Xxx Investors Limited Partnership, Xxxxxx Investments Employees’ Securities
Company I LLC, Xxxxxx Investments Employees’ Securities Company II LLC, Great-West Investors, L.P.,
Evercore Capital Partners II, L.P., Evercore Co-Investment Partnership II L.P., Xxxxx X. North,
Jr., North Investments, L.P. and United HealthCare Services, Inc.
“Purchase Price” means One Billion Eighty-Nine Million Dollars ($1,089,000,000.00)
minus the Pension Underfunding.
“Shareholders” means the holders of shares of Company Stock immediately before the
Effective Time.
“Sponsors” means Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Capital Partners VI, L.P., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Capital Partners VI (Parallel), L.P., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Capital Executives VI, L.P., Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Capital Associates VI, L.P., Trident IV, L.P. and Trident IV Professionals Fund, L.P.
“Stockholder Agreements” means the stockholder agreements entered into among the
Parent, the Sub and each of the Primary Shareholders.
“Straddle Period” means, with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, any
Tax Period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date.
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“Subsidiaries” means each corporation or other Person in which a Person owns or
controls, directly or indirectly, capital stock or other equity interests representing at least 50%
of the outstanding voting stock or other equity interests.
“Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies and other
governmental charges, including income, franchise, capital stock, real property, personal property,
tangible, withholding, employment, payroll, social security, social contribution, unemployment
compensation, disability, transfer, sales, use, excise, gross receipts, value-added and all other
taxes of any kind, whether disputed or not, and any charges, interest, additions to tax, or
penalties imposed by any Governmental Authority in connection with the imposition, collection or
reporting of any of the foregoing.
“Taxing Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or
political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and any agency charged with the collection of
such Tax for such entity or subdivision, including any governmental or quasi-governmental entity or
agency that imposes, or is charged with collecting, social security or similar charges or premiums.
“Tax Benefit” shall mean the Tax effect of any item of loss, deduction or credit or
any other item which decreases Taxes paid or payable or increases Tax basis, including any interest
with respect thereto.
“Tax Cost” shall mean the Tax effect of any item of gain or income, or any other item
which increases Taxes paid or payable or decreases Tax basis, including any interest with respect
thereto.
“Tax Period” means, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is computed
as provided under Applicable Tax Laws.
“Tax Returns” means all income and other reports, returns, declarations or other
information required to be supplied to a Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes, including
any amendments thereof and estimated returns and reports or schedules and attachments thereto of
every kind with respect to Taxes.
“Termination Fee” means a termination fee of four percent of the Purchase Price.
“Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the
Stockholders Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations prescribed under the Code.
“Working Capital Adjustment Amount” means an amount equal to (a) the absolute value of
the Adjusted Working Capital to the extent the Adjusted Working Capital is a negative amount, and
(b) otherwise, $0.
9.2. Other Definitions. The following capitalized terms used herein are defined in
the following Sections:
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Term | Section | |||
Accountant |
2.8 | (c) | ||
Adjustment Report |
2.8 | (d) | ||
Agreement |
Preamble | |||
Alternative Financing |
5.9 | (c) | ||
BAML Pay-Off Letter |
2.5 | (a) | ||
Certificate of Merger |
1.3 | |||
Chosen Courts |
10.18 | (b) | ||
Closing |
1.2 | |||
Closing Date |
1.2 | |||
Closing Statement |
2.8 | (a) | ||
Code |
2.1 | (d) | ||
Company |
Preamble | |||
Company Assets |
3.7 | (c) | ||
Company Disclosure Schedule |
Article III | |||
Company Indemnitees |
8.2 | (b) | ||
Company Intellectual Property |
3.10 | (a) | ||
Company Options |
3.2 | (b) | ||
Confidentiality Agreement |
5.4 | (a) | ||
Contest |
7.5 | (a) | ||
Credit Agreement |
2.5 | (a) | ||
Debt Financing |
