AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A., LIGHTHOUSE ACQUISITION CORPORATION, INFOMMERSION, INC., AND SANTIAGO BECERRA, SR. Dated as of October 3, 2005
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
LIGHTHOUSE ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
INFOMMERSION, INC.,
AND
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, XX.
Dated as of October 3, 2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 THE MERGER | 2 | |||||
1.1 |
The Merger | 2 | ||||
1.2 |
Closing; Effective Time | 2 | ||||
1.3 |
Effects of the Merger | 2 | ||||
1.4 |
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving Corporation | 3 | ||||
1.5 |
Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation | 3 | ||||
1.6 |
Effect of the Merger on the Capital Stock of the Constituent Corporations | 3 | ||||
1.7 |
Payment Procedures | 5 | ||||
1.8 |
No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock | 7 | ||||
1.9 |
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates | 7 | ||||
1.10 |
Further Assurances | 7 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 7 | |||||
2.1 |
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification | 8 | ||||
2.2 |
Authority | 8 | ||||
2.3 |
Non-Contravention | 9 | ||||
2.4 |
Necessary Approvals | 9 | ||||
2.5 |
Company Capitalization | 10 | ||||
2.6 |
Company Subsidiaries | 11 | ||||
2.7 |
Directors and Officers | 11 | ||||
2.8 |
Organizational Documents; Books and Records | 11 | ||||
2.9 |
Company Financial Statements | 12 | ||||
2.10 |
Absence of Changes | 13 | ||||
2.11 |
No Undisclosed Liabilities | 16 | ||||
2.12 |
Taxes | 16 | ||||
2.13 |
Actions and Proceedings | 18 | ||||
2.14 |
Compliance with Laws and Orders | 18 | ||||
2.15 |
Approvals and Permits | 19 | ||||
2.16 |
Employee Benefit Matters | 19 | ||||
2.17 |
Employee Matters | 22 | ||||
2.18 |
Real Property | 23 | ||||
2.19 |
Tangible Personal Property | 24 | ||||
2.20 |
Intellectual Property | 24 | ||||
2.21 |
Contracts | 29 | ||||
2.22 |
Insurance | 31 | ||||
2.23 |
Affiliate Transactions | 31 | ||||
2.24 |
Environmental Matters | 32 | ||||
2.25 |
Brokers | 33 | ||||
2.26 |
Banks and Brokerage Accounts | 34 | ||||
2.27 |
Customers and Suppliers | 34 | ||||
2.28 |
Information Statement | 34 |
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2.29 |
Disclosure | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 35 | |||||
3.1 |
Organization and Qualification | 35 | ||||
3.2 |
Authority | 35 | ||||
3.3 |
Non-Contravention | 36 | ||||
3.4 |
Necessary Approvals | 36 | ||||
3.5 |
Financing Resources | 36 | ||||
3.6 |
Parent ADSs | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 CONDUCT OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME | 37 | |||||
4.1 |
Conduct of Business of the Company | 37 | ||||
4.2 |
No Solicitation | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 41 | |||||
5.1 |
Company Stockholder Information Statements; Stockholder Approval; Parent Review and Approval | 41 | ||||
5.2 |
Access | 42 | ||||
5.3 |
Notification of Certain Matters | 43 | ||||
5.4 |
Confidentiality | 43 | ||||
5.5 |
Public Disclosure | 43 | ||||
5.6 |
Reasonable Best Efforts | 44 | ||||
5.7 |
Regulatory Filings | 44 | ||||
5.8 |
Director and Officer Indemnification | 46 | ||||
5.9 |
Protection of Intellectual Property | 46 | ||||
5.10 |
Availability and Listing of Parent Shares | 47 | ||||
5.11 |
Treatment of Company Options | 47 | ||||
5.12 |
Termination of Company 401(k) Plan | 47 | ||||
5.13 |
Financial Statements and Consents of Accountants | 47 | ||||
5.14 |
Transaction Expenses | 48 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | 48 | |||||
6.1 |
Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger | 48 | ||||
6.2 |
Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company | 49 | ||||
6.3 |
Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 SURVIVAL & INDEMNIFICATION | 52 | |||||
7.1 |
Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements | 52 | ||||
7.2 |
Indemnification | 53 | ||||
7.3 |
Limitations on Indemnification Recoveries | 53 | ||||
7.4 |
Period for Indemnification Claims Against Escrow Fund | 54 | ||||
7.5 |
Indemnification Claim Procedures During the Escrow Period | 55 | ||||
7.6 |
Resolution of Objections to Indemnification Claims | 56 | ||||
7.7 |
Stockholder Agent | 56 | ||||
7.8 |
Third Party Claims | 57 |
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ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER | 58 | |||||
8.1 |
Termination | 58 | ||||
8.2 |
Effect of Termination | 59 | ||||
8.3 |
Amendment | 59 | ||||
8.4 |
Extension; Waiver | 59 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS | 60 | |||||
9.1 |
Notices | 60 | ||||
9.2 |
Entire Agreement | 61 | ||||
9.3 |
Waiver | 61 | ||||
9.4 |
Third Party Beneficiaries | 61 | ||||
9.5 |
No Assignment | 61 | ||||
9.6 |
Successors and Assigns | 62 | ||||
9.7 |
Headings | 62 | ||||
9.8 |
Invalid Provisions | 62 | ||||
9.9 |
Governing Law | 62 | ||||
9.10 |
WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY | 62 | ||||
9.11 |
Construction | 62 | ||||
9.12 |
Counterparts | 62 | ||||
9.13 |
Specific Performance | 62 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS | 63 | |||||
10.1 |
Certain Definitions | 63 | ||||
10.2 |
Additional Definitions | 70 | ||||
10.3 |
Construction | 72 |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Form of Escrow Agreement | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Voting Agreement | |
Exhibit C
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Form of Letter of Transmittal | |
Exhibit D
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Form of Employment Agreement for Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |
Exhibit E
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Form of Employment Agreement for Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |
Exhibit F
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Form of Employment Agreement for Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Exhibit G
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Form of Employment Agreement for Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Exhibit H
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Form of Xxxxxxxx & Forester LLP Legal Opinion |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (together with the Disclosure Schedules and the other
schedules hereto, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 3, 2005 by and
among Business Objects S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of the French Republic
(“Parent”), Lighthouse Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an indirect,
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Infommersion, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. (the “Stockholder Agent”),
(solely with respect to Article 7). All capitalized terms that are used in this Agreement
shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Article 10 or as defined in this Agreement.
RECITALS
A. The Board of Directors of Parent believes it is in the best interests of Parent, and the
Board of Directors of the Company believes it is in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders, that Parent acquire the Company through the merger of Merger Sub with and into the
Company with the Company surviving the merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(the “Merger”), and, in furtherance thereof, each such Board of Directors has approved this
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
B. At the Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, (i)
the Merger will become effective under applicable law, (ii) all of the shares of capital stock of
the Company that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be
converted into the right to receive the cash consideration set forth herein, (iii) all Company
Stock Options then outstanding (whether vested or unvested) will be assumed and become exercisable
(in accordance with their existing terms) for currently outstanding Parent ADSs and (iv) Business
Objects Americas, a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Parent Americas”), which is Merger Sub’s sole stockholder, will become the sole
stockholder and the sole holder of any rights to acquire capital stock of the Company.
C. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, a portion of the cash
consideration otherwise payable to the Effective Time Company Stockholders pursuant hereto will be
deposited with the Escrow Agent, to be held and disbursed to Parent or such Effective Time Company
Stockholders on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”), to be executed and
delivered by Parent and the Stockholder Agent, as representative of the Effective Time Company
Stockholders, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
D. As a condition and inducement to Parent to enter into this Agreement, all directors and
officers of Company have concurrently herewith entered into an agreement to vote the shares of
Company Capital Stock owned by such persons to approve the Merger and this Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Voting Agreement”).
E. As a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent to enter into this Agreement,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto,
Messrs. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx, each of whom
is an employee of the Company (the “Key Employees”), are each entering into an Employment
Agreement in the respective forms attached hereto as Exhibits D-G (each, a “Key
Employment Agreement” and collectively, the “Key Employment Agreements” and
collectively with this Agreement, the Voting
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Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, the “Transaction Agreements”), with Parent
Americas and the Surviving Corporation, each of which will become effective at the Effective Time.
F. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and other agreements in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing promises and the representations,
warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted by the
parties, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE MERGER
THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the
applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), at
the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of
the Merger and as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. For times and periods after the
Effective Time, the Company, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, is sometimes referred to
herein as the “Surviving Corporation.”
1.2 Closing; Effective Time.
(a) Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the closing
of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place as promptly as reasonably practicable after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, but in any event no
later than five (5) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver (if and to the extent
permitted by the terms hereof) of the conditions set forth in Article 6, at the offices of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, unless another place or time is agreed to by Parent and the Company. The
date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
(b) At the Closing, the parties shall (i) deliver the agreements, instruments, certificates,
opinions and other documents required to be delivered at or prior to the Closing pursuant to
Article 6 and (ii) cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger, in
customary form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company (the “Certificate
of Merger”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the DGCL (the time of acceptance by the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware of such filing or such later time as may be agreed to by the parties and set forth in the
Certificate of Merger being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).
1.3 Effects of the Merger. The effects of the Merger shall be as provided in the
applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of
Merger Sub and the Company shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and
duties of Merger Sub and the Company shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
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1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving Corporation.
(a) Certificate of Incorporation. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the
Effective Time, at the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company shall be
amended and restated in its entirety in the form of the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such amended and restated certificate of
incorporation shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter amended in accordance with the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation.
(b) Bylaws. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, at the
Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company shall be amended and restated in their entirety in the
form of the bylaws of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such
amended and restated bylaws shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
and such bylaws.
1.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation.
(a) Directors. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the
Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective
successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
(b) Officers. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the
bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed.
1.6 Effect of the Merger on the Capital Stock of the Constituent Corporations.
(a) Certain Definitions. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(i) “Aggregate Fully Diluted Company Common Stock” means the sum of the aggregate
number of shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding (or deemed to be outstanding pursuant
to this definition) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (solely for purposes of
this definition) all shares of Company Common Stock that are issuable upon the exercise in full of
all vested and unvested Company Stock Options that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(ii) “Aggregate Merger Consideration” means (w) $40,000,000, minus (x) the aggregate
amount of Transaction Expenses set forth in the Statement of Transaction Expenses less $200,000
plus (y) the aggregate gross cash proceeds receivable or received by the Company upon the exercise
of (A) all vested and unvested Company Stock Options that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and which are assumed by Parent pursuant hereto and (B) all options to acquire the
Company Common Stock exercised between the date of this Agreement and the time immediately prior to
the Effective Time.
