ACQUISITION AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG NEXTWAVE WIRELESS LLC, NW SPECTRUM CO. WCS WIRELESS, INC. COLUMBIA WCS III, INC. TKH CORP., THE STOCKHOLDERS OF COLUMBIA WCS III, INC. AND TKH CORP. AND COLUMBIA CAPITAL, LLC as the Stockholder Representative Dated...
EXHIBIT
10.7
BY
AND
AMONG
NW
SPECTRUM CO.
WCS
WIRELESS, INC.
COLUMBIA
WCS III, INC.
TKH
CORP.,
THE
STOCKHOLDERS OF COLUMBIA WCS III, INC. AND TKH CORP.
AND
COLUMBIA
CAPITAL, LLC
as
the
Stockholder Representative
Dated
as
of May 9, 2006
ARTICLE
I
|
DEFINITIONS
|
2
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1.1
|
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
|
2
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ARTICLE
II
|
THE
ACQUSITIONS
|
13
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2.1
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THE
MERGER AND STOCK PURCHASES
|
13
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2.2
|
CLOSING
|
14
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2.3
|
EFFECTIVE
TIME
|
14
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2.4
|
EFFECTS
OF THE MERGER
|
15
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2.5
|
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
|
15
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2.6
|
DIRECTORS
|
15
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2.7
|
OFFICERS
|
15
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ARTICLE
III
|
CONSIDERATION
FOR MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS
|
15
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3.1
|
MERGER
CONSIDERATIONS
|
15
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3.2
|
COLUMBIA
BLOCKER CONSIDERATION
|
16
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3.3
|
TKH
BLOCKER CONSIDERATION
|
17
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3.4
|
ESCROW
FUND
|
17
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3.5
|
PAYMENT
OF ACQUISITION CONSIDERATION
|
17
|
3.6
|
AGGREGATE
CONSIDERATION SPREADSHEET
|
19
|
3.7
|
STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE RESERVE
|
19
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ARTICLE
IV
|
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
|
20
|
4.1
|
TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
20
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4.2
|
EFFECT
OF TERMINATION
|
21
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4.3
|
TERMINATION
FEE
|
21
|
4.4
|
PRIMACY
OF THE XM AGREEMENT
|
22
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ARTICLE
V
|
WARRANTIES
|
22
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A.
|
WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
|
22
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5.A.1
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ORGANIZATION
AND GOOD STANDING
|
22
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5.A.2
|
AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
23
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5.A.3
|
CONFLICTS,
CONSENTS OF THIRD PARTIES
|
24
|
5.A.4
|
CAPITALIZATION
|
24
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5.A.5
|
SUBSIDIARIES
|
25
|
5.A.6
|
CORPORATE
RECORDS
|
25
|
5.A.7
|
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
|
26
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5.A.8
|
NO
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES
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26
|
-i-
5.A.9
|
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS
|
26
|
5.A.10
|
TAXES
|
28
|
5.A.11
|
PROPERTY
AND ASSETS
|
28
|
5.A.12
|
TITLE
TO LICENSES
|
28
|
5.A.13
|
LICENSES
UNIMPAIRED
|
29
|
5.A.14
|
OPERATION
|
30
|
5.A.15
|
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
|
30
|
5.A.16
|
INSURANCE
|
30
|
5.A.17
|
CONTRACTS
AND OBLIGATIONS
|
30
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5.A.18
|
COMPLIANCE
|
30
|
5.A.19
|
EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
|
31
|
5.A.20
|
LITIGATION
|
31
|
5.A.21
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
31
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5.A.22
|
BANKS
|
31
|
5.A.23
|
STATE
TAKEOVER STATUTES
|
31
|
5.A.24
|
FINANCIAL
ADVISORS
|
31
|
5.A.25
|
XM
AGREEMENT
|
31
|
B.
|
WARRANTIES
OF COLUMBIA BLOCKER
|
32
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5.B.1
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ORGANIZATION
AND GOOD STANDING
|
32
|
5.B.2
|
AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
32
|
5.B.3
|
CONFLICTS,
CONSENTS OF THIRD PARTIES
|
33
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5.B.4
|
CAPITALIZATION
|
33
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5.B.5
|
SUBSIDIARIES
|
34
|
5.B.6
|
CORPORATE
RECORDS
|
34
|
5.B.7
|
NO
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES
|
34
|
5.B.8
|
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS
|
34
|
5.B.9
|
TAXES
|
34
|
5.B.10
|
PROPERTY
AND ASSETS
|
35
|
5.B.11
|
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
|
35
|
5.B.12
|
INSURANCE
|
35
|
5.B.13
|
CONTRACTS
AND OBLIGATIONS
|
35
|
5.B.14
|
COMPLIANCE
|
35
|
5.B.15
|
EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT
|
36
|
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5.B.16
|
LITIGATION
|
36
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5.B.17
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
36
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5.B.18
|
BANKS
|
36
|
5.B.19
|
STATE
TAKEOVER STATUTES
|
36
|
5.B.20
|
FINANCIAL
ADVISORS
|
36
|
5.B.21
|
XM
AGREEMENT
|
36
|
C.
|
WARRANTIES
OF TKH BLOCKER AND TKH SELLERS
|
37
|
5.C.1
|
ORGANIZATION
AND GOOD STANDING
|
37
|
5.C.2
|
AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
37
|
5.C.3
|
CONFLICTS;
CONSENTS OF THIRD PARTIES
|
38
|
5.C.4
|
CAPITALIZATION
|
38
|
5.C.5
|
SUBSIDIARIES
|
39
|
5.C.6
|
CORPORATE
RECORDS
|
39
|
5.C.7
|
NO
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES
|
39
|
5.C.8
|
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS
|
39
|
5.C.9
|
TAXES
|
39
|
5.C.10
|
PROPERTY
AND ASSETS
|
39
|
5.C.11
|
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
|
40
|
5.C.12
|
INSURANCE
|
40
|
5.C.13
|
CONTRACTS
AND OBLIGATIONS
|
40
|
5.C.14
|
COMPLIANCE
|
40
|
5.C.15
|
EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
|
40
|
5.C.16
|
LITIGATION
|
40
|
5.C.17
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
41
|
5.C.18
|
BANKS
|
41
|
5.C.19
|
STATE
TAKEOVER STATUTES
|
41
|
5.C.20
|
FINANCIAL
ADVISORS
|
41
|
5.C.21
|
XM
AGREEMENT
|
41
|
ARTICLE
VI
|
WARRANTIES
OF PARENT, HOLDCO AND MERGER SUB
|
41
|
6.1
|
ORGANIZATION
AND GOOD STANDING
|
41
|
6.2
|
AUTHORIZATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
42
|
6.3
|
CONFLICTS;
CONSENTS OF THIRD PARTIES
|
42
|
6.4
|
COMPLIANCE
WITH LAWS
|
43
|
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6.5
|
LITIGATION
|
43
|
6.6
|
FINANCIAL
ADVISORS
|
43
|
6.7
|
FINANCING
|
43
|
6.8
|
FCC
QUALIFICATION
|
43
|
ARTICLE
VII
|
COVENANTS
|
44
|
7.1
|
ACCESS
TO INFORMATION
|
44
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7.2
|
CONDUCT
OF THE BUSINESS PENDING THE CLOSING
|
44
|
7.3
|
NOTICE
|
48
|
7.4
|
BEST
EFFORTS; REGULATORY APPROVALS
|
48
|
7.5
|
FILING
AND PROSECUTION OF FCC APPLICATION
|
48
|
7.6
|
HSR
CLEARANCE
|
49
|
7.7
|
INDEMNIFICATION
|
50
|
7.8
|
NO
SOLICITATION BY THE COMPANY; ETC.
|
50
|
7.9
|
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
51
|
7.10
|
PUBLICITY
|
51
|
7.11
|
TRANSACTION
EXPENSES
|
52
|
7.12
|
CONVERSION
OF PREFERRED STOCK
|
52
|
7.13
|
UNJUST
ENRICHMENT
|
52
|
7.14
|
LICENSE
BUILD OUT
|
52
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
|
54
|
8.1
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO EACH PARTY’S OBLIGATIONS
|
54
|
8.2
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT, HOLDCO AND MERGER SUB
|
54
|
8.3
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY, COLUMBIA SELLER AND TKH
SELLERS
|
55
|
ARTICLE
IX
|
INDEMNIFICATION
|
56
|
9.1
|
SURVIVAL
OF WARRANTIES
|
56
|
9.2
|
INDEMNIFICATION
|
56
|
9.3
|
ESCROW
ARRANGEMENTS
|
57
|
9.4
|
TAX
LOSSES
|
62
|
9.5
|
TAX
TREATMENT OF INDEMNITY PAYMENTS
|
62
|
ARTICLE
X
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
62
|
10.1
|
STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE
|
62
|
-iv-
10.2
|
SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE
|
65
|
10.3
|
SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
|
65
|
10.4
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
65
|
10.5
|
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT; NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES
|
66
|
10.6
|
AMENDMENT
AND WAIVERS
|
66
|
10.7
|
FEES,
EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYMENTS
|
66
|
10.8
|
NOTICES
|
66
|
10.9
|
CONSTRUCTION;
NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES
|
67
|
10.10
|
RETENTION
OF COUNSEL
|
68
|
10.11
|
NO
RECOURSE
|
68
|
10.12
|
SEVERABILITY
|
69
|
10.13
|
ASSIGNMENT
|
69
|
10.14
|
COUNTERPARTS
|
69
|
-v-
Exhibits
Exhibit
A
- Form of Escrow Agreement
Exhibit
B
- Form of FCC Opinion
Exhibit
C
- Form of Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit
D
- Form of Release Agreement
-vi-
THIS
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT, dated as of May 9, 2006 (this “Agreement”),
by and
among (i) NextWave Wireless LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Parent”),
(ii)
NW Spectrum Co. a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of Parent (“Holdco”),
(iii)
WCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
(iv)
Columbia WCS III, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a stockholder of the
Company (“Columbia
Blocker”),
(v)
TKH Corp., a Delaware corporation that is a stockholder of the Company
(“TKH
Blocker”),
(vi)
Columbia Capital Equity Partners III (Cayman), L.P., the sole stockholder of
Columbia Blocker (the “Columbia
Seller”),
(vii)
each of the stockholders of TKH Blocker Corp., namely, Aspen Partners Series
A,
Series of Aspen Capital Partners, L.P., Oak Foundation USA, Inc., Enteraspen
Limited, and The Xxxx Institute dba Xxxx College (the “TKH
Sellers”)
and
(viii) Columbia Capital, LLC, solely in the capacity as the Stockholder
Representative (as defined herein) and for no other purpose.
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
the Company, through its indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary, WCS Wireless License
Subsidiary, LLC (“License
Sub”),
holds
certain licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission (the
“FCC”)
for
Wireless Communications Service (“WCS”)
spectrum.
B. WHEREAS,
the parties hereto other than Parent and Holdco (collectively, the “Selling
Parties”)
are
parties to one or more Contracts with XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. and
certain of its affiliates (collectively “XM”)
contemplating XM’s acquisition of the Company (such Contracts as in effect on
the date of this Agreement being referred to collectively as the “XM
Agreement”).
The
parties are entering into this Agreement so as to provide for the sale of all
of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company, directly and
indirectly, to Parent in the event the XM Agreement is validly
terminated.
C. WHEREAS,
the respective Boards of Directors of Parent and the Company have approved
and
declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the merger of a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco, to
be
incorporated in Delaware (“Merger
Sub”),
with
and into the Company (the “Merger”),
with
the Company being the surviving entity in the Merger, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
D. WHEREAS,
the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers wish to sell all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, respectively,
to
Holdco.
E. WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition to and
as
an inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, stockholders
of the Company holding all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company are delivering irrevocable written consents to the Company authorizing
and approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
F. WHEREAS,
Parent, the Company, Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker, the Columbia Seller and
the
TKH Sellers desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in connection with the Acquisitions (as defined herein) and also
to
prescribe various conditions thereto.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS.
1.1 Certain
Definitions.
(a) For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
specified in this Section
1.1:
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person, and the term “control” (including the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities,
by
contract or otherwise.
“Affiliated
Group”
means
any affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or any
comparable or analogous group under state, local or foreign Law.
“Aggregate
Consideration”
means
$160,500,000; provided,
that if
the Company shall not have filed the Transfer Application on or before July
3,
2006, the Aggregate Consideration shall be reduced by an amount equal to
$100,000 for each day past July 3, 2006 that the Company shall not have tendered
to the FCC for filing its portion of the Transfer Application in accordance
with
Section
7.5
hereof.
If the Company tenders to the FCC for filing its portion of the Transfer
Application in accordance with Section 7.5 hereof on or before July 3, 2006,
then the “Aggregate Consideration” for all purposes hereof shall be
$160,500,000.
“Aggregate
Consideration Spreadsheet”
means a
spreadsheet, to be prepared by the Company, Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker and
the Stockholder Representative, calculating and allocating the Aggregate
Consideration in such detail and in a form sufficient to enable Parent and
Holdco to determine the distribution of the Aggregate Consideration in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Aggregate
Equity Consideration”
means an
amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Consideration minus
(b) the
TKH Notes Pay-off Amount minus
(c) the
Columbia Notes Pay-off Amount, minus
(d)
the
Subordinated Notes Pay-off Amount, minus
(e) the
aggregate amount of Unjust Enrichment Payments, if any, that have not been
paid
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time, minus
(f) the
Escrow Deposit Amount, minus,
(g) the
Stockholder Representative Reserve, minus
(h)
the
Transaction Expense Amount,
-2-
minus
(i) the
Xxxxx Bonus Amount, minus
(j) the
Section
7.2(b)(vi)
Indebtedness Pay-Off Amount.
“Best
Efforts”
means
the efforts that a prudent Person desirous of achieving a result would use
in
similar circumstances to ensure that such a result is achieved as expeditiously
as possible; provided,
that
such efforts do not require the payment of money to third parties for consents
or other concessions, the incurrence of obligations outside of the ordinary
course for a transaction of this type or any agreement to restrict the use
of
the WCS Spectrum Licenses, aside from ordinary course restrictions of the type
described in Section
8.1(b).
“Business
Day”
means
any day of the year on which national banking institutions in New York are
open
to the public for conducting business and are not required or authorized to
close.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Columbia
Blocker Purchase Price”
means an
amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the Columbia Pro Rata Portion
multiplied
by
(ii) the
Aggregate Equity Merger Consideration, plus
(b) the
Columbia Note Pay-off Amount.
“Columbia
Notes”
means
(i)
WCS Wireless’ Amended and Restated 4.5% Subordinated Note due April 15, 2008,
dated as of April 15, 2005, in the principal amount of $1,685,191.45 held by
Columbia Blocker, and (ii) WCS Wireless’ Amended and Restated 4.5% Subordinated
Note Due April 15, 2008 dated as of May 31, 2005 in the principal amount of
$17,936.06 held by Columbia Blocker.
“Columbia
Notes Pay-off Amount”
means
the
aggregate outstanding obligations of WCS Wireless as of the Closing Date under
the Columbia Notes.
“Columbia
Pro Rata Portion”
means
Columbia Blocker’s Pro Rata Portion.
“Communications
Act”
means
the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
“Company
Intellectual Property”
means
all Intellectual Property Rights used in or necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, or owned or held for use
by
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries.
“Company
Stockholders”
means
each holder of Company Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time other
than
Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker.
“Contract”
means
any contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, loan, instrument, lease,
commitment or other legally binding arrangement or agreement, whether written
or
oral.
“Escrow
Agent”
means
Mellon Trust of New England, N.A.
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“Escrow
Agreement”
means
that certain Escrow Agreement to be entered into on the Closing Date by and
among Parent, the Stockholder Representative and the Escrow Agent (as therein
defined), substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
hereto
(with such changes acceptable to Parent and the Stockholder Representative
as
may be required by the Escrow Agent).
“Escrow
Amount”
means
the Escrow Deposit, plus any interest that accrues on such amount while it
is
held in the Escrow Fund.
“Escrow
Deposit”
means
$8,000,000.
“FCC
Consent”
means
the consent of the FCC to the transfer of control of the WCS Spectrum Licenses
pursuant to this Agreement.
“FCC
Opinion”
means
the opinion of counsel substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
B
hereto.
“FCC
Rules”
means
Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended at any time and from
time to time, and FCC decisions, policies, reports and orders issued pursuant
to
the adoption of such regulations.
“Final
Order”
means an
action or decision of the FCC as to which (i) no request for a stay or similar
request is pending, no stay is in effect, the action or decision has not been
vacated, reversed, set aside, annulled or suspended and any deadline for filing
such request that may be designated by statute or regulation has passed, (ii)
no
petition for rehearing or reconsideration or application for review is pending
and the time for the filing of any such petition or application has passed,
(iii) the FCC does not have the action or decision under reconsideration on
its
own motion and the time within which it may effect such reconsideration has
passed and (iv) no appeal is pending including other administrative or judicial
review, or in effect and any deadline for filing any such appeal that may be
designated by statute or rule has passed.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental
Authorizations” means
all
approvals, concessions, consents, franchises, licenses, permits, plans,
registrations
and
other authorizations of all Governmental Bodies held by the Company or one
of
its Subsidiaries and shall include the WCS Spectrum Licenses.
“Governmental
Body”
means
any governmental or quasi-Governmental Body, whether administrative, executive,
judicial, legislative or other, or any combination thereof, including without
limitation any federal, state, territorial, county, municipal or other
government or governmental or quasi-governmental agency, arbitrator, authority,
board, body, branch, bureau, or comparable agency, commission, corporation,
court, department, instrumentality, mediator, panel, system or other political
unit or subdivision or other Entity of any of the foregoing, whether domestic
or
foreign.
“HSR
Act”
shall
mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended,
and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
-4-
“Indebtedness”
of any
Person means, without duplication, (i) the principal of and premium (if
any) and prepayment penalties (if any) in respect of (A) indebtedness of
such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes,
debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such
Person is responsible or liable; (ii) all obligations of such Person issued
or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued
current liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course of Business); (iii) all
obligations of such Person under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP; (iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any
obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit
transaction; and (v) all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) of any Persons for the payment of which such
Person is responsible or liable or for which any property or asset of such
Person is secured by a Lien, under any legally binding obligation, including
as
obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
any rights available with respect to the Technology under patent, copyright,
trade secret or trademark law or any other statutory provision or common law
doctrine, and also domain names.
“Intellectual
Property Rights“
means
all of the rights arising from or in respect of the following, whether
protected, created or arising under the Laws of the United States or any foreign
jurisdiction: (A) patents, patent applications, any reissues,
reexaminations, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions
thereof (collectively, “Patents”);
(B) trademarks, service marks, trade names (whether registered or
unregistered), service names, industrial designs, brand names, brand marks,
trade dress rights, Internet domain names, identifying symbols, logos, emblems,
signs or insignia, and including all goodwill associated with the foregoing
(collectively, “Marks”);
(C) copyrights, whether registered or unregistered (including copyrights in
computer software programs), mask work rights and registrations and applications
therefor (collectively, “Copyrights”);
(D) confidential and proprietary information, or non-public processes,
designs, specifications, technology, know-how, techniques, formulas, inventions,
concepts, trade secrets, discoveries, ideas and technical data and information,
in each case excluding any rights in respect of any of the foregoing that
comprise or are protected by Copyrights or Patents (collectively, “Trade
Secrets”);
and
(E) all applications, registrations and permits related to any of the
foregoing clauses (A) through (D).
“IRS”
means
the Internal Revenue Service.
“Knowledge”
means,
with respect to any Person, the actual knowledge of the senior management or
comparable representatives of such Person and such knowledge as would reasonably
be expected to be known by such Persons in the ordinary and usual course of
the
performance of their professional responsibilities (who, with respect to the
Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker are listed on Schedule
1.1(a)).
“Law”
means
any foreign, federal, state or local law (including common law), statute, code,
ordinance, rule, order, decree, regulation, technical or other standard, or
other requirement or procedure issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated,
implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any
Governmental Body, including the FCC Rules.