4.3 | (a) | ||
Deemed Shares |
2.3 | (a) | ||
DGCL |
1.1 | |||
Dispute Notice |
2.8 | (b) | ||
E&O Tail |
5.8 | (c) | ||
Effective Time |
1.3 | |||
Employee |
5.6 | |||
Equity Financing |
4.3 | (a) | ||
ERISA |
3.9 | (c) | ||
Escrow Consideration |
2.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Estimated Adjusted Working Capital |
2.7 | |||
Estimated Closing Statement |
2.7 | |||
Estimated Pension Underfunding |
2.7 | |||
Excluded Qualifiers |
8.2 | (a)(i) | ||
Extended Survival Period |
8.1 | (a) | ||
Final Adjustment Amount |
2.8 | (e) | ||
Financial Statements |
3.5 | |||
Financing |
4.3 | (a) | ||
Financing Letters |
4.3 | (a) | ||
FNF |
Preamble | |||
Guarantors |
4.8 | |||
HSR Act |
3.4 | (b) | ||
Indemnified Party |
8.3 | (a) | ||
Indemnified Tax Adjustment |
7.6 | (b) | ||
Indemnifying Party |
8.3 | (a) |
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Term | Section | |||
Indemnitees |
5.8 | (a) | ||
Initial Merger Consideration |
2.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Leased Real Property |
3.7 | (a) | ||
Leases |
3.7 | (a) | ||
Limited Guarantees |
4.8 | |||
Material Contracts |
3.8 | |||
Merger |
Recitals | |||
Notified Party |
5.12 | |||
Notifying Party |
5.12 | |||
Obligations Pay-off Letter |
2.5 | (a) | ||
Option Holders |
3.2 | (b) | ||
Ordinary Course |
3.6 | |||
Other Contracts |
3.8 | |||
Owned Intellectual Property |
3.10 | (a) | ||
Pay-off Letters |
2.5 | (a) | ||
Parent |
Preamble | |||
Parent Indemnitees |
8.2 | (a) | ||
Parent Payment Event |
10.5 | (c) | ||
Pension Plans |
3.9 | (c) | ||
Permitted Liens |
3.7 | (a) | ||
Potential Contributor |
8.7 | |||
Post-Signing Rep Breach |
5.12 | |||
Representative |
10.12 | |||
Required Information |
5.9(a)(iv) | |||
Review Period |
2.8 | (b) | ||
Services |
5.7 | (d) | ||
Sub |
Preamble | |||
Surviving Corporation |
1.1 | |||
Tax Adjustment |
7.6 | (b) | ||
Third Party Claim |
8.3 | (c) | ||
Transfer Taxes |
10.6 | |||
Unaudited Financial Statements |
5.14 | |||
Waiver Breach |
5.12 |
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1. Modification; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a
written instrument executed by the parties hereto. Any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement may be waived in writing at any time on or prior to the Closing Date by the party
entitled to the benefits thereof. Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to
the specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way impair the rights of the party
granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time.
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10.2. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Company Disclosure Schedule,
together with the Limited Guarantees, the Confidentiality Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, documents, projections, financial data,
statements, representations and warranties, oral or written, express or implied, between the
parties hereto and their respective Affiliates, representatives and agents in respect of the
subject matter hereof.
10.3. Schedules and Exhibits. Disclosure of any fact or item in any Schedule or
Exhibit hereto shall not necessarily mean that such item or fact individually is material to the
business or financial condition of any of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries individually or
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
10.4. Certain Limitations. It is the explicit intent and understanding of each of the
parties hereto that no party nor any of its Affiliates, representatives or agents is making any
representation or warranty whatsoever, oral or written, express or implied, other than those set
forth in this Agreement and none of the parties is relying on any statement (including any
projected financial information, estimates or budgets provided to the Parent), representation or
warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the other party or such other party’s
Affiliates, representatives or agents, except for the representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR
SUITABILITY AS TO ANY OF THE ASSETS OF THE BUSINESS AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH
IN THIS AGREEMENT, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT EACH OF THE PARENT AND THE SUB TAKES THE ASSETS OF THE
BUSINESS “AS IS” AND “WHERE IS.” The parties agree that this is an arm’s length transaction. The
Parent acknowledges that it is a sophisticated investor and that there is no special relationship
of trust or reliance between the Parent on the one hand, or the Company on the other hand.
