EXECUTION COPY
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
CRANE CO.
AND
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 19, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 3
1.1 Certain Definitions 3
ARTICLE 2 THE TRANSACTIONS 6
2.1 Preliminary Actions 6
2.2 Share Exchange 6
2.3 Simultaneous Transactions 7
2.4 Closing 7
2.5 Deliveries at the Closing 7
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND THE COMPANY 9
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 9
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws 9
3.3 Capitalization 10
3.4 Authority 11
3.5 No Conflict 11
3.6 Required Filings and Consents 11
3.7 Permits; Compliance with Law 12
3.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements 13
3.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 14
3.10 Employee Benefits 15
3.11 Employment and Labor Matters 16
3.12 Contracts; Debt 17
3.13 Litigation 17
3.14 Environmental Matters 17
3.15 Intellectual Property 17
3.16 Taxes 19
3.17 Brokers 19
3.18 Certain Statutes 20
3.19 Vote Required 20
3.20 Investment 20
3.21 No Existing Discussions 20
3.22 Title to Assets 20
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RUBY 21
4.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 21
4.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws 22
4.3 Capitalization 22
4.4 Authority 22
4.5 No Conflict 23
4.6 Required Filings and Consents 24
4.7 Permits; Compliance with Law 24
4.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements 24
4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 25
4.10 Employee Benefits 26
4.11 Employment and Labor Matters 27
4.12 Contracts; Debt 28
4.13 Litigation 28
4.14 Environmental Matters 28
4.15 Intellectual Property 28
4.16 Taxes 29
4.17 Brokers 29
4.18 Certain Statutes 30
4.19 Vote Required 30
4.20 Investment 30
4.21 No Existing Discussions 30
4.22 Title to Assets 30
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS 31
5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company 31
5.2 Conduct of Business of Rugby USA 33
5.3 Other Actions 36
5.4 Notification of Certain Matters 36
5.5 SEC Filings 36
5.6 Stockholders' Meeting 38
5.7 Access to Information; Confidentiality 38
5.8 Employee Benefits Matters 38
5.9 Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Insurance 39
5.10 Reasonable Best Efforts 40
5.11 Consents; Filings; Further Action 40
5.12 Company Rights Plan 41
5.13 Public Announcements 41
5.14 Stock Exchange Listing 42
5.15 Expenses 42
5.16 Retention of Records; Cooperation in Litigation 42
5.17 Corporate Name 42
5.18 Intercompany Agreements 43
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5.19 Officers and Directors of the Company 43
5.20 Exclusivity 43
5.21 Best Efforts 44
5.22 Tax Payment 44
5.23 Return Filing and Preparation 44
5.24 Tax Refunds 44
ARTICLE 6 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 44
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Parent
to Consummate the Spin-Off 44
6.2 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company and Rugby 45
6.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Rugby 46
6.4 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company 47
ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION 47
7.1 By Rugby 47
7.2 By Parent 48
7.3 Notice of Claim 48
7.4 Third Party Claims 48
7.5 Subrogation 49
7.6 Offset 49
ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION 49
8.1 Termination 49
8.2 Effect of Termination 51
8.3 Expenses Following Certain Termination Events 51
ARTICLE 9 BOARD ACTIONS 52
9.1 Rugby Board Actions 52
9.2 Parent Board Actions 52
ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS 53
10.1 Survival 53
10.2 Waiver 53
10.3 Assignment 54
10.4 Notices 55
10.5 Governing Law, Venue and Waiver of Jury Trial 55
10.6 Further Assurances 56
10.7 Severability 56
10.8 Counterparts 56
10.9 Construction 56
10.10 Entire Agreement; Amendment 56
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries 57
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Crane Fund Letter Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Transition Services Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Company Rights Plan
Exhibit E Form of Distribution Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Tax Allocation Agreement
Exhibit G Form of Employee Matters Agreement
ANNEXES
Annex 1 Excluded Assets and Liabilities of Rugby USA
Annex 2 Manner of disposition of Excluded Assets and Liabilities
Annex 3 List of persons for purposes of determining Knowledge
Annex 4 Terms and conditions of Company's use of the "Rugby Building
Products" name
Annex 5A Certain liabilities of Rugby USA
Annex 5B Certain liabilities of the Company
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Index of Additional Defined Terms
Terms Sections
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Acquisitions Facility Recital (h)
Acquisition Funding Amount 1.1
Acquisition Notes Recital (c)
Acquisition Notes Repayment Recital (c)
Additional SEC Documents 5.5(a)
Affiliate 1.1
Agreement Preamble
Amendment 5.5(a)
Benefit Plan 3.10(a)
Blue Sky Laws 3.6
Business Day 1.1
Circular 5.6
Claim 3.13
Claim Note 7.3(b)
Closing 2.4
Closing Date 2.4
Code 1.1
Company Preamble
Company Acquisition 3.21
Company Acquisition Proposal 5.20
Company Affiliate 3.10(a)
Company Common Stock Recital (b)
Company Critical Computer Systems 3.15(d)
Company Disclosure Letter Article 3-Preamble
Company Employees 3.10(a)
Company Intellectual Property 3.15(b)
Company Parties 7.1
Company Party 7.1
Company Permits 3.7
Company Plan 3.10(a)
Company Plans 3.10(a)
Company Restricted Stock 3.3(b)
Company Rights 3.3(b)
Company Rights Plan 3.3(a)
Company Stock Plan 3.3(b)
Company Subsidiaries 3.1(a)
Company Year 2000 Plan 3.15(d)
Confidentiality Agreement 5.7(b)
Contract 3.5(a)
Debt Financing 1.1
Election Period 7.4(a)
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Environmental Claim 3.14
Environmental Compliance Costs 1.1
Environmental Laws 1.1
ERISA 3.10(a)
Exchange Recital (b)
Exchange Act 1.1
Excluded Assets and Liabilities Recital (e)
Expenses 8.3(a)
Financing Commitments 1.1
Form 10 3.8(a)
GAAP 3.8(b)
Governmental Authority 1.1
HSR Act 3.6
Indemnified Party 7.3(a)
Indemnified Parties 5.9(a)
Indemnifying Party 7.3(a)
Intellectual Property 3.15(a)
Junior Preferred Stock 3.3(a)
Knowledge 1.1
Law 3.5(a)
Leases 3.22
Letter Agreement Recital (i)
Liens 3.3(c)
Loss 1.1
Xxxx Annex 4
Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA 4.1(a)
Material Adverse Effect on the Company 3.1(a)
Multiemployer Plan 3.10(d)
New Company Shares 2.2
Parent Preamble
Parent Board 9.2
Parent Cash Amount 1.1
Parent Cash Repayment 2.1(g)
Parent Common Stock 3.3(a)
Parent Financial Advisor 3.17
Parent Note Recital (c)
Parent Note Repayment Recital (c)
Parent Preferred Stock 3.3(a)
Parties Preamble
Party Preamble
Person 1.1
Preliminary Actions 2.1(h)
Records 5.16(a)
Registration Rights Agreement Recital (i)
Representatives 5.7(a)
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Requisite Rugby Vote 4.4
Rugby Preamble
Rugby Board 5.6
Rugby Cash Amount 1.1
Rugby Cash Distribution 2.1(e)
Rugby Disclosure Letter Article 4-Preamble
Rugby Financial Advisors 4.17
Rugby Intercompany Amount 1.1
Rugby Note Recital (d)
Rugby Note Repayment Recital (d)
Rugby Shareholders Meeting 5.6
Rugby Tax Amount 1.1
Rugby USA Recital(b)
Rugby USA Acquisition 4.21
Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal 5.20
Rugby USA Affiliate 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Common Stock Recital (b)
Rugby USA Credit Line Balance 2.1(h)
Rugby USA Critical Computer Systems 4.15(c)
Rugby USA Employees 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Intellectual Property 4.15
Rugby USA Permits 4.7
Rugby USA Plan 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Plans 4.10(a)
Rugby USA Receivable Elimination Recital (f)
Rugby USA Shares 2.2
Rugby USA Subsidiaries 4.1(a)
Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan 4.15(c)
SEC 3.8(a)
Securities Act 1.1
SLB 4 5.5(a)
Spin-Off Recital (a)
Spin-Off Agreements 7.2
Spin-Off Ruling 1.1
Software 3.15(a)
Subsidiary 1.1
Superior Company Acquisition 9.2
Superior Rugby USA Acquisition 9.1
Takeover Statue 3.18
Tax 1.1
Taxes 1.1
Tax Sharing Agreement Amounts 1.1
Technology 3.15(a)
Term Annex 4
Termination Date 8.1(c)
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Territory Annex 4
Third Party Claim 7.4(a)
Transition Services Agreement Recital (i)
Total Cash Amount 1.1
Working Capital Facility Recital (h)
Year 2000 Compliant 3.15(d)
Year 2000 Compliance 3.15(d)
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SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
THIS SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is entered
into as of this 19th day of October, 1999 among The Rugby Group PLC, a company
registered in England and Wales under company number 206971, and having its
registered office at Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, XX000XX England ("RUGBY"), Crane Co., a
Delaware corporation ("PARENT"), and Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "COMPANY").
Rugby, Parent and the Company are referred to collectively herein as the
"PARTIES" and individually as a "PARTY."
RECITALS
a. The Board of Directors of each of Parent and the Company
have determined that it is in the best interests of Parent, the Company and
Parent's stockholders that, subject to the receipt of a Spin-Off Ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service, and the satisfaction of certain other conditions
precedent, Parent declare and make a dividend to its stockholders consisting of
all of the outstanding common stock of the Company, such that the Company will
become a separate publicly-held corporation owned directly by the stockholders
of Parent to whom such dividend is made (the "SPIN-OFF").
b. The Board of Directors of each of the Company and Rugby
have determined that it is in the best interest of their respective corporations
and stockholders that, subject to satisfaction of the terms and conditions
specified in this Agreement, following the Spin-Off, Rugby contribute to the
Company all of the outstanding Class A Common Shares, Class B Common Shares and
Class C Common Shares, each having a par value of $50.00 per share
(collectively, the "RUGBY USA COMMON STOCK") of Rugby's wholly-owned subsidiary,
Rugby USA, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("RUGBY USA"), and in exchange therefor,
the Company issue to Rugby a number of new shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $.01 per share ("COMPANY COMMON STOCK") as will constitute,
after giving effect to such issuance, 32% of the issued and outstanding Company
Common Stock, excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%, the Company
Restricted Stock (as defined below) (such transactions being referred to,
collectively, as the "EXCHANGE").
c. Prior to completion of the Spin-Off, the Company will issue
(i) a promissory note (the "PARENT NOTE") to Parent in a principal amount equal
to the Parent Cash Amount, in exchange for cancellation of a like principal
amount outstanding under the Company's existing note in favor of Parent, and
(ii) from time to time one or more promissory notes (the "ACQUISITION NOTES") in
the respective principal amounts of advances made by Parent to the Company to
fund asset acquisitions by the Company (but not to exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $15 million). Upon and simultaneous with the Exchange, the Company
shall repay to Parent all amounts then owing under the Parent Note (the "PARENT
NOTE REPAYMENT") and the Acquisition Notes (the "ACQUISITION NOTES REPAYMENT"),
which amounts shall be in full satisfaction of all obligations with respect to
all outstanding intercompany indebtedness owed by the Company to Parent.
d. Prior to completion of the Exchange, Rugby USA will declare
and make a distribution to Rugby consisting of a promissory note (the "RUGBY
NOTE"), payable by Rugby USA to Rugby, in a principal amount equal to the Rugby
Cash Amount. Upon and simultaneous with completion of the Exchange, the Company
shall, on behalf of Rugby USA (which then will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company), repay all amounts then owing under the Rugby Note to Rugby, which
amount shall be in full satisfaction of all obligations with respect to
intercompany indebtedness owed by Rugby USA to Rugby (the "RUGBY NOTE
REPAYMENT").
e. Prior to and as a condition to completion of the Exchange,
Rugby shall cause Rugby USA to dispose of the assets and liabilities described
on Annex 1 attached hereto (the "EXCLUDED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES") in a manner
described on Annex 2 attached hereto.
f. Prior to completion of the Exchange, Rugby shall take all
necessary actions to effect the elimination of the Rugby USA receivable from
Rugby of up to $9.0 million in respect of the proceeds of the sale by Rugby USA
of the stock of Pioneer Plastics Corporation without affecting the net cash
balances of Rugby USA (the "RUGBY USA RECEIVABLE ELIMINATION").
g. On the day prior to the Spin-Off, the Company will make the
Parent Cash Repayment (as defined below). On the day prior to the Closing Date,
Rugby USA will make the Rugby Cash Distribution (as defined below).
h. Prior to completion of the Spin-Off, the Company shall use
its best efforts to arrange financing reasonably satisfactory to Rugby with
banks or other financing sources to provide at Closing (i) a working capital
facility of $30 million or such other amount as the Board of Directors of the
Company shall determine to be necessary or desirable for the Company (the
"WORKING CAPITAL FACILITY"), (ii) an acquisitions facility of $20 million or
such other amount as the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine to be
necessary or desirable for the Company, but not less than the Acquisition
Funding Amount (as defined
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below) (the "ACQUISITIONS FACILITY"), and (iii) a credit facility or other
credit arrangements to fund the Parent Note Repayment and the Rugby Note
Repayment.
i. Simultaneous with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Parties, Rugby and the Crane Fund are entering into a letter
agreement regarding certain matters relating to the governance of the Company
(the "LETTER AGREEMENT"), which shall become effective only upon the completion
of the Exchange A copy of the Letter Agreement is attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit A. At the Closing, Rugby and the Company shall enter into a Registration
Rights Agreement (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT") in the form attached to
this Agreement as Exhibit B. At the Closing, Rugby and the Company shall enter
into a Transition Services Agreement (the "TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT") in
the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the
mutual representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged,
the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein used in this Agreement shall, solely for purposes of this
Agreement, the Annexes attached hereto, the Company Disclosure Letter and the
Rugby USA Disclosure Letter, have the meanings ascribed to them in this Article
1. Capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, in such Annexes and in
such disclosure letters are set forth in an "Index of Defined Terms" immediately
following the Table of Contents.