(iii) “Escrow Amount” means $8,000,000.
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(iv) “Option Exchange Ratio” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Per Share
Common Amount by (y) the average of the closing prices of the Parent ADSs as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market (“Nasdaq”) on the ten (10) trading days ending two (2) trading days prior
to Closing.
(v) “Per Share Common Amount” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the
Aggregate Merger Consideration by (y) the Aggregate Fully Diluted Company Common Stock.
(b) Treatment of Company Capital Stock.
(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time,
without any action on the part of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of
any shares of the Company Common Stock, each outstanding share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding at the Effective Time (excluding (A) shares of Company Capital Stock referenced in
Section 1.6(b)(ii) and (B) any Dissenting Shares) shall be cancelled and extinguished and
shall be converted automatically into the right to receive an amount of cash (without interest)
equal to the Per Share Common Amount, without interest thereon. For purposes of calculating the
aggregate amount of cash payable to each Effective Time Company Stockholder pursuant to this
Section 1.6(b)(i), all shares of Company Common Stock that are held by each such Effective
Time Company Stockholder shall be aggregated and the amount of cash payable to each such Effective
Time Company Stockholder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent.
(ii) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time,
without any action on the part of Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of
any shares of the Company Capital Stock, each share of Company Capital Stock that is owned by
Parent, Parent Americas, Merger Sub, the Company or any other Subsidiary of Parent or the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically canceled and extinguished without
any conversion thereof or payment of any consideration to the holder thereof in exchange therefor.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any shares of Company
Capital Stock that are held by an Effective Time Company Stockholder who has demanded and perfected
appraisal or dissenters’ rights for such shares in accordance with applicable Law and who, as of
the Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost such appraisal or dissenters’ rights
(“Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive the
applicable consideration for Company Capital Stock contemplated by this Section 1.6 and in
lieu thereof, any such Effective Time Company Stockholder shall only be entitled to such rights as
are granted by applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Effective Time Company
Stockholder who has demanded appraisal of shares of Company Capital Stock under applicable Law
shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the right to such
appraisal, then, as of the later of (i) the Effective Time or (ii) the occurrence of such event,
such Effective Time Company Stockholder’s shares of
Company Capital Stock shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to
receive the applicable consideration for Company Capital Stock contemplated by this Section
1.6, without interest thereon, upon surrender to the Company of the certificate or certificates
representing such shares in accordance with Section 1.7. The Company shall give Parent (i)
prompt notice of its receipt of any written demands for appraisal of any shares of Company Capital
Stock, withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments relating to the Merger served pursuant
to applicable Law and received by the Company relating to appraisal or dissenters’ rights and (ii)
the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for
appraisal or dissenters’ rights under applicable Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior
written consent of Parent or as may be required under
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applicable Law, voluntarily make any payment
with respect to any demands for appraisal of Company Capital Stock or offer to settle or settle any
such demands.
(c) Treatment of Merger Sub Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, each share of
common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate
of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall thereafter evidence ownership of such
shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) Treatment of Company Stock Options. At the Effective Time, each option to acquire
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the
“Company Stock Options”), whether vested or unvested (other than those Company Stock
Options held by non-employee directors of the Company), will be converted into a right to acquire
such number of currently outstanding, validly issued and fully paid Parent ADSs in accordance with
this Section 1.6(d). At the Effective Time, each Company Stock Option so converted will be
deemed to constitute a right to acquire, on substantially the same terms and conditions as were
applicable to such Company Stock Option, a number of Parent ADSs equal to the product (rounded down
to the nearest whole Parent Ordinary Share) obtained by multiplying (x) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of such Company Stock Option immediately
prior to the Effective Time by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio, and the per share exercise price of
each such Company Stock Option so converted shall be adjusted by dividing (x) the per share
exercise price of each such Company Stock Option by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio, and rounding up
to the nearest $0.01. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company Stock
Options will continue to be exercisable upon the same terms and conditions as were applicable to
such Company Stock Options immediately prior to the Effective Time except that, upon exercise of
such Company Stock Options, the holders thereof will receive Parent ADSs held by a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Option Sub”). It is the intention of the parties that the
Company Stock Options so assumed by Option Sub qualify, to the maximum extent permissible following
the Effective Time as incentive stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue
Code, to the extent the Company Stock Options so assumed qualified as incentive stock options prior
to the Effective Time.
(e) Withholding Taxes. The Company and, on its behalf, Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise
deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Capital Stock or
Company Stock Options such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under
any provision of federal, local or foreign Tax law or under any applicable legal requirement. To
the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes
under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have
been paid.
1.7 Payment Procedures.
(a) Reservation and Deposit of Cash.
(i) On the Closing Date, Parent shall reserve and make available for payment in accordance
with this Article 1 the cash amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.6 in exchange
for all shares of Company Capital Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time, less (y) an amount of cash equal to the Escrow Amount and (z) any amounts subject to
withholding under the Key Employment Agreements. A portion of the Escrow Amount shall be withheld
from the amount otherwise payable to each Effective Time Company Stockholder in proportion to that
portion of the Aggregate Merger Consideration that each such Effective Time Company Stockholder
would otherwise
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be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.6 (without giving effect to
any Dissenting Shares) by virtue of the ownership of shares of Company Capital Stock immediately
prior to the Effective Time. Any amounts subject to retention under the Key Employment Agreements
(the “Retention Amounts”) shall be deducted solely from the proceeds otherwise payable to
the subject Key Employee and shall not be deducted from the proceeds payable to any other Effective
Time Company Stockholder.
(ii) On the Closing Date, Parent shall deposit with the Escrow Agent an amount of cash equal
to the Escrow Amount, such cash to be held and disbursed by the Escrow Agent on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement. At the termination of the Escrow
(assuming no claims are made), each Effective Time Company Stockholder shall be entitled to such
stockholder’s pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount relative to that portion of the Aggregate
Merger Consideration that each such Effective Time Company Stockholder would otherwise be entitled
to receive pursuant to Section 1.6 (without giving effect to any Dissenting Shares) by
virtue of the ownership of shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
The Escrow Amount (and earnings thereon) shall be treated as property of the Parent for all
purposes unless and until such proceeds are released from the Escrow.
(iii) On the Closing Date, Parent shall deposit with the Escrow Agent an amount of cash equal
to the Retention Amounts, such cash to be held and disbursed by the Escrow Agent on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable Key Employment Agreement. The Retention
Amounts (and earnings thereon) shall be treated as property of the Parent for all purposes unless
and until such proceeds are released to the applicable Key Employee pursuant to the terms of the
Key Employment Agreement.
(b) Surrender of Company Stock Certificates.
As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing (and in no event more than five (5)
Business Days thereafter), Parent shall deliver to each Effective Time Company Stockholder a letter
of transmittal and instructions for use of such letter of transmittal in effecting the surrender of
certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced one or more shares of Company
Capital Stock (each, a “Company Stock Certificate”), all in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (each, a “Letter of Transmittal”).
(i) As soon as reasonably practicable following the surrender of a Company Stock Certificate
for cancellation to the Parent, together with a Letter of Transmittal, duly completed and validly
executed in accordance with the instructions thereto (and in no event more than ten (10) Business
Days thereafter), the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor the cash amount (without interest) to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 1.6 in respect of the shares of Company Capital Stock evidenced by such Company
Stock Certificate (less the amount of cash to be deposited in the Escrow Fund on such holder’s
behalf pursuant to Section 1.7(a)),
and the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Any Effective Time
Company Stockholder who shall deliver the items set forth in this Section 1.8(b)(ii) to
Parent at or prior to the Closing shall receive the amounts such Effective Time Company Stockholder
is entitled to receive hereunder promptly following the Closing Date (but in no event more than
three (3) Business Days thereafter).
(ii) Until surrendered in accordance with Section 1.7(b)(ii), all Company Stock
Certificates shall be deemed from and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes other
than the payment of dividends, to evidence only the right to receive in exchange therefor the cash
amount (without interest) payable in respect of the shares of Company Capital Stock evidenced
thereby pursuant to Section 1.6. No portion of the Aggregate Merger Consideration will be
paid to the holder of any
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unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate with respect to shares of Company
Capital Stock formerly evidenced thereby unless and until the holder of record of such Company
Stock Certificate shall surrender such Company Stock Certificate and the Letter of Transmittal
pursuant hereto.
(c) Transfers of Ownership. If any cash amounts are to be disbursed pursuant to
Section 1.6 hereof to any Person other than the Person whose name is reflected on the
Company Stock Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor, it will be a condition of the issuance
or delivery thereof that the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed and
otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such exchange will (if legally
required to do so) have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes
required by payment of any portion of the Aggregate Merger Consideration in any name other than
that of the registered holder of such Company Stock Certificate, or established to the satisfaction
of Parent or any agent designated by it that such transfer or other Taxes have been paid or are not
otherwise payable.
(d) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither
the Parent, the Surviving Corporation nor any other party hereto shall be liable to a holder of
shares of Company Capital Stock for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
1.8 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock. The cash amounts paid and
to be paid in respect of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall
be deemed to be paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company
Capital Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the
Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, any Company Stock Certificates are presented to
the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this
Article 1.