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“Legal
Proceeding”
means
any judicial, administrative or arbitral actions, suits, proceedings (public
or
private) or claims or proceedings by or before a Governmental Body.
“Liability”
means
any debt, loss, damage, adverse claim, liability or obligation (whether direct
or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent,
accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due,
and
whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise).
“Lien”
means
any lien, mortgage, encumbrance, security interest, claim, lease, charge, or
pledge that is not a Permitted Exception.
“Losses”
means
any and all damages, losses, liabilities, Taxes and Tax Losses obligations,
costs and expenses, and any and all claims, demands or suits (by any Person,
including without limitation any Governmental Body), including the costs and
expenses of any and all actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments,
judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and including reasonable
attorneys’ and other advisors’ fees, costs and expenses in connection therewith,
but excluding any special or consequential damages; provided,
however,
that
Losses shall include special and consequential damages to the extent any such
special or consequential damages are actually paid to a third
party.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means as
to any party hereto any condition, change, situation or set of circumstances
that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on (i) such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the business,
assets, properties, liabilities, financial condition, operations, or results
of
operations of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the
ability of such party to consummate, as applicable, the Acquisitions and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or perform its material
obligations under this Agreement or the Company Documents, Columbia Documents
or
TKH Documents, as applicable, provided,
however,
that a
Material Adverse Effect shall not include any condition, change, situation
or
set of circumstances or effect relating to (i) general business or economic
conditions, including such conditions related to the business of such party,
(ii) national or international political or social conditions, including the
engagement by the United States in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to
the
declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military
or
terrorist attack anywhere in the world, (iii) financial, banking, or securities
markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any
security or any market index), (iv) changes in GAAP or (v) changes in Law or
Orders, (vi) any adverse change in or effect on the business of the Company
and
the Company Subsidiaries that is cured before the earlier of (A) the Closing
Date and (B) the date on which the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article
IV.
“MEA”
means
a
Major Economic Area as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 27.6.
“Notes”
means,
collectively, (i) the TKH Note and (ii) the 4.5% Subordinated Notes of WCS
Wireless, due April 15, 2008 dated as of April 15, 2005 (or May 13, 2005),
in
the aggregate principal amount of $17,000,000.17.
“Xxxxx”
means
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
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“Xxxxx
Bonus Amount”
means
that portion of the bonus payable by the Company to Xxxxx upon the Closing
in
accordance with a written agreement entered into by the Company with Xxxxx
on or
after the date hereof, which agreement shall provide for an unconditional
release of Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker, the Company and its Subsidiaries
by
Xxxxx.
“Order”
means
any order, injunction, judgment, decision, decree, ruling, writ, assessment
or
arbitration award of a Governmental Body.
“Ordinary
Course of Business”
means as
to any Person, the ordinary and usual course of day-to-day operations of the
business of such Person through the date hereof consistent with past practice
and, in the case of the Selling Parties, actions taken in satisfaction of their
obligations hereunder and under the XM Agreement.
“Organizational
Documents” means
as
to any Person, the certificate of or articles of incorporation, certificate
of
limited partnership, certificate of formation, articles of organization,
operating agreements, limited partnership agreements and limited liability
company agreements or bylaws of such Person, as applicable.
“Permits”
means
any approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, permits or certificates
of a
Governmental Body, other than the WCS Spectrum Licenses.
“Permitted
Exceptions”
means
(i) all defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and
encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which have been made
available to Parent; (ii) statutory liens for current Taxes, assessments or
other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the amount or validity of
which
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iii)
mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar Liens arising or
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business that are not material to the
business, operations and financial condition of the assets of the Company so
encumbered; (iv) zoning, entitlement and other land use and environmental
regulations by any Governmental Body, provided that such regulations have not
been violated by the Company; (v) statutory or common law liens to secure
obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements;
(vi) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of,
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by
applicable Law; (vii) any right, title or interest of a licensor under a license
disclosed in the Schedules to this Agreement or entered into in the Ordinary
Course of Business that are immaterial in the absence of any default by the
licensee; (viii) leases or subleases disclosed in the Schedules to this
Agreement or entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business following the
date
of this Agreement that are immaterial; (ix) licenses or sublicenses granted
to
others pursuant to any Contract; (x) immaterial, non-exclusive licenses or
sublicenses that are not required to be included on the Company’s disclosure
schedules; (xi) liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and
remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor
depository institution; and (xii) liens in favor of other financial institutions
arising in connection with the Company’s deposit accounts or securities accounts
held at such institutions to secure customary fees, charges, and the
like.
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“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Body
or
other entity.
“Pre-Closing
Tax Period”
means
any taxable year or period (or portion thereof) that ends on or before the
Closing Date.
“Pro
Rata Portion”
means,
for any holder of Company Stock, the ratio of (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock held by such holder immediately prior to the Effective Time (after giving
effect to or assuming the conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock held
by
such holder into Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time), over
(ii) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to or assuming
the
conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior
to the Effective Time and the cancellation of any shares of Company Stock that
are owned by the Company (as treasury stock or otherwise) in accordance with
Section
3.1(b)).
“REAG”
means
Regional Economic Area Grouping as defined in 47 C.F.R.
§ 27.6.
“Section
7.2(b)(vi) Indebtedness Pay-Off Amount”
means
the aggregate outstanding obligations of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date under any Indebtedness incurred after the
date hereof as permitted by Section
7.2(b)(vi).
“Sellers”
means,
collectively, the Company Stockholders, the Columbia Seller and the TKH
Sellers.
“Service
Areas”
means
the MEAs and REAGs for which the Company is authorized for wireless operations
pursuant to the WCS Spectrum Licenses.
“Software”
means
computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms,
models and methodologies whether in source code, object code or other form,
databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data,
descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize
and develop any of the foregoing and all documentation, including user manuals
and training materials related to any of the foregoing.
“Stockholder
Representative Reserve”
means
$500,000, intended to defray the costs and expenses incurred by the Stockholder
Representative in connection with its obligations under this
Agreement.
“Straddle
Period”
means
any taxable year or period that includes, but does not end on, the Closing
Date.
“Subordinated
Notes Pay-off Amount”
means
the
aggregate outstanding obligations of WCS Wireless as of the Closing Date under
the 4.5% Subordinated Notes of WCS Wireless, due April 15, 2008 dated as of
April 15, 2005 (or May 13, 2005), other than the Columbia Notes.
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“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person of which such Person directly
or
indirectly owns voting securities, other voting rights or voting partnership
or
limited liability company interests that are sufficient to elect at least a
majority of such Person’s board of directors or other governing body (or, if
there are no such voting interests, the Company directly or indirectly owns
50%
of the equity interests of such Person).
“Takeover
Proposal”
means
any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person or “group” (as defined in Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Parent and its Affiliates, relating
to
any (A) direct or indirect acquisition (whether in a single transaction or
a
series of related transactions) of assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(including securities of Subsidiaries) equal to 20% or more of the Company’s
consolidated assets or to which 20% or more of the Company’s revenues or
earnings on a consolidated basis are attributable, (B) direct or indirect
acquisition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions) of 20% or more of any class of equity securities of the Company,
(C) tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any
Person or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) beneficially
owning 20% or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or (D)
merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries; in each case, other than the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement.
“Tax
Return”
means
any return, report or statement required to be filed with respect to any Tax
(including any schedules or attachments thereto, and any amendment thereof),
including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or
declaration of estimated Tax, and including, where permitted or required,
combined, consolidated or unitary returns for any group of entities that
includes the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
Affiliates.
“Taxes”
means
(i) all federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, imposts, levies
or other assessments, including all net income, gross receipts, capital, sales,
use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital
stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated taxes, customs
duties, fees, assessments and other taxes of any kind whatsoever, (ii) all
interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed
by
any Taxing Authority in connection with any item described in clause (i), and
(iii) any transferee liability in respect of any items described in clauses
(i)
and/or (ii) payable by reason of contract, assumption, transferee liability,
operation of Law, Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor
or
successor thereof of any analogous or similar provision under Law) or
otherwise.
“Taxing
Authority”
means
the IRS and any other Governmental Body responsible for the administration
of
any Tax.
“Technology”
means,
collectively, all designs, formulae, algorithms, procedures, methods,
techniques, ideas, know-how, Software, programs, subroutines, tools, inventions,
creations, improvements, works of authorship and other similar materials, and
all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, and other writings, and
any
other embodiments of the above,
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in
any
form whether or not specifically listed herein, and all related technology,
that
are used in, incorporated or embodied in or displayed by any of the foregoing
or
used or useful in the design, development, reproduction, maintenance or
modification of any of the foregoing.
“TKH
Blocker Purchase Price”
means an
amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the TKH Pro Rata Portion multiplied
by
(ii) the
Aggregate Equity Consideration, plus
(b) the
TKH Note Pay-off Amount.
“TKH
Note”
means
WCS Wireless’ 3% Promissory Note, dated March 18, 2004, in the principal amount
of $5,000,000 held by TKH Blocker.
“TKH
Note Pay-off Amount”
means
the
aggregate outstanding obligations of WCS Wireless as of the Closing Date under
the TKH Note.
“TKH
Pro Rata Portion”
means
TKH Blocker’s Pro Rata Portion.
“Transaction
Expenses”
means
all the transaction costs of Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker, the Company and
its
Subsidiaries and the Sellers (excluding the Stockholder Representative Reserve),
including fees and expenses of counsel, advisors, consultants, investment
bankers, accountants, auditors and experts, incurred by Columbia Blocker, TKH
Blocker, the Company or its Subsidiaries or the Sellers in connection with
the
negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Transaction
Expense Amount”
means
the
amount of Transaction Expenses as of the Closing Date.
“Transfer
Taxes”
means
all sales, use, stamp, documentary, filing, recording, transfer or similar
fees
or taxes or governmental charges as levied by any Governmental Body including
any interest and penalties) in connection with the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
“Treasury
Regulations”
means
the regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Unimpaired”
means
that the Company: (1) is as of the date hereof and has been in material
compliance with all Laws and FCC Rules relating to the WCS Spectrum Licenses;
(2) except as contemplated by the XM Agreement, has not leased or hypothecated
in any way any interest or future interest of any kind in the WCS Spectrum
Licenses to any third party; (3) has not granted any interference consents
or
entered into any interference agreements with respect to any of the WCS Spectrum
Licenses, or allowed any such interference; and (4) has not partitioned or
disaggregated any part of the Service Areas or the frequencies associated with
any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses and has not agreed to any channel/frequency
swapping arrangements. The term “Unimpaired”
also
means that the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker and TKH
Blocker and/or the WCS Spectrum Licenses are not subject to any pending claims,
investigations, proceedings or litigation before the FCC except as may be
initiated by Parent or any of its Affiliates and except as may apply to or
affect WCS spectrum licenses or the holders thereof generally.
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“Unjust
Enrichment Payment”
means
any
unjust enrichment payment determined in accordance with 47 C.F.R. Section 1.2111
that as of the Closing Date is due from the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to
the FCC with respect to the WCS Spectrum Licenses, as set forth in a UE Payment
Letter.
“WCS
Spectrum Licenses”
means
the licenses granted the Company and its Subsidiaries by the FCC for the use
of
WCS spectrum, as listed on Schedule
1.1(b).
(b) Terms
Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have meanings set forth in
the
sections indicated:
Term
|
Section
|
|
Acquisitions
|
2.1(d)
|
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
|
Application
Commencement Date
|
7.4
|
|
Balance
Sheet
|
5.A.7
|
|
Balance
Sheet Date
|
5.A.7
|
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
2.3
|
|
Claim
Objection
|
9.3
|
|
Closing
|
2.2
|
|
Closing
Date
|
2.2
|
|
Columbia
Blocker
|
Preamble
|
|
Columbia
Blocker Stock
|
2.1(b)
|
|
Columbia
Documents
|
5.B.2
|
|
Columbia
Losses
|
9.3(h)
|
|
Columbia
Seller
|
Preamble
|
|
Columbia
Stock Purchase
|
2.1(b)
|
|
Common
Stock
|
3.1
|
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
|
Company
Documents
|
5.A.2(a)
|
|
Company
Interim Balance Sheet
|
5.A.7
|
|
Company
Plans
|
5.A.19
|
|
Company
Stock
|
3.1
|
|
Company
Stockholder Approval
|
5.2(c)
|
|
Company
Subsidiary(ies)
|
5.A.5
|
|
Confidentiality
Agreement
|
7.9
|
|
Deductible
|
9.2(d)
|
|
DGCL
|
2.1(a)
|
|
DOJ
|
7.5
|
|
Effective
Time
|
2.3
|
|
Escrow
Agent
|
3.1(g)
|
|
Escrow
Fund
|
3.1(g)
|
|
Escrow
Payment
|
3.1(c)(ii)
|
|
Escrow
Period
|
9.3(b)
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
9.1(a)
|
|
FCC
|
Recitals
|
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Term
|
Section
|
|
Financial
Statements
|
5.A.7
|
|
FTC
|
7.5
|
|
Holdco
|
Preamble
|
|
Indemnity
Claim Certificate
|
9.3
|
|
License
Sub
|
Recitals
|
|
Material
Improvement
|
4.3(a)
|
|
Merger
|
Recitals
|
|
Merger
Consideration
|
3.1(c)
|
|
Merger
Sub
|
Recitals
|
|
Merger
Sub Common Stock
|
3.1
|
|
Merger
Sub Documents
|
6.9
|
|
Parent
|
Preamble
|
|
Parent
Documents
|
6.2
|
|
Parent
Indemnified Parties
|
9.2
|
|
Parent
Indemnifiable Losses
|
9.2(d)
|
|
Payment
Fund
|
3.2(a)
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
3.1
|
|
Representatives
|
7.8(a)
|
|
Residual
Payments
|
9.3(h)
|
|
Selling
Parties
|
Recitals
|
|
Stock
Certificate
|
3.1(d)(ii)
|
|
Stockholder
Consents
|
5.A.2(d)
|
|
Stockholder
Representative
|
10.1(a)
|
|
Stockholder
Representative Documents
|
10.1(h)
|
|
Surviving
Corporation
|
2.1(a)
|
|
Tax
Losses
|
9.4(a)
|
|
Termination
Fee
|
4.3(a)
|
|
Third-Party
Interests
|
5.A.5
|
|
TKH
Blocker
|
Preamble
|
|
TKH
Blocker Stock
|
2.1(c)
|
|
TKH
Documents
|
5.C.2
|
|
TKH
Losses
|
9.3(h)
|
|
TKH
Sellers
|
Preamble
|
|
TKH
Stock Purchase
|
2.1(c)
|
|
Transfer
Application
|
7.5
|
|
UE
Payment Letter
|
7.13
|
|
Unresolved
Claim
|
9.3(b)
|
|
WCS
|
Recitals
|
|
WCS
Wireless
|
5.A.5
|
|
XM
|
Recitals
|
|
XM
Agreement
|
Recitals
|
|
(c) Other
Definitional and Interpretive Matters.
Unless
otherwise expressly provided, for purposes of this Agreement, the following
rules of interpretation shall apply:
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(i) Calculation
of Time Period.
When
calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which
any
act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is
the
reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded. If the last day
of
such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the
next
succeeding Business Day.
(ii) Dollars.
Any
reference in this Agreement to $ or dollars shall mean U.S.
dollars.
(iii) Exhibits/Schedules.
The
Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a
part
hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement. All Exhibits and Schedules
annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a
part
of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used
in
any Schedule or Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein are used therein
with
the definition set forth in this Agreement.
(iv) Gender
and Number.
Any
reference in this Agreement to gender shall include all genders, and words
imparting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice
versa.
(v) Headings.
The
provision of a Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles,
Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing
or interpreting this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to any
“Section” are to the corresponding Section of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(vi) Herein.
The
words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,”
and
“hereunder”
refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words
appear unless the context otherwise requires.
(vii) Including.
The
word “including”
or any
variation thereof means “including,
without limitation”
and
shall not be construed to limit any general statement that it follows to the
specific or similar items or matters immediately following it.
(d) The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this
Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
THE
ACQUISITIONS
2.1 The
Merger and Stock Purchases.
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(a) Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“DGCL”),
Merger
Sub shall be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. Following
the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease,
and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the
“Surviving
Corporation”)
and
shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub in
accordance with the DGCL.
(b) At
the
Effective Time and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Columbia Seller shall sell to Holdco, and Holdco shall purchase from the
Columbia Seller, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Columbia
Blocker (“Columbia
Blocker Stock”)
free
and clear of all Liens such that, after giving effect thereto, Holdco will
hold
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Columbia Blocker (the
“Columbia
Stock Purchase”).
(c) At
the
Effective Time and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
TKH
Sellers shall sell to Holdco, and Holdco shall purchase from the TKH Sellers,
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of TKH Blocker (“TKH
Blocker Stock”)
free
and clear of all Liens such that, after giving effect thereto, Holdco will
hold
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of TKH Blocker (the “TKH
Stock Purchase”).
(d) Immediately
after giving effect to the Merger, the Columbia Stock Purchase and the TKH
Stock
Purchase (collectively, the “Acquisitions”),
Parent
shall hold, free and clear of all Liens (other than those as may be imposed
thereon by Parent or its Affiliates), directly and indirectly through Columbia
Blocker and TKH Blocker, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the
Company.
2.2 Closing.
Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article
VIII
(or the
waiver thereof by the party entitled to waive that condition), the closing
of
the Acquisitions (the “Closing”)
shall
take place at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at such other place as the parties may designate
in
writing) at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a date to be specified by
the parties, which date shall be no later than the second (2nd) Business Day
after the satisfaction or waiver of each conditions to the Closing set forth
in
Article
VIII
(other
than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), unless another time
or date, or both, are agreed to in writing by the parties hereto; provided,
that in
any event the Closing shall not occur prior to the earlier of (i) ninety (90)
days after the Company tenders to the FCC for filing its portion of the Transfer
Application, unless the Company tenders to the FCC for filing its portion of
the
Transfer Application prior to June 1, 2006, in which case this clause (i) shall
not apply, and (ii) ten (10) Business Days after the date on which the
conditions set forth in Section
8.1(a)
and
Section
8.1(b)
hereto
shall have been satisfied. The date on which the Closing shall be held is
referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing
Date.”
2.3 Effective
Time.
Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing
Date,
the parties shall file a certificate of merger (the “Certificate
of Merger”)
executed in accordance with the relevant
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provisions
of the DGCL and, as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date, shall
make
all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger shall become
effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such other time as Parent
and
the Company shall agree and shall specify in the Certificate of Merger (the
time
the Merger becomes effective being the “Effective
Time”).
2.4 Effects
of the Merger.
The
Merger shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL.
2.5 Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws.
(a) The
certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior
to
the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by
applicable Law.
(b) The
bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or
amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
2.6 Directors.
The
directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation
or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as the case may be.
2.7 Officers.
The
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation
or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as
the case may be.
ARTICLE
III
CONSIDERATION
FOR MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS
3.1 Merger
Consideration.
As of
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of (i) (A) any shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
(B) any shares of the Company’s Class A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001
per share (the “Preferred
Stock,”
and
together with the Common Stock, “Company
Stock”),
or (ii)
any shares of Merger Sub’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Merger
Sub Common Stock”),
the
following shall occur:
(a) Common
Stock of Merger Sub.
Each
share of Merger Sub Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the
Effective Time shall be converted into and become one validly issued, fully
paid
and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Surviving Corporation.
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(b) Cancellation
of Treasury Stock.
Each
share of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time that is owned by the Company (as treasury stock or otherwise) shall
automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no cash
or
other consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange
therefor.
(c) Conversion
of Company Stock.