"ACQUISITION FUNDING AMOUNT" shall mean an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of funds (but not to exceed $15 million), if any, provided to
the Company by Parent by intercompany loan to fund certain asset acquisitions by
the Company.
"AFFILIATE" shall mean with respect to any Person, any other
Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under a
common control with, such Person. The term "control" (including the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with") as used in the preceding
sentence means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day other than a day on which
banks in the State of New York or in the United Kingdom are authorized or
obligated to be closed.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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"DEBT FINANCING" shall mean the Working Capital Facility, the
Acquisitions Facility and the financing for the Total Cash Amount.
"ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE COSTS" means any Losses necessary to
cause a company's operations, real property, assets, equipment or facilities to
be in compliance with any and all requirements of Environmental Laws or
principles of common law relating to pollution, protection of the environment or
health and safety.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all Laws relating to pollution,
protection of the environment, responsibility for investigation or remediation
of contamination or damage to natural resources or health and safety.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"FINANCING COMMITMENTS" shall mean commitments of banks or
other financing sources reasonably acceptable to the Parent and Rugby to provide
the Debt Financing.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" shall mean, collectively, the United
States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, any state, county, city, local,
provincial or other United States, United Kingdom, European Union or other
foreign political subdivision or any agency, commission, authority, tribunal,
court or instrumentality of any of the foregoing or any self-regulatory body.
"KNOWLEDGE" means, with respect to any Party, the actual
knowledge of the individuals listed under the name of such Party on Annex 3
attached hereto.
"LOSS" shall mean, collectively, all debts, liabilities,
losses, penalties, fines, assessments, settlements, judgments, costs (including,
but not limited to, remediation costs) and expenses.
"PARENT CASH AMOUNT" shall mean an amount equal to 68% of the
Total Cash Amount.
"PERSON" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, limited liability company, trust, entity, public body
or Governmental Authority.
"RUGBY CASH AMOUNT" shall mean an amount equal to 32% of the
Total Cash Amount.
"RUGBY TAX AMOUNT" shall mean Rugby USA's estimated U.S.
federal and state income taxes (within the meaning of Code Section 6655 and all
similar state statutes and
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determined without regard to Code Section 338(h)(13)) for the period beginning
January 1, 1999 and ending on the Closing Date.
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and rules promulgated thereunder.
"SPIN-OFF RULING" shall mean a letter ruling from the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent in its
reasonable judgment, substantially to the effect that the Spin-Off will be
treated as a tax-free distribution by Parent under section 355 of the Code.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a specified Person shall mean any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of
which the specified Person (either alone and/or through and/or together with any
other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the stock or
other equity or partnership interests the holders of which are generally
entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing
body of such legal entity or of which the specified Person controls the
management.
"TAX" or "TAXES" means any and all taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, or withholdings of any nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, income, franchise, gross receipts, sales, rental, use, turnover,
value added, property (tangible or intangible), windfall profit, goods and
services, excise and stamp taxes), together with any and all assessments,
penalties, fines, additions and interest relating thereto, imposed by any taxing
authority (domestic or foreign).
"TAX SHARING AGREEMENT AMOUNTS" shall mean amounts, other than
amounts being contested in good faith, required to paid on or before the date of
this Agreement with respect to Taxes as a result of any tax sharing agreement or
similar arrangement.
"TOTAL CASH AMOUNT" shall mean the maximum amount of Company
financing (i) that is determined by Parent, when taken in combination with the
Working Capital Facility and the Acquisitions Facility, to be consistent with a
rating of not less than NAIC-2 for the Company's indebtedness and (ii) that is
in fact available to be drawn down by the Company simultaneous with completion
of the Exchange. It is the expectation of the Parties, but not a condition to
the transactions contemplated hereunder, that the Total Cash Amount will be at
least $100 million. The Parties also expressly acknowledge that the Total Cash
Amount contemplated in the Financing Commitments may differ from the actual
Total Cash Amount included in the Debt Financing at the Closing.
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ARTICLE 2
THE TRANSACTIONS
2.1 Preliminary Actions. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, prior to the consummation of the Exchange, the
following actions shall be taken:
(a) The Company shall obtain the Financing Commitments.
(b) Parent shall cause the Company to issue the Parent
Note.
(c) Rugby shall cause Rugby USA to declare and make a
distribution to Rugby consisting of the Rugby Note.
(d) Rugby shall, and shall cause Rugby USA to, complete
the disposition of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities in the manner set forth
on Annex 2 to this Agreement.
(e) Rugby shall effect the Rugby USA Receivable
Elimination.
(f) As promptly as practicable (but in no event more than
five business days) following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.1, Parent shall establish a record date for
purposes of determining the stockholders of Parent entitled to receive the
Company Common Stock in the Spin-Off, declare the dividend of the Company Common
Stock, notify the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. of such declaration and fix a
date agreed to by Rugby upon which the Spin-Off will be consummated.
(g) On the day prior to the date on which the Spin-Off is
consummated, the Company will repay to Parent (the "PARENT CASH REPAYMENT") in
reduction of outstanding intercompany indebtedness the Company's net cash
balance on hand at the close of the business on such date.
(h) On the day prior to the date on which the Exchange is
consummated, Rugby USA will (i) make a distribution (the "RUGBY CASH
DISTRIBUTION") to Rugby of Rugby USA's net cash balance on hand at the close of
business on such date less any amount outstanding at such time under Rugby USA's
existing third party working capital line of credit (the "RUGBY USA CREDIT LINE
BALANCE"), and (ii) repay the Rugby USA Credit Line Balance.
The actions contemplated by this Section 2.1 of this Agreement shall be
collectively referred to herein as the "PRELIMINARY ACTIONS."
2.2 Share Exchange. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, as soon as practicable following the consummation of
the Spin-Off and
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simultaneous with the consummation of the transactions described in Section 2.3,
(a) Rugby shall transfer and assign to the Company, free and clear of all Liens,
all of its right, title and interest in and to all issued and outstanding shares
of Rugby USA Common Stock (the "RUGBY USA SHARES") and (b) Rugby shall subscribe
for and the Company shall issue to Rugby, free and clear of all Liens, a number
of shares of Company Common Stock that, after giving effect to the Exchange
constitutes 32% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%, the Company Restricted Stock
(the "NEW COMPANY SHARES"), together with one Company Right for each New Company
Share issued to Rugby.
2.3 Simultaneous Transactions. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, simultaneous with the consummation of
the Exchange, the following transactions shall be consummated:
(a) The Company shall consummate the Debt Financing.
(b) The Company shall make the Parent Note Repayment and
the Acquisition Notes Repayment by paying to Parent, by wire transfer pursuant
to written wire transfer instructions provided to the Company by Parent, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the Parent Cash Amount plus the
Acquisition Funding Amount and thereupon the Parent Note and the Acquisition
Notes, having been fully satisfied, shall be canceled and all obligations
thereunder extinguished.
(c) The Company shall make the Rugby Note Repayment by
paying to Rugby, by wire transfer pursuant to written wire transfer instructions
provided to the Company by Rugby, in immediately available funds, an amount
equal to the Rugby Cash Amount and thereupon the Rugby Note, having been fully
satisfied, shall be canceled and all obligations thereunder extinguished.
2.4 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by
Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of this Agreement (the "CLOSING") shall take place at the
offices of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, New York, New York at 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the day following the day on which the Spin-Off is
consummated, or at such other time as the Parties shall agree in writing. The
date upon which the Closing occurs shall be referred to herein as the "CLOSING
DATE."
2.5 Deliveries at the Closing.
(a) At the Closing, Rugby will, or will cause Rugby USA
to, deliver to the Company:
(i) written evidence satisfactory to Parent and the
Company, in their reasonable judgment, of the consummation of the Preliminary
Actions to be completed by Rugby or Rugby USA, as contemplated by Section 2.1
(with a copy to Parent);
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(ii) the certificate of an executive officer of Rugby
required to be delivered to the Company and Parent by Rugby pursuant to Section
6.4 of this Agreement (with a copy to Parent);
(iii) stock certificates representing all of the Rugby
USA Shares endorsed in blank or accompanied by one or more duly executed stock
powers;
(iv) the Rugby Note, marked to indicate that it has
been canceled; and
(v) a copy, executed by a duly authorized officer of
Rugby, of each of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement.
(b) At the Closing, the Company and Parent will deliver to
Rugby:
(i) written evidence satisfactory to Rugby, in its
reasonable judgment, of the consummation of the Spin-Off and the other
Preliminary Actions to be completed by Parent or the Company, as contemplated by
Section 2.1;
(ii) the certificates of executive officers of each of
the Company and Parent required to be delivered to Rugby by the Company and
Parent, respectively, pursuant to Section 6.3 of this Agreement;
(iii) in respect of the Company only, stock
certificates representing all of the New Company Shares, issued in the name of
Rugby;
(iv) in respect of the Company only, by wire transfer,
as specified in Section 2.3(c), the Rugby Note Repayment;
(v) the Parent Note and the Acquisition Notes, if any,
each marked to indicate that it has been canceled; and
(vi) in respect of the Company only, a copy, executed
by a duly authorized officer of the Company, of each of the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.
(c) At the Closing, the Company will deliver to Parent by
wire transfer, as specified in Section 2.3(b), the Parent Note Repayment and the
Acquisition Notes Repayment.
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY
Each of Parent and the Company hereby represents and warrants
to Rugby as follows, subject and except with respect to the matters set forth in
the disclosure letter delivered by Parent and the Company to Rugby on the date
hereof (the "COMPANY DISCLOSURE LETTER") and, provided that the disclosures made
on any section of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to any
representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made with respect to any other
representation or warranty requiring the same or similar disclosure to the
extent that the relevance of such disclosure to other representations and
warranties is evident from the face of the applicable section of the Company
Disclosure Letter:
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Parent and the Company and each Subsidiary of
the Company (collectively, the "COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES") has been duly organized
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite
power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or
licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. For purposes of this
Agreement, "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE COMPANY" means any change in or
effect on the business, assets, properties, results of operations or financial
condition of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is or could reasonably
be expected to be materially adverse to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or that could reasonably be expected to
materially impair the ability of Parent or the Company to perform in any
material respect their respective obligations under this Agreement or, with
respect to the Company or the Registration Rights Agreement or consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or, with respect to the Company, thereby.
(b) The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete
and correct list of all of the Company Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary holds any equity interest in any Person other than the
Company Subsidiaries so listed.
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. The copies of
each of Parent's and the Company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws,
each as amended through the date of this Agreement, which, in the case of
Parent, are incorporated by reference in Parent's annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1998 and which, in the case of the Company, have
been previously delivered by Parent or the Company to Rugby, are
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complete and correct copies of those documents. The respective certificates of
incorporation and by-laws of Parent and the Company and all comparable corporate
organizational documents of the Company Subsidiaries are in full force and
effect. Neither Parent nor the Company is in violation of any of the provisions
of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists
of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of which 200,000 shares will be
designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock ("JUNIOR PREFERRED
STOCK") and will be reserved for issuance in connection with the Rights
Agreement (the "COMPANY RIGHTS PLAN"), to be entered into between the Company
and the rights agent thereunder prior to the Spin-Off. As of the date of this
Agreement, (A) 1,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and
outstanding, all of which shares are owned beneficially and of record by Parent
and (B) no shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding. Except as
described above in this Section 3.3(a) there are no shares of capital stock of
the Company authorized, issued or outstanding. The authorized capital stock of
Parent consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share
("PARENT COMMON STOCK"), and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01
per share ("PARENT PREFERRED STOCK"). On October 15, 1999, 66,396,862 shares of
Parent Common Stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of Parent
Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. The Company has and will have as of
the time of the Spin-Off and the Closing, a sufficient number of authorized
shares to consummate the Spin-Off and the Exchange.
(b) Upon consummation of the Spin-Off, restricted shares
of Parent Common Stock held by employees of the Company will be canceled and
replaced by restricted shares of Company Common Stock of equivalent value (the
"COMPANY RESTRICTED STOCK") granted under a stock option and restricted stock
plan to be adopted by the Company ("COMPANY STOCK PLAN"). Except as specifically
contemplated by this Agreement and except for (i) the Company Restricted Stock
referred to above and options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
aggregating not more than 4% of the outstanding Company Common Stock immediately
following the Exchange to be granted to employees of the Company pursuant to the
Company Stock Plan on or about the Closing Date and (ii) the rights to purchase
shares of Junior Preferred Stock (the "COMPANY RIGHTS") to be issued in
connection with the Company Rights Plan to the Company's shareholders upon
consummation of the Spin-Off and to Rugby in connection with the Exchange, there
are no options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights,
redemption rights, repurchase rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements
or commitments of any character to which the Company or Parent is a party or by
which the Company or Parent is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital
stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or obligating Parent or the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock
of, or other equity interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The
Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, (x) the
number of shares of restricted Parent Common Stock outstanding and held by
employees of the Company, (y) the vesting schedule
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for such shares and (z) the conversion formula for issuing Company Restricted
Stock in replacement of such shares. None of the Company Stock Options which are
subject to vesting will vest as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) All New Company Shares, upon issuance to Rugby at
Closing, will be free and clear of all security interests, liens, claims,
pledges, options, rights of first refusal, agreements, limitations on voting
rights, charges and other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever (collectively,
"LIENS"), except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, and will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be
subject to preemptive rights. The New Company Shares will, after giving effect
to the Spin-Off and the Exchange, constitute 32% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock, excluding, for purposes of calculating the 32%,
Restricted Company Stock. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of
Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or acquire
any shares of Company Common Stock or any capital stock of any Company
Subsidiary. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights and each such share owned by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary is free and clear of all Liens.