10.5. Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated (i) at any time prior to the Closing Date by mutual
written consent of the Parent and the Company, by action of their respective board of directors,
(ii) by either the Parent or the Company by written notice to the other party, if the Closing has
not taken place on or before the Outside Date or such later date as the parties may agree to in
writing, provided that (A) if the Marketing Period has commenced on or before any such
Outside Date, but not ended on or before any such Outside Date, such Outside Date shall
automatically be extended by 30 days and (B) the Outside Date shall not occur sooner than three
Business Days after the final day of the Marketing Period, provided, however, that
in the case of either (A) or (B) the Outside Date shall not be extended beyond the 90th day
following the date of this Agreement, provided, further, that the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.5(a)(ii) shall not be available to any party if the failure
of Closing to take place on or before the Outside Date was primarily due to the failure of such
party to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) by either the Parent or the
Company by
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written notice to the other party if any event, fact or condition occurs or exists that
otherwise makes it impossible to satisfy a condition precedent to the terminating party’s
obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such event, fact or
condition shall not have been cured by the non-terminating party or waived by the terminating party
within 5 Business Days of notice thereof from the terminating party, unless the occurrence or
existence of such event, fact or condition shall be due to the failure of the terminating party to
perform or comply with any of the agreements or covenants hereof to be performed or complied with
by such party prior to the Closing. Any party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
clause (ii) or (iii) above shall give written notice of such termination to the other parties.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by Section 10.5(a), such termination shall
be effective as against all parties hereto and shall be without liability of any party (or any
stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party,
including the parties to the Debt Commitment Letter) to the other parties to this Agreement;
provided that, and subject to Section 10.5(c), if such termination shall result from any
intentional or willful breach by a party hereto of its obligations contained herein, such party
shall be fully liable for any and all Losses incurred or suffered by the other parties as a result
of such breach; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 10.5(b) will
restrict or limit the payment of any Termination Fee if owed pursuant to the terms of Section
10.5(c) whether as a result of an intentional or willful breach or otherwise. For the avoidance of
doubt, the parties agree that in the event that all of the conditions to Closing set forth in
Article VI have been satisfied (or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waived by the
appropriate party) and any party hereto fails to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on
the Closing Date (and regardless, in the case of the Parent and the Sub, whether the Financing has
been obtained), such failure shall be deemed an intentional and willful breach of this Agreement by
such party and, in the case of any such breach by the Parent and the Sub, the Company’s sole and
exclusive remedy will be as set forth in Section 10.5(c). The Confidentiality Agreement, Section
5.5 relating to publicity, Section 5.9, this Section 10.5 and Section 10.6 relating to certain
expenses shall survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.5(a).
(c) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 10.5(a) or by the
Company pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 10.5(a), and at such time there is no state of facts or
circumstances (other than a state of facts or circumstances caused by a breach of the Parent’s or
the Sub’s representations and warranties or covenants or other agreements hereunder) that would
reasonably be expected to cause the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.3 not to be
satisfied on or prior to the Outside Date and at such time the Parent and the Sub were required to
consummate the Closing under Section 1.2 (each such termination, a “Parent Payment Event”),
then the Parent shall pay the Company the Termination Fee in immediately available funds as
promptly as possible (but in any event within two business days). The Company agrees that, unless
and until the Closing has occurred, to the extent it has incurred losses or damages in connection
with this Agreement, (i) the maximum aggregate liability of the Parent and the Sub for such losses
or damages of any kind or description shall be limited to the
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Termination Fee, (ii) the maximum liability of the Guarantors, directly or indirectly, shall
be limited to the express obligation of the Guarantors under the Limited Guarantees and (iii) in no
event shall the Company seek equitable relief or seek to recover any money damages in excess of
such amount from the Parent, the Sub or the Guarantors, any of their respective stockholders,
partners, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents or the parties to the Debt
Commitment Letter (or any of their respective stockholders, partners, members, Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees or agents) in connection therewith. In the event of a Parent
Payment Event, the Parent’s payment of the Termination Fee will be considered liquidated damages
for any breach by the Parent of this Agreement and in the event of such payment, the Parent shall
have no other liability for any breach by it of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements set forth in this Agreement or any further liability of any kind or description with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby other than solely in the case of
the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements expressly surviving the Closing pursuant
to the last sentence of Section 10.5(b). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the
payment of the Termination Fee or any amount in respect of the Limited Guarantee, the Company shall
not have any rights or claims against any party to the Debt Commitment Letter (or any of their
respective stockholders, partners, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents)
in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter, whether at law or equity, in
contract, in tort or otherwise.
(d) In the event of termination by the Company or the Parent pursuant to this Section 10.5,
written notice thereof shall promptly be given to the other party and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be terminated without further action by either party. If the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are terminated as provided herein:
(i) The Parent shall return to the Company all documents and other materials received
from the Company, its Affiliates or its agents (including all copies of or materials
developed from any such documents or other materials) relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby, whether obtained before or after the execution hereof; and
(ii) All confidential information received by the Parent with respect to the Company
and its Affiliates or its agents shall be treated in accordance with the Confidentiality
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect for the remainder of its term
notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Parent shall fail to pay the Termination Fee required pursuant to
this Section 10.5 when due, such Termination Fee shall accrue interest for the period commencing on
the date such Termination Fee became past due, at a rate equal to the prime rate as published in
the Wall Street Journal calculated on a daily basis until the date of actual payment. Each of the
Company and the Parent acknowledges that the Termination Fee and the other provisions of this
Section 10.5 are
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an integral part of this Agreement and that, without these agreements, the Company and the
Parent would not enter into this Agreement.