Each
holder of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than such shares of Common Stock
or Preferred Stock held by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, Columbia
Blocker or TKH Blocker) shall be entitled to receive, and Parent shall (or
shall
cause Holdco to) pay to each such holder, the sum of the following:
(i) an
amount in
cash, without interest, for each such share equal to the quotient obtained
by
dividing:
(x) the
Aggregate Equity Consideration, by
(y)
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the
number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior
to the Effective Time (after giving effect to or assuming the conversion
of all shares of Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior
to
the Effective Time and the cancellation of any shares of Company
Stock
that are owned by the Company (as treasury stock or otherwise) in
accordance with Section
3.1(b));
plus
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(ii)
at
the time set forth in, and subject to, Section
9.3
(and
with respect to the disbursement of any amounts remaining in the Stockholder
Representative Reserve, Section
3.7),
such
holder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Payment, if any. The aggregate
“Escrow
Payment”
is an
amount equal to (I) the Escrow Amount, less (II) the aggregate amounts paid
or
payable in respect of Parent Indemnifiable Losses or any other expenses or
amounts deducted from the Escrow Fund, in each case in accordance with
Article
IX
or the
Escrow Agreement, plus (III) any amounts remaining in the Stockholder
Representative Reserve.
Collectively,
the amounts payable pursuant to this Section
3.1(c)
in
respect of such shares of Company Stock are referred to as the “Merger
Consideration”.
At
the
Effective Time, all shares of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (other than the Company Stock held by Columbia
Blocker and TKH Blocker) shall no longer be outstanding and such shares of
Company Stock shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and
each
certificate (a “Stock
Certificate”)
formerly representing any such shares of Company Stock (other than such shares
held by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH
Blocker) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable
portion of the Aggregate Equity Consideration. No portion of the Aggregate
Consideration shall be payable to either Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker on
account of the Merger, and each share of Company Stock held by Columbia Blocker
and TKH Blocker as of the Effective Time shall be converted into and become
one
share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
3.2 Columbia
Blocker Consideration.
Parent
shall cause Holdco to pay to the Columbia Seller, in
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consideration
of the Columbia Blocker Stock in accordance with Section
2.1(b),
the sum
of the following:
(i) an
amount
in cash, without interest, equal to the Columbia Blocker Purchase Price;
plus
(ii) at
the
time set forth in, and subject to, Section
9.3
(and
with respect to the disbursements of any amounts remaining in the Stockholder
Reserve, Section
3.7),
an
amount equal to the product of the Escrow Payment multiplied by the Columbia
Pro
Rata Portion.
3.3 TKH
Blocker Consideration.
Parent
shall cause Holdco to pay to the TKH Sellers, in consideration of each share
of
TKH Blocker Stock in accordance with Section
2.1(c),
the sum
of the following:
(i) an
amount
in cash, without interest, for each such share equal to the quotient obtained
by
dividing:
(x) the
TKH
Blocker Purchase Price, by
(y) the
number of shares of TKH Blocker Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of TKH Blocker Stock that are owned
by TKH Blocker (as treasury stock or otherwise)); plus
(ii) at
the
time set forth in, and subject to, Section
9.3
(and
with respect to the disbursement of any amounts remaining in the Stockholder
Reserve, Section
3.7),
an
amount equal to the product of the Escrow Payment multiplied by the TKH Pro
Rata
Portion.
3.4 Escrow
Fund.
At the
Closing, Parent shall (or shall cause Holdco to) cause to be deposited with
the
Escrow Agent, the Escrow Deposit, which is to be held in an interest-bearing
account in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and Article
IX
(the
“Escrow
Fund”).
3.5 Payment
of Acquisition Consideration.
At the
Effective Time, Parent shall (or shall cause Holdco to) make the following
disbursements, in each case in accordance with the Aggregate Consideration
Spreadsheet:
(a) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) pay the Subordinated Notes Pay-off Amount
and,
if applicable, the Section 7.2(b)(vi) Indebtedness Pay-Off Amount, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) designated by the
recipients thereof upon receipt of an executed release or pay-off letter, as
applicable, by each such recipient;
(b) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to the Escrow Agent, the Escrow
Deposit;
(c) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse the Stockholder Representative Reserve
in accordance with Section
3.7;
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(d) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to the Persons indicated on the
Aggregate Consideration Spreadsheet amounts equal to the Transaction Expenses;
(e) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to the Columbia Seller the Columbia
Blocker Purchase Price;
(f) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to the TKH Sellers the TKH Blocker
Purchase Price;
(g) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to Xxxxx the Xxxxx Bonus Amount;
(h) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco or the Surviving Corporation to) pay to the FCC
the
amount of any Unjust Enrichment Payment that has not been paid by the Company
or
either Company Subsidiary as of immediately prior to the Effective Time;
and
(i) Parent
shall (or shall cause Holdco to) disburse to each Company Stockholder such
Company Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Aggregate Equity Consideration
upon a Company Stockholder delivering to Parent a letter of transmittal
substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto.
Upon surrender of a Stock Certificate for cancellation to Parent, together
with
such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed, as of the
Effective Time, the holder of such Stock Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor, and Holdco shall pay to such holder in immediately
available funds, the amount of Aggregate Equity Consideration into which the
shares formerly represented by such Stock Certificate shall have been converted
pursuant to the terms of this Article
III,
and the
Stock Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled.
In
the
event of a transfer of ownership of a share of Company Stock that is not
registered in the stock transfer books of the Company, the proper amount of
the
Aggregate Equity Consideration (as determined in accordance with, and subject
to, the terms this Section
3.5(h))
may be
paid in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the
Stock Certificate so surrendered is registered if such Stock Certificate shall
be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and accompanied
by all the documents required by this Section
3.5(h),
and the
Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required
by
reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such
Stock
Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such Tax has been
paid or is not applicable. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on the
cash
payable upon surrender of any Stock Certificate.
All
cash
paid upon the surrender for exchange of Stock Certificates in accordance with,
and subject to, the terms of this Section
3.5(h)
shall be
deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the
shares of Company Stock previously represented by such Stock Certificates,
and
at the Effective Time the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed
and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer
books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, at any time after
the
Effective Time,
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Stock
Certificates are presented to the Surviving Entity, Parent or Holdco for any
reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Section
3.5(h).
(j) No
Liability.
None of
the Surviving Corporation, Holdco, Parent or the Company shall be liable to
any
Person in respect of any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(k) Lost
Certificates.
If any
Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making
of
an affidavit (without requirement to post a bond or other security therefor)
of
that fact by the Person claiming such Stock Certificate to be lost, stolen
or
destroyed, Parent shall pay in respect of such lost, stolen or destroyed Stock
Certificate the applicable amount of the Aggregate Equity Consideration (as
determined in accordance with, and subject to, the terms this Article
III).
(l) Withholding
Rights.
The
Surviving Corporation or Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts
as
the Surviving Corporation or Parent is required to deduct and withhold with
respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of U.S.
state or local Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid
over
to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Surviving Corporation or Parent,
such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the party otherwise entitled to receive such payment in respect
of
which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation
or
Parent.
3.6 Aggregate
Consideration Spreadsheet.
Three
(3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company, Columbia Blocker,
TKH
Blocker and the Stockholder Representative shall deliver to Parent an updated
draft of the Aggregate Consideration Spreadsheet setting forth the estimated
amount and allocation of Aggregate Consideration that would be paid or issued
to
the recipients of the Subordinated Notes Pay-off Amount, the Unjust Enrichment
Payment, if any, the Transaction Expenses, the Escrow Deposit Amount, the
Stockholders Representative Reserve and the Xxxxx Bonus Amount, each Company
Stockholder, the Columbia Seller and each TKH Seller pursuant to this
Article
III.
At the
Closing, the Company and the Stockholder Representative shall deliver to Parent
the Aggregate Consideration Spreadsheet setting forth the final calculation
of
such amounts.
3.7 Stockholder
Representative Reserve.
At the
Closing, Parent shall cause to be deposited, in an account designated by the
Stockholder Representative at least three (3) Business Days prior to Closing,
the Stockholder Representative Reserve. The Stockholder Representative Reserve
(and earnings thereon) may be applied as the Stockholder Representative, in
its
sole discretion, determines appropriate to defray, offset, or pay any charges,
fees, costs, liabilities or expenses of the Stockholder Representative incurred
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement. The balance of the Stockholder Representative Reserve held pursuant
to this Section
3.7,
if any,
and any income earned thereon, shall be distributed to the Sellers, subject to
Section
9.3,
in
accordance with their interests in the Residual Payments pursuant to
Section
9.3(h).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholder Representative
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Reserve
shall only be so distributed when the Stockholder Representative determines,
in
its sole discretion, that such distribution is appropriate. None of Parent,
Holdco, the Surviving Corporation, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker shall have
any liability or responsibility to the Sellers with respect to the Stockholder
Representative Reserve or the actions and responsibilities of the Stockholder
Representative contemplated by this Section
3.7.
ARTICLE
IV
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
4.1 Termination
of Agreement.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time as
follows:
(a) At
the
election of either Parent or the Company, after April 15, 2007, if the Closing
shall not have occurred by the close of business on such date; provided,
however,
that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
4.1(a)
shall
not be available to any party who is in material default of any of its
obligations hereunder;
(b) by
mutual
written consent of Parent and the Company;
(c) by
either
Parent or the Company, if (i) there shall be in effect a final nonappealable
Order of a Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining
or
otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or (ii) there shall be any Law enacted, promulgated or issued or deemed
applicable to the Merger by any Governmental Body that would make consummation
of the Acquisitions illegal;
(d) by
Parent, so long as Parent is not in material breach of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement, if there shall have
been a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
of
the Company, the Columbia Seller and Columbia Blocker or the TKH Sellers and
TKH
Blocker, as applicable, as set forth in this Agreement, which breach would
give
rise to a failure of a condition set forth in Sections
8.2(a)
or
8.2(b)
which is
incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, shall not have been
cured within twenty (20) Business Days following receipt by the Company and
the
Stockholder Representative of notice of such breach from Parent;
(e) by
the
Company, so long as the Company, the Columbia Seller and Columbia Blocker and
the TKH Sellers and TKH Blocker, as applicable, are not in material breach
of
its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement,
if there shall have been a material breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement of Parent set forth in this Agreement, which breach would
give rise to a failure of a condition set forth in Sections
8.3(a)
or
8.3(b)
which is
incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, shall not have been
cured within twenty (20) Business Days following receipt by Parent of notice
of
such breach from the Company;
(f) by
Parent
after July 1, 2006 if on or before July 1, 2006 the Company fails to notify
Parent that the Company intends to terminate its obligations to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the XM Agreement;
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(g) by
Parent, so long as neither Parent nor Holdco is in material breach of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement,
after
July 7, 2006 if on or before July 7, 2006 the Company has not tendered to the
FCC for filing its portion of the Transfer Application (notwithstanding the
time
periods set forth in Section
7.5
hereof);
provided that Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with this
Section
4.1(g)
shall
terminate, so long as Parent has not previously sent a notice of termination
in
accordance with this Section
4.1(g),
immediately upon the Company’s tendering to the FCC for filing its portion of
the Transfer Application.
(h) by
the
Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the XM Agreement (if the same shall occur).
4.2 Effect
of Termination.
In the
event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section
4.1,
written
notice thereof (in the case where the Agreement is terminated at the election
of
the Company or Parent in accordance with Section
4.1)
shall
be given to the other party or parties, specifying the provision hereof pursuant
to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become
null and void (other than Sections
4.2,
4.3,
7.9,
7.10,
and
Article
X,
all of
which shall survive termination of this Agreement), and there shall be no
liability on the part of any of the parties hereto or their respective
directors, officers, partners and Affiliates, except (i) the Company may have
liability as provided in Section
4.3,
and
(ii) nothing shall relieve any party from liability for fraud or any breach
of
this Agreement.
4.3 Termination
Fee.
(a) In
the
event this Agreement is terminated (i) by Parent pursuant to Section
4.1(d)
or (ii),
subject to the following sentence of this Section
4.3(a),
by the
Company pursuant Section
4.1(h),
then
the Company shall pay to Parent, as liquidated damages and Parent’s and Holdco’s
sole remedy in respect thereof (subject, however, to the provisions of
Section
7.14(b)),
a
termination fee of $10 million in cash (the “Termination
Fee”).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company shall
have no obligation to pay a Termination Fee or any other amount to Parent upon
the Company’s termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section
4.1(h)
if on or
before July 1, 2006 the Company shall notify Parent that it intends to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the XM Agreement and the Company
and
XM have not following the date hereof agreed to any Material Improvement to
the
Company’s or XM’s rights under the XM Agreement. For purposes hereof, the
following shall constitute a “Material
Improvement”
(A)
any
increase in the consideration payable by XM in excess of 5,500,000 shares of
XM’s Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share; (B) any extension of time
periods during which the Company may not unilaterally terminate the XM Agreement
or (C) any other amendment benefiting the Company that XM discloses under Item
1.01 of any Form 8-K (or any amendment thereto) filed by XM in connection with
the XM Agreement.
(b) Any
payment required to be made pursuant to Section 4.3(a)
shall be
made to Parent promptly following the termination of this Agreement and in
any
event not later than two (2) Business Days after delivery to the Company of
notice of demand for
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payment.
Any such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account to be designated by Parent.
(c) In
the
event that the Company shall fail to pay the Termination Fee when due, such
amount shall accrue interest for the period commencing on the date such amount
became past due, at a rate equal to the rate of interest publicly announced
by
Citibank, in the City of New York from time to time during such period, as
such
bank’s Prime Lending Rate plus 1%. In addition, if the Company shall fail to pay
such amount when due, the Company shall also pay to Parent all of Parent’s
reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in connection with
efforts to collect such amount. The Company acknowledges that the Termination
Fee and the other provisions of this Section
4.3
are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and that, without these
agreements, Parent would not enter into this Agreement.
4.4 Primacy
of the XM Agreement.
The
parties acknowledge and agree that none of the Selling Parties shall have any
obligation hereunder, and, subject to the provisions of Section
4.2,
this
Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the Selling
Parties becoming obligated to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
XM
Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing it is further acknowledged and
agreed that (i) none of Parent or Holdco intends to cause or induce any Seller
to breach the XM Agreement, (ii) no Selling Party shall be obligated or required
to abandon, terminate or breach the XM Agreement or fail to consummate any
of
the transactions contemplated by the XM Agreement and (iii) the obligation
of
the parties to consummate the Acquisitions as contemplated hereby are subject
to
the prior valid termination of the XM Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
WARRANTIES
A. WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
The
Company hereby warrants to each of Parent and Holdco on the date hereof
that:
5.A.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now conducted. The Company is duly qualified or authorized to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property and each other
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
properties requires such qualification or authorization, except where the
failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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5.A.2 Authorization
of Agreement.
(a) The
Company has all requisite power, authority and legal capacity to execute and
deliver this Agreement and each other agreement, document, or instrument or
certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to be executed by the Company
in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (together with this Agreement, the “Company
Documents”),
and,
in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement, to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and pursuant to the Company Documents. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the Company Documents
by
the Company, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly
authorized by its Board of Directors and, except for such corporate action
as
may be necessary to terminate the XM Agreement, no other corporate action on
the
part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) This
Agreement has been, and each of the Company Documents will be at or prior to
the
Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and
thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and each of the Company Documents when
so
executed and delivered will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations
of
the Company, as applicable, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and
remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles
of
equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law
or
in equity).
(c) The
Board
of Directors of the Company, at a meeting duly called and held at which all
the
directors of the Company were present in person or by telephone, duly and
unanimously adopted resolutions (i) approving and declaring advisable this
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(ii) directing that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted to the
stockholders of the Company and (iii) recommending that the stockholders of
the
Company adopt this Agreement, which resolutions have not been subsequently
rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way as of the date of this Agreement.
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of
Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class (the
“Company
Stockholder Approval”)
is the
only approval of holders of any class or series of Company capital stock
necessary or required (under applicable Law, the Company’s certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, or otherwise) to approve this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger.
(d) Schedule
5.A.2(d)
sets
forth a true, correct and complete list of the holders of Company Stock as
of
the date hereof. The Company shall on the date hereof, immediately following
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, seek the irrevocable written consents,
which shall be valid and effective under Section 228 of the DGCL, of holders
of
100% of the issued and outstanding Company Stock (the “Stockholder
Consents”)
to the
Merger and shall
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deliver
true, correct and complete copies of such Stockholder Consents to Parent on
the
date hereof. From and after the time of such delivery to Parent, the Stockholder
Consents are in full force and effect and are valid and effective under Section
228 of the DGCL.
5.A.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties.
(a) Assuming
the receipt of the FCC Consent, the expiration of the waiting period under
the
HSR Act and the consents set forth in Section
5.A.3(b),
none of
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Company
Documents, or, in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement, the
consummation of the Acquisitions and the transactions contemplated hereby or
pursuant to the Company Documents, or compliance by the Company with any of
the
provisions hereof or thereof will conflict with, give rise to loss of a material
benefit under, or result in any violation of or default (with or without notice
or lapse of time, or both) under, or give to others a right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or result in the creation of
any
Liens upon, the WCS Spectrum Licenses or any other properties or assets of
Company or either Company Subsidiary under any provision of (i) the
Organizational Documents of the Company or either Company Subsidiary;
(ii) the XM Agreement; (iii) any Company Intellectual Property, Contract,
WCS Spectrum License or any Permit to which the Company or either Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which any of the properties or assets of the Company
or either Company Subsidiary are bound; (iv) any Governmental Authorization
or
Order of any Governmental Body applicable to the Company or either Company
Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or either Company
Subsidiary; or (v) any applicable Law.
(b) No
consent, waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration
or
filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is
required on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with
(i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Company Documents,
the compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof, or, in the
event of the termination of the XM Agreement, the consummation by the Company
of
the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) the
continuing validity and effectiveness immediately following the Closing of
any
WCS Spectrum License, Permit or Contract of the Company or any Subsidiary,
except for the FCC Consent, compliance with the filing requirements under the
HSR Act and the expiration of the waiting periods thereunder, and those consents
and filings set forth on Schedule
5.A.3(b).
5.A.4 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of:
(i) 175,000
shares of Common Stock, of which 55,360.38 shares are issued and outstanding,
and
(ii) 110,000
shares of Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding.
(b) There
is
no existing option, warrant, call, right or Contract of any character to which
the Company is a party requiring, and, except for the Preferred Stock that
may
be converted into Common Stock, there are no securities of the Company
outstanding that upon
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conversion
or exchange would require, the issuance, sale or transfer of any additional
shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Company or other
securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to
subscribe for or purchase shares of capital stock or other equity securities
of
the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.A.4(b),
the
Company is not a party to any voting trust or other Contract with respect to
the
voting, redemption, sale, transfer or other disposition of the capital stock
of
the Company.
5.A.5 Subsidiaries.
The
Company has only two Subsidiaries as follows: (i) WCS Wireless, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“WCS
Wireless”),
and
(ii) License Sub, a Delaware limited liability company (together with WCS
Wireless, the “Company
Subsidiaries”,
and
each a “Company
Subsidiary”).
Each
Company Subsidiary is a duly organized and validly existing limited liability
company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly
qualified or authorized to do business as a foreign entity and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification or
authorization, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be
qualified and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Company Subsidiary has all requisite limited liability company power and
authority to own its properties and carry on its business as presently
conducted. All issued and outstanding limited liability company and other equity
interests in the Company Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.A.5,
the
Company is the sole member of, and owns all of the issued and outstanding
limited liability company and other equity interests in, WCS Wireless free
and
clear of any Liens; and WCS Wireless is the sole member of, and owns all of
the
issued and outstanding limited liability company and other equity interests
in,
License Sub free and clear of any Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.A.5,
the
Company’s ownership interest in WCS Wireless and WCS Wireless’ ownership
interests in License Sub, respectively, are not subject to any option, right
of
first refusal, proxy, voting trust or agreement, or transfer restriction under
any member, limited liability company or similar agreement. There is no existing
option, warrant, call, right or Contract to which the Company or either Company
Subsidiary is a party requiring, and there are no convertible securities of
either Company Subsidiary outstanding that upon conversion would require, the
issuance of any membership or other equity interests of either Company
Subsidiary or other securities convertible into membership or other equity
interests of either Company Subsidiary. Other than the Company Subsidiaries,
neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly,
any shares of capital stock or equity or ownership interests in, any other
Person (collectively, “Third-Party
Interests”).
Neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has any rights to, or are
bound by any commitment or obligation to, acquire by any means, directly or
indirectly, any Third-Party Interests or to make any investment in any
Person.
5.A.6. Corporate
Records.
(a) The
Company has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of the
Organizational Documents of the Company and each of the Company
Subsidiaries.
(b) The
minute books of the Company and each Company Subsidiary previously made
available to Parent contain true, correct and complete records of all meetings
and accurately reflect in all material respects all other corporate and limited
liability company, as
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the
case
may be, action of the stockholders and board of directors (including committees
thereof) of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, as applicable (provided
that the Company has not made available to Parent a copy of the XM Agreement
or
other information regarding the XM Agreement that is not otherwise publicly
available). The stock certificate books and stock transfer ledgers of the
Company and its Subsidiaries previously made available to Parent are true,
correct and complete. All stock transfer taxes levied or payable with respect
to
all transfers of shares of the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the date
hereof have been paid and appropriate transfer tax stamps affixed.
5.A.7 Financial
Statements.
The
Company has furnished to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of (i) the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of and for the year ending December 31, 2005, which includes a statement
of
cash flows for such fiscal year and a balance sheet and (ii) the unaudited
consolidated financial statement of WCS Wireless and its Subsidiary as of and
for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2006 (the “Company
Interim Balance Sheet”),
which
includes a statement of cash flows and statement of operations for such fiscal
quarter and a balance sheet as of the last day thereof (collectively, the
financial statements referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above are the
“Financial
Statements”).
The
Financial Statements are in accordance with the books and records of the Company
and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and cash
flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, as at the dates and for
the
periods indicated and have been prepared in all material respects accordance
with GAAP consistently applied except as may be indicated in the notes thereto
and except that the unaudited Financial Statements are subject to normal
customary year end and audit adjustments and are subject to those items that
may
be disclosed in notes to audited financial statements. The unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December
31, 2005 is referred to herein as the “Balance
Sheet”
and
December 31, 2005 is referred to herein as the “Balance
Sheet Date.”
5.A.8 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
5.A.8,
other
than the Notes, neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has any
Indebtedness. There are no known Liabilities that are not reflected on the
Balance Sheet that are, or would reasonably be expected to be, material to
the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Since the Balance Sheet
Date, neither the Company nor either of the Company Subsidiaries has failed
to
pay promptly and discharge current liabilities expect where disputed in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, and has not accelerated the collection of
any
accounts receivable.
5.A.9 Absence
of Certain Developments.
Except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, since the Balance Sheet Date
through the date hereof, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted
their respective businesses only in the Ordinary Course of Business. Since
the
Balance Sheet Date:
(a) there
has
not been any loss, with respect to the tangible property and assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary having a replacement cost of more than $10,000 for
any
single loss or $100,000 for all such losses;
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(b) none
of
the WCS Spectrum Licenses has been revoked, suspended, modified or has expired
and no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which
constitutes or, after notice or lapse of time or both, will, or would reasonably
be expected to, constitute a breach or default under any WCS Spectrum License
which permits or, after notice or lapse of time or both, will, or would
reasonably be expected to, permit revocation, cancellation, suspension or
adverse modification of any WCS Spectrum License;
(c) there
has
not been any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or either Company
Subsidiary of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of,
or
other ownership interest in, the Company or either Company
Subsidiary;
(d) neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has hired any employees or entered into
any employment, consulting, severance or similar agreement or agreed to increase
the compensation payable or to become payable by it to any of the Company’s or
any Company Subsidiary’s consultants, directors, officers, employees, agents or
representatives;
(e) there
has
not been any material change by the Company or either Company Subsidiary in
accounting or Tax reporting principles, methods or policies;
(f) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has failed to pay promptly and
discharge current liabilities except where disputed in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
(g) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has made any loans, cash advances,
or
capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person or paid any fees or
expenses to any stockholder of the Company or any director, officer, partner,
stockholder or Affiliate of the Company or either Company
Subsidiary;
(h) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has mortgaged, pledged or been
subjected to any Lien on any of its assets, or acquired any assets or sold,
assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of any material
assets of the Company or either Company Subsidiary, except for assets acquired
or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of in
the
Ordinary Course of Business, or taken any action specified in Section
7.2(b)(ix);
(i) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has discharged or satisfied any Lien,
or paid any obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) in excess of $10,000
individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, except in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(j) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has cancelled or compromised any
debt
or pending claim or amended, cancelled, terminated, relinquished, waived or
released any Contract or material right except in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(k) except
for those in connection with the acquisition of the WCS Spectrum Licenses,
neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has made or committed to
make
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any
capital expenditures or capital additions or betterments in excess of $10,000
individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(l) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has issued, created, incurred, assumed
or guaranteed any Indebtedness;
(m) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has received notice of, instituted
or
settled any material Legal Proceeding; and
(n) neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary has agreed, committed, arranged or
entered into any understanding to do anything set forth in this Section
5.A.9.
5.A.10 Taxes.
Neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary (i) has any obligation to file any
Tax
Return that has not been filed, (ii) has any Liability relating to the payment
of Taxes that are due, but that have not been paid, (iii) is nor has ever been
a
member of any affiliated group that filed or was required to file an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return, (iv) has ever been, nor currently
is, subject to an audit by a Taxing Authority, and (v) is, nor has ever been,
a
United States Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company Subsidiaries have
always been limited liability companies and are wholly-owned by the Company
(in
the case of License Sub, wholly-owned by WCS Wireless) and disregarded for
federal income tax purposes. All
Tax
Returns heretofore filed by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries were true
and correct in all material respects as filed. None of the “section 197
intangibles” that were acquired by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries were
in existence before August 10, 1993. Neither the Company nor either of the
Company Subsidiaries has ever had any income other than interest income earned
on idle funds.
5.A.11 Property
and Assets.
Except
for the WCS Spectrum Licenses and as reflected on the Company Interim Balance
Sheet, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have no assets and, except
for
the WCS Spectrum Licenses, cash and immaterial assets, neither the Company
nor
the Company Subsidiaries has ever had any assets. Each of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of the tangible
properties and assets used by it in the conduct of its business, including
all
tangible properties and assets reflected in the Company Interim Balance Sheet,
except those disposed of since March 31, 2006 in the Ordinary Course of
Business, and none of such tangible properties or assets is subject to any
Lien
other than Permitted Exceptions, the Notes and those specifically identified
on
the Financial Statements or on Schedule
5.A.11.
5.A.12 Title
to Licenses.
License
Sub holds each of the WCS Spectrum Licenses as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b),
free and clear of any Liens (other than those encumbrances and other
restrictions and limitations that are imposed generally by the FCC to licenses
in the same class and block of service as the WCS Spectrum Licenses), except
on
the date of this Agreement for the XM Agreement. License Sub is qualified under
the FCC Rules and the Communications Act to hold and convey the WCS Spectrum
Licenses. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances
relating to the FCC qualifications of License Sub that would prevent or
materially delay the FCC’s grant of the Transfer Application. None of the WCS
Spectrum Licenses have been pledged as collateral for
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any
bank
loans or other instruments of indebtedness. No Person or entity other than
License Sub has any right, claim or interest in or to any of the WCS Spectrum
Licenses. The WCS Spectrum Licenses have been validly issued and are validly
held in the name of License Sub, are in full force and effect, and have been
granted by Final Order. Except for proceedings affecting licenses in the same
class, service and block as the WCS Spectrum Licenses generally, there is not
pending, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company
or
against any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses, nor is the Company aware of any basis
for, any application, action, petition, objection or other pleading, or any
proceeding with the FCC or any other Governmental Body, having jurisdiction
over
License Sub which questions or contests the validity of, or seeks the
revocation, forfeiture, non-renewal or suspension of, any of the WCS Spectrum
Licenses, or which seeks the imposition of any modification or amendment with
respect thereto, or which would adversely affect the ability of Parent to use
any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses, or which seeks or would seek the payment
of a
fine, sanction, penalty, damages, monies or contribution in connection with
any
of the WCS Spectrum Licenses. There is no Order outstanding against the Company
or any Affiliate or Subsidiary thereof relating to or involving the WCS Spectrum
Licenses that will, or would reasonably be expected to, materially impair or
otherwise materially and adversely affect the Company’s interest in and right to
control and operate the WCS Spectrum Licenses free and clear of Liens and
Unimpaired (other than encumbrances and other restrictions and limitations
that
are imposed generally by the FCC to all licenses in the same class of service
as
the WCS Spectrum Licenses).
5.A.13 Licenses
Unimpaired.
The WCS
Spectrum Licenses are Unimpaired by any acts or omissions of the Company, the
Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates. There is no
outstanding indebtedness to the FCC, or any Governmental Body, or any Person
with respect to any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses. All payment obligations and
debt owed to the FCC in connection with the ownership of the WCS Spectrum
License have been timely paid, or paid within permitted grace periods, including
any associated late payment fees. All material documents related to the WCS
Spectrum Licenses required to be filed at any time by the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries with the FCC or any other Governmental Body pursuant to FCC Rules
have been filed or the time period for such filing has not lapsed. All such
documents filed since the date the WCS Spectrum Licenses were issued or
transferred to License Sub are correct in all material respects. None of the
WCS
Spectrum Licenses are subject to any conditions other than those appearing
on
the face of such WCS Spectrum Licenses and those imposed by FCC Rules for
licenses of the same type, class, service and block as the WCS Spectrum
Licenses. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has agreed to accept
or
allow interference from any other FCC licensees or spectrum users with respect
to any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses. Each of the Company and each Company
Subsidiary complies and, at all times since issuance of the WCS Spectrum
Licenses by the FCC has complied, in all material respects with all pertinent
aspects of the FCC Rules, including: (i) those pertaining to eligibility to
hold
the WCS Spectrum Licenses and (ii) those restricting foreign ownership of radio
licenses. The deadline for demonstrating substantial service for the WCS
Spectrum Licenses is July 21, 2007. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has satisfied any construction or build out requirements associated
with the WCS Spectrum Licenses. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is
otherwise in compliance with all terms and conditions of, and all of its
obligations under, each of the WCS Spectrum Licenses, either as set forth on
the
WCS Spectrum Licenses or as set forth in
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applicable
FCC Rules and no Person or entity other than the Company is authorized or has
any lease interest in or has any option or right of first refusal or right
of
first offer to use, lease or own the spectrum at issue in this Agreement, or
any
portion thereof, either now or in the future.
5.A.14 Operation.
Facilities are not constructed pursuant to the WCS Spectrum Licenses. Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is operating any unlicensed or
unauthorized facility in the Service Areas, nor is it operating pursuant to
special temporary or developmental authority.
5.A.15 Intellectual
Property.
None of
the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has any Intellectual Property Rights
(other than immaterial items as to which the Company makes no
warranty).
5.A.16 Insurance.
Set
forth in Schedule
5.A.16
is a
list of all insurance policies and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable
to
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries setting forth, in respect of each such
policy, the policy name, policy number, carrier, term, type and amount of
coverage and annual premium. The insurance policies listed on Schedule
5.A.16
are in
full force and effect and the Company has timely paid all applicable premiums
thereunder. Excluding insurance policies that have expired without renewal
and
been replaced in the Ordinary Course of Business, no insurance policy has been
cancelled within the last two (2) years and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
no
threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries during such period. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event
has
occurred, including, without limitation, the failure by the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries to give any notice or information or the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries giving any inaccurate or erroneous notice or information, which
limits or impairs the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
any
such insurance policies.
5.A.17 Contracts
and Obligations.
Schedule
5.A.17
sets
forth a list of all Contracts to which the Company or either Company Subsidiary
is a party or by which the Company or either Company Subsidiary is bound, other
than immaterial contracts that can be cancelled by the Company or either Company
Subsidiary on thirty (30) days notice or less, without any penalty or continued
liability. Except for the XM Agreement, the Company has made available to Parent
copies of all of the foregoing Contracts (or written summaries in the case
of
oral Contracts). All of such Contracts are valid, binding and in full force
and
effect on the Company or the Company Subsidiary that is party thereto, as
applicable. Neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary is in default
under any material provision of any of such Contracts and, to the Knowledge
of
the Company, no other party to any such Contracts is in default under any
provision thereof. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor either Company
Subsidiary has received any written communication from any other party to the
Contracts listed on Schedule
5.17
stating
that such other party has decided or plans to terminate or otherwise discontinue
such Contract.
5.A.18 Compliance.
The
Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries has, in all material respects,
complied with all Laws and Orders applicable to its business and has all
material Permits required thereby.
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5.A.19 Employee
Benefits.
Neither
the Company nor either Company Subsidiary (i) has, or has ever had, any
employees, (ii) maintains any employee benefit plans, programs, agreements,
policies, arrangements or payroll practices or is obligated to contribute
thereunder for the benefit of any current employees, officers and directors
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for the benefit of any former
employees, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that
terminated service with the Company (collectively, the “Company
Plans”),
or
(iii) has any Liabilities relating to any Company Plans.
5.A.20 Litigation.
Except
for opposition to the transfer of control of the WCS Spectrum Licenses to XM
that are a matter of public record, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or,
to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or either Company
Subsidiary (or to the Knowledge of the Company, pending or threatened, against
any of the officers, directors or consultants of the Company or either Company
Subsidiary with respect to their business activities on behalf of the Company),
or to which the Company or either Company Subsidiary is otherwise a party before
any Governmental Body. Neither the Company nor either Company Subsidiary is
subject to any Order (other than Orders of general applicability to the
Company’s industry or business). Neither the Company nor either Company
Subsidiary is engaged in any legal action to recover monies due it or for
damages sustained by it.
5.A.21 Related
Party Transactions.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
5.A.21,
to the
Knowledge of the Company, no officer, director or consultant of the Company
or
any Company Subsidiary (i) owns any direct or indirect interest of any kind
in,
or controls or is a director, officer, employee or partner of, or consultant
to,
or lender to or borrower from or has the right to participate in the profits
of,
any Person which (A) is a competitor, supplier, customer, landlord, tenant,
creditor or debtor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) holds any
WCS
spectrum licenses, or (C) is a participant in any transaction to which the
Company or either Company Subsidiary is a party or (ii) is a party to any
Contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.A.22 Banks.
Schedule
5.A.22
contains
a complete and correct list of the names and locations of all banks in which
Company or any Subsidiary has accounts or safe deposit boxes and the names
of
all persons authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
5.A.23 State
Takeover Statutes.
Section
203 of the DGCL is not applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.A.24 Financial
Advisors.
Except
for Media Venture Partners, LLC, no Person has acted, directly or indirectly,
as
a broker, finder or financial advisor for the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is entitled to any
fee
or commission or like payment in respect thereof.
5.A.25 XM
Agreement.
The
Company has not breached and is not in breach of the XM Agreement and there
is
no Legal Proceeding
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pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or either
Company Subsidiary (or to the Knowledge of the Company, pending or threatened,
against any of the consultants or directors of the Company or either Company
Subsidiary), in each case relating to or arising from the XM Agreement. To
the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any such Legal
Proceeding.
5.A.26
Service
Areas.
For
each WCS Spectrum License, the FCC granted and the License Sub retained the
full
geographic Service Area for the MEA or the REAG, whichever is applicable to
each
WCS Spectrum License.
B.
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WARRANTIES
OF COLUMBIA BLOCKER AND COLUMBIA SELLER
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Columbia
Blocker and Columbia Seller, jointly and severally, hereby warrant to each
of
Parent and Holdco on the date hereof that:
5.B.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
Columbia Blocker is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on
its
business as now conducted (except where the failure to have such power and
authority would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect). Columbia Blocker was formed solely for the purpose of holding capital
stock and debt obligations of the Company, has engaged in no other business
activities and has conducted its operations only as contemplated hereby.
5.B.2 Authorization
of Agreement.
(a) Columbia
Blocker and the Columbia Seller have all requisite power, authority and legal
capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement,
document, or instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to
be
executed by Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller in connection with
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(together with this Agreement, the “Columbia
Documents”),
and,
in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement, to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and pursuant to the Columbia Documents. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the Columbia Documents
by
Columbia Blocker and the Columbia Seller, the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or
limited partnership action, as applicable, of Columbia Blocker and the Columbia
Seller, and except for such corporate action as may be necessary to terminate
the XM Agreement, no other corporate or limited partnership action on the part
of Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller is necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(b) This
Agreement has been, and each of the Columbia Documents will be at or prior
to
the Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by Columbia Blocker and
the
Columbia Seller, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
by
the other parties hereto and thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and each
of
the Columbia Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute, legal,
valid and binding obligations of Columbia Blocker and the Columbia Seller,
as
applicable, enforceable against Columbia Blocker and the Columbia Seller in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’
rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general
principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good
faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
5.B.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties.
(a) Assuming
the receipt of the FCC Consent, the expiration of the waiting period under
the
HSR Act, and the receipt of the consents set forth in Section
5.B.3(b),
none of
the execution and delivery by Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller of this
Agreement or the Columbia Documents, or, in the event of the termination of
the
XM Agreement, the consummation of the Merger, the Columbia Stock Purchase and
the transactions contemplated hereby or pursuant to the Columbia Documents,
or
compliance by Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller with any of the provisions
hereof or thereof will conflict with, or result in any violation of or default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give to others
a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or any
obligation under, or result in the creation of any Liens, upon the WCS Spectrum
Licenses or any properties or assets of Columbia Blocker, under (i) the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of Columbia Blocker or the Organization
Documents of the Columbia Seller; (ii) the XM Agreement; (iii) any Contract
to which Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller (insofar as it relates to
Columbia Blocker, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries) is a party or by
which any of their respective properties or assets are bound; (iv) any
Governmental Authorization or Order of any Governmental Body applicable to
Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller (insofar as it relates to Columbia
Blocker, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries) or any of the properties
or
assets of Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller; or (v) any applicable
Law.
(b) No
consent, waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration
or
filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is
required on the part of Columbia Blocker or Columbia Seller in connection with
(i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Columbia Documents,
the compliance by Columbia Blocker or the Columbia Seller with any of the
provisions hereof, or, in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement,
the
consummation by Columbia Seller of the Columbia Stock Purchase, or (ii) the
continuing validity and effectiveness immediately following the Closing of
any
WCS Spectrum License.
5.B.4 Capitalization.
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(a) The
authorized capital stock of Columbia Blocker consists of 1,000 shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value per share. 100 shares of such common stock are issued
and outstanding, all of which are owned by the Columbia Seller free and clear
of
any Lien.
(b) There
is
no existing option, warrant, call, right or Contract of any character to which
Columbia Blocker or Columbia Seller is a party requiring, and there are no
securities of Columbia Blocker outstanding which upon conversion or exchange
would require, the issuance, sale or transfer of any additional shares of
capital stock or other equity securities of Columbia Blocker or other securities
convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for
or
purchase shares of capital stock or other equity securities of Columbia Blocker.
Neither Columbia Blocker nor the Columbia Seller is a party to any voting trust
or other Contract with respect to the voting, redemption, sale, transfer or
other disposition of the capital stock of Columbia Blocker.
5.B.5 Subsidiaries.
Columbia Blocker does not own, directly or indirectly, any Third Party
Interests, nor does it have any rights to, or is it bound by any commitment
or
obligation to, acquire by any means, directly or indirectly, any Third-Party
Interests or to make any investment in any Person.
5.B.6 Corporate
Records.
(a) Columbia
Blocker has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of its
certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
(b) The
minute books of Columbia Blocker previously made available to Parent contain,
in
all material respects, true, correct and complete records of all meetings and
accurately reflect in all material respects all other corporate action of the
stockholders and board of directors (including committees thereof) of Columbia
Blocker (provided that Columbia Blocker has not made available to Parent a
copy
of the XM Agreement or other information regarding the XM Agreement that is
not
otherwise publicly available). The stock certificate books and stock transfer
ledgers of Columbia Blocker previously made available to Parent are in all
material respects true, correct and complete.
