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EXHIBIT 2.1
CONFORMED COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
among
CELL GENESYS, INC.
S MERGER CORP.
and
SOMATIX THERAPY CORPORATION
Dated as of January 12, 1997
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms.......................................................... 2
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
SECTION 2.01. The Merger..................................................................... 12
SECTION 2.02. Closing........................................................................ 12
SECTION 2.03. Effective Time................................................................. 13
SECTION 2.04. Effect of the Merger........................................................... 13
SECTION 2.05. Certificate of Incorporation; By-laws; Directors and Officers
of Surviving Corporation.................................................... 13
ARTICLE III
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.01. Conversion of Securities....................................................... 14
SECTION 3.02. Exchange of Shares Other than Treasury Shares.................................. 15
SECTION 3.03. Stock Transfer Books........................................................... 16
SECTION 3.04. No Fractional Share Certificates............................................... 16
SECTION 3.05. Options and Warrants to Purchase STC Common Stock.............................. 18
SECTION 3.06. Certain Adjustments............................................................ 19
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF STC
SECTION 4.01. Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries................................... 19
SECTION 4.02. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws....................................... 19
SECTION 4.03. Capitalization................................................................. 20
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SECTION 4.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement and the STC Stock
Option Agreement............................................................ 20
SECTION 4.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents..................................... 21
SECTION 4.06. Permits; Compliance with Laws.................................................. 22
SECTION 4.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Projected Cash Balances;
Operating Budget............................................................ 23
SECTION 4.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events........................................... 24
SECTION 4.09. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters.......................................... 25
SECTION 4.10. Tax Matters.................................................................... 26
SECTION 4.11. Contracts; Debt Instruments.................................................... 26
SECTION 4.12. Litigation..................................................................... 27
SECTION 4.13. Environmental Matters.......................................................... 27
SECTION 4.14. Intellectual Property.......................................................... 27
SECTION 4.15. Taxes.......................................................................... 28
SECTION 4.16. Opinion of Financial Advisor................................................... 28
SECTION 4.17. Brokers........................................................................ 28
SECTION 4.18. Certain Interests.............................................................. 28
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CGI AND MERGER SUB
SECTION 5.01. Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries................................... 29
SECTION 5.02. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws....................................... 30
SECTION 5.03. Capitalization................................................................. 30
SECTION 5.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement and the CGI Stock
Option Agreement............................................................ 31
SECTION 5.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents..................................... 31
SECTION 5.06. Permits; Compliance with Laws.................................................. 32
SECTION 5.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements.............................................. 33
SECTION 5.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events........................................... 34
SECTION 5.09. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters.......................................... 34
SECTION 5.10. Tax Matters.................................................................... 36
SECTION 5.11. Contracts; Debt Instruments.................................................... 36
SECTION 5.12. Litigation..................................................................... 36
SECTION 5.13. Environmental Matters.......................................................... 37
SECTION 5.14. Intellectual Property.......................................................... 37
SECTION 5.15. Taxes.......................................................................... 38
SECTION 5.16. Opinion of Financial Advisor................................................... 38
SECTION 5.17. Brokers........................................................................ 38
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SECTION 5.18. Certain Interests.............................................................. 38
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
SECTION 6.01. Conduct of Business by STC Pending the Closing................................. 39
SECTION 6.02. Conduct of Business by CGI Pending the Closing................................. 41
SECTION 6.03. Cooperation; Steering Committee................................................ 43
SECTION 6.04. Notices of Certain Events...................................................... 44
SECTION 6.05. Access to Information; Confidentiality......................................... 44
SECTION 6.06. No Solicitation of Transactions................................................ 44
SECTION 6.07. Plan of Reorganization......................................................... 45
SECTION 6.08. Subsequent Financial Statements................................................ 46
SECTION 6.09. Control of Operations.......................................................... 46
SECTION 6.10. Further Action; Consents; Filings.............................................. 46
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 7.01. Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement.................................. 47
SECTION 7.02. Stockholders' Meetings......................................................... 49
SECTION 7.03. Affiliates..................................................................... 49
SECTION 7.04. Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Insurance......................... 50
SECTION 7.05. No Shelf Registration.......................................................... 51
SECTION 7.06. Public Announcements........................................................... 51
SECTION 7.07. Officers and Directors of CGI.................................................. 51
SECTION 7.08. NMS Listing.................................................................... 52
SECTION 7.09. Blue Sky....................................................................... 52
SECTION 7.10. STC Stock Options.............................................................. 52
SECTION 7.11. [INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]..................................................... 53
SECTION 7.12. Bridge Facility................................................................ 53
SECTION 7.13. Audited Financial Statements................................................... 54
SECTION 7.14. Liquidity Takedowns; Additional Debt........................................... 55
SECTION 7.15. Collateralization.............................................................. 56
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
SECTION 8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Consummate
the Merger.................................................................. 56
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to the Obligations of STC........................................... 57
SECTION 8.03. Conditions to the Obligations of CGI........................................... 58
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.01. Termination.................................................................... 59
SECTION 9.02. Effect of Termination.......................................................... 61
SECTION 9.03. Amendment...................................................................... 62
SECTION 9.04. Waiver......................................................................... 62
SECTION 9.05. Expenses....................................................................... 62
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties................................ 63
SECTION 10.02. Notices....................................................................... 63
SECTION 10.03. Severability.................................................................. 63
SECTION 10.04. Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit........................................... 64
SECTION 10.05. Incorporation of Exhibits..................................................... 64
SECTION 10.06. Specific Performance.......................................................... 64
SECTION 10.07. Governing Law................................................................. 64
SECTION 10.08. Waiver of Jury Trial.......................................................... 64
SECTION 10.09. Headings...................................................................... 64
SECTION 10.10. Counterparts.................................................................. 65
SECTION 10.11. Entire Agreement.............................................................. 65
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1.00(a) Form of STC Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit 1.00(b) Form of CGI Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit 1.00(c) Form of Bridge Facility Promissory Note
Exhibit 1.01(a) Form of Stockholder Resolution Regarding the CGI Amendment
Exhibit 1.01(b) Form of Stockholder Resolution Regarding the STC Amendment
Exhibit 7.03(a) Form of STC Affiliate Agreement
Exhibit 7.03(b) Form of CGI Affiliate Agreement
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION, dated as of January
12, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this
"AGREEMENT"), among CELL GENESYS, INC., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware ("CGI"), S MERGER CORP., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ("MERGER SUB")
and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of CGI, and SOMATIX THERAPY CORPORATION, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
("STC");
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the boards of directors of CGI, Merger Sub and STC have each
determined that it is fair to and in the best interests of their respective
stockholders for Merger Sub to merge (the "MERGER") with and into STC upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "GENERAL CORPORATION
LAW");
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as an
inducement to CGI and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, CGI, Merger Sub
and STC have entered into a stock option agreement, dated as of the date hereof
(the "STC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT"), substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 1.00(a) pursuant to which STC has granted to Purchaser an option to
purchase from STC up to 5,441,480 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of STC (the "STC COMMON STOCK"), representing approximately 19.9 percent
of the shares of STC Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, at
a price of $3.51 per Share, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth therein;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as an
inducement to STC to enter into this Agreement, CGI and STC have entered into a
stock option agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "CGI STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.00(b)
pursuant to which CGI has granted to STC an option to purchase from CGI up to
3,286,703 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of CGI (the "CGI
COMMON STOCK"), representing approximately 19.9 percent of the shares of CGI
Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, at a price of $9.12 per
Share, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as an
inducement to CGI and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, STC has made a
promissory note in favor of CGI, dated as of the date hereof (the "BRIDGE
FACILITY PROMISSORY NOTE"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
1.00(c) pursuant to which STC has agreed to repay with interest the aggregate
principal amount of all Advances
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(as defined below) made by CGI under the Bridge Facility (as defined below), all
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, for United States federal income tax purposes, it is intended
that the Merger qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (together with the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, the "CODE");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
respective meanings specified below:
"ACTUAL BALANCES" shall mean, on any specified date, the actual
balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held by STC on such
date.
"AFFILIATE" shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
"AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" shall mean, with respect to any shares of capital
stock, a person who shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares
(i) which such person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such term is
defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, (ii) which such person or any of its affiliates or
associates has, directly or indirectly, (A) the right to acquire (whether such
right is exercisable immediately or subject only to the passage of time),
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of
consideration rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (B)
the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other persons
with whom such person or any of its affiliates or associates or person with whom
such person or any of its affiliates or associates has any agreement,
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arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or
disposing of any such shares of capital stock.
"BLUE SKY LAWS" shall mean state securities or "blue sky" laws.
"BRIDGE FACILITY" shall mean the loan facility to be provided by CGI to
STC pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in,
Section 7.12 and the Bridge Facility Promissory Note.
"BRIDGE FACILITY MATURITY DATE" shall mean the earliest to occur of (i)
August 31, 1997; (ii) the 20th day after termination of this Agreement for any
reason whatsoever; (iii) notwithstanding the immediately preceding clause (ii),
the first business day after termination of this Agreement by CGI pursuant to
Section 9.01(d); (iv) the first business day after the board of directors of STC
changes, modifies, or withdraws its recommendation of the Merger in a manner
adverse to CGI; and (v) the day on which CGI declares its obligation to make
Advances to be terminated pursuant to the Bridge Facility Promissory Note with
respect to an Event of Default described in subsection (vi) or (vii) of the
definition of Event of Default contained in the Bridge Facility Promissory Note.
"BRIDGE FACILITY PROMISSORY NOTE" shall have the meaning specified in
the recitals to this Agreement.
"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day on which the principal offices of the
SEC in Washington, D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case of
determining a date when any payment is due, any day on which banks are not
required or authorized by law or executive order to close in San Francisco,
California.
"CERTIFICATE OF MERGER" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.03.
"CGI" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"CGI AFFILIATE AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7.03(b).
"CGI AMENDMENT" shall mean the proposed amendment, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(a), to the certificate of incorporation of
CGI, to be included in the Joint Proxy Statement and voted on at CGI
Stockholders' Meeting.
"CGI BENEFIT PLANS" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.09(a).
"CGI COMMON STOCK" shall have the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Agreement.
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"CGI DIRECTOR" shall mean any person serving as a director of
CGI on the date hereof who remains a director of CGI after the Effective Time or
any other designee selected by CGI.
"CGI DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE" shall mean the disclosure schedule
delivered by CGI to STC prior to the execution of this Agreement and forming a
part hereof.
"CGI MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean any change in or
effect on the business of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries that is, or could
reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, assets
(including intangible assets), liabilities (contingent or otherwise), condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of CGI and the CGI
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that any change in or effect
upon the business of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries that directly or indirectly
arises out of or is attributable to (i) any decrease in the market price of CGI
Common Stock (but not any change or effect underlying such decrease to the
extent such change or effect would otherwise constitute a CGI Material Adverse
Effect) or (ii) circumstances or events that generally affect the industries in
which CGI or the CGI Subsidiaries operate, shall not constitute a CGI Material
Adverse Effect; provided further that the foregoing proviso shall not be deemed
to cause the condition contained in Section 8.02(a) or (b) not to have been
satisfied.
"CGI MATERIAL CONTRACT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.11.
"CGI PERMITS" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.06(a).
"CGI REPORTS" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.07(a).
"CGI RIGHT" shall mean the preferred share purchase right to
be issued with respect to each share of CGI Common Stock issued to holders of
STC Capital Stock pursuant to the Merger as provided in Section 3(b) of the CGI
Rights Agreement.
"CGI RIGHTS AGREEMENT" shall mean the preferred shares rights
agreement, dated as of July 28, 1995, between CGI and The First National Bank of
Boston, as rights agent.
"CGI STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified
in the recitals to this Agreement.
"CGI STOCK PLANS" shall mean CGI's 1989 Incentive Stock Plan,
as amended, and 1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
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"CGI STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 7.01(a).
"CGI SUBSIDIARIES" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.01.
"CLOSING" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
"CODE" shall have the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Agreement.
"COMMITMENT TERMINATION EVENT" shall mean any of (i)
termination of this Agreement or the Bridge Facility Promissory Note for any
reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Bridge
Facility Promissory Note; (iii) a material breach of this Agreement or the
Bridge Facility Promissory Note; and (iv) the exercise of one or more of the
Xxxxxxxx Put Options or the consummation of any other Liquidity Takedown;
provided that, upon the occurrence of a Commitment Termination Event described
in this clause (iv), the commitment of CGI under the Bridge Facility shall only
be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis equal to the proceeds of any Liquidity
Takedown (e.g., a $2,000,000 Liquidity Takedown would reduce CGI's commitment
under the Bridge Facility to $3,000,000).
"COMMON EXCHANGE RATIO" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
"COMPETING TRANSACTION" shall mean any of the following
involving CGI or STC, as the case may be (other than the Merger contemplated by
this Agreement):
(i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange,
business combination or other similar transaction;
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge,
transfer or other disposition of 15 percent or more of the assets of
such party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single
transaction or series of transactions;
(iii) any tender offer or exchange offer for 25
percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such party or
the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act in
connection therewith; or
(iv) any person having acquired beneficial ownership
or the right to acquire beneficial ownership of, or any "group" (as
such term is defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) having
been formed which beneficially owns or has the right to acquire
beneficial ownership of, 25 percent or more of the outstanding voting
securities of such party;
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(v) any solicitation by any person (A) proposing any
transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above or (B) who
is not a stockholder of CGI or STC on the date hereof, in opposition to the
approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of CGI or STC; or
(vi) any public announcement of a proposal, plan or intention
to do any of the foregoing or any agreement to engage in any of the
foregoing.
"CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT" shall mean the confidentiality agreement,
dated as of October 14, 1996, between CGI and STC.
"COSTS" shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
"DEA" the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
"DLJ" shall mean Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx, financial advisors to
STC.
"$" shall mean United States Dollars.
"EFFECTIVE TIME" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" shall mean any Law and any enforceable judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the
environment or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating
to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or
discharge of Hazardous Material, as in effect as of the date hereof.
"ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT" shall mean any permit, approval, identification
number, license or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to any
applicable Environmental Law.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning specified in the Bridge
Facility Promissory Note.
"EXCESS SHARES" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b).
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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"EXCHANGE AGENT" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
"EXCHANGE FUND" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
"EXPENSES" shall mean, with respect to any party hereto, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of
counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants to a party
hereto and its affiliates) incurred by such party or on its behalf in connection
with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and
performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation
of the Merger, the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the Registration
Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement, the solicitation of shareholder
approvals, the filing of HSR Act notice, if any, and all other matters related
to the closing of the Merger.
"FDA" shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration.
"FDCA" shall mean the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended.
"XXXXXXXX" shall mean Xxxxxxxx International Limited, a company
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
"XXXXXXXX PUT OPTIONS" shall mean the put options granted by Xxxxxxxx
to STC pursuant to Section 1(a) of the subscription agreement, dated September
24, 1996, between STC and Xxxxxxxx and upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Annex A thereto.