1.9 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any Company Stock
Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent shall pay in exchange for such lost,
stolen or destroyed certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder
thereof, such amount, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof; provided,
however, that Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof,
require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to provide an indemnity or deliver
a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against Parent with respect to the Company Stock Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
1.10 Further Assurances. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any such further action on the part of Parent,
the Company or the Surviving Corporation is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement or to vest in the Surviving Corporation full right, title and possession to all
assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, or to effect the
assignment to the Surviving Corporation of any and all Intellectual Property created by a founder,
employee or consultant of the Company, or to complete and prosecute all domestic and foreign patent
filings related to Company Intellectual Property, the directors and officers of the Surviving
Corporation are fully authorized to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, subject only to such
exceptions as are specifically disclosed with respect to specific numbered sections and lettered
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subsections of this Article 2 in the disclosure schedule and schedule of exceptions,
(provided that any matter disclosed with respect to one section or subsection of this Article
2 shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to each other section or subsection of this
Article 2 to the extent that such disclosure is reasonably apparent (to a reader with no
knowledge of such matters) on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to
such other section or subsection of this Article 2) delivered herewith and dated as of the
date hereof (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”), and organized with corresponding numbered
sections and lettered subsections, as follows:
2.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and has
full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted and to own, use,
license and lease its Assets and Properties. Each Company Subsidiary is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted and to own, use, license and lease its Assets and Properties. The Company and each
Company Subsidiary is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do business and is in good standing
as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership, use, licensing or leasing of
its Assets and Properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such qualification,
licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified, licensed or
admitted and in good standing that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. Section 2.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) each
jurisdiction where the Company and each Company Subsidiary is so qualified, licensed or admitted to
do business, and (ii) each other state or country in which the Company and each Company Subsidiary
owns, uses, licenses or leases its Assets and Properties, or conducts business or has employees or
engages independent contractors. The Company has delivered or made available a true, complete and
correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or any other organizational documents,
as applicable, of Company and each Company Subsidiary, each as amended to date, to Parent.
2.2 Authority.
(a) The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction
Agreements to which it is a party and, subject to receiving the requisite approval and adoption of
this Agreement from the holders of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the DGCL, to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a
party, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action by the Board of Directors of the Company, and no other
action on the part of the Board of Directors of the Company is required to authorize the execution
and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or, subject to
receiving the requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement from the holders of Company Capital
Stock in accordance with the DGCL, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) As of the date hereof, the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously (i) approved
and deemed advisable this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Voting Agreement, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (ii) determined that this Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Voting Agreement, Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
are in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders of the Company and are on terms that
are fair to such stockholders and (iii) recommended that the stockholders of the Company
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approve
and adopt this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and approve the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby for all purposes under the DGCL, the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company and any Contracts between or among the Company and any
Company Stockholders (the “Company Board Recommendation”). The Company and its Board of
Directors and stockholders have taken all actions necessary such that the restrictive provisions of
any Takeover Statute and any anti-takeover provision in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws
of the Company or equivalent organizational documents of any Company Subsidiaries will not be
applicable to any of the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries, Parent or the Surviving
Corporation, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and
the Voting Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock, voting together as a single class, are the only votes of the holders of any
shares of the Company Capital Stock that are necessary to approve this Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby under applicable
Law, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company (as amended in accordance with
Section 1.4 of this Agreement) and any Contract between or among the Company and any
Company Stockholders (collectively, the “Requisite Stockholder Approval”).
(e) This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and Voting Agreement have been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
hereof and thereof by Parent, Merger Sub and all other parties hereto and thereto, this Agreement
and the Escrow Agreement constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity.
2.3 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement,
the Escrow Agreement and Voting Agreement does not, the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and
thereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
(a) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (b) subject
to obtaining the Company Necessary Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of
any Law or Order applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective
Assets and Properties or (c) (i) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, (ii)
constitute a default (or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, (iii) require the Company to obtain any Approval of or give any notice
to any Person, under the terms of, (iv) result in or give to any Person any right of termination,
cancellation, acceleration or modification in or with respect to, (v) result in or give to any
Person any additional right or entitlement to any increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed
payment or performance under, (vi) result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to
create or impose) any Lien upon the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective
Assets and Properties under or (vii) result in the loss of any material benefit under any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any Company Material Contract to which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is entitled immediately prior to the Effective Time.
2.4 Necessary Approvals.
(a) No Approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary from any Governmental or Regulatory Authorities in connection with the consummation of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to
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which it is a
party, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware in accordance with the terms hereof and (ii) such Approvals as may be required
under applicable federal, state or foreign securities Laws.
(b) Other than any Approvals set forth in Section 2.3 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary from any Person other than Governmental or Regulatory Authorities in connection with the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to
which it is a party, including any such Approvals that may be required to be given or obtained
under the terms of any Company Material Contracts in order to prevent any violation of or default
thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby (collectively with the Approvals set forth in Section 2.4(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the “Company Necessary Approvals”).
(c) The Company (i) is the “ultimate parent entity” of the Company as defined in 16 C.F.R.
801.1 and the HSR Act, (ii) is not a manufacturer as defined in the HSR Act and (iii) did not hold
total assets of $10,000,000 or more as shown on its most recent regularly prepared, balance sheet
(including unaudited statements) and, therefore, is not a $10 million Person under the HSR Act.
2.5 Company Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists only of 10,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), of which 3,940,527 shares
of Common Stock are issued and outstanding. The Company has reserved 1,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock for issuance under the Company Stock Plan, 584,000 shares of which have been granted
as options under the Company Stock Plan, and 416,000 shares of which remain available for
issuance under the Company Stock Plan. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance
with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities Laws. There are no declared or accrued
but unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock. No shares of Company
Common Stock are held in treasury or are authorized or reserved for issuance.
(b) The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Section 2.5(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, which lists the name and state of residence of each holder of Company Common
Stock and the numbers of shares of Company Common Stock held by each holder, as well as the total
number of share of Company Common Stock outstanding.
(c) No shares of Company Capital Stock are “restricted” or otherwise subject to a repurchase
option, risk of forfeiture or other vesting or similar condition in favor of the Company under any
applicable stock restriction agreement or other similar agreement with the Company.
(d) Other than Company Stock Options, there are no outstanding subscriptions, warrants,
options, call, commitments, agreements or other rights, written or oral, to acquire shares of
Company Capital Stock or securities of any Company Subsidiaries. Section 2.5(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all outstanding Company Stock Options and all
Contracts to which the Company is a party that requires the Company to issue any Option with
respect to any security of or interest in the Company. With respect to each Company Stock Option
and each Contract to which the Company is a party to issue any Option or any other equity security
with respect to the Company, Section 2.5(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the holder thereof, the type and number of securities issuable thereunder, and, if applicable, the
exercise price therefor (and, with respect to Company Stock Options, whether such option is subject
to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code,
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the exercise period and vesting schedule thereof
(including a description of the circumstances under which such vesting schedule can or will be
accelerated). All of the Company Stock Options were granted in compliance with all applicable
federal, state and foreign securities Laws. The terms of the Company Stock Plan and the applicable
stock option agreements related to the outstanding Company Stock Options permit the assumption and
issuance upon exercise of Parent ADSs as provided in this Agreement, without the consent or
approval of the holders of such Company Stock Options or the parties to such stock option
agreements, Company Stockholders or any other Person and without any acceleration of the exercise
schedule or vesting provisions in effect for those Options. True and complete copies of all
agreements and instruments relating to or issued under the Company Stock Plan have been provided to
Parent and such agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented, and
there is no Contract to amend, modify or supplement such agreements or instruments in any case from
the form provided to Parent.
(e) There are no preemptive rights or Contracts to issue preemptive rights with respect to the
issuance or sale of Company Capital Stock created by statute, the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of the Company, or any Contract to which the Company is a party or to which it is bound and
there are no Contracts to which the Company is a party pursuant to which the Company has the right
to elect to satisfy any Liability by issuing Company Common Stock or Equity Equivalents.
(f) Except for the Company’s certificate of incorporation the Company is not a party or
subject to any Contract, and there are no Contracts between or among any Persons which affects,
restricts or relates to voting, giving of any written consent, or dividend right with respect to or
the transferability of any shares of Company Capital Stock, including any voting trust agreement or
proxy.
(g) There are no outstanding debt securities of the Company, whether or not convertible into
shares of Company Capital Stock.
2.6 Company Subsidiaries. Section 2.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a true and complete list of all of the Company Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, indicating
the name, jurisdiction of organization and the Company’s equity interest in, each such entity.
Other than with respect to the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or
indirectly, any capital stock or other equity securities of any corporation, partnership, joint
venture or other business association or entity, other than securities of any publicly traded
equity in amounts less than one percent (1%), which the Company holds in its investment portfolio.
All of the outstanding capital stock of each Company Subsidiary is owned directly or indirectly by
the Company free and clear of all Liens other than those imposed by applicable federal, state and
foreign securities Laws and is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no
outstanding options, rights or agreements of any kind relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of
any capital stock or other equity securities (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
securities having such rights) of any such Company Subsidiary to any Person except the Company.
2.7 Directors and Officers. The names of each director and officer of the Company and
each of the Company Subsidiaries on the date hereof, and his or her position with the Company or
the Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, are listed in Section 2.7 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
2.8 Organizational Documents; Books and Records. The minute books and stock record
books and other similar records of the Company and each Company Subsidiary have been provided to
Parent or its counsel prior to the execution of this Agreement, and are complete and correct in all
respects. Such minute books contain a true and complete record of all actions taken at all
meetings and by all written consents in lieu of meetings of the stockholders, directors, committees
of the Board of Directors of the Company and each Company Subsidiary from the date of the Company’s
incorporation through the
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date hereof. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in
violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent
organizational documents.
2.9 Company Financial Statements.
(a) Section 2.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains (i) unaudited
consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December
31, 2004 (the “Company Balance Sheet”) and the related unaudited consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows, in each case together with the notes thereto, for
each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and (ii)
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2005 and the related
unaudited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the six
months ended June 30, 2005 (the financial statements referenced in the foregoing clauses (i) and
(ii) being referred to herein, collectively, as the “Company Financial Statements”).
(b) The Company Financial Statements are correct and complete in all material respects. The
unaudited Company Financial Statements (i) were derived from and accurately reflect the books and
records of the Company, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with, and otherwise comply as to form
with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each
other and (iii) are correct and complete in all material respects and represent fairly the
consolidated
financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries at the dates therein indicated
and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified. The unaudited Company Financial
Statements (i) were derived from and accurately reflect the books and records of the Company, (ii)
have been prepared in accordance with, and otherwise comply as to form with, GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other except that they
exclude footnotes and immaterial year end adjustments and (iii) fairly present in all material
respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries at the
dates therein indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and stockholders’
equity of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified. Since
December 31, 2002, there has been no material change in any accounting policies, principles,
methods or practices, including any change with respect to reserves (whether for bad debts,
contingent liabilities or otherwise), of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries not required by
GAAP. The Company maintains and shall continue to maintain an adequate system of internal controls
established and administered in accordance with GAAP.
