Agreement and Plan of Merger
Exhibit
2.1
EXECUTION
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_____________________________________________________________________________
Agreement
and Plan of Merger
Among
SilverBirch
Inc.,
RME
Merger Sub Corp.,
Red
Mile Entertainment, Inc.
and
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, as Representative
October
7, 2008
_____________________________________________________________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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2
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ARTICLE
II THE MERGER
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10
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2.1
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Conversion
of Shares.
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10
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2.2
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Additional
Parent Common Shares.
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12
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2.3
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The
Closing
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13
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2.4
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Effects
of the Merger
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13
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2.5
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Surrender
of Certificates
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13
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2.6
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Dissenting
Shares
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14
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2.7
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Restrictions;
Legends
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15
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2.8
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Tax
Withholding
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16
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2.9
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Closing
Merger Expense Certificate.
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2.1
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Further
Assurances
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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3.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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3.2
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Subsidiaries
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3.3
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Power,
Authorization and Validity
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3.4
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Capitalization
of the Company
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3.5
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No
Conflict
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3.6
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Litigation
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3.7
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Taxes
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20
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3.8
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SEC
Filings; Company Financial Statements
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3.9
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Title
to Properties
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3.1
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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3.11
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Contracts,
Agreements, Arrangements, Commitments and Undertakings
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3.12
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No
Default; No Restrictions
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3.13
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Intellectual
Property
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3.14
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Compliance
with Laws
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3.15
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Certain
Transactions and Agreements
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3.16
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Employees,
ERISA and Other Compliance
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3.17
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Merger
Expenses
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3.18
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Books
and Records
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3.19
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Insurance
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3.2
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Environmental
Matters
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3.21
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Customers
and Suppliers
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3.22
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Privacy
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3.23
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Accounts
Receivable
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42
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3.24
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Company
Proxy Statement; Other Filings
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42
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3.25
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Board
Approval
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3.26
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Disclosure.
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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4.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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4.2
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Power,
Authorization and Validity
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4.3
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Capitalization
of Parent
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4.4
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No
Conflict
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4.5
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Interim
Operations of Merger Sub
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4.6
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Stockholders
Consent
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45
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4.7
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Securities
Filings
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4.8
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Company
Proxy Statement
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4.9
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Litigation
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ARTICLE
V COMPANY COVENANTS
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5.1
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Advice
of Changes
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5.2
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Maintenance
of Business
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5.3
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Conduct
of Business
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5.4
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Regulatory
Approvals
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5.5
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Necessary
Consents
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5.6
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Litigation
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5.7
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No
Other Negotiations
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5.8
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Access
to Information
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5.9
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Satisfaction
of Conditions Precedent
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5.1
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Notices
to Company Securityholders and Employees
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5.11
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Closing
Merger Expense Certificate
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ARTICLE
VI PARENT COVENANTS
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6.1
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Advice
of Changes
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6.2
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Regulatory
Approvals
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6.3
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Satisfaction
of Conditions Precedent
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ARTICLE
VII STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STOCKHOLDER AND TSXV APPROVALS
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7.1
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Information
Statement; Fairness Hearing and Permit; Proxy Statement.
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7.2
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Meetings
of Stockholders
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7.3
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TSXV
Approval
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ARTICLE
VIII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING OF MERGER
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8.1
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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8.2
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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8.3
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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ARTICLE
IX TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
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9.1
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Termination
by Mutual Consent
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9.2
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Unilateral
Termination
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9.3
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Termination
Fee
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9.4
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Effect
of Termination
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ARTICLE
X SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, INDEMNIFICATION AND REMEDIES; CONTINUING
COVENANTS
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10.1
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Survival;
Right to Indemnification Not Affected by Knowledge
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10.2
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Agreement
to Indemnify
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10.3
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Limitations
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10.4
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Notice
of Claim
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10.5
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Defense
of Third-Party Claims
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10.6
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Contents
of Notice of Claim
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10.7
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Resolution
of Notice of Claim
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10.8
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Appointment
of Representative
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ARTICLE
XI MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1
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Governing
Law
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11.2
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Assignment;
Binding Upon Successors and Assigns
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11.3
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Severability
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11.4
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Counterparts
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11.5
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Other
Remedies
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67
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11.6
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Amendments
and Waivers
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67
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11.7
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Expenses
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11.8
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Attorneys’
Fees
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68
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11.9
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Notices
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11.1
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Interpretation;
Rules of Construction
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11.11
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Third
Party Beneficiary Rights
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11.12
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Public
Announcement
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11.13
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Entire
Agreement
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70
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11.14
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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List
of Exhibits
Exhibit
A-1
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List
of Signatories to Voting Agreement
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Exhibit
A-2
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Form
of Voting Agreement
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Exhibit
B-1
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List
of employees and consultants receiving Offer Letters
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Exhibit
B-2
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Offer
Letters
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Exhibit
C
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Waivers
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of October 7, 2008 (the “Agreement Date”) by and among
SilverBirch Inc., an Ontario corporation (“Parent”), RME Merger Sub
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Red Mile
Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
as Representative, solely with respect to Article X hereof
and such other provisions hereof which specifically refer to such Representative
(the “Representative”).
Recitals
A. The
parties intend that, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company to
be the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), on
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware.
B. The
Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have determined that
the Merger is in the best interests of their respective stockholders and have
approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Merger.
C. Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and
inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each Company
Stockholder listed on Exhibit A-1 is
executing and delivering to Parent a Voting Agreement in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (a “Voting
Agreement”).
D. Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and
inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each of the
employees and consultants of the Company listed on Exhibit B-1 is
executing and delivering to Parent an executed employment or consulting offer
letter (including the related Confidentiality and Assignment of Inventions
Agreement) in substantially the forms attached hereto on Exhibit B-2 (the
“Offer Letters”), which
Offer Letters shall become effective only upon the Effective Time (as defined in
Article I).
E. Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and to prescribe various
conditions to the Merger.
Now,
therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants
and conditions contained herein, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
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ARTICLE
I
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below. Unless indicated otherwise, all mathematical calculations
contemplated hereby shall be made to the fifth decimal place.
“Affiliate” has the meaning set
forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Alternative Transaction”
means: (A) any acquisition or purchase of Company Common Stock
by any Person or “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of five
percent (5%) or more in interest of the total number of outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock on such date of acquisition (other than as
provided for or permitted by this Agreement), or any merger, consolidation,
business combination or similar transaction involving the Company; (B) any
sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of a
substantial portion of the assets of the Company; or (C) any sale, lease,
exchange, transfer, license or disposition to a third party of the Company
Business.
“Applicable Law” means, collectively,
all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, statutes, ordinances,
regulations, and rules, and all orders, writs, injunctions, awards, judgments
and decrees applicable to the assets, properties and business (and any
regulations promulgated thereunder) of the applicable company or
entity.
“Balance Sheet Date” means June 30,
2008.
“California Law” means the
Corporation Code of the State of California and the rules promulgated
thereunder.
“Certificate of Merger” means
the certificate of merger to be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware at the time of Closing in such appropriate form as
shall be required by Delaware Law.
“Closing” means the closing of
the transactions necessary to consummate the Merger.
“Closing Date” means a time and
date on which the Closing shall occur to be specified by the parties, which
shall be no later than the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions set forth in Article VIII, or at such other time, date and
location as the parties hereto agree in writing.
“Closing Merger Expense
Certificate” means a certificate
executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing
Date, certifying the amount of unpaid Merger Expenses (including an itemized
list of each Merger Expense and the Person to whom such expense was or is
owed).
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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“Company Ancillary Agreements”
means, collectively, each certificate to be delivered on behalf of the Company
by an officer or officers of the Company at the Closing pursuant to Article VIII
and each agreement or document (other than this Agreement) that the Company is
to enter into as a party thereto pursuant to this Agreement.
“Company Balance Sheet” means
the Company’s unaudited balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date included in
the Company Financial Statements.
“Company Business” means the
business of the Company (including its Subsidiaries) as presently
conducted.
“Company Common Stock” means
the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
“Company Disclosure Schedule”
means the disclosure schedule attached hereto and dated as of the Agreement Date
and delivered by the Company to Parent on the Agreement Date listing any
exceptions to the representations and warranties of the Company herein (each of
which exceptions, in order to be effective, shall clearly indicate the section
and, if applicable, the subsection of Article III to which it relates, and each
of which exceptions shall also be deemed to be a representation and warranty
made by the Company under Article III hereof).
“Company Financial
Statements” means (A) the Company’s
or its predecessor’s audited balance sheets dated March 31, 2006, March 31, 2007
and March 31, 2008; (B) the Company Balance Sheet; (C) the
Company’s or its predecessor’s audited statement of income and statement of cash
flows for the years ended March 31, 2006, March 31, 2007 and March 31,
2008; and (D) the Company’s unaudited statement of income and statement of cash
flows for the five (5) months ended August 31, 2008.
“Company Material Contract”
means any Contract required to be listed on the Company Disclosure Schedule
pursuant to Section
3.11 or Section
3.13.
“Company Optionholders” means
the holders of Company Options.
“Company Options” means options
to purchase shares of Company Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company Stock
Plan or otherwise.
“Company Securityholders” means the Company
Stockholders, Company Optionholders and Company Warrantholders,
collectively.
“Company Stock Plan” means the
2005 Stock Option Plan of the Company, as amended.
“Company Stockholders” means
the holders of shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective
Time (including holders of shares of Company Common Stock issued immediately
prior to the Effective Time upon exercise of Company Options and Company
Warrants).
“Company Warrantholders” means
the holders of Company Warrants.
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“Company Warrants” means the
warrants to purchase shares of Company Common Stock.
“Contract” means any written or
oral legally binding contract, agreement, instrument, arrangement, commitment,
understanding or undertaking (including leases, licenses, mortgages, notes,
guarantees, sublicenses, subcontracts and purchase orders).
“Delaware Law” means the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
“Dissenting Shares” means any
shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time and in respect of which appraisal rights shall have been
perfected prior to the taking of a stockholder vote on the Merger at the
Company’s Stockholder Meeting in accordance with Delaware Law in connection with
the Merger.
“Documentation” means,
collectively, programmers’ notes or logs, source code annotations, user guides,
manuals, instructions, software architecture designs, layouts, any know-how, and
any other designs, plans, drawings, documentation, materials, supplier lists,
software source code and object code, net lists, photographs, development tools,
blueprints, media, memoranda and records that are primarily related to or
otherwise necessary for the use and exploitation of any products or any products
in development of the Company, whether in tangible or electronic form, whether
owned by the Company or held by the Company under any licenses or sublicenses
(or similar grants of rights).
“Effective Time” means the time of the
filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware (or such later time as may be mutually agreed in writing
by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger); provided
that the Effective Time shall occur on the Closing Date.
“Encumbrance” means, with
respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest, title retention device, collateral assignment, adverse claim,
restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset (including
any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer
of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income
derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any
restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of
ownership of any asset). For purposes of
clarification only, an inability to sell a security without registering such
security for sale under the Securities Act or other federal securities laws
shall not represent an Encumbrance.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity which
is a member of (A) a “controlled group of corporations,” as defined
in Section 414(b) of the Code; (B) a group of entities under “common
control,” as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code; or (C) an “affiliated
service group,” as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code, or treasury
regulations promulgated under Section 414(o) of the Code, any of which
includes the Company.
“Excess Merger Expenses” means
an amount equal to the sum of (a) any Merger Expenses not described in the
Closing Merger Expense Certificate and (b) any Merger Expenses described in the
Closing Merger Expense Certificate in excess of Seventy Thousand Dollars
($70,000).
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“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agent” means a
commercial bank or trust company appointed by Parent.
“Expiration Date” means the
second anniversary of the Closing Date.
“Fully-Diluted Common Shares”
means the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock that (a) are issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, including all shares of
Company Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of Non-Management Options
and Non-Management Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time, or (b) are
issuable upon the exercise in full of all Non-Management Options and
Non-Management Warrants which are outstanding and are not being exercised
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“GAAP” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Governmental Authority” means
any court or tribunal, governmental or regulatory body, administrative agency,
commission or other governmental authority.
“Heroes Over Europe
Agreement” means the Heroes Over
Europe Publishing Agreement between the Company and Atari Interactive, Inc.,
dated as of June 20, 2008.
“Intellectual Property” means,
collectively, all worldwide industrial and intellectual property rights,
including (a) patents, patent applications, patent rights, (b) trademarks,
trademark registrations and applications therefor, trade dress rights, trade
names, service marks, service xxxx registrations and applications therefor,
together with all common law rights and goodwill related to the foregoing, (c)
Internet domain names, Internet and World Wide Web URLs or addresses, (d)
copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, mask work rights,
mask work registrations and applications therefor, moral rights, and other
rights of authorship or exploitation, (e) franchises and licenses, (f)
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, customer lists, supplier lists, proprietary
processes and formulae, technology, algorithms, net lists, architectures,
structures, screen displays, photographs, images, layouts, development tools,
designs, blueprints, specifications, technical drawings (or similar information
in electronic format), (g) software source code and object code, and (h) all
documentation and media constituting, describing or relating to the foregoing,
including manuals, programmers’ notes, memoranda and records.
“knowledge” means the knowledge
of a particular fact, circumstance, event or other matter in question of the
executive officers and directors of an entity (and with respect to Section 3.13, any
current employees of the Company who have direct responsibility for technology
development activity for the Company) (collectively, the “Entity
Representatives”). Any such Entity Representative will be
deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact, circumstance, event or other
matter if (i) such Entity Representative has actual knowledge of the fact,
circumstance or event or (ii) knowledge of such fact, circumstance or event
would be obtained by reasonable inquiry under the circumstances.
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“Liabilities” means debts,
liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, known or unknown, including
those arising under any law, action or governmental order and those arising
under any Contract.
“Management Optionholders”
means Management Securityholders holding Company Options.
“Management Options” means
Company Options held by Management Securityholders.
“Management Securityholders”
means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx.
“Management Warrantholders”
means Management Securityholders holding Company Warrants.
“Management Warrants” means
Company Warrants held by Management Securityholders.
“Material Adverse Change” and “Material Adverse Effect” when
used in connection with an entity means any change, event, circumstance,
condition or effect that is or is reasonably likely to be, individually or in
the aggregate, materially adverse in relation to the condition (financial or
otherwise), capitalization, properties, products, assets (including intangible
assets), Intellectual Property, liabilities, business, employees, management,
operations, prospects or results of operations of such entity and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except to the extent that any such change,
event, condition or effect directly results from (A) the direct effect of
actions by the Company taken at the direction or request of Parent pursuant to
this Agreement, or (B) changes affecting any of the industries in which such
entity operates generally or the United States or worldwide economy generally
(which changes in each case do not disproportionately affect such entity in any
material respect).
“Merger Expenses” means all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the
Merger and this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including
any fees and expenses of legal counsel, financial advisors, investment bankers
and accountants).
“Merger Sub Ancillary
Agreements” means, collectively, each certificate to be delivered on
behalf of Merger Sub by an officer or officers of Merger Sub at the Closing
pursuant to Article VIII and each agreement or document (other than this
Agreement) that Merger Sub is to enter into as a party thereto pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Merger Sub Common Stock” means
the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Merger Sub.
“Non-Management
Optionholders” means Non-Management
Securityholders holding Company Options.
“Non-Management Options” means
Company Options held by Non-Management Securityholders.
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“Non-Management
Securityholders” means all Company Securityholders other than Management
Securityholders.
“Non-Management Warrantholders”
means Non-Management Securityholders holding Company Warrants.
“Non-Management Warrants” means
Company Warrants held by Non-Management Securityholders.
“Parent Ancillary Agreements”
means, collectively, each certificate to be delivered on behalf of Parent by an
officer or officers of Parent at the Closing pursuant to Article VIII and each
agreement or document (other than this Agreement) that Parent is to enter into
as a party thereto pursuant to this Agreement.
“Parent Common Shares” means the common shares
in the capital of Parent.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means
(A) statutory liens for taxes that are not yet due and payable; (B) statutory
liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or
rental agreements; (C) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure
payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs
mandated by Applicable Law; (D) statutory liens in favor of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials
or supplies and other like liens; and (E) any minor imperfection of title or
similar liens, charges or encumbrances which individually or in the aggregate
with other such liens, charges and encumbrances does not impair the value of the
property subject to such lien, charge or encumbrance or the use of such property
in the conduct of the Business.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability
partnership, trust, estate, proprietorship, joint venture, association,
organization, entity or Governmental Authority.
“Personal Element” means a
natural person’s full name (or last name if associated with an address),
telephone number, e-mail address, Unique Identifying Number, photograph, or any
other information, alone or in combination, that allows the identification of a
natural person.
“Pro Rata
Share” means each Company Stockholder’s, Non-Management
Optionholder’s and Non-Management Warrantholder’s pro rata share of the Total
Consideration, the Heroes Shares or the Sin City Shares, as the case may be,
calculated by dividing the number of Fully-Diluted Common Shares held by such
Company Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder or Non-Management Warrantholder
by the number of Fully-Diluted Common Shares held by all Company Stockholders,
Non-Management Optionholders and Non-Management Warrrantholders as of the
Effective Time.
“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Spreadsheet” means the
spreadsheet delivered to Parent pursuant to Section 8.2(j), which
spreadsheet shall be dated as of the Closing Date and shall set forth, as of the
Closing Date and immediately prior to the Effective Time, the following factual
information relating to the Company Securityholders: (A) the names of
all the Company Securityholders and, to the knowledge of the Company, their
respective last known addresses and (where available) taxpayer identification
numbers; (B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by, or subject to
the Company Options or Company Warrants held by, such Persons and, in the case
of outstanding shares, the respective certificate numbers; (C) the exercise
price per share in effect for each Company Option and Company Warrant;
(D) the vesting arrangements with respect to Company Options; (E) the
number of Vested Company Options; (F) the number of Unvested Company Options;
and (G) the calculation of the Fully-Diluted Common Shares.
“Subsidiary” means a
corporation or other business entity in which the Company or Parent owns,
directly or indirectly, at least a 50% interest or that is otherwise, directly
or indirectly, controlled by such entity.
“Tax” (and, with correlative
meaning, “Taxes”) means
(A) any federal, state, local or other net income, alternative or add-on minimum
tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, value added, ad valorem,
transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental or windfall
profit tax, custom duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment
or charge of any kind whatsoever, whether disputed or not and whether payable
directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a Tax
Return, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional
amount imposed by any governmental entity responsible for the imposition of any
such tax, (B) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described
in clause (A) of this sentence as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for any taxable period, and
(C) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause (A) or (B) of this sentence as a result of being a transferee
of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express or implied
obligation to indemnify any other Person.
“Tax Returns” means all
returns, statements, forms, reports, elections, notices, estimates, declarations
or other information required to be filed with any taxing authority (including
information returns, withholding forms, and declarations of estimated Tax) and
all schedules, exhibits and other attachments thereto and any amendments
thereof.
“Transfer” means the sale,
assignment, contract or offer to sell, sell short, pledge, or otherwise dispose
of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future
of) any Parent Common Shares.