"XXXXXXXX WARRANT" shall mean the warrant, dated September 25, 1996,
issued by STC to and in the name of Xxxxxxxx.
"GENERAL CORPORATION LAW" shall have the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY" shall mean any United States federal, state or
local or any foreign governmental, regulatory or administrative authority,
agency or commission or any court, tribunal or arbitral body.
"GOVERNMENTAL ORDER" shall mean any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental
Entity.
"HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" shall mean (i) any petroleum, petroleum products,
by-products or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing
materials or polychlorinated biphenyls or (ii) any chemical, material or
substance defined or regulated as
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toxic or hazardous or as a pollutant or contaminant or waste under any
applicable Environmental Law.
"HSR ACT" shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"INDEMNIFIED PARTIES" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7.04(d).
"IRS" shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"JOINT PROXY STATEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7.01(a).
"LAW" shall mean any federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance,
regulation, rule, code, order, other requirement or rule of law of the United
States or any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the FDCA, the
Controlled Substances Act, and any other similar act or law.
"XXXXXX BROTHERS" shall mean Xxxxxx Brothers, Inc., financial advisors
to CGI.
"LIQUIDITY NOTICE" shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b).
"LIQUIDITY TAKEDOWN" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7.14(a).
"MERGER" shall have the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
"MERGER SUB" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
"NEW FINANCING ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT" shall mean .3850 minus the quantity
.3850 multiplied by the quotient of (i) (A) the aggregate number of shares of
CGI Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the STC Common Stock and the Series
A Preferred Stock pursuant to Sections 3.01(a) and 3.01(b), respectively, before
giving effect to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) in Section 3.01(a), minus (B) the
aggregate number of shares of CGI Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any
securities of STC issued thereby in connection with any Liquidity Takedown;
divided by (ii) the aggregate number of shares of CGI Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the STC Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to
Sections 3.01(a) and 3.01(b), respectively, before giving effect to clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) in Section 3.01(a). The purpose of the New Financing Adjustment
Amount is to ensure, and the New Financing Adjustment Amount shall be construed
so as to ensure, that
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the number of shares of CGI Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Merger is the
same whether or not STC shall elect to issue in connection with any Liquidity
Takedown securities of STC convertible into shares of CGI Common Stock pursuant
to the Merger.
"NMS" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System/National Market System.
"OPERATING BUDGET" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.07(e).
"PERMITTED FINANCING" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.14(b).
"PERSON" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including,
without limitation, a "person" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act), trust, association, entity or government or political subdivision, agency
or instrumentality of a government.
"PRESURRENDER DIVIDENDS" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.02.
"PROJECTED CASH BALANCES" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(d).
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.01(a).
"REPRESENTATIVES" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.05(a).
"SEC" shall have the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"SERIES A EXCHANGE RATIO" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(b).
"SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK" shall mean the preferred stock of
STC designated as "Series A-1 Preferred Stock" and "Series A-2 Preferred Stock"
pursuant to the certificate of designation of preferences of preferred shares of
STC filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 29, 1995.
"SERIES B ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT" shall mean .3850 minus the
quantity .3850 multiplied by the quotient of (i) (A) the aggregate number of
shares of CGI Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the STC Common Stock and
the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Sections 3.01(a) and 3.01(b),
respectively, before giving effect to clause (i), (ii)
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or (iii) in Section 3.01(a), minus (B) the product of (1) aggregate number of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time multiplied by (2) the Series B Exchange Ratio minus 16.4384;
divided by (ii) the aggregate number of shares of CGI Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the STC Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to
Sections 3.01(a) and 3.01(b), respectively, before giving effect to clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) in Section 3.01(a).
"SERIES B EXCHANGE RATIO" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(c).
"SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK" shall mean the preferred stock of
STC designated as "Series B-1 Preferred Stock" pursuant to the certificate of
designation of preferences of preferred shares of STC filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on September 25, 1996.
"STC" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"STC AFFILIATE AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.05(a).
"STC AMENDMENT" shall mean the proposed amendment,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(b), to the certificate
of incorporation of STC, to be included in the Joint Proxy Statement and voted
on at the STC Stockholders' Meeting.
"STC BENEFIT PLANS" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.09(a).
"STC CAPITAL STOCK" shall mean the STC Common Stock, the
Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock.
"STC COMMON STOCK" shall have the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"STC DIRECTOR" shall mean any person serving as a director of
STC on the date hereof who becomes a director of CGI at the Effective Time or
any other designee selected by STC.
"STC DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE" shall mean the disclosure schedule
delivered by STC to CGI prior to the execution of this Agreement and forming a
part hereof.
"STC MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean any change in or
effect on the business of STC and the STC Subsidiaries that is, or could
reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, assets
(including intangible assets), liabilities (contingent
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or otherwise), condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of
STC and the STC Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that any
change in or effect upon the business of STC and the STC Subsidiaries that
directly or indirectly arises out of or is attributable to (i) the loss by STC
of any of its corporate partners (including, without limitation, any financial
consequence of such loss of corporate partners) due primarily to the public
announcement of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii)
any decrease in the market price of the STC Common Stock (but not any change or
effect underlying such decrease to the extent such change or effect would
otherwise constitute an STC Material Adverse Effect), (iii) circumstances or
events that generally affect the industries in which STC or the STC Subsidiaries
operate, (iv) so long as STC has not breached Section 6.01 in any material
respect, any decrease in STC's cash balances and liquidity from the date hereof
and (v) in the event CGI has not, pursuant to Section 7.12, made available to
STC funds which, together with STC's then existing funds, are sufficient to
avoid the triggering of the rights specified in Section 7(B) of the certificate
of designation of STC applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock, the triggering
of such rights, shall not constitute an STC Material Adverse Effect; provided
further that the foregoing proviso shall not be deemed to cause the condition
contained in Section 8.03(a) or (b) not to have been satisfied.
"STC MATERIAL CONTRACT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.11.
"STC PERMITS" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.06(a).
"STC REPORTS" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.07(a).
"STC STOCK OPTION" shall have the meaning specified in Section
3.05.
"STC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified
in the recitals to this Agreement.
"STC STOCK PLANS" shall mean the Hana Biologics, Inc. 1988
Directors Stock Option Plan, STC's 1988 Stock Option Plan, as amended, the
GeneSys Therapeutic Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan, STC's 1992 Stock Option
Plan, as amended, and the Merlin Pharmaceutical Corporation 1993 Stock Option
Plan.
"STC STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 7.01(a).
"STC SUBSIDIARIES" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.01.
"SUBSIDIARY" shall mean, with respect to any person, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other
legal entity of which such person (either
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alone or through or together with any other subsidiary of such person) owns,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the stock or other equity interests, the
holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of
directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.
"SURVIVING CORPORATION" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
"TAXES" shall mean any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties,
tariffs, imposts and other charges of any kind (together with any and all
interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with
respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Entity or taxing authority,
including, without limitation, taxes or other charges on or with respect to
income, franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales,
use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social security, workers' compensation,
unemployment compensation or net worth; taxes or other charges in the nature of
excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value-added or gains taxes;
license, registration and documentation fees; and customers' duties, tariffs and
similar charges.
"TERMINATING CGI BREACH" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 9.01(h).
"TERMINATING STC BREACH" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 9.01(g).
"TRUST" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.04(c).
"U.S. GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted
accounting principles.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
SECTION 2.01. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the General
Corporation Law, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
STC. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub
shall cease and STC shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger
(the "SURVIVING CORPORATION").
SECTION 2.02. Closing. Unless this Agreement shall have been
terminated and the Merger shall have been abandoned pursuant to Section 9.01 and
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article
VIII, the consummation of the
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Merger shall take place as promptly as practicable (and in any event within
three business days) after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII, at a closing (the "CLOSING") to be held at the offices of Shearman
& Sterling, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, unless another
date, time or place is agreed to by STC and CGI.
SECTION 2.03. Effective Time. At the time of the Closing, the
parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of
merger (the "CERTIFICATE OF MERGER") with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the
relevant provisions of, the General Corporation Law (the date and time of such
filing being the "EFFECTIVE TIME").
SECTION 2.04. Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the
effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the
General Corporation Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and
subject thereto, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise provided herein, all
the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of STC and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties
of STC and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
SECTION 2.05. Certificate of Incorporation; By-laws; Directors
and Officers of Surviving Corporation. Unless otherwise agreed by STC and CGI
prior to the Effective Time, at the Effective Time:
(a) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of
Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall
be the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter amended as provided by Law and such
certificate of incorporation or by-laws;
(b) the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving
Corporation until their successors are elected or appointed and
qualified or until their resignation or removal; and
(c) the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving
Corporation until their successors are elected or appointed and
qualified or until their resignation or removal.
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ARTICLE III
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.01. Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time,
by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, STC or
the holders of any of the following securities:
(a) Each share of STC Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any
shares of STC Common Stock to be cancelled pursuant to Section 3.01(d))
and all rights in respect thereof shall forthwith cease to exist and
shall be converted into and become exchangeable for the number of
shares of CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) equal to .3850
minus (i) in the event that the Series B Exchange Ratio shall be
greater than 16.4384, the Series B Adjustment Amount, (ii) in the event
that the holder(s) of the Xxxxxxxx Warrant shall elect pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx Notice and in accordance with Section 10 of the Xxxxxxxx
Warrant to put the Xxxxxxxx Warrant to, and have the Xxxxxxxx Warrant
redeemed by, STC, .0063, and (iii) in the event that STC shall issue in
connection with any Liquidity Takedown any securities convertible into
shares of CGI Common Stock pursuant to this Section 3.01, the New
Financing Adjustment Amount (after giving effect to such adjustments,
if any, the "COMMON EXCHANGE RATIO");
(b) Each share of Series A Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be cancelled pursuant to Section
3.01(d)) and all rights in respect thereof shall forthwith cease to
exist and shall be converted into and become exchangeable for the
number of shares of CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) equal
to the product of 6.25 multiplied by the Common Exchange Ratio (the
"SERIES A EXCHANGE RATIO");
(c) Each share of Series B Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any
shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be cancelled pursuant to Section
3.01(d)) and all rights in respect thereof shall forthwith cease to
exist and shall be converted into and become exchangeable for the
number of shares of CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) equal
to the quotient of $150.00 divided by the average of the daily closing
prices of the CGI Common Stock over the 30-day period ending three days
prior to the Effective Time (the "SERIES B EXCHANGE RATIO");
(d) Each share of STC Capital Stock held in the
treasury of STC and each share of STC Capital Stock owned by CGI or any
direct or indirect wholly
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owned subsidiary of CGI or of STC immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof
and no payment shall be made with respect thereto; and
(e) Each share of common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and all rights in respect thereof shall forthwith cease
to exist and shall be converted into and become exchangeable for one
newly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation.
SECTION 3.02. Exchange of Shares Other than Treasury Shares.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at or prior to the Effective Time,
CGI shall appoint, and shall retain for a period of at least six months after
the Effective Time, an exchange agent to effect the exchange of shares of STC
Capital Stock for CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) in accordance
with the provisions of this Article III (the "EXCHANGE AGENT"). As soon as
reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CGI will instruct the Exchange
Agent to mail to each holder of record of STC Capital Stock (i) a letter of
transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of
loss and title to certificates evidencing shares of STC Capital Stock shall
pass, only upon proper delivery of such certificates to the Exchange Agent and
shall be in such form and have such other provisions as CGI may reasonably
specify) and (ii) instructions to effect the surrender of certificates
evidencing shares of STC Capital Stock in exchange for certificates evidencing
shares of CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) and, in lieu of any
fractional shares thereof, cash. From time to time after the Effective Time, CGI
shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, certificates representing CGI Common
Stock (and associated CGI Rights) for conversion of shares of STC Capital Stock
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 (such certificates, together
with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, being herein referred
to as the "EXCHANGE FUND"). Commencing immediately after the Effective Time and
until the appointment of the Exchange Agent shall be terminated, each holder of
a certificate or certificates theretofore evidencing shares of STC Capital Stock
may surrender the same, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and
such other customary documents as CGI may reasonably require, to the Exchange
Agent, and, after the appointment of the Exchange Agent shall be terminated, any
such holder may surrender any such certificate, letter of transmittal and other
documents to CGI. Such holder shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive
in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates representing the number of
full shares of CGI Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) into which the
shares of STC Capital Stock theretofore represented by the certificate or
certificates so surrendered shall have been converted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01, together with a cash payment in lieu of fractional
shares, if any, in accordance with Section 3.04, and all such shares of CGI
Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) shall be deemed to have been issued at
the Effective Time. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each outstanding
certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, represented
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issued and outstanding shares of STC Capital Stock shall be deemed for all
corporate purposes of CGI, other than the payment of dividends and other
distributions, if any, to evidence ownership of the number of full shares of CGI
Common Stock (and associated CGI Rights) into which the shares of STC Capital
Stock theretofore represented thereby shall have been converted at the Effective
Time. Unless and until any such certificate theretofore representing shares of
STC Capital Stock is so surrendered, no dividend or other distribution, if any,
payable to the holders of record of CGI Common Stock as of any date subsequent
to the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of such certificate in respect
thereof. Upon the surrender of any such certificate theretofore representing
shares of STC Capital Stock, however, the record holder of the certificate or
certificates representing shares of CGI Common Stock issued in exchange therefor
shall receive from the Exchange Agent or from CGI, as the case may be, payment
of the amount of dividends and other distributions, if any, which as of any date
subsequent to the Effective Time and until such surrender shall have become
payable with respect to such number of shares of CGI Common Stock ("PRESURRENDER
DIVIDENDS"). No interest shall be payable with respect to the payment of
Presurrender Dividends upon the surrender of certificates theretofore
representing shares of STC Capital Stock. After the appointment of the Exchange
Agent shall have been terminated, such holders of CGI Common Stock which have
not received payment of Presurrender Dividends shall look only to CGI for
payment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.02,
risk of loss and title to such certificates representing shares of STC Capital
Stock shall pass only upon proper delivery of such certificates to the Exchange
Agent, and neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a
holder of shares of STC Capital Stock for any CGI Common Stock or dividends or
distributions thereon delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law or to a transferee pursuant to
Section 3.03.
SECTION 3.03. Stock Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the
stock transfer books of STC with respect to shares of STC Capital Stock shall
each be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of
shares of STC Capital Stock thereafter on the records of any such stock transfer
books. In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of STC Capital Stock
that is not registered in the stock transfer records of STC, at the Effective
Time, a certificate or certificates representing the number of full shares of
CGI Common Stock into which such shares of STC Capital Stock shall have been
converted shall be issued to the transferee together with a cash payment in lieu
of fractional shares, if any, in accordance with Section 3.04, and a cash
payment in the amount of Presurrender Dividends, if any, in accordance with
Section 3.02, if the certificate or certificates representing such shares of STC
Capital Stock is or are surrendered as provided in Section 3.02, accompanied by
all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence of
payment of any applicable stock transfer tax.