5.B.7 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
5.B.7,
Columbia Blocker does not have any Indebtedness or Liabilities.
5.B.8 Absence
of Certain Developments.
Except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule
5.B.8,
since
the formation of Columbia Blocker, Columbia Blocker has not engaged in or
conducted any business other than making investments in the
Company.
5.B.9 Taxes.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
5.B.9,
Columbia Blocker (i) has no obligation to file any Tax Return that has not
been
filed, (ii) does not have any Liability relating to the payment of Taxes that
are due but have not been paid, (iii) is not, and has never been, a member
of
any affiliated group that filed or was required to file an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return, (iv) has never been, nor currently
is,
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subject
to an audit by a Taxing Authority, and (v) is not, and has never been, a United
States Real Property Holding Corporation. All Tax Returns heretofore filed
by
Columbia Blocker were true and correct in all material respects as filed.
Columbia Blocker has never had any income other than interest income earned
on
the Columbia Notes and on idle funds.
5.B.10 Property
and Assets.
Except
for the shares of Preferred Stock (and upon the conversion thereof, Common
Stock) owned of record by Columbia Blocker and the Columbia Notes, which
Columbia Blocker holds free and clear of any Liens, Columbia Blocker has no
assets, and except for shares of Preferred Stock, the Columbia Notes, cash,
prior to the capitalization of the Company, ownership interests in WCS Wireless,
and immaterial assets, the Columbia Blocker has never had any assets..
5.B.11 Intellectual
Property.
Columbia Blocker has no Intellectual Property Rights.
5.B.12 Insurance.
Set
forth in Schedule
5.B.12
is a
list of all insurance policies and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable
to
Columbia Blocker setting forth, in respect of each such policy, the policy
name,
policy number, carrier, term, type and amount of coverage and annual premium.
The insurance policies listed on Schedule
5.B.12
are in
full force and effect and Columbia Blocker has timely paid all applicable
premiums thereunder. Excluding insurance policies that have expired without
renewal and been replaced in the Ordinary Course of Business, no insurance
policy has been cancelled within the last two (2) years and, to the Knowledge
of
Columbia Blocker, no threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy of
Columbia Blocker during such period. To the Knowledge of Columbia Blocker,
no
event has occurred, including, without limitation, the failure by Columbia
Blocker to give any notice or information or Columbia Blocker giving any
inaccurate or erroneous notice or information, which limits or impairs the
rights of Columbia Blocker under any such insurance policies.
5.B.13 Contracts
and Obligations.
Schedule
5.B.13
sets
forth a list of all Contracts to which Columbia Blocker is a party or by which
it is bound, other than immaterial Contracts that can be cancelled by Columbia
Blocker on thirty (30) days notice or less, without any penalty or continuing
liability. Except for the XM Agreement, Columbia Blocker has made available
to
Parent copies of all of the foregoing Contracts (or written summaries in the
case of oral Contracts). All of such Contracts are valid, binding and in full
force and effect on Columbia Blocker. Columbia Blocker is not in default under
any material provision of any of such Contracts and, to the Knowledge of
Columbia Blocker, no other party to any such Contracts is in default under
any
provision thereof. As of the date hereof, Columbia Blocker has not received
any
written communication from any other party to the Contracts listed on
Schedule
5.B.13
stating
that such other party has decided or plans to terminate or otherwise discontinue
such Contract.
5.B.14 Compliance.
Columbia Blocker has, in all material respects, complied with all Laws and
Orders applicable to its business and has all Permits required thereby.
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5.B.15 Employee
Benefits.
Columbia Blocker does not (i) have, nor has it ever had, any employees, (ii)
maintain any employee benefit plans, programs, agreements, policies,
arrangements or payroll practices or have any obligation to contribute
thereunder for the benefit of any current employees, officers and directors
of
Columbia Blocker or for the benefit of any former employees, officers or
directors of Columbia Blocker or any of its Subsidiaries that terminated service
with Columbia Blocker, or (iii) have any Liabilities relating to any of the
foregoing.
5.B.16 Litigation.
There
is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Columbia Blocker or
the
Columbia Seller, threatened against Columbia Blocker or Columbia Seller (insofar
as it relates to Columbia Blocker, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries)
(or
to the Knowledge of Columbia Blocker or Columbia Seller, pending or threatened,
against any of the officers, directors or consultants of Columbia Blocker or
Columbia Seller (insofar as it relates to Columbia Blocker, the Company or
the
Company Subsidiaries) with respect to business activities on behalf of Columbia
Blocker), or to which Columbia Blocker or Columbia Seller is otherwise a party
before any Governmental Body. Neither Columbia Blocker nor Columbia Seller
(insofar as it relates to Columbia Blocker, the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries) is subject to any Order (other than Orders of general
applicability to Columbia Blocker’s industry or business). Columbia Blocker is
not engaged in any legal action to recover monies due it or for damages
sustained by it.
5.B.17 Related
Party Transactions.
To the
Knowledge of Columbia Blocker and Columbia Seller, except for interests of
Columbia Seller in Columbia Blocker and other Persons who are Company
Stockholders, no officer, director or consultant of Columbia Blocker or Columbia
Seller is a party to any Contract with Columbia Blocker.
5.B.18 Banks.
Schedule
5.B.18
contains
a complete and correct list of the names and locations of all banks in which
Columbia Blocker has accounts or safe deposit boxes and the names of all persons
authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
5.B.19 State
Takeover Statutes.
Section
203 of the DGCL is not applicable to the Columbia Stock Purchase.
5.B.20 Financial
Advisors.
No
Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a broker, finder or financial
advisor for Columbia Seller or Columbia Blocker in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is entitled to any
fee
or commission or like payment in respect thereof.
5.B.21 XM
Agreement.
Neither
Columbia Blocker nor Columbia Seller has breached and is not in breach of the
XM
Agreement and there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of
Columbia Blocker and Columbia Seller, threatened against Columbia Blocker or
Columbia Seller (or to the Knowledge of Columbia Blocker and Columbia Seller,
pending or threatened, against any of the consultant or directors of Columbia
Blocker or Columbia Seller), in each case relating to or arising from the
XM
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Agreement.
To the Knowledge of Columbia Blocker and Columbia Seller, there is no basis
for
any such Legal Proceeding.
C. WARRANITES
OF TKH BLOCKER AND TKH SELLERS
TKH
Blocker warrants and each TKH Seller warrants, severally and not jointly, where
applicable, to each of Parent and Holdco on the date hereof that:
5.C.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
TKH
Blocker is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now conducted (except where the failure to have such power and
authority would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect). TKH Blocker was formed solely for the purpose of holding capital stock
and debt obligations of the Company, has engaged in no other business activities
and has conducted its operations only as contemplated hereby.
5.C.2 Authorization
of Agreement.
(a) TKH
Blocker and the TKH Sellers have all requisite power, authority and legal
capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement,
document, or instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to
be
executed by TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers in connection with
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(together with this Agreement, the “TKH
Documents”),
and,
in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement, to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and pursuant to the TKH Documents. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the TKH Documents by TKH
Blocker and the TKH Sellers, the performance of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or limited
partnership action, as applicable, of TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers, and,
except for such corporate action as may be necessary to terminate the XM
Agreement, no other corporate or limited partnership action on the part of
TKH
Blocker or the TKH Sellers is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery
and
performance by TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) This
Agreement has been, and each of the TKH Documents will be at or prior to the
Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by TKH Blocker and the TKH
Sellers, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto and thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and each of the
TKH Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute, legal, valid
and
binding obligations of TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers, as applicable,
enforceable against TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers in accordance with their
respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally,
and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial
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reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a
proceeding at law or in equity).
5.C.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties.
(a) Assuming
the receipt of the FCC Consent and the expiration of the waiting period under
the HSR Act, none of the execution and delivery by TKH Blocker or the TKH
Sellers of this Agreement or the TKH Documents, or, in the event of the
termination of the XM Agreement, the consummation of the Merger, the TKH Stock
Purchase and the transactions contemplated hereby or pursuant to the TKH
Documents, or compliance by TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers with any of the
provisions hereof or thereof will conflict with, or result in any violation
of
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give
to
others a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation
or
any obligation under, or result in the creation of any Liens upon, the WCS
Spectrum Licenses or any properties or assets of TKH Blocker, under (i) the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of TKH Blocker or the Organization
Documents of the TKH Sellers; (ii) the XM Agreement; (iii) any Contract to
which TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers (insofar as it relates to TKH Blocker,
the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries) is a party or by which any of their
respective properties or assets are bound; (iv) any Governmental Authorization
or Order of any Governmental Body applicable to TKH Blocker or TKH Sellers
(insofar as it relates to TKH Blocker, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries)
or any of the properties or assets of TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers; or (v)
any
applicable Law.
(b) No
consent, waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration
or
filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is
required on the part of TKH Blocker or any of the TKH Sellers in connection
with
(i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the TKH Documents, the
compliance by TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers with any of the provisions hereof,
or, in the event of the termination of the XM Agreement, the consummation by
TKH
Sellers of the TKH Stock Purchase, or (ii) the continuing validity and
effectiveness immediately following the Closing of any WCS Spectrum License.
5.C.4 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of TKH Blocker consists of 1,000 shares of common
stock, 200 shares of Class A Non-Voting Stock and 800 shares of Preferred Stock,
each of which is $0.0001 par value per share. 959.37 shares of such common
stock
and 96.28 shares of Class A Non-Voting Stock are issued and outstanding, all
of
such shares are owned by the TKH Sellers as set forth on Schedule
5.C.4
free and
clear of any Lien. No shares of Preferred Stock are issued and
outstanding.
(b) There
is
no existing option, warrant, call, right or Contract of any character to which
any of TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers is a party requiring, and there are no
securities of TKH Blocker outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would
require, the issuance, sale or transfer of any additional shares of capital
stock or other equity securities of TKH Blocker or other securities convertible
into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase
shares of capital stock or other equity securities of TKH Blocker.
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Neither
TKH Blocker nor any of the TKH Sellers is a party to any voting trust or other
Contract with respect to the voting, redemption, sale, transfer or other
disposition of the capital stock of TKH Blocker.
5.C.5 Subsidiaries.
TKH
Blocker does not own, directly or indirectly, any Third Party Interests, nor
does it have any rights to, or is it bound by any commitment or obligation
to,
acquire by any means, directly or indirectly, any Third-Party Interests or
to
make any investment in any Person.
5.C.6 Corporate
Records.
(a) TKH
Blocker has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of its
certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
(b) The
minute books of TKH Blocker previously made available to Parent contain, in
all
material respects, true, correct and complete records of all meetings and
accurately reflect in all material respects all other corporate action of the
stockholders and board of directors (including committees thereof) of TKH
Blocker (provided that TKH Blocker has not made available to Parent a copy
of
the XM Agreement or other information regarding the XM Agreement that is not
otherwise publicly available). The stock certificate books and stock transfer
ledgers of TKH Blocker previously made available to Parent are in all material
respects true, correct and complete.
5.C.7 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
TKH
Blocker does not have any Indebtedness or Liabilities.
5.C.8 Absence
of Certain Developments.
Except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, since the formation of TKH Blocker,
TKH Blocker has not engaged in or conducted any business other than making
investments in the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
5.C.9 Taxes.
TKH
Blocker (i) has no obligation to file any Tax Return that has not been filed,
(ii) does not have any Liability relating to the payment of Taxes that are
due
but have not been paid, (iii) is not, and has never been, a member of any
affiliated group that filed or was required to file an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary Tax Return, (iv) has never been, nor currently is, subject
to an audit by a Taxing Authority, and (v) is not, and has never been, a United
States Real Property Holding Corporation. All Tax Returns heretofore filed
by
TKH Blocker were true and correct in all material respects as filed. TKH Blocker
has never had any income other than interest income earned on the TKH Note
and
on idle funds.
5.C.10 Property
and Assets.
Except
for the shares of Preferred Stock (and upon the conversion thereof, Common
Stock) owned of record by TKH Blocker and the TKH Note, which TKH Blocker holds
free and clear of any Liens, TKH Blocker has no assets, and except for shares
of
Preferred Stock, the TKH Note, cash, prior to the capitalization of the Company,
ownership interests in WCS Wireless, and immaterial assets, TKH Blocker has
never had any assets.
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5.C.11 Intellectual
Property.
TKH
Blocker has no Intellectual Property Rights.
5.C.12 Insurance.
Set
forth in Schedule
5.C.12
is a
list of all insurance policies and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable
to
TKH Blocker setting forth, in respect of each such policy, the policy name,
policy number, carrier, term, type and amount of coverage and annual premium.
The insurance policies listed on Schedule
5.C.12
are in
full force and effect and TKH Blocker has timely paid all applicable premiums
thereunder. Excluding insurance policies that have expired without renewal
and
been replaced in the Ordinary Course of Business, no insurance policy has been
cancelled within the last two (2) years and, to the Knowledge of TKH Blocker,
no
threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy of TKH Blocker during such
period. To the Knowledge of TKH Blocker, no event has occurred, including,
without limitation, the failure by TKH Blocker to give any notice or information
or TKH Blocker giving any inaccurate or erroneous notice or information, which
limits or impairs the rights of TKH Blocker under any such insurance
policies.
5.C.13 Contracts
and Obligations.
Schedule
5.C.13
sets
forth a list of all Contracts to which TKH Blocker is a party or by which it
is
bound, other than immaterial Contracts that can be cancelled by TKH Blocker
on
thirty (30) days notice or less, without any penalty or continuing liability.
Except for the XM Agreement, TKH Blocker has made available to Parent copies
of
all of the foregoing Contracts (or written summaries in the case of oral
Contracts). All of such Contracts are valid, binding and in full force and
effect on TKH Blocker. TKH Blocker is not in default under any material
provision of any of such Contracts and, to the Knowledge of TKH Blocker, no
other party to any such Contracts is in default under any provision thereof.
As
of the date hereof, TKH Blocker has not received any written communication
from
any other party to the Contracts listed on Schedule
5.C.13
stating
that such other party has decided or plans to terminate or otherwise discontinue
such Contract.
5.C.14 Compliance.
TKH
Blocker has, in all material respects, complied with all Laws and Orders
applicable to its business and has all material Permits required thereby.
5.C.15 Employee
Benefits.
TKH
Blocker does not (i) have, nor has it ever had, any employees, (ii) maintain
any
employee benefit plans, programs, agreements, policies, arrangements or payroll
practices or have any obligation to contribute thereunder for the benefit of
any
current employees, officers and directors of TKH Blocker or for the benefit
of
any former employees, officers or directors of TKH Blocker that terminated
service with TKH Blocker, or (iii) have any Liabilities relating to any of
the
foregoing.
5.C.16 Litigation.
There
is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of TKH Blocker or the TKH
Sellers, threatened against TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers (insofar as it
relates to TKH Blocker (or to the Knowledge of TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers,
pending or threatened, against any of the officers, directors or consultants
of
TKH Blocker or TKH Sellers (insofar as it relates to TKH Blocker, the Company
or
the Company Subsidiaries) with respect to their business activities on behalf
of
TKH
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Blocker),
or to which TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers (insofar as it relates to TKH
Blocker, the Company or the Company Subsidiaries) are otherwise a party before
any Governmental Body. None of TKH Blocker or the TKH Sellers is subject to
any
Order (other than Orders of general applicability to TKH Blocker’s industry or
business). TKH Blocker is not engaged in any legal action to recover monies
due
it or for damages sustained by it.
5.C.17 Related
Party Transactions.
To the
Knowledge of TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers, except for interests of the TKH
Sellers in TKH Blocker, no officer, director or consultant of TKH Blocker or
any
of the TKH Sellers is a party to any Contract with TKH Blocker.
5.C.18 Banks.
Schedule
5.C.18
contains
a complete and correct list of the names and locations of all banks in which
TKH
Blocker has accounts or safe deposit boxes and the names of all persons
authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
5.C.19 State
Takeover Statutes.
Section
203 of the DGCL is not applicable to the TKH Stock Purchase.
5.C.20 Financial
Advisors.
No
Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a broker, finder or financial
advisor for the THK Sellers or TKH Blocker in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is entitled to any fee or
commission or like payment in respect thereof.
5.C.21 XM
Agreement.
Neither
TKH Blocker nor any of the TKH Sellers has breached and is not in breach of
the
XM Agreement and there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge
of
TKH Blocker and TKH Sellers, threatened against TKH Blocker or any of the TKH
Sellers (or to the Knowledge of TKH Blocker and TKH Sellers, pending or
threatened, against any of the consultants, directors or employees of TKH
Blocker or any of the TKH Sellers), in each case relating to or arising from
the
XM Agreement. To the Knowledge of TKH Blocker and TKH Sellers, there is no
basis
for any such Legal Proceeding.
ARTICLE
VI
WARRANTIES
OF PARENT, HOLDCO AND MERGER SUB
Parent
and Holdco warrant to the Company on the date hereof that:
6.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
Parent
is a limited liability company and Holdco is, and Merger Sub will be as of
the
Effective Date, a corporation, each of which is, or in the case of Merger Sub
will be as of the Effective Date, duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all
requisite power and legal capacity and authority to own, lease and operate
properties and carry on its business. Each
of
Parent, Holdco and, as of the Effective Date, Merger Sub is duly qualified
or
authorized to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
under
the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
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real
property and each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or
the
ownership of its properties requires such qualification or authorization, except
where the failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing would
not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.2 Authorization
of Agreement.
Each of
Parent and Holdco has all requisite power, authority and legal capacity to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement, document,
instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to be executed
by
Parent and/or Holdco in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (the “Parent
Documents”),
and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by each of Parent and Holdco of this Agreement and
each
Parent Document have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability
and
corporate action, as the case may be, on behalf of Parent and Holdco. This
Agreement has been, and each Parent Document will be at or prior to the
Closing, duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Holdco and (assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and
thereto other than Parent, Holdco and Merger Sub) this Agreement constitutes,
and each Parent Document when so executed and delivered will constitute, the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Holdco, enforceable
against it in accordance with its respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to
general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a
proceeding at law or in equity).
6.3 Conflicts;
Consents of Third Parties; .
(a) Assuming
the receipt of the FCC Consent and expiration of the waiting period under the
HSR Act, none of the execution and delivery by Parent, Holdco or Merger Sub
of
this Agreement and of the Parent Documents or Merger Sub Documents, as
applicable, nor the compliance by Parent, Holdco or Merger Sub with any of
the
provisions hereof or thereof will (i) conflict with, or result in the breach
of,
any provision of the certificate of Organizational Document of Parent, Holdco
or
Merger Sub, (ii) conflict with, violate, result in the breach of, or constitute
a default under any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, agreement or
other
obligation to which Parent, Holdco or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent,
Holdco or Merger Sub or its properties or assets are bound or (iii) violate
any
Law or Order of any Governmental Body by which Parent, Holder or Merger Sub
is
bound, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations,
breaches or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on Parent, Holdco or Merger Sub or the ability of Parent
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) No
consent, waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration
or
filing with, or notification to, any Person or Governmental Body is required
on
the part of Parent and Holdco in connection with the execution and delivery
of
this Agreement or the Parent Documents or the compliance by Parent, Holdco
and
Merger Sub with any of the provisions hereof or thereof.
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6.4 Compliance
with Laws.
Parent
and Holdco are, and have been at all times since April 13, 2005, in compliance
with all applicable Laws, except to the extent that the failure to be in
compliance with any such Laws has not had, and would not, individually or in
the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, operations, financial condition, or results of operations
of
Parent. No failure on the part of Parent or any of its Affiliates or
predecessors in interest to be in compliance with any Law prior to April 13,
2005 shall adversely affect or delay Parent’s, Holdco’s or Merger Sub’s ability
to perform any of their respective obligations hereunder or, without limitation
of the foregoing, hinder or delay the receipt of the FCC Consent or any other
regulatory approvals.
6.5 Litigation.
There
are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened
that
are reasonably likely to prohibit or restrain the ability of Parent, or Holdco
to enter into this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
or that would otherwise result in a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, operations, financial condition, or results of operations of Parent,
Holdco or Merger Sub.