“Total Consideration” means the
number of Parent Common Shares equal to (i) the number of shares of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by 0.875,
plus (ii) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to Non-Management Options that are not
exercised immediately prior to Closing multiplied by 0.875, plus (iii) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to Non-Management Warrants that are not
exercised immediately prior to Closing multiplied by 0.875, less (iv) the number of
Parent Common Shares equal to the Excess Merger Expenses (based on the average
closing price of Parent Common Shares during the thirty (30) days prior to the
Closing Date) as set forth in the Closing Merger Expense
Certificate.
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“TSXV” means the TSX Venture
Exchange.
“Unique Identifying Number”
means an identifier uniquely associated with a person such as a social security
number, driver’s license number, passport number or customer number, but
excluding an identifier which is randomly or otherwise assigned so that it
cannot reasonably be used to identify such person.
“Unvested Company Options”
means any Company Options that are unvested or subject to a repurchase option,
vesting schedule or any other condition providing that such Company Option or
the shares subject thereto may not be exercised, or if exercised, may be
forfeited to or repurchased by the Company upon any termination of the relevant
relationship (including employment or directorship) of the Company with the
holder (or prior holder thereof) under the terms of any Contract with the
Company (including any stock option agreement or stock option exercise
agreement).
“User Data” means, to the
extent collected or acquired by or on behalf of the Company: (a) all data
related to impression and click-through activity of users, including user
identification and associated activities at a website as well as pings and
activity related to closed loop reporting and all other data associated with a
user’s behavior on the Internet, including without limitation all e-mail lists
or other user information acquired by the Company directly or indirectly from a
third party that collected such information, (b) all data that contains a
Personal Element, (c) known, assumed or inferred information or attributes about
a user or identifier, and (d) all derivatives and aggregations of (a), (b) and
(c), including user profiles.
“Vertical Slice Development
Costs” means the external development costs actually incurred by the
Company and the Surviving Corporation to substantially complete the following
obligations under the Sin City Agreement, as defined in Section 2.2(b) below,
following the execution of the Sin City Agreement:
(a)
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Design
guide;
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(b)
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Story;
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(c)
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Character
artwork;
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(d)
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One
preliminary character model
in-engine;
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(e)
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Environment
art mock-ups on paper;
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(f)
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Basic
game mechanic representations in-engine;
and
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(g)
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Proven
visual art style prototype
in-engine;
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“Vested Company Options” means
Company Options that are not Unvested Company Options.
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Other
capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement and not defined in this
Article I shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
2.1 Conversion of
Shares.
(a) Conversion of Merger Sub
Common Stock. At the Effective Time, each share of Merger Sub
Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation, and the shares of the Surviving Corporation into which the shares
of Merger Sub Common Stock are so converted shall be the only shares of Company
Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective
Time.
(b) Cancellation of
Company-Owned Stock. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1(c)
below, each share of Company Common Stock held by the Company immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion
thereof.
(c) Conversion of Company Common
Stock; Exercise
or Conversion of Company Options; Exercise or Conversion of Company
Warrants.
(i) Company Common
Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without the need for any further action on the part of the holder
thereof, be converted into and represent the right to receive 0.875 shares of
Parent Common Shares. The preceding provisions of this Section 2.1(c)(i) are
subject to the provisions of Section 2.6
(regarding rights of holders of Dissenting Shares).
(ii) Company
Options.
A. Non-Management
Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Non-Management Option
that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall at
the election of each Non-Management Optionholder, be (x) net exercised for
Company Common Stock based on the Company’s twenty day volume weighted average
closing price of the Company Common Stock, or (y) converted into and represent
the right to receive an option to purchase the number of Parent Common Shares
equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such
Non-Management Option multiplied by 0.875 and such
Non-Management Optionholder’s Pro Rata Share of the Heroes Shares and the Sin
City Shares (the “Parent
Option”). The exercise price of each Parent Common Share
subject to the Parent Option shall be determined by multiplying the exercise
price of each share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option by
1.14286. The terms of the Parent Option shall be substantially
similar to the terms of the Non-Management Option.
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B. Management
Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Management Option that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and by each Management Securityholder executing and delivering to the
Company a Waiver in the form of Exhibit C (the “Waivers”), be
deemed cancelled in exchange for the terms and conditions of such Management
Securityholder’s Offer Letter.
(iii) Company
Warrants.
A. Non-Management
Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Non-Management Warrant that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall at the election of the
Non-Management Warrantholder, be (x) net exercised for Company Common Stock
based on the Company’s twenty day volume weighted average closing price of the
Company Common Stock, or (y) converted into and represent the right to receive a
warrant to purchase the number of Parent Common Shares equal to the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Non-Management Warrant multiplied by 0.875 and such
Non-Management Warrantholder’s Pro Rata Share of the Heroes Shares and the Sin
City Shares (the “Parent
Warrant”). The exercise price of each Parent Common Share
subject to the Parent Warrant shall be determined by multiplying the
exercise price of each share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company
Warrant by 1.14286. The terms of the Parent Warrant shall be
substantially similar to the terms of the Non-Management
Warrant. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Section
2.1(c)(iii)(A), those certain Non-Management Warrants that may be
exercised by the Non-Management Warrantholders for no consideration as set forth
in more detail on the Spreadsheet, shall be deemed exercised for Company Common
Stock immediately prior to the Closing.
B. Management
Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Management Warrant that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and by each Management Securityholder executing and delivering a Waiver
to the Company, be deemed cancelled in exchange for the terms and conditions of
such Management Securityholder’s Offer Letter.
(d) Adjustments. In
the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any
dividend or distribution of securities convertible into capital stock),
reorganization, reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like
change with respect to the Company Common Stock or Parent Common Shares
occurring after the Agreement Date and prior to the Effective Time, all
references in this Agreement to specified numbers of shares of any class or
series affected thereby, and all calculations provided for that are based upon
numbers of shares of any class or series (or trading prices therefor) affected
thereby, shall be equitably adjusted to the extent necessary to provide the
parties the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization,
reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like
change.
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2.2 Additional Parent Common
Shares.
(a) Heroes Over
Europe. In the event that the aggregate gross revenue
generated by the Surviving Corporation pursuant to the terms of the Heroes Over
Europe Agreement equals or exceeds Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) during the
period commencing on the closing date of the Heroes Over Europe Agreement and
ending on December 31, 2010, Parent shall issue to the Company Stockholders, the
Non-Management Optionholders and Non-Management Warrantholders the number of
Parent Common Shares or Parent Option or Parent Warrants, as applicable, (based
on the average closing price of the Parent Common Shares during the thirty (30)
days prior to the issuance of the Heroes Shares) equal to Eight Hundred
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($825,000) (the “Heroes
Shares”). Each Company Stockholder (other than holders of
shares of Company Common Stock which constitute and remain Dissenting Shares)
shall receive his, her or its Pro Rata Share of the Heroes Shares.
(b) Sin
City. In the event that the Company prior to the Closing or
the Surviving Corporation following the Closing, but prior to June 30, 2009
enters into a definitive agreement with a third party, which third party is
acceptable to Parent in Parent’s reasonable discretion, providing for a
co-publishing arrangement for the Sin City game under development (the “Sin City Agreement”), the
Company Stockholders, the Non-Management Optionholders and the Non-Management
Warrantholders shall be entitled to receive from Parent the number of shares of
Parent Common Shares or Parent Options or Parent Warrants, as applicable, (based
on the average closing price of the Parent Common Shares during the thirty (30)
days prior to the issuance of the Sin City Shares, as defined below) equal to
(i) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) if the Sin City
Agreement sets forth a guaranteed gross revenue equal to or greater than Eight
Million Dollars ($8,000,000); or (ii) Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) if the
Sin City Agreement sets forth a guaranteed gross revenue equal to or greater
than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); or (iii) Seven Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000) if the Sin City Agreement sets forth a guaranteed
gross revenue equal to or greater than Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000); or
(iv) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) if the Sin City Agreement sets forth a
guaranteed gross revenue equal to or greater than Fourteen Million Dollars
($14,000,000) (the “Sin City
Shares”). Promptly after receiving notice of the closing of
the Sin City Agreement, Parent shall use its best efforts to obtain from the
TSXV any required approval of the issuance of the Sin City
Shares. Parent shall issue to each Company Stockholder (other than
holders of shares of Company Common Stock which constitute and remain Dissenting
Shares) seventy percent (70%) of his, her or its Pro Rata Share of the Sin City
Shares upon the later to occur of (A) the Closing Date, and (B) ten (10)
business days after Parent receives from the TSXV any required approval of the
issuance of the Sin City Shares. As soon as practicable after the
closing of the Sin City Agreement, the Company (if before Closing) or the
Surviving Corporation (if after Closing) shall calculate, and notify Parent of
the amount of, the Vertical Slice Development Costs. If the Vertical
Slice Development Costs exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($1,500,000) or completion time frame penalties have then been imposed pursuant
to the Sin City Agreement, such excess costs and penalties will be deducted from
the remaining thirty percent (30%) of the Sin City Shares (based on the average
closing price of the Parent Common Shares during the thirty (30) days prior to
Parent’s receipt of notice of the amount of the Vertical Slice Development
Costs) and Parent shall issue to each Company Stockholder (other than holders of
shares of Company Common Stock which constitute and remain Dissenting Shares)
his, her or its Pro Rata Share of the remaining Sin City Shares upon the later
to occur of
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(A) ten
(10) business days after Parent receives notice of the amount of the Vertical
Slice Development Costs, and (B) ten (10) business days after Parent receives
from the TSXV any required approval of the issuance of such remaining Sin City
Shares. If the amount of such excess costs and penalties exceeds such
thirty percent (30%) of the Sin City Shares, Parent may be indemnified pursuant
to Section
10.2. If the Vertical Slice Development Costs do not exceed
One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000) and completion time
frame penalties have not then been imposed pursuant to the Sin City Agreement,
Parent shall issue to each Company Stockholder (other than holders of shares of
Company Common Stock which constitute and remain Dissenting Shares) his, her or
its Pro Rata Share of the remaining thirty percent (30%) of the Sin City Shares
upon the later to occur of (A) ten (10) business days after Parent receives
notice of the amount of the Vertical Slice Development Costs, and (B) ten (10)
business days after Parent receives from the TSXV any required approval of the
issuance of such remaining Sin City Shares.
2.3 The
Closing. Subject
to termination of this Agreement as provided in Article IX, the Closing shall
take place at the offices of Gowling Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP at 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, or at such other place as may be
mutually agreed in writing by the Company and Parent, on the Closing
Date. Concurrently with the Closing or at such later date and time as
may be mutually agreed in writing by the Company and Parent, the Certificate of
Merger shall be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in accordance with Delaware Law.
2.4 Effects of the
Merger. At
and upon the Effective Time:
(a) the
separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and Merger Sub shall be merged with
and into the Company, and the Company shall be the Surviving Corporation of the
Merger pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of
Merger;
(b) the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended as
reasonably directed by Parent, which amendment shall be set forth in the
Certificate of Merger;
(c) the
Bylaws of Merger Sub shall continue unchanged and be the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation;
(d) the
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
appointed as the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the
Effective Time until their respective successors are duly appointed;
and
(e) the
members of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be appointed as the members of the Board of Directors of
the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time until their
respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
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2.5 Surrender of
Certificates. As
promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the
Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record (as of the Effective Time) of a
certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented shares of Company Common Stock (the “Certificates”) a letter of
transmittal (the “Letter of
Transmittal”) in customary form (which shall specify that delivery shall
be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only
upon delivery of the Certificates to Parent and shall contain such other
customary provisions as Parent may reasonably specify). Upon receipt
of the Certificates for cancellation, together with a duly completed and validly
executed Letter of Transmittal and any other documents as Parent shall
reasonably require, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to deliver to such
Company Stockholder that portion of the Total Consideration which such Company
Stockholder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and
any other amount which such Company Stockholder has the right to receive
pursuant to Section
2.1(c). In the event any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent shall cause
the Exchange Agent to, as promptly as practicable following the receipt by the
Exchange Agent and Parent of the foregoing documents, issue in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate that portion of the Total Consideration
and any other amount payable pursuant to Section 2.1(c)
represented by the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate in exchange therefor
which the Company Stockholder has the right to receive. The Board of
Directors of Parent may in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate to provide to Parent an indemnity agreement or bond against any
claim that may be made against Parent with respect to the Certificate alleged to
have been lost, stolen or destroyed. From and after the Effective
Time, no shares of Company Common Stock will be deemed to be outstanding, and
holders of Certificates formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall
cease to have any rights with respect thereto except as provided herein or by
Applicable Law. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of
Company shall be closed and no transfer of Company Common Stock shall thereafter
be made. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates formerly
representing shares of Company Common Stock are presented to Parent or the
Surviving Corporation, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for that portion of
the Total Consideration and any other amount payable with respect to such
Company Common Stock in accordance with Section
2.1(c).
2.6 Dissenting
Shares. If,
in connection with the Merger, holders of Company Common Stock shall have
demanded and perfected appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of Delaware Law,
none of such Dissenting Shares shall be converted into a right to receive a
portion of the Total Consideration or any other amount payable with respect to
such Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 2.1(c), but
shall be converted into the right to receive such consideration as may be
determined to be due with respect to such Dissenting Shares pursuant to Delaware
Law. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who, pursuant to the provisions
of Delaware Law becomes entitled to payment of the fair value of such shares
shall receive payment therefor in accordance with Delaware Law (but only after
the value therefor shall have been agreed upon or finally determined pursuant to
Delaware Law). In the event that any holder of Company Common Stock
fails to make an effective demand for payment or fails to perfect its appraisal
rights as to its shares of Company Common Stock or any Dissenting Shares shall
otherwise lose their status as Dissenting Shares, then any such shares shall
immediately be converted into the right to receive the consideration issuable
pursuant to Article II in respect of such shares as if such shares had never
been Dissenting Shares, and Parent shall issue and deliver to the holder
thereof, at (or as promptly as reasonably practicable after) the applicable time
or times specified in Section 2.6,
following the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.6, the
portion of the Total Consideration and any other amounts, to which such Company
Stockholder would have been entitled under Section 2.1(c)
with respect to such shares.
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The
Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demand received by the
Company for appraisal of Company Common Stock in accordance with Delaware Law
and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect
to demands for appraisal rights under such law. The Company agrees
that, except with Parent’s prior written consent, it shall not voluntarily make
any payment or offer to make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to
settle, any such demand for appraisal rights.
2.7 Restrictions;
Legends.
(a) Restrictions. Thirty
percent (30%) of the Parent Common Shares issued to the Company Stockholders at
Closing shall be deemed restricted and such holder shall not Transfer such
Parent Common Shares until the date that is Two Hundred Forty (240) calendar
days after the Closing Date (the “First Restriction
Date”). In the event that prior to the First Restriction Date
Parent Common Shares are issued (i) upon exercise of Parent Options or Parent
Warrants or (ii) after Closing as Heroes Shares or Sin City Shares, then thirty
percent (30%) of such Parent Common Shares shall be deemed restricted and such
holder shall not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the First Restriction
Date. Thirty percent (30%) of the Parent Common Shares issued to the
Company Stockholders at Closing shall be deemed restricted and such holder shall
not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the date that is Three Hundred
(300) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Second Restriction
Date”). In the event that prior to the Second Restriction Date
Parent Common Shares are issued (i) upon exercise of Parent Options or Parent
Warrants or (ii) after Closing as Heroes Shares or Sin City Shares, then thirty
percent (30%) of such Parent Common Shares shall be deemed restricted and such
holder shall not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the Second Restriction
Date. Twenty percent (20%) of the Parent Common Shares issued to the
Company Stockholders at Closing shall be deemed restricted and such holder shall
not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the date that is Three Hundred
Sixty (360) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Third Restriction
Date”). In the event that prior to the Third Restriction Date
Parent Common Shares are issued (i) upon exercise of Parent Options or Parent
Warrants or (ii) after Closing as Heroes Shares or Sin City Shares, then twenty
percent (20%) of such Parent Common Shares shall be deemed restricted and such
holder shall not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the Third Restriction
Date. Twenty percent (20%) of the Parent Common Shares issued
to the Company Stockholders at Closing shall be deemed restricted and such
holder shall not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the date that is Four
Hundred Twenty (420) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Fourth Restriction Date”,
together with the First Restriction Date, the Second Restriction Date and the
Third Restriction Date, the “Restrictions Dates” and
individually, a “Restriction
Date”). In the event that prior to the Fourth Restriction Date
Parent Common Shares are issued (i) upon exercise of Parent Options or Parent
Warrants or (ii) after Closing as Heroes Shares or Sin City Shares, then twenty
percent (20%) of such Parent Common Shares shall be deemed restricted and such
holder shall not Transfer such Parent Common Shares until the Fourth Restriction
Date. All such Parent Common Shares subject to the restrictions
set forth in this Section 2.7(a) are
referred to herein as the “Restricted
Shares.”
(b) Legend. A
legend reading substantially as follows shall be placed on each stock
certificate representing Parent Common Shares issued to (i) the Company
Stockholders at Closing; (ii) the Non-Management Optionholders and
Non-Management Warrantholders upon exercise of Parent Options and Parent
Warrants for Restricted Shares after Closing (and only to the extent such Parent
Common Shares represent Restricted Shares); and (iii) the Company Stockholders
pursuant to Section
2.2 after Closing (and only to the extent such Parent Common Shares
represent Restricted Shares):
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THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER UP TO FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE, AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG THE ISSUER, RED
MILE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED THEREIN, DATED AS OF
OCTOBER 7, 2008, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL
OFFICE.
In order
to enforce the foregoing legend, Parent may impose stop-transfer instruction
with respect to the Restricted Shares. Parent shall be obligated to
reissue promptly stock certificates representing all or a portion of the Parent
Common Shares without the above legend at the request of any such holder thereof
so long as such new stock certificate is not issued prior to the applicable
Restriction Date for such Parent Common Shares.
2.8 Tax
Withholding. Parent
or Parent’s agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Total
Consideration or other payment otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
any Company Securityholder, the amounts required to be deducted and withheld
under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law, with
respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that amounts are
so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the Company Securityholder in respect of whom
such deduction and withholding was made.
2.9 Closing Merger Expense
Certificate.
The
Company shall deliver to Parent the Closing Merger Expense Certificate three (3)
business days prior to the Closing Date.
2.10 Further
Assurances. If,
at any time before or after the Effective Time, any of the parties hereto
reasonably believes or is advised that any further instruments, deeds,
assignments or assurances are reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or
to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement at or after the Effective
Time, then the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective
officers and directors shall execute and deliver all such proper deeds,
assignments, instruments and assurances and do all other things reasonably
necessary to consummate the Merger and to carry out the purposes and intent of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject
to the exceptions set forth in a numbered or lettered section of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and warrants to Parent that the
statements contained in this Article III are true and correct on and as of the
date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct at all times until the
Closing Date:
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3.1 Organization and Good
Standing.