3.4 Authority. Each of Parent and the Company has all
necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and, in the case of the Company, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and, in the case of the Company, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement and to consummate the Spin-Off, the Exchange and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement (if it is a party thereto) and the Transition Services
Agreement (if it is a party thereto). The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Parent and the Company and the Registration Rights Agreement and
the Transition Services Agreement by the Company and the consummation by Parent
and the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and, in the case of the
Company, thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or the
Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement or to consummate such
transactions, except that the Spin-Off has not been declared by the Board of
Directors of Parent. This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly
executed and delivered by Parent, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms.
3.5 No Conflict.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and the Company, and of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement
by Parent and the Company and of the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement by the Company will not:
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(i) conflict with or violate any provision of Parent's
or the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any equivalent
organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary;
(ii) assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations and other actions described in Section 3.6 have been obtained and
all filings and obligations described in Section 3.6 have been made, conflict
with or violate any foreign or domestic law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree ("LAW") applicable to Parent, the Company
or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Parent, the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected, except for any
such conflicts or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company; or
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event which with or without notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any
property or asset of Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, commitment, lease,
license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation (collectively,
"CONTRACT") to which Parent, the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or
by which any of them or their assets or properties is or may be bound or
affected, except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and
complete list of Contracts to which Parent, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which they or their assets or properties is or may
be bound or affected under which consents or waivers are or may be required
prior to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
failure of which to be obtained, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.6 Required Filings and Consents. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company or Parent, and the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by the Company, do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by the Company or Parent, and of the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by the Company, will not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Authority, except (i) for applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act, applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
applicable requirements of state securities or "blue sky" laws ("BLUE SKY
LAWS"), the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
pre-merger notification requirements of the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the "HSR ACT"), and receipt of the Spin-Off Ruling and (ii) where
failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
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authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.7 Permits; Compliance with Law. Each of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for the Company or
any Company Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry on
its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "COMPANY PERMITS"),
except where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of
the Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, and, as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of
any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or the
Company, threatened, except where the failure to have, or the suspension or
cancellation of, any of the Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate,
has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is
in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected or (ii) any
Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Registration Statement on Form 10 filed by the
Company under the Exchange Act in connection with the Spin-Off (the "FORM 10"),
as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (together with each
other filing made or to be made by Parent, with respect to the Spin-Off, or by
the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or prior to the Closing),
including any financial statements or schedules included or incorporated therein
by reference, (i) complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable
to the Form 10 (and the requirements of the Securities Act and/or the Exchange
Act applicable to each such other document) and (ii) other than information
provided by Rugby or Rugby USA for inclusion in the Form 10, does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated or necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Upon completion of the Spin-Off and the Exchange, Parent and the Company shall
have made all filings required to be made in connection therewith pursuant to
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, other than a Form 8-K relating to the
Spin-Off and the Form 8-K to be filed in connection with consummation of the
Exchange, which shall be filed at the times required by Form 8-K under the
Exchange Act.
(b) The consolidated balance sheets of the Company
included or incorporated by reference in the Form 10 (and, if applicable, in
each such other document
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referred to in Section 3.8(a)) (including the related notes and schedules)
fairly presented or will fairly present, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates set forth in that
consolidated balance sheet. The consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Form 10 (and,
if applicable, in each such other document referred to in Section 3.8(a))
(including any related notes and schedules) fairly presented or will fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and
cash flows, as the case may be, of the Company for the periods set forth in
those consolidated statements of income and of cash flows (subject, in the case
of unaudited quarterly statements, to notes and normal year-end audit
adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in
conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
(except, in the case of unaudited quarterly information, as permitted by Form
10-Q) consistently applied throughout the periods indicated.
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company at September 30, 1999 set forth in the
Form 10, including the related notes, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be reflected on a
balance sheet or in the related notes prepared in accordance with GAAP, except
for liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since
September 30, 1999, that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted
and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company.
3.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since September 30,
1999, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses
only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and,
since such date, except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Spin-Off, any increase in the Parent
Receivable and the Parent Receivable Repayment there has not been:
(a) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with
respect to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by it or any
Company Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance, which damage,
destruction or loss, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(c) any material change by the Company in its or any
Company Subsidiary's accounting methods, principles or practices; or
(d) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend or distribution in respect of shares of Company Common Stock or any
redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Company's securities.
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3.10 Employee Benefits.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary or
Parent or any other trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that would
be considered a single employer with any of the foregoing pursuant to Section
414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code (a "COMPANY AFFILIATE") maintains or
contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or has any direct or
indirect liability, whether contingent or otherwise, under any Benefit Plan, in
which any employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (the "COMPANY
EMPLOYEES") participate or accrue or have accrued any rights (individually, a
"COMPANY PLAN," and collectively, the "COMPANY PLANS"). The term "BENEFIT PLAN"
shall mean any plan, program, arrangement, agreement or commitment which is an
employment, consulting or deferred compensation agreement, or an executive
compensation, incentive bonus or other bonus, employee pension, profit-sharing,
savings, retirement, stock option, stock purchase, severance pay, life, health,
disability or accident insurance plan, or vacation, or other employee benefit
plan, program, arrangement, agreement or commitment, including, without
limitation, any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate
maintains or contributes to, or has within the preceding six years maintained or
contributed to, or has had during such period the obligation to maintain or
contribute to, or may have any liability that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company with respect to, any Company
Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or any "multiple
employer plan" within the meaning of the Code or ERISA.
(c) With respect to each Company Plan, and except as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company (A) all payments due from the Company or any Company Affiliate to date
have been made when due and all amounts properly accrued to date or as of the
date of Closing as liabilities of the Company which have not been paid have been
properly recorded on the books of the Company; and (B) no event has occurred in
connection with which the Company or any Company Affiliate or any Company Plan,
directly or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability under ERISA,
the Code or any other law, regulation or governmental order applicable to any
Company Plan, including, without limitation, Section 406, 409, 502(i), 502(l) or
4069 of ERISA, or Section 4971, 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(d) Section 3.10(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter
contains a true and complete list of each multiemployer plan (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN") to which the Company or
any Company Affiliate has now or in the past six years has had any liability or
obligation to contribute, and (A) none of the Company or any Company Affiliates
have incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA which remains
unsatisfied as of the date hereof, and (B) to the Company's knowledge, no such
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as defined in Sections
4241 and 4245 of ERISA, respectively).
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(e) With respect to each Company Plan, and except as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, (A) the Company and each Company Affiliate has complied with, and each
such Company Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable laws and
regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code; (B) each such
Company Plan which is an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA) and intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to such qualification, its related trust has been determined to be
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and nothing has occurred
since the date of such letter that has or is likely to adversely affect such
qualification or exemption; and (C) there are no actions, suits or claims
pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or threatened with respect to
such Company Plan or against the assets of such Company Plan.
(f) With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has
made available to Rugby a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent
no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent
applicable: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (B) the
most recent IRS determination letter, if applicable; (C) any summary plan
description, if applicable, and for the most recent year (x) the Form 5500 and
attached schedules, (y) audited financial statement and (z) actuarial valuation
reports.
(g) The completion of the transactions contemplated
herein will not entitle any Company Employee or former employee to any payments
or provide any acceleration of payments or provide any other rights to any
Company Employee or former employee, whether or not such payment would
constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G.
3.11 Employment and Labor Matters.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate is a
party to any collective bargaining agreements and there are no labor unions or
other organizations representing, purporting to represent, or attempting to
represent, any Company Employee. There are no strikes or lockouts affecting the
Company with respect to any collective bargaining units representing any Company
Employee.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate has
violated any provision of federal or state law or any governmental rule or
regulation, or any order, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any court,
arbitrator or any government agency regarding the terms and conditions of
employment of employees, former employees or prospective employees or other
labor related matters, including, without limitation, laws, rules, regulations,
orders, rulings, decrees, judgments and awards relating to discrimination, fair
labor standards and occupational health and safety, wrongful discharge or
violation of the personal rights of employees, former employees or prospective
employees where the violation has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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3.12 Contracts; Debt. Except for the Contracts listed in
Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract that is
material to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is in violation of or in default under (nor does there
exist any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would
cause such a violation of or default under) any Contract to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound or
affected, except for violations or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Other than (x) the indebtedness to be
incurred by the Company in the Debt Financing, (y) the Parent Receivable and (z)
after giving effect to the Exchange, the Rugby Note, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries will as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, have no outstanding indebtedness for borrowed
money.
3.13 Litigation. There is no suit, claim, action, proceeding
or investigation (collectively, "CLAIM") pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company or Parent, threatened against Parent, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the
aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. None of Parent, the Company and any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree
which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.14 Environmental Matters. Except as has not resulted in and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are and have been in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no Claim
pursuant to Environmental Laws or principles of common law relating to
pollution, protection of the environment, responsibility for investigation or
remediation of contamination or damage to natural resources or health and safety
(an "ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM") pending or threatened against the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no civil, criminal or administrative
judgment or notice of violation outstanding against the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries pursuant to Environmental Laws or principles of common law
relating to pollution, protection of the environment, responsibility for
investigation or remediation of contamination or damage to natural resources or
health and safety; and (iv) there are no past or present events, conditions,
circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans which may
prevent compliance of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries with
Environmental Laws, or which have given rise to or could reasonably be expected
to give rise to an Environmental Claim against the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries or to Environmental Compliance Costs incurred by the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries.
3.15 Intellectual Property.
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(a) For purposes of this Agreement, "INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY" means all of the following as they exist in all jurisdictions
throughout the world: (i) patents, patent applications, and other patent rights;
(ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, Internet
domain names, designs, logos, or corporate names, whether registered or
unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration thereof;
(iii) copyrights, including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations
and applications for registration, and non-registered copyrights; (iv) trade
secrets, concepts, ideas, designs, research, processes, procedures, techniques,
methods, know-how, data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications,
extensions, improvements, and other proprietary rights (whether or not
patentable or subject to copyright, mask work, or trade secret protection)
(collectively, "TECHNOLOGY"); and (v) computer software programs, including all
source code, object code, and documentation related thereto (the "SOFTWARE").
(b) The Company owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has
the unrestricted right to use, sell, or license, all Intellectual Property
necessary to operate the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as
it is currently conducted ("COMPANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"), except where the
absence of ownership, free and clear of all Liens, or of such rights,
individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(c) None of Parent, the Company and any Company
Subsidiary has been, during the three years preceding the date of this
Agreement, a party to any Claim, nor, to the knowledge of Parent or the Company,
is any Claim threatened, that challenges the validity, enforceability,
ownership, or right to use, sell, or license any Company Intellectual Property,
except for Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. To the Knowledge of Parent and the Company, no third party is
infringing upon any Company Intellectual Property, except for infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(d) As part of the Company's Year 2000 project, the
Company has established a written plan concerning the Year 2000 Compliance of
all Company Critical Computer Systems (the "COMPANY YEAR 2000 PLAN"), details of
which have been disclosed to Rugby. The Company Year 2000 Plan was established
with the intention that the Company Critical Computer Systems would, before, on
and following January 1, 2000, be Year 2000 Compliant in all material respects.
To date the Company has implemented the Company Year 2000 Plan (insofar as it
relates to the Company Critical Computer Systems) with reasonable skill and care
and to the Knowledge of Parent and the Company there is no reason or
circumstance why the Company Year 2000 Plan may not be fully implemented in all
material respects prior to January 1, 2000; provided, that (i) the Company and
each of the Company Subsidiaries undertakes the action which is anticipated of
it under the Company Year 2000 Plan after the date hereof in a timely manner and
with reasonable skill and care, and (ii) no warranty is given that the Company
Critical Computer Systems will be Year 2000 Compliant. For the purposes of this
Agreement:
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(x) "YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT" means that neither performance
nor functionality is or will be affected by dates
prior to, during or after the year 2000 and in
particular (but without limitation):
(A) no value for current date causes or will
cause any interruption in operation;
(B) date-based functionability behaves and
will behave consistently for dates prior
to, during and after the year 2000;
(C) in all interfaces and data storage, the
century in any date is and will be
specified either explicitly or by
unambiguous algorithms or inferencing
rules; and
(D) the year 2000 is and will be recognized
as a leap year; and
(E) "YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE" shall be
construed accordingly; and
(y) "COMPANY CRITICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS" means all
computer systems used by the Company and/or any
Company Subsidiary, the failure of which reasonably
could be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
3.16 Taxes. Except to the extent that failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns and reports to be filed by
them and have paid, or established adequate reserves for, all Taxes and Tax
Sharing Agreement Amounts required to be paid by them. Except as, individually
or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no deficiencies for any
Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such
Taxes are pending.