10.6. Expenses; Transfer Taxes. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Primary Shareholders shall bear the expenses incurred by them, the Company shall bear the expenses
incurred by it, and the Parent shall bear the expenses incurred by it and the Sub, in each case as
are incident to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including all fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants retained by such party, and all fees and disbursements of
any investment bankers or finders retained by such party, whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be consummated. The Parent shall bear 100% of all filing fees in
connection with the filings required by the HSR Act. The Parent shall bear 50% and the Company
shall bear 50% of all expenses in connection with all sale, use, transfer, conveyance, recording,
registration, excise, stamp duty and similar Taxes arising from any transaction contemplated by
this Agreement (“Transfer Taxes”), and the Parent shall be responsible for preparing and
filing any Tax Returns in connection therewith.
10.7. FIRPTA. Neither the Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall withhold amounts
pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code provided that the Company delivers to the Parent at the
Closing a certificate complying with the Code and the Treasury Regulations, duly executed and
acknowledged, certifying that the Company Stock is not a U.S. real property interest.
10.8. Further Actions. Each party shall execute and deliver such certificates and
other documents and take such other actions as may reasonably be requested by the other party in
order to consummate or implement the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.9. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission) and shall be given or made as follows:
(i) | if to the Company to: | |
Fidelity Sedgwick Holdings, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Chief Legal Officer with a copy to: Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Xxxx X. Boss Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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(ii) | if to the Parent or the Sub to: Columbus Midco Holdings, Inc. Corporation Trust Center 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 with copies to: Stone Point Capital LLC 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., Senior Principal and General Counsel Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLC Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., General Counsel with a copy to: Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq. |
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(iii) | if to the Representative to: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: General Counsel with a copy to: Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000 Attention: Xxxx X. Boss Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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or to such other address or facsimile number or to such other Person as any party hereto shall have
last designated by notice to the other party. All such notices, requests or other communications
shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00
p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise,
any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the
succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.
10.10. Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that any assignment (other
than by operation of law) by any party hereto shall require the prior written consent of the other
party and any purported assignment or other transfer without such consent shall be void and
unenforceable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Parent and the Sub may each assign its
rights hereunder by way of security in connection with any financing and the secured party may
assign such rights by way of any exercise of remedies in connection therewith and (ii) Parent may
assign this Agreement and all of its rights and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate, provided
that the Parent remains liable for the performance thereof in the event that such Affiliate fails
to perform; provided, that no assignment under this Section 10.10 shall relieve the Guarantors of
their obligations under the Limited Guarantees.
10.11. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except with respect to (a) the Option Holders
under Section 2.3, (b) the Holders under Sections 2.2, 2.4(b), 5.4(b), 8.2(a), 8.2(b) and this
Section 10.11, (c) the Indemnitees under Section 5.8(a), (d) the Company Indemnitees under Article
VIII, (e) the Parent Indemnitees under Article VIII and (f) any party to the Debt Commitment Letter
(and their respective stockholders, partners, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees
and agents) under Section 10.5, 10.17, 10.18 and 10.19, all of whom are intended third-party
beneficiaries of this Agreement for the purposes of these respective Sections only, nothing in this
Agreement shall confer any rights upon any Person that is not a party or a successor or permitted
assignee of a party to this Agreement.