6.6 Financial
Advisors.
Except
for UBS Securities LLC, no Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a
broker, finder or financial advisor for either Parent or Holdco in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no Person is entitled
to any fee or commission or like payment in respect thereof.
6.7 Financing.
Parent
has, and will have on the Closing Date, unrestricted cash available to
consummate the Acquisitions and perform its obligations hereunder.
6.8 FCC
Qualification.
Parent
and Holdco are qualified under the FCC Rules to hold the WCS Spectrum Licenses
without the need for waiver of any FCC Rule.
6.9 Ownership
and Operations of Merger Sub.
As of
the Closing Date, Holdco will own beneficially and of record all of the
outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub. Merger Sub will be formed solely for
the purpose of engaging in the Merger, will engage in no other business
activities and will conduct its operations only as contemplated hereby and,
as
of the Closing Date (i) will have all requisite
power,
authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver the Certificate of Merger
and each other agreement, document, instrument and certificate contemplated
hereby to be executed by Merger Sub (collectively, the “Merger
Sub Documents”),
(ii)
the execution, delivery and performance by Merger Sub of each of the Merger
Sub
Documents will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on
the party of Merger Sub and (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto other than Parent and Holdco)
shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Merger Sub
enforceable against Merger Sub in accordance with its terms subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of
commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
7.1 Access
to Information.
The
Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker agree that, prior to the Effective
Time, Parent shall be entitled, through its officers, employees and
representatives (including its legal advisors and accountants), to make such
investigation of the properties, businesses and operations of, respectively,
the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker and
such
examination of the books, records and financial condition of the Company, the
Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker as it reasonably requests
and to make extracts and copies of such books and records, including all books,
records, documents and other information relating to the WCS Spectrum Licenses;
provided,
however,
in no
event will any of the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker be obligated
to
provide Parent or any of its officers, employees or representatives (including
Parent’s legal advisors or accountants) with a copy of the XM Agreement or
otherwise disclose any information concerning the transaction contemplated
thereby or the terms thereof. Any such investigation and examination shall
be
conducted during regular business hours and under reasonable circumstances,
and
the Company shall reasonably cooperate, and shall cause the Company and its
Subsidiaries to reasonably cooperate, with all such reasonable requests. No
investigation by Parent prior to or after the date of this Agreement shall
diminish or obviate any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Company Documents.
In
the
event the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, the parties
shall and shall cause their respective representatives to return all non-public
documents, contracts, and papers regarding each other and any copies thereof
and
will not disclose to any third person or to the public any of such
information.
7.2 Conduct
of the Business Pending the Closing.
(a) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or with the prior written consent
of Parent, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective
Time, as applicable, the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker shall, and
the Company shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to do the
following:
(i) conduct
their respective businesses only in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(ii) use
their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve their respective
present businesses, operations, organizations and goodwill and (B) preserve
present relationships with Persons with whom they have material business
dealings;
(iii) use
their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (A) all of their
respective material assets and properties in their current condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted and (B) insurance upon all of their respective properties
and assets in such amounts and of such kinds comparable to that in effect on
the
date of this Agreement;
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(iv) comply
in
all material respects with all applicable Laws, including all laws and FCC
Rules
relating to the WCS Spectrum Licenses or their use;
(v) maintain
in full force and effect the WCS Spectrum Licenses;
(vi) in
the
case of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, maintain the WCS Spectrum
Licenses, in substantially the same condition as of the date hereof, and shall
not take any action out of the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to
the
WCS Spectrum Licenses;
(vii) give
all
required notices of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and,
following the termination of the XM Agreement, use its Best Efforts to obtain
all third party consents material to the Company’s business that are necessary
or advisable in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(viii) promptly
provide Parent with true and correct copies of all material information and
documents in the Company’s or its attorneys’ or its agents’ possession, or that
is obtained during the relevant time period, that relates to the WCS Spectrum
Licenses, including communications sent to or received by the FCC, XM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc. or Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.; provided,
that
none of the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker shall have any obligation
hereunder to provide any information or documents that are publicly available
or, if to do so, would effectively waive any attorney-client privilege of any
of
the Selling Parties with respect thereto or violate any of the Selling Parties’
obligations under the XM Agreement;
(ix) promptly
provide Parent with true and correct copies of all written communications sent
to or received by the FCC with regard to the transactions contemplated hereby
(it being understood that none of the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker
shall have any obligation to provide any such communications that relate to
the
XM Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby);
(x) promptly
provide Parent with notice of any Legal Proceeding threatened or initiated
against any Selling Party by a third party relating to the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which notice shall set forth in
reasonable detail the nature and basis of the claims asserted in such Legal
Proceeding; and
(xi) not
take
any action which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability
of
the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
provided,
however,
that
none of the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker shall be prohibited from
fulfilling any of their obligations under the XM Agreement, including, any
obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby in lieu of
consummating the Acquisitions as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or with the prior written consent
of Parent, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective
Time, none of the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker shall, and the
Company shall not permit either Company Subsidiary to do any of the following:
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(i) declare,
set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
stock or property) in respect of the capital stock of the Company or repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of the capital stock or
other
securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker may
distribute any cash held by them to their respective stockholders at any time
prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) transfer,
issue, sell or dispose of any shares of capital stock or other securities of
the
Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker, or grant
options, warrants, calls or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire shares
of the capital stock or other securities of any such Persons, provided
that
(x)
the
Company may prior to the Effective Time accept capital contributions from or
issue additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to Columbia Blocker,
TKH Blocker and Persons who are Company Stockholders as of the date hereof,
the
proceeds of which are used for the working capital needs of the Company and
the
Company Subsidiaries and (y)
each of
Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker may prior to the Effective Time accept capital
contributions from or issue additional shares of capital stock to, respectively,
the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers, the proceeds of which are used for
the
working capital needs of, respectively, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker,
including their further investment in the Company;
(iii) effect
any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or like change in the
capitalization of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker or
TKH
Blocker;
(iv) amend
the
Organizational Documents of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia
Blocker or TKH Blocker;
(v) hire
any
employee or consultant not terminable at will without penalty on or before
the
Closing Date, or increase the level of compensation payable or to become payable
to any of their respective consultants;
(vi) incur
or
assume any Indebtedness, provided
that,
upon prior written notice to Parent, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
may prior to the Effective Time, incur Indebtedness to Columbia Blocker, TKH
Blocker and Persons who are Sellers as of the date hereof, the proceeds of
which
are used for the working capital needs of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries;
(vii) other
than with respect to the WCS Spectrum Licenses (for which clause (ix) below
is
applicable), subject to any Lien or otherwise encumber or, except for Permitted
Exceptions, permit, allow or suffer to be encumbered, any of the properties
or
assets (whether tangible or intangible), or any shares of capital stock of
the
Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker;
(viii) acquire
any material properties or assets or, other than with respect to the WCS
Spectrum Licenses (for which clause (ix) below is applicable), sell, assign,
license, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any other of their
respective material properties or assets or those of either Company
Subsidiary;
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(ix) other
than in connection herewith or pursuant to the transactions contemplated by
the
XM Agreement, (A) sell, transfer, assign, lease, dispose of, grant an option
in,
grant a right of first refusal with respect to, grant a right of first offer
with respect to, or dispose of, or offer to, or discuss or enter into any
agreement, arrangement or understanding to, sell, transfer, assign, lease,
dispose of, grant an option in, grant a right of first refusal with respect
to,
grant a right of first offer with respect to, or dispose of any of the WCS
Spectrum Licenses, or any interest therein, or negotiate therefor, or (B)
create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever relating
to
any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses or any interest therein or incur any obligation
or liability, absolute or contingent, relating to or affecting any of the WCS
Spectrum Licenses or their use;
(x) except
as
set forth on Schedule
7.2(b)(x),
enter
into or agree to enter into any merger or consolidation with, any corporation
or
other entity, and not invest in, make a loan, material advance or capital
contribution to, or otherwise acquire the securities of any other
Person;
(xi) cancel
or
compromise any material debt or claim or waive or release any material right
except in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xii) enter
into any commitment for capital expenditures, in the case of the Company and
the
Company Subsidiaries, in excess of $20,000 for any individual commitment and
$100,000 for all commitments in the aggregate;
(xiii) enter
into any transaction or to enter into, modify or renew any Contract , other
than
immaterial contracts that can be cancelled by the Company, Columbia Blocker,
TKH
Blocker or either Company Subsidiary, as applicable, on thirty (30) days notice
or less, without any penalty or continued liability, and other than an agreement
providing for the payment to Xxxxx of the Xxxxx Bonus Amount;
(xiv) except
for transfers of cash pursuant to normal cash management practices in the
Ordinary Course of Business, make any investments in or loans to, or pay any
fees or expenses to (other than pursuant to existing Contracts), or enter into
or materially modify any Contract with any Affiliate of the Company, the Company
Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker or any director, officer or
employee of any such Persons;
(xv) make
or
change any election concerning Taxes or Tax Returns, change an annual accounting
period, adopt or change any accounting method, file any amended Tax Return,
enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, settle any Tax claim
or
assessment or surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes or obtain or enter
into any Tax ruling;
(xvi) enter
into any Contract, understanding or commitment that restrains, restricts, limits
or impedes the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to compete with or
conduct any business or line of business in any geographic area or enter into,
modify, amend or terminate any Contract which if so entered into, modified,
amended or terminated would be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(xvii) terminate,
amend, restate, supplement or waive any rights under any Contract, or Permit
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(xviii) fail
to
promptly pay and discharge current liabilities expect where disputed in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, or accelerate the collection of any accounts
receivable;
(xix) enter
into any settlement agreement or stipulation in connection with any Legal
Proceeding described in Section 7.2(a)(x) without the prior written consent
of
Parent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;
and
(xx) agree
to
do anything prohibited by this Section
7.2.
(c) Subject
to the provisions of Section
4.4,
the
Company shall no later than July 3, 2006 withdraw from the FCC its application
for the FCC’s consent to the transfer of control of the WCS Spectrum Licenses to
XM (FCC File No. 0002240823).
7.3 Notice.
The
Company, Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker and Parent shall promptly advise each
other in writing (i) of any representation or warranty made by it (and, in
the
case of Parent, made by Holdco) contained in this Agreement becoming untrue
or
inaccurate in any material respect, (ii) of the failure of it (and, in the
case
of Parent, of Holdco or Merger Sub) to comply with or satisfy in any material
respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied
by
it under this Agreement, or (iii) upon the commencement of, or upon obtaining
knowledge of any facts that would give rise to a threat of, any claim, action
or
proceeding commenced against the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker or
relating to any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses or their use or functionality,
or
which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect;
provided,
however,
that no
such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements of the parties (or remedies with respect thereto) or the conditions
to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
7.4 Best
Efforts; Regulatory Approvals.
Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the
parties agrees from and after the Application Commencement Date to use its
Best
Efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to
be
done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things
reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective,
in
the most expeditious manner practicable, the Acquisitions and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7.5 Filing
and Prosecution of FCC Application.
Promptly, but in no event later than ten days after the date the Company
notifies Parent that it has withdrawn from the FCC its application for the
FCC’s
consent to the transfer of control of the WCS Spectrum Licenses to XM (FCC
File
No. 0002240823) (such date being the “Application
Commencement Date”),
the
Company and Parent shall complete their respective portions of the FCC
application (the “Transfer
Application”)
to
transfer control of the WCS Spectrum Licenses from the Company to Parent and
file such Transfer Application with the FCC, and, concurrently therewith, the
Company shall also withdraw its waiver request for its WCS Spectrum Licenses
(FCC File Nos. 0002166553 (KNLB208); 0002166556 (KNLB302); 0002166559 (KNLB303);
0002166576 (KNLB304); 0002166614 (KNLB305); 0002166630 (KNLB306); 0002166676
(KNLB307); 0002166700 (KNLB308); 0002109564 (KNLB298); 0002109567 (KNLB297);
0000000000 (KNLB296);
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0002109577
(KNLB295); 0002109580 (KNLB207); 0002109551 (KNLB301); 0002109553 (KNLB300);
and
0002109561 (KNLB299)). Parent shall pay the FCC filing fee for the Transfer
Application. Each of the Company and Parent shall, at its own expense, cooperate
in providing all information and taking all steps reasonably necessary,
desirable or appropriate to expedite the preparation, filing, prosecution and
granting of the Transfer Application. In the event any Person petitions the
FCC
to deny or otherwise challenges the Transfer Application or any other
application filed or amended to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement,
or in
the event the FCC grants the Transfer Application or any other application
filed
or amended to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement and any Person petitions
for review or reconsideration of such grant before the FCC, or seeks judicial
review of such grant, then Parent and the Company shall oppose such petition
or
challenge before the FCC and vigorously defend the grant of the Transfer
Application by the FCC diligently and in good faith. Should the FCC deny the
Transfer Application, Parent and the Company shall utilize its Best Efforts
to
secure timely reconsideration or review of such denial. In the event of a
petition or review or inquiry or reconsideration or denial involving the WCS
Spectrum Licenses or the Transfer Application, the costs of defending against
the same shall be apportioned as follows: (1) If the reason for any inquiries,
challenges or denials relates solely to the WCS Spectrum Licenses before
Closing, or the License Sub or the Company, or to alleged acts or omissions
by
the License Sub or the Company or their respective employees or agents, then
the
Company and the License Sub shall be responsible for preparing and filing all
necessary petitions and appeals, and will be responsible for all associated
costs, fees and expenses; Parent shall be responsible only for payment of its
own attorneys fees and costs to cooperate with the Company in such filings
up to
a total dollar amount of $100,000; (2) If the reason for any inquiries,
challenges or denials relates solely to Parent’s qualifications to become the
licensee of the WCS Spectrum Licenses, or to alleged acts or omissions by Parent
or its Affiliates, employees or agents, then Parent shall be responsible for
preparing and filing all necessary petitions and appeals, and will be
responsible for all associated costs, fees and expenses; the Company shall
be
responsible only for payment of its own attorneys fees and costs to cooperate
with Parent in such filings up to a total dollar amount of $100,000; and (3)
If
the reason for any challenges or denials to the Transfer Application relates
jointly to Parent and the Company, then each shall cooperate in preparing and
jointly filing all necessary petitions and appeals, and the Parties shall each
pay its own costs, fees and expenses associated with such filings. Each Party
shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review any and all pleadings,
documents, applications and other materials filed by the other Party with
respect to any of the foregoing prior to its filing. The Company and Parent
shall provide to each other copies of all communications related to any of
the
WCS Spectrum Licenses with the FCC from the date hereof through the Closing
and
provide to each other a reasonable opportunity to contribute to and review
any
and all pleadings, documents, applications and other materials filed with the
FCC by each other from the date hereof through the Closing (in the case of
Parent, only as such pleadings, documents, applications and other materials
relate to the transactions contemplated hereby). From and after the date hereof,
the Company shall not make any filings with the FCC, except for routine filings
that are necessary to preserve the WCS Spectrum Licenses, or agree to any
proposal, settlement, amendment or alteration with the FCC regarding the WCS
Spectrum Licenses, without Parent’s consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
7.6 HSR
Clearance.
Within
ten (10) Business Days of the Application Commencement Date, the Company and
Parent shall complete
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their
respective portions of the applications together with all related information,
data and exhibits necessary to satisfy the requirements of the HSR Act with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and file the same with the
Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)
and
United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”)
and
thereafter diligently pursue the processing of any such applications and filings
before the FTC and DOJ so as to obtain the termination of any applicable HSR
Act
waiting periods.
7.7 Indemnification.
All
rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time now existing in favor of the current
or former directors or officers of the Company as provided in the Company’s
certificate of incorporation, the Company’s bylaws or any written
indemnification agreement between such directors or officers and the Company
(in
each case, as in effect on the date hereof) shall be assumed by the Surviving
Corporation (and its successors and assigns) in the Merger, without further
action, as of the Effective Time and shall survive the Merger and shall,
following the Closing, continue in full force and effect in accordance with
their terms and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a
period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would
adversely affect the rights thereunder of indemnified parties, unless such
modification is required by Law.
(a) Parent
covenants to maintain in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Columbia
Blocker and TKH Blocker the same provisions with respect to indemnification
set
forth in their respective certificate of incorporation and bylaws of each such
Person on the date of this Agreement, which provisions shall not be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years after the Closing
Date in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of Persons
who at any time prior to the Closing Date may have been as prospective
indemnities under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such Person
in
respect of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Date
(including, without limitation, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement), unless such modification is required by applicable Law. In the
event
that Holdco shall effect the dissolution of Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker
prior to the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, then Holdco shall assume
and
thereafter be responsible for such indemnification obligations.
(b) This
Section
7.7
is
intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the present
and
former officers and directors of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia
Blocker and TKH Blocker, respectively, their heirs and personal representatives
and shall be binding on Parent, Holdco, Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation
and their respective successors and assigns.
7.8 No
Solicitation by the Company; Etc.
(a) The
Company, Columbia Blocker, the Columbia Seller, TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers
shall, and the Company shall cause Company Subsidiaries to, and each shall
use
its reasonable best efforts to cause its respective directors, officers,
employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants,
agents and other representatives (collectively, “Representatives“)
to,
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations
with any Person conducted
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heretofore
with respect to a Takeover Proposal, and use reasonable best efforts to obtain
the return from all such Persons or cause the destruction of all copies of
confidential information previously provided to such parties by the Company,
its
Subsidiaries or Representatives. The Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker
shall not, and shall not permit their respective Representatives or, in the
case
of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit,
initiate, knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing
information) any inquiries or proposals that constitute, or may reasonably
be
expected to lead to, any Takeover Proposal, (ii) other than informing Persons
of
the existence of the provisions contained in this Section
7.8,
participate in any discussions or negotiations with any third party regarding
any Takeover Proposal or (iii) enter into any agreement related to any Takeover
Proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation
of
the foregoing restrictions by the Company’s Subsidiaries or Representatives
shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section
7.8
by the
Company.
(b) In
addition to the other obligations of the Company set forth in this Section
7.8,
the
Company shall promptly advise Parent, in writing, and in no event later than
24
hours after receipt, if any proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact is
received by, any information is requested from, or any discussions or
negotiations are sought to be initiated or continued with, the Company in
respect of any Takeover Proposal, and shall, in any such notice to Parent,
indicate the identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or
other contact and the terms and conditions of any proposals or offers or the
nature of any inquiries or contacts (and shall include with such notice copies
of any written materials received from or on behalf of such Person relating
to
such proposal, offer, inquiry or request), and thereafter shall promptly keep
Parent informed of all material developments affecting the status and terms
of
any such proposals, offers, inquiries or requests (and the Company shall provide
Parent with copies of any additional written materials received that relate
to
such proposals, offers, inquiries or requests) and of the status of any such
discussions or negotiations.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section
7.8
to the
contrary, subject to the provisions of Section
7.9,
prior
to the termination of the XM Agreement, none of the Company, Columbia Blocker
or
TKH Blocker or any of their respective stockholders, directors, employees or
representatives shall be prohibited from communicating with XM or amending
or
closing the XM Agreement.
7.9 Confidentiality.
Except
for disclosures expressly permitted by the terms of the Mutual Non-Disclosure
Agreement, dated effective as of April 14, 2006, among NextWave
Broadband, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, Media Venture Partners,
LLC and the Company (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Confidentiality
Agreement”),
Parent
and the Company shall hold, and shall cause their respective officers,
employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other Representatives
to
hold, all information received from the other party, directly or indirectly,
in
confidence in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement.
7.10 Publicity.
None of
the parties hereto shall issue, or permit any of their respective Affiliates
to
issue, any press release or public announcement concerning this Agreement or
the
transactions contemplated hereby without
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obtaining
the prior written approval of the other parties hereto or in the event such
press release or public announcement identifies any Company Stockholder the
prior written approval of such Company Stockholder, which, in each case,
approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless disclosure is
otherwise required by applicable Law or stock exchange regulation, provided
that,
to
the extent required by applicable Law or stock exchange regulation, the party
intending to make such release shall use its reasonable best efforts consistent
with such applicable Law or stock exchange regulation to consult with the other
party with respect to the text thereof.