3.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker other
than Warburg Dillon Read (the "PARENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR") is entitled to any
brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of Parent or the Company. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the
Company or Parent has made available to Rugby a complete and correct copy of all
agreements between Parent or the Company and the Parent Financial Advisor under
which the Parent Financial Advisor would be entitled to any payment relating to
such transactions.
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3.18 Certain Statutes. The Board of Directors of the Company
has taken or will take all appropriate and necessary actions to ensure that the
restrictions on business combinations in Section 203 of the GCL will not have
any effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No "fair price,"
"moratorium," "control share acquisition" or other similar state or federal
anti-takeover statute or regulation (each a "TAKEOVER STATUTE") is, as of the
date of this Agreement, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.19 Vote Required. No vote of the holders of any class or
series of the Company's, Parent's or any Subsidiary of Parent's capital stock
(other than the declaration by the Board of Directors of Crane International
Holdings, Inc., the sole stockholder of the Company and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent, of the dividend of the Company Common Stock to Parent) is
necessary to approve this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
3.20 Investment. The Company is not acquiring the Rugby USA
Shares with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company, together with its
directors and executive officers and advisors, is familiar with investments of
the nature of the Rugby USA Shares, understands that this investment involves
substantial risks, has adequately investigated Rugby USA and has substantial
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that it is
capable of evaluating, and has evaluated, the merits and risk inherent in
acquiring the Rugby USA Shares, and is able to bear the economic risks of such
investment.
3.21 No Existing Discussions. As of the date hereof, neither
Parent nor the Company is engaged, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or
negotiations with any other party with respect to any direct or indirect
acquisition or purchase of any material portion of the assets of the Company
(other than sales of assets of the Company in the ordinary course of business)
or any class of equity securities of the Company (other than issuances of
securities under the Company Stock Plan), other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (a "COMPANY ACQUISITION").
3.22 Title to Assets. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has good and marketable title to its properties and assets (other than property
as to which it is a lessee) except for such defects in title that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company Disclosure
Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all real property owned by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and all leases ("LEASES") of real property by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary including, in the cases of Leases, the
name of the lessor, the date of the Lease and each amendment to the Lease, if
any, and the aggregate annual rental or other amounts payable under each Lease.
All such Leases are in full force and effect and are the valid and binding
obligations of the Company in accordance with their respective terms, and no
default or failure to be in full force and effect and the valid and binding
obligation of the Company exists thereunder, except where the existence of such
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default or failure, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RUBY
Rugby hereby represents and warrants to Parent and the Company
as follows, subject and except with respect to the matters set forth in the
disclosure letter delivered by Rugby to Parent and the Company on the date
hereof (the "RUGBY DISCLOSURE LETTER") and, provided that the disclosures made
on any section of the Rugby Disclosure Letter with respect to any representation
or warranty shall be deemed to be made with respect to any other representation
or warranty requiring the same or similar disclosure to the extent that the
relevance of such disclosure to other representations and warranties is evident
from the face of the applicable section of the Rugby Disclosure Letter:
4.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Rugby, Rugby USA, and each subsidiary of
Rugby USA (collectively, the "RUGBY USA SUBSIDIARIES") has been duly organized
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite
power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Each of Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary is duly qualified or
licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. For purposes of this
Agreement, "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON RUGBY USA" means any change in or effect
on the business, assets, properties, results of operations or financial
condition of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary, other than with respect to
the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, that is or could reasonably be expected to
be materially adverse to Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, other than
with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, taken as a whole, or that
could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of Rugby to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(b) The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and
correct list of all of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries. Neither Rugby USA nor any
Rugby USA Subsidiary holds any equity interest in any person other than the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries so listed.
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4.2 Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. The copies of
Rugby USA's articles of incorporation and by-laws and of Rugby's articles of
association and memorandum of association, each as amended through the date of
this Agreement, that have previously been delivered to Parent or the Company by
Rugby are complete and correct copies of those documents. The comparable
corporate organizational documents of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries are in full
force and effect. Rugby USA is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
articles of incorporation or by-laws.
4.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Rugby USA consists of
(i) 1,000,000 Class A Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share, (ii) 10,000,000
Class B Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share, and (iii) 10,000,000 Class C
Common Shares, par value $50.00 per share. As of the date of this Agreement, (A)
10 Class A Common Shares, (B) 500,000 Class B Common Shares and (C) 625,000
Class C Common Shares were issued and outstanding, all of which were validly
issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights
and all of which are owned beneficially and of record by Rugby.
(b) Except as provided for pursuant to this Agreement,
there are no options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights,
redemption rights, repurchase rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements
or commitments of any character to which Rugby or Rugby USA is a party or by
which Rugby or Rugby USA is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital
stock of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary or obligating Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other
equity interests in, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary.
(c) All Rugby USA Shares, upon transfer and assignment to
the Company as provided in Section 2.2(a), will be free and clear of all Liens
and will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
will not be subject to preemptive rights. Except as specifically set forth in
this Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Rugby, Rugby
USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
shares of Rugby USA Common Stock or any capital stock of any Rugby USA
Subsidiary. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Rugby USA Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights and each such share owned by Rugby USA or a Rugby USA
Subsidiary is free and clear of all Liens.
4.4 Authority. Rugby has all necessary corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement, to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement and to consummate the Exchange and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Transition Services Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by
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Rugby and the consummation by Rugby of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
other than the passing by Rugby's shareholders at an Extraordinary General
Meeting of such holders as is required by the applicable rules and regulations
of the London Stock Exchange (the "REQUISITE RUGBY VOTE") and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Rugby are necessary to authorize this Agreement or
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement or to
consummate such transactions, other than the Requisite Rugby Vote. This
Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Rugby
and each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Rugby, enforceable
against Rugby in accordance with its terms.
4.5 No Conflict.
(a) Assuming the Requisite Rugby Vote is obtained, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Transition Services Agreement by Rugby does not, and the performance of
this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services
Agreement by Rugby will not:
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
memorandum or articles of association of Rugby, the articles of incorporation or
by-laws of Rugby USA or any equivalent organizational documents of any Rugby USA
Subsidiary;
(ii) assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations and other actions described in Section 4.6 have been obtained and
all filings and obligations described in Section 4.6 have been made, conflict
with or violate any foreign or domestic Law applicable to Rugby, Rugby USA or
any Rugby USA Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Rugby, Rugby USA
or any Rugby USA Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected, except for any such
conflicts or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA; or
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event which with or without notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any
property or asset of Rugby, Rugby USA, or any Rugby USA Subsidiary under any
Contract to which Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary is a party or by
which any of them or their assets or properties is or may be bound or affected,
except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or
in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
(b) The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and
complete list of Contracts to which Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary
is a party or by which they or their assets or properties is or may be bound or
affected under which consents or waivers are or may be required prior to
consummation of the transactions contemplated by
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this Agreement, the failure of which to be obtained, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
on Rugby USA.
4.6 Required Filings and Consents. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition
Services Agreement by Rugby does not, and the performance of this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement by Rugby
will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing
with or notification to, any Governmental Authority except (i) for the
pre-merger notification requirements of the HSR Act and the applicable
requirements (including obtaining the Requisite Rugby Vote) of the London Stock
Exchange and (ii) where failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.7 Permits; Compliance with Law. Each of Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents,
certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for
Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties
or to carry on its business, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "RUGBY USA
PERMITS"), except where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation
of, any of the Rugby USA Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA, and, as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or
cancellation of any of the Rugby USA Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of
Rugby, threatened, except where the failure to have, or the suspension or
cancellation of, any of the Rugby USA Permits, individually or in the aggregate,
has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Subsidiary is
in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to Rugby
USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Rugby USA
or any Rugby USA Subsidiary is or may be bound or affected or (ii) any Rugby USA
Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.8 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) None of the information to be supplied by Rugby or
Rugby USA for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form 10 (or any
other document required to be filed with the SEC in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement) will, at the time such document
becomes effective, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated in such document, or necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
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(b) The consolidated balance sheets of Rugby USA to be
included in the Form 10 (and, if applicable, in each such other document
referred to in Section 4.8(a)) (including the related notes and schedules) will
fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Rugby USA, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, as of
the dates set forth in such consolidated balance sheets. The consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows of Rugby USA to be included in the Form
10 (and, if applicable, in each such other document referred to in Section
4.8(a)) (including any related notes and schedules) will fairly present, in all
material respects, the consolidated results of operations and cash flows, as the
case may be, of Rugby USA, other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, for the periods set forth in those consolidated statements of
income and of cash flows (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly
statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be
material in amount or effect), in each case in conformity with GAAP (except, in
the case of unaudited quarterly information, as permitted by Form 10-Q)
consistently applied throughout the periods indicated.
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the
consolidated balance sheet of Rugby USA, dated September 30, 1999, to be set
forth in the Form 10, including the related notes, neither Rugby USA nor any
Rugby USA Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be
reflected on a balance sheet or in the related notes prepared in accordance with
GAAP, except for liabilities that are a part of the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, for liabilities that may arise in connection with the sale of the
assets comprising Rugby USA's Augusta branch, for the Rugby Note, and for
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since
September 30, 1999 that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA.
4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since September 30,
1999, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses, other than the Excluded
Assets and Liabilities, only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent
with past practice and, since such date, except for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the distribution
of the Rugby Note, the Rugby Cash Distribution, the Rugby Note Repayment, the
sale, if consummated, of Rugby USA's Augusta branch and the Exchange, and except
with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, there has not been:
(a) any Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA;
(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with
respect to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by Rugby USA or
any Rugby USA Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance, which damage,
destruction or loss, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA;
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(c) any material change by Rugby USA in its or any Rugby
USA Subsidiary's accounting methods, principles or practices; or
(d) other than the transactions described in Section 2.1,
any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in
respect of Rugby USA Shares or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of
any of Rugby USA's securities.
4.10 Employee Benefits.
(a) Neither Rugby nor Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA
Subsidiaries or any other trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that
would be considered a single employer with any of the foregoing pursuant to
Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code (a "RUGBY USA AFFILIATE") maintains
or contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or has any direct or
indirect liability, whether contingent or otherwise, under any Benefit Plan in
which any employees of Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary (the "RUGBY USA
EMPLOYEES") participate or accrue or have accrued any rights (individually, a
"RUGBY USA PLAN", and collectively, the "RUGBY USA PLANS").
(b) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate
maintains or contributes to, or has within the preceding six years maintained or
contributed to, or has had during such period the obligation to maintain or
contribute to, or may have any liability that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA with respect to, any Rugby USA
Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or any "multiple
employer plan" within the meaning of the Code or ERISA.
(c) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, and except as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA, (A) all payments due from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Affiliate to date have
been made when due and all amounts properly accrued to date or as of the date of
Closing as liabilities of Rugby USA which have not been paid have been properly
recorded on the books of Rugby USA; and (B) no event has occurred in connection
with which Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Affiliate or any Rugby USA Plan, directly
or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability under ERISA, the Code
or any other law, regulation or governmental order applicable to any Rugby USA
Plan, including, without limitation, Section 406, 409, 502(i), 502(l) or 4069 of
ERISA, or Section 4971, 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(d) Section 4.10(d) of the Rugby Disclosure Letter
contains a true and complete list of each Multiemployer Plan to which Rugby USA
or any Rugby USA Affiliate has now or in the past six years has had any
liability or obligation to contribute, and (A) none of Rugby USA or any Rugby
USA Affiliate has incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA
which remains unsatisfied as of the date hereof, and (B) to Rugby's knowledge,
no such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as defined in
Sections 4241 and 4245 of ERISA, respectively).
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(e) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, and except as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA, (A) Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Affiliate has complied with, and each such
Rugby USA Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable laws and
regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code; (B) each such
Rugby USA Plan which is an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) and intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to such qualification, its related trust has been determined to be
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and nothing has occurred
since the date of such letter that has or is likely to adversely affect such
qualification or exemption; and (C) there are no actions, suits or claims
pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or threatened with respect to
such Rugby USA Plan or against the assets of such Rugby USA Plan.
(f) With respect to each Rugby USA Plan, Rugby has made
available to the Company or Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to
the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the
extent applicable: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument;
(B) the most recent IRS determination letter, if applicable; (C) any summary
plan description, if applicable, and for the most recent year (x) the Form 5500
and attached schedules, (y) audited financial statement and (z) actuarial
valuation reports.
(g) The completion of the transactions contemplated
herein will not entitle any Rugby USA Employee or former employee to any
payments or provide any acceleration of payments or provide any other rights to
any Rugby USA Employee or former employee, whether or not such payment would
constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G.
4.11 Employment and Labor Matters.
(a) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate is a
party to any collective bargaining agreements and there are no labor unions or
other organizations representing, purporting to represent, or attempting to
represent, any Rugby USA Employee. There are no strikes or lockouts affecting
Rugby USA with respect to any collective bargaining units representing any Rugby
USA Employee.