SECTION 3.04. No Fractional Share Certificates. (a) No scrip
or fractional share certificate for CGI Common Stock shall be issued upon the
surrender for exchange of
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certificates evidencing shares of STC Capital Stock, and an outstanding
fractional share interest shall not entitle the owner thereof (i) to vote, (ii)
to receive dividends or (iii) to any rights of a stockholder of CGI or of the
Surviving Corporation with respect to such fractional share interest.
(b) As promptly as practicable following the Effective Time,
the Exchange Agent shall determine the excess of (i) the number of full shares
of CGI Common Stock to be issued and delivered to the Exchange Agent pursuant to
Section 3.02 over (ii) the aggregate number of full shares of CGI Common Stock
to be distributed to holders of STC Capital Stock pursuant to Section 3.02 (such
excess being herein called the "EXCESS SHARES"). Following the Effective Time,
the Exchange Agent, as agent for the holders of STC Capital Stock, shall sell
the Excess Shares at then prevailing prices on the NMS, all in the manner
provided in subsection (c) of this Section 3.04.
(c) The sale of the Excess Shares by the Exchange Agent shall
be executed on the NMS through one or more member firms of such exchange and
shall be executed in round lots to the extent practicable. The Exchange Agent
shall use all reasonable efforts to complete the sale of the Excess Shares as
promptly following the Effective Time as, in the Exchange Agent's reasonable
judgment, is practicable consistent with obtaining the best execution of such
sales in light of prevailing market conditions. Until the net proceeds of such
sale or sales have been distributed to the holders of STC Capital Stock, the
Exchange Agent shall hold such proceeds in trust for the holders of STC Capital
Stock (the "TRUST"). CGI shall pay all commissions, transfer taxes and other
out-of-pocket transaction costs, including the expenses and compensation of the
Exchange Agent, incurred in connection with such sale of Excess Shares. The
Exchange Agent shall determine the portion of the Trust to which each holder of
STC Capital Stock shall be entitled, if any, by multiplying the amount of the
aggregate net proceeds comprising the Trust by a fraction the numerator of which
is the amount of fractional share interests to which such holder of STC Capital
Stock is entitled (after taking into account all shares of STC Capital Stock
held at the Effective Time by such holder) and the denominator of which is the
aggregate amount of fractional share interests to which all holders of STC
Capital Stock are entitled.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c)
of this Section 3.04, CGI may, in lieu of the issuance and sale of Excess Shares
and the making of the payments contemplated in such subsections, pay to the
Exchange Agent an amount in cash sufficient for the Exchange Agent to pay each
holder of STC Capital Stock an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (i) the fractional share interest to which such holder would
otherwise be entitled (after taking into account all shares of STC Capital Stock
held at the Effective Time by such holder) by (ii) the closing price for a share
of CGI Common Stock on the NMS on the first business day immediately following
the Effective Time, and, in such case, all references herein to the cash
proceeds of the sale of the Excess Shares and similar references shall be deemed
to mean and refer to the payments calculated
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as set forth in this subsection (d). In such event, Excess Shares shall not be
issued or otherwise transferred to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 3.02.
(e) As soon as practicable after the determination of the
amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of STC Capital Stock with respect
to any fractional share interests, the Exchange Agent shall make available such
amounts, net of any required withholding, excise or similar tax, to such holders
of STC Capital Stock, subject to and in accordance with the terms of Section
3.02.
(f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund or the Trust which
remains undistributed for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered
to CGI, and any holder of STC Capital Stock who has not theretofore complied
with the provisions of this Article III shall thereafter look only to CGI for
satisfaction of their claims for CGI Common Stock or any cash in lieu of
fractional shares of CGI Common Stock and any Presurrender Dividends.
SECTION 3.05. Options and Warrants to Purchase STC Common
Stock. At the Effective Time, each option or warrant granted by STC to purchase
shares of STC Common Stock (each, an "STC STOCK OPTION") which is outstanding
and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by CGI
and converted into an option or warrant to purchase shares of CGI Common Stock
in such number and at such exercise price as provided below and otherwise having
the same terms and conditions as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time (except to the extent that such terms, conditions and restrictions may be
altered in accordance with their terms as a result of the Merger):
(a) the number of shares of CGI Common Stock to be
subject to the new option or warrant shall be equal to the product of
(i) the number of shares of STC Common Stock subject to the original
option or warrant and (ii) the Common Exchange Ratio;
(b) the exercise price per share of CGI Common Stock
under the new option or warrant shall be equal to the quotient of (i)
the exercise price per share of STC Common Stock under the original
option or warrant divided by (ii) the Common Exchange Ratio; and
(c) upon each exercise of options or warrants by a
holder thereof, the aggregate number of shares of CGI Common Stock
deliverable upon such exercise shall be rounded down, if necessary, to
the nearest whole share and the aggregate exercise price shall be
rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest cent.
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The adjustments provided herein with respect to any options which are "incentive
stock options" (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) shall be effected in a
manner consistent with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.
SECTION 3.06. Certain Adjustments. If between the date of this
Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of STC Capital Stock or
CGI Common Stock shall be changed into a different number of shares by reason of
any reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination or exchange of
shares, or any dividend payable in stock or other securities shall be declared
thereon with a record date within such period, the exchange ratios established
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 shall be adjusted accordingly to
provide to the holders of STC Capital Stock the same economic effect as
contemplated by this Agreement prior to such reclassification, recapitalization,
split-up, combination, exchange or dividend.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF STC
STC hereby represents and warrants to CGI and Merger Sub that:
SECTION 4.01. Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
Each of STC and each subsidiary of STC (the "STC SUBSIDIARIES") has been duly
organized and is validly existing and in good standing (to the extent
applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite corporate 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, except
where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing or to have
such power, authority and governmental approvals could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse
Effect. Each of STC and each STC Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do
business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable), 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 could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.02. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. The
copies of STC's certificate of incorporation and by-laws that are incorporated
by reference as exhibits to STC's Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 1996
(the "STC 1996 10-K") are true, complete and correct copies thereof. Such
certificate of incorporation and by-laws are in full force and effect. STC is
not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws.
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SECTION 4.03. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of
STC consists of 40,000,000 shares of STC Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of
preferred stock. As of January 6, 1997, (i) 27,344,121 shares of STC Common
Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable, (ii) no shares of STC Common Stock are held in the treasury
of STC, (iii) no shares of STC Common Stock are held by the STC Subsidiaries,
(iv) 3,052,491 shares of STC Common Stock are reserved for future issuance
pursuant to employee stock options or stock incentive rights granted under the
STC Stock Plans, (v) 5,441,480 shares of STC Common Stock are reserved for
issuance pursuant to the STC Stock Option Agreement, (vi) 2,047,651 shares of
STC Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Series A
Preferred Stock, (vii) 1,500,000 shares of STC Common Stock are reserved for
issuance upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, (viii) 224,000 shares
of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (ix) 23,651 shares of
Series A-2 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding and (x) 33,333 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. There has been no change in
the capitalization of STC since January 6, 1997, excluding the exercise of
outstanding stock options. Except for the STC Stock Option Agreement and shares
of STC Common Stock issuable pursuant to the STC Stock Plans or pursuant to
agreements or arrangements described in Section 4.03 of the STC Disclosure
Schedule, and the warrants to purchase 889,000 shares of STC Common Stock issued
to holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, there are no options, warrants or
other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character to which
STC is a party or by which STC is bound relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock of STC or any STC Subsidiary or obligating STC or any STC
Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity
interests in, STC or any STC Subsidiary. All shares of STC Common Stock subject
to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance prior to the Effective Time on the terms
and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable,
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except
for the Xxxxxxxx Warrant, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of
STC or any STC Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
of STC Capital Stock or any capital stock of any STC Subsidiary. Each
outstanding share of capital stock of each STC Subsidiary is duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and each such share owned by STC or
another STC Subsidiary is free and clear of all security interests, liens,
claims, pledges, options, rights of first refusal, agreements, limitations on
STC's or such other STC Subsidiary's voting rights, charges and other
encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, except where the failure to own such
shares free and clear could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section
4.03 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, there are no material outstanding
contractual obligations of STC or any STC Subsidiary to provide funds to, or
make any material investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in, any STC Subsidiary or any other person.
SECTION 4.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement and the STC
Stock Option Agreement. STC has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute and
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deliver this Agreement and the STC Stock Option Agreement, to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the STC Stock Option Agreement by STC and the consummation by STC of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings
on the part of STC are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the STC Stock
Option Agreement or to consummate such transactions (other than the approval of
this Agreement and the Merger by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of STC Capital Stock and Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote with
respect thereto at the STC Stockholders' Meeting, in each case voting together
as a single class, and the filing and recordation of the Certificate of Merger
as required by the General Corporation Law). This Agreement and the STC Stock
Option Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by STC and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and
thereto, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of STC, enforceable
against STC in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 4.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the STC Stock Option Agreement
by STC do not, and the performance by STC of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and the consummation of the Merger will not, (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of STC or
any equivalent organizational documents of any STC Subsidiary, (ii) assuming
that all consents, approvals, authorizations and permits described in Section
4.05(b) have been obtained and all filings and notifications described in
Section 4.05(b) have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to
STC or any STC Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of STC or any STC
Subsidiary is bound or affected or (iii) except as set forth in Section 4.05(a)
of the STC Disclosure Schedule, result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both could
reasonably be expected to 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 or other encumbrance on any property or asset of STC or any
STC Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation,
except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which could not reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, (A) to have an STC Material
Adverse Effect or (B) to prevent or materially delay the performance by STC of
its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or the STC Stock Option Agreement or
the consummation of the Merger.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the STC
Stock Option Agreement by STC do not, and the performance by STC of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the Merger will
not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing by STC
with or notification by STC to, any
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Governmental Entity except (i) pursuant to applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act, the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws, the rules and regulations of
the NASD, state takeover laws, the premerger notification requirements of the
HSR Act, if any, and the filing and recordation of the Certificate of Merger as
required by the General Corporation Law, and (ii) where failure to obtain such
consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, (A) to have an STC Material Adverse Effect or (B) to prevent or
materially delay the performance by STC of its obligations pursuant to this
Agreement or the STC Stock Option Agreement or the consummation of the Merger.
SECTION 4.06. Permits; Compliance with Laws. (a) STC and the
STC Subsidiaries are in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, establishment registrations, product listings, permits, easements,
variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any
Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, the FDA, the DEA, and
similar authorities in other jurisdictions, necessary for STC or any STC
Subsidiary to own, lease and operate its properties or to produce, store,
distribute and market its products or otherwise to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted (the "STC PERMITS"), except where the failure to have, or
the suspension or cancellation of, any of the STC Permits could not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse
Effect, and, as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of
any of the STC Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of STC, threatened,
except where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of
the STC Permits could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect. Neither STC nor any STC Subsidiary is
in conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to STC
or any STC Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of STC or any STC
Subsidiary is bound or affected or (ii) any STC Permits, except in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as disclosed in the STC Reports or in Section
4.06(b) of the STC Disclosure Schedule or as could not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect:
(i) to the knowledge of STC, all of the clinical
studies which have been, or are being, conducted by or for STC and the
STC Subsidiaries are being conducted in substantial compliance with
generally accepted good clinical practices and all applicable
government regulatory requirements; and
(ii) to the knowledge of STC, none of STC, the STC
Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, employees or agents
(during the term of such person's employment by STC or any STC
Subsidiary or while acting as an agent of STC or
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any STC Subsidiary, or, to STC's knowledge, prior to such employment)
has made any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent
statement to the FDA or any similar Governmental Entity, failed to
disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or similar
Governmental Entity, or committed an act, made a statement or failed to
make a statement that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis
for the FDA or similar Governmental Entity to invoke its policy
respecting "Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and
Illegal Gratuities" or similar governmental policy or Law.
SECTION 4.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Projected
Cash Balances; Operating Budget. (a) Except as disclosed in Section 4.07 of the
STC Disclosure Schedule, STC has timely filed all forms, reports and documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC and the NASD since June 30, 1994 through
the date of this Agreement (collectively and as amended, the "STC REPORTS").
Each STC Report (i) was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the NASD, as
the case may be, and (ii) did not at the time it was filed contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No STC
Subsidiary is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act
or required to file any form, report or other document with the SEC, the NASD,
any other stock exchange or any other comparable Governmental Entity.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including,
in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the STC Reports was prepared, and
each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, the
notes thereto) prepared and delivered pursuant to Section 7.13, if any, will be
prepared, in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and each
presented or will present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of STC and the consolidated STC Subsidiaries as at the
respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein,
except as otherwise noted therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which did not have and could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect).
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth or reserved against
on the consolidated balance sheet of STC and the STC Subsidiaries as reported in
the STC Reports, including the notes thereto, none of STC or any STC 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 notes thereto prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, except for
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
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consistent with past practice since June 30, 1996 that have not had and could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Within five days after the date hereof, STC shall furnish
CGI with a detailed schedule of STC's projected balances (the "PROJECTED CASH
BALANCES") of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of STC for each
month during the period from the date hereof through August 31, 1997. The
Projected Cash Balances will be prepared (and any revised Projected Cash
Balances delivered after the date hereof will be prepared) by senior management
of STC on the basis of assumptions and supplemental data which represent a
reasonable basis for such preparation, and will reflect (and any revised
Projected Cash Balances delivered after the date hereof will reflect) the best
currently available estimates and judgment of senior management of STC as to the
expected future balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of
the STC for the periods included.
(e) Within five days after the date hereof, STC shall furnish
CGI with a detailed schedule of STC's projected operating budget (the "OPERATING
BUDGET") of STC for each month during the period from the date hereof through
August 31, 1997. The Operating Budget will be prepared (and any revised
Operating Budget delivered after the date hereof will be prepared) by senior
management of STC on the basis of assumptions and supplemental data which
represent a reasonable basis for such preparation, and will reflect (and any
revised Operating Budget delivered after the date hereof will reflect) the best
currently available estimates and judgment of senior management of STC as to the
future operating expenses of STC expected to be incurred by STC in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice for the periods included.
SECTION 4.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since June
30, 1996, except as contemplated by or as disclosed in this Agreement, as set
forth in Section 4.08 of the STC Disclosure Schedule or as disclosed in any STC
Report filed since June 30, 1996, STC and the STC Subsidiaries have conducted
their businesses only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and,
since such date, there has not been (i) any STC Material Adverse Effect
excluding any changes and effects resulting from changes in economic, regulatory
or political conditions or changes in conditions generally applicable to the
industries in which STC and the STC Subsidiaries are involved, (ii) any event
that could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the performance
of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger
by STC, (iii) any material change by STC in its accounting methods, principles
or practices, (iv) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
distribution in respect of the shares of STC Capital Stock or any redemption,
purchase or other acquisition of any of STC's securities or (v) any increase in
the compensation or benefits or establishment of any bonus, insurance,
severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock
option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock
appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock
purchase or other employee benefit
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plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to
any executive officers of STC or any STC Subsidiary except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice.