7.11 Transaction
Expenses.
The
Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker shall use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Parent, no later than three (3)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, pay-off letters in respect of the
Transaction Expenses from any and all third-party service providers to whom
payments are required to be made by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries,
Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, as the case may be, in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The pay-off letters shall provide
that the amounts set forth therein represent payment in full for all fees and
expenses payable by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker
and
TKH Blocker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Sellers shall pay all such Transaction Expenses on the Closing Date from
the
proceeds of the Aggregate Equity Consideration in accordance with Section
3.5(d).
7.12 Conversion
of Preferred Stock.
Prior
to the Closing, each of the Company Stockholders, Columbia Blocker and TKH
Blocker, to the extent that such Person owns shares of Preferred Stock on or
after the date hereof, shall elect, and notify the Company in writing of its
election to convert, subject to the consummation of the Acquisitions as
contemplated hereby, each such share of Preferred Stock into shares of Common
Stock pursuant to and in accordance with Section A.6 of Article Fourth of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
7.13 Unjust
Enrichment.
Not
later than five Business Days following the grant of the FCC Consent, the
Company shall request from the FCC a letter (a “UE
Payment Letter”)
specifying the amount, if any, of the Unjust Enrichment Payments due in
connection with the consummation of the Acquisitions and will provide a copy
of
such UE Payment Letter to Parent promptly upon its receipt thereof.
7.14 License
Build Out.
(a) Subject
to Section 7.14(c),
the
Company and Parent shall following the Application Commencement Date work
together in good faith to develop a plan and budget for constructing a
telecommunications system utilizing the WCS Spectrum Licenses that satisfies
the
minimum “substantial service” standards set forth in Section 27.14 of the FCC
Rules and, from and after September 1, 2006, the Company shall use its Best
Efforts to implement such plan, subject to such budget so as to complete such
telecommunications system in accordance with such plan and budget. Parent and
the Company shall each pay one-half of all costs incurred in implementing such
plan in accordance with such budget as such costs are incurred.
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(b) Parent’s
obligation to pay one-half of the costs referenced in Section
7.14(a)
above
shall terminate upon any termination of this Agreement; and the Company’s
obligation to pay any of the cost associated with the construction of a
telecommunications system shall terminate at the Effective Time. If this
Agreement is terminated for any reason prior to a Closing, the Company shall
have no obligation to reimburse to Parent any of the costs theretofore
contributed by Parent towards the construction of a telecommunications system
in
accordance with this Section
7.14;
provided,
however,
if the
Agreement is terminated in a circumstance where the Termination Fee is payable
then the Company shall promptly reimburse Parent for any such costs theretofore
contributed by Parent in accordance with this Section
7.14.
(c) The
Company shall file with the FCC a request to extend the “substantial service”
deadline with respect to the WCS Spectrum Licenses on or prior to the date
on
which the Company files its portion of the Transfer Application. The Company
shall effect such extension request either by joining in the extension request
filed by NextWave Broadband Inc. on March 22, 2006 (file no. 0002539540) or
by
filing a separate extension request substantially similar thereto. Neither
Parent nor the Company shall have any obligation under this Section 7.14 if
the
FCC on or prior to September 1, 2006 extends for one year or more the deadline
for demonstrating “substantial service” for the WCS Spectrum Licenses from July
21, 2007.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries may at any time and without restriction or consent from Parent
take
such actions as they deem necessary or appropriate to construct a
telecommunications system utilizing the WCS Spectrum Licenses so as to satisfy
the “substantial services” rules of the FCC; provided
that, if
the Company proposes to deploy any network equipment utilizing any of the WCS
Spectrum Licenses prior to September 1, 2006, it shall first provide Parent
with
a detailed network deployment plan no later than sixty (60) days prior to the
deployment, and shall thereafter provide such additional information related
thereto as Parent may reasonably request. Parent shall have no obligation to
contribute to the costs of any actions taken by the Company in accordance with
this Section
7.14(d).
The
Company shall not be obligated to provide Parent with a detailed network
deployment plan or advanced written notice of its deployment of any network
equipment utilizing any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses on or after September
1,
2006. In any event, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of the commencement
of any deployment of network equipment utilizing any of the WCS Spectrum
Licenses and shall keep Parent reasonably informed of the action taken by the
Company hereunder.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, none of the actions taken by the
Company in connection with the construction or operation of a telecommunications
system utilizing any of the WCS Spectrum Licenses in accordance with this
Section
7.14
shall
constitute a breach of any covenant, warranty or other obligation of the Company
hereunder.
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ARTICLE
VIII
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
8.1 Conditions
Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations.
The
respective obligations of each party hereto to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver,
if
permissible under applicable Law), on or prior to the Closing Date, of each
of
the following conditions:
(a) the
waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the Acquisitions under
the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired;
(b) the
FCC
Consent shall have been obtained by Final Order, free of any materially adverse
conditions (other than those applicable to FCC assignments or to licenses in
the
same class of service and block as the WCS Spectrum Licenses generally and
those
that the FCC has included due only to issues that derive from the qualifications
of Parent to become the licensee of the WCS Spectrum Licenses), and the Company
shall have obtained the consent of any other Person or Governmental Body that
is
required in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(c) there
shall not be in effect any Order by a Governmental Body of competent
jurisdiction restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(d) The
XM
Agreement shall have been duly and validly terminated and none of the Company,
the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker shall have any
liability or obligations thereunder.
8.2 Conditions
Precedent to Obligations of Parent and Holdco.
The
obligations of Parent and Holdco to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing
Date,
of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by Parent
in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable Law):
(a) (i)
the
Company shall not be in breach (without giving effect to any limitations as
to
materiality) of any of its warranties as of the Closing, except where such
breach, individually or in the aggregate, has not been, and would not reasonably
be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken
as
a whole; (ii) Columbia Blocker and the Columbia Seller shall not be in breach
(without giving effect to any limitations as to materiality) of any of their
warranties as of the Closing, except where such breach, individually or in
the
aggregate, has not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material
to
Columbia Blocker; and (iii) TKH Blocker and the TKH Sellers shall not be in
breach (without giving effect to any limitations as to materiality) of any
of
their warranties
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as
of the
Closing, except where such breach, individually or in the aggregate, has not
been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material to TKH
Blocker;
(b) each
of
the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with all obligations and agreements required in this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to the Closing Date,
and
Parent shall have received copies of such corporate resolutions and other
documents evidencing the performance thereof as Parent may reasonably
request;
(c) Parent
shall have received the certificate of each of the Company, Columbia Blocker
and
TKH Blocker signed on their behalf by their respective chief executive officers,
each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that each of the conditions specified above in Sections
8.2(a)
and
(b)
have
been satisfied in all material respects;
(d) The
Company shall have obtained a UE Payment Letter and delivered a copy thereof
to
Parent;
(e) the
Stockholder Consents shall be in full force and effect and shall be valid and
effective under Section 228 of the DGCL;
(f) Parent
shall have received written resignations of each of the directors of the
Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, as applicable;
(g) each
officer and director of the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, as
applicable, and each Company Stockholder, the Columbia Seller and the TKH
Sellers, as applicable, shall have duly entered into, executed and delivered
to
Parent the release agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
D;
(h) the
Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, the FCC Opinion to
Parent;
(i) the
Escrow Agent and the Stockholder Representative shall have duly entered into,
executed and delivered to Parent the Escrow Agreement; and
(j) each
of
the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, as applicable, shall have
delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Parent certificates of good standing
as
of a recent date with respect to, respectively, the Company, Columbia Blocker
and TKH Blocker, as applicable, issued by the Secretary of State of the State
of
Delaware and for each state in which the Company is qualified to do business
as
a foreign corporation.
8.3 Conditions
Precedent to Obligations of the Company, Columbia Seller and TKH
Sellers.
The
obligations of the Company, the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the
fulfillment, prior to or on the Closing Date, of each of the following
conditions (any or all of which may be waived by the Company, the Columbia
Seller and the TKH Sellers, as applicable, in whole or in part to the extent
permitted by applicable Law):
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(a) the
representations and warranties of Parent (without giving effect to any
limitations as to materiality) shall be true and correct as of the Closing
as
though made at and as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations
and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such
earlier date), except where the failure of the representations and warranties
to
be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not been, and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Parent
shall have performed and complied in all respects with all obligations and
agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by Parent
on or prior to the Closing Date; and
(c) Parent
shall have duly entered into, executed and delivered to the Stockholder
Representative the Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Survival
of Warranties.
i)
The
warranties of the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker contained in this
Agreement shall survive the Closing until 5:00 p.m. EST on the six month
anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Expiration
Date”).
Any
claim for a Loss asserted in good faith on or prior to the Expiration Date
which
sets forth in a written notice in reasonable detail (based on the facts then
available) the nature and estimated scope of such claim will be timely made
for
purposes hereof. Any claim for indemnification with respect to any of such
matters that is not asserted by notice to the other party on or prior to the
Expiration Date may not be pursued and is hereby irrevocably waived after such
time.
(b) All
covenants and agreements made by the parties to this Agreement which contemplate
performance following the Closing Date shall survive the Closing Date in
accordance with their terms. All covenants and agreements that contemplate
performance prior to the Closing Date shall not survive the Closing Date;
provided,
however,
that if
any such covenant or agreement is breached on or prior to the Closing Date,
the
non-breaching party shall, subject to Section
9.3,
retain
all rights and remedies hereunder with respect to such breach following the
Closing Date.
9.2 Indemnification.
Until
the Expiration Date (except as provided in Section
9.3(b))
and
subject to the provisions of this Article
IX,
the
Escrow Fund shall be available to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent,
the Surviving Corporation, and their respective subsidiaries, directors,
officers, employees, consultants, independent contractors, agents and
representatives (the “Parent
Indemnified Parties”)
from
and against any and all Losses (irrespective of whether or not such Losses
arise
out of or in connection with a third party claim) to the extent, but only to
the
extent, relating to, resulting from or arising out of:
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(a) any
breach as of the Closing Date of the warranties made by the Company, the
Columbia Seller and Columbia Blocker or the TKH Sellers and TKH Blocker set
forth in this Agreement or, respectively, in any Company Document, Columbia
Document or TKH Document (including any Losses arising in connection with the
matters set forth in any certificate delivered to Parent in accordance with
Section 8.2(c));
(b) any
breach of any covenant or other agreement on the part of the Company, Columbia
Blocker or TKH Blocker under this Agreement or, respectively, any Company
Document, Columbia Document or TKH Document; or
(c) any
Tax
Losses,
such
foregoing Losses being referred to herein as “Parent
Indemnifiable Losses;” provided,
however,
that,
the Parent Indemnified Parties may not recover any amount for Parent
Indemnifiable Losses arising from the inaccuracies of, or breaches of, the
warranties contained herein unless and until the aggregate amount of all Parent
Indemnifiable Losses exceeds $100,000 (the “Deductible”),
and
only with respect to such amounts in excess of the Deductible, provided
that the
Deductible shall not apply to breaches of any representations or warranties
contained in Sections
5.A.1,
5.A.2,
5.A.4,
the
last sentence of 5.A.8,
5.A.10,
5.A.12,
5.A.13,
5.A.14,
5.A.20
or
5.A.25;
Sections
5.B.1,
5.B.2,
5.B.4,
5.B.8,
or
5.B.10;
or
Sections
5.C.1,
5.C.2,
5.C.4,
5.C.8,
or
5.C.10.
The
Parent Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy with respect to Parent
Indemnifiable Losses is indemnification in accordance with this Article IX
and
the sole recourse for Parent Indemnifiable Losses for which the Parent
Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to indemnification shall be to the Escrow
Fund. For purposes of calculating Losses hereunder, after a breach or failure
by
the Company referred to in Section 9.2(a)
or
(b)
has been
established, any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications in the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall be ignored for
purposes of determining the amount of the Loss.
9.3 Escrow
Arrangements.
(a) Escrow
Fund.
The
Escrow Amount shall be available to compensate the Parent Indemnified Parties
for any claims by such parties for any Losses incurred or sustained by them
and
for which they are entitled to recovery under this Article
IX.
(b) Escrow
Period; Distribution upon Termination of Escrow Period.
Subject
to the following requirements, the Escrow Fund shall be in existence as of
the
Closing and shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., local time, on the Expiration Date
(the “Escrow
Period”);
provided,
however,
that
the Escrow Period shall not terminate with respect to 120% of the amount of
any
unsatisfied claims specified in any Indemnity Claim Certificate delivered in
good faith to the Escrow Agent prior to the Expiration Date with respect to
facts and circumstances existing prior to the Expiration Date (each, an
“Unresolved
Claim”).
On the
third Business Day following the Expiration Date, the Escrow Agent shall deliver
to the Stockholder Representative the full amount of the Escrow Fund, less
the
amount of any Unresolved Claims. As soon as any Unresolved Claims have been
resolved the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Stockholders Representative,
on
behalf of the applicable Company Stockholders, the Columbia Seller and the
TKH
Sellers, in accordance with their interests in
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the
Residual Payments pursuant to Section
9.3(h),
the
remaining portion of the Escrow Amount, if any, not required to satisfy such
Unresolved Claims. For the purposes hereof, “Indemnity
Claim Certificate”
shall
mean a certificate entitled as such and signed by any officer of Parent and
delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Stockholder Representative: (1) specifying
in reasonable detail the breach of warranty, covenant or other Agreement that
is
basis for such claim and (2) if known, the amount of Parent Indemnified Losses
relating to, resulting from or arising out of such breach.
(c) Claims
for Indemnification.
(i) Upon
receipt by the Escrow Agent at any time on or before the Expiration Date of
an
Indemnity Claim Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall, subject to the provisions
of Section
9.3(d),
deliver
to Parent, as promptly as practicable, an amount of cash from the Escrow Fund
equal to the amount of Parent Indemnifiable Losses set forth in such Indemnity
Claim Certificate; provided,
however,
that if
an Indemnity Claim Certificate does not specify the amount of Losses relating
to
such breach(es) specified in the Indemnity Claim Certificate, then no amount
shall be distributed until the amount of such Losses are thereafter established
(either by agreement with the Stockholder Representative, arbitration as
contemplated hereby or other legal process) and the Escrow Agent is advised
thereof in accordance with the Escrow Agreement. If the Stockholder
Representative does not object in writing within the 30-day period set forth
in
Section
9.3(d)
after
delivery by Escrow Agent of the Indemnity Claim Certificate to the Stockholder
Representative, such failure to so object shall constitute an irrevocable
acknowledgment by the Stockholder Representative on behalf of the Company
Stockholders, the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers, as applicable, that
the
Indemnified Party is entitled to the full amount of the claim for Losses set
forth in such Indemnity Claim Certificate or as are thereafter established
(either by agreement with the Stockholder Representative, arbitration as
contemplated hereby or other legal process).
(d) Objections
to Claims against the Escrow Fund.
At the
time of delivery of any Indemnity Claim Certificate to the Escrow Agent, the
Escrow Agent shall deliver a duplicate copy of such certificate to the
Stockholder Representative, and for a period of thirty (30) days after such
delivery by the Escrow Agent to the Stockholder Representative, the Escrow
Agent
shall make no delivery to Parent of any portion of the Escrow Amount pursuant
to
Section
9.3(c)
unless
the Escrow Agent shall have received written authorization from the Stockholder
Representative to make such delivery. The Escrow Agent shall not make any
payment to Parent pursuant to Section
9.3(c)(i),
if the
Stockholder Representative shall object in a written statement delivered to
the
Escrow Agent prior to the expiration of such thirty (30)-day period to the
claim
made in the Indemnity Claim Certificate (such an objection being referred to
as
a “Claim
Objection”).
(e) Resolution
of Conflicts; Arbitration.
(i) If
the
Stockholder Representative shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a Claim Objection
with respect to any Indemnity Claim Certificate within thirty (30) days after
the Escrow Agent’s delivery of such Indemnity Claim Certificate to the
Stockholder Representative, then the Stockholder Representative and Parent
shall
attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with
respect to each of such claims. If the Stockholder
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Representative
and Parent should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall
be
prepared and signed by both parties and, in the case of a claim against the
Escrow Fund, shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall
be
entitled to rely on any such memorandum and make distributions from the Escrow
Fund in accordance with the terms thereof.
(ii) If
no
such agreement can be reached after good faith negotiation and prior to sixty
(60) days after delivery of an Indemnity Claim Certificate, either Parent or
the
Stockholder Representative may demand arbitration of the matter unless the
amount of the Loss is at issue in pending litigation with a third party, in
which event arbitration shall not be commenced until such amount is ascertained
or both parties agree to arbitration, and in either such event the matter shall
be settled by arbitration conducted by one arbitrator mutually agreeable to
Parent and the Stockholder Representative. In the event that, within thirty
(30)
days after submission of any dispute to arbitration, Parent and the Stockholder
Representative cannot mutually agree on one arbitrator, then, within fifteen
(15) days after the end of such thirty (30)-day period, Parent and the
Stockholder Representative shall each select one arbitrator. The two arbitrators
so selected shall select a third arbitrator. If one party but not the other
fails to select an arbitrator during this fifteen (15)-day period, then the
parties agree that the arbitration will be conducted by the one arbitrator
selected by the party which has made such a selection.
(iii) Any
such
arbitration shall be held in New York City, under the rules and procedures
then
in effect of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator(s) shall
determine how all expenses relating to the arbitration shall be paid, including
the respective expenses of each party, the fees of each arbitrator and the
administrative fee of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator
or
arbitrators, as the case may be, shall set a limited time period and establish
procedures designed to reduce the cost and time for discovery while allowing
the
parties an opportunity, adequate in the sole judgment of the arbitrator or
majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, to discover relevant
information from the opposing parties about the subject matter of the dispute.
The arbitrator, or a majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be,
shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the
authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same
extent as a competent court of law or equity, should the arbitrators or a
majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, determine that discovery
was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused
or
objected to without substantial justification. The decision of the arbitrator
or
a majority of the three arbitrators, as the case may be, as to the validity
and
amount of any claim in such Indemnity Claim Certificate shall be final, binding,
and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement. Such decision shall be
written and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions
which
shall set forth the award, judgment, decree or order awarded by the
arbitrator(s), and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on, and make
distributions from the Escrow Fund in accordance with, the terms of such award,
judgment, decree or order as applicable.
(iv) Judgment
upon any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. The foregoing arbitration provision shall apply to any dispute
between the Stockholder Representative and the Parent Indemnified Party under
this Article
IX,
whether
relating to claims upon the Escrow Fund or to the other indemnification
obligations set forth in this Article
IX.
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(f) Third-Party
Claims.
(i) In
the
event Parent becomes aware of a third-party claim which Parent reasonably
believes may result in a demand against the Escrow Fund pursuant to this
Article
IX,
Parent
shall notify the Stockholder Representative in writing of such claim. The
Stockholder Representative shall have the right to elect to assume the defense
of such claim unless (x) the Losses arising from such claim may reasonably
be
expected to exceed the Escrow Amount, (based solely on the damages alleged
by
the third party, if any damages are alleged), (y) the claim seeks relief which
would limit or otherwise adversely affect the conduct of business by the
Company, or (z) the Losses arising from such claim may result in a Tax Loss
occurring in a Straddle Period or relate to a taxable period beginning after
the
Closing Date. Failure by the Stockholder Representative to notify Parent of
its
election to assume the defense of any such claim or litigation by a third party
within ten (10) Business Days after notice thereof has been given to the
Stockholder Representative shall be deemed a waiver by the Stockholder
Representative of its right to assume the defense of such claim or litigation,
and the Parent shall have the right to retain its own counsel, without prejudice
to its right of indemnification under this Agreement. All claims for legal
fees
and expenses or other Losses against the Escrow Fund for which Parent is
entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section
9.3(f)
shall be
subject to the claims processing and dispute procedures set forth in this
Section
9.3.