(b) Neither Rugby USA nor any Rugby USA Affiliate has
violated any provision of federal or state law or any governmental rule or
regulation, or any order, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any court,
arbitrator or any government agency regarding the terms and conditions of
employment of employees, former employees or prospective employees or other
labor related matters, including, without limitation, laws, rules, regulations,
orders, rulings, decrees, judgments and awards relating to discrimination, fair
labor standards and occupational health and safety, wrongful discharge or
violation of the personal rights of employees, former employees or prospective
employees where the violation has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
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4.12 Contracts; Debt. Except for the Contracts listed in
Section 4.12 of the Rugby Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract that is
material to the business, financial condition or results of operations of Rugby
USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries (other than the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities), taken as a whole. Neither Rugby nor any Rugby USA Subsidiary is in
violation of or in default under (nor does there exist any condition which with
the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or
default under) any Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets is or may be bound or affected, except for violations or
defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
Other than the Rugby Note, Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries will have no
outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money as of the Closing Date, after giving
effect to transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.13 Litigation. There is no Claim pending or, to the
knowledge of Rugby, threatened against Rugby, Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the
aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. None of Rugby, Rugby USA and any Rugby USA
Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree
which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
4.14 Environmental Matters. Except as has not resulted in and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA, (i) Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries are and have been in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no
Environmental Claim pending or threatened against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby
USA Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no civil, criminal or administrative judgment
or notice of violation outstanding against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries pursuant to Environmental Laws or principles of common law relating
to pollution, protection of the environment, responsibility for investigation or
remediation of contamination or damage to natural resources or health and
safety; and (iv) there are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances,
activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans which may prevent compliance
of Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws, or
which have given rise to or could reasonably be expected to give rise to an
Environmental Claim against Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries or to
Environmental Compliance Costs incurred by Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries.
4.15 Intellectual Property.
(a) Rugby USA owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has
the unrestricted right to use, sell, or license, all Intellectual Property
necessary to operate the business of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries
(other than the business conducted with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities) as it is currently conducted ("RUGBY USA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY")
except where the absence of ownership, free and clear of all Liens, or
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of such rights, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
(b) None of Rugby, Rugby USA and any Rugby USA Subsidiary
has been, during the three years preceding the date of this Agreement, a party
to any Claim, nor, to the knowledge of Rugby, is any Claim threatened, that
challenges the validity, enforceability, ownership, or right to use, sell, or
license any Rugby USA Intellectual Property, except for Claims that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. To the knowledge
of Rugby, no third party is infringing upon any Rugby USA Intellectual Property,
except for infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, have not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA.
(c) As part of Rugby USA's Year 2000 project, Rugby USA
has established a written plan concerning the Year 2000 Compliance of all Rugby
USA Critical Computer Systems (the "RUGBY USA YEAR 2000 PLAN"), details of which
have been disclosed to Parent and the Company. The Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan was
established with the intention that the Rugby Critical Computer Systems would,
before, on and following January 1, 2000, be Year 2000 Compliant in all material
respects. To date Rugby USA has implemented the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan
(insofar as it relates to the Rugby USA Critical Computer Systems) with
reasonable skill and care and to the Knowledge of Rugby there is no reason or
circumstance why the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan may not be fully implemented in
all material respects prior to January 1, 2000; provided, that (i) Rugby USA and
each of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries undertakes the action which is anticipated of
it under the Rugby USA Year 2000 Plan after the date hereof in a timely manner
and with reasonable skill and care and (ii) no warranty is given that the Rugby
USA Critical Computer Systems will be Year 2000 Compliant. For the purposes of
this Agreement, "RUGBY USA CRITICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS" means all computer systems
used by Rugby USA and/or any Rugby USA Subsidiary, the failure of which
reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA.
4.16 Taxes. Except to the extent that failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns and reports to be filed by
them and have paid, or established adequate reserves for, all Taxes and Tax
Sharing Agreement Amounts required to be paid by them. Except as, individually
or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA, no deficiencies for any Taxes
have been proposed, asserted or assessed against Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are
pending.
4.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker other
than Rothschild Inc. and Schroders (collectively, the "RUGBY FINANCIAL
ADVISORS") is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the
sale of Rugby USA's Augusta branch and
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other than with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities) based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of Rugby or Rugby USA. Prior to the date of
this Agreement, Rugby has made available to the Company or Parent a complete and
correct copy of the relevant portions of all agreements between Rugby and each
Rugby Financial Advisor under which each Rugby Financial Advisor would be
entitled to any payment from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary relating to
such transactions.
4.18 Certain Statutes. No Takeover Statute is, as of the date
of this Agreement, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
4.19 Vote Required. The Requisite Rugby Vote is the only vote
of the holders of any class or series of Rugby's capital stock necessary to
approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.20 Investment. Except as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement, Rugby is not acquiring the New Company Shares with a view to
or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of
the Securities Act. Rugby, together with its directors and executive officers
and advisors, is familiar with investments of the nature of the New Company
Shares, understands that this investment involves substantial risks, has
adequately investigated the Company and has substantial knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters such that it is capable of evaluating, and has
evaluated, the merits and risk inherent in acquiring the New Company Shares, and
is able to bear the economic risks of such investment.
4.21 No Existing Discussions. As of the date hereof, neither
Rugby nor Rugby USA is engaged, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or
negotiations with any other party with respect to any direct or indirect
acquisition or purchase of any material portion of the assets of Rugby USA
(other than sales of assets of Rugby USA in the ordinary course of business) or
any class of equity securities of Rugby USA, other than with respect to the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities, the assets comprising Rugby USA's Augusta
branch and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a "RUGBY USA
ACQUISITION").
4.22 Title to Assets. Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary
has good and marketable title to its properties and assets not a part of the
Excluded Assets and Liabilities (other than property as to which it is a lessee)
except for such defects in title that, individually or in the aggregate, have
not resulted and could not reasonably be excepted to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA. The Rugby Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and
complete list of all real property owned by Rugby USA or any Rugby USA
Subsidiary and all Leases by Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary other than
those a part of the Excluded Assets and Liabilities including, in the case of
Leases, the name of the lessor, the date of the Lease and each amendment to the
Lease, if any, and the aggregate annual rental or other amounts payable under
each Lease. All such Leases are in full force and effect and are the valid and
binding obligations of Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary, as the case may be,
in accordance with their respective terms, and no default or failure to be in
full force and effect and the valid and binding obligation of Rugby USA or a
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Rugby USA Subsidiary, as the case may be, exists thereunder, except where the
existence of such default or failure, individually or in the aggregate, has not
resulted and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on Rugby USA.
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS
5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company. Except as contemplated
by this Agreement, as disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter
or with the prior written consent of Rugby, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the
Closing, the Parent will cause the Company to, and each of Parent and the
Company will cause the Company Subsidiaries to conduct the operations of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries only in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and Parent and the Company will cause the Company
and each Company Subsidiary to use its reasonable best efforts to preserve
intact the business organization of the Company and each of the Company
Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the present officers and key
employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and to preserve the good
will of customers, suppliers and all other persons having business relationships
with the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or
disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, prior to the Closing,
the Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, and Parent
will not permit any of them to, without the prior written consent of Rugby,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(a) except as contemplated by Section 5.19, adopt any
amendment to the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the
comparable organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary;
(b) except for issuances of capital stock of Company
Subsidiaries to the Company or a wholly owned Company Subsidiary or pursuant to
the Company Stock Plan and for the Spin-Off and the Exchange, issue, reissue,
transfer or sell, or authorize the issuance, reissuance or sale of (i) shares of
capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into capital stock of any
class, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any convertible securities
or capital stock or (ii) any other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in
substitution for, shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or property or any combination
thereof) in respect of any class or series of its capital stock other than
between the Company and any wholly owned Company Subsidiary;
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(d) except for any stock split necessary to permit the
Company to complete the Spin-Off and the Exchange, split, combine, subdivide,
reclassify or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem or
purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock, or any of its
other securities;
(e) except for (i) increases in salary, wages and
benefits of officers or employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in
accordance with past practice, (ii) increases in salary, wages and benefits
granted to officers and employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in
conjunction with new hires, promotions or other changes in job status or
increases in salary, wages and benefits to employees of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries pursuant to collective bargaining agreements entered into
in the ordinary course of business, increase the compensation or fringe benefits
payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees (whether
from the Company or any Company Subsidiaries), or pay any benefit not required
by any existing plan or arrangement (including the granting of stock options,
stock appreciation rights, shares of restricted stock or performance units) or
grant any severance or termination pay to (except pursuant to existing
agreements, plans or policies), or enter into any employment or severance
agreement with, any director, officer or other employee of the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries or establish, adopt, enter into, or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, savings, welfare, deferred compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other employee benefit plan, agreement,
trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any directors,
officers or current or former employees, except in each case to the extent
required by applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement
will be deemed to prohibit the payment of benefits as they become payable;
(f) acquire, sell, lease, license, transfer, pledge,
encumber, grant or dispose of (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase, sale
or otherwise) any assets, including capital stock of Company Subsidiaries (other
than the acquisition and sale of inventory or the disposition of used or excess
equipment and the purchase of raw materials, supplies and equipment, in either
case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or enter
into any material commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of
business, other than transactions between a wholly owned Company Subsidiary and
the Company or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary and other than
acquisitions of building products warehousing and distribution businesses for
cash consideration having aggregate acquisition consideration payable by the
Company or a Company Subsidiary which does not exceed $15 million;
(g) (i) other than the Debt Financing, the Parent Notes
Repayment and the acquisition of the Rugby Note by acquiring the Rugby USA
Shares in the Exchange, incur, assume or prepay any long-term indebtedness or
incur or assume any short-term indebtedness (including, in either case, by
issuance of debt securities), (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for
the obligations of any other person
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except in the ordinary course of business, (iii) make any loans, advances or
capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person except in the
ordinary course of business and except for loans, advances, capital
contributions or investments between any wholly owned Company Subsidiary and
Company or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary, (iv) change the terms on
which accounts receivable are collected other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or (v) take any action that is
inconsistent with paying all payables in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; provided, however, that none of the foregoing or
any other provision of this Agreement shall prevent intercompany advances and
repayments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or
advances by Parent to fund acquisitions by the Company as permitted by
subsection (f) of this Section 5.1.
(h) terminate, cancel or request any material change in,
or agree to any material change in any Contract which is material to the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or enter into any Contract which
would be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
in either case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice; or make or authorize any capital expenditure, other than capital
expenditures that are not, in the aggregate, for any fiscal year, in excess of
150% of the capital expenditures provided for in the Company's budget for the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole for such fiscal year (a
copy of which budget has been provided to Rugby);
(i) take any action with respect to accounting policies
or procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice or as required pursuant to applicable Law or GAAP;
or
(j) authorize or enter into any formal or informal
written or other agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
5.2 Conduct of Business of Rugby USA. Except as contemplated
by this Agreement, as disclosed in Section 5.2 of the Rugby Disclosure Letter or
with the prior written consent of Parent or the Company, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld and except with respect to the Excluded Assets and
Liabilities, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing,
Rugby will cause Rugby USA and each of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries to conduct its
operations only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and will cause Rugby USA and each Rugby USA Subsidiary to use their reasonable
best efforts to preserve intact the business organization of Rugby USA and each
of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the present
officers and key employees of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, and to
preserve the good will of customers, suppliers and all other persons having
business relationships with Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise contemplated
by this Agreement or disclosed in Section 5.2 of the Rugby Disclosure Letter and
except with respect to the Excluded Assets and Liabilities, prior to the
Closing, Rugby will not permit Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiary to, without
the prior written consent of Parent or the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld:
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(a) adopt any amendment to the articles of incorporation
or by-laws of Rugby USA or the comparable organizational documents of any Rugby
USA Subsidiary;
(b) except for issuances of capital stock of Rugby USA
Subsidiaries to Rugby USA or a wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and for the
Exchange, issue, reissue, transfer or sell, or authorize the issuance,
reissuance or sale of (i) additional shares of capital stock of any class, or
securities convertible into capital stock of any class, or any rights, warrants
or options to acquire any convertible securities or capital stock or (ii) any
other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in substitution for, shares of
Rugby USA Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, declare, set
aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
property or any combination thereof) in respect of any class or series of its
capital stock other than between Rugby USA and any wholly owned Rugby USA
Subsidiary;
(d) split, combine, subdivide, reclassify or redeem
(other than in connection with the transactions described in Section 2.1),
purchase or otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem or purchase or otherwise
acquire, any shares of its capital stock, or any of its other securities;
(e) except for (i) increases in salary, wages and
benefits of officers or employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby USA Subsidiaries in
accordance with past practice, (ii) increases in salary, wages and benefits
granted to officers and employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby USA Subsidiaries in
conjunction with new hires, promotions or other changes in job status or
increases in salary, wages and benefits to employees of Rugby USA or the Rugby
USA Subsidiaries pursuant to collective bargaining agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of business, increase the compensation or fringe benefits
payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees (whether
from Rugby USA or any Rugby USA Subsidiaries), or pay any benefit not required
by any existing plan or arrangement (including the granting of stock options,
stock appreciation rights, shares of restricted stock or performance units) or
grant any severance or termination pay to (except pursuant to existing
agreements, plans or policies), or enter into any employment or severance
agreement with, any director, officer or other employee of Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiaries or establish, adopt, enter into, or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, savings, welfare, deferred compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other employee benefit plan, agreement,
trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any directors,
officers or current or former employees, except in each case to the extent
required by applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement
will be deemed to prohibit the payment of benefits as they become payable or the
establishment of employee benefit plans for Rugby USA Employees connected with
the Excluded Assets and Liabilities as listed on Annex 1 as long as such plan or
plans are substantially similar to plans currently sponsored or maintained by
Rugby USA and/or Rugby USA subsidiaries (collectively, the "Current
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Benefit Plans") and such plan or plans do not increase or otherwise alter any
benefits earned or accrued under the Current Benefit Plans;
(f) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, acquire, sell,
lease, license, transfer, pledge, encumber, grant or dispose of (whether by
merger, consolidation, purchase, sale or otherwise) any assets, including
capital stock of Rugby USA Subsidiaries (other than the acquisition and sale of
inventory or the disposition of used or excess equipment and the purchase of raw
materials, supplies and equipment, in either case in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice) or enter into any material commitment or
transaction outside the ordinary course of business, other than transactions
between a wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and Rugby USA or another wholly
owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and other than the sale of assets comprising Rugby
USA's Augusta branch;
(g) (i) except for incurring obligations under the Rugby
Note, incur, assume or prepay any long-term indebtedness or assume any
short-term indebtedness (including, in either case, by issuance of debt
securities), except that Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries may incur,
assume or prepay indebtedness in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice under existing lines of credit, (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or
otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or
otherwise) for the obligations of any other person except in the ordinary course
of business, (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or
investments in, any other person except in the ordinary course of business and
except for loans, advances, capital contributions or investments between any
wholly owned Rugby USA Subsidiary and Rugby USA or another wholly owned Rugby
USA Subsidiary, (iv) change the terms on which accounts receivable are collected
other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or
(v) take any action inconsistent with paying all payables in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice;
(h) except as contemplated by Section 2.1, terminate,
cancel or request any material change in, or agree to any material change in any
Contract which is material to Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, or enter into any Contract which would be material to Rugby USA and the
Rugby USA Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in either case other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or make or authorize
any capital expenditure, other than capital expenditures that are not, in the
aggregate, for any fiscal year, in excess of 150% of the capital expenditures
provided for in Rugby USA's budget for Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries
taken as a whole for such fiscal year (a copy of which budget has been provided
to Parent or the Company);
(i) take any action with respect to accounting policies
or procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice or as required pursuant to applicable Law or GAAP;
or
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(j) authorize or enter into any formal or informal
written or other agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
5.3 Other Actions. During the period from the date hereof to
the Closing, the Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, take any action that would, or that could reasonably be
expected to, result in any of the conditions to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement set forth in Article 6 hereof not being satisfied.