SECTION 4.09. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters. (a) With
respect to each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract
(including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan", as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained or contributed to by STC or any STC
Subsidiary, or with respect to which STC or any STC Subsidiary could incur
liability under Section 4069, 4212(c) or 4204 of ERISA (the "STC BENEFIT
PLANS"), STC has delivered or made available to CGI a true, complete and correct
copy of (i) such STC Benefit Plan and the most recent summary plan description
related to such STC Benefit Plan, if a summary plan description is required
therefor, (ii) each trust agreement or other funding arrangement relating to
such STC Benefit Plan, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed
with the IRS) with respect to such STC Benefit Plan, (iv) the most recent
actuarial report or financial statement relating to such STC Benefit Plan and
(v) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to such
STC Benefit Plan, if it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
(b) Each STC Benefit Plan has been administered in all
material respects in accordance with its terms and all contributions required to
be made under the terms of any of the STC Benefit Plans as of the date of this
Agreement have been timely made or have been reflected on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by reference in the STC Reports
prior to the date of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 4.09(b) of
the STC Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the STC Benefit Plans, no event has
occurred and, to the knowledge of STC, there exists no condition or set of
circumstances in connection with which STC or any STC Subsidiary could be
subject to any liability under the terms of such STC Benefit Plans, ERISA, the
Code or any other applicable Law which could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.09(c) of the STC
Disclosure Schedule, neither STC nor any STC Subsidiary is a party to any
collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to persons
employed by STC or any STC Subsidiary and no collective bargaining agreement is
being negotiated by STC or any STC Subsidiary. As of the date of this Agreement,
there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against STC or any STC
Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of STC, threatened which may interfere
with the respective business activities of STC or any STC Subsidiary, except
where such dispute, strike or work stoppage could not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect. As of
the date of this Agreement, to the knowledge of STC, none of STC, any STC
Subsidiary, or any of their respective representatives or employees has
committed any unfair labor practice in connection with the operation of the
respective businesses of STC or any STC Subsidiary, and there is no charge
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or complaint against STC or any STC Subsidiary by the National Labor Relations
Board or any comparable Governmental Entity pending or threatened in writing,
except where such unfair labor practice, charge or complaint could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 4.09(d) of the STC
Disclosure Schedule, STC has delivered to CGI true, complete and correct copies
of (i) all employment agreements with officers and employees and all consulting
agreements of STC and each STC Subsidiary providing for annual compensation in
excess of $25,000, (ii) all severance plans, agreements, programs and policies
of STC and each STC Subsidiary with or relating to their respective employees or
consultants, and (iii) all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of
STC and each STC Subsidiary with or relating to their respective employees or
consultants which contain "change of control" provisions.
(e) Except as provided in Section 4.09(e) of the STC
Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise required by Law, no STC Benefit Plan
provides retiree medical or retiree life insurance benefits to any person.
SECTION 4.10. Tax Matters. Except as disclosed in the STC
Reports, neither STC nor, to the knowledge of STC, any of its affiliates has
taken or agreed to take any action (other than actions contemplated by this
Agreement) that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
constituting a transaction qualifying under Section 368 of the Code. STC is not
aware of any agreement, plan or other circumstance that could reasonably be
expected to prevent the Merger from so qualifying under Section 368 of the Code.
SECTION 4.11. Contracts; Debt Instruments. Except as disclosed
in the STC Reports or in Section 4.11 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, there is
no contract or agreement that is material to the business, financial condition
or results of operations of STC and the STC Subsidiaries taken as a whole (each,
an "STC MATERIAL CONTRACT"). Except as disclosed in the STC Reports or in
Section 4.11 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, neither STC nor any STC 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 could reasonably be expected to
cause such a violation of or default under) any loan or credit agreement, note,
bond, mortgage, indenture or lease, or any other contract, license, agreement,
arrangement or understanding to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets is bound, except for violations or defaults that could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect. Set forth in Section 4.11 of the STC Disclosure
Schedule is a description of any material changes to the amount and terms of the
indebtedness of STC and its subsidiaries as described in the notes to the
financial statements incorporated in STC 1996 10-K.
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SECTION 4.12. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the STC
Reports or in Section 4.12 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, there is no suit,
claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of STC,
threatened against STC or any STC Subsidiary before any Governmental Entity that
could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect, and, except as disclosed to CGI, to the knowledge of
STC, there are no existing facts or circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to result in such a suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation.
For purposes hereof, nonmeritorious strike-suit litigation challenging the
execution, adoption or performance of this Agreement shall not be deemed
material. Except as disclosed to CGI, STC is not aware of any facts or
circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in the denial of
insurance coverage under policies issued to STC and the STC Subsidiaries in
respect of such suits, claims, actions, proceedings and investigations, except
in any case as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, an STC Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the STC
Reports or in Section 4.12 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, neither STC nor any
STC Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree
which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an
STC Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.13. Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in
the STC Reports or in Section 4.13 of the STC Disclosure Schedule or as could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect, (i) STC and the STC Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) all past noncompliance of STC or any STC
Subsidiary with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits has been resolved
without any pending, ongoing or future obligation, cost or liability; and (iii)
neither STC nor any STC Subsidiary has released a Hazardous Material at, or
transported a Hazardous Material to or from, any real property currently or
formerly owned, leased or occupied by STC or any STC Subsidiary, in violation of
any Environmental Law.
SECTION 4.14. Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in
Section 4.14 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, or as could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse
Effect, STC and the STC Subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other
valid rights to use all patents, patent rights, trademarks, trademark rights,
trade names, trade dress, trade name rights, copyrights, service marks, trade
secrets, applications for trademarks and for service marks, know-how and other
proprietary rights and information used or held for use in connection with the
respective businesses of STC and the STC Subsidiaries as currently conducted,
and STC is unaware of any assertion or claim challenging the validity of any of
the foregoing. Section 4.14 of the STC Disclosure Schedule lists all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements to which STC or any STC Subsidiary is a party
and pursuant to which (i) any third party is authorized to use any intellectual
property right of STC or any STC Subsidiary and (ii) STC or any STC Subsidiary
is authorized to use any intellectual property rights (other than pursuant to
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wrap licenses and noncustomized software licenses) of a third party, and
includes the identity of all parties thereto, a description of the nature and
subject matter thereof, the royalty provisions, if any, therein and the term
thereof. Except as set forth in Section 4.14 of the STC Disclosure Schedule, the
conduct of the respective businesses of STC and the STC Subsidiaries as
currently conducted does not conflict in any way with any patent, patent right,
license, trademark, trademark right, trade dress, trade name, trade name right,
service xxxx or copyright of any third party that could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse
Effect. To the knowledge of STC, there are no infringements of any proprietary
rights owned by or licensed by or to STC or any STC Subsidiary that could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.15. Taxes. Except as set forth in Section 4.15 of
the STC Disclosure Schedule and except for such matters as could not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an STC Material Adverse
Effect, (i) each of STC and each STC Subsidiary has timely filed or shall timely
file all returns and reports required to be filed by it with any taxing
authority with respect to Taxes for any period ending on or before the Effective
Time, taking into account any extension of time to file granted to or obtained
on behalf of STC and the STC Subsidiaries, (ii) all Taxes shown to be payable on
such returns or reports that are due prior to the Effective Time have been or
will be paid, (iii) as of the date hereof, no deficiency for any amount of Tax
has been asserted or assessed by a taxing authority against STC or any STC
Subsidiary and (iv) each of STC and each STC Subsidiary has provided adequate
reserves in its financial statements for any Taxes that have not been paid,
whether or not shown as being due on any returns.
SECTION 4.16. Opinion of Financial Advisor. DLJ has delivered
to the board of directors of STC its written opinion to the effect that, as of
the date hereof, the Common Exchange Ratio, the Series A Exchange Ratio and the
Series B Exchange Ratio to be offered to the stockholders of STC in the proposed
transaction are fair to such stockholders from a financial point of view. DLJ
has authorized the inclusion of its opinion in the Joint Proxy Statement.
SECTION 4.17. Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker
(other than DLJ) is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or
commission in connection with the Merger based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of STC. STC has heretofore made available to CGI true, complete and
correct copies of all agreements between STC and DLJ pursuant to which such firm
would be entitled to any payment relating to the Merger.
SECTION 4.18. Certain Interests. (a) Except as set forth in
Section 4.18(a) of the STC Disclosure Schedule, no officer or director
(excluding outside directors) of STC or any STC Subsidiary, and no relative or
spouse (or relative of such spouse) who resides with, or is a dependent of, any
such officer or director:
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(i) has any direct or indirect financial interest
in any competitor of STC; provided, however, that the ownership of
securities representing no more than two percent of the outstanding
voting power of any competitor, supplier or customer, and which are
also listed on any national securities exchange or traded actively in
the national over-the-counter market, shall not be deemed to be a
"financial interest" so long as the person owning such securities has
no other connection or relationship with such competitor, supplier or
customer;
(ii) owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in
part, or has any other interest, in any tangible or intangible property
which STC or any STC Subsidiary uses in the conduct of its business or
otherwise; or
(iii) has outstanding any indebtedness to STC or any
STC Subsidiary.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.18(b) of the STC
Disclosure Schedule, neither STC nor any STC Subsidiary has any liability or any
other obligation of any nature whatsoever to any officer, director or
shareholder of STC or any STC Subsidiary, or to any relative or spouse (or
relative of such spouse) who resides with, or is a dependent of, any such
officer, director or shareholder, other than immaterial liabilities and
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which are reflected in
the STC Reports or with respect to which adequate reserves have been taken.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CGI AND MERGER SUB
CGI and Merger Sub hereby jointly and severally represent and
warrant to STC that:
SECTION 5.01. Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
Each of CGI, Merger Sub and each other subsidiary of CGI (the "CGI
SUBSIDIARIES") has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good
standing (to the extent applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite
corporate 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, except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing or to have such power, authority and governmental approvals could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material
Adverse Effect. Each of CGI, Merger Sub and each other CGI Subsidiary is duly
qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent
applicable), in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties
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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 could not reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.02. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. Except
as set forth in Section 5.02 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, the copies of CGI's
certificate of incorporation and by-laws that are incorporated by reference as
exhibits to CGI's Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 1995 (the "CGI
1995 10-K") are true, complete and correct copies thereof. CGI has heretofore
furnished STC with true, complete and correct copies of the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws of Merger Sub. Such certificates of incorporation and
by-laws are in full force and effect. Neither CGI nor Merger Sub is in violation
of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
SECTION 5.03. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of
CGI consists of 25,000,000 shares of CGI Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock. As of January 10, 1997, (i) 16,516,0099 shares of CGI Common
Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable, (ii) no shares of CGI Common Stock are held in the treasury
of STC, (iii) no shares of CGI Common Stock are held by the CGI Subsidiaries,
(iv) 2,363,240 shares of CGI Common Stock are reserved for future issuance
pursuant to employee stock options or stock incentive rights granted under the
CGI Stock Plans and (v) 3,286,703 shares of CGI Common Stock are reserved for
issuance pursuant to the CGI Stock Option Agreement. As of the date hereof,
there are no shares of preferred stock of CGI issued and outstanding. Except for
the CGI Stock Option Agreement, shares of CGI Common Stock issuable pursuant to
the CGI Stock Plans or pursuant to agreements or arrangements described in
Section 5.03 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, the CGI Rights issued and issuable
pursuant to the CGI Rights Plan, there are no options, warrants or other rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character to which CGI is a party
or by which CGI is bound relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of
CGI, Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary or obligating CGI, Merger Sub or any
other CGI Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other
equity interests in, CGI, Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary. All shares of
CGI Common Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance prior to the
Effective Time on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant
to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of CGI,
Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of CGI Common Stock or any capital stock of any CGI
Subsidiary. Each outstanding share of capital stock of each CGI Subsidiary is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and each such
share owned by CGI or another CGI Subsidiary is free and clear of all security
interests, liens, claims, pledges, options, rights of first refusal, agreements,
limitations on CGI's or such other CGI Subsidiary's voting rights, charges and
other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, except
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where the failure to own such shares free and clear could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.03 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule,
there are no material outstanding contractual obligations of CGI, Merger Sub or
any other CGI Subsidiary to provide funds to, or make any material investment
(in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any CGI
Subsidiary or any other person.
SECTION 5.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement and the CGI
Stock Option Agreement. CGI and Merger Sub have all necessary corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the CGI Stock Option
Agreement, to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the CGI Stock Option Agreement by CGI and
Merger Sub and the consummation by CGI and Merger Sub of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
CGI or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the CGI Stock
Option Agreement or to consummate such transactions (other than the approval of
this Agreement and the Merger by the holders of a majority of the votes cast by
CGI's stockholders with respect thereto at the CGI Stockholders' Meeting and the
filing and recordation of the Certificate of Merger as required by the General
Corporation Law). This Agreement and the CGI Stock Option Agreement have been
duly executed and delivered by CGI and Merger Sub and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by STC, constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of CGI and Merger Sub, enforceable against CGI and Merger
Sub in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 5.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the CGI Stock Option Agreement
by CGI and Merger Sub do not, and the performance by CGI and Merger Sub of their
obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the Merger will
not, (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of CGI or Merger Sub or any equivalent organizational
documents of any other CGI Subsidiary, (ii) assuming that all consents,
approvals, authorizations and permits described in Section 5.05(b) have been
obtained and all filings and notifications described in Section 5.05(b) have
been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to CGI or any other CGI
Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of CGI, Merger Sub or any other CGI
Subsidiary is bound or affected or (iii) except as set forth in Section 5.05(a)
of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both could
reasonably be expected to 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 or other encumbrance on any property or asset of CGI, Merger
Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other
instrument or obligation, except, with respect to clauses
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(ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other
occurrences which could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, (A) to have a CGI Material Adverse Effect or (B) to prevent or
materially delay the performance by CGI or Merger Sub of its obligations
pursuant to this Agreement or the CGI Stock Option Agreement or the consummation
of the Merger.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the CGI
Stock Option Agreement by CGI and Merger Sub do not, and the performance by CGI
and Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation of the Merger will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing by CGI or Merger Sub with or notification
by CGI or Merger Sub to, any Governmental Entity, except (i) pursuant to
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws,
the rules and regulations of the NASD, state takeover laws, the premerger
notification requirements of the HSR Act, if any, and the filing and recordation
of the Certificate of Merger as required by the General Corporation Law and (ii)
where failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or
to make such filings or notifications, could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, (A) to have a CGI Material Adverse Effect or
(B) to prevent or materially delay the performance by CGI or Merger Sub of its
obligations pursuant to this Agreement or the CGI Stock Option Agreement or the
consummation of the Merger.