(c) The accounts and notes receivable of the Company and each Company Subsidiary reflected on
the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2005 included in the Company Financial
Statements, and all accounts and notes receivable arising subsequent to June 30, 2005, (i) arose
from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, and are payable on ordinary trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and binding obligations of
the respective debtors enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity, (iii) are not subject to any valid set-off or
counterclaim and (iv) do not represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on approval or on
a sale-or-return basis or subject to any other repurchase or return arrangement, subject to returns
pursuant to warranties provided to the Company in conjunction with the licensing of software, the
aggregate value of which returns attributable to products licensed prior to June 30, 2005 will not
exceed the amount reserved therefor on the Company Balance Sheet, and the aggregate value of which
returns attributable to products licensed after June 30, 2005 and through the Closing Date will not
exceed $50,000. The accounts and notes receivable of the Company and each
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Company Subsidiary and
the number of days such accounts and notes receivable were outstanding as of July 31, 2005 are set
forth in Section 2.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any Liabilities of a nature required to
be set forth on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP other than (i) those set forth or
adequately provided for in the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) those incurred by the Company since
December 31, 2004 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, which do not
result from any breach of Contract, tort or violation of Law and (iii) those incurred by the
Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement. Except for Liabilities reflected in
the Company Balance Sheet, the Company has no “off balance sheet” Liability to, or any financial
interest in, any third party or entities, the purpose of which is to defer, postpone, reduce or
otherwise avoid or adjust the recording of debt or other Liability expenses of the Company.
(e) Neither the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor the Company’s independent auditors, nor to
the Company’s Knowledge, any current or former employee, consultant or director of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, has identified or been made aware of any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves the Company’s management or other current or former employees, consultants directors
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary who have a role in the preparation of financial statements
or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any claim
or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor,
to the Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or
representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has received or otherwise had or
obtained Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or
oral, in each case, regarding deficient accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies
or methods of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting
controls or any material inaccuracy in the Company’s financial statements. No attorney
representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, has reported to the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof
or to any director or officer of the Company evidence of a material violation of securities laws,
breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company any Company Subsidiary or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents.
(f) Section 2.9(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct list
of all Indebtedness of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, including, for each item of
Indebtedness for money borrowed, the agreement governing such Indebtedness, and the interest rate,
maturity date and any Assets or Properties securing such Indebtedness. All Indebtedness of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary for borrowed money may be prepaid at the Closing without penalty
under the terms of the Contracts governing such Indebtedness.
2.10 Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2004 through the date hereof:
(a) there has not been, occurred or arisen any Company Material Adverse Effect or any
occurrences or events that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into, approved or resolved to
enter into any Contract in connection with any transaction involving a Business Combination;
(c) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has altered or entered into any Contract or
other commitment to alter, its debt or equity interest in any corporation, association, joint
venture, partnership or business entity in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary directly or
indirectly holds any interest (or any right to acquire any interest) on the date hereof;
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(d) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into any Contract involving a
strategic alliance, joint development or joint marketing arrangement;
(e) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into any transaction with any
officer, director, stockholder, Affiliate or Associate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
other than the payment of salaries for employment and reimbursement of travel and other expenses,
each in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(f) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has (i) declared or set aside or paid any
dividend on or made any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any
Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalent, (ii) effected or approved any split, combination or
reclassification of any Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalent, (iii) issued or authorized the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any Company
Capital Stock or Equity Equivalent or (iv) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, directly or
indirectly, any Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalent, except repurchases of Company Capital
Stock pursuant to agreements with Company employees, officers, directors and consultants or any
Company Subsidiary employees, officers, directors and consultants relating to repurchases at cost
upon termination of service with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(g) except for (i) the issuance of shares of Company Capital Stock upon exercise of
then-outstanding Company Stock Options or (ii) the granting prior to the date hereof of Company
Stock Options available for grant under the Company Stock Plan in the ordinary course of business
to employees hired after the December 31, 2004 who are not officers of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary on terms and in amounts consistent with past practice: (A) the Company has not issued,
granted, delivered, sold or authorized or proposed to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or purchased
or proposed to purchase, any Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalents; (B) the Company has not
modified, waived or amended terms, or the rights of any holder, of any outstanding Company Capital
Stock or Equity Equivalent (including to reduce or alter the consideration to be paid to the
Company upon the exercise of any outstanding Company Stock Option or other Equity Equivalent); (C)
there has not been any agreement, arrangement, plan or understanding with respect to any such
modification, waiver or amendment; and (D) the Company has not granted any Option with an exercise
price of less than the fair market value of Company Common Stock on the date the Option was granted
(as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors following good
faith consultation and consistent with the advice, if any, provided by the Company’s independent
accountants);
(h) there has not been any amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws
or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of any Company
Subsidiary;
(i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any transfer (by
way of a License or otherwise) to any Person of any right to any Company Intellectual Property,
other than (i) non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice through the use of agreements that do not materially deviate from the forms of
agreement previously provided to Parent and (ii) Contracts entered into solely for the purpose of
providing the parties to such Contracts with confidentiality and nondisclosure rights and
obligations (e.g., nondisclosure agreements);
(j) the Company and each Company Subsidiary has taken all actions required to maintain, renew,
or enforce any Company Registered Intellectual Property, including submission of required documents
or fees during the prosecution of patent, trademark or other applications for Registered
Intellectual Property rights;
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(k) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any disposition
or sale of, waiver of any right to, license or lease of, or incurrence of any Lien on, any Asset
and Property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except (i) Assets and Properties having an
aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000 or (ii) non-exclusive licenses granted in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice through the use of agreements that do not
materially deviate from the forms of agreement previously provided to Parent;
(l) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any purchase of
any Asset and Property of any Person, other than (i) acquisitions of inventory or licenses of
products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) other
acquisitions in an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in the case of any
individual item or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the aggregate;
(m) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any capital
expenditure or commitment for additions to property, plant or equipment of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary constituting capital assets in an amount exceeding twenty thousand dollars
($20,000) in the case of any individual expenditure or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the
aggregate;
(n) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make any write-off or
write-down, any determination to write off or write-down, or revalue, any of their respective
Assets and Properties, or change any reserves or liabilities associated therewith;
(o) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or agreed to make payment,
discharge or satisfaction, of any Liability (whether absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted,
contingent or otherwise), other than in the ordinary course of business;
(p) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has failed to pay or otherwise satisfy any
Liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, except (i) Liabilities that
are not past due or (ii) Liabilities that are immaterial in amount, individually and in the
aggregate, which are being contested in good faith by appropriate means or procedures;
(q) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has incurred any Indebtedness or guaranteed
any Indebtedness in an amount exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in any individual case or
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the aggregate or issued or sold any debt securities of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or guaranteed any debt securities of any other Person;
(r) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has granted or paid or made any commitment
to pay any discretionary or stay bonus, severance or termination payment or any additional
compensation to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary, or any other additional compensation to any current or former director,
officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(s) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has granted, approved or implemented any
increase of greater than five percent (5%) in salary, rate of commissions, rate of consulting fees
or any other compensation (whether through a current or future plan or otherwise) of any current or
former officer, director, stockholder, employee, independent contractor or consultant of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(t) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has adopted, entered into, amended,
modified or terminated (partially or completely) any Company Employee Plan;
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(u) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made or changed any material election
in respect of any Tax, adopted or changed any accounting method in respect of any Tax, entered into
any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement,
settlement or compromise of any claim or assessment in respect of any Tax, or consented to any
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of
any Tax with any Taxing Authority or otherwise;
(v) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any change in accounting policies,
principles, methods, practices or procedures (including for bad debts, contingent liabilities or
otherwise, respecting capitalization or expense of research and development expenditures,
depreciation or amortization rates or timing of recognition of income and expense);
(w) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any change in accounting methods
or practices (including any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates) other than as
required by GAAP;
(x) there has not been any commencement, settlement, notice or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threat of any lawsuit or proceeding or other investigation against the Company or its
affairs, or any reasonable basis for any of the foregoing;
(y) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has made any representation or proposal to,
or engaged in any substantive discussion with, any holder (or any representative of any holder) of
any Indebtedness, or to or with any Person which has issued a letter of credit which benefits the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business; and
(z) there has been no physical damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or not
covered by insurance) affecting any of the real or personal property or equipment of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary in an amount exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in the case of any
individual item or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in the aggregate.
2.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected or reserved against in the
Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto), the Company has no material Liability
(whether or not required to be reflected in financial statements in accordance with GAAP) that,
individually or in the aggregate (i) has not been reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, or (ii)
has not arisen in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices since December 31,
2004.
2.12 Taxes.
(a) All Tax Returns required to have been filed by or with respect to the Company and each
Company Subsidiary or any affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group of which the
Company is or was a member have been duly and timely filed, and each such Tax Return correctly and
completely reflects the Tax liability and all other information required to be reported thereon.
All such Tax Returns are true, complete and correct in all respects. All Taxes due and payable by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, whether or not shown on any Tax Return or claimed to be due
by any Taxing Authority, have been paid or accrued on the Company Financial Statements.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any Liability for any unpaid Taxes
which has not been accrued for or reserved on the Company Balance Sheet, other than any Liability
for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since June 30, 2005 in connection with the operation of the
business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course.
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(c) The Company is not a party to any agreement extending the time within which to file any
Tax Return. No claim has ever been made by a Taxing Authority of any jurisdiction in which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or such Company
Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(d) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have
been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor,
stockholder or independent contractor or otherwise accrued such Taxes on the Company Financial
Statements.
(e) The Company has not received any demand for payment or notice of assessment of, and does
not have Knowledge of any action by any Taxing Authority in connection with assessing,
additional Taxes against or in respect of it or any Company Subsidiary for any past period.
There is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax Liability of the Company threatened, claimed,
raised or assessed by any Taxing Authority. There are no Liens for Taxes upon the Assets and
Properties of the Company other than Permitted Liens. Section 2.12(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists those Tax Returns, if any, of the Company and each Company Subsidiary
that have been audited or examined by Taxing Authorities, and indicates those Tax Returns of the
Company and each Company Subsidiary that currently are the subject of audit or examination. The
Company has delivered to Parent complete and correct copies of all federal, state, local and
foreign income Tax Returns filed by, and all Tax examination reports and statements of deficiencies
assessed against or agreed to by, the Company and each Company Subsidiary since the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002.