5.4 Notification of Certain Matters. Parent and the Company on
the one hand and Rugby on the other hand shall promptly notify the other of (a)
the occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact or event which could reasonably be
expected (i) to cause any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at any time from the date
hereof to the Closing, (ii) to cause any covenant, condition or agreement
hereunder not to be complied with or satisfied in all material respects or (iii)
to result in, in the case of the Company or Parent, a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company and, in the case of Rugby, a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby USA,
(b) any failure of the Company or Parent on the one hand and Rugby on the other
hand, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder in any material
respect; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the
representations or warranties of any party or the conditions to the obligations
of any party hereunder, (c) any notice or other material communications from any
Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (d) the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding that seeks
to prevent or seek damages in respect of, or otherwise relates to, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.5 SEC Filings.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of
this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC an amendment
(the "AMENDMENT") to the Form 10 which, among other things, describes the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and Parent will consult
with Rugby and its advisors in preparing the Amendment and it shall be in form
and substance satisfactory to Rugby in its reasonable judgment. Substantially
contemporaneously with the filing of the Amendment with the SEC, copies of the
Amendment shall be provided to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Parent, the
Company and Rugby each shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Form
10 to become effective as promptly as practicable. Parent and the Company shall
also prepare and file with the SEC, in consultation with and as reasonably
approved by Rugby, such additional documents as are required to be filed and
circulated to Parent's stockholders in connection with the Spin-Off in order to
satisfy the requirements of SEC Staff Legal Bulletin No. 4 ("SLB 4") regarding
exemption of the Spin-Off from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act (any such other documents the "ADDITIONAL SEC DOCUMENTS"). As promptly as
practicable, subject to the requirements of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act, Parent and the Company will cause to be distributed to
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Parent's stockholders the Form 10 as amended by the Amendment (in preliminary
form) and/or the Additional SEC Documents (as the Parties shall jointly
determine, in their reasonable judgment and in compliance with SEC requirements
including those under SLB 4) and shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cause the Spin-Off to meet the other requirements of SLB 4 regarding exemption
of the Spin-Off from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Parent
and the Company shall cause the Form 10 and any Additional SEC Documents to
comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the
rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(b) No additional amendment or supplement to the Form 10
or any Additional SEC Document will be made without the approval of Rugby, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of Parent and the
Company will advise Rugby, promptly after it receives notice of the time when
the Form 10 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto or to
any Additional SEC Document has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order in
connection with the Spin-Off or of any request by the SEC or the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. for amendment of the Form 10 or any Additional SEC Document or
comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional
information.
(c) The information supplied by Parent and the Company
for inclusion in the Form 10, or any Additional SEC Document, shall not, at (i)
the time the Form 10 or such Additional SEC Document is declared effective, (ii)
the time the Form 10 or such Additional SEC Document is first distributed to the
stockholders of Parent and (iii) the time of the Spin-Off, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time
prior to the time of the Spin-Off, any event or circumstance relating to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors,
should be discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an
amendment or a supplement to the Form 10 or any Additional SEC Document, Parent
and the Company shall promptly inform Rugby. All documents that the Company is
responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act.
(d) The information supplied by Rugby or Rugby USA for
inclusion in the Amendment, any further amendment or supplement to the Form 10
or any Additional SEC Document shall not, at (i) the time the Form 10 or such
Additional SEC Document is declared effective, (ii) the time the Form 10 or such
Additional SEC Document is first distributed to the stockholders of Parent and
(iii) the time of the Spin-Off, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading. If, at any time prior to
the time of the Spin-Off, any event or circumstance relating to Rugby USA or any
Rugby USA Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be
discovered by Rugby that should
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be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Form 10 or any Additional
SEC Document, Rugby shall promptly inform Parent or the Company.
5.6 Stockholders' Meeting. As promptly as practicable
following the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(a), Rugby
will take all action necessary to convene an extraordinary general meeting of
holders of Rugby Ordinary Shares for the purpose of considering resolutions to
approve the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the "RUGBY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING") and will distribute any required circular to
such holders (the "CIRCULAR"); provided that Rugby shall not be required to hold
the Rugby Shareholders Meeting unless and until the Financing Commitments have
been received. Subject to Section 9.1, Rugby shall, through its Board of
Directors (the "RUGBY BOARD"), in the Circular, recommend that such holders vote
in favor of the adoption of the Exchange.
5.7 Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Except as required under any confidentiality
agreement or similar agreement or arrangement to which Parent, the Company,
Rugby or Rugby USA or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or under
applicable Law or the regulations or requirements of any securities exchange or
quotation service or other self regulatory organization with whose rules the
parties are required to comply, from the date of this Agreement to the Closing,
Parent and the Company on the one hand (with respect to the Company) and Rugby
on the other hand (with respect to Rugby USA) shall (and shall cause the
respective Subsidiaries of the Company and Rugby USA (as the case may be) to):
(i) provide to the other (and its officers, directors, employees, accountants,
consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors, investment bankers, agents and
other representatives (collectively, "REPRESENTATIVES")) access at reasonable
times upon prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices
and other facilities of the other and its subsidiaries and to the books and
records thereof; and (ii) furnish promptly such information concerning the
business, properties, Contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other
aspects of the other party and its subsidiaries as the other party or its
Representatives may reasonably request. No investigation conducted under this
Section 5.7 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty
made in this Agreement.
(b) The Parties shall comply with, and shall cause their
respective Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations
under the Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of July 26, 1999, between Rugby
and the Company, and the related letter from Parent to Rugby, dated as of
September 23, 1999 (such agreement and letter, collectively, the
"CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT"), with respect to the information disclosed under
this Section 5.7.
5.8 Employee Benefits Matters.
(a) As of the Closing Date, Rugby USA and its
subsidiaries shall cease to be participating employers in the Rugby Group 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Savings-Related
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Share Option Scheme, and Rugby shall take, or cause to be taken all such action
as may be necessary to effect such cessation of participation.
(b) With respect to all Rugby USA Employees not connected
with the Excluded Assets and Liabilities as listed on Annex 1, the Company shall
maintain for at least one year following the Closing employee benefit plans
providing benefits that are substantially similar to those it provides the
Company's own employees during such period. The Company shall grant all Rugby
USA Employees credit for all service with Rugby USA or its subsidiaries or their
respective predecessors prior to the Closing for all purposes for which such
service was recognized by Rugby or Rugby USA, and the Company shall waive any
pre-existing condition exclusions. Rugby USA Employees shall be credited with
any deductible and other out-of-pocket expenses paid in the calendar year of the
Closing under Rugby USA's health plans for purposes of the Company's health
plans.
5.9 Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) The Company agrees that all rights to indemnification
now existing in favor of any director or officer of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") as provided in their respective
articles of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents, in an
agreement between an Indemnified Party and Rugby USA or one of the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries, or otherwise in effect on the date hereof shall survive the
Closing and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of not less
than six years from the Closing Date; provided, that in the event any claim or
claims are asserted or made within such six-year period, all rights to
indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until
final disposition of any and all such claims. The Company also agrees to
indemnify after the Closing all Indemnified Parties to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law with respect to all acts and omissions arising out
of such individuals' services as officers, directors, employees or agents of
Rugby USA or any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries or as trustees or fiduciaries of
any plan for the benefit of employees, or otherwise on behalf of, Rugby USA or
any of the Rugby USA Subsidiaries, occurring prior to the Closing, including the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, in
the event any such Indemnified Party is or becomes involved in any capacity in
any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any matter, including
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, occurring prior to, and
including, the Closing, after the Closing the Company will pay as incurred such
Indemnified Party's reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of
any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith.
(b) The Company shall from and after the Closing cause to
be maintained in effect for not less than six years from the Closing Date the
current policies of the directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained
by Rugby USA; provided, that the Company may substitute therefor policies of at
least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are no less
advantageous and provided that such substitution shall not result in any gaps or
lapses in coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Closing Date;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to pay an annual
premium in
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excess of 150% of the last annual premium paid by Rugby USA prior to the date
hereof and if the Company is unable to obtain the insurance required by this
Section 5.9(b) it shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an
annual premium equal to such maximum amount.
(c) The provisions of this Section 5.9 shall be
enforceable by the directors and officers of Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries as third party beneficiaries.
5.10 Reasonable Best Efforts. Subject to the terms and
conditions provided in this Agreement and to applicable legal requirements, each
of the Parties agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate
with the other Parties in doing, as promptly as practicable, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to ensure that the
conditions set forth in Article 6 are satisfied and to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, but not
limited to, (a) Parent and the Company taking all preparatory steps necessary or
desirable to consummate the Spin-Off and the Exchange, including using their
reasonable best efforts to obtain a Spin-Off Ruling and the completion of any
required stock splits with respect to Company Common Stock, (b) Parent and the
Company using their best efforts to ensure consummation, at Closing, of the Debt
Financing such that net proceeds sufficient to make the Rugby Note Repayment,
the Parent Note Repayment and the Acquisition Notes Repayment at Closing are
received by the Company in the Debt Financing, (c) Rugby taking, and causing
Rugby USA to take, all reasonable steps necessary to dispose of the Excluded
Assets and Liabilities in the manner contemplated by Annex 2 and (d) subject to
Section 9.1, Rugby using its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Rugby
Shareholder Approval. If at any time after the Closing any further action is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, including
the execution of additional instruments, the proper officers and directors of
each Party to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action.
5.11 Consents; Filings; Further Action.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof,
each of the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain from
Governmental Authorities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals,
authorizations or orders required to be obtained or made by Parent, the Company
or Rugby or any of their subsidiaries in connection with the authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) make
all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other submissions either required
or deemed appropriate by each of the parties, with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby required (A) under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and any other applicable federal or Blue Sky Laws, (B) under the
HSR Act, (C) any other applicable Law, and (D) the rules and regulations of the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The Parties shall cooperate and consult with each
other in connection with the making of all such filings, including by providing
copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors
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prior to filing, and none of the Parties will file any such document if any of
the other parties shall have reasonably objected to the filing of such document.
No Party to this Agreement shall consent to any voluntary extension of any
statutory deadline or waiting period or to any voluntary delay of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby at the behest of any
Governmental Authority without the consent and agreement of the other Parties to
this Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(b) Each Party hereto shall promptly inform the others of
any material communication from the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of
Justice or any other Governmental Authority regarding any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. If any Party or any Affiliate thereof receives a
request for additional information or documentary material from any such
Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, then such Party will endeavor in good faith to make, or cause to be
made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other
Parties, an appropriate response in compliance with such request. Each Party
will advise the other Parties promptly in respect of any understandings,
undertakings or agreements (oral or written) which such Party proposes to make
or enter into with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or
any other Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, each Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to resolve such
objections, if any, as may be asserted with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement under any antitrust, competition or trade
regulatory Laws of any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation,
agreeing to sell, hold separate, divest, discontinue or limit, before or after
the Closing, any assets, businesses, or interest in any assets or businesses of
the Company or Rugby USA if requested by such Governmental Authority, so long as
such action would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely impact
the economic or business benefits to the Company or Rugby of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or result in a Material Adverse Effect on Rugby
USA or a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
5.12 Company Rights Plan. Prior to the consummation of the
Spin-Off, the Company shall take all action necessary to cause to become
effective the Company Rights Plan, which shall be in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit D.
5.13 Public Announcements. Parent and the Company on the one
hand and Rugby on the other hand shall consult with each other before issuing
any press release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not issue any
such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation,
except to the extent required by applicable Law or the requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the London Stock Exchange, in which case the
issuing party shall use its reasonable best efforts to consult with the other
Parties before issuing any such release or making any such public statement.