SECTION 5.06. Permits; Compliance with Laws. (a) Each of CGI,
Merger Sub and each other CGI Subsidiary is in possession of all franchises,
grants, authorizations, licenses, establishment registrations, product listings,
permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and
orders of any Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, the FDA, the
DEA and similar authorities in other jurisdictions, necessary for it to own,
lease and operate its properties or to store, distribute and market its products
or otherwise to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (the "CGI
PERMITS"), except where the failure to have, or the suspension or cancellation
of, any of the CGI Permits could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect, and, as of the
date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any of the CGI Permits
is pending or, to the knowledge of CGI, threatened, except where the failure to
have, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of the CGI Permits could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material
Adverse Effect. None of CGI, Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary is in
conflict with, or in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to CGI,
Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of CGI,
Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary is bound or affected or (ii) any CGI
Permits, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) for any such conflicts,
defaults or violations that could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Except as disclosed in the CGI Reports or in Section
5.06(b) of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or as could not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect:
(i) to the knowledge of CGI, all of the clinical
studies which have been, or are being, conducted by or for CGI and the
CGI Subsidiaries are being conducted in substantial compliance with
generally accepted good clinical practices and all applicable
government regulatory requirements; and
(ii) to the knowledge of CGI, none of CGI, the CGI
Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, employees or agents
(during the term of such person's employment by CGI or any CGI
Subsidiary or while acting as an agent of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary,
or, to CGI's knowledge, prior to such employment) has made any untrue
statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any
similar Governmental Entity, failed to disclose a material fact
required to be disclosed to the FDA or similar Governmental Entity, or
committed an act, made a statement or failed to make a statement that
could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or similar
Governmental Entity to invoke its policy respecting "Fraud, Untrue
Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities" or
similar governmental policy or Law.
SECTION 5.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements. (a) Except as
disclosed in Section 5.07 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, CGI has timely filed
all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC and the
NASD since December 31, 1993 through the date of this Agreement (collectively
and as amended, the "CGI Reports"). Each CGI Report (i) was prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the
NASD, as the case may be, and (ii) did not at the time it was filed contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No
CGI Subsidiary is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act or required to file any form, report or other document with the SEC, the
NASD, any other stock exchange or any other comparable Governmental Entity.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including,
in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the CGI Reports was prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and each presented
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of CGI and
the consolidated CGI Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and for the
respective periods indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end
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adjustments which did not and could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect).
(c) Except as and to the extent set forth or reserved against
on the consolidated balance sheet of CGI and its Subsidiaries as reported in the
CGI Reports, including the notes thereto, none of CGI or any CGI 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 notes thereto prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, except for
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice since December 31, 1995 that have not had and
could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
CGI Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since
December 31, 1995, except as contemplated by or as disclosed in this Agreement,
as set forth in Section 5.08 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or as disclosed in
any CGI Report filed since December 31, 1995, CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries have
conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice and, since such date, there has not been (i) any CGI Material Adverse
Effect excluding any changes and effects resulting from changes in economic,
regulatory or political conditions or changes in conditions generally applicable
to the industries in which CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries are involved, (ii) any
event that could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the
performance of their obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation
of the Merger by Merger Sub, (iii) any material change by CGI in its accounting
methods, principles or practices, (iv) any declaration, setting aside or payment
of any dividend or distribution in respect of the shares of CGI Common Stock or
any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of CGI's securities or (v)
any increase in the compensation or benefits or establishment of any bonus,
insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement,
profit-sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of
stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock
awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in
the compensation payable or to become payable to any executive officers of CGI
or any CGI Subsidiary except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice.
SECTION 5.09. Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters. (a) With
respect to each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract
(including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan", as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained or contributed to by CGI or any CGI
Subsidiary, or with respect to which CGI or any CGI Subsidiary could incur
liability under Section 4069, 4212(c) or 4204 of ERISA (the "CGI Benefit Plans",
CGI has delivered or made available to STC a true, complete and correct copy of
(i) such CGI Benefit Plan and the most recent summary plan description related
to such CGI Benefit Plan, if a summary plan description is required therefor,
(ii) each
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trust agreement or other funding arrangement relating to such CGI Benefit Plan,
(iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the IRS with respect
to such CGI Benefit Plan, (iv) the most recent actuarial report or financial
statement relating to such CGI Benefit Plan and (v) the most recent
determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to such CGI Benefit Plan, if
it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
(b) Each CGI Benefit Plan has been administered in all
material respects in accordance with its terms and all contributions required to
be made under the terms of any of the CGI Benefit Plans as of the date of this
Agreement have been timely made or have been reflected on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by reference in the CGI Reports
prior to the date of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 5.09(b) of
the CGI Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the CGI Benefit Plans, no event has
occurred and, to the knowledge of CGI, there exists no condition or set of
circumstances in connection with which CGI or any CGI Subsidiary could be
subject to any liability under the terms of such CGI Benefit Plans, ERISA, the
Code or any other applicable Law which could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 5.09(c) of the CGI
Disclosure Schedule, neither CGI nor any CGI Subsidiary is a party to any
collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to persons
employed by CGI or any CGI Subsidiary and no collective bargaining agreement is
being negotiated by CGI or any CGI Subsidiary. As of the date of this Agreement,
there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against CGI or any CGI
Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of CGI, threatened which may interfere
with the respective business activities of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, except
where such dispute, strike or work stoppage could not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect. As of the
date of this Agreement, to the knowledge of CGI, none of CGI, any CGI
Subsidiary, or any of their respective representatives or employees has
committed any unfair labor practice in connection with the operation of the
respective businesses of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, and there is no charge or
complaint against CGI or any CGI Subsidiary by the National Labor Relations
Board or any comparable Governmental Entity pending or threatened in writing,
except where such unfair labor practice, charge or complaint could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) CGI has delivered to STC true, complete and correct copies
of (i) all employment agreements with officers of CGI and each CGI Subsidiary
providing for annual compensation in excess of $25,000, (ii) all severance
plans, agreements, programs and policies of CGI and each CGI Subsidiary with or
relating to their respective employees and (iii) all plans, programs, agreements
and other arrangements of CGI and each CGI Subsidiary with or relating to their
respective employees which contain "change of control" provisions.
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(e) Except as provided in Section 5.09(e) of the CGI
Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise required by Law, no CGI Benefit Plan
provides retiree medical or retiree life insurance benefits to any person.
SECTION 5.10. Tax Matters. Except as disclosed in the CGI
Reports, neither CGI nor, to the knowledge of CGI, any of its affiliates has
taken or agreed to take any action (other than actions contemplated by this
Agreement) that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
constituting a transaction qualifying under Section 368 of the Code. CGI is not
aware of any agreement, plan or other circumstance that could reasonably be
expected to prevent the Merger from so qualifying under Section 368 of the Code.
SECTION 5.11. Contracts; Debt Instruments. Except as disclosed
in the CGI Reports or in Section 5.11 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, there is
no contract or agreement that is material to the business, financial condition
or results of operations of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries taken as a whole (each,
a "CGI Material Contract"). Except as disclosed in the CGI Reports or in Section
5.11 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, neither CGI nor any CGI 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 could reasonably be expected to
cause such a violation of or default under) any loan or credit agreement, note,
bond, mortgage, indenture or lease, or any other contract, license, agreement,
arrangement or understanding to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets is bound, except for violations or defaults that could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material
Adverse Effect. Set forth in Section 5.11 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule is a
description of any material changes to the amount and terms of the indebtedness
of CGI and its subsidiaries as described in the notes to the financial
statements incorporated in the CGI 1995 10-K.
SECTION 5.12. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the CGI
Reports or in Section 5.12 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, there is no suit,
claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of CGI,
threatened against CGI or any CGI Subsidiary before any Governmental Entity that
could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI
Material Adverse Effect, and, except as disclosed to STC, to the knowledge of
CGI, there are no existing facts or circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to result in such a suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation.
For purposes hereof, nonmeritorious strike-suit litigation challenging the
execution, adoption or performance of this Agreement shall not be deemed
material. Except as disclosed to STC, CGI is not aware of any facts or
circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in the denial of
insurance coverage under policies issued to CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries in
respect of such suits, claims, actions, proceedings and investigations, except
in any case as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the CGI Reports
or in Section 5.12 of
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the CGI Disclosure Schedule, neither CGI nor any CGI Subsidiary is subject to
any outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree which could reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 5.13. Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in
the CGI Reports or in Section 5.13 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or as could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI
Material Adverse Effect, (i) CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) all past noncompliance of CGI or any CGI
Subsidiary with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits has been resolved
without any pending, ongoing or future obligation, cost or liability; and (iii)
neither CGI nor any CGI Subsidiary has released a Hazardous Material at, or
transported a Hazardous Material to or from, any real property currently or
formerly owned, leased or occupied by CGI or any CGI Subsidiary in violation of
any Environmental Law.
SECTION 5.14. Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in
Section 5.14 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or as could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse
Effect, CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other
valid rights to use all patents, patent rights, trademarks, trademark rights,
trade names, trade dress, trade name rights, copyrights, service marks, trade
secrets, applications for trademarks and for service marks, know-how and other
proprietary rights and information used or held for use in connection with the
respective businesses of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries as currently conducted,
and CGI is unaware of any assertion or claim challenging the validity of any of
the foregoing. Section 5.14 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule lists all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements to which CGI or any CGI Subsidiary is a party
and pursuant to which (i) any third party is authorized to use any intellectual
property right of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary and (ii) CGI or any CGI Subsidiary
is authorized to use any intellectual property rights (other than pursuant to
shrink- wrap licenses and noncustomized software licenses) of a third party, and
includes the identity of all parties thereto, a description of the nature and
subject matter thereof, the royalty provisions, if any, therein and the term
thereof. Except as set forth in Section 5.14 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, the
conduct of the respective businesses of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries as
currently conducted does not conflict in any way with any patent, patent right,
license, trademark, trademark right, trade dress, trade name, trade name right,
service xxxx or copyright of any third party that could reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect. Except
as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of
CGI, there are no infringements of any proprietary rights owned by or licensed
by or to CGI or any CGI Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.15. Taxes. Except as set forth in Section 5.15 of
the CGI Disclosure Schedule and except for such matters as could not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CGI Material Adverse
Effect, (i) each of CGI, Merger Sub and each other CGI Subsidiary has timely
filed or shall timely file all returns and reports required to be filed by it
with any taxing authority with respect to Taxes for any period ending on or
before the Effective Time, taking into account any extension of time to file
granted to or obtained on behalf of CGI, Merger Sub and the other CGI
Subsidiaries, (ii) all Taxes shown to be payable on such returns or reports that
are due prior to the Effective Time have been or will be paid, (iii) as of the
date hereof, no deficiency for any amount of Tax has been asserted or assessed
by a taxing authority against CGI, Merger Sub or any other CGI Subsidiary and
(iv) each of CGI, Merger Sub and each other CGI Subsidiary has provided adequate
reserves in its financial statements for any Taxes that have not been paid,
whether or not shown as being due on any returns.
SECTION 5.16. Opinion of Financial Advisor. Xxxxxx Brothers
has delivered to the board of directors of CGI its written opinion to the effect
that, as of the date hereof, each of the Common Exchange Ratio, the Series A
Exchange Ratio and the Series B Exchange Ratio is fair to the holders of shares
of CGI Common Stock from a financial point of view. Xxxxxx Brothers has
authorized the inclusion of its opinion in the Joint Proxy Statement.
SECTION 5.17. Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker
(other than Xxxxxx Brothers) is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee
or commission in connection with the Merger based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of CGI. CGI has heretofore made available to STC true, complete and
correct copies of all agreements between CGI and Xxxxxx Brothers pursuant to
which such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the Merger.
SECTION 5.18. Certain Interests. (a) Except as set forth in
Section 5.18(a) of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or in the CGI SEC Reports, no
officer or director (excluding outside directors) of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary,
and no relative or spouse (or relative of such spouse) who resides with, or is a
dependent of, any such shareholder, officer or director:
(i) has any direct or indirect financial interest in
any competitor; provided, however, that the ownership of securities
representing no more than two percent of the outstanding voting power
of any competitor, supplier or customer, and which are also listed on
any national securities exchange or traded actively in the national
over-the-counter market, shall not be deemed to be a "financial
interest" so long as the person owning such securities has no other
connection or relationship with such competitor, supplier or customer;
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(ii) owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in
part, or has any other interest in any tangible or intangible property
which CGI or any CGI Subsidiary uses in the conduct of its business or
otherwise; or
(iii) has outstanding any indebtedness to CGI or any
CGI Subsidiary.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 5.18(b) of the CGI
Disclosure Schedule, neither CGI nor any CGI Subsidiary has any liability or any
other material obligation of any nature whatsoever to any officer or director of
CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, or to any relative or spouse (or relative of such
spouse) who resides with, or is a dependent of, any such officer or director,
other than immaterial liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business which are reflected in the CGI Reports or with respect to
which adequate reserves have been taken.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
SECTION 6.01. Conduct of Business by STC Pending the Closing.
STC agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time,
except as set forth in Section 6.01 of the STC Disclosure Schedule or as
expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, unless CGI
shall otherwise agree in writing, (x) the respective businesses of STC and the
STC Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in, and STC and the STC Subsidiaries
shall not take any action except in, the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (y) STC shall use all reasonable efforts to keep
available the services of such of the current officers, employees and
consultants of STC and the STC Subsidiaries and to preserve the current
relationships of STC and the STC Subsidiaries with such of the corporate
partners, customers, suppliers and other persons with which STC or any STC
Subsidiary has significant business relations in order to preserve substantially
intact its business organization. By way of amplification and not limitation,
except as set forth in Section 6.01 of the STC Disclosure Schedule or as
expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement and the STC
Stock Option Agreement, neither STC nor any STC Subsidiary shall, between the
date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, directly or indirectly, do, or
agree to do, any of the following without the prior written consent of CGI,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) amend or otherwise change its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or equivalent organizational documents;
(b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer,
lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale,
pledge, disposition, grant,
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transfer, lease, license or encumbrance of, (i) any shares of capital
stock of STC or any STC Subsidiary of any class, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of such
capital stock, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to
acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership
interest (including, without limitation, any phantom interest), of STC
or any STC Subsidiary, except for (A) issuances of STC Common Stock
pursuant to options and warrants thereon outstanding on the date hereof
and described in Section 4.03 and (B) issuances of non-cash dividends
required to be made under the terms of the certificate of designation
of STC applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock, or (ii) any property
or assets of STC or any STC Subsidiary;
(c) (i) acquire (including, without limitation, by
merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest
in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or person
or any division thereof or any assets, other than acquisitions of
assets; (ii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any
debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an
accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person for
borrowed money; (iii) terminate, cancel or request any material change
in, or agree to any material change in, any STC Material Contract or
enter into any corporate partnering transaction or similar arrangement
or any other contract or agreement material to the business, results of
operations or financial condition of STC and the STC Subsidiaries taken
as a whole; (iv) make or authorize any capital expenditure, except for
capital expenditures not in excess of $5,000 individually and $50,000
in the aggregate; provided that CGI will not unreasonably withhold its
consent to reasonable expenditures in excess thereof; or (v) enter into
or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if
fully performed, would not be permitted under this Section 6.01(c);
(d) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or
other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with
respect to any of its capital stock or the Xxxxxxxx Warrant, except
that any STC Subsidiary may pay dividends or make other distributions
to STC or any other STC Subsidiary and may pay noncash dividends
required to be made under the terms of the certificate of designation
of STC applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock;
(e) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its
capital stock;
(f) increase the compensation payable or to become
payable to its officers, consultants or employees, or grant any rights
to severance or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or
severance agreement which provides benefits upon a change in control of
STC that would be triggered by the Merger with, any
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director, officer, consultant or other employee of STC or any STC
Subsidiary who is not currently entitled to such benefits from the
Merger, or establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation,
employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust,
fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer,
consultant or employee of STC or any STC Subsidiary, except to the
extent required by applicable Law or the terms of a collective
bargaining agreement;
(g) take any action with respect to accounting
policies or procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or as required by U.S. GAAP;
(h) make any tax election or settle or compromise any
material federal, state or local United States income tax liability, or
any income tax liability of any other jurisdiction, other than those
made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and those for which specific reserves have been recorded on the
consolidated balance sheet of STC and the consolidated STC Subsidiaries
dated as of June 30, 1996 included in the 1996 STC 10-K and only to the
extent of such reserves; or
(i) authorize or enter into any formal or informal
agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.