(a) Organization. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation or other organization
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (except, in the case of good standing, for entities organized under
the laws of any jurisdiction that does not recognize such concept); (ii) has the
requisite power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to
carry on the Company Business; and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of
the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be
so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company; without limiting the foregoing, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is so qualified or licensed in each jurisdiction listed on Section 3.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Charter
Documents. The Company has delivered or made available to
Parent: (i) a true and correct copy of the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date (collectively,
the “Company Charter
Documents”) and (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, or like
organizational documents (collectively, “Subsidiary Charter
Documents”), of each of its Subsidiaries, and each such instrument is in
full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the
material provisions of the Company Charter Documents and each Subsidiary is not
in violation of the material provisions of its respective Subsidiary Charter
Documents.
3.2 Subsidiaries
. Section 3.2 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Subsidiary of the Company as of the
date hereof. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other
equity or voting interests in, each such Subsidiary have been duly authorized,
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the
Company, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, or the Company and another
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all material pledges,
claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or
nature whatsoever, other than liens for taxes not yet due and payable, except
for restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws. Other than
the Subsidiaries of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
owns any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in,
or any interest convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for, capital stock of,
or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, any other
Person.
3.3 Power, Authorization and
Validity.
(a) Power and
Authority. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
corporate authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and each of the Company Ancillary Agreements and to
consummate the Merger. The Merger and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement, each of the Company Ancillary
Agreements and all other agreements, transactions and actions contemplated
hereby or thereby, have been duly and validly approved and authorized by all
requisite corporate action on the part of the Company (other than stockholder
approval) and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to approve this Agreement and each of the Company Ancillary Agreements
or to authorize or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
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(b) No
Consents. Except for the filing of the Certificate of Merger
with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, obtaining
the California Permit (as defined below) and those consents, approvals and
notices set forth on Section 3.3(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no consents or approvals of or notices to or
filings, declarations or registrations with any Governmental Authority, any
other governmental Person, or any other Person are necessary in connection with
(i) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any of the
Company Ancillary Agreements or (ii) the consummation by the Company of the
Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby so as to permit
the Surviving Corporation to continue the Company Business after the Closing
Date (including the consent of any Person required to be obtained in order to
keep any Company Material Contract in effect following the Merger or to provide
that the Company is not in breach or violation of any such Contract following
the Merger).
(c) Enforceability. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. This
Agreement and each of the Company Ancillary Agreements are, or when executed by
the Company and the other parties hereto and thereto shall be, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to the effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law and
equity governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies.
(d) Required Vote of
Stockholders. Section 3.3(d)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the number of shares of Company
Common Stock owned of record on the Record Date by each holder of Company Common
Stock. The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Stockholder Approvals”) are
the only votes or consents of the holders of any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock necessary to adopt this Agreement. The record
date under Delaware Law and the Company Charter Documents for purposes of
determining stockholders of the Company entitled to give consents with respect
to the Stockholder Approvals is the “Record Date”.
3.4 Capitalization of the
Company.
(a) Authorized and Outstanding
Capital Stock of the Company. The authorized capital stock of
the Company consists solely of 100,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock. A total of 15,978,011 shares of Company Common Stock are
issued and outstanding as of the Agreement Date. The number of issued
and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock held by each stockholder as of
the Agreement Date are set forth on Section 3.4(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, and no shares of Company Common Stock are issued or
outstanding as of the Agreement Date that are not set forth on Section 3.4(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, and no such shares shall be issued or outstanding
as of the Closing Date that are not set forth on Section 3.4(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule except for shares of Company Common Stock issued
pursuant to the exercise of outstanding (i)
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Company
Options listed on Section 3.4(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and (ii) Company Warrants listed on Section 3.4(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company holds no treasury
shares. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (i)
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; (ii) were issued, sold and delivered by the Company in compliance
with all requirements of Applicable Law and the agreements to be terminated
pursuant to Section
8.2(g) hereof; (iii) were issued in compliance with all applicable
Contracts; and (iv) are not subject to any right of rescission, right of first
refusal or preemptive right, whether created by statute, the Company Charter
Documents, or any agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound, except under the agreements to be terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(g)
hereof. There is no Liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by the
Company.
(b) Options. The
Company has reserved an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Company Common Stock
for issuance pursuant to the Company Stock Plan (including shares subject to
outstanding Company Options). A total of 1,012,734 shares of Company
Common Stock are subject to outstanding Company Options as of the Agreement Date
and as of the Closing Date, except for Company Options outstanding as of the
Agreement Date that are exercised in accordance with their terms prior to the
Closing Date. Section 3.4(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, for each
Company Option, (i) the name of the holder of such Company Option, (ii) the
exercise price per share of such Company Option, (iii) the number of shares
covered by such Company Option, (iv) the vesting schedule for such Company
Option, (v) the extent such Company Option is vested as of the Agreement Date,
(vi) whether such Company Option is an incentive stock option or non-statutory
stock option under the Code, (vii) the date of grant of such Company Option and
the name of the entity originally granting such Company Option, and (viii)
whether such Company Option was granted under the Company Stock
Plan. The holders of the requisite number of shares of Company Common
Stock approved the Company Stock Plan on March 9, 2007. True and
correct copies of the Company Stock Plan, the standard agreements under the
Company Stock Plan and each agreement for each Company Option that does not
conform to the standard agreement under the Company Stock Plan have been
delivered by the Company to Parent. All Company Options have been
issued and granted in compliance with Applicable Law and all requirements set
forth in applicable Contracts. There is no obligation on the part of
the Company to pay or indemnify any Company Optionholders for any Tax that may
be imposed on the exercise or disposition of any such Company
Option.
(c) Warrants. As
of the Agreement Date, a total of 1,934,707 shares of Company Common Stock are
subject to issuance upon exercise of the Company Warrants. Section 3.4(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, for each
Company Warrant, (i) the name of the holder of such Company Warrant, (ii) the
exercise price per share of such Company Warrant, and (iii) the number of shares
of Company Common Stock covered by such Company Warrant.
(d) No Other
Rights. Except for Company Options and Company
Warrants, there are no stock appreciation rights, options, warrants,
calls, rights, commitments, conversion privileges or preemptive or other rights
or Contracts outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Company
Common Stock or any securities or debt convertible into or exchangeable for
Company Common Stock or obligating the Company to grant, extend or enter into
any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment, conversion privilege or
preemptive or other right or Contract. Except under the agreements to
be terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(g)
hereof, there are no voting agreements, registration rights, rights of first
refusal, preemptive rights, co-sale rights or other restrictions applicable to
any outstanding securities of the Company.
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(e) Spreadsheet. To
the knowledge of the Company, the information set forth on the Spreadsheet is
true, complete and accurate as of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
3.5 No
Conflict. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Company Ancillary
Agreements by the Company, nor the consummation of the Merger or any other
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, shall conflict with, result in a
termination, breach, impairment or violation of (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both), or constitute a default, or require the consent, release,
waiver or approval of any third party, under: (a) any provision of
the Company Charter Documents, each as currently in effect; (b) any Applicable
Law applicable to the Company or any of its assets or properties; (c) except as
set forth on Section
3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any Company Material Contract;
or (d) any privacy policy of the Company.
3.6 Litigation. To
the knowledge of the Company, there is no action, suit, arbitration, mediation,
proceeding, claim or investigation pending against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (or against any officer, director, employee or agent of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such or relating to their
employment, services or relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary) before
any Governmental Authority, arbitrator or mediator, nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, has any such action, suit, arbitration, mediation, proceeding, claim or
investigation been threatened. There is no judgment, decree,
injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Authority, arbitrator or mediator
outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has an action, suit, arbitration,
mediation, proceeding, claim or investigation pending against any Governmental
Authority or other Person.
3.7 Taxes. For
purposes of this Section 3.7, all
references to the “Company” shall also include its predecessor and each of its
Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company (and any
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for Tax purposes of which the
Company is or has been a member), (a) has properly completed and timely filed
all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, (b) has timely paid all Taxes shown
to be due on any Tax Return and for which payment was due, (c) has established
an adequate accrual or reserve for the payment of all Taxes payable in respect
of the periods or portions thereof prior to the Balance Sheet Date (which
accrual or reserve as of the Balance Sheet Date is fully reflected on the
Company Balance Sheet) and will establish an adequate accrual or reserve for the
payment of all Taxes payable by the Company in respect of the periods or portion
thereof through the Closing Date, (d) has made (or will make on a timely basis)
all estimated Tax payments required to be made, and (e) has no material
Liability for Taxes in excess of the amount so paid or accruals or reserves so
established. All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in
all material respects, and the Company has provided Parent with true and correct
copies of such Tax Returns.
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Except as
set forth on Section
3.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company,
the Company is not delinquent in the payment of any material Tax or in the
filing of any Tax Returns, and no deficiencies for any Tax have been threatened,
claimed, proposed or assessed against the Company or any of its officers,
employees or agents in their capacity as such. The Company has not
received any notification from the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority regarding any material issues that (a) are currently pending before
the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing agency or authority (including
any sales or use taxing authority) regarding the Company, or (b) have been
raised by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing agency or authority and
not yet finally resolved. To the knowledge of the Company, no Tax
Return of the Company is under audit by the Internal Revenue Service or any
other taxing agency or authority and past audits (if any) have been completed
and fully resolved to the satisfaction of the applicable taxing agency or
authority conducting such audit and all Taxes determined by such audit to be due
from the Company have been paid in full to the applicable taxing agencies or
authorities or adequate reserves therefor have been established and are
reflected in the Company Balance Sheet. No Tax liens are currently in
effect against any of the assets of the Company other than liens that arise by
operation of law for Taxes not yet due and payable. There is not in
effect any waiver by the Company of any statute of limitations with respect to
any Taxes nor has the Company agreed to any extension of time for filing any Tax
Return that has not been filed. The Company has not consented to
extend to a date later than the Agreement Date the period in which any Tax may
be assessed or collected by any taxing agency or authority. To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company has complied (and until the Closing Date
will comply) with all Applicable Law relating to the payment and withholding of
Taxes (including withholding of taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445
and 1446 of the Code or similar provisions under any foreign law), and has,
within the time and in the manner prescribed by Applicable Law, withheld and
paid over to the proper taxing agencies and authorities all amounts required to
be so withheld and paid over under all Applicable Law (including Federal
Insurance Contribution Act, Medicare, Federal Unemployment Tax Act and
applicable income and employment Tax withholding laws), including federal and
state income Taxes, and has timely filed all withholding Tax
Returns. The Company is not a party to or bound by any tax sharing,
tax indemnity, or tax allocation agreement nor does the Company have any
liability or potential liability to another party under any such
agreement. The Company has not filed any disclosures under Section
6662 of the Code or comparable provisions of state, local or foreign law to
prevent the imposition of penalties with respect to any Tax reporting position
taken on any Tax Return. The Company has not consummated, has not
participated in, and is not currently participating in any transaction which was
or is a “tax shelter” transaction as defined in Sections 6662, 6011, 6012
or 6111 of the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
transaction requiring disclosure under similar provisions of state, local or
foreign law. The Company has never been a member of a consolidated,
combined, unitary or aggregate group of which the Company was not the ultimate
Parent corporation. The Company has no liability for the Taxes of any
Person (other than the Company) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury
Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) or as a
transferee or successor, by Contract, law or otherwise. Neither the
Company nor any “dual resident corporation” (within the meaning of Section
1503(d) of the Code) in which either the Company is considered to hold an
interest, has incurred a dual consolidated loss within the meaning of Section
1503 of the Code. The Company has in its possession official foreign
government receipts for any Taxes paid by it to any foreign tax agencies and
authorities.
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Other
than adjustments caused by events occurring or elections made after the
Effective Time, the Company has not been and will not be required to include any
material adjustment in Taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date as a result of transactions, events or accounting
methods employed prior to the Effective Time, including pursuant to (a)
Sections 481 or 263A of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local
or foreign law), (b) any intercompany transaction or excess loss account
described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar
provisions of state, local or foreign law), or (c) any prepaid amount received
on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company has never filed any
election under Section 341(f) of the Code. To the knowledge of the
Company, the Company is not a “personal holding company” within the meaning of
the Code. The Company has never been a “United States real property
holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code, and the
Company has filed with the Internal Revenue Service all statements, if any,
which are required under Section 1.897-2(h) of the Treasury
Regulations. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has not
constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in
a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Sections 355 or
361 of the Code.
3.8 SEC Filings; Company
Financial Statements.
(a) SEC
Filings. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has
filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed with the SEC since
December 1, 2004. All such required forms, reports and documents, and all
exhibits and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
(including those filed by the Company after the date hereof) are referred to
herein as the “Company SEC
Reports.” Except as set forth on Section 3.8(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, to the knowledge of the Company, as of their
respective dates, the Company SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder, and (ii) did not at the time each such Company SEC Report was filed
(or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement,
then on the date of such filing) contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. None of the Subsidiaries of the Company is
required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the
SEC. The Company has heretofore furnished to Parent a true and
complete copy of any amendments or modifications, which have not yet been filed
with the SEC but which are required to be filed, to forms, reports and documents
which previously had been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(b) Financial
Statements. Section 3.8(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule includes the Company Financial
Statements. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company Financial
Statements: (i) are derived from and are in accordance with the books
and records of the Company; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of
the Company at the dates therein indicated and the results of operations and
cash flows of the Company for the periods therein specified (subject, in the
case of unaudited interim period financial statements, to normal recurring
year-end adjustments, none of which individually or in the aggregate will be
material in amount); (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods indicated and with each other; and
(iv) complied as to form with the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto. The Company has no material Liabilities, except for
Liabilities (x) shown on the Company Balance Sheet, (y) incurred after the
Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of the Company’s business consistent
with its past practices, or (z) set forth on Section 3.8(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
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(c) Internal
Controls. Since December 1, 2004, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries
has had in place “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) reasonably designed
and maintained to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial)
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and
that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure and to make the certifications of the chief executive officer and
chief financial officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with
respect to such reports. The Company maintains a system of internal
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed with management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP
and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s authorization, and (iv) the recorded amount
for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There
are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or
operation of the Company’s internal controls which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data. There is no fraud in connection with the Company
Financial Statements, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
controls.
(d) SEC
Certifications. The chief executive officer and chief
financial officer of the Company have made all certifications required by, and
would be able to make such certifications as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date as if required to be made as of such dates pursuant to, Sections
302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related
rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, and the statements contained in
any such certifications are complete and correct, and the Company is otherwise
in compliance with all applicable effective provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
3.9 Title to
Properties. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of its
assets and properties (including those shown on the Company Balance Sheet) free
and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted
Encumbrances. Such assets are sufficient for the continued operation
of the Company Business. All properties used in the operations of the
Company Business are reflected on the Company Balance Sheet. All
machinery, vehicles, equipment and other tangible personal property owned or
leased by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or used in the Company
Business are in good condition and repair, normal wear and tear
excepted. All leases of real or personal property to which the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a party are fully effective and afford
the Company a valid leasehold possession of the real or personal property that
is the subject of the lease. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default under any lease to which it is a party and under
which it is in occupancy, no rent is past due under such lease, and no
circumstance exists, which, with notice, the passage of time or both, could
constitute a default of any material term under any such
lease.
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Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession
under all leases of real property. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries owns or has any other interest in any real
property. Section 3.9 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list and a brief
description of all personal property owned by the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries with an original purchase price of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) or
greater.
3.10 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since
the Balance Sheet Date, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has operated
its business in the ordinary course consistent with its past practices, and to
the knowledge of the Company there has not been with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries any:
(a) Material
Adverse Change or any change, event, circumstance, condition or effect that
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change;
(b) failure
to operate the Company Business in the ordinary course so as to use all
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the Company Business intact to
preserve the continued services of the Company’s employees and goodwill of
suppliers, customers and others having business relations with it;
(c) amendment
or change in the Company Charter Documents;
(d) incurrence,
creation or assumption of (i) any Encumbrance on any of its assets or properties
(other than Permitted Encumbrances), (ii) any Liability for borrowed money, or
(iii) any Liability as a guarantor or surety with respect to the
obligations of others;
(e) acceleration
or release of any vesting condition to the right to exercise any option, warrant
or other right to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock,
or any acceleration or release of any right to repurchase shares of its capital
stock upon the stockholder’s termination of employment or services with it or
pursuant to any right of first refusal;
(f) payment
or discharge of any Encumbrance on any of its assets or properties, or payment
or discharge of any of its Liabilities, in each case that was not either shown
on the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of its business
consistent with its past practices after the Balance Sheet Date in an amount not
in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000 for any single Liability to a
particular creditor;
(g) failure
to pay any of its material obligations when due;
(h) purchase,
license, sale, grant, assignment or other disposition or transfer, or any
agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license, sale, assignment or
other disposition or transfer, of any of its assets (including Company
Proprietary Rights (as defined in Section 3.13(a))
and other intangible assets), properties or goodwill other than the sale or
non-exclusive license of its products or services to its customers in the
ordinary course of its business consistent with its past practices;
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(i) damage,
destruction or loss of any material property or material asset, whether or not
covered by insurance;
(j) declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any other
distribution in respect of, its capital stock, or any split, combination or
recapitalization of its capital stock or any direct or indirect redemption,
purchase or other acquisition of any of its capital stock or any change in any
rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of any of its outstanding
securities (other than repurchases of stock in accordance with the Company Stock
Plan or applicable Contracts in connection with the termination of service of
employees or other service providers);
(k) except as
set forth on Section
3.10(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, change or increase in the
compensation payable or to become payable to any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents, or in any bonus, pension, severance, retention, insurance
or other benefit payment or arrangement (including stock awards, stock option
grants, stock appreciation rights or stock option grants) made to or with any of
such officers, directors, employees or agents;
(l) change
with respect to its management, supervisory or other key personnel, any
termination of employment of a material number of employees, or any labor
dispute or claim of unfair labor practices;
(m) Liability
incurred by it to any of its officers, directors or stockholders, except for
normal and customary compensation and expense allowances payable to officers in
the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past
practices;
(n) making by
it of any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any of
its officers, directors or stockholders or any firm or business enterprise in
which any such person had a direct or indirect material interest at the time of
such loan, advance, capital contribution or investment;
(o) cancellation
of any indebtedness or waiver of any rights of substantial value to it, other
than in the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past
practices;
(p) entering
into, amendment of, relinquishment, termination or nonrenewal by it of any
Company Material Contract (or any other right or obligation) other than in the
ordinary course of its business consistent with its past practices, any default
by it under such Contract (or other right or obligation), or any written or, to
the Company’s knowledge, oral indication or assertion by the other party thereto
of any material problems with its services or performance under such Company
Material Contract (or other right or obligation) or such other party’s desire to
so amend, relinquish, terminate or not renew any such Company Material Contract
(or other right or obligation);
(q) material
change in the manner in which it extends discounts, credits or warranties to
customers or otherwise deals with its customers;
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(r) entering
into by it of any Contract that by its terms requires or contemplates a current
and/or future financial commitment, expense (inclusive of overhead expense) or
obligation on its part that involves in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000)
or that is not entered into in the ordinary course of its business consistent
with its past practices, or the conduct of any business or operations other than
in the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past
practices;
(s) making or
entering into any Contract with respect to any acquisition, sale or transfer of
any material asset of the Company;
(t) any
change in accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation
or amortization policies or rates or revenue recognition policies) or any
revaluation of any of its assets;
(u) any
deferral of the payment of any accounts payable other than in the ordinary
course of business, consistent with past practices, or any discount,
accommodation or other concession made other than in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practices, in order to accelerate or induce the
collection of any receivable; or
(v) announcement
of, any negotiation by or any entry into any Contract to do any of the things
described in the preceding clauses (a) through (u) (other than negotiations and
agreements with Parent and its representatives regarding the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement).