(f) There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period of
limitation applicable to any Tax Return required to be filed by, or which includes or is treated as
including, the Company or with respect to any Tax assessment or deficiency affecting the Company or
any Company Subsidiary.
(g) The Company has not received any written ruling related to Taxes or entered into any
closing or similar agreement with a Taxing Authority relating to Taxes.
(h) The Company has no liability for any Tax of any Person other than the Company (i) under
Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
Law), (ii) as a transferee or successor, (iii) by Contract or (iv) otherwise.
(i) The Company (i) has neither agreed to make nor is required to make any adjustment under
Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code or any comparable provision under state or non-U.S. Tax
laws as a result of transactions, events or accounting methods employed by the Company prior to the
Merger, and (ii) is not a “consenting corporation” within the meaning of Section 341(f)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(j) The Company is not a party to or bound by any obligations under any Tax sharing, Tax
allocation, Tax indemnity or similar agreement or arrangement.
(k) The Company is not involved in, subject to, or a party to any joint venture, partnership,
Contract or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for federal, state, local or foreign
Tax purposes.
(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a member of any “affiliated group”
(as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) other than the affiliated group of
which Company is the “parent.”
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(m) The Company has not made any payment, is not obligated to make any payment, and is not a
party to any Contract covering any current or former employee or consultant of the Company that
could require it or any successor to make or give rise to any payment that is not deductible as a
result of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code or the Treasury regulations thereunder or would
result in an excise tax to the recipient of any such payment under Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(n) The Company is not and has never been a United States real property holding corporation
within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(o) The Company has not constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled
corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section
355 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(p) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has consummated, has participated in, or is
currently participating in any transaction which was or is a “Tax shelter,” “listed transaction” or
“reportable transaction” as defined in Sections 6662, 6662A, 6011, 6012, 6111 or 6707A of the
Internal Revenue Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not
limited to, transactions identified by the IRS by notice, regulation or other form of published
guidance as set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
2.13 Actions and Proceedings.
(a) There is no Action or Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
against, relating to or affecting the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective
Assets and Properties. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice, and
does not otherwise have Knowledge of, any Order outstanding against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no active dispute (whether or not involving any
threat of litigation) that alone or together with other facts and circumstances, would reasonably
be expected to give rise to any Action or Proceeding against, relating to or affecting the Company,
any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Assets and Properties.
(b) No claim for indemnification has been made by any Company Indemnified Parties or any
director or officer of any Company Subsidiary and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no basis exists for
any such claim for indemnification.
(c) Section 2.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Actions or
Proceedings against, relating to or affecting, the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their
respective Assets and Properties at any time.
(d) The Company has delivered to Parent all responses of counsel for the Company or any
Company Subsidiary to any requests made to the Company to provide to its independent auditors for
information regarding the Actions and Proceedings set forth in Sections 2.13(a) -
(c), inclusive, of the Company Disclosure Schedule (together with any updates provided by
such counsel).
2.14 Compliance with Laws and Orders.
(a) Neither the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their
respective directors, officers, Affiliates, agents or employees has violated in any material
respect or is currently in default or violation in any material respect under, any Law or Order
applicable to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Assets and Properties,
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neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has Knowledge of any claim of any such violation
or default.
(b) Neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent,
employee or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has, directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity,
made any unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any
foreign or domestic political party or campaign from corporate funds, violated any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment.
(c) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has conducted its export transactions in
accordance in all material respects with applicable provisions of United States export control laws
and regulations, including the Export Administration Act and implementing Export Administration
Regulations. There are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened claims against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to such export licenses or other approvals. To the
Company’s Knowledge, there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Company’s
or any Company Subsidiary’s export transactions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to
any future claims.
(d) The operation of the business of the Company and each Company Subsidiary as presently
conducted, including the Company’s and each Company Subsidiary’s design, development, use, import,
manufacture and sale of products, technologies or services does not in any material respect, and,
when conducted in substantially same manner following the Closing, will not constitute unfair
competition or an unfair trade practice under any Law (excluding only those Laws that may come into
existence or changes in Law taking effect following Closing) and neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary has received any notice, from any Person claiming that such operation or any
act, product, technology or service (including products, technologies and services currently under
development) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary constitutes unfair competition or trade
practices under such Laws.
2.15 Approvals and Permits. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has obtained all
Approvals from Governmental or Regulatory Authorities that are necessary to conduct the business as
presently being conducted by the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, as the case may be,
and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of any material
violation or material non-compliance with any such Approvals. All material Approvals from
Governmental or Regulatory Authorities necessary to conduct the business conducted by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary as it is currently being conducted have been previously provided to
Parent.
2.16 Employee Benefit Matters.
(a) Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements. Section 2.16(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of each current and former Company
Employee Plan and each current and former Employment Agreement. The Company does not have any plan
or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan or Employment
Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan or Employment Agreement
(except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employment
Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent
in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any Company Employee Plan
or Employment Agreement.
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(b) Documents. The Company has provided to Parent correct and complete copies of: (i)
all documents embodying each Company Employee Plan and each Employment Agreement
including (without limitation) all amendments thereto and all related trust documents,
administrative service agreements, group annuity contracts, group insurance contracts, and policies
pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Company Employee
Plan; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, prepared for each Company Employee
Plan; (iii) the three (3) most recent annual reports (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and
financial statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code
in connection with each Company Employee Plan; (iv) all written agreements and contracts relating
to each Company Employee Plan, including, without limitation, administrative service agreements and
group insurance contracts; (v) if the Company Employee Plan or International Employee Plan is
funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets; (vi) the
most recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of material modifications
thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company Employee Plan; (vii) all IRS
determination, opinion, notification and advisory letters, and all applications and correspondence
to or from the IRS or the DOL with respect to any such application or letter; (viii) all
communications material to any Employee or Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan and any
proposed Company Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations,
establishments, increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules
or other events which would result in any material liability to the Company; (ix) all material
correspondence to or from any governmental agency relating to any Company Employee Plan; and (x)
all COBRA forms and related notices (or such forms and notices as required under comparable law);
(xi) all discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan for the three (3) most recent plan
years.
(c) Employee Plan Compliance.
(i) The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be
performed by it under, is not in default or violation of, and has no Knowledge of any default or
violation by any other party to each Company Employee Plan, and each Company Employee Plan has been
established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance
with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to
ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
(ii) Each Company Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
has received a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter valid as to the adopting employer)
from the IRS with respect to each such Company Employee Plan as to its qualified status under the
Internal Revenue Code, including all amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made by tax
legislation prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
(iii) No “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and not otherwise exempt under Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code or Section 408 of ERISA (or any administrative class exemption issued thereunder), has
occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan.
(iv) There are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
or reasonably anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee
Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan.
(v) Each Company Employee Plan (other than any stock option plan) can be amended, terminated
or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time, without material liability to the Parent,
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses).
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(vi) There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge or
Knowledge of any of its ERISA Affiliates, threatened by the IRS or DOL with respect to any Company
Employee Plan.
(vii) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any penalty or tax with
respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(viii) The Company does not maintain, sponsor, participate in or contribute to or have any
Liability for any self-insured plan that provides benefits to Employees (including, without
limitation, any such plan to which a stop-loss policy or contract applies).
(d) Pension Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained,
established, sponsored, contributed to or has any Liability with respect to, any Pension Plan which
is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Collectively Bargained, Multiemployer and Multiple Employer Plans. At no time has
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any
Multiemployer Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has at any time ever maintained,
established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to any Multiemployer Plan, or to any plan
described in Section 413 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(f) No Post-Employment Obligations. No Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or
represents any liability to provide retiree health benefits to any person for any reason, except as
may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute, and the Company has never represented,
promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Employee (either individually or to
Employees as a group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other person would be provided
with retiree health, except to the extent required by statute.
(g) Health Care Compliance. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has, prior to
the Effective Time and in any material respect, violated any of the health care continuation
requirements of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA or the requirements of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or any amendment to each such act, or any similar
provisions of state law applicable to its Employees.
(h) Effect of Transaction.
(i) The execution of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent
events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Employment Agreement, trust or loan
that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration,
forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund
benefits with respect to any Employee.
(ii) No payment or benefit which will or may be made by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates
with respect to any Employee or any other “disqualified individual” (as defined in Internal Revenue
Code Section 280G and the regulations thereunder) will be characterized as a “parachute payment,”
within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(i) Employment Matters. The Company: (i) is in compliance in all respects with all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local Laws, rules and regulations respecting employment,
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employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in each case,
with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld and reported all amounts required by Law or by
agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to
Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing; and (iv) has no liabilities for any payment to any trust or other
fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any governmental authority, with respect to
unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for Employees
(other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past
practice). There are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or reasonably
anticipated claims or actions against the Company under any worker’s compensation policy or
long-term disability policy.
(j) Labor. No work stoppage or labor strike against the Company is pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated. The Company does not have Knowledge of
any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any Employees. There are no actions,
suits, claims, labor disputes or grievances pending, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or
reasonably anticipated relating to any labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any
Employee, including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination
complaints, which, if adversely determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in any
material liability to the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in
any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. The Company is
not presently, nor has it been in the past, a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining
agreement or union contract with respect to Employees and no collective bargaining agreement is
being negotiated by the Company.
(k) International Employee Plan. The Company does not now, nor has it ever had the
obligation to, maintain, establish, sponsor, participate in, or contribute to any International
Employee Plan.
2.17 Employee Matters.
(a) Each Person who is an employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is employed “at
will.” Each Person who is an independent contractor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is
properly classified as an independent contractor for purposes of all employment-related Laws and
all Laws concerning the status of independent contractors. Section 2.17(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth, individually and by category, the name of each officer, employee,
independent contractor and consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, together with his
or her position or function, annual base salary or wage and any applicable incentive, severance or
bonus arrangements. The completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not
result in any payment or increased payment becoming due from the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to any current or former officer, director, or employee of, or consultant to, the Company or any
Company Subsidiary and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no employee of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary set forth on Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule has an intent to
terminate his or her relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, for any reason,
including because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any outstanding loan agreements
providing loans to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary.