SECTION 6.02. Conduct of Business by CGI Pending the Closing.
CGI agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time,
except as set forth in Section 6.02 of the CGI Disclosure Schedule or as
expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, unless STC
shall otherwise agree in writing, (x) the respective businesses of CGI and the
CGI Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in, and CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries
shall not take any action except in, the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (y) CGI shall use all reasonable efforts to keep
available the services of such of the current officers, significant employees
and consultants of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries and to preserve the current
relationships of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries with such of the corporate
partners, customers, suppliers and other persons with which CGI or any CGI
Subsidiary has significant business relations as CGI deems reasonably necessary
in order to preserve substantially intact its business organization. By way of
amplification and not limitation, except as set forth in Section 6.02 of the CGI
Disclosure Schedule or as expressly contemplated by any other provision of this
Agreement and the CGI Stock Option Agreement, neither CGI nor any CGI Subsidiary
shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, directly or
indirectly, do, or agree to do, any of the following without the prior written
consent of STC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
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(a) amend or otherwise change its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or equivalent organizational documents;
(b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer,
lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale,
pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license or encumbrance of,
(i) any shares of capital stock of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary of any
class, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any shares of such capital stock, or any options, warrants or other
rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any
other ownership interest (including, without limitation, any phantom
interest), of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, except for (A) issuances of
CGI Common Stock pursuant to options and warrants thereon outstanding
on the date hereof and described in Section 5.03, (B) issuances of
options to new hires of CGI and (C) issuances of options to employees,
officers and directors of CGI consistent with past practice, or (ii)
any property or assets of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and pursuant
to any existing CGI Material Contract or in an aggregate amount not in
excess of $10,000,000;
(c) (i) acquire (including, without limitation, by
merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest
in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or person
or any division thereof or any assets, other than acquisitions of
assets (excluding the acquisition of a business or substantially all of
the stock or assets thereof) in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, and any acquisitions for consideration,
calculated as of the date of execution of the definitive agreement for
any such acquisition, that is not, in the aggregate for all such
acquisitions, in excess of 10 percent of the market value of CGI of the
date of the execution of any contract related thereto; (ii) incur any
indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume,
guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become
responsible for, the obligations of any person for borrowed money;
(iii) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree to
any material change in, any CGI Material Contract or enter into any
contract or agreement material to the business, results of operations
or financial condition of CGI and the CGI Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, in either case other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; (iv) make or authorize any capital
expenditure, other than capital expenditures in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice; or (v) enter into or amend any
contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if fully
performed, would not be permitted under this Section 6.02(c);
(d) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or
other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise,
with respect to any of its
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capital stock, except that any CGI Subsidiary may pay dividends or make
other distributions to CGI or any other CGI Subsidiary;
(e) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its
capital stock;
(f) increase the compensation payable or to become
payable to its officers or employees, except for increases in
accordance with past practices in salaries or wages of employees or
officers of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary (including, without limitation,
annual merit increases and bonuses), or grant any rights to severance
or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance
agreement which provides benefits upon a change in control of CGI that
would be triggered by the Merger with, any director, officer or other
employee of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary who is not currently entitled to
such benefits upon the Merger, or establish, adopt, enter into or amend
any collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, compensation,
stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan,
agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any
director, officer or employee of CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, except to
the extent required by applicable Law or the terms of a collective
bargaining agreement;
(g) take any action with respect to accounting
policies or procedures, other than actions in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or as required by U.S. GAAP;
(h) make any tax election or settle or compromise any
material federal, state or local United States income tax liability, or
any income tax liability of any other jurisdiction, other than those
made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
and those for which specific reserves have been recorded on the
consolidated balance sheet of CGI and the consolidated CGI Subsidiaries
dated as of December 31, 1995 included in the 1995 CGI 10-K and only to
the extent of such reserves; or
(i) authorize or enter into any formal or informal
agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.
SECTION 6.03. Cooperation; Steering Committee. Upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, CGI and STC shall establish a
committee (the "Steering Committee") for the purpose of, to the extent permitted
by applicable Laws, facilitating the efficient transition and combination of the
respective businesses of CGI and STC as promptly as practicable following the
Effective Time. The Steering Committee shall consist of up to 10 individuals to
be designated from time to time by the Chairman of CGI in consultation
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with the Chairman of STC, and shall be chaired by CGI. The Steering Committee
shall be dissolved as of the Effective Time.
SECTION 6.04. Notices of Certain Events. Each of CGI and STC
shall give prompt notice to the other of (i) any notice or other communication
from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required
in connection with the Merger; (ii) any notice or other communication from any
Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger; (iii) any actions, suits,
claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to its knowledge, threatened
against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting CGI, STC, the CGI
Subsidiaries or the STC Subsidiaries that relate to the consummation of the
Merger; (iv) the occurrence of a default or event that, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, will become a default under any STC Material
Contract or CGI Material Contract; and (v) any change that could reasonably be
expected to have an STC Material Adverse Effect or a CGI Material Adverse Effect
or to delay or impede the ability of either STC or CGI to perform its
obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the STC Stock Option Agreement or the
CGI Stock Option Agreement and to effect the consummation of the Merger.
SECTION 6.05. Access to Information; Confidentiality. (a)
Except as required pursuant to any confidentiality agreement or similar
agreement or arrangement to which CGI or STC or any of the CGI Subsidiaries or
the STC Subsidiaries is a party or pursuant to applicable Law or the regulations
or requirements of any stock exchange or other regulatory organization with
whose rules a party hereto is required to comply, from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, CGI and STC shall (and shall cause the CGI
Subsidiaries and the STC Subsidiaries, respectively, to) (i) provide to the
other (and its officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, legal
counsel, agents and other representatives (collectively, "Representatives"))
access at reasonable times upon prior notice to its and its subsidiaries'
officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities and to the
books and records thereof, and (ii) furnish promptly such information concerning
its and its subsidiaries' business, properties, contracts, assets, liabilities
and personnel as the other party or its Representatives may reasonably request.
No investigation conducted pursuant to this Section 6.05 shall affect or be
deemed to modify any representation or warranty made in this Agreement.
(b) The parties hereto shall comply with, and shall cause
their respective Representatives to comply with, all of their respective
obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement with respect to the information
disclosed pursuant to this Section 6.05.
SECTION 6.06. No Solicitation of Transactions. Each party to
this Agreement shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall instruct its
officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, agents or advisors or other
representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney
or accountant retained by it), not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate
or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing nonpublic
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information), or take any other action knowingly to facilitate, any inquiries or
the making of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal
or offer to its stockholders) that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to
lead to, any Competing Transaction, or enter into or maintain or continue
discussions or negotiate with any person in furtherance of such inquiries or to
obtain a Competing Transaction, or agree to or endorse any Competing
Transaction, or authorize or permit any of the officers, directors or employees
of such party or any of its subsidiaries, or any investment banker, financial
advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by such party or
any of such party's subsidiaries, to take any such action; provided, however,
that nothing contained in this Section 6.06 shall prohibit the board of
directors of CGI or STC from (i) complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the
Exchange Act with regard to a tender or exchange offer or (ii) after receiving
the advice of outside counsel to the effect that the board of directors of STC
or CGI, as the case may be, is required to do so in order to discharge properly
its fiduciary duties, considering, negotiating and approving and recommending to
the shareholders of STC or CGI, as the case may be, an unsolicited bona fide
written acquisition proposal which (A) was not received in violation of this
Section 6.06, (B) if executed or consummated would be a Competing Transaction,
(C) is not subject to financing and (D) the board of directors of STC or CGI, as
the case may be, determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial
advisors, would result in a transaction more favorable to STC's or CGI's
stockholders, as the case may be, than the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement (any such acquisition proposal, a "Superior Proposal"). Each party
hereto shall notify the other parties hereto promptly if any proposal or offer,
or any inquiry or contact with any person with respect thereto, regarding such
an acquisition proposal or a Competing Transaction is made. Each party hereto
immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or
negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to a Competing
Transaction. None of the parties hereto shall release any third party from, or
waive any provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it
is a party. Each party hereto shall use its best efforts to ensure that its
officers, directors, employees and subsidiaries and any investment banker or
other advisor or representative retained by such party are aware of the
restrictions described in this Section 6.06.
SECTION 6.07. Plan of Reorganization. This Agreement is
intended to constitute a "plan of reorganization" within the meaning of Section
1.368-2(g) of the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code. From and
after the date of this Agreement, each party hereto shall use all reasonable
efforts to cause the Merger to qualify, and shall not, without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto, knowingly take any actions or cause any
actions to be taken which could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger
from qualifying, as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368 of the
Code. In the event that the Merger shall fail to qualify as a reorganization
under the provisions of Section 368 of the Code, then the parties hereto agree
to negotiate in good faith to restructure the Merger in order that shall qualify
as tax-free transaction under the Code. Following the Effective Time, and
consistent with any such consent, neither the Surviving
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Corporation nor CGI nor any of their respective affiliates knowingly and
voluntarily shall take any action or cause any action to be taken which could
reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a
reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.
SECTION 6.08. Subsequent Financial Statements. Prior to the
Effective Time, each of STC and CGI (i) shall consult with the other prior to
making publicly available its financial results for any period and (ii) shall
consult with the other prior to the filing of, and shall timely file with the
SEC, each Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Current
Report on Form 8-K required to be filed by such party under the Exchange Act and
shall promptly deliver to the other copies of each such report filed with the
SEC.
SECTION 6.09. Control of Operations. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall give CGI, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct
the operations of STC and the STC Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time.
Prior to the Effective Time, each of CGI and STC shall exercise, consistent with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision
over its respective operations.
SECTION 6.10. Further Action; Consents; Filings. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of the parties hereto shall use
all reasonable efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate
action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Merger,
(ii) obtain from Governmental Entities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers,
approvals, authorizations or orders required to be obtained or made by CGI,
Merger Sub, STC or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
subsidiaries in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and (iii) make all necessary
filings, and thereafter make any other required or appropriate submissions, with
respect to this Agreement and the Merger required under (A) the rules and
regulations of the NASD, (B) the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other
applicable federal or state securities Laws, (C) the HSR Act, if any, and (D)
any other applicable Law. The parties hereto 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 nonfiling parties and their
advisors prior to filing, and none of the parties shall file any such document
if any of the other parties shall have reasonably objected to the filing of such
document. No party shall consent to any voluntary extension of any statutory
deadline or waiting period or to any voluntary delay of the consummation of the
Merger at the behest of any Governmental Entity without the consent and
agreement of the other parties hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
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ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 7.01. Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, CGI and
STC shall jointly prepare and STC and CGI shall file with the SEC a document or
documents that will constitute (i) the prospectus forming part of the
registration statement on Form S-4 of CGI (together with all amendments thereto,
the "Registration Statement"), in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of the CGI Common Stock to be issued to STC's stockholders
pursuant to the Merger and (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement with respect to the
Merger relating to the special meeting of each of STC's stockholders (the "STC
Stockholders' Meeting") and CGI's stockholders (the "CGI Stockholders' Meeting")
to be held to consider approval of this Agreement and the Merger contemplated
hereby (together with any amendments thereto, the "Joint Proxy Statement").
Copies of the Joint Proxy Statement shall be provided to the NASD in accordance
with its rules with respect to the NMS. Each of the parties hereto shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as
promptly as practicable after this date hereof, and, prior to the effective date
of the Registration Statement, the parties hereto shall take all action required
under any applicable Laws in connection with the issuance of shares of CGI
Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. CGI or STC, as the case may be, shall
furnish all information concerning itself as the other party may reasonably
request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration
Statement and Joint Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable after the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the Joint Proxy Statement shall be
mailed to the stockholders of CGI and STC. Each of the parties hereto shall
cause the Joint Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii)
the Securities Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NASD and (iv) the
General Corporation Law.
(b) The Joint Proxy Statement shall include (i) (A) subject to
the provisos contained in the first sentence of Section 6.06, the approval of
the Merger and the STC Amendment and recommendation of the board of directors of
STC to the stockholders of STC that they vote in favor of approval of this
Agreement and the Merger contemplated hereby and the STC Amendment, and (B) the
opinion of DLJ referred to in Section 4.18, and (ii) (A) subject to the provisos
contained in the first sentence of Section 6.06, the approval of the Merger and
the CGI Amendment and recommendation of the board of directors of CGI to the
stockholders of CGI that they vote in favor of approval of this Agreement and
the Merger contemplated hereby and the CGI Amendment, and (B) the opinion of
Xxxxxx Brothers referred to in Section 5.18.
(c) No amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement
or the Registration Statement shall be made without the approval of CGI and STC,
which approval
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shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of the parties hereto shall
advise the other parties hereto, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of
the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement
or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the
suspension of the qualification of the CGI Common Stock issuable in connection
with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by
the SEC or the NASD for amendment of the Joint Proxy Statement or the
Registration Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by
the SEC for additional information.
(d) The information supplied by STC for inclusion in the
Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time
the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, (ii) if different, the time
the Registration Statement is declared effective, (iii) the time the Joint Proxy
Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to
the stockholders of STC and CGI, (iv) the time of the STC Stockholders' Meeting,
(v) the time of the CGI Stockholders' Meeting and (vi) the Effective Time,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event or circumstance
relating to STC or any STC Subsidiary, or their respective officers or
directors, should be discovered by STC that should be set forth in an amendment
or a supplement to the Registration Statement or Joint Proxy Statement, STC
shall promptly inform CGI. All documents that STC is responsible for filing with
the SEC in connection with the Merger will comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the rules and regulations of the
NASD, the General Corporation Law, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) The information supplied by CGI for inclusion in the
Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time
the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, (ii) if different, the time
the Registration Statement is declared effective, (iii) the time the Joint Proxy
Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to
the stockholders of CGI and STC, (iv) the time of the STC Stockholders' Meeting,
(v) the time of the CGI Stockholders' Meeting and (vi) the Effective Time,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or
circumstance relating to CGI or any CGI Subsidiary, or their respective officers
or directors, should be discovered by CGI that should be set forth in an
amendment or a supplement to the Registration Statement or Joint Proxy
Statement, CGI shall promptly inform STC. All documents that CGI is responsible
for filing with the SEC in connection with the Merger will comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the rules and
regulations of the NASD, the General Corporation Law, the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act.