5.14 Stock Exchange Listing. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Common Stock to be listed on the
New York Stock Exchange,
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Inc. as of the time of the consummation of the Spin-Off and for the New Company
Shares to be approved for listing thereon, subject to official notice of
issuance, prior to the Closing.
5.15 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3,
whether or not the Exchange is consummated, all Expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such Expense, except that Expenses
incurred in connection with the filing fee under the HSR Act shall be shared
equally by Parent and Rugby.
5.16 Retention of Records; Cooperation in Litigation.
(a) The Company agrees (i) to hold Rugby USA's material
agreements, documents, books, records and files (including those on computer
disk) ("RECORDS") and not to destroy or dispose of any thereof for a period of
six years from the Closing Date; provided, that if the Company desires to
destroy or dispose of such Records during such period, it will first offer in
writing at least 90 days prior to such destruction or disposition to surrender
them to Rugby and if Rugby does not accept such offer within 60 days after
receipt of such offer, the Company may take such action and (ii) following the
Closing Date to afford Rugby and its accountants and counsel, during normal
business hours, upon reasonable request, at any time, reasonable access to the
Records and to Company or Company Subsidiary employees employed prior to the
Closing by Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary to the extent that such access
may be requested for any legitimate purpose at no cost to Rugby (other than for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses); provided, however, that such access will not
operate to cause the waiver of any attorney-client, work product or like
privilege; provided, further, that in the event of any litigation nothing herein
shall limit either party's rights of discovery under applicable Law.
(b) Following the Closing, and to the extent reasonably
necessary to permit Rugby to defend (including, without limitation, any related
investigation, appeal or settlement) any lawsuit, mediation, enforcement action,
arbitration, administrative hearing or other adjudicative proceeding which
exists at the Closing Date or which is brought thereafter, the Company agrees to
afford Rugby and its accountants and counsel, during normal business hours at no
cost to Rugby other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, (i) reasonable
access to all Company employees employed prior to the Closing by Rugby USA and
all witnesses subject to the control or direction of the Company or any of its
Affiliates and (ii) reasonable access to all documents and records within the
custody or subject to the control of the Company relating to Rugby USA;
provided, however, that such access will not operate to cause the waiver of any
attorney-client, work product or like privilege; provided further, that in the
event of any litigation nothing herein shall limit either party's rights of
discovery under applicable Law.
5.17 Corporate Name. For a period of two years from the
Closing Date, the Company will have the nonexclusive right to operate in the
United States under the name "Rugby Building Products," subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in Annex 4 to this Agreement.
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5.18 Intercompany Agreements. Except for any action that would
affect in any respect the transactions provided for in Article 2 and except for
the Distribution Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement and the Employee
Matters Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibits E, F
and G, respectively, with such changes as may be agreed to by Parent and the
Company and (i) in the case of changes which could reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the Company, that are acceptable to Rugby, and (ii) in all
other cases that are reasonably acceptable to Rugby, each of which will be
entered into by Parent and the Company in connection with the Spin-Off
(collectively, the "SPIN-OFF AGREEMENTS"), and except for any arrangement or
agreement that any of the Spin-Off Agreements expressly provide will survive the
Spin-Off, (a) Parent and the Company shall cause the termination, as of the time
the Spin-Off is consummated, of all Contracts and intercompany indebtedness
between Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) on the one hand and the Company or a Company Subsidiary on the
other hand, other than the Parent Note and the Acquisition Notes and (b) Rugby
shall cause, and shall cause Rugby USA to take all action required to cause, the
termination, as of the Closing, of all Contracts and intercompany indebtedness
between Rugby or any of its affiliates (other than Rugby USA and the Rugby USA
Subsidiaries) on the one hand and Rugby USA or a Rugby USA Subsidiary on the
other hand, other than the Rugby Note and any agreements, arrangements,
commitments or understandings to which any Person other than Rugby, Rugby USA
and their respective Affiliates is a party.
5.19 Officers and Directors of the Company. The Company and
Parent, as sole stockholder of the Company, shall take all action necessary,
including the adoption of appropriate or necessary stockholder resolutions in
accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, to ensure that upon the
Closing, the Board of Directors of the Company is composed of nine directors,
three of whom shall be designated by Rugby, as provided for under the
Registration Rights Agreement. Parent and the Company, through its Board of
Directors, shall take all action necessary, including the adoption of
appropriate Board of Directors resolutions in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law, to ensure that upon the Closing, the Chairman of the
Board of the Company shall continue to be R. Shell Xxxxx, the Chief Executive
Officer and President of the Company shall continue to be Xxxxx X. Xxxxx and the
Chief Operating Officer of the Company shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (currently the
President of Rugby USA) and in that connection, Parent and the Company shall
cause the by-laws of the Company to be amended, as necessary, as of the Closing,
to make the position of "Chief Operating Officer" an officer of the Company
reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
5.20 Exclusivity. Rugby shall not and shall cause Rugby USA
not to, directly or indirectly, and shall use its best efforts to cause its
officers, directors, employees, legal counsel, investment bankers and financial
or other advisers not to, (i) encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding a
Rugby USA Acquisition (a "RUGBY USA ACQUISITION PROPOSAL"), (ii) subject to
Section 9.1, engage in negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide any
non-public information to any Person relating to, any Rugby USA Acquisition
Proposal or (iii) subject to Section 9.1, agree to or approve or recommend any
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Acquisition Proposal. Neither Parent nor the Company shall, directly or
indirectly, and shall use its best efforts to cause its officers, directors,
employees, legal counsel, investment bankers and financial or other advisers not
to, (x) encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding a Company Acquisition (a
"COMPANY ACQUISITION PROPOSAL"), (y) subject to Section 9.2, engage in
negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide any non-public information to
any Person relating to, any Company Acquisition Proposal or (z) subject to
Section 9.2, agree to or approve any Company Acquisition Proposal.
5.21 Best Efforts. Parent and the Company shall use their best
efforts to obtain the Financing Commitments and the Debt Financing, including,
for purposes of this obligation, financing of the Total Cash Amount consistent
with clause (i) of the definition of Total Cash Amount.
5.22 Tax Payment. Rugby shall pay or shall cause Rugby USA to
pay to the IRS, on or before the Closing Date, the Rugby Tax Amount.
5.23 Return Filing and Preparation. The Company shall promptly
prepare all returns or other reports with respect to Taxes required to be filed
by or with respect to Rugby USA and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries for any taxable
period (or portion thereof) ending on the Closing Date and shall present such
returns to Rugby no later than 30 days prior to the due date for such returns.
Thereafter the Company shall timely file such returns or cause such returns to
be timely filed; provided that no such return shall be filed without Rugby's
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
5.24 Tax Refunds. The Company shall promptly pay over to Rugby
any Tax refund received with respect to the assets and operations of Rugby USA
and the Rugby USA Subsidiaries for periods ending on or before the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligation of Parent to Consummate
the Spin-Off. The obligation of Parent to consummate the Spin-Off shall be
subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by Parent in writing) upon or prior to
consummation of the Spin-Off of the following conditions:
(a) Spin-Off Ruling. Parent shall have received a
Spin-Off Ruling;
(b) Form 10. The SEC shall have declared effective the
Form 10 (and/or, any Additional SEC Documents filed in compliance with Section
5.5 which are required to be declared effective by the SEC under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act) and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Form 10 (or any such Additional SEC
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Document) shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the SEC;
(c) NYSE Listing. The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or
the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. shall have approved for listing, subject to
official notice of issuance, the shares of Company Common Stock to be
transferred to the stockholders of Parent in the Spin-Off;
(d) No Injunction. No order shall have been entered and
shall have remained in effect in any action or proceeding before any
Governmental Authority that would prohibit or make illegal the consummation of
the Spin-Off or the Exchange;
(e) Rugby Shareholder Approval. The Requisite Rugby Vote
shall have been obtained;
(f) HSR. All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act
shall have been terminated or expired;
(g) Financing Commitments. Parent shall have received a
copy of the Financing Commitments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Parent; and
(h) Governmental Consents. Any and all consents of
Governmental Authorities, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained, where the failure to
obtain such consents, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA.
6.2 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company and
Rugby. The respective obligations of each of the Company and Rugby to consummate
the Exchange and the Simultaneous Transactions shall be subject to the
fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) No Injunction. No order shall have been entered and
shall have remained in effect in any action or proceeding before any
Governmental Authority that would prohibit or make illegal the consummation of
the Exchange or the Simultaneous Transactions;
(b) Governmental Consents. Any and all consents of
Governmental Authorities, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained, where the failure to
obtain such consents, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or a Material
Adverse Effect on Rugby USA;
(c) Rugby Shareholder Approval. The Requisite Rugby Vote
shall have been obtained; and
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(d) HSR. All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act
shall have been terminated or expired.
6.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Rugby.
The obligations of Rugby to consummate the Exchange and the Simultaneous
Transactions are also subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in writing by Rugby)
at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties of Parent and the Company contained in Article 3
of this Agreement shall, to the extent qualified by materiality or material
adverse effect, be true and correct in all respects, in either case, and to the
extent not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
the Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties as are made as
of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects or all
material respects, as the case may be, as of such specified date);
(b) Covenants. All the covenants in this Agreement to be
complied with and performed by Parent or the Company on or before the Closing
Date shall have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;
(c) Officer's Certificate. A certificate to the effect
that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and (b) have been fulfilled,
dated the Closing Date and signed by an authorized executive officer of each of
Parent and the Company, on behalf of Parent or the Company (as the case may be),
shall have been delivered to Rugby;
(d) Spin-Off. All of the conditions set forth in Section
6.1 shall have been fulfilled and Parent shall have consummated the Spin-Off;
(e) Ancillary Agreements. The Letter Agreement shall as
of the time of Closing be in full force and effect and enforceable against the
Crane Fund and the Company shall have executed and delivered to Rugby each of
the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit B and the Transition Services Agreement in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit C;
(f) NYSE Listing. The Company Common Stock shall be
approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc., subject to official notice of issuance;
(g) Officers and Directors. As of the Closing (i) the
Board of Directors of the Company shall have nine members of which there shall
include that number of persons designated to serve thereon by Rugby as is, as of
its execution and delivery, required pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement and (ii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have been appointed Chief Operating
Officer of the Company and the by-laws of the Company shall have been amended as
specified in Section 5.19; and
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(h) Financing Commitments. Rugby shall have received a
copy of the Financing Commitments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Rugby.
6.4 Additional Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the
Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Exchange and the
Simultaneous Transactions are also subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in
writing by the Company) at or prior to the Closing Date of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties of Rugby contained in Article 4 of this Agreement
shall, to the extent qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, be
true and correct in all respects, in either case, and to the extent not so
qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing
Date (except for such representations and warranties as are made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects or in all
material respects, as the case may be, as of such specified date);
(b) Covenants. All the covenants in this Agreement to be
complied with and performed by Rugby on or before the Closing Date shall have
been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;
(c) Officer's Certificates. A certificate to the effect
that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.4(a) and (b) have been fulfilled,
dated the Closing Date and signed by an authorized executive officer of Rugby,
on behalf of Rugby, shall have been delivered to the Company;
(d) Ancillary Agreements. Rugby shall have executed and
delivered to the Company each of the Registration Rights Agreement in the form
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B and the Transition Services Agreement in
the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C; and
(e) Rugby Tax Payment. Rugby shall have performed the
covenant set forth in Section 5.22.
ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 By Rugby. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Article 7, Rugby hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Company and its directors, officers and employees (each a "COMPANY PARTY" and
collectively, the "COMPANY PARTIES"), from and against all Claims and Losses
asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any Company Party, directly or
indirectly, by reason of, arising out of, or resulting from (a) the Excluded
Assets and Liabilities or (b) the liabilities of Rugby USA described on Annex 5A
attached hereto.
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7.2 By Parent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Article 7, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Spin-Off
Agreements, Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company Parties
from and against, and pay or reimburse, as the case may be, the Company Parties
for, all Indemnifiable Losses (as defined on Annex 5B), as incurred or suffered
by any Company Party based upon, arising out of, relating or otherwise in
connection with the items described on Annex 5B attached hereto. This Section
7.2 and the Spin-Off Agreements shall be enforceable by Rugby, acting on behalf
of the Company.
7.3 Notice of Claim.
(a) For purposes of this Article 7, the term
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY" when used in connection with a particular Claim or Loss
shall mean the Party having an obligation to indemnify another Person with
respect to such Claim or Loss pursuant to this Article 7, and the term
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY" when used in connection with a particular Claim or Loss
shall mean the Person having the right to be indemnified with respect to such
Claim or Loss by another party pursuant to this Article 7.
(b) Promptly after any Indemnified Party becomes aware of
facts giving rise to a Claim by it for indemnification pursuant to this Article
7, such Indemnified Party will provide notice thereof in writing to the
Indemnifying Party (a "CLAIM NOTICE") specifying the nature and specific basis
for such Claim and a copy of all papers served with respect to such Claim (if
any). For purposes of this Section 7.3(b), receipt by a party of written notice
of any demand, assertion, claim, action or proceeding (judicial, administrative
or otherwise) by or from any Person other than a Party to this Agreement which
gives rise to a Claim an behalf of such party (including the commencement of any
Tax audit) shall constitute the discovery of facts giving rise to a Claim by it
and shall require prompt notice of the receipt of such matter as provided in the
first sentence of this Section 7.3(b). The failure by an Indemnified Party to
notify an Indemnifying Party shall not be a defense to any indemnification
obligation unless the Indemnifying Party is able to demonstrate that actual and
material prejudice was suffered by the Indemnifying Party as a result of such
failure to notify. Each Claim Notice shall set forth a reasonable description of
the Claim as the Indemnified Party shall then have and shall contain a statement
to the effect that the Indemnified Party giving the notice is making a claim
pursuant to and formal demand for indemnification under this Article 7. The
Claim Notice must set forth the particular provision in this Article 7 and any
related provision in this Agreement pursuant to which such indemnification claim
is made.