(c) To the Company’s Knowledge, no officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is bound by, subject to or obligated under any Contract or subject to any Order
or Law that would interfere with the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business as
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conducted or
as proposed to be conducted. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the
carrying on of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business as conducted or as proposed to
be conducted, nor any activity of such officers, employees or consultants in connection with the
carrying on of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business as conducted or as proposed to be
conducted, will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of,
constitute a default under, or trigger a condition precedent to any right under any Contract or
other agreement under which any such officer, employee or consultant is now bound.
2.18 Real Property.
(a) Section 2.18(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct
list of (i) each parcel of real property currently leased, utilized and/or operated by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary (the “Leased Real Property”) and (ii) all Liens securing any
obligation of the Company relating to or affecting the Leased Real Property, except Permitted
Liens. Except as described in Section 2.18(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary owns or has ever owned, leased or used any real
property, other than the Leased Real Property and Company- or Company Subsidiary-owned leasehold
improvements, if any, on the Leased Real Property.
(b) Subject to the terms of their respective leases, the Company or the Company Subsidiary
that is a party to a Lease Document for any parcel of Leased Real Property (the “Company
Lessee”) has a valid and subsisting leasehold estate in and the right to quiet enjoyment of
each of the Leased Real Properties for the full term of the leases (including renewal periods)
relating thereto. Each of the Lease Documents is a legal, valid and binding agreement, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, of the Company Lessee and of each other Person that is a party
thereto, subject to proper authorization and execution of such Lease Documents by the other parties
thereto and the application of any bankruptcy laws. The Company Lessee has performed all
obligations on its part to be performed under the terms of each Lease Document, no notice of any
default has been given or received by the Company Lessee and, to the Knowledge of the Company
and/or the Company Lessee, no circumstance exists or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
exist that would constitute a default by any party under any Lease Document. Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary owes (or upon satisfaction of any condition will owe) any brokerage
commissions, finder’s fees or other consideration for real estate broker or consultant services
with respect to any such Leased Real Property. The Company has no obligations that have not been
fully performed with respect to any Other Real Property.
(c) To the Knowledge of the Company and/or the Company Lessee, all improvements and equipment
on the Leased Real Property (i) comply with and are operated in accordance with applicable Legal
Requirements and all applicable Liens, Approvals, Contracts, covenants and restrictions and (ii)
are in all material respects in good operating condition and in a state of good maintenance and
repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and such improvements are in all material respects
complete, adequate and suitable for the conduct of the Company’s business and the other present
uses thereof.
(d) There is no condemnation, appropriation, Action or Proceeding, Order or foreclosure
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or the Company Lessee, threatened against any of
the Leased Real Property or any of the appurtenances or improvements therefor.
(e) True and correct copies of all leases, subleases, assignment or other documents relating
to the Leased Real Property, including subordination, recognition and attornment agreements with
lenders and listing agreements with brokers (collectively the “Lease Documents”) have been
delivered to Parent. Neither the Company nor any Company Lessee has entered into any sublease,
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license, assignment of Lease or other Contract binding upon the Leased Real Property or relating
thereto, other than Contracts entered into for services to the Leased Real Property in the ordinary
course of business that are terminable without penalty to the Company. Other than the Company, the
Company Lessee and the landlords under the Lease Documents, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or
the Company Lessee, there are no parties in possession or parties having any current or future
right to occupy any of the Leased Property.
2.19 Tangible Personal Property. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in
possession of and has good and marketable title to, or has valid leasehold interests in or valid
rights under contract to use, all tangible personal property used in or otherwise required for the
conduct of its business, including all tangible personal property reflected on the Company Balance
Sheet and tangible personal property acquired since December 31, 2004, other than property disposed
of since such date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. All such
tangible personal property (including plant, property and equipment) is free and clear of all
Liens, is located on Leased Real Property and is adequate and suitable in all material respects for
the conduct by the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary of their respective businesses as
presently conducted.
2.20 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Registered
Intellectual Property and lists any proceedings or actions pending as of the date hereof before any
court or tribunal (including the PTO or equivalent authority anywhere in the world) to which the
Company or a Company Subsidiary is a party (or for which the Company or a Company Subsidiary has
received notice) and related to any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property other than
proceedings related to the prosecution of patents and trademarks in the ordinary course.
Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule also lists any Registered Intellectual
Property owned by, filed in the name of, assigned to or applied for, by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary within the past five (5) years, even if such Registered Intellectual Property is no
longer owned by the Company or a Company Subsidiary (e.g., abandoned applications for patents or
trademark registrations, or patents or trademark registrations allowed to lapse).
(b) For each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property all necessary registration,
maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and taxes in connection with such Registered Intellectual
Property have been paid and all necessary documents and certificates in connection with such
Company Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright,
trademark or other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be,
except where the failure to do the foregoing would not prejudice the Company’s and/or Company
Subsidiary’s rights in such Company Registered Intellectual Property. There are no actions that
must be taken by the Company within 180 days of the date hereof, including the payment of any
registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any documents, applications or
certificates for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing any
Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(c) To the Company’s Knowledge there are no facts or circumstances that would render any
Company Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable. Without limiting the foregoing, to the
Company’s Knowledge there is no information, materials, facts, or circumstances, including any
information or fact that would constitute prior art, that would render any of the Company
Registered Intellectual Property Rights invalid or unenforceable, or would adversely effect any
pending application for any Company Registered Intellectual Property. The Company has not
misrepresented, or failed to disclose, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there have not been any
misrepresentations of or failures to disclose, any fact or circumstances in any application for any
Company Registered Intellectual Property
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that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with
respect to such application or that would otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of any
Company Intellectual Property.
(d) The Company has not transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license of or
exclusive right to use, or authorized the retention of any exclusive rights to use or joint
ownership of, any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights that is or was Company
Intellectual Property, to any other Person. No Person currently has any exclusive right to use any
Company Intellectual Property. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has permitted the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in any Company Intellectual Property to enter into the
public domain.
(e) The Company owns all Company Intellectual Property created by or for it, with no
obligation (contingent or otherwise) to assign it, or any improvements thereto, made by or for the
Company or its Subsidiaries to any third Person. No third Person who has licensed Intellectual
Property or Intellectual Property Rights to the Company has ownership rights or license rights to
improvements made by the Company in such Intellectual Property which has been licensed to the
Company. All Company Intellectual Property is, and following the Closing will be, fully
licensable, transferable and assignable without restriction or payment to any third Person.
(f) Each item of Company Intellectual Property, including all Company Registered Intellectual
Property listed in Section 2.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is owned exclusively
by the Company and is free and clear of all Liens. Except with respect to the copyrights in
software licensed to the Company by a third Person and identified on Section 2.20(f) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company owns exclusively, and has good title to, each copyrighted
work that is a Company Product.
(g) To the extent that any material Intellectual Property or Company Product has been
developed or created by any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiary, the Company has a
written agreement with such Person with respect thereto (except where such work was authored by
Company employees creating works of authorship within the scope of their employment) and the
Company either (i) has obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, all such Intellectual
Property and Intellectual Property Rights by operation of law or by valid assignment of any such
rights or (ii) has obtained a license under or to such Intellectual Property sufficient to conduct
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to transfer such Licenses in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for the benefit of the Parent and the Surviving
Corporation.
(h) Section 2.20(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Products. To
the Company’s Knowledge, each Company Product has been and is in conformity with all applicable
contractual commitments and all express and implied warranties. The Company does not have any
liability or obligation (and to Company’s Knowledge, there is no current reasonable basis for any
present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or
demand against the Company giving rise to any liability or obligation) for replacement or repair
thereof or other damages in connection therewith.
(i) No (i) Product, technology, service or publication of the Company, (ii) material published
or distributed by the Company, or (iii) conduct or statement of the Company, constitutes obscene
material, a defamatory statement or material, false advertising or otherwise violates any law or
regulation.
(j) Section 2.20(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies with respect to each
Company Product each item of Intellectual Property (including any software component) or
Intellectual Property Rights obtained or licensed from a third Person that is or was (i) used in
the creation
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or maintenance such Company Product, (ii) incorporated in, distributed or licensed
with, or otherwise required for, such Product, or used or required to provide services constituting
or relating to a Company Product. In addition, for each such item listed in Section
2.20(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, such Section also lists the Contract or License
under which such third Person has licensed such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property
Rights to Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(k) None of the Company Intellectual Property or Company Products is subject to (i) any Order
to which Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or (ii) any Action or Proceeding to which Company
or its Subsidiaries is a party that could be reasonably be expected to result in an Order, that in
either case restricts the use, transfer or licensing of such Company Intellectual Property by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or in which the validity, use or enforceability of such Company
Intellectual Property is being (or has been) challenged or contested.
(l) Section 2.20(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Contracts
and Licenses (including all inbound and outbound Licenses) to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party with respect to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights
excluding only (i) Contracts entered into solely for the purpose of providing the parties to such
Contracts with confidentiality and nondisclosure rights and obligations (e.g., non-disclosure
agreements) and (ii) Mass-Market Agreements entered into by the Company or a Company Subsidiary.
(m) Neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in breach of or has failed to perform under,
any Contracts and Licenses (including all inbound and outbound Licenses) to which the Company or
any Company Subsidiary is a party with respect to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual
Property Rights and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party to any such Contract or License is
in breach thereof or has failed to perform thereunder. There is no Contract or License between the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and any other Person with respect to Intellectual Property or
Intellectual Property Rights under which there is any outstanding dispute (and to the Company’s
Knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to lead to a
dispute) regarding the scope of such Contract or License, or performance under such Contract or
License, including with respect to any material payment to be made or received by the Company or
any Company Subsidiary thereunder.
(n) No government funding, facilities or resources of a university, college, other educational
institution or research center or funding from third parties was used in the development of the
Company Intellectual Property and no Governmental Entity, university, college, other educational
institution or research center has any claim or right in or to the Company Intellectual Property.
To Company’s Knowledge, no current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the
Company who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Company
Intellectual Property, has performed services for the government, a university, college or other
educational institution, or a research center, during a period of time during which such employee,
consultant or independent contractor was also performing services for the Company.