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SECTION 7.02. Stockholders' Meetings. STC shall call and hold
the STC Stockholders' Meeting and CGI shall call and hold the CGI Stockholders'
Meeting as promptly as practicable after the date hereof for the purpose of
voting upon the approval of this Agreement pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement
and the Merger contemplated hereby, and each of CGI and STC shall use all
reasonable efforts to hold the CGI Stockholders' Meeting and the STC
Stockholders' Meeting on the same day and as soon as practicable after the date
on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. STC shall use all
reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the
approval of this Agreement and the Merger contemplated hereby and the Amendment
pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement and shall take all other action necessary
or advisable to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the
General Corporation Law or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain such
approval. CGI shall use all reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders
proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger contemplated
hereby pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement, and shall take all other action
necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by
the General Corporation Law or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain
such approval. Each of the parties hereto shall take all other action necessary
or, in the opinion of the other parties hereto, advisable to promptly and
expeditiously secure any vote or consent of stockholders required by applicable
Law and such party's certificate of incorporation and by-laws to effect the
Merger.
SECTION 7.03. Affiliates. (a) Not fewer than 45 days prior to
the Effective Time, STC shall deliver to CGI a list of names and addresses of
each person who was, in STC's reasonable judgment, at the record date for the
STC Stockholders' Meeting, an affiliate of STC. STC shall provide CGI such
information and documents as CGI shall reasonably request for purposes of
reviewing such list. STC shall use all reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to
be delivered to CGI, prior to the Effective Time, an affiliate agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.03(a) (each, an "STC Affiliate Agreement"),
executed by each of the affiliates of STC identified in the above-referenced
list. The foregoing notwithstanding, CGI shall be entitled to place legends as
specified in the form of STC Affiliate Agreement on the certificates evidencing
any of the CGI Common Stock to be received by (i) any affiliate of STC or (ii)
any person CGI reasonably identifies (by written notice to STC) as being a
person who may be deemed an "affiliate" within the meaning of Rule 145
promulgated under the Securities Act, and to issue appropriate stop transfer
instructions to the transfer agent for such CGI Common Stock, consistent with
the terms of the form of STC Affiliate Agreement, regardless of whether such
person has executed an STC Affiliate Agreement and regardless of whether such
person's name and address appear on Section 4.16 of the STC Disclosure Schedule.
(b) CGI shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain or cause to
be obtained, prior to the Effective Time, an affiliate agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 7.03(b) (each, a "CGI Affiliate Agreement"), executed
by each person who was, in CGI's
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reasonable judgment, at the record date for the CGI Stockholders' Meeting, an
affiliate of CGI.
SECTION 7.04. Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and
Insurance. (a) The certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to
indemnification than are set forth in the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws of STC on the date hereof, which provisions shall not be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time
in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals
who at the Effective Time were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or
agents of STC, unless such modification shall be required by law.
(b) STC shall, to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law and regardless of whether the Merger shall become effective,
indemnify and hold harmless, and, after the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law,
indemnify and hold harmless, each present and former director, officer,
employee, fiduciary and agent of STC and each STC Subsidiary (collectively, the
"Indemnified Parties") against all costs and expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and settlement
amounts paid in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining
to any action or omission in their capacity as an officer, director, employee,
fiduciary or agent, whether occurring before or after the Effective Time, for a
period of six years after the date hereof. In the event of any such claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (i) STC or the Surviving Corporation,
as the case may be, shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
selected by the Indemnified Parties, which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to STC or the Surviving Corporation, promptly after statements
therefor are received and (ii) STC and the Surviving Corporation shall cooperate
in the defense of any such matter; provided, however, that neither STC nor the
Surviving Corporation shall be liable for any settlement effected without its
written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided
further that neither STC nor the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated
pursuant to this Section 7.04(b) to pay the fees and expenses of more than one
counsel for all Indemnified Parties in any single action; provided further that,
in the event that any claim for indemnification is asserted or made within such
six-year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of such claim shall
continue until the disposition of such claim.
(c) The Surviving Corporation shall use all reasonable efforts
to maintain in effect for three years from the Effective Time, if available, the
current directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by STC
(provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at
least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not materially
less favorable) with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving
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Corporation be required to expend pursuant to this Section 7.04(c) more than an
amount per year equal to 125% of current annual premiums paid by STC for such
insurance.
(d) In the event STC or the Surviving Corporation or any of
their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any
other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity
of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of STC or the
Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, or at CGI's option, CGI, shall assume
the obligations set forth in this Section 7.04.
SECTION 7.05. No Shelf Registration. CGI shall not be required
to amend or maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the
purpose of permitting resale of the shares of CGI Common Stock received pursuant
hereto by the persons who may be deemed to be "affiliates" of STC or CGI within
the meaning of Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act.
SECTION 7.06. Public Announcements. The initial press release
concerning the Merger shall be a joint press release and, thereafter, CGI and
STC shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise
making any public statements with respect to this Agreement or the Merger and
shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement without
the prior written approval of the other, except to the extent required by
applicable Law or the requirements of the rules and regulations of the NASD, in
which case the issuing party shall use all reasonable efforts to consult with
the other party before issuing any such release or making any such public
statement.
SECTION 7.07. Officers and Directors of CGI. (a) At the
Effective Time, subject to the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of CGI,
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D. shall continue to hold the offices of Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of CGI.
(b) Immediately after the Effective Time, the total number of
persons serving on the board of directors of CGI shall be nine (unless otherwise
agreed in writing by STC and CGI prior to the Effective Time), and shall consist
of the following individuals:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Ph.D.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., M.D.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Ph.D.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D.
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Xxxxxx X. Step
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Ph.D.
In the event that, prior to the Effective Time, any person so selected to serve
on the board of directors of CGI is unable or unwilling to serve in such
position, the party with which such person was affiliated prior to the date
hereof shall designate another person to serve in such person's stead in
accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence; provided
that any such designee shall be reasonably satisfactory to each of CGI and STC.
From and after the Effective Time, the composition of the board of directors
shall be determined in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws of CGI.
SECTION 7.08. NMS Listing. Each of the parties hereto shall
use all reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the Effective Time, the approval
for listing on the NMS, effective upon official notice of issuance, of the
shares of CGI Common Stock into which the shares of STC Capital Stock will be
converted pursuant to Article III.
SECTION 7.09. Blue Sky. Each of the parties hereto shall use
all reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the Effective Time, all necessary
blue sky permits and approvals required under Blue Sky Laws to permit the
distribution of the shares of CGI Common Stock to be issued in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.10. STC Stock Options. At the Effective Time, CGI
shall assume, by virtue of this Agreement and without any further action on the
part of STC, all of STC's obligations with respect to each outstanding STC Stock
Option, whether vested or unvested. STC shall take all corporate action
necessary to ensure that, unless otherwise elected by CGI prior to the Effective
Time, CGI shall make such assumption in such manner that CGI (i) is a
corporation "assuming a stock option in a transaction to which Section 424(a)
applies" within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code or (ii) to the extent
that Section 424 of the Code does not apply to such STC Stock Option, would be
such a corporation were Section 424 of the Code applicable to such STC Stock
Option; and, if not so otherwise elected, after the Effective Time, all
references to STC in the STC Stock Plans and the applicable STC Stock Option
agreements shall be deemed to refer to CGI, which shall have assumed the STC
Stock Plans as of the Effective Time by virtue of this Agreement and without any
further action on the part of STC or CGI. Each STC Stock Option so assumed by
CGI under this Agreement shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same
terms and conditions set forth in the applicable STC Stock Plan and the
applicable STC Stock Option as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.05. CGI shall use all reasonable
efforts to ensure that the STC Stock Options intended to qualify as incentive
stock options under Section 422 of the Code prior to the Effective Time continue
to so qualify after the Effective Time. As soon as practicable after the
Effective Time, CGI shall file with the SEC and use its best efforts to have
declared
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effective a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the shares of CGI
Common Stock issuable under the assumed STC Stock Plans.
SECTION 7.11. [INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
SECTION 7.12. Bridge Facility. (a) Pursuant to Section
6.01(b), STC is prohibited from, among other things, exercising the Xxxxxxxx Put
Options.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, STC shall promptly
notify CGI if the Projected Cash Balances are (i) then forecast by senior
management of STC to fall below $5,000,000 within 30 days or (ii) then below
$5,000,000. Such notice (a "Liquidity Notice") shall include, without
limitation, the date on which the Projected Cash Balances are forecast to fall
below $5,000,000. STC shall use all reasonable efforts to prevent the Actual
Balances from falling below $5,000,000. At CGI's request, STC shall borrow under
the Bridge Facility to prevent the Actual Balances from falling below $5,000,000
if sufficient funds for such purpose are not available to STC in connection with
one or more Liquidity Takedowns; provided, however, that if STC is required by
CGI to borrow under this Section 7.12, then CGI shall not have the option
pursuant to Section 1(c) of the license agreement related to the Bridge Facility
Promissory Note to forgive in full the Advances and activate such license
agreement.
(c) Upon receipt of a Liquidity Notice from STC and so long as
a Commitment Termination Event shall not have occurred, if so requested by STC,
CGI shall lend STC funds under the Bridge Facility as provided in subsection (d)
of this Section 7.12 in amounts sufficient to prevent the Projected Cash
Balances from falling below $5,000,000. All funds provided to STC under the
Bridge Facility shall be used solely to fund ordinary and necessary operating
expenses in accordance with the then current Operating Budget.
(d) In the event that STC elects to borrow funds pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section 7.12 and provided that no Commitment Termination
Event shall have occurred, CGI shall, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the Bridge Facility Promissory Note, make
advances (the "Advances") to STC from time to time on any business day during
the period from the date hereof through the earlier to occur of June 30, 1997
and any Commitment Termination Event in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding $5,000,000. Each Advance shall be in an amount
not less than $50,000 or an integral multiple of $25,000 in excess thereof. Each
Advance shall be made upon notice (which notice may be included in a Liquidity
Notice) given by STC to CGI not later than 11:00 a.m. San Francisco time on the
second business day prior to the date of the proposed Advance. Such notice shall
specify the date and amount of the proposed Advance. Not later than 2:00 p.m.
San Francisco time on the date of such Advance and upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in subsection (e) of this Section 7.12,
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CGI shall make such Advance available to STC in same day funds at CGI's address
specified above.
(e) (i) The obligation of CGI to make its initial Advance
under the Bridge Facility shall be subject to the condition precedent that CGI
shall have received, on or before the day of such initial Advance, a certificate
of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of STC dated the day of such initial
Advance, in form and substance satisfactory to CGI, certifying (A) copies of the
resolutions of the board of directors of STC approving the Bridge Facility
Promissory Note, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate
action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Bridge Facility
Promissory Note, and (B) the names and true signatures of the officers of STC
authorized to sign the Bridge Facility Promissory Note and the other documents
to be delivered hereunder.
(ii) The obligation of CGI to make each Advance (including the initial
Advance) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (A) this
Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the parties hereto and shall
be in full force and effect; (B) the representations and warranties contained in
the Bridge Facility Promissory Note shall be, and CGI shall have received a
certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of STC, dated the date of such
Advance, certifying that such representations and warranties are, true, complete
and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Advance,
before and after giving effect to such Advance and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date; (C) no event shall
have occurred and be continuing, or be reasonably likely to result from such
Advance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an
Event of Default or would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement
that notice be given or time elapse or both; and (D) CGI shall have received a
certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of STC, dated the date of such
Advance, certifying the then Projected Cash Balances and Actual Cash Balances.
(f) STC shall, in consultation with the Steering Committee,
revise the Projected Cash Balances and the Operating Budget from time to time,
but in no event less frequently than monthly; provided, however, that in the
event STC delivers to CGI a revised Operating Budget materially adversely
different than the Operating Budget delivered on the date hereof without the
prior written consent of CGI, CGI's obligations under the Bridge Facility shall
be suspended until such time as the parties hereto agree to a revised Operating
Budget.
SECTION 7.13. Audited Financial Statements. As soon as
practicable after the date hereof or, in the case of the fiscal quarter of STC
ending March 31, 1997, as soon as practicable after March 31, 1997 if CGI does
not then reasonably expect the Effective Time to occur within 45 days of such
date, STC shall cause its independent certified public accountants to prepare
and audit balance sheets of STC at and as of December 31, 1996 and March 31,
1997, respectively, and related statements of income, retained earnings,
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shareholders' equity and changes in financial position of STC for the six-month
period ended December 31, 1996 and the nine-month period ending March 31, 1997,
respectively, and to render its unqualified report thereon. Within one business
day of receipt of the above described audited consolidated financial statements
of STC, STC shall deliver to CGI true, complete and correct copies of such
financial statements, together with the auditor's reports thereon.
SECTION 7.14. Liquidity Takedowns; Additional Debt. (a)
Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 6.01 and the provisions of
the Bridge Facility referred to in Section 7.12, STC may issue additional shares
of STC Capital Stock (including pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Put Options) if, and
only if, the following conditions shall have been satisfied to the reasonable
satisfaction of CGI on or prior to the date of issuance of such shares of STC
Capital Stock (a transaction meeting all of the following conditions being
referred to as a "Liquidity Takedown"):
(i) STC shall have given CGI not fewer than two
business days' notice of its intention to enter into an agreement to
sell any STC Capital Stock;
(ii) such sale shall be made only by a private
placement to 10 or fewer "accredited investors";
(iii) such accredited investor(s) shall have received
a copy of the Registration Statement and Joint Proxy Statement (or the
most recent version thereof filed with the SEC);
(iv) any shares of STC Capital Stock so issued will,
by their terms, be converted into shares of CGI Common Stock pursuant
to the Merger;
(v) such accredited investor(s) shall have delivered
to CGI and STC an irrevocable proxy to vote all shares of STC Capital
Stock held thereby in favor of the Merger; and
(vi) the other terms and conditions thereof shall be
reasonably satisfactory to CGI; provided that any term that creates any
right whatsoever in any asset or property of STC, or any ongoing
obligation or liability on STC or CGI after consummation of the Merger,
shall be conclusively not satisfactory; provided further that
contractual obligations with respect to the Xxxxxxxx Put Options in
existence on the date hereof shall be deemed reasonable.
(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 6.01
and the provisions of the Bridge Facility referred to in Section 7.12, STC may
incur indebtedness in addition to that in effect on the date hereof in a
principal amount not in excess of $2,000,000
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if, and only if, the following conditions shall have been satisfied to the
reasonable satisfaction of CGI on or prior to the date of incurrence of such
additional indebtedness (a transaction meeting all of the following conditions
being referred to as a "PERMITTED FINANCING"):
(i) STC shall have given CGI not fewer than two
business days' notice of its intention to enter into an agreement to
incur any additional indebtedness;
(ii) such additional indebtedness shall be unsecured;
(iii) any shares of STC Capital Stock (or warrants,
options or similar securities convertible into or exchangeable for STC
Capital Stock) issued in connection with such additional indebtedness
will, by their terms, be converted into shares of CGI Common Stock
pursuant to the Merger; and
(iv) the other terms and conditions thereof shall be
reasonably satisfactory to CGI; provided that any term that creates any
right whatsoever in any asset or property of STC, or any ongoing
obligation or liability on STC or CGI after repayment in full of such
additional indebtedness, shall be conclusively not satisfactory.