3.11 Contracts, Agreements,
Arrangements, Commitments and Undertakings. Section 3.11(a)-(n)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule set forth a list of each of the following
Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets or properties is
bound:
(a) any
Contract providing for payments (whether fixed, contingent or otherwise) by or
to it in an aggregate amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) or
more;
(b) any
dealer, distributor, OEM (original equipment manufacturer), VAR (value added
reseller), sales representative or similar Contract under which any third party
is authorized to sell, sublicense, lease, distribute, market or take orders for
any of its products, services or technology;
(c) any
Contract providing for the development of any software, content (including
textual content and visual, photographic or graphics content), technology or
Intellectual Property for (or for the benefit or use of) it, or providing for
the purchase by or license to (or for the benefit or use of) it of any software,
content (including textual content and visual, photographic or graphics
content), technology or Intellectual Property, which software, content,
technology or Intellectual Property is in any manner used or incorporated (or is
contemplated by it to be used or incorporated) in connection with any aspect or
element of any product, service or technology of it;
(d) any joint
venture or partnership Contract;
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(e) any
Contract for or relating to the employment by it of any director, officer,
employee or consultant or any other type of Contract with any of its officers,
employees or consultants that is not immediately terminable by it without cost
or other Liability, including any contract requiring it to make a payment to any
director, officer, employee or consultant on account of the Merger, any
transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any Contract that is entered into
in connection with this Agreement;
(f) any
indenture, mortgage, trust deed, promissory note, loan agreement, security
agreement, guarantee or other Contract for or with respect to the borrowing of
money, a line of credit, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging
arrangement, or a leasing transaction of a type required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP;
(g) any
Contract that restricts it from (1) engaging in any aspect of its business, (2)
participating or competing in any line of business, market or geographic area,
(3) freely setting prices for its products, services or technologies (including
most favored customer pricing provisions), or (4) soliciting potential
employees, consultants, contractors or other suppliers or
customers;
(h) any
Contract that grants any exclusive rights, rights of refusal, rights of first
negotiation or similar rights to any Person;
(i) any
Contract relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase,
repurchase or redemption of any shares of its capital stock or other securities
or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any
such shares of capital stock, other securities or options, warrants or other
rights therefor, except for those Contracts in substantially the form of the
standard agreement evidencing incentive stock options or non-statutory stock
options under the Company Stock Plan and the Contracts to be terminated pursuant
to Section 8.2(g)
hereof;
(j) any
Contract with any labor union or any collective bargaining agreement or similar
Contract with its employees;
(k) any
Contract of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement of,
or any similar commitment with respect to, the obligations, liabilities (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other
Person;
(l) any
Contract in which its officers, directors, employees or stockholders or any
member of their immediate families is directly or indirectly interested (whether
as a party or otherwise);
(m) any
Contract pursuant to which it has acquired a business or entity, or
substantially all of the assets of a business or entity, whether by way of
merger, consolidation, purchase of stock, purchase of assets, license or
otherwise; or
(n) any other
Contract that is material to it or its business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets.
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A true
and complete copy of each agreement or document, including any amendments
thereto, required by these subsections (a)-(n) of this Section 3.11 to
be listed on Section
3.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule has been delivered or made
available to Parent. As of the Agreement Date, each of the Company
Material Contracts is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or
its Subsidiaries (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties thereto) and is in full force and effect and enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws relating to
or affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies
(whether in proceedings at law or in equity). All Company Material
Contracts are in written form.
3.12 No Default; No
Restrictions.
(a) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has performed
all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under the
Company Material Contracts, and there exists no default or event of default or
event, occurrence, condition or act, with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company, with respect to any other
contracting party, which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or the
happening of any other event or conditions, would reasonably be expected to (i)
become a default or event of default under any Company Material Contract or (ii)
give any third party (1) the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy
under any Company Material Contract, (2) the right to a rebate, chargeback,
refund, credit, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Company
Material Contract, (3) the right to accelerate the maturity or performance
of any obligation of the Company under any Company Material Contract, or (4) the
right to cancel, terminate or modify any Company Material Contract, except in
each case for those breaches or defaults which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any written communication regarding any violation or breach of or
default under, or intention to cancel, call a default under, or modify, any
Company Material Contract from the other party or parties to such Company
Material Contract.
(b) Except as
listed in Section
3.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries is a party to, and no asset or property of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected by, any judgment, injunction, order
or decree of any Governmental Authority, that restricts or prohibits the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, following the Effective Time, will restrict
or prohibit the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, from
freely engaging in the Company Business or from competing anywhere in the world
(including any judgments, injunctions, orders or decrees, restricting the
geographic area in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell,
license, market, distribute or support any products or technology or provide
services or restricting the markets, customers or industries that the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may address in operating the Company Business or
restricting the prices which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may charge
for its products, technology or services (including most favored customer
pricing provisions)), or includes any grants by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of exclusive rights or licenses, rights of refusal, rights of first
negotiation or similar rights.
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3.13 Intellectual
Property.
(a) The
Company or its Subsidiaries own or has the valid right or license to all
Intellectual Property used in any Company Product or Service (as defined in
Section 3.13(c))
or otherwise used in the conduct of the Company Business (such Intellectual
Property being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company IP
Rights”). Such Company IP Rights are sufficient for the
conduct of the Company Business. As used in this Agreement, “Company-Owned IP Rights” means
Company IP Rights that are owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries; and “Company-Licensed IP Rights”
means Company IP Rights that are licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries by
a third party.
(b) Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Company
Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or by the Company Ancillary
Agreements shall, in accordance with their terms: (i) constitute a
material breach of or default under any instrument, license or other Contract
governing any Company IP Right (collectively, the “Company IP Rights
Agreements”); (ii) cause the forfeiture or termination of, or give rise
to a right of forfeiture or termination of, any Company IP Right; or (iii)
materially impair the right of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Surviving
Corporation to use, make, market, license, sell, copy, distribute, or dispose of
any Company IP Right or portion thereof. Except as set forth in Section 3.13(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no royalties, honoraria, fees or
other payments payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any third person
(other than salaries payable to employees and independent contractors not
contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the
ownership, use, manufacture, marketing, license-in, sale, copying, distribution,
or disposition of any Company IP Rights by the Company or its Subsidiaries, and
none shall become payable as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Section 3.13(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list (by name and version number)
of each of the products and services, including, without limitation, all
software, firmware, middleware, databases, interfaces, systems, devices,
hardware, equipment, other tangible items manufactured, sold, licensed, marketed
or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries and each product and service
currently anticipated to be distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (each
a “Company Product or
Service”). Neither the operation of the Company Business nor
the use, manufacture, marketing, license, sale or distribution by the Company or
its Subsidiaries of any Company Product or Service currently used, made,
marketed, licensed, sold or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (i)
violates in any material respect any license or other Contract between the
Company or its Subsidiaries and any third party, or (ii) infringes or
misappropriates or will infringe or misappropriate, if used in effectively the
same manner as currently used by the Company or its Subsidiaries, any
Intellectual Property right of any other party. There is no pending,
or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim or litigation contesting
the validity or ownership of, or right of the Company or its Subsidiaries to,
any Company IP Right, nor to the knowledge of the Company is there any
legitimate basis for any such claim, nor has the Company or its Subsidiaries
received any written notice asserting that any Company IP Right conflicts with
or infringes the rights of any other party, nor to the knowledge of the Company
is there any legitimate basis for any such assertion. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has not received any written notice from any third
party that it enter into a license under any third-party
patents.
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None of
the Company-Owned IP Rights or Company Products or Services is subject to any
proceeding or outstanding order or stipulation (i) restricting in any manner the
use, development, manufacture, marketing, licensing, sale, distribution,
furnishing or disposition by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any
Company-Owned IP Rights, any Company Product or Service, or which may affect the
validity, use or enforceability of any such Company-Owned IP Rights or Company
Product or Service, or (ii) restricting the conduct of the Company Business in
order to accommodate Intellectual Property rights of a third party.
(d) To the
Company’s knowledge, no current or former employee, consultant or independent
contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in
material violation of any term or covenant of any employment contract, patent
disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, nondisclosure agreement,
noncompetition agreement or any other Contract with any other party by virtue of
such employee’s, consultant’s or independent contractor’s being employed by, or
performing services for, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or using trade
secrets or proprietary information of others without permission; or
(ii) has developed any technology, software or other copyrightable,
patentable or otherwise proprietary work for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that is subject to any Contract under which such employee,
consultant or independent contractor has assigned or otherwise granted to any
third party any rights (including Intellectual Property) in or to such
technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary
work. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the employment of any
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor the use by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries of the services of any consultant or independent
contractor subjects the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Liability to
any third party (including for improperly soliciting such employee, consultant
or independent contractor to work for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries).
(e) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has taken commercially reasonable steps to
protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the trade
secrets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to preserve and maintain all the
Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ interests, proprietary rights and trade
secrets in the Company IP Rights. All current and former officers,
employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company, its
predecessor and each of its Subsidiaries having access to proprietary
information of the Company, its predecessor and each of its Subsidiaries, and
each of their respective customers or business partners and inventions owned by
each of them have executed and delivered to the Company or its predecessor and
its Subsidiaries an agreement regarding the protection of such proprietary
information and the assignment of inventions to the Company, its predecessor or
its Subsidiaries (in the case of proprietary information of their respective
customers and business partners, to the extent required by such customers and
business partners); and copies of all such agreements have been delivered or
made available to Parent. The Company, its predecessor and each of
its Subsidiaries has secured valid written assignments from all of their current
and former consultants, independent contractors and employees who were involved
in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Company-Owned IP
Rights, of the rights to such contributions that the Company, its predecessor
and each of its Subsidiaries did not or does not already own by operation of
law. No current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or
independent contractor of the Company, its predecessor or any of its
Subsidiaries has any right or license in or with respect to any Company-Owned IP
Rights.
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(f) Section 3.13(f) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of (i) all
worldwide registrations made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any patents, copyrights, mask works, trademarks, service marks,
Internet domain names or Internet or World Wide Web URLs or addresses with any
Governmental Authority or quasi-governmental authority, including Internet
domain name registries, (ii) all applications, registrations, filings and other
formal written governmental actions made or taken pursuant to Applicable Law by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure, perfect or protect its
interest in the Company-Owned IP Rights, including all patent applications,
copyright applications, mask work applications and applications for registration
of trademarks and service marks, and where applicable the jurisdiction in which
each of the items of the Company-Owned IP Rights has been applied for, filed,
issued or registered, (iii) all inter partes proceedings or actions before any
court or tribunal (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
equivalent authority anywhere else in the world) related to any of the
Company-Owned IP Rights, and (iv) all other Company-Owned IP Rights for which no
application or registration has been filed, or for which no registration has
been issued. All registered patents, trademarks, service marks,
Internet domain names, Internet or World Wide Web URLs or addresses, copyrights
and mask work rights that are Company-Owned IP Rights are valid and subsisting,
and the Company or its Subsidiaries are the record owner thereof. All
registered patents, trademarks and service marks, are currently in compliance
with all legal requirements other than any requirement, that if not satisfied,
with respect to a patent would not result in a revocation or lapse or otherwise
adversely affect its enforceability, and with regard to a trademark or service
xxxx would not result in a cancellation of such registration or otherwise
adversely affect the use, priority or enforceability of the trademark or service
xxxx. The Company, its predecessor and each of its Subsidiaries has
not taken any action or failed to take any action (including a failure to
disclose material prior art in connection with the prosecution of any patent),
or used or enforced (or failed to use or enforce) any of the patents for which
it has applied for or been issued a registration in a manner that would result
in the abandonment or unenforceability of such patent. To the
knowledge of the Company, and after reasonable investigation customary in the
industry, the inventions disclosed in any of such applied for or registered
patents may be practiced by the Company or its Subsidiaries without infringing
on the patents owned by any Person. The Company or its Subsidiaries
are the exclusive owners of all trademarks and, to the knowledge of the Company,
trade names used by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the
operation or conduct of the Company Business, including the sale, licensing,
distribution or provision of any Company Products or Services by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. The Company or its Subsidiaries own
exclusively, and have good title to, all copyrighted works that are included or
incorporated into Company Products or Services.
(g) The
Company or its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to all
Company-Owned IP Rights free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted
Encumbrances) and licenses (other than licenses and rights listed in Section 3.13(h)-1 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule).
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(h) All
licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts as to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party and pursuant to which any Person is authorized to use
any Company-Owned IP Rights which are not listed on Section 3.13(h)-1 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule are in the form of standard customer agreements,
the forms of which are included in Section 3.11 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. There are no unfulfilled performance
commitments under any license, sublicense or Contract listed on Section 3.13(h)-1 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule or in the form of the standard customer
agreement, including specified upgrades and undelivered elements, except for
maintenance services which have not yet been provided as it related to
undelivered elements. Except as set forth on Section 3.13(h)-2 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the licenses or other Contracts listed
in Section 3.13(h)-1
of the Company Disclosure Schedule grants any third party exclusive rights to or
under any Company-Owned IP Rights or grants any third party the right to
sublicense any of such Company-Owned IP Rights.
(i) Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any other party authorized to act
on any of their behalves has disclosed or delivered to any party, or permitted
the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other party of, any Company
Source Code (as defined below). To the knowledge of the Company, no
event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) shall, or would reasonably be expected
to, result in the disclosure or delivery by the Company, or any of its
Subsidiaries or any other party authorized to act on any of their behalves to
any party of any Company Source Code. Section 3.13(i) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Contract pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has deposited, or is or may be required to
deposit, with an escrow agent or other party, any Company Source Code and
further describes whether the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of
the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in
and of itself, would reasonably be expected to result in the release from escrow
of any Company Source Code. As used in this Section 3.13(i),
“Company Source Code”
means, collectively, the source code of any software or program (i.e., software
code in its original, human readable, un-compiled, form), or any portion, aspect
or segment of any source code, or any material proprietary information or
algorithm contained in or relating to any software source code, owned by or
licensed to the Company, or its Subsidiaries, or otherwise used by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or marketed or currently proposed to be marketed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(j) To the
knowledge of the Company, there is no unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement
or misappropriation of any Company IP Rights by any third party, including any
employee or former employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(k) All
software developed by the Company, its predecessor or any of its Subsidiaries
and licensed by the Company, its predecessor or any of its Subsidiaries to
customers and all Company Products or Services provided by or through the
Company, its predecessor or any of its Subsidiaries to customers on or prior to
the Closing Date conform in all material respects (to the extent required in
Contracts with such customers) to applicable contractual commitments, express
and implied warranties, product specifications and product Documentation and to
any representations provided to customers, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any material Liability (and, to the knowledge of the
Company, there is no legitimate basis for any present or future action, suit,
proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries giving rise to any material Liability
relating to the foregoing Contracts) for replacement or repair thereof or other
damages in connection therewith in excess of any reserves therefor reflected on
the Company Balance Sheet.
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The
Company has made available to Parent all Documentation relating to the testing
of the Company Products or Services and plans and specifications for Company
Products or Services currently under development by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has a policy
and procedure for tracking material bugs, errors and defects of which it becomes
aware in any Company Products or Services, and maintains a database covering the
foregoing. For all software used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in providing Company Products or Services, or in developing or
making available any of the Company Products or Services, the Company and each
of its Subsidiaries has implemented any and all material security patches or
upgrades that to the knowledge of the Company are generally available for that
software. Section 3.13(k) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete copy of the
most recent “bug list” with respect to each product, system, program or software
module of each Company Product or Service. For all software used by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in providing Company Products or
Services, or in developing or making available any of the Company Products or
Services, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has implemented any and all
material security patches or upgrades that to the knowledge of the Company are
generally available for that software.
(l) Except
with respect to demonstration or trial copies, no product, system, program or
software module distributed, licensed or otherwise made available by the Company
or its Subsidiaries to any Person, including without limitation any Company
Product or Service, contains software routines or hardware components designed
to permit unauthorized access to, or to disable or erase, any software, hardware
or data without the consent of the user, including any “back door,” “time bomb,”
“Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” or “virus”.
(m) No
funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Authority or a university,
college, other education institution or research center, or funding from third
parties (other than funds received in consideration for Company Common Stock or
pursuant to instruments of indebtedness for borrowed money) were used directly
or indirectly, in the development, in whole or in part, of the Company-Owned IP
Rights, Company Products or Services, computer software programs or applications
owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of
the Company, no current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who was involved in, or who
contributed to, the creation or development of any Company-Owned IP Rights has
performed services for any Governmental Authority, for a university, college or
other education institution or for a research center during a period of time
during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor was also
performing services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(n) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made no submission or suggestion and is
not subject to any agreement with standard bodies or other entities which would
obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant licenses to or
otherwise impair any of the Company-Owned IP Rights. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has not taken and will not take any actions that (i)
incorporate any Public Software, in whole or in part, into any Company-Owned IP
Right or any Company Product or Service or any portion thereof; (ii) use
Public Software, in whole or in part, in the development of any part of any
Company-Owned IP Right or any Company Product or Service or any portion thereof
in a manner that may subject any Company-Owned IP Right or Company Product or
Service, in whole or in part, to all or part of the license obligations of any
Public Software; or
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(iii)
combine or distribute any Company-Owned IP Right or any Company Product or
Service with Public Software. As used herein, “Public Software” means any software that
contains, or is derived in any manner (in whole or part) from, any software that
is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar
licensing or distribution models, including, without limitation, any software
that requires as a condition of use, modification, and/or distribution of such
software that such software or other software incorporated into, derived from or
distributed with such software be disclosed or distributed in source code form,
licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or redistributable at no
charge and, by way of example, shall include, without limitation, software
licensed under the GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL, the
Mozilla Public License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source
License, the Sun Industry Standards License, the BSD License, the Artistic
License (e.g., PERL) and the Apache License.
3.14 Compliance with
Laws.
(a) The
Company and each of its predecessor and Subsidiaries has complied in all
material respects, and at Closing will be in material compliance, with all
Applicable Law.
(b) All
materials, products and services distributed or marketed by the Company and each
of its predecessor and its Subsidiaries have at all times made all material
disclosures to users or customers required by Applicable Law, and none of such
disclosures made or contained in any such materials have been inaccurate,
misleading or deceptive in any material respect.