(ii) The
Stockholder Representative, if it is entitled to and does assume the defense,
shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to Parent to defend such claim
and
shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel with regard thereto. If
the
Stockholder Representative elects to assume the defense, the obligations under
Article
IX
of this
Agreement shall include taking all steps necessary in the investigation, defense
or settlement of such claim or litigation (including the retention of legal
counsel) and holding Parent harmless from and against any and all Losses caused
by or arising out of any settlement approved by the Stockholder Representative
or any judgment in connection with such claim or litigation; provided,
however,
that
(x) the Stockholder Representative shall first consult with Parent regarding
such settlement, (y) no settlement may be made by the Stockholder Representative
without the consent in writing of Parent, unless such settlement (i) releases
Parent from any liability in respect thereof, (ii) does not include any
admission of culpability on the part of Parent and (iii) does not impose an
injunction or other equitable relief upon Parent, the Company or its
Subsidiaries or otherwise impose affirmative or negative covenants on Parent,
the Company or its Subsidiaries and (z) the Stockholder Representative shall
not
enter into any settlement with respect to Taxes without Parent’s consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the Stockholder Representative elects
to
assume the defense, the Stockholder Representative shall permit Parent to
participate in such defense or settlement through separate counsel chosen by
Parent, with the fees and expenses of such separate counsel borne by Parent;
provided,
however,
that in
the event Parent shall conclude (upon the advice of counsel) that there may
be
legal defenses or rights available to it which are different from, in actual
conflict with, or additional to those available to the Stockholder
Representative, Parent shall be entitled to select separate counsel to act
on
its behalf and the Stockholder Representative shall pay the reasonable separate
counsel fees and other reasonable expenses related thereto and, such fees and
expenses will be paid from the Escrow Fund. In the event that the Stockholder
Representative has consented in writing to any settlement, the Company
Stockholders shall have no power or authority to object
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under
any
provision of this Article
IX
to any
claim for an amount less than or equal to the amount of such settlement by
Parent against the Escrow Fund with respect to such settlement.
(iii) Parent,
if Parent is entitled to and does assume the defense, shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Stockholder Representative to defend such claim
and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel with regard thereto.
If
Parent elects to assume the defense, the obligations under Article
IX
of this
Agreement shall include taking all steps necessary in the investigation, defense
or settlement of such claim or litigation (including the retention of legal
counsel) and holding the Stockholder Representative harmless from and against
any and all Losses caused by or arising out of any settlement approved by the
Parent or any judgment in connection with such claim or litigation; provided,
however, that
Parent shall first consult with the Stockholder Representative regarding such
settlement. If Parent elects to assume such third-party claim or litigation,
Parent shall permit the Stockholder Representative to participate in such
defense or settlement through separate counsel chosen by the Stockholder
Representative, with the fees and expenses of such separate counsel borne by
such the Stockholder Representative; provided,
however,
that in
the event the Stockholder Representative shall conclude (upon the advice of
counsel) that there may be legal defenses or rights available to it which are
different from, in actual conflict with, or additional to those available to
Parent, the Stockholder Representative shall be entitled to select separate
counsel to act on its behalf and the Stockholder Representative shall pay the
reasonable separate counsel fees and other reasonable expenses related thereto
and, such fees and expenses will be paid from the Escrow Fund. In the event
the
Company becomes aware of a third-party claim for which the Company reasonably
believes it may be indemnified by Parent pursuant to Section
9.2
hereof,
the Company shall notify Parent in writing of such claim and Parent shall assume
the defense, including all costs and expenses associated therewith, of such
claim.
(iv) The
failure of the indemnified party to give reasonably prompt notice of any
indemnification claim shall not release, waive or otherwise affect the
indemnifying party’s obligations with respect thereto except to the extent that
the indemnifying party can demonstrate actual loss and prejudice as a result
of
such failure.
(h) The
interests of the Company Stockholders, the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers
in any Escrow Payment or any amounts distributed from the Stockholder
Representative Reserve (collectively, the “Residual
Payments”)
shall
(i) in the case of the Company Stockholders, equal an amount equal to their
Pro
Rata Portion thereof, (ii) in the case of the Columbia Seller, an amount equal
to the Columbia Pro Rata Portion and (iii) in the case of the TKH Sellers,
an
amount in the aggregate equal to the TKH Pro Rata Portion. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, however: (x)
the
Columbia Seller’s rights to any Residual Payment shall be reduced by the amount
of any Parent Indemnifiable Losses arising from any breach by Columbia Blocker
or the Columbia Seller of any warranty, covenant or other obligation hereunder
(collectively, “Columbia
Losses”),
and
the Columbia Seller shall reimburse, indemnify and hold each of the Company
Stockholders and the TKH Sellers harmless from and against any diminution in
the
amount of any Residual Payments made to the Company Stockholders and the TKH
Sellers as the result of any Columbia Losses; and (y)
the TKH
Sellers’ rights to any Residual Payment shall be reduced by the amount of any
Parent Indemnifiable Losses arising from any breach by TKH Blocker or the TKH
Sellers of any
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xxxxxxxx,
xxxxxxxx, agreement or other obligation hereunder (collectively, “TKH
Losses”),
and
the TKH Sellers shall reimburse, indemnify and hold each of the Company
Stockholders and the Columbia Seller harmless from and against any diminution
in
the amount of any Residual Payments made to the Company Stockholders and the
Columbia Seller as the result of any TKH Losses.
9.4 Tax
Losses.
(a) For
purposes of Section
9.2(c),
“Tax
Losses”
means
any and all Losses attributable to Taxes (or the non-payment thereof) of the
Company, the Company Subsidiaries, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker due and
payable for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods (including the portion of any Straddle
Period attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period); provided,
however,
Tax
Losses shall not include any amounts clearly reflected as an accrual for current
Taxes (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) on the Balance Sheet.
(b) For
purposes of allocating income, gain, deductions and losses attributable to
the
period up to and including the Effective Time for a Straddle Period, (i) real,
personal and intangible property Taxes shall be allocated on a per diem basis,
(ii) exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual
basis, such as the deduction for depreciation, will be apportioned ratably
between such periods on a per diem basis and (iii) other Taxes (including income
taxes and taxes in lieu of income taxes to the extent not governed by clause
(ii)), shall be allocated based on a closing of the books as of the close of
business on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, a closing of the
books on the Closing Date for purposes of allocating income, gain, deductions
and losses attributable to the Company).
9.5 Tax
Treatment of Indemnity Payments.
Parent
and, as applicable, the Company, the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers, agree
to treat any indemnity payment made pursuant to this Article
IX
as an
adjustment to the Aggregate Consideration for federal, state, local and foreign
income tax purposes unless a contrary treatment is required under applicable
Law.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Stockholder
Representative.
(a) Upon
the
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Acquisitions and the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Company Stockholders, the Columbia
Seller and the TKH Sellers, and without further act of any Company Stockholder,
Columbia Capital, LLC (the “Stockholder
Representative”)
shall
be appointed as the Stockholder Representative hereunder with the exclusive
right to give and receive notices and communications, to authorize payment
to
any Parent Indemnified Party from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims
and
Losses by a Parent Indemnified Party, to object to such payments,
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to
agree
to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration
and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to
such
claims or Losses, to receive payments on behalf of the Company Stockholders
due
and owing pursuant to this Agreement and acknowledge receipt thereof, to waive
any breach or default of Parent under this Agreement following the Effective
Time, to calculate the Aggregate Consideration Spreadsheet, to receive service
of process on behalf of the Company Stockholders in connection with any claims
under this Agreement or any related document or instrument, and to take all
other actions that are either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment
of
the Stockholder Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii)
specifically mandated by the terms of this Agreement. Such agency may be changed
by the Company Stockholders, the Columbia Seller and the TKH Sellers from time
to time upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Parent;
provided,
however,
that
the Stockholder Representative may not be removed unless holders of a two-thirds
interest of the Escrow Fund agree to such removal and to the identity of the
substituted agent. A vacancy in the position of Stockholder Representative
may
be filled by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund. No bond
shall be required of the Stockholder Representative, and the Stockholder
Representative shall not receive any compensation for its services. Notices
or
communications to or from the Stockholder Representative shall constitute notice
to or from the Company Stockholders.
(b) The
Stockholder Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted
without gross negligence or bad faith hereunder as Stockholder Representative.
Pursuant to the following sentence, and to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, the Sellers shall be, severally based on their respective Pro
Rata Portion of the Aggregate Equity Consideration and not jointly, obligated
to
indemnify the Stockholder Representative and hold the Stockholder Representative
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholder Representative and
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
Stockholder Representative’s duties hereunder, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Stockholder Representative. At
the
time of distribution pursuant to Section
9.3(c)
to the
Sellers of any proceeds remaining in the Escrow Fund, the Stockholder
Representative shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from such income and
gains included in such distribution to pay and reimburse fees and expenses
of
third parties incurred or expected to be incurred in connection with its role
as
Stockholder Representative pursuant to this Agreement to the extent that the
Stockholder Representative Reserve would be insufficient to pay
and
reimburse fees and expenses of third parties.
(c) The
grant
of authority provided for in this Section
10.1:
(i) is coupled with an interest and is being granted, in part, as an
inducement to Parent and Holdco to enter into this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement, and shall be irrevocable and survive the death, incompetency,
bankruptcy or liquidation of the Company or any Seller shall be binding on
any
successor thereto and (ii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by
any Seller of the whole or any fraction of such Seller’s interest in the Escrow
Fund.
(d) In
connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the
Escrow Agreement, the Stockholder Representative shall have the right at any
time and from time to time to select and engage, at the cost and expense of
the
Seller (as
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contemplated
by Section
10.1(b),
attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors, consultants and clerical
personnel and obtain such other professional and expert assistance, and maintain
such records, as the Stockholder Representative may deem necessary or desirable
and incur other out-of-pocket expenses related to performing its services
hereunder.
(e) In
dealing with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and any instruments,
agreements or documents relating thereto, and in exercising or failing to
exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon the Stockholder Representative
hereunder or thereunder, (i) the Stockholder Representative and its agents,
counsel, accountants and other representatives shall not assume any, and shall
incur no, responsibility whatsoever (in each case, to the extent permitted
by
applicable Law) to the Sellers, Parent, Holdco, the Surviving Corporation,
Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker or any of their respective Affiliates by reason
of any error in judgment or other act or omission performed or omitted hereunder
or in connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or any such other
agreement, instrument or document other than with respect to bad faith or gross
negligence on the part of the Stockholder Representative, and (ii) the
Stockholder Representative shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the advice
of counsel, public accountants or other independent experts experienced in
the
matter at issue, and any error in judgment or other act or omission of the
Stockholder Representative pursuant to such advice shall in no event subject
the
Stockholder Representative to liability to the Company Stockholders, Parent,
Holdco, the Surviving Corporation, Columbia Blocker, TKH Blocker or any of
their
respective Affiliates.
(f) All
of
the immunities and powers granted to the Stockholder Representative under this
Agreement shall survive the Closing and/or any termination of this Agreement
and
the Escrow Agreement.
(g) A
decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder Representative,
including an extension or waiver of this Agreement pursuant to Article
IV
or
Section
10.7,
as
applicable, shall constitute a decision of the Sellers and shall be final,
binding and conclusive upon the Sellers; and the Escrow Agent, Parent, Holdco
and the Surviving Corporation may rely upon any such decision, act, consent
or
instruction of the Stockholder Representative as being the decision, act,
consent or instruction of the Sellers. The Escrow Agent, Parent, Holdco and
the
Surviving Corporation are hereby relieved from any Liability to any Person
for
any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or
instruction of the Stockholder Representative.
(h) The
Stockholder Representative has all requisite power, authority and legal capacity
to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement, document, or
instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to be executed
by
the Stockholder Representative in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (together with this Agreement,
the
“Stockholder
Representative Documents”),
and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution
and
delivery of this Agreement and each of the Stockholder Representative Documents,
the performance of its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly
authorized by all required action on the part of the Stockholder Representative.
This Agreement has been, and each of
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the
Stockholder Representative Documents will be at or prior to the Closing, duly
and validly executed and delivered by the Stockholder Representative and
(assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto and thereto) this Agreement constitutes, and each of the Stockholder
Representative Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute, legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Stockholder Representative enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to
general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a
proceeding at law or in equity).
10.2 Specific
Performance.
Each of
the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the breach of this Agreement
by
any other party would cause irreparable damage to one or more of the other
parties hereto, and that such other parties will not have an adequate remedy
at
law. Therefore, the obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be
enforceable by a decree of specific performance issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction, and appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for and granted
in connection therewith. Subject to Article
IX,
such
remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in
addition to any other remedies which any party may have under this Agreement
or
otherwise.
10.3 Submission
to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Except
for matters governed by Section
9.3(e),
the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any
federal or state court located within the State of Delaware over any dispute
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby and each party hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims
in
respect of such dispute or any suit, action proceeding related thereto may
be
heard and determined in such courts. Each party hereby irrevocably waives,
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which such party
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought
in
such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such
dispute. EACH PARTY FURTHER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL ACTION (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) AND ANY OBJECTION
WHICH SUCH PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT BROUGHT IN
THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in
any
such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or
in any other manner provided by law.
(b) Each
of
the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to
this
Agreement in any suit, action or proceeding by delivery of a copy thereof in
accordance with the provisions of Section
10.8.
10.4 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York
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applicable
to contracts made and performed in such state and without regard to the
conflicts or choice of law provisions thereof that would give rise to the
application of the domestic substantive law of any other jurisdiction;
provided,
however,
that
the Merger shall be governed by the DGCL.
10.5 Entire
Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement (together with the schedules and exhibits hereto and the other
documents delivered or to be delivered in connection herewith) and the
Confidentiality Agreement (a) constitute the entire agreement among the parties
hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements and contemporaneous, arrangements,
covenants, promises, conditions, undertakings, inducements, representations,
warranties and negotiations, expressed or implied, oral or written, between
the
parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation
the letter of intent dated as of April 26, 2006 between the Company and Parent
and, (b) except for the provisions of Sections
7.7
and
Article
IX,
are not
intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights
or
remedies.
10.6 Amendment
and Waivers.
This
Agreement may be amended, supplemented or changed by the parties hereto;
provided,
however,
that
there shall be made no amendment that by Law requires further approval by the
Sellers without such approval having been obtained. This Agreement may not
be
amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the
parties hereto. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any
investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a
waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto
of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed
as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other
or
subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no
delay
in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy
by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of
any other right, power or remedy. Any agreement on the part of a party to any
extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing
signed on behalf of such party. A termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section
4.1
or an
amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall, in order to be effective, require,
in the case of Parent, the Company, Columbia Blocker or TKH Blocker, action
by
its Board of Directors. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
10.7 Fees,
Expenses and Other Payments.
Except
as otherwise provided in Article
IX,
Parent
and the
Selling Parties shall each bear their own fees and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement, in each case including regulatory filing fees,
costs and expenses and the fees and expenses of financial, legal and accounting
advisors.
10.8 Notices.
All
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally by hand (with written
confirmation of receipt), (ii) when sent by facsimile (with written confirmation
of transmission) or (iii) one business day following the day sent by overnight
courier (with written confirmation of receipt), in each case at the following
addresses
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and
facsimile numbers (or to such other address or facsimile number as a party
may
have specified by notice given to the other party pursuant to this
provision):
If
to the
Company or the Stockholder Representative, to:
WCS
Wireless, Inc.
c/o
Columbia Capital, LLC
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
With
a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Dodge LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Slap, Esq.
If
to
Parent or Holdco, to:
00
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
With
a
copy to:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
10.9 Construction;
No Implied Warranties. Each
of
the parties is a sophisticated Person that was advised by experienced counsel
and, to the extent it deemed necessary, other advisors in connection with this
Agreement. Each of the parties hereby represents and acknowledges that
(a)
such
party has not relied and will not rely in respect of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby upon any document or written or oral
information previously furnished to or discovered by it or its representatives,
other than this Agreement (or such of the foregoing as are delivered at the
Closing), (b)
there
are no representations, warranties or covenants or agreements by or on behalf
of
any party or any of its respective Affiliates or representatives other than
those expressly set forth in this Agreement, and
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(c)
the
parties’ respective rights and obligations with respect to this Agreement, the
Acquisitions and the events giving rise thereto are solely as set forth in
this
Agreement.
10.10 Retention
of Counsel.
In
any
dispute or proceeding arising under or in connection with this Agreement, each
of the Stockholder Representative and Sellers shall have the right, at their
election, to retain any of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Dodge LLP or Lukas, Nace,
Xxxxxxxxx & Sachs, Chartered to represent them in such matter, and Parent,
for itself and the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker and for its and
such Persons’ respective successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably waives and
consents to any such representation in any such matter and the communication
by
such counsel to the Stockholder Representative and Sellers in connection with
any such representation of any fact known to such counsel arising by reason
of
such counsel’s prior representation of any of the Selling Parties. Parent, for
itself and the Company, Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, and for its and such
respective Persons’ Affiliates, successors and assigns, irrevocably acknowledges
and agrees that all communications between any of the Selling Parties and
counsel, including Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Dodge LLP or Lukas, Nace,
Xxxxxxxxx & Sachs, Chartered made in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and closing under, or any dispute or proceeding
arising under or in connection with, this Agreement, the XM Agreement or
otherwise that, immediately prior to the Closing, would be deemed to be
privileged communications of any of the Selling Parties and their counsel and
would not be subject to disclosure to the Parent in connection with any process
relating to a dispute arising under or in connection with, this Agreement or
otherwise, shall continue after the Closing and for all purposes be deemed
to be
privileged communications between the Stockholders’ Representative or Sellers
and such counsel and neither Parent nor any Person purporting to act on behalf
of or through Parent shall seek to obtain the same by any process on the grounds
that the privilege attaching to such communications belongs to the Company,
Columbia Blocker and TKH Blocker, and not the Stockholders’ Representative or
Sellers.
10.11 No
Recourse.
Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement,
Parent agrees and acknowledges, both for itself and its Affiliates, that no
recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in
connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future
director, officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited partner or member
of any Selling Party or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, whether
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding,
or
by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, it being expressly
agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach
to,
be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future director,
officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited partner or member of any
Selling Party or any current or future member of any Selling Party or of any
Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, for any obligation of the Selling
Parties under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in
connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, the Selling Parties shall be responsible for any breach of their
respective obligations hereunder arising from any action taken by any of their
respective current or future directors, officers, employees, stockholders,
general or limited partners, members or any Affiliates or assignees
thereof.
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10.12 Severability.
If any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable
of
being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms or provisions of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as
the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not
affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such 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 an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent
possible.
10.13 Assignment.
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise by any of
the
parties without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that
Holdco may assign, in its sole discretion, any of or all its rights, interests
and obligations under this Agreement to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent,
but no such assignment may be effected following the Application Commencement
Date, nor shall any such assignment relieve Holdco of any of its obligations
hereunder. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding
upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their
respective successors and assigns.
10.14 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken
together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first
written above.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
NW
SPECTRUM CO.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
WCS
WIRELESS, INC.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
COLUMBIA
WCS III, INC.
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary
TKH
CORP.
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, President
COLUMBIA
CAPITAL EQUITY PARTNERS III (CAYMAN), L.P.
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
ASPEN
PARTNERS - SERIES A, A Series OF
ASPEN CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
ASPEN CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By:
Aspen Capital LLC, its General Partner
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Managing Member
OAK
FOUNDATION USA
By:
Aspen Advisors LLC, its Attorney-in-Fact with respect to the
account
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Managing Member
ENTERASPEN
LIMITED
By:
Aspen Advisors LLC, its Attorney-in-Fact with respect to the
account
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Managing Member
XXXX
COLLEGE
By:
Aspen Advisors LLC, its Attorney-in-Fact with respect to the
account
By:__________________________________________
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Managing Member
ROYAL
BANK OF CANADA
By:__________________________________________
[Title:]
STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE
__________________________________________
[_______],
solely in [his/her] capacity as Stockholder Representative