10.12. Representative. The Holders have separately irrevocably appointed Fidelity
National Financial, Inc. to act as the designated representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of
such Holders with full authority to make all decisions and determinations and to take all actions
required or permitted under or relating to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement on behalf of
such Holders (Fidelity National Financial, Inc., in such capacity, the “Representative”),
including (i) approving any of the documents required to be delivered by such Holders on or after
the Closing Date, (ii) approving or contesting the Closing Statement and/or the Initial Merger
Consideration adjustments as set forth in Article II of this Agreement, and any other matter
provided for in Article II of this Agreement, (iii) administering any indemnification matter on
behalf of the Holders, agreeing to the settlement of any indemnification matter and otherwise
handling and negotiating indemnification matters, (iv) agreeing to any waiver, consent or amendment
under or to this Agreement, provided that no such waiver, consent or amendment shall adversely
affect the allocation of any consideration hereunder to any Holder who does not expressly consent
thereto in writing, (v) distributing to the Holders any portion of any consideration hereunder
payable to the
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Holders after the Closing Date, (vi) sending, receiving and reviewing notices under this Agreement on behalf of the Holders
and (vii) appointing a successor Representative in the event of the resignation or death of the
then current Representative. Each Holder has acknowledged that this Section 10.12 is intended to
have the broadest possible scope for the purpose of promoting the efficient negotiation and
handling of all matters which arise under or in connection with this Agreement. All actions taken
by the Representative in connection with, or relating to, the subject matter of this Agreement or
the Escrow Agreement that are within the authority conferred upon the Representative pursuant to
this Section 10.12 shall be deemed authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed by the Holders,
having the same force and effect as if performed pursuant to the direct authorization of such
Holders. Subject to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the Representative shall be entitled,
absent gross negligence or bad faith, to indemnification in connection with the performance by the
Representative of its rights and obligations pursuant to this Section 10.12 and under the Escrow
Agreement, which indemnification shall be satisfied solely by having recourse against the Escrow
Funds; provided that, subject to Section 7 of the Escrow Agreement, any such indemnification of the
Representative shall be subject and strictly subordinated to any rights of the Parent and the other
Indemnified Parties against the Escrow Fund pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, with no Escrow Funds
to be paid to the Representative until the Parent and the Indemnified Parties have no further
rights thereto and such funds are about to be returned to the Holders. The Parent shall be
entitled to rely upon, without independent investigation, any act, notice, instruction or
communication from the Representative on behalf of the Holders and shall not be liable in any
manner whatsoever for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon the actions taken or not taken
or communications or writings given or executed by the Representative. The Parent shall be
entitled to disregard any notices or communications given or made by any Holder unless given or
made through the Representative. For purposes of this Section 10.12, Holder shall refer to all
holders of Company Stock.
10.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
10.14. Electronic Transmission. This Agreement, to the extent signed and delivered by
means of facsimile transmission or other means of electronic transmission, shall be treated in all
manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same
binding effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No party
hereto shall claim that this Agreement is invalid, not binding or unenforceable based upon the use
of facsimile or other means of electronic transmission to deliver a signature, or the fact that any
signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of facsimile
or other means of electronic transmission, and each such party forever waives any such claim or
defense.
10.15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, inoperative or
unenforceable for any reason, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the
provision in question invalid, inoperative or unenforceable in any other case or
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circumstance, or of rendering any other provision or provisions contained herein invalid,
inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever.
10.16. Interpretation. The Section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof. Except to the extent made by the Company under, and subject to the terms of,
Section 5.9, none of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, the Parent or the Sub makes any
representation or warranty herein other than, with respect to the Parent and the Sub, to the extent
set forth in Sections 4.3 and 4.4, the accuracy of which is based on, or gives effect to, any
financing sought or obtained by the Parent or the Sub in connection with the Merger.
10.17. Governing Law. This Agreement and the agreements entered into in connection
with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including
but not limited to, as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal laws of the State of
New York, without giving effect to its principles or rules of conflict of laws.
10.18. Enforcement.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or elsewhere, the parties agree
that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the Company does not perform the provisions
of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to
consummate this Agreement) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breaches such
provisions. The parties acknowledge and agree that, prior to the valid termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 10.5, the Parent and the Sub shall be entitled to an injunction,
specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to
which the Parent or the Sub is entitled at law or in equity. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be entitled (i)
to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by the Parent or the Sub,
(ii) to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement against the Parent or the
Sub or (iii) otherwise to obtain any equitable relief or remedy against the Parent or the Sub.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the
United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof (the
“Chosen Courts”), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
(including the Equity Financing Letters or Debt Commitment Letter) or the transactions contemplated
hereby or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment relating thereto, and each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action
or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
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judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10.9. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any
party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
(e) Each party agrees that it shall not permit any of its Affiliates to bring any action or
proceeding referred to in this Section 10.18 or voluntarily support any other Person in bringing
any such action or proceeding in any court other than the Chosen Courts.
10.19. Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (III) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION 10.19.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first above written.
COLUMBUS MIDCO HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
COLUMBUS MERGERCO, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
FIDELITY SEDGWICK HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
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For purposes of the rights and obligations of the Representative expressly set forth in Article II, Article VII and Article VIII and Sections 10.9 and 10.12 hereof only: FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC. as Representative |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance | |||
For purposes of the rights and obligations expressly set forth in Section 5.7(d) hereof only: FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance | |||
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