(c) The
Company and each of its predecessor and Subsidiaries holds, and at Closing will
hold, all material permits, licenses and approvals from, and has made all
material filings with, government (and quasi-governmental) agencies and
authorities, that are necessary and/or legally required to be held by it to
conduct the Company Business without any material violation of Applicable Law
(“Governmental
Permits”), and all such Governmental Permits are valid and in full force
and effect. The Company and each of its predecessor and Subsidiaries
has materially complied with each Governmental Permit to which it is
subject. The Company has not received any written notice or, to the
Company’s knowledge, other communication from any Governmental Authority
regarding (i) any actual or possible violation of law or any Governmental Permit
or any failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Governmental Permit
or (ii) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation,
termination or modification of any Governmental Permit. The Company
has no knowledge of any outstanding material violation of any Governmental
Permit. Section 3.14(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all
Governmental Permits held by the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries.
(d) No
Governmental Authority has initiated, and no Governmental Authority has provided
written notice to the Company of any threatened proceeding or investigation into
the business or operations of the Company or any of its predecessor or
Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees in
their capacity as such with the Company or any of its predecessor or
Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings or
investigations are contemplated.
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There is
no unresolved deficiency, violation or exception claimed or asserted by any
Governmental Authority with respect to any examination of any of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) To the
knowledge of the Company, neither the Company, nor any of its predecessor or
Subsidiaries, director, officer, agent or employee of the Company has, for or on
behalf of the Company or such predecessor or Subsidiary, (i) used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended, or (iii) made any other payment in violation of Applicable
Law.
3.15 Certain Transactions and
Agreements. To
the knowledge of the Company, none of the officers and directors of the Company,
and no stockholder of the Company owning more than 1% of any class of Company
Common Stock, nor any immediate family member of an officer
or director of the Company, has a direct ownership interest of more
than 2% of the equity ownership of any firm or corporation that competes with,
or does business with, or has any contractual arrangement with, the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. None of said officers or directors, or, to
the knowledge of the Company, stockholders or immediate family members, is a
party to, or otherwise directly or indirectly interested in any Company Material
Contract, except for compensation for services as an officer, director or
employee of the Company.
3.16 Employees, ERISA and Other
Compliance.
(a) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law and Contracts
relating to employment, employment practices, immigration, wages, hours, and
terms and conditions of employment, including employee compensation matters, and
has correctly classified employees as exempt employees and nonexempt employees
under the Fair Labor Standards Act. A complete list of all employees,
officers and consultants of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and their
current title and/or job description and compensation (base compensation and
bonuses) is set forth on Section 3.16(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge of the Company,
all employees of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are legally permitted
to be employed by the Company and such Subsidiary in the jurisdiction in which
such employee is employed in their current job capacities. All
independent contractors providing services to the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have been properly classified as independent contractors for
purposes of federal and applicable state tax laws, laws applicable to employee
benefits and other Applicable Law. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries do not have any employment or consulting Contracts currently in
effect that are not terminable at will (other than agreements with the sole
purpose of providing for the confidentiality of proprietary information or
assignment of inventions). To the knowledge of the Company, no
employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have given
notice to the Company or such Subsidiary of an intention to terminate his or her
employment or relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary.
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(b) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is not now,
nor has ever been, subject to a union organizing effort. The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries is not subject to any collective bargaining
agreement with respect to any of its employees, subject to any other Contract
with any trade or labor union, employees’ association or similar organization,
and subject to any current labor disputes. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries has good labor relations, and the Company has no knowledge of
any facts indicating that the consummation of the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated hereby shall have a material adverse effect on such
labor relations, and has no knowledge that any of its key employees intends to
leave their employ.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has participated in a pension plan which
constitutes, or has since the enactment of ERISA, constituted, a “multiemployer
plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or a “multiple employer plan” as
defined in Section 413(c) of the Code. No pension plan of the Company
or an ERISA Affiliate is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(d) Section 3.16(d) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each employment, consulting, severance or
other similar Contract, each “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA and each plan or arrangement (written or oral) providing for insurance
coverage (including any self-insured arrangements that are clearly identified as
such), workers’ benefits, vacation benefits, severance benefits, disability
benefits, death benefits, hospitalization benefits, retirement benefits,
deferred compensation, profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock purchase,
phantom stock, stock appreciation or other forms of incentive compensation or
post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits for employees, consultants
or directors that is entered into, maintained or contributed to by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate and covers any employee or former employee of the
Company, its predecessor or any of its ERISA Affiliates. Such
Contracts, plans and arrangements as are described in this Section 3.16(d)
are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Company Benefit
Arrangements.”
(e) Each
Company Benefit Arrangement has been maintained, including its form, in
compliance in all material respects with its terms and with the requirements
prescribed by any and all Applicable Law that is applicable to such Company
Benefit Arrangement. To the knowledge of the Company , no such
Company Benefit Arrangement is an “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Code. No Company Benefit Arrangement or assets associated therewith
shall be subject to any surrender fees or services fees upon termination other
than the normal and reasonable administrative fees associated with the
termination of benefit plans. The Company has the right under the
terms of each applicable Company Benefit Arrangement and under Applicable Law to
terminate such Company Benefit Arrangement (or terminate the participation in
such Company Benefit Arrangement by the Company), and no additional contribution
would be required to properly effect such termination.
(f) No suit,
administrative proceeding, action or other litigation has been brought, or to
the knowledge of the Company is threatened in writing against or with respect to
any Company Benefit Arrangement (other than claims for benefits under such
Company Benefit Arrangement which are routine and uncontested), including any
audit or inquiry by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or the Department of
Labor (“DOL”). No
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 406 of ERISA) has occurred that involves the assets of any Company
Benefit Arrangements and that is reasonably likely to subject Company, any of
the its ERISA Affiliates, or any of their employees to the tax or penalty on
prohibited transactions imposed by Section 4975 of the Code or the
sanctions imposed under Title I of ERISA.
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(g) All
contributions due from the Company with respect to any of the Company Benefit
Arrangements have been made or have been accrued on the Company’s financial
statements (including the Company Financial Statements), and no further
contributions shall be due or shall have accrued thereunder as of the Closing
Date (other than contributions accrued in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practices, after the Balance Sheet Date as a result of the
operations of the Company after the Balance Sheet Date). All claims
as of the Closing Date made under any self-insured Company Benefit Arrangement
that is an “employee welfare benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA have been paid or, if not paid, will be paid by the Company.
(h) All
individuals who, pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Arrangement, are
entitled to participate in any Company Benefit Arrangement, are currently
participating in such Company Benefit Arrangement or have been offered an
opportunity to do so and have declined in writing.
(i) The
Company shall not have any material Liability to any employee or to any
organization or any other entity as a result of the termination of any employee
leasing arrangement.
(j) There has
been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or not
written) by the Company relating to, or change in employee participation or
coverage under, any Company Benefit Arrangement that would increase materially
the expense of maintaining such Company Benefit Arrangement above the level of
the expense incurred in respect thereof during the calendar year 2007 (other
than increased insurance premiums), except any such amendments that are required
under Applicable Law. The execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (either
alone or in connection with the termination of employment or change of position
of any employee following or in connection with the consummation of the Merger)
constitute an event under any Company Benefit Arrangement that will or may
result in any material payment (whether severance pay or otherwise),
acceleration of payment, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution,
increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any
employee.
(k) Each
Company Benefit Arrangement, to the extent applicable, is in compliance, in all
material respects, with the continuation coverage requirements of
Section 4980B of the Code, Sections 601 through 608 of ERISA, the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder, the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, and
the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder, as such requirements affect the Company, any ERISA Affiliate, and
their employees. There are no outstanding, uncorrected violations
under the Consolidation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended,
(“COBRA”), with respect
to any of the Company Benefit Arrangements, covered employees or qualified
beneficiaries that would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Parent.
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(l) No
benefit payable or that may become payable by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to any Company Benefit Arrangement or as a result of, in
connection with or arising under this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger
shall constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1)
of the Code) that is subject to the imposition of an excise tax under Section
4999 of the Code or that would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of
the Code. Unless otherwise indicated in Section 3.16(l) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is not
a party to any: (i) Contract with any executive officer or other key
employee thereof (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which
are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the
Company in the nature of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement, (B) providing
any term of employment or compensation guarantee, or (C) providing severance
benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of such employee
regardless of the reason for such termination of employment other than as
required by COBRA (or similar state laws), vacation pay cash-outs or other
arrangements governed by ERISA; or (ii) Contract or plan, including any stock
option plan, stock appreciation rights plan or stock purchase plan, any of the
benefits of which shall be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which shall
be accelerated, by the occurrence of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or any event subsequent to the Merger such as
the termination of employment of any person, or the value of any of the benefits
of which shall be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has no obligation to pay any material amount or provide any
material benefit to any former employee or officer, other than obligations (i)
for which the Company has established a reserve for such amount on the Company
Balance Sheet and (ii) pursuant to Contracts entered into after the Balance
Sheet Date and disclosed on Section 3.16(l)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(m) To the
Company’s knowledge, no employee or consultant of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is in material violation of (i) any material term of any employment
or consulting Contract or (ii) any material term of any other Contract or any
restrictive covenant relating to the right of any such employee or consultant to
be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to use trade secrets or
proprietary information of others. To the Company’s knowledge, the
employment of any employee or consultant by the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries does not subject it to any Liability to any third party other than
Liabilities with respect to employer payroll tax and employee tax
withholding.
(n) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has not established any compensation and
benefit plan that is maintained or is required to be maintained or contributed
to by the law or applicable custom or rule of the relevant jurisdiction, outside
of the United States.
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(o) In the
past two years, there has been no “mass layoff,” “employment loss,” or “plant
closing” as defined by the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
(the “WARN Act”) in
respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(p) All
required reports and descriptions of each Company Benefit Arrangement (including
Internal Revenue Service Form 5500 annual reports, summary annual reports,
summary plan descriptions and summaries of material modifications) have been
timely filed with the IRS, the DOL or other governmental body and have been
distributed as required.
(q) To the
knowledge of the Company, the form of each Company Benefit Arrangement that is
subject to Section 409A of the Code meets the requirements of Sections
409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code and has been operated in accordance with
such requirements.
3.17 Merger
Expenses. Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company is obligated for the payment of any
fees or expenses of any investment banker, broker, finder or similar party in
connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this Agreement or in
connection with the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this
Agreement. The legal and accounting advisors, and any other persons,
to whom the Company currently expects to owe fees and expenses that will
constitute Merger Expenses are set forth on Section 3.17 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, and other than the Merger Expenses that will be due
to the entities set forth on Section 3.17 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Merger Expenses.
3.18 Books and
Records. The
books, records and accounts of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) are
in all material respects true, complete and correct, (ii) have been maintained
in accordance with good business practices on a basis consistent with prior
years, and (iii) accurately and fairly reflect the basis for the Company
Financial Statements.
3.19 Insurance. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains the policies of insurance and
bonds set forth in Section 3.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, including all legally required workers’
compensation and other insurance. Section 3.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name of the insurer under each such
policy and bond, the type of policy or bond, and the coverage amount and any
applicable deductible. There is no material claim pending under any
of such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or
disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums
due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is otherwise in material compliance with
the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds
remain in full force and effect, and the Company has no knowledge of any
threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of
such policies or bonds. All such policies provide insurance coverage
for the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets and operation of the Company
Business, of the kinds, in the amounts and against the risks required to comply
with Applicable Law and/or any contractual or other obligations, and such
policies are of the scope and amount customary and reasonable for the businesses
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries have engaged. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance with respect
to any aspect of the operations of its business, nor has its coverage been
limited by any insurance carrier to which it has applied for insurance or with
which it has carried insurance.
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The
activities and operations of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been
conducted in a manner so as to materially conform to all applicable provisions
of such policies and bonds. The Company has delivered or made
available to Parent correct and complete copies of all such policies of
insurance and bonds issued at the request or for the benefit of the
Company.
3.20 Environmental
Matters.
(a) To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company and its predecessors and Affiliates are in
material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below),
which compliance includes the possession by the Company of all material permits
and other governmental authorizations required under applicable Environmental
Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof. The
Company has not received any written notice or other written communication,
whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens groups, employee or otherwise,
that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with any Environmental Law,
and to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that could
reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the compliance by the
Company with any current Environmental Law in the future. To the
knowledge of the Company, no current or prior owner of any property leased or
possessed by the Company has received any written notice or other written
communication, whether from a Governmental Authority, citizens group, employee
or otherwise, that alleges that such current or prior owner or the Company is
not in compliance with any Environmental Law. All Governmental
Permits held by the Company pursuant to any Environmental Law (if any) are
identified in Section
3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 3.20: (i)
“Environmental Law”
means any federal, state or local statute, law, regulation or other legal
requirement relating to pollution or protection of human health or the
environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or
subsurface strata), including any law or regulation relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of Materials of Environmental
Concern or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of
Environmental Concern; and (ii) “Materials of Environmental
Concern” include chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic
substances, petroleum and petroleum products and any other substance that is
currently regulated by an Environmental Law.
3.21 Customers and
Suppliers.
(a) The
Company has no outstanding material disputes concerning its products and/or
services with any customer or distributor who was one of the 20 largest sources
of revenues for the Company, based on amounts paid or payable in the year ended
March 31, 2008 (each, a “Significant
Customer”). Each Significant Customer, together with the
amount of revenues paid or payable by such Significant Customer to the Company
in the year ended March 31, 2008, is listed on Section 3.21(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule. Since April 1, 2008, the Company has
not received any written notice from any Significant Customer that such customer
shall not continue as a customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
that such customer intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts
with the Company (or the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries) or that such customer refuses to make payments for products
delivered or services rendered.
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The
Company has not had any of its products returned by a Significant Customer
thereof except for normal warranty returns consistent with past history and
those returns that would not result in a reversal of any material amount of
revenue by the Company.
(b) The
Company has no outstanding material dispute concerning products and/or services
provided by any supplier who, in the year ended March 31, 2008 was one of the
10 largest suppliers of products and/or services to the Company, based on
amounts paid or payable (each, a “Significant
Supplier”). Each Significant Supplier, together with the
amounts paid or payable by the Company to such Significant Supplier during the
year ended March 31, 2008, is listed on Section 3.21(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule. Since April 1, 2008, the Company has
not received any written notice from any Significant Supplier that such supplier
shall not continue as a supplier to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
that such supplier intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts
with the Company (or the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries)..
3.22 Privacy. The
Company has provided adequate notice of its privacy practices in its privacy
policy or policies, which policy or policies (and the periods such policy or
policies have been in effect) are set forth in Section 3.22 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company’s and its predecessor’s
privacy policies are and have been available on the Company Websites (as defined
below) at all times during the periods indicated on Section 3.22 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company’s and its predecessor’s
privacy practices conform, and at all times have conformed, and their use,
license, sublicense and sale of any User Data collected from users at all
Internet websites owned, maintained or operated by the Company (collectively,
the “Company Websites”)
have complied, in all material respects to their respective privacy
policies. The Company has complied with all contractual obligations
and Applicable Law relating to (a) the privacy of users of the Company Products
or Services and all Company Websites, and (b) the collection, storage and
transfer of any personally identifiable information collected by the Company or
by third parties having authorized access to the Company’s
records. The Company’s and its predecessor’s privacy policies
conform, and at all times have conformed, to all of the Company’s, its
predecessor’s and its Subsidiaries’ contractual commitments to its customers and
the viewers of the Company Websites. Each of the Company Websites and
all materials distributed or marketed by the Company or its predecessor or
Subsidiaries have at all times made all material disclosures to users or
customers required by Applicable Law, and none of such disclosures made or
contained in any Company Website or in any such materials have been inaccurate,
misleading or deceptive or in violation of any Applicable Law. No
claims have been asserted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any person or entity alleging
a violation of such person’s or entity’s privacy, personal or confidentiality
rights under the privacy policies of the Company. With respect to all
User Data, the Company has at all times taken all steps reasonably necessary
(including, without limitation, implementing and monitoring compliance with
adequate measures with respect to technical and physical security) to ensure
that the information is protected against loss and against unauthorized access,
use, modification, disclosure or other misuse. To the knowledge of
the Company, there has been no unauthorized access to or other misuse of User
Data. None of the Company’s or its predecessor’s privacy policies
prohibits the transfer of User Data to Parent and its Affiliates pursuant to the
acquisition of the Company Websites pursuant to this Agreement.
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3.23 Accounts
Receivable. Section 3.23 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete itemization
of the accounts receivable (including aging) of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries as of the Agreement Date (the “Accounts
Receivable”). Section 3.23 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth such amounts of accounts receivable as of
March 31, 2008 of the Company which are subject to asserted claims by customers
and reasonably detailed information regarding asserted claims made within the
last year, including the type and amounts of such claims. The
Accounts Receivable represent bona fide claims against
debtors for sales or services performed or other charges arising on or before
the respective dates of recording thereof, and all of the goods delivered and
services performed which gave rise to the Accounts Receivable were delivered or
performed in accordance with applicable orders, Contracts or customer
requirements. All Accounts Receivable have been billed in accordance
with the past practice of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries consistently
applied and are fully collectible in the ordinary course of business, net of the
reserve for doubtful accounts reflected on the Company Balance
Sheet.
3.24 Company Proxy Statement;
Other Filings. None
of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Company Proxy Statement shall, on the date the
Company Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the Company and
at the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Company Proxy
Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty
with respect to any information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub which is
contained in any of the foregoing documents.
3.25 Board Approval. The
Board of Directors of the Company has, as of the date of this Agreement, (i)
determined that the Merger is fair to, advisable and in the best interests of
the Company and its stockholders, (ii) duly approved this Agreement, the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) determined
to recommend that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this
Agreement and approve the Merger.
3.26 Disclosure.
(a) No
representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement, or the Company
Ancillary Agreements, and no statement in the Company Disclosure Schedule omits
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(b) No
written notice executed by the Company and given to Parent pursuant to this
Agreement will contain any untrue statement or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein or in this Agreement, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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(c) There is
no fact known to the Company that has application to the Company (other than
general economic or industry conditions) and that has a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company that has not been set forth in this Agreement or the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent
and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company that the statements
contained in this Article IV are true and correct on and as of the date of this
Agreement and shall be true and correct at all times until the Closing
Date:
4.1 Organization and Good
Standing. Parent
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the province of Ontario, Canada and has the requisite power and
authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business
as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Merger
Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is
duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not
individually or in the aggregate be material to Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability
to consummate the Merger or to perform their respective obligations under this
Agreement, the Parent Ancillary Agreements and the Merger Sub Ancillary
Agreements. Parent has made available to the Company true and
complete copies of the currently effective Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
of Parent and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub, each as
amended to date. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in violation of its
respective Articles of Incorporation or Certificate of Incorporation, as
applicable, or Bylaws, each as amended to date.
4.2 Power, Authorization and
Validity.