(o) The operation of the business of the Company and each Company Subsidiary as conducted
prior to the date hereof and as presently conducted (including the Company’s and each
Company Subsidiary’s design, development, use, import, manufacture and sale of products,
technologies or services) has not, does not, and when conducted in substantially the same manner
following the Closing will not, in any respect (i) infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual
Property Rights of any Person or (ii) violate any term or provision of any License or Contract
concerning such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights and neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary has received notice from any Person claiming that such operation or any act,
product, technology or service of the Company or any Company Subsidiary infringes or
misappropriates the Intellectual Property or
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Intellectual Property Rights of any Person, including
notice of third-party Patent or other Intellectual Property Rights from a potential licensor of
such rights.
(p) The Company has all requisite right, title and interest in, or valid and enforceable
rights under Contracts or Licenses to use, all Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct of
its business as presently conducted and as conducted in substantially the same manner following the
Closing, including with respect to the design, development, distribution, marketing, manufacture,
use, import, license and sale of the Company Products, and following the Closing Parent and Company
and Surviving Corporation shall continue to have all such rights and licenses.
(q) To the Company’s Knowledge, no Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company
Intellectual Property.
(r) The Company has taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect the Company’s rights in
confidential information and trade secrets of the Company and any Company Subsidiary or provided by
any other Person to the Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and each Company Subsidiary has, and
enforces, a policy requiring each employee, consultant and independent contractor involved in the
creation of Intellectual Property related to the Company Products to execute proprietary
information, confidentiality and invention and copyright assignment agreements substantially in the
forms set forth in or attached to Section 2.20(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and
all current and former employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and each
Company Subsidiary involved in the creation of material Intellectual Property or Intellectual
Property Rights for Company or any Company Subsidiary have executed such an agreement (or an
agreement generally conforming to a predecessor form where the terms of such predecessor form
related to confidentiality and the assignment of Intellectual Property Rights are not less
protective of Intellectual Property Rights than the analogous terms in the form of agreements
disclosed in Section 2.20(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule). Copies of all such
agreements with employees have been provided to Parent or made available to Parent for review.
(s) No License or Contract to which Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party will, as a
result of this the Transaction Agreements nor any transaction contemplated by the Transaction
Agreements, result in (i) Parent granting any right or license with respect to the Intellectual
Property or Intellectual Property Rights of Parent to any Person, (ii) Parent being bound by any
non-compete, exclusivity, “most favored nation” or similar type favorable pricing covenant,
covenant not to xxx or assert territorial restriction, obligation to supply, purchase, or market,
or right of first refusal or negotiation or (iii) Parent or the Surviving Corporation being
obligated to pay any royalties or other material amounts to any third party in excess of those
payable by any of them, respectively, in the absence of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(t) Schedule 2.20(t) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all software or other
material that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar
licensing or distribution model (including but not limited to the GNU General Public License
(“GPL”), GNU Lesser General Public License (“LGPL”), Mozilla Public License
(“MPL”), BSD licenses, the Artistic License,
the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (“SCSL”), the Sun
Industry Standards License (“SISL”) and the Apache License) (“Open Source
Materials”) used by the Company in any way, and describes the manner in which such Open Source
Materials were used (such description shall include, without limitation, whether (and, if so, how)
the Open Source Materials were modified and/or distributed by the Company). Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.20(t) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not (a) incorporated Open
Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, the Company Intellectual Property;
(b) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any Company Intellectual
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Property; or (c)
used Open Source Materials that create, or purport to create, obligations for the Company with
respect to Company Intellectual Property or grant, or purport to grant, to any third party, any
rights or immunities under Company Intellectual Property (including, but not limited to, using any
Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of such
Open Source Materials that other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such
Open Source Materials be (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (ii) be licensed for the
purpose of making derivative works or (iii) be redistributable at no charge).
(u) Section 2.20(u) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Contracts and
Licenses between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any other Person pursuant to which
Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed to, or assumed, any obligation or duty to warrant,
indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise assume or incur any obligation or
Liability or provide a right of rescission with respect to the infringement or misappropriation by
the Company or any Company Subsidiary or such other Person of the Intellectual Property of any
Person other than the Company. Except as disclosed pursuant to the previous sentence, the Company
has no material obligation or duty to warrant, indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or
otherwise assume or incur any obligation or Liability or provide a right of rescission with respect
to the infringement or misappropriation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or such other
Person of the Intellectual Property of any Person other than the Company.
(v) The Company Financial Statements reflect accurately the expenses of the Company and its
Subsidiaries during the periods set forth therein for any (i) warranties or indemnities relating to
products or services or (ii) service level guarantees, assurances, or other contractual commitments
under which the Company would be liable for payment of any liquidated damages or penalties in the
event of a breach. The methodology used by the Company for estimating its expenses for the items
set forth in the immediately preceding sentence have not been revised since December 31, 2004 and
the Company Financial Statements as of December 31, 2004 reflected the Company’s good faith
estimate of future expenses of such nature for its obligations as of that date.
(w) The Company has not intentionally included into any Company Products any undisclosed
disabling codes or instructions, “back doors,” “time bombs,” “Trojan horses,” “worms,” “drop dead
devices,” “viruses” or other software routines or hardware components that permit unauthorized
access or the unauthorized disablement or erasure of such Company Products or the unauthorized
collection or erasure of data with respect to the users of such Company Products.
(x) For purposes of this Section 2.20(x):
“Company Sites” means the following Company sites on the World Wide Web:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx; and
“Privacy Statements” means, collectively, any and all of the Company’s privacy
policies published on the Company Sites or otherwise made available by Company regarding the
collection, retention, use and distribution of the information of third Persons, including, without
limitation, from visitors to any of the Company Sites (“Users”).
(i) The Company: (a) complies, and has always complied, in all material respects with the
Privacy Statements as applicable to information collected by the Company from Users; (b) complies
in all material respects with all applicable United States and foreign privacy laws and regulations
regarding the collection, retention, use and disclosure of personal information; and (c) takes
reasonable measures to protect and maintain the confidential nature of the personal information
provided to the Company by Users, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Privacy
Statements.
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(ii) The Company’s collection, retention, use and distribution of all personal information
collected by the Company from Users is governed by the Privacy Statement pursuant to which the data
was collected. All versions of the Privacy Statements are substantially in the form attached
hereto in Schedule 2.20(x) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(y) To the Company’s Knowledge, no claims or controversies have arisen regarding the Privacy
Statements or the implementation thereof
(z) The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements, including the
transfer of information to, and reasonable use of such information by, the Surviving Corporation,
will not cause Company, its Subsidiaries, Surviving Corporation or the Parent to violate any Laws
relating to privacy or cause a breach of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ applicable Privacy
Policies.
2.21 Contracts.
(a) As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or
otherwise bound by any of the following Contracts (including the Contracts referenced or described
in Section 2.20(f), Section 2.20(j), Section 2.20(l) or Section
2.20(u), each a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material
Contracts”):
(i) any dealer, distributor, sales, agency, strategic alliance, reseller, development or other
similar Contracts;
(ii) any marketing, advertising or other similar Contracts that requires either party to
expend more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) over the remaining life of the Contract
(including any automatic renewals or extensions thereof);
(iii) any Contracts providing for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment or services
involving in the case of any such Contact more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) over the
remaining life of the Contract (including any automatic renewals or extensions thereof);
(iv) any Contracts providing for the sale or other issuance of any Company Capital Stock or
any Option to acquire Company Capital Stock;
(v) any Contracts providing for Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(vi) any Contracts providing for the provision of a loan of money to any third Person;
(vii) any standstill or similar Contract;
(viii) any Contracts providing for a guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or
endorsement of, or other similar commitment with respect to, the Liabilities or Indebtedness of any
third party;
(ix) any Contracts providing for currency exchange, commodities or other similar hedging
arrangements;
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(x) any Contracts involving leasing arrangements (whether or not of the type required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP), whether involving real or personal property, except for
personal property leases that provide for payments of less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
annually;
(xi) any Contracts providing for capital expenditures in excess of twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) in any individual case;
(xii) any Contracts limiting the freedom of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to engage in
any line of business or to compete with any other Person;
(xiii) any Contracts granting any exclusive rights, most-favored customer or other similar
rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, or otherwise limiting the rights of the
Company to sell, distribute or manufacture any products or services;
(xiv) any Contracts of the nature described in Section 2.23;
(xv) any Employment Agreement;
(xvi) any Tax sharing or other similar Contract;
(xvii) any inter-company Contracts between or among the Company and one or more of its
Subsidiaries;
(xviii) any Contracts with any Governmental or Regulatory Authority;
(xix) any Contracts involving the settlement of litigation or other similar claims;
(xx) any Contracts pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has acquired any
other Person or disposed of any of its Assets or Property or any interest in any business
enterprise; and
(xxi) any other Contracts that is not terminable by the Company upon thirty (30) days (or
less) notice without penalty or obligation to make payments based on such termination and that
requires payments by the Company in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) over the
remaining life of the Contract (including any automatic renewals or extensions thereof for which
the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not have the right to prevent the renewals or extensions
thereof).
(b) Each Company Material Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, against each third party thereto, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar Laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity. To the Company’s Knowledge, no third party to any Company Material Contract is, or has
received notice that it is, in material violation or breach of, or default under, any such Company
Material Contract (or with notice or lapse of time or both, would be in material violation or
breach of or default under any such Company Material Contract).
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(c) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract that
has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with any other
similar Contracts, a Company Material Adverse Effect or that has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate with any such other Contracts, in a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract that
(i) automatically terminates or allows termination by the other party thereto upon consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) contains any covenant or other provision
which limits the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s ability to compete with any Person in any
line of business or in any area or territory.
2.22 Insurance.
(a) Section 2.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete
list (including the names and addresses of the insurers, the expiration dates of the policies, the
annual premiums and due dates thereof, frequency of payment thereof and a brief description of the
interests insured thereby) of all liability, property, workers’ compensation, directors’ and
officers’ liability and other insurance policies currently in effect that insure any of the
business, operations, directors, officers or employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or
affect or relate to the ownership, use or operation of any of the Assets and Properties of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary and that (i) have been issued to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, have been issued to any other Person for the benefit
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (the “Company Insurance Policies”). The insurance
coverage provided by the Company Insurance Policies will not terminate or lapse by reason of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or any other of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Each Company Insurance Policies is valid and binding and in full
force and effect, all premiums due thereunder have been paid when due and none of the Company, any
Company Subsidiary or the Person to whom such policy has been issued has received any notice of
cancellation or termination in respect of any such policy or is in default thereunder, and the
Company has no Knowledge of any reason or state of facts that would reasonably be expected to lead
to the cancellation of such policies or of any threatened termination of, or material premium
increase with respect to, any of such policies. The Company Insurance Policies are in amounts and
have coverages required by any Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party
or by which any of their respective Assets and Properties is bound.