7.4 Third Party Claims.
(a) If an Indemnified Party shall have any Claim asserted
against such Indemnified Party by a Person that is not a Party to this Agreement
(a "THIRD PARTY CLAIM"), the Indemnified Party promptly shall transmit to the
Indemnifying Party a Claim Notice relating to such Third Party Claim. Prior to
the expiration of the 45-day period following the Indemnifying Party's receipt
of such notice (the "ELECTION PERIOD"),
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Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party whether the Indemnifying
Party disputes its potential liability to the Indemnified Party under this
Article 7 with respect to such Third Party Claim.
(b) If an Indemnifying Party notifies an Indemnified
Party within the Election Period that the Indemnifying Party does not dispute
its potential liability to the Indemnified Party under this Article 7, the
Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense of the Third Party Claim, at its
sole cost and expense, and shall prosecute such defense diligently to a final
conclusion or settle such Third Party Claim at the discretion of the
Indemnifying Party in accordance with this Section 7.4(b). The Indemnifying
Party shall have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any
compromise or settlement THEREOF; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party
shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement (in
either case without the written consent of the Indemnified Party) that does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the Indemnified Party a complete and unconditional release from all
liability in respect of such claim or litigation or the effect of which is to
permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other nonmonetary
relief to be entered directly or indirectly, against any Indemnified Party. If
requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate
fully with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel at the Indemnifying Party's
expense in contesting any Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party elects
to contest, including, without limitation, the making of any related
counterclaim against the Person asserting the Third Party Claim or any
cross-complaint against any Person. The Indemnified Party shall have the right
to participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement of any Third Party
Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Section 7.4(b) and
shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to any such participation.
7.5 Subrogation. In the event that any Indemnified Party has a
right against a Third Party with respect to any damages, losses, costs or
expenses paid to or on behalf of such Indemnified Party by an Indemnifying
Party, then such Indemnifying Party shall, to the extent of such payment, be
subrogated to the right of such Indemnified Party.
7.6 Offset. Indemnity obligations of any Indemnifying Party
shall be reduced by any Tax deduction, Tax credit or other Tax benefit or any
insurance proceeds realized by any Indemnified Party with respect to any Claim
or Loss for which the Indemnified Party seeks indemnification under this
Article 7.
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby abandoned as follows:
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(a) by the mutual written consent of Parent and Rugby at
any time prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off and of the Company and Rugby
at any time prior to the Closing;
(b) by any Party if a final, non-appealable order to
restrain, obtain or otherwise prevent the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been entered by any Governmental Authority of
competent jurisdiction;
(c) by any Party if the Closing shall not have occurred
on or before January 31, 2000 (the "TERMINATION DATE"); provided, that a Party
shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
8.1(c) if the failure results primarily from the breach by such Party of any of
its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement (and
the Company and Parent shall be deemed a single Party for purposes of this
Section 8.1(c)); and provided further that no Party may terminate this Agreement
solely pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) if, prior to the Termination Date, the
Spin-Off has been declared by the Board of Directors of Parent;
(d) by any Party, if the Requisite Rugby Vote fails to be
obtained at the Rugby Shareholders Meeting, including any adjournment or
postponement thereof;
(e) by Rugby, if any of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6.2 or 6.3 becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination
Date, despite the exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to
cause such condition to be fulfilled;
(f) by Parent, if any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1 becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination Date,
despite the exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to cause
such condition to be fulfilled;
(g) by the Company, if any of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6.2 or 6.4 becomes incapable of being fulfilled before the Termination
Date, despite the exercise by the Parties of their reasonable best efforts to
cause such condition to be fulfilled;
(h) by Parent or the Company, if (i) the Rugby Board
withdraws, modifies or changes its approval or recommendation of this Agreement
or the Exchange in a manner adverse to Parent or the Company or shall have
resolved to do so, (ii) the Rugby Board shall have recommended to the
stockholders of Rugby a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or shall have resolved to
do so or (iii) Rugby has entered into a definitive agreement to consummate a
Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal; or
(i) by Rugby, if the Rugby Board shall, following receipt
of written advice of independent legal counsel (who may be Rugby's regularly
engaged independent legal counsel) that failure to so terminate would cause the
Rugby Board to breach its fiduciary duties under applicable Laws or if an
unsolicited proposal for a Superior Rugby USA Acquisition has been made and
Rugby or Rugby USA enters into a definitive agreement to consummate such
Superior Rugby USA Acquisition;
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(j) by Parent or the Company, if (x) the Board of
Directors of Parent determines not to consummate the Spin-Off, (y) an
unsolicited proposal for a Superior Company Acquisition has been made and (z)
Parent or the Company enters into a definitive agreement to consummate such
Superior Company Acquisition; or
(k) by Rugby, if (x) the Board of Directors of Parent
resolves not to consummate the Spin-Off or (y) Parent or the Company has entered
into a definitive agreement to consummate a Superior Company Acquisition.
8.2 Effect of Termination. Except as provided in Section 10.1,
in the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void, there shall be no liability under this
Agreement on the part of the Parent, the Company or Rugby or any of their
respective Representatives, and all rights and obligations of each Party hereto
shall cease, subject to the remedies of the parties set forth in Section 8.3;
provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any Party from
liability for the willful breach of any of its representations and warranties or
the breach of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
8.3 Expenses Following Certain Termination Events.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all Expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.15. For
purposes of this Agreement, "EXPENSES" consist of all out-of-pocket expenses
(including, all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers,
experts and consultants to a Party hereto and its Affiliates) incurred by a
Party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization,
preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements, the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of Form 10,
any Additional SEC Documents, the solicitation of the Requisite Rugby Vote and
the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of documents in connection
therewith and all other matters related to the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) If (i) Parent or the Company terminates this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h), (ii) Rugby terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.1(i) or (iii) Parent, the Company or Rugby terminates this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(d) and within six months of termination
pursuant to Section 8.1(d) Rugby shall have entered into an agreement relating
to a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal, then Rugby shall pay to Parent $5,000,000.
If Parent or the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(j) or
Rugby terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(k), then Parent shall
pay to Rugby $5,000,000.
(c) Each of the Parties agrees that the payments provided
for in Section 8.3(b) shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Parties upon
a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.1(d), 8.1(h), 8.1(i),
8.1(j) and 8.1(k), as the case may be,
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and such remedy shall be limited to the payment stipulated in Section 8.3(b);
provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any party from
liability for the willful breach of any of its representations and warranties or
the breach of any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Any payment required to be made pursuant to Section
8.3(b) shall be made not later than two business days after delivery of demand
for payment by the Party receiving payment to the other Party and shall be made
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the
Party receiving payment.
ARTICLE 9
BOARD ACTIONS
9.1 Rugby Board Actions. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required by the fiduciary obligations
of the Rugby Board under applicable Law, as determined by the Rugby Board in
good faith based on a written opinion of outside counsel or if the Rugby Board
determines that an unsolicited Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal has been made
which the Rugby Board determines, in good faith, based in part on the written
advice of either Rugby Financial Advisor (or another U.S. or U.K. nationally
recognized investment banking firm), is more favorable to Rugby and its
shareholders than the Exchange from a financial point of view (a "SUPERIOR RUGBY
USA ACQUISITION"), Rugby may:
(a) disclose to its shareholders any information required
to be disclosed under applicable Law;
(b) in response to an unsolicited request therefor,
participate in discussions or negotiations with respect to, furnish information
with respect to pursuant to a confidentiality agreement on terms not less
favorable to Rugby USA than the Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise respond
to or deal with any Person in connection with a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal
or such proposal for a Superior Rugby USA Acquisition, as the case may be;
(c) approve or recommend (and in connection therewith
withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and the
Exchange) a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or such proposal for a Superior Rugby
USA Acquisition, as the case may be, or enter into an agreement with respect to
a Rugby USA Acquisition Proposal or such Superior Rugby USA Acquisition, as the
case may be.
9.2 Parent Board Actions. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board of Directors of Parent (the "PARENT
BOARD") determines that an unsolicited proposal for a Company Acquisition
Proposal has been made which the Parent Board determines, in good faith, based
in part on the written advice of the
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Parent Financial Advisor (or another U.S. nationally recognized investment
banking firm), is more favorable to Parent and its shareholders than the
Spin-Off and the Exchange from a financial point of view (a "SUPERIOR COMPANY
ACQUISITION"), Parent or the Company may:
(a) in response to an unsolicited request therefor,
participate in discussions or negotiations with respect to or furnish
information with respect to pursuant to a confidentiality agreement on terms not
less favorable to the Company than the Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise
respond to or deal with any Person in connection with such Superior Company
Acquisition; or
(b) enter into an agreement with respect to such Superior
Company Acquisition.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Survival. The representations, warranties and agreements
in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered under this Agreement shall
terminate upon the Closing or upon the termination of this Agreement under
Section 8.1, as the case may be, except that the agreements set forth in
Sections 2.2, 2.3, 5.7(b), 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18 and
Articles 7 and 10 shall survive the Closing, those set forth in Sections 5.7(b),
5.15, 8.2 and 8.3 and Article 10 shall survive termination of this Agreement and
those set forth in Section 5.13 shall survive for a period of one year after
termination of this Agreement. Each Party agrees that, except for the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (together with the
Company Disclosure Letter and the Rugby Disclosure Letter), no Party has made
any other representations and warranties, and each Party disclaims any other
representations and warranties, made by itself or any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, financial and legal advisors or other
representatives with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, notwithstanding the delivery of
disclosure to any other Party or any Party's Representatives of any
documentation or other information with respect to any one or more of the
foregoing.
10.2 Waiver. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement,
neither the failure nor any delay on the part of any Party in exercising any
right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, or of any
other right, power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or remedy preclude any further or other exercise thereof, or the
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Except as expressly provided
herein, no waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid
unless it is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is
sought to be enforced.
10.3 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or
obligations hereunder shall be assigned or transferred in any way whatsoever by
the Parties hereto except with the prior written consent of the other Parties
hereto, which consent such other Parties shall be under no obligation to grant,
and any assignment or attempted assignment without
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such consent shall have no force or effect with respect to the non-assigning
Party. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their successors and permitted
assigns.
10.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications
required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and
delivered in Person or sent by United States certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by overnight express mail, or by
telex, facsimile or telecopy to the address of such party set forth below. Any
such notice shall be effective upon receipt or three days after placed in the
mail, whichever is earlier.
If to Rugby:
The Rugby Group PLC
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx XX 000 XX
Xxxxxxx
Attention:
Facsimile No.: 011-44-1788-546726
with a copy to:
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000.
If to Parent:
Crane Co.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000.
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If to the Company:
Huttig Building Products, Inc.
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000.
Any Party may, by notice so delivered, change its address
for notice purposes hereunder.
10.5 Governing Law, Venue and Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING ANY CHOICE OF LAW
RULES THAT MAY DIRECT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. The
parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the federal courts of the
United States of America located in the State of New York solely in respect of
the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and of
the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and by those documents, and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the
interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement or of any such document, that it
is not subject to this Agreement or that such action, suit or proceeding may not
be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may
not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such document may not be
enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all
claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined
in such a federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court
jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the subject matter of such
dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any
such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 9.5 or in such other
manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service
thereof.
(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
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RIGHT SUCH PARTY 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 BY THIS AGREEMENT. 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) EACH SUCH PARTY
UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH SUCH
PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.6.
10.6 Further Assurances. After the Closing each Party hereto
at the reasonable request of the other Party hereto and without additional
consideration, shall execute and deliver, or shall cause to be executed and
delivered, from time to time, such further certificates, agreements or
instruments of conveyance and transfer, assumption, release and acquittance and
shall take such other action as the other Party hereto may reasonably request,
to consummate or implement the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.7 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as
if such invalid, illegal or enforceable provision were omitted. If any provision
is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall, nevertheless, remain
applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.
10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and which together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
10.9 Construction. Any section headings in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only, and shall be given no effect in the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement or any provisions thereof. No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against, any
Party by reason of the extent to which any such Party or its counsel
participated in the doing thereof or by reason of the extent to which any such
provision is inconsistent with any prior draft hereof or thereof.
10.10 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Rugby Disclosure
Letter, the exhibits and annexes hereto, each of which is deemed to be a part
hereof, and any other agreements, instruments or documents executed and
delivered by the Parties (or their Subsidiaries) pursuant to the express terms
of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, constitute the entire agreement
and understanding between the Parties, and it is understood and agreed that all
previous undertakings, negotiations and agreements between the Parties regarding
the
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subject matter hereof are merged herein. This Agreement may not be modified
orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in
Sections 5.9 and 7.2, nothing in this Agreement shall provide any benefit to any
third party or entitle any third party to any claim, cause of action, remedy or
right of any kind, it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall
not be construed as a third party beneficiary contract.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and
delivered this Agreement on the date first written above.
THE RUGBY GROUP PLC
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Group Finance Director
CRANE CO.
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxx
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Name: X. X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman & CEO
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxx
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Name: X. X. Xxxxx
Title: President & CEO
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