(a) Power and
Authority. Parent has all requisite corporate power and
corporate authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and each of the Parent Ancillary Agreements and to
consummate the Merger. The Merger and the execution, delivery and
performance by Parent of this Agreement, each of the Parent Ancillary Agreements
and all other agreements, transactions and actions contemplated hereby or
thereby have been duly and validly approved and authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of Parent. Merger Sub has all requisite
corporate power and corporate authority to enter into, execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Merger Sub
Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the Merger. The Merger and the
execution, delivery and performance by Merger Sub of this Agreement, each of the
Merger Sub Ancillary Agreements and all other agreements, transactions and
actions contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly and validly approved and
authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Merger
Sub.
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(b) No
Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority, or any
other Person, governmental or otherwise, is necessary or required to be made or
obtained by Parent or Merger Sub to enable Parent and Merger Sub to lawfully
execute and deliver, enter into, and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, each of the Parent Ancillary Agreements and each of the Merger Sub
Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the Merger, except
for: (i) the consent and approval of the TSXV to the Merger,
the transactions contemplated herein and the appointment of any new insider of
Parent; and (ii) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and filings as may be required by applicable state
securities laws, including obtaining the California Permit (as defined
below).
(c) Enforceability. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger
Sub. This Agreement and each of the Parent Ancillary Agreements are,
or when executed by Parent shall be, valid and binding obligations of Parent,
enforceable against Parent in accordance with their respective terms, subject to
the effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to rights of creditors
generally and (ii) rules of law and equity governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. This Agreement and
each of the Merger Sub Ancillary Agreements are, or when executed by Merger Sub
shall be, valid and binding obligations of Merger Sub, enforceable against
Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to rights of creditors
generally and (ii) rules of law and equity governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
4.3 Capitalization of
Parent. The
authorized capital stock of Parent consists of an unlimited number of Parent
Common Shares. A total of 88,125,268 of Parent Common Shares are
issued and outstanding as of the Agreement Date. Parent holds no
treasury shares. All issued and outstanding Parent Common Shares have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and
have been offered, issued, sold and delivered by Parent in compliance with all
requirements of Applicable Law and all requirements set forth in applicable
Contracts to which Parent is a party. There is no Liability for
dividends accrued and unpaid by Parent.
4.4 No
Conflict. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any of the Parent Ancillary
Agreements or any of the Merger Sub Ancillary Agreements by Parent or Merger
Sub, nor the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated
hereby or thereby, shall conflict with, or (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) result in a termination, breach, impairment or violation of, or
constitute a default under: (a) any provision of the Articles of
Incorporation or Certificate of Incorporation, as applicable, or Bylaws of
Parent or Merger Sub, each as currently in effect; (b) any Applicable Law
applicable to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective material assets or
properties; or (c) any Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by
which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective material assets or
properties are bound, except in the cases of clauses (b) and (c) where such
conflict, termination, breach, impairment, violation or default would not be
material to Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the Merger or to
perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Parent Ancillary
Agreements and the Merger Sub Ancillary Agreements.
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4.5 Interim Operations of Merger
Sub. Merger
Sub was formed by Parent solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, has engaged in no other business activities and
has conducted its operations only as contemplated by this
Agreement. Merger Sub has no liabilities and, except for a
subscription agreement pursuant to which all of its authorized capital stock was
issued to Parent, is not a party to any agreement other than this Agreement and
agreements with respect to the appointment of registered agents and similar
matters.
4.6 Stockholders
Consent. No
consent or approval of the stockholders of Parent is required or necessary for
Parent to enter into this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
4.7 Securities
Filings. Parent
is a reporting issuer in each of the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and
Ontario (collectively, the “Jurisdictions”) and is not
currently in default in any material respect of any filing requirement of
applicable securities laws in the Jurisdictions or the rules of the TSXV and
Parent is not, to its knowledge, included on a list of defaulting reporting
issuers maintained by the securities regulatory authority in any of the
Jurisdictions. Parent is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations
to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and no such
disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change
relating to the Parent which has occurred and with respect to which the
requisite material change report or press release has not been filed; and all
such disclosures made by the Parent are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date made.
4.8 Company Proxy
Statement. None
of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Company Proxy Statement shall, on the date the
Company Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the Company and
at the time of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
4.9 Litigation. There
is no action, suit, arbitration, mediation, proceeding or claim or investigation
pending against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or against any officer,
director, employee or agent of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) before any
Governmental Authority, arbitrator or mediator that would reasonably be expected
to prevent, enjoin or materially alter or delay any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or if determined adversely to Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or directors, employees or
agents (in their capacities as such), would have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent, nor, to the knowledge of Parent, has any such action, suit, arbitration,
mediation, proceeding, claim or investigation been threatened. There
is no judgment, decree or order outstanding against Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to prevent, enjoin or materially
alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that
would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
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ARTICLE
V
COMPANY
COVENANTS
During
the time period from the Agreement Date until the earlier to occur of (a) the
Effective Time or (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of Article IX, the Company covenants and agrees with Parent as
follows:
5.1 Advice of
Changes. The
Company shall promptly advise Parent in writing of (a) any event occurring
subsequent to the Agreement Date that would render any representation or
warranty of the Company contained in Article III untrue or inaccurate such that
the condition set forth in Section 8.2
would not be satisfied, (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of the
Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement such that
the condition set forth in Section 8.2
would not be satisfied, (c) any Material Adverse Change in the Company or its
Subsidiaries, or (d) any change, event, circumstance, condition or effect that
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or its Subsidiaries or cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 not to be
satisfied; provided, however, that the
delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.1
shall not be deemed to amend or supplement the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
5.2 Maintenance of
Business.
(a) The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to carry on and preserve
the Company Business in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices and maintain business relationships with customers, advertisers,
suppliers, employees and others with whom the Company or its Subsidiaries has
contractual relations. If the Company becomes aware of any
deterioration in the relationship with any customer, key advertiser, key
supplier or key employee, it shall promptly bring such information to Parent’s
attention in writing and, if requested by Parent, shall exert commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly restore the relationship.
(b) The
Company and its Subsidiaries shall (i) pay all of their debts and taxes when
due, subject to good faith disputes over such debts or taxes and (ii) pay or
perform their other material Liabilities when due, subject to good faith
disputes over such Liabilities.
(c) The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assure that each of the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ material Contracts entered into after the
Agreement Date will not require the procurement of any consent, waiver or
novation or provide for any material change in the obligations of any party in
connection with, or terminate as a result of the consummation of, the
Merger.
5.3 Conduct of
Business. The
Company shall continue to conduct, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to
conduct, the Company Business in the ordinary and usual course consistent
with its and their past practices, and the Company shall not, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to not, without Parent’s prior written consent:
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(a) incur any
indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another
Person or issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of
another Person;
(b) (i) lend
any money, other than reasonable and normal advances to employees for bona fide
expenses that are incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
its past practices, (ii) make any investments in or capital contributions to,
any Person, (iii) forgive or discharge in whole or in part any outstanding loans
or advances other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of Liabilities
reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the
ordinary course of business since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, or (iv)
prepay any indebtedness;
(c) enter
into any Company Material Contract, violate, terminate, amend or otherwise
modify or waive any of the material terms of any Company Material Contract, or
enter into any material transaction or take any other action, in each case not
in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past
practices;
(d) place or
allow the creation of any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on
any of its assets or properties;
(e) sell,
lease, license, transfer or dispose of any assets material to the Company
Business (except for sales or licenses of products in the ordinary course of
business consistent with its past practices);
(f) (i) pay
any bonus, increased salary, severance or special remuneration to any officer,
director, employee or consultant, (ii) amend or enter into any employment or
consulting Contract with any such person, or (iii) adopt or amend any employee
or compensation benefit plan, including any stock purchase, stock issuance or
stock option plan, or amend any compensation, benefit, entitlement, grant or
award provided or made under any such plan (except in each case as required
under ERISA or as necessary to maintain the qualified status of such plan under
the Code);
(g) change
any of its accounting methods;
(h) declare,
set aside or pay any cash or stock dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, stock or property) in respect of its capital stock, or redeem, repurchase
or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock or other securities (except for
the repurchase of stock from its employees, directors, consultants or
contractors in connection with the termination of their services at the original
purchase price of such stock), or pay or distribute any cash or property to any
of its stockholders or securityholders or make any other cash payment to any of
its stockholders or securityholders;
(i) terminate,
waive or release any material right or claim;
(j) issue,
sell, create or authorize any shares of its capital stock of any class or series
or any other of its securities, or issue, grant or create any warrants,
obligations, subscriptions, options, convertible securities, or other
commitments to issue shares of its capital stock or any securities that are
potentially exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of its capital stock,
other than the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants on the Agreement
Date;
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(k) subdivide,
split, combine or reverse split the outstanding shares of its capital stock of
any class or series or enter into any recapitalization affecting the number of
outstanding shares of its capital stock of any class or series or affecting any
other of its securities;
(l) merge,
consolidate or reorganize with, acquire, or enter into any other business
combination with any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or any
other entity (other than Parent or Merger Sub), acquire a substantial portion of
the assets of any such entity, or enter into any negotiations, discussions or
agreement for such purpose;
(m) amend the
Company Charter Documents;
(n) license
any of its technology or Intellectual Property (except for licenses under its
standard customer agreement made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with its past practices, provided that under
no circumstances shall the Company or its Subsidiaries enter into any software
escrow or similar agreement or arrangement), or acquire any Intellectual
Property (or any license thereto) from any third party (other than shrink
wrap and other licenses of software generally available to the public at a per
copy license fee of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per
copy);
(o) materially
change any insurance coverage;
(p) (i) agree
to any audit assessment by any taxing authority, (ii) file any Tax Return or
amendment to any Tax Return unless copies of such Tax Return or amendment have
first been delivered to Parent for its review at a reasonable time prior to
filing, (iii) except as required by applicable law, make or change any material
election in respect of taxes or adopt or change any material accounting method
in respect of taxes, or (iv) enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim
or assessment in respect of taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the
limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of
taxes;
(q) except as
is necessary to comply with its obligations pursuant to Section 5.7
below, modify or change the exercise or conversion rights or exercise or
purchase prices of any of its capital stock, any of its stock options, warrants
or other securities, or accelerate or otherwise modify (i) the right to exercise
any option, warrant or other right to purchase any of its capital stock or other
securities or (ii) the vesting or release of any shares of its capital stock or
other securities from any repurchase options or rights of refusal held by it or
any other party or any other restrictions;
(r) (i)
initiate any litigation, action, suit, proceeding, claim or arbitration or
(ii) settle or agree to settle any litigation, action, suit, proceeding,
claim or arbitration;
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(s) (i) pay,
discharge or satisfy, in an amount in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000)
in any one case or Fifty Thousand ($50,000) in the aggregate, any Liability
arising otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, other than (1) the
payment, discharge or satisfaction of Liabilities reflected or reserved against
in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of business
since the date of the Company Balance Sheet and (2) the payment, discharge or
satisfaction of Merger Expenses, or (ii) make any capital expenditures, capital
additions or capital improvements;
(t) materially
change the manner in which it extends warranties, discounts or credits to
customers; or
(u) (i) agree
to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (a)-(t),
(ii) take or agree to take any action which would reasonably be expected to
make any of the Company’s representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement materially untrue, or (iii) take or agree to take any action which
would reasonably be expected to prevent the Company from performing or cause the
Company not to perform one or more covenants required hereunder to be performed
by the Company.
For
purposes of this Section 5.3, “Company Material Contract”
includes any Contract arising subsequent to the date of this Agreement that
would have been required to be listed on the Company Disclosure Schedule
pursuant to Section
3.11 or Section
3.13 had such Contract been in effect on the date of this
Agreement.
5.4 Regulatory
Approvals. The
Company shall promptly execute and file, or join in the execution and filing of,
any application, notification or other document that may be necessary in order
to obtain the authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Authority,
whether federal, state, local or foreign, which may be required in connection
with the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement. The Company shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and to cooperate with Parent to
promptly obtain, all such authorizations, approvals and consents and shall pay
any associated filing fees payable by the Company with respect to such
authorizations, approvals and consents. The Company shall promptly
inform Parent of any material communication between the Company or its
Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority regarding any of the transactions
contemplated hereby. If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
receives any formal or informal request for supplemental information or
documentary material from any Governmental Authority with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, then the Company shall make, or cause to be
made, as soon as reasonably practicable, a response in compliance with such
request following
consultation with Parent.
5.5 Necessary
Consents. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain prior to Closing
such written consents and authorizations of third parties, give notices to third
parties and take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to effect the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, to enable the Surviving Corporation (or Parent) to carry on
the Company Business immediately after the Effective Time and to keep in effect
and avoid the breach, violation of, termination of, or adverse change to, any
Company Material Contract which are listed on Section 5.5 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule.
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5.6 Litigation. The
Company shall notify Parent in writing promptly after learning of any material
claim, action, suit, arbitration, mediation, proceeding or investigation by or
before any court, arbitrator or arbitration panel, board or governmental agency,
initiated by or against it, or known by the Company to be threatened against the
Company or its Subsidiaries or any of its officers, directors, employees or
stockholders in their capacity as such.
5.7 No Other
Negotiations.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not authorize, encourage or permit any of its
officers, directors, employees, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, advisors
(including any attorneys, financial advisors, investment bankers or accountants)
or other representatives (collectively, “Company Representatives”) to,
directly or indirectly: (a) solicit, initiate, or knowingly
encourage, facilitate or induce the making, submission or announcement of any
inquiry, offer or proposal from any Person (other than Parent) concerning any
Alternative Transaction; (b) furnish any nonpublic information regarding the
Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than Parent and its agents and
advisors) in connection with or in response to any inquiry, offer or proposal
for or regarding any Alternative Transaction (other than to respond to such
inquiry, offer or proposal by indicating that the Company is subject to this
Section 5.7);
(c) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any discussions or
negotiations with any Person (other than Parent and its agents and advisors)
with respect to any Alternative Transaction (other than to respond to such
inquiry, offer or proposal by indicating that the Company is subject to this
Section 5.7);
(d) otherwise cooperate with, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by
any Person (other than Parent and its agents and advisors) to effect any
Alternative Transaction; or (e) execute, enter into or become bound by any
letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, other Contract or understanding
between the Company and any Person (other than Parent) that is related to,
provides for or concerns any Alternative Transaction, provided, however, that in the
event the Company receives an unsolicited proposal with respect to such a
transaction from any Person (other than Parent and its designees), the Company
may, to the extent it is required to do so by applicable fiduciary duties or
Applicable Law confirmed by advice of counsel to that effect, (a “Superior Proposal”) enter into
discussion or transactions with or provide information to such
Person. If any Company Representative, whether in his or her capacity
as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Company is obligated
pursuant to this Section 5.7(a)
to cause such Company Representative not to take, then the Company shall be
deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 5.7(a).
(b) The
Company shall notify Parent as promptly as practicable after receipt by the
Company (or, to the Company’s knowledge, by any of the Company Representatives)
of any inquiry, offer or proposal that constitutes an Alternative Transaction,
or any other notice that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative
Transaction, or any request for nonpublic information relating to the Company or
its Subsidiaries or for access to any of the properties, books or records of the
Company or its Subsidiaries by any Person or Persons other than
Parent (which notice shall identify the Person or Persons making, or considering
making, such inquiry, offer or proposal) in connection with a potential
Alternative Transaction and shall keep Parent fully informed of the status and
details of any such inquiry, offer or proposal and any correspondence or
communications related thereto and shall provide to Parent a correct and
complete copy of such inquiry, offer or proposal and any amendments,
correspondence and communications related thereto, if it is in writing, or a
written summary of the material terms thereof, if it is not in
writing.
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The
Company shall provide Parent with 48 hours prior notice (or such lesser prior
notice as is provided to the members of the Board of Directors of the Company)
of any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company at which the Board of
Directors of the Company is reasonably expected to consider any Alternative
Transaction. The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be
terminated any and all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with
any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to an Alternative
Transaction.
5.8 Access to
Information. The
Company shall allow Parent and its agents and advisors access at reasonable
times to the files, books, records, technology, Contracts, personnel and offices
of the Company, including any and all information relating to the Company’s and
its Subsidiaries’ taxes, Contracts, Liabilities, financial condition and real,
personal and intangible property, subject to the terms of the Non-Disclosure and
Mutual Confidentiality Agreement between the Company and Parent dated
February 25, 2008 (the “Mutual
NDA”) and subject to Applicable Law. The Company shall cause
its accountants to cooperate with Parent and Parent’s agents and advisors in
making available all financial information reasonably requested by Parent and
its agents and advisors, including the right to examine all working papers
pertaining to all financial statements prepared by such
accountants.
5.9 Satisfaction of Conditions
Precedent. The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy or cause to be
satisfied all the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 8.1 and
8.2, and the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.10 Notices to Company
Securityholders and Employees.
(a) The
Company shall timely provide to holders of Company Common Stock, Company Options
and Company Warrants all advance notices required to be given to such holders in
connection with this Agreement, the Certificate of Amendment, the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the Company Stock Plan, the
Company Warrants or other applicable Contracts and under Applicable
Law.
(b) The
Company shall give all notices and other information required to be given by the
Company to the employees of the Company, any collective bargaining unit
representing any group of employees of the Company, and any applicable
Governmental Authority under the WARN Act, the National Labor Relations Act, as
amended, the Code, COBRA and other Applicable Law in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or other applicable
Contracts.
5.11 Closing Merger Expense
Certificate. At
least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver a draft
of the Closing Merger Expense Certificate to Parent.
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ARTICLE
VI
PARENT
COVENANTS
During
the time period from the Agreement Date until the earlier to occur of (a) the
Effective Time or (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of Article IX, Parent covenants and agrees with the Company as
follows:
6.1 Advice of
Changes. Parent
shall promptly advise the Company in writing of (a) any event occurring
subsequent to the Agreement Date that would render any representation or
warranty of Parent or Merger Sub contained in Article IV untrue or inaccurate
such that the condition set forth in Section 8.3
would not be satisfied, or (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of
Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, any Parent Ancillary Agreement
or any Merger Sub Ancillary Agreement such that the condition set forth in Section 8.3
would not be satisfied.
6.2 Regulatory
Approvals. Parent
shall promptly execute and file, or join in the execution and filing of, any
application, notification or other document that may be necessary in order to
obtain the authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Authority,
whether foreign, federal, state, local or municipal, which may be required in
connection with the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, any Parent Ancillary Agreement or any Merger Sub
Ancillary Agreement. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain, and to cooperate with the Company to obtain, all such authorizations,
approvals and consents and shall pay any associated filing fees payable by
Parent with respect to such authorizations, approvals and
consents. Parent shall promptly inform the Company of any material
communication between Parent and any Governmental Authority regarding any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. If Parent or any Affiliate of
Parent receives any formal or informal request for supplemental information or
documentary material from any Governmental Authority with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, then Parent shall make, or cause to be made,
as soon as reasonably practicable, a response in compliance with such request
following consultation with the Company. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, if any administrative or judicial action or
proceeding is instituted (or threatened in writing to be instituted) challenging
any transaction contemplated by this Agreement as violative of any Applicable
Law, it is expressly understood and agreed that neither Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be under any obligation
to: (a) litigate or contest any administrative or judicial
action or proceeding or any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether
temporary, preliminary or permanent; or (b) make proposals, execute or carry out
agreements or submit to orders providing for (i) the sale or other disposition
or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any
assets or categories of assets of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
or the Company, or the holding separate of the shares of Company Common Stock or
(ii) the imposition of any limitation on the ability of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to freely conduct their business or own such assets
or to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of the shares of
Company Common Stock.