(c) All funds provided to STC under any Liquidity Takedown or
Permitted Financing shall be used solely to fund ordinary and necessary
operating expenses in accordance with the then current Operating Budget.
SECTION 7.15. Collateralization. Promptly after the date
hereof, the parties hereto shall meet and negotiate in good faith towards
securing the Bridge Facility Promissory Note with the assets referred to in the
license agreement related thereto in the circumstances where STC is required to
borrow under Section 7.12(b). Such good faith negotiations shall involve
negotiating a customary security interest and security agreement. CGI and STC
shall use all reasonable efforts to conclude such negotiations by January 31,
1997.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
SECTION 8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to
Consummate the Merger. The obligations of the parties hereto to consummate the
Merger, or to permit the consummation of the Merger, are subject to the
satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver of the following
conditions:
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(a) the Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall
have been issued by the SEC and no proceeding for that purpose shall
have been initiated by the SEC and not concluded or withdrawn;
(b) (i) this Agreement and the Merger shall have been
duly approved by the requisite vote of the stockholders of each of STC
and CGI and (ii) the CGI Amendment shall have been duly approved by the
requisite vote of the stockholders of CGI, in each case in accordance
with the General Corporation Law;
(c) no court of competent jurisdiction shall have
issued or entered any order, writ, injunction or decree, and no other
Governmental Entity shall have issued any order, which is then in
effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal or otherwise
prohibiting its consummation;
(d) any waiting period (and any extension thereof)
applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act or any
other applicable competition, merger control or similar Law shall have
expired or been terminated;
(e) all consents, approvals and authorizations
legally required to be obtained to consummate the Merger shall have
been obtained from all Governmental Entities, except where the failure
to obtain any such consent, approval or authorization could not
reasonably be expected to result in a change in or have an effect on
the business of STC or CGI that is materially adverse to the business,
assets (including intangible assets), liabilities (contingent or
otherwise), condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations
of CGI and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(f) the shares of CGI Common Stock into which the
shares of STC Capital Stock will be converted pursuant to Article III
and the shares of CGI Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
options pursuant to Section 3.05 shall have been authorized for listing
on the NMS, subject to official notice of issuance.
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to the Obligations of STC. The
obligations of STC to consummate the Merger, or to permit the consummation of
the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law,
waiver of the following further conditions:
(a) each of the representations and warranties of CGI
contained in this Agreement that is qualified by materiality shall be
true, complete and correct at and as of the Effective Time as if made
at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties which
address matters only as of a certain date which
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shall be true, complete and correct as of such certain date) and each
of the representations and warranties that is not so qualified shall be
true, complete and correct in all material respects at and as of the
Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than
representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
certain date which shall be true, complete and correct in all material
respects as of such certain date), in each case except as contemplated
or permitted by this Agreement, and STC shall have received a
certificate of the Chairman or President and Chief Financial Officer of
CGI to such effect;
(b) CGI shall have performed or complied in all
material respects with all material agreements and covenants required
by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to
the Effective Time and STC shall have received a certificate of the
Chairman or President and Chief Financial Officer of CGI to that
effect; and
(c) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel to
STC, shall have issued its opinion, such opinion dated on or about the
date of the Closing, addressed to STC, and reasonably satisfactory to
it, based upon customary representations of STC and customary
assumptions (including delivery and non- withdrawal of the opinion
referred to in subsection (c) of Section 8.03), to the effect that the
Merger will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
reorganization qualifying under the provisions of Section 368 of the
Code and that each of STC, Merger Sub and CGI will be a party to the
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code, which
opinions shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any material
respect.
SECTION 8.03. Conditions to the Obligations of CGI. The
obligations of CGI to consummate the Merger, or to permit the consummation of
the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law,
waiver of the following further conditions:
(a) each of the representations and warranties of STC
contained in this Agreement that is qualified by materiality shall be
true, complete and correct at and as of the Effective Time as if made
at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties which
address matters only as of a certain date which shall be true, complete
and correct as of such certain date) and each of the representations
and warranties that is not so qualified shall be true, complete and
correct in all material respects at and as of the Effective Time as if
made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties
which address matters only as of a certain date which shall be true,
complete and correct in all material respects as of such certain date),
in each case except as contemplated or permitted by this
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Agreement, and CGI shall have received a certificate of the Chairman or
President and Chief Financial Officer of STC to such effect;
(b) STC shall have performed or complied in all
material respects with all material agreements and covenants required
by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to
the Effective Time and CGI shall have received a certificate of the
Chairman or President and Chief Financial Officer of STC to that
effect;
(c) Shearman & Sterling, special counsel to CGI,
shall have issued its opinion, such opinion dated on or about the date
of the Closing, addressed to CGI, and reasonably satisfactory to it,
based upon customary representations of CGI and customary assumptions
(including delivery and non-withdrawal of the opinion referred to in
subsection (c) of Section 8.02), to the effect that the Merger will be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization qualifying
under the provisions of Section 368 of the Code and that each of CGI,
Merger Sub and STC will be a party to the reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code, which opinions shall not have
been withdrawn or modified in any material respect;
(d) the STC Amendment shall have been duly approved
by the requisite vote of the stockholders of STC in accordance with the
General Corporation Law;
(e) STC shall have executed and delivered the Bridge
Facility Promissory Note and the license agreement referred to therein;
and
(f) the holder(s) of the Xxxxxxxx Warrant shall have
elected pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Notice and in accordance with Section
10 of the Xxxxxxxx Warrant either (i) to resell the Xxxxxxxx Warrant to
STC for cash or (ii) to permit CGI to assume the Xxxxxxxx Warrant
pursuant to Section 3.05; provided, however, that any disagreement
between STC and Xxxxxxxx as to the cash amount so required to be paid
shall not constitute a failure of this condition.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time,
notwithstanding any requisite adoption and approval of this Agreement, as
follows:
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(a) by mutual written consent duly authorized by the
boards of directors of each of CGI and STC;
(b) by either CGI or STC, if the Effective Time shall
not have occurred on or before August 31, 1997; provided, however, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(b) shall
not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation
under this Agreement shall have caused, or resulted in, the failure of
the Effective Time to occur on or before such date;
(c) by either CGI or STC, if any Governmental Order,
writ, injunction or decree preventing the consummation of the Merger
shall have been entered by any court of competent jurisdiction and
shall have become final and nonappealable;
(d) by CGI, if (i) the board of directors of STC
withdraws, modifies or changes its recommendation of this Agreement,
the Merger or the Amendment in a manner adverse to CGI or its
stockholders or shall have resolved to do so, (ii) the board of
directors of STC shall have recommended to the stockholders of STC a
Competing Transaction or shall have resolved to do so or (iii) a tender
offer or exchange offer for 15 percent or more of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of STC shall have been commenced and the board
of directors of STC shall have failed to recommend against acceptance
of such tender offer or exchange offer by its stockholders (including
by taking no position with respect to the acceptance of such tender
offer or exchange offer by its stockholders);
(e) by STC, if (i) the board of directors of CGI
withdraws, modifies or changes its recommendation of this Agreement or
the Merger in a manner adverse to STC or its stockholders or shall have
resolved to do so, (ii) the board of directors of CGI shall have
recommended to the stockholders of CGI a Competing Transaction or shall
have resolved to do so or (iii) a tender offer or exchange offer for 15
percent or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of CGI shall
have been commenced and the board of directors of CGI shall have failed
to recommend against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer
by its stockholders (including by taking no position with respect to
the acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its
stockholders);
(f) by CGI or STC, if (i) this Agreement and the
Merger shall fail to receive the requisite votes for approval at the
STC Stockholders' Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof or
(ii) if this Agreement and the Merger shall fail to receive the
requisite votes for approval at the CGI Stockholders' Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof;
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(g) by CGI, upon a breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of STC set forth in this
Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of STC shall have
become untrue, incomplete or incorrect, in either case such that the
conditions set forth in Section 8.03 would not be satisfied (a
"TERMINATING STC BREACH"); provided, however, that, if such Terminating
STC Breach is curable by STC through the exercise of its reasonable
efforts within 60 days and for so long as STC continues to exercise
such reasonable efforts, CGI may not terminate this Agreement under
this Section 9.01(g); and provided further that the preceding proviso
shall not in any event be deemed to extend any date set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section 9.01;
(h) by STC, upon breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of CGI set forth in this
Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of CGI shall have
become untrue, incomplete or incorrect, in either case such that the
conditions set forth in Section 8.02 would not be satisfied (a
"TERMINATING CGI BREACH"); provided, however, that, if such Terminating
CGI Breach is curable by CGI through the exercise of its reasonable
efforts within 60 days and for so long as CGI continues to exercise
such reasonable efforts, STC may not terminate this Agreement under
this Section 9.01(h); and provided further that the preceding proviso
shall not in any event be deemed to extend any date set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section 9.01;
(i) by STC, if (A) the board of directors of STC
shall have resolved to accept, accepted or recommended to the
shareholders of STC, a Superior Proposal, and (B) in the case of the
termination of this Agreement under this Section 9.01(i) by STC, STC
shall have paid to CGI all amounts owing by STC to CGI under Section
9.05(b); and
(j) by CGI, if (A) the board of directors of CGI
shall have resolved to accept, accepted or recommended to the
shareholders of CGI, a Superior Proposal, and (B) in the case of the
termination of this Agreement under this Section 9.01(j) by CGI, CGI
shall have paid to STC all amounts owing by CGI to STC under Section
9.05(c).
SECTION 9.02. Effect of Termination. Except as provided in
Section 9.05, in the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
9.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, there shall be no liability
under this Agreement on the part of CGI or STC or any of their respective
officers or directors, and all rights and obligations of each party hereto shall
cease, subject to the remedies of the parties hereto set forth in Section
9.05(b), (c), (d) and (e); provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve
any party hereto from liability for the willful or intentional breach of any of
its representations and warranties or the willful or intentional breach of any
of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.03. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the
parties hereto by action taken by or on behalf of their respective boards of
directors at any time prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that,
after the approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of STC or CGI, as the
case may be, no amendment may be made, except such amendments as have received
the requisite stockholder approval and such amendments as are permitted to be
made without stockholder approval under the General Corporation Law. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the
parties hereto.
SECTION 9.04. Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time,
any party hereto may (a) extend the time for or waive compliance with the
performance of any obligation or other act of any other party hereto or (b)
waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties contained herein or
in any document delivered pursuant hereto. Any such extension or waiver shall be
valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to
be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.05. Expenses. (a) Except as set forth in this
Section 9.05, all Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the STC
Stock Option Agreement, the CGI Stock Option Agreement and the Merger shall be
paid by the party incurring such Expenses, whether or not the Merger is
consummated, except that CGI and STC each shall pay one-half of all Expenses
incurred solely for printing, filing and mailing the Registration Statement and
the Joint Proxy Statement and all SEC and other regulatory filing fees incurred
in connection with the Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement and
any fees required to be paid under the HSR Act.
(b) In the event that CGI shall terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01(d), (f)(i) or (g), or STC shall terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(f)(i) or (i), then STC shall pay to CGI an
amount equal to $3,000,000 plus all of CGI's Expenses.
(c) In the event that STC shall terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01(e), (f)(ii) or (h) or CGI shall terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(f)(ii) or (j), CGI shall pay to STC an amount
equal to $3,000,000 plus all of STC's Expenses.
(d) Any payment required to be made pursuant to Section
9.05(b) or (c) shall be made to the party entitled to receive such payment not
later than two business days after delivery to the other party of notice of
demand for payment and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account designated by the party entitled to receive payment in the
notice of demand for payment delivered pursuant to this Section 9.05(d);
provided, however, that, in the event both CGI and STC would otherwise be
entitled to payments under this Section 9.05 in connection with the termination
of this
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Agreement pursuant to both Sections 9.01(f)(i) and (f)(ii), neither party shall
be required to make any payment under this Section 9.05.
(e) In the event that CGI or STC, as the case may be, shall
fail timely to make any payment on Expense reimbursement required to be made
pursuant to Section 9.05(b) or (c), the amount of any such required payment on
Expense reimbursement shall be increased to include the costs and expenses
actually incurred or accrued by the other (including, without limitation, fees
and expenses of counsel) in connection with the collection under and enforcement
of this Section 9.05, together with interest on such unpaid Expense
reimbursement, commencing on the date that such Expense reimbursement became
due, at a rate equal to the rate of interest publicly announced by Citibank,
N.A., from time to time, in The City of New York, from time to time, as such
bank's base rate plus 3.00 percent per annum.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties in this Agreement shall terminate at the
Effective Time or upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
9.01, as the case may be. Each party agrees that, except for the representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement and the CGI Disclosure Schedule and
the STC Disclosure Schedule, no party hereto has made any other representations
and warranties, and each party hereby 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 Merger contemplated herein,
notwithstanding the delivery or 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.
SECTION 10.02. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by
telecopy or facsimile, by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return
receipt requested) or by a nationally recognized courier service to the
respective parties at their addresses set forth on the signature pages to this
Agreement (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a
notice given in accordance with this Section 10.02).
SECTION 10.03. Severability. If any term or other provision of
this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of
Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or
legal substance of the Merger is not affected in
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any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any
term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the
parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to
effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually
acceptable manner to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law in order
that the Merger may be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest
extent possible.
SECTION 10.04. Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to
the contrary, other than Section 7.06, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or
their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights or remedies under
or by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.05. Incorporation of Exhibits. The CGI Disclosure
Schedule, the STC Disclosure Schedule and all Exhibits attached hereto and
referred to herein are hereby incorporated herein and made a part of this
Agreement for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 10.06. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree
that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement
were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties
shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to
any other remedy at law or in equity.
SECTION 10.07. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
SECTION 10.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED
ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY TRANSACTION OR AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY
HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
SECTION 10.09. Headings. The descriptive headings contained
in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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SECTION 10.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
and delivered (including by facsimile transmission) in one or more counterparts,
and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 10.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the
Exhibits, the CGI Disclosure Schedule and the STC Disclosure Schedule), the STC
Stock Option Agreement and the CGI Stock Option Agreement constitute the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties with respect
thereto. No addition to or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall
be binding upon any party hereto unless made in writing and signed by all
parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
CELL GENESYS, INC.
By: \s\ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
______________________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D.
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
with a copy to:
Shearman & Sterling
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
S MERGER CORP.
By: \s\ XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX
______________________________________
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman of the Board and President
c/o Cell Genesys, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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SOMATIX THERAPY CORPORATION
By: \s\ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx XX
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Phleger & Xxxxxxxx
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Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