6.3 Satisfaction of Conditions
Precedent. Parent
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy or cause to be
satisfied all of the conditions precedent that are set forth in Sections 8.1 and
8.3, and Parent
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement as soon as reasonably practical.
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ARTICLE
VII
STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, STOCKHOLDER AND TSXV APPROVALS
7.1 Information Statement;
Fairness Hearing and Permit; Proxy Statement.
(a) Permit Application and
Hearing Notice. As soon as practicable after the execution of
this Agreement, Parent shall prepare, with the reasonable cooperation of the
Company, an application for a permit (a “California Permit”) from the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California (the “California Commissioner”)
under Section 25121 of the California Law and a notice (the “Hearing Notice”) to be sent to
the stockholders of the Company concerning the hearing (the “Fairness Hearing”) to be held
by the California Commissioner to consider the fairness of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Merger pursuant to Section 25142 of the
California Law. As promptly as practical after the date of this
Agreement, Parent and the Company shall prepare and make such filings as are
required under applicable blue sky laws of all jurisdictions which relate to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Proxy Statement; Other
Filings. As soon as practicable after the execution of this Agreement,
the Company shall prepare, with the reasonable cooperation of Parent, a proxy
statement relating to this Agreement and the Merger (the “Proxy Statement”). The
Proxy Statement shall constitute an information statement regarding the issuance
of the shares of Parent Common Shares to be received by the stockholders of the
Company in the Merger and a proxy statement for solicitation of stockholder
approval of this Agreement and the Merger at a meeting of the stockholders of
the Company (the “Company
Stockholders’ Meeting”). As soon as practicable after the Proxy
Statement is available, (i) Parent shall file the Proxy Statement with the
California Commissioner as an amendment to the application for the California
Permit and (ii) the Company shall file the Proxy Statement with the
SEC. The Company and Parent shall promptly prepare and file any other
filings required under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other
Applicable Laws relating to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (the “Other
Filings”). The Company, with the cooperation of Parent, shall
respond to any comments of the SEC or the California Commissioner regarding the
Proxy Statement or the Other Filings. As soon as practicable after
issuance of the California Permit or such other time before the issuance of the
California Permit as may be permitted by the California Commissioner and
Applicable Law, the Company shall deliver the Proxy Statement to all
stockholders of the Company.
(c) Cooperation. Each
of Parent and the Company shall promptly provide to the other such information
concerning its business and financial statements and affairs as, in the
reasonable judgment of the providing party or its counsel, may be required or
appropriate for inclusion in the application for the California Permit, the
Hearing Notice or the Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements
thereto, and to cause its counsel and auditors to cooperate with the other’s
counsel and auditors in the preparation of the application for the California
Permit, the Hearing Notice and the Proxy Statement. Each of Company and
Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the application
for the California Permit, the Hearing Notice and the Proxy Statement to comply
with all requirements of Applicable Law and to be filed with the California
Commissioner as soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement,
and (ii) obtain, as soon as practicable following the execution of this
Agreement, the California Permit such that the issuance of the Parent Common
Shares in connection with the Merger shall be exempt pursuant to Section
3(a)(10) of the Securities Act from the registration requirements of Section 5
of the Securities Act.
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(d) Pre-Hearing
Process. As soon as permitted by the California Commissioner,
the Company shall deliver the Hearing Notice to all stockholders of the Company
entitled to receive such notice under California Law. The Company and
Parent shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the
California Commissioner or its staff and of any request by the California
Commissioner or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or
supplements to any of the documents filed in connection with the Fairness
Hearing, the California Permit or any other filing or for additional information
and shall supply each other with copies of all correspondence between such party
or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the California Commissioner,
or its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect
to the Fairness Hearing or the California Permit. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any party to agree to any
change or modification in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the
date hereof in response to any comment, request or requirement of the California
Commissioner or any other regulatory body.
(e) Testimony. Parent
shall cause to appear and testify at the Fairness Hearing such executives of
Parent as, in Parent’s reasonable judgment, may be necessary to obtain such
California Permit. The Company shall cause to appear and testify at
the Fairness Hearing such executives of the Company as Parent shall reasonably
request.
(f) Further
Information. The Company shall promptly advise Parent, and
Parent shall promptly advise Company, in writing, if at any time prior to the
Effective Time either the Company or Parent obtains knowledge of any facts that
make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the application for the
California Permit, the Hearing Notice, and/or the Proxy Statement, in order to
make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein not
misleading or to comply with Applicable Law. The Company and Parent
shall cooperate in delivering any such amendment or supplement to all the
stockholders of the Company and/or filing any such amendment or supplement with
the California Commissioner, the SEC and/or any other government officials, as
required by Applicable Law.
7.2 Meetings of
Stockholders.
(a) The
Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with Delaware Law and the
Company Charter Documents to convene the Company Stockholders’ Meeting to be
held as promptly
as practicable
after receipt of a California Permit, for the purpose of voting upon this
Agreement and the Merger. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the
adoption and approval of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger, and to
secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Delaware
Law and all other applicable legal requirements to obtain such
approvals.
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(b) Subject
to Section
7.3(c): (i) the Board of Directors of the Company shall recommend that
the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption and approval of
this Agreement and approval of the Merger at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting;
(ii) the Company Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that
the Board of Directors of the Company has recommended that the stockholders of
the Company vote in favor of approval and adoption of this Agreement and
approval of the Merger at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting; and (iii) neither
the Board of Directors of the Company nor any committee thereof shall withdraw,
amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify in a manner
adverse to Parent, the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company
that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption and approval
of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall
prevent the Board of Directors of the Company from withholding, withdrawing,
amending or modifying its recommendation in favor of the adoption and approval
of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger by the stockholders of the
Company if (i) neither the Company nor any of its representatives shall have
violated any of the restrictions set forth in Section 5.7 hereof,
and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company concludes in good faith, after
consultation with its outside counsel, that the withholding, withdrawal,
amendment or modification of such recommendation is required in order for the
Board of Directors of the Company to comply with its fiduciary obligations to
the stockholders of the Company under Applicable Law; provided, however, that prior
to publicly withholding, withdrawing, amending or modifying such recommendation,
the Company shall have given Parent at least forty-eight (48) hours written
notice (or such lesser prior notice as provided to the members of the Company’s
Board of Directors) and the opportunity to meet with the Company and its
counsel. Nothing contained in this Section 7.3(c) shall
limit the Company’s obligation to convene and hold the Company Stockholders’
Meeting (regardless of whether the recommendation of the Board of Directors of
the Company shall have been withdrawn, amended or modified).
7.3 TSXV
Approval. As
soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of this Agreement, Parent
shall: (i) seek the approval of the TSXV to the Merger by detailing the
transactions contemplated by the Merger in the form prescribed by the TSXV; (ii)
seek conditional approval on the TSXV for the listing and trading of Parent
Common Shares, and other securities of Parent that are convertible or
exercisable into Parent Common Shares, to be issued in connection with the
Merger; (iii) file any required personal information forms with the TSXV; and
(iv) prepare and file any other documentation required by the TSXV in order to
receive the consent of the TSXV to the Merger (collectively, the “TSXV Filings”). The Company
shall provide promptly to Parent such information or documents concerning its
business, personnel, financial statements and such other affairs as, in the
reasonable judgment of Parent or its counsel, may be required or appropriate for
inclusion in the TSXV Filings, or in any amendments or supplements
thereto.
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ARTICLE
VIII
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING OF MERGER
8.1 Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Merger
. The
respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger
shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the
following conditions:
(a) Governmental
Approvals. Other than the filing of the Certificate of Merger
in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3, all
authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or declarations or filings
with, or expirations of waiting periods imposed by, any Governmental Entity
shall have been filed, occurred or been obtained.
(b) Company Stockholder
Approvals. The Merger and this Agreement shall have been duly
and validly approved and adopted, as required by Applicable Law and the Company
Charter Documents, each as in effect on the date of such approval and adoption,
by the requisite vote of the holders of Company Common Stock.
(c) No Injunctions or
Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition
preventing the consummation of the Merger or limiting or restricting the conduct
or operation of the business of the Company by Parent after the Merger shall
have been issued, nor shall any proceeding brought by a domestic administrative
agency or commission or other domestic Governmental Entity or other third party,
seeking any of the foregoing be pending; nor shall there be any action taken, or
any statute, rule, regulation or order enacted, entered, enforced or deemed
applicable to the Merger which makes the consummation of the Merger
illegal.
8.2 Additional Conditions to
Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The
obligations of Parent and Sub to effect the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in
writing exclusively by Parent and Merger Sub:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement that
are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct, and the representation
and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement that are not so
qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of
the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and
warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though made on
and as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated by this Agreement,
and without giving effect to any supplement to the Company Disclosure Schedule;
and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; and Parent shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company to such effect.
(c) Government
Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the
Closing Date such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all
such other actions by any Governmental Authority or other regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the parties and the actions herein proposed to be
taken, as may be required to consummate the Merger.
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(d) Dissenting
Stockholders. Holders of not more than ten percent (10%) of
the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock as of the Closing shall have
elected to, or continue to have contingent rights to, exercise appraisal rights
under Delaware Law as to such shares.
(e) Consents. Parent
shall have received duly executed copies of all third party consents, approvals,
assignments, notices, waivers, authorizations or other certificates set forth in
Section 5.5 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(f) Employment
Matters. The executed Offer Letters of each of the persons
identified on Exhibit
B-1 shall continue to be in full force and effect.
(g) Termination, Modification or
Satisfaction of Company Stockholder Documents and Rights. Each
of the agreements identified on Section 8.2(g) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule shall have been terminated, effective as of the
Closing, in accordance with their respective terms, and the parties to the
agreements identified on Section 8.2(g)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall have waived all of their respective
rights thereunder, effective as of, and contingent upon, the
Closing.
(h) Resignations of Directors
and Officers. The persons holding the positions of a director
or officer of the Company, in office immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall have resigned from such positions in writing effective as of the Effective
Time.
(i) Closing Merger Expense
Certificate. Parent shall have received the Closing Merger
Expense Certificate from the Company; provided, however, that such receipt shall
not be deemed to be an agreement by Parent that the Closing Merger Expense
Certificate is accurate and shall not diminish Parent’s remedies with respect
thereto pursuant to Article X hereof.
(j) Spreadsheet. Parent
shall have received the Spreadsheet accompanied by a certificate signed on
behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company certifying
that the Spreadsheet is true, complete and accurate as of the Closing Date and
immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that such
receipt shall not be deemed to be an agreement by Parent that the Spreadsheet is
accurate and shall not diminish Parent’s remedies hereunder if the Spreadsheet
is not accurate.
(k) Company Good Standing
Certificates. Parent shall have received a certificate issued
within ten (10) days before the Closing Date from the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and each other State in which the Company is
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation certifying that the Company is
in good standing and that all applicable taxes and fees of the Company have been
paid.
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(l) FIRPTA. Parent,
as agent for the stockholders of the Company, shall have received a properly
executed Foreign Investment and Real Property Tax Act of 1980 Notification
Letter, in form and substance required under Treasury Regulation 1.897-2(h) and
reasonably satisfactory to Parent, which shall be dated as of the Closing Date
and states that shares of Company Common Stock do not constitute “United States
real property interests” under Section 897(c) of the Code, for purposes of
satisfying Parent’s obligations under Treasury Regulation Section
1.1445-2(c)(3).
(m) No
Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened any suit,
action or proceeding against the Company by any person (i) challenging the
acquisition by Parent or Merger Sub of any shares of Company Common Stock,
seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger, or seeking to
place limitations on the ownership of shares of Company Common Stock (or shares
of common stock of the Surviving Corporation) by Parent or Merger Sub or that
could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
Parent, or any Subsidiary of Company or Parent, (ii) seeking to prohibit or
materially limit the ownership or operation by the Company, Parent or any of
Parent’s Subsidiaries of any material portion of any business or of any assets
of Company, Parent or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries, or to compel Company, Parent
or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries to divest or hold separate any material portion
of any business or of any assets of Company, Parent or any of Parent’s
Subsidiaries, as a result of the Merger or (iii) seeking to prohibit Parent or
any of Parent’s Subsidiaries from effectively controlling in any material
respect the business or operations of the Company upon the Effective
Time.
(n) Tiger Paw
Indebtedness. Tiger Paw Capital Corporation shall have
agreed (i) that its promissory note shall continue as an obligation of
the Surviving Corporation (the “Tiger Paw Indebtedness”), and (ii)
to restructure the terms of such promissory note on terms acceptable to
Parent to provide (A) that in the event Parent consummates a sale of capital
stock of Parent in an amount equal to at least Three Million Canadian Dollars
(CAD$3,000,000) (a “Future
Financing”), the Tiger Paw Indebtedness shall convert into
shares of such capital stock of Parent under identical terms of the
Future Financing, (B) in the event that Parent does not consummate a Future
Financing as of March 14, 2009, Parent shall cause to be paid to Tiger Paw
Capital Corporation, or its designee, all principal and accrued but unpaid
interest due on $250,000 of the Tiger Paw Indebtedness borrowed on March 14,
2008, and (C) in the event that Parent does not consummate a Future Financing as
of March 28, 2009, Parent shall cause to be paid to Tiger Paw Capital
Corporation, or its designee, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest due
on $250,000 of the Tiger Paw Indebtedness borrowed on March 28,
2008.
(o) Material Adverse
Effect. Since the Agreement Date, there shall not have
occurred a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(p) California
Permit. The Commissioner of Corporations for the State of
California shall have approved the terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the fairness of such terms and conditions
pursuant to Section 25142 of California Law following a hearing for such purpose
and shall have issued a California Permit under Section 25121 of California Law,
so that the issuance of the Parent Common Shares in the Merger shall be exempt
from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.
(q) State Securities
Law. Parent shall have obtained all necessary permits and
qualification, if any, or secured an exemption therefrom, required by any state
in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Shares, Parent Options and
Parent Warrants pursuant to this Agreement.
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(r) TSXV Approval.
Parent shall have obtained such approvals provided for pursuant to Section 7.4
hereof.
8.3 Additional Conditions to
Obligations of the Company. The
obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction of
each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing,
exclusively by the Company:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall
be true and correct, and the representation and warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub set forth in this Agreement that are not so qualified shall be true and
correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement
and (except to the extent such representations speak as of an earlier date) as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date; and the
Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an
authorized officer of Parent to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of Parent and Merger Sub. Parent and Merger Sub shall have
performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by
them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; and the Company shall
have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an authorized officer
of Parent to such effect.
(c) Material Adverse
Effect. Since the Agreement Date, there shall not have
occurred a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
(d) Government
Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the
Closing Date such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all
such other actions by any Governmental Authority or other regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the parties and the actions herein proposed to be
taken, as may be required to consummate the Merger.
(e) California
Permit. The Commissioner of Corporations for the State of
California shall have approved the terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the fairness of such terms and conditions
pursuant to Section 25142 of California Law following a hearing for such purpose
and shall have issued a California Permit under Section 25121 of California Law,
so that the issuance of the Parent Common Shares in the Merger shall be exempt
from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.
(f) Employment
Matters. Parent shall not have terminated the Offer Letters of
any of the persons identified on Exhibit B-1, or taken
any action that is not required to be taken in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement or any agreements or documents delivered pursuant hereto or failed to
take an action other than such acts which are prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement or any agreements or documents delivered pursuant hereto and which
such act(s) otherwise taken or failure(s) to act materially changes or effects a
change or series of related changes in the rights and obligations under such
Offer Letters of such persons identified on Exhibit
B-1.
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ARTICLE
IX
TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT
9.1 Termination by Mutual
Consent. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the
mutual written consent of Parent and the Company.
9.2 Unilateral
Termination.
(a) Either
Parent or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this
Agreement if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority
shall have issued a nonappealable final order, decree or ruling or taken any
other action, in each case having the effect of permanently restraining,
enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger or any other material transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Either
Parent or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this
Agreement if the Merger shall not have been consummated by midnight in Toronto,
Canada on January 31, 2009; provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(b)
shall not be available to any party whose breach of a representation or warranty
or covenant made under this Agreement by such party results in the failure of
any condition set forth in Article VIII to be fulfilled or satisfied on or
before such date.
(c) Either
Parent or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this
Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Time if the other has committed a
breach of (i) any of its representations and warranties under Article III or
Article IV, as applicable, or (ii) any of its covenants under Article V or
Article VI, as applicable, and has not cured such breach within ten (10)
business days after the party seeking to terminate this Agreement has given the
other party written notice of such breach and its intention to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(c)
(provided,
however, that
no such cure period shall be available or applicable to any such breach which by
its nature cannot be cured) and if not cured on or prior to the Closing Date,
such breach would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII, as applicable, to be fulfilled or satisfied; provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.2(c)
shall not be available to a party if the party is at that time in material
breach of this Agreement.
(d) Parent,
by giving written notice to the Company, may terminate this Agreement if (i) the
Consents have not been delivered to the Secretary of the Company in accordance
with Section
5.5, (ii) the Company’s Board of Directors shall have for any reason
recommended, endorsed, accepted or agreed to an Alternative Transaction or shall
have resolved to do any of the foregoing, (iii) if an inquiry, offer or proposal
for an Alternative Transaction shall have been made and the Company’s Board of
Directors of the Company in connection therewith does not within five (5)
business days of Parent’s request to do so reconfirm its approval and
recommendation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and
reject such Alternative Transaction, or (iv) a California Permit is not
issued.
(e) The
Company, by giving written notice to Parent, may terminate this Agreement (at
any time prior to the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the required
vote of the stockholders of the Company) if the Company has received a Superior
Proposal and the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith
judgment, confirmed by advice of outside legal counsel, that it is required to
recommend or accept such Superior Proposal provided that the Company complies
with the provisions of Section
5.7.
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9.3 Termination
Fee. The
Company shall deliver to Parent a termination fee (the “Termination Fee”) equal to One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Shares of Company Common Stock (the “Termination Shares”) in the
event that (i) the holders of Company Common Stock do not approve the Merger,
(ii) the Company fails to obtain any required approval from any Government
Authority; or (iii) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.2(d)(ii) or
as a result of the Company’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall
for any reason have withdrawn or shall have amended or modified in a manner
adverse to Parent its recommendation in favor of this Agreement and the Merger
(each such event, a “Termination Event”). The
Termination Shares shall be issued to Parent no later than fifteen (15) business
days after a Termination Event. If the Termination Fee becomes
payable and is paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 9.3, the Termination
Fee shall be Parent’s and Merger Sub’s sole and exclusive remedy for a
Termination Event.
9.4 Effect of
Termination. In
the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.2, and
except as provided in Section 9.3 herein,
this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or
obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company or their respective
officers, directors, stockholders or Affiliates; provided, however, that (i) the
provisions of this Section 9.3
(Termination Fee), Section 9.4
(Effect of Termination) and Article XI
(Miscellaneous) shall remain in full force and effect and survive any
termination of this Agreement and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any party
hereto from liability in connection with any material breach of any of such
party’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein.
ARTICLE
X
SURVIVAL
OF REPRESENTATIONS, INDEMNIFICATION
AND
REMEDIES; CONTINUING COVENANTS
10.1 Survival; Right to
Indemnification Not Affected by Knowledge. If
the Merger is consummated, the representations and warranties of the parties
contained in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule and the
certificates of Parent and the Company delivered pursuant to Sections 8.2 and
8.3,
respectively, shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of
any of the parties to this Agreement, until the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.3(a)
(Power, Authorization and Validity), Section 3.4
(Capitalization) and Section 3.7 (Taxes)
shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of any of the parties to this
Agreement, until the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date; provided further, however, that no
right to indemnification pursuant to Article X in respect of any claim based
upon any failure of a representation or warranty that is set forth in a Notice
of Claim delivered prior to the applicable expiration date of such
representation or warranty shall be affected by the expiration of such
representation or warranty; and provided, further, that such
expiration shall not affect the rights of any Parent Indemnified Person under
this Article X or otherwise to seek recovery of Damages arising out of any
fraud, willful breach or intentional misrepresentation by the Company until the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations with respect
thereto.
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If the
Merger is consummated, all covenants of the parties (including the covenants set
forth in Article V and Article VI) shall expire and be of no further force
or effect as of the Effective Time, except to the extent such covenants provide
that they are to be performed after the Effective Time; provided, however, that no
right to indemnification pursuant to Article X in respect of any claim based
upon any breach of a covenant shall be affected by the expiration of such
covenant. The right to indemnification, payment of Damages or other
remedy based on such representations, warranties and covenants will not be
affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge
acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to
the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any such representation,
warranty or covenant. The waiver of any condition based on the
accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or
compliance with any covenant, will not affect the right to indemnification,
payment of Damages or other remedy based on the failure of such representations,
warranties and covenants.
10.2 Agreement to
Indemnify. Each
Company Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder and Non-Management
Warrantholder shall severally (based on each such holder’s Pro Rata Share), and
not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its officers, directors,
agents, representatives, stockholders and employees, and each Person, if any,
who controls or may control Parent within the meaning of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act (each hereinafter referred to individually as a “Parent Indemnified
Person” and
collectively as “Parent
Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, reductions in
value, costs, damages, Liabilities and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court
costs (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), directly or
indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with:
(a) any
failure of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement
or the Company Disclosure Schedule (without giving effect to any supplement to
the Company Disclosure Schedule), to be true and correct as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty
were made as of the Closing Date rather than the date of this Agreement, except
in the case of any individual representation and warranty which by its terms
speaks only as of a specific date or dates);
(b) any
failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company
pursuant to Section
8.2 or in any other document delivered by the Company to Parent pursuant
to this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate or
document is delivered to Parent;
(c) any
breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made
by the Company in this Agreement;
(d) any
amounts paid with respect to Dissenting Shares to the extent that such amounts
exceed the value of the Parent Common Shares that the holders of such Dissenting
Shares would have received in the Merger pursuant to Section
2.1(c);
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(e) any
amounts of Excess Merger Expenses not described in the Closing Merger Expense
Certificate; or
(f) any
amount for excess Vertical Slice Development Costs or completion time frame
penalties pursuant to Section 2.2(b) for
which the remaining thirty percent (30%) of the Sin City Shares was not
sufficient to cover such excess costs or penalties.
10.3 Limitations.
(a) If the
Merger is consummated, in no event shall the total recovery of the Parent
Indemnified Persons for indemnification under this Article X exceed an amount
equal to the fair market value of Parent Common Shares on the date of final
resolution of a Claim (as defined below) of the Total Consideration, the Hero
Shares and the Sin City Shares, except in the case of fraud, willful breach or
intentional misrepresentation by the Company. Any standards of
materiality and Material Adverse Effect set forth in a representation or
warranty shall be given full effect in determining the failure of such
representation or warranty to be true and correct as of any particular date;
provided, however, that in
determining the amount of any Damages pursuant to this Article X in respect
of such failure, such materiality or Material Adverse Effect standard shall be
disregarded.
(b) Prior
to the obligation to issue such shares pursuant to Section 2.2, the
Heroes Shares and the Sin City Shares shall be available to Parent Indemnified
Persons to satisfy indemnifiable Damages pursuant to this Article
X. The first recourse of Parent Indemnified Persons with respect to
any claim for recovery of indemnifiable Damages hereunder shall be (i) first to the Heroes Shares
and (ii) second to the
Sin City Shares.
10.4 Notice of
Claim.
(a) As used
herein, the term “Claim”
means a claim for indemnification of Parent or any other Parent Indemnified
Person by a Company Stockholder for Damages under this Article X.
(b) Parent
may give notice of a Claim under this Agreement, whether for its own Damages or
for Damages incurred by any other Parent Indemnified Person, and Parent shall
give written notice of a Claim executed by an officer of Parent (a “Notice of Claim”) to the
Representative promptly after Parent becomes aware of the existence of any
potential claim by a Parent Indemnified Person for indemnification from the
Company Stockholders under this Article X, arising from or relating
to:
A. Any
matter specified in Section 10.2; or
B. the
assertion, whether orally or in writing, against Parent or any other Parent
Indemnified Person of a claim, demand, suit, action, arbitration, investigation,
inquiry or proceeding brought by a third party against Parent or such other
Parent Indemnified Person (in each such case, a “Third-Party Claim”) that is
based on, arises out of or relates to any matter specified in Section 10.2.
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The
period during which claims may be initiated (the “Claims Period”) for
indemnification shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the
Expiration Date; provided, however, that the
Claims Period for indemnification from and against Damages arising out of,
resulting from or in connection with (i) fraud, willful breach or
intentional misrepresentation by the Company, or (ii) any failure of any of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.3(a)
(Power, Authorization and Validity), Section 3.4
(Capitalization) or Section 3.7 (Taxes)
to be true and correct as aforesaid shall commence at the Effective Time and
terminate upon the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, any Claims for Damages specified in any Notice of Claim delivered to
the Representative prior to expiration of the applicable Claims Period with
respect to facts and circumstances existing prior to expiration of the
applicable Claims Period shall remain outstanding until such Claims for Damages
have been resolved or satisfied, notwithstanding the expiration of such Claims
Period. Until the expiration of the applicable Claims Period, no
delay on the part of Parent in giving the Representative a Notice of Claim shall
relieve the Representative or any Company Stockholder from any of its
obligations under this Article X unless (and then only to the extent that) the
Representative or the Company Stockholders are materially prejudiced
thereby.
10.5 Defense of Third-Party
Claims.
(a) Parent
shall determine and conduct the defense or settlement of any Third-Party Claim,
and the costs and expenses incurred by Parent in connection with such defense or
settlement (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and
experts’ fees and court or arbitration costs) shall be included in the Damages
for which Parent may seek indemnification pursuant to a Claim made by any Parent
Indemnified Person hereunder.
(b) The
Representative shall have the right to receive copies of all pleadings, notices
and communications with respect to any Third-Party Claim to the extent that
receipt of such documents by the Representative does not affect any privilege
relating to the Parent Indemnified Person and may participate in, but not to
determine or conduct, any defense of a Third-Party Claim or settlement
negotiations with respect to a Third-Party Claim.
(c) No
settlement of any such Third-Party Claim with any third party claimant shall be
determinative of the existence of or amount of Damages relating to such matter,
except with the consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and which shall be deemed to have
been given unless the Representative shall have objected within 20 (twenty) days
after a written request for such consent by Parent.
10.6 Contents of Notice of
Claim. Each
Notice of Claim by Parent given pursuant to Section 10.4
shall contain the following information:
(a) that
Parent or another Parent Indemnified Person has directly or indirectly incurred,
paid or properly accrued or, in good faith, believes it shall have to directly
or indirectly incur, pay or accrue, Damages in an aggregate stated amount
arising from such Claim (which amount may be an estimated amount and may be the
amount of damages claimed by a third party in an action brought against any
Parent Indemnified Person based on alleged facts, which if true, would give rise
to liability for Damages to such Parent Indemnified Person under this Article
X); and
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(b) a brief
description, in reasonable detail (to the extent reasonably available to
Parent), of the facts, circumstances or events giving rise to the alleged
Damages based on Parent’s good faith belief thereof, including the identity and
address of any third-party claimant (to the extent reasonably available to
Parent) and copies of any formal demand or complaint, the amount of Damages (to
the extent known), or the basis for such anticipated liability, and the specific
nature of the breach to which such item is related.
10.7 Resolution of Notice of
Claim. Each
Notice of Claim given by Parent shall be resolved as follows:
(a) If,
within thirty (30) business days after a Notice of Claim is received by the
Representative, the Representative does not contest such Notice of Claim in
writing to Parent, the Representative shall be conclusively deemed to have
consented, on behalf of all Company Stockholders, Non-Management Optionholders
and Non-Management Warrantholders, to the recovery by the Parent Indemnified
Person of the full amount of Damages (subject to the limits contained in this
Article X) specified in the Notice of Claim in accordance with this Article X,
and, without further notice, to have stipulated to the entry of a final judgment
for damages against the Company Stockholders, Non-Management Optionholders and
Non-Management Warrantholders for such amount in any court having jurisdiction
over the matter where venue is proper.
(b) If the
Representative gives Parent written notice contesting all or any portion of a
Notice of Claim (a “Contested
Claim”) within the 30 business-day period specified in Section 10.7(a)
above, then such Contested Claim shall be resolved by either (i) a written
settlement agreement or memorandum executed by Parent and the Representative or
(ii) in the absence of such a written settlement agreement within thirty (30)
days following receipt by Parent of the written notice from the Representative,
by binding arbitration between Parent and the Representative in accordance with
the terms and provisions of Section 10.7(c)
below.
(c) If no
such agreement can be reached after good faith negotiation, either Parent or the
Representative may, by written notice to the other, demand arbitration of the
matter unless the amount of the damage or 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 three
arbitrators. Within fifteen (15) days after such written notice is
sent, Parent (on the one hand) and the Representative (on the other hand) shall
each select one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so selected shall select a
third arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrators as to the validity
and amount of any claim in any disputed Notice of Claim shall be binding and
conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement, and the parties shall be entitled
to act in accordance with such decision.
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(d) Judgment
upon any award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in English and
held in Toronto, Canada according to the provisions of the Arbitrations Act
(Ontario), except as otherwise expressly provided herein. The non-prevailing
party to an arbitration shall pay its own expenses, the fees of each arbitrator,
and the expenses, including, without limitation, the reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs, incurred by the prevailing party to the arbitration. The
arbitration panel shall be authorized to determine which party to the
arbitration is the prevailing party and which party is the non-prevailing
party.
10.8 Appointment of
Representative.
(a) By voting
in favor of the Merger or participating in the Merger and accepting the benefits
thereof, each Company Stockholder shall be deemed to have approved the
designation of and designates the Representative as the representative of the
Company Stockholders, the Non-Management Optionholders and the Non-Management
Warrantholders and as the attorney-in-fact and agent for and on behalf of each
Company Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder and Non-Management
Warrantholder with respect to claims for indemnification under this Article X
and the taking by the Representative of any and all actions and the making of
any decisions required or permitted to be taken by the Representative under this
Agreement, including the exercise of the power to: (a) give and
receive notices and communications to or from Parent (on behalf of itself of any
other Parent Indemnified Person) relating to this Agreement or any of the
transactions and other matters contemplated hereby or thereby (except to the
extent that this Agreement expressly contemplates that any such notice or
communication shall be given or received by such holders individually); (b)
agree to, object to, negotiate, resolve, enter into settlements and compromises
of, demand arbitration or litigation of, and comply with orders of arbitrators
or courts with respect to, (i) indemnification claims by Parent or any
other Parent Indemnified Person pursuant to this Article X or (ii) any dispute
between any Parent Indemnified Person and any such holder, in each case relating
to this Agreement; and (c) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the
judgment of the Representative for the accomplishment of the
foregoing. The Representative shall have authority and power to act
on behalf of each Company Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder and
Non-Management Warrantholder with respect to the disposition, settlement or
other handling of all claims under this Article X and all rights or obligations
arising under this Article X. The Company Stockholders,
Non-Management Optionholders and Non-Management Warrantholders shall be bound by
all actions taken and documents executed by the Representative in connection
with this Article X, and Parent and other Parent Indemnified Persons shall be
entitled to rely on any action or decision of the Representative. No bond shall
be required of the Representative, and the Representative shall receive no
compensation for his services. Notices or communications to or from
the Representative shall constitute notice to or from each of the Company
Stockholders, Non-Management Optionholders and Non-Management
Warrantholders.
(b) In
performing the functions specified in this Agreement, the Representative shall
not be liable to any Company Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder or
Non-Management Warrantholder in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Representative. Each Company
Stockholder, Non-Management Optionholder and Non-Management Warrantholder shall
severally (based on each such holder’s Pro Rata Share), and not jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless the Representative from and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on
the part of the Representative and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder, including any
out-of-pocket costs and expenses and legal fees and other legal costs reasonably
incurred by the Representative.
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Governing
Law. The
internal laws of the province of Ontario, Canada, irrespective of its conflicts
of law principles, shall govern the validity of this Agreement, the construction
of its terms, and the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of
the parties hereto; provided, however, that issues
involving the consummation and effects of the Merger shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Delaware.
11.2 Assignment; Binding Upon
Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of Parent,
including any successor to, or assignee of, all or substantially all of the
business and assets of Parent. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, no party hereto may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment
in violation of this provision shall be void.
11.3 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, shall for any
reason and to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this
Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances shall be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the
parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or
unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision
that shall achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other
purposes of the void or unenforceable provision.
11.4 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original as regards any party whose signature appears thereon and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This
Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof,
individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all parties
reflected hereon as signatories.
11.5 Other
Remedies. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly
conferred upon a party hereunder shall be deemed cumulative with and not
exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby or by law on such party, and the
exercise of any one remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any
other. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur
in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It
is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction
or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or Canada or
any state or province therein having jurisdiction.
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11.6 Amendments and
Waivers. Any
term or provision of this Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any
term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only by a writing signed by
the party to be bound thereby. The waiver by a party of any breach
hereof or default in the performance hereof shall not be deemed to constitute a
waiver of any other default or any succeeding breach or default. This
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto as provided in this Section 11.6 at
any time before or after adoption of this Agreement by the Company Stockholders,
but, after such adoption, no amendment shall be made which by Applicable Law
requires the further approval of the Company Stockholders without obtaining such
further approval. At any time prior to the Effective Time, each of
Company and Parent, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may, to the
extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to it contained herein or in any document
delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions for its benefit contained herein. No such
waiver or extension shall be effective unless signed in writing by the party
against whom such waiver or extension is asserted. The failure of any
party to enforce any of the provisions hereof shall not be construed to be a
waiver of the right of such party thereafter to enforce such
provisions.
11.7 Expenses. Except
as expressly provided in Section 9.3 and as
otherwise provided herein, whether or not the Merger is successfully
consummated, each party shall bear its respective legal, accountants, and
financial advisory fees and other expenses incurred with respect to this
Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby.
11.8 Attorneys’
Fees. Should
suit be brought to enforce or interpret any part of this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover, as an element of the costs of
suit and not as damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees to be fixed by the court
(including costs, expenses and fees on any appeal). The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover its costs of suit, regardless of whether such
suit proceeds to final judgment.
11.9 Notices. All
notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be either hand delivered in person, sent by
facsimile, sent by certified or registered first-class mail, postage pre-paid,
or sent by nationally recognized express courier service. Such
notices and other communications shall be effective upon receipt if hand
delivered or sent by facsimile, three (3) business days after mailing if sent by
mail, and one business day after dispatch if sent by express courier, to the
following addresses, or such other addresses as any party may notify the other
parties in accordance with this Section 11.9:
If to
Parent, Merger Sub or the Company (after Closing):
SilverBirch
Inc.
Xxxxx
000
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
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with a
copy to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Fax No.:
(000) 000-0000
If to the
Company (before Closing):
Red
Mile Entertainment, Inc.
000
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, #0
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy to:
Bullivant
House Xxxxxx PC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Fax No.:
(000) 000-0000
If to the
Representative:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
0000 00xx
Xxxxxx XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Fax No.:
(000) 000-0000
11.10 Interpretation; Rules of
Construction. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits, Sections or Articles, such
reference shall be to an Exhibit to, Section of or Article of this Agreement,
respectively, unless otherwise indicated. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be
followed by the words “without limitation”. The headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties hereto
agree that they have been represented by legal counsel during the negotiation
and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any
law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in
an agreement or other document shall be construed against the party drafting
such agreement or document.
11.11 Third Party Beneficiary
Rights. No
provisions of this Agreement are intended, nor shall be interpreted, to provide
or create any third party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in
any client, customer, employee, Affiliate, stockholder, partner or any party
hereto or any other Person unless specifically provided otherwise herein and,
except as so provided, all provisions hereof shall be personal solely between
the parties to this Agreement, except that Article X is intended to benefit the
Parent Indemnified Persons.
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11.12 Public
Announcement. Following
the date hereof, Parent may issue such press releases, and make such other
public disclosures regarding the Merger, as it determines are required or deems
appropriate after consultation with the Company regarding the form and substance
of such press release or public disclosure. The Company and Parent
each confirm that they have entered into the Mutual NDA and that, subject to the
preceding sentence, they are each bound by, and shall abide by, the provisions
of such Mutual NDA; provided, however, that Parent shall not be bound by such
Mutual NDA after the Closing. If this Agreement is terminated, the
Mutual NDA shall remain in full force and effect, and all copies of documents
containing confidential information of a disclosing party shall be returned by
the receiving party to the disclosing party or be destroyed, as provided in the
Mutual NDA.
11.13 Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, the exhibits and schedules hereto, the Company Ancillary Agreements,
the Parent Ancillary Agreements and the Merger Sub Ancillary Agreements
constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements or understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied,
written or oral, between the parties with respect hereto other than the Mutual
NDA. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of
performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms
hereof.
11.14 Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH
OF PARENT, MERGER SUB, THE COMPANY AND THE REPRESENTATIVE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF PARENT, MERGER SUB, THE COMPANY AND THE
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
HEREOF.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
SilverBirch inc. | Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. | |||
/s/
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/s/
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Name:
Xxxxx van der Plaat
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: CEO
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RME Merger Sub Corp. | Representative | |||
/s/
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/s/
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Name:
Xxxxx van der Plaat
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: President
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