(b) Section 2.22(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all claims
made under any insurance policies covering the Company or any Company Subsidiary at any time during
the two (2) years immediately preceding the date hereof. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has received notice that any insurer under any Company Insurance Policy is denying,
disputing or questioning liability with respect to a claim thereunder or defending under a
reservation of rights clause. During the period covered by the Company Financial Statements and
since December 31,
2004, the Company has maintained, at all times, without interruption, appropriate insurance,
both in scope and amount of coverages.
2.23 Affiliate Transactions.
(a) None of the officers and directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor to the
Company’s Knowledge, any immediate family member of an officer, director or employee of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary, has any direct or indirect ownership, participation, royalty or other
interest in, or is an officer, director, employee of or consultant or contractor for any firm,
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partnership, entity or corporation that competes with, or does business with, or has any
contractual arrangement with, the Company or any Company Subsidiary (except with respect to any
interest in less than 5% of the stock of any corporation whose stock is publicly traded). None of
said officers, directors, employees or any member of their immediate families, is a party to, or to
the Company’s Knowledge, otherwise directly or indirectly interested in, any Contract to which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or
any of their respective Assets and Properties may be bound or affected, except for normal
compensation for services as an officer, director or employee thereof. None of said officers or
directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the
employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor to the Company’s Knowledge, any immediate
family members of an officer, director or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any
interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible (including any Intellectual
Property) that is used in, or that relates to, the business of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, except for the rights of stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements. There are
not Contracts with regard to contribution or indemnification between or among any of the
stockholders of the Company.
(b) Each of the Contracts and Liabilities listed in Section 2.21(a)(xiii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule was entered into or incurred, as the case may be, on terms no less
favorable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (in the reasonable judgment of the Company) than
if such Contract or Liability was entered into or incurred on an arm’s-length basis on competitive
terms. Any Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and in which any
director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has a financial interest was approved by a
majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company and/or stockholders
of the Company, as the case may be, in accordance with applicable Law.
2.24 Environmental Matters.
(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary possesses all material Environmental Permits
necessary to or required for the operation of its business. Section 2.24(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists all Environmental Permits required for the operation of the Company’s
business.
(b) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance with (i) all terms, conditions
and provisions of its Environmental Permits; and (ii) all Environmental Laws.
(c) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has received written notice or otherwise
has knowledge of liability or any governmental inquiry regarding, (i) any Release or threatened
or suspected Release of any Hazardous Material by the Company or any Company Subsidiary their
successors or assigns or by their respective agents, employees, contractors, or invitees for which
the such persons or entities are otherwise legally liable in amounts requiring any investigative
clean-up or remediation or other actions under Environmental Laws, or (ii) any violation of
Environmental Law by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, which remains unresolved.
(d) None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any predecessor of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, nor any entity previously owned by the Company has any
obligation or liability with respect to any Hazardous Material, including any Release or threatened
or suspected Release of any Hazardous Material, and there has been no event, fact or circumstance
which, either alone or in combination, could form the basis of any such obligation or Liability.
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(e) To the Company’s Knowledge, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has caused
any Release of Hazardous Material at, from, in, to, on, or under any Leased Real Property or any
property formerly owned, occupied or leased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (“Former
Property”) in violation of Environmental Laws, and (ii) no Hazardous Material is present at,
in, on, or under any Leased Real Property or any Former Property, in each case (i) and (ii) above,
for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject to clean-up or remedial liabilities or
action under Environmental Laws that are reasonably likely to const twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) individually or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate.
(f) To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has purchased,
used, stored, distributed, transported, released, emitted, or disposed of any Hazardous Material,
other than janitorial and office supplies used, stored and disposed of in amounts typical for the
Company’s office users and in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws.
(g) The Company has provided to Parent copies of all environmental site assessment reports,
studies, environmental compliance audits, tests or reviews, or any sampling, tests or analyses of
soil, groundwater, indoor air, outdoor air, or building materials conducted with respect to any
Leased Real Property or Former Property or any offsite location to which any Hazardous Material
generated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary were transported for disposal, in each case that
are in the possession or control of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(h) The Company or any Company Subsidiary is not a party, whether as a direct signatory or as
successor, assign, third party beneficiary, guarantor or otherwise, to, and is not otherwise bound
by, any lease or other Contract or agreement under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is
obligated or may be obligated by any representation, warranty, covenant, restriction,
indemnification or other undertaking respecting Hazardous Materials or under which any other person
is or has been released respecting Hazardous Materials.
(i) To the Company’s Knowledge, other than the Lease Documents, neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary has expressly assumed from any other Person any obligation respecting the
remediation of Hazardous Materials.
(j) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has exposed any Person to a Hazardous
Material in a manner which has or is reasonably likely to produce an adverse health effect for
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is legally responsible under Environmental Laws.
(k) No Action or Proceeding, Order, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction, or claim is
pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary under Environmental Laws.
2.25 Brokers. Since August 3, 2005, the Company has not taken nor has the Company
permitted any of the Company’s officers, directors, employees, stockholders, attorneys, investment
advisors, agents, representatives, Affiliates or associates (collectively,
“Representatives”) to (directly or indirectly), take any of the actions prohibited from
being taken on or after the date of this Agreement by Section 4.2 with any Person other
than Parent and its designees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is
entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or similar fee or commission in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby based on arrangements made by or on
behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
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2.26 Banks and Brokerage Accounts. Section 2.26 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth (i) a true and complete list of the names and locations of all banks, trust
companies, securities brokers and other financial institutions at which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has an account (including “deposit accounts” as defined in Section 9105 of the
California Commercial Code and “securities accounts” as defined in Section 8501 of the California
Commercial Code) or a safe deposit box or maintains a banking, custodial, trading or other similar
relationship; (ii) a true and complete list and description of each such account, box and
relationship, indicating in each case the account number and the names of the respective officers,
employees, agents or other similar representatives of the Company or any Company Subsidiary having
signatory power with respect thereto; and (iii) a list of each Investment Asset, the name of the
record and beneficial owner thereof, the location of the certificates, if any, therefor, the
maturity date, if any, and any stock or bond powers or other authority for transfer granted with
respect thereto.
2.27 Customers and Suppliers.
(a) Section 2.27(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct
list of the Company’s ten (10) largest customers in the year ended December 31, 2004, based on the
Company’s consolidated revenues recorded in such period (each, a “Significant Company
Customer”). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any outstanding material
disputes concerning its products and/or services with any Significant Company Customer other than
in the ordinary course of business. The Company has not received any written notice from any
Significant Company Customer that such customer does not intend to continue to be a customer of the
Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) or that such
customer intends to terminate or propose to materially modify any of its Contracts with the Company
or the applicable Company Subsidiary (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent). Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has had any of its products or services provided under a Contract
rejected by a purchaser thereof except for normal warranty returns consistent with past history and
those rejections that would not result in a reversal of any revenues by the Company.
(b) Section 2.27(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and correct
list of the Company’s ten (10) largest suppliers in the year ended December 31, 2004, based on the
amounts paid or payable to such suppliers in such period (each, a “Significant Company
Supplier”). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any outstanding material
disputes concerning its products and/or services with any Significant Company Supplier other than
in the ordinary course of
business. The Company has not received any written notice from any Significant Company
Supplier that such supplier does not intend to continue to be a supplier of the Company or the
applicable Company Subsidiary (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) or that such supplier
intends to terminate or propose to materially modify any of its Contracts with the Company or the
applicable Company Subsidiary (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent).
2.28 Information Statement. The information supplied by the Company for inclusion in
the information statement sent and to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with
the Stockholder Written Consent and notice of the Merger to the Company stockholders (the
“Company Stockholder Action”) (such information statement as amended or supplemented is
referred to herein as the “Information Statement”) shall not, on the date the Information
Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders, at the time of the Company Stockholder
Action and at the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at such time, is false or misleading
with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not false or
misleading; or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier
communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies or written consents for the Company
Stockholder Action which has become false or misleading.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company makes no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by
Parent, which is contained in the Information Statement.
2.29 Disclosure. No representation or warranty made by the Company contained in this
Agreement, and no statement contained in the Company Disclosure Schedule or in any certificate,
list or other writing furnished to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including
the Company Financial Statements and the notes thereto) contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has
provided Parent with all of the Contracts and Licenses heretofore requested on behalf of Parent,
and all other material information concerning the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the
possession, custody or control of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Organization and Qualification.
(a) Parent is a société anonyme duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of the
French Republic. Parent has full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as
presently conducted and to own, use and lease its Assets and Properties. Parent is duly qualified,
licensed or admitted to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership, use, licensing or leasing of its Assets and Properties, or the conduct or nature of its
business, makes such qualification, licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to
be so duly qualified, licensed or admitted and in good standing that could not reasonably be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub was formed for the purpose of engaging in the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and
has conducted no other activities.
3.2 Authority.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of the Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of its respective obligations hereunder and
thereunder and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action by the Board of Directors
of Parent and Merger Sub, as well as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and no other action on the
part of Parent or Merger Sub is required to authorize the execution and delivery by Parent and
Merger Sub of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party the performance by Parent and
Merger Sub of its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by Parent
and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
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(c) This Agreement and the Escrow Agreement have been duly and validly executed and delivered
by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and
thereof by the Company and all other parties hereto and thereto, the Transaction Agreements to
which Parent or Merger Sub are parties constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of
Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
3.3 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of the
Transaction Agreements to which Parent or Merger Sub are parties do not, and the performance by
Parent and Merger Sub of their obligations under the Transaction Agreements to which Parent or
Merger Sub are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not: (a) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or the certificate of incorporation
or bylaws of Merger Sub; (b) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Law or Order
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their material Assets or Properties; or (c) conflict
with or result in a violation or breach of any material Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its material Assets and Properties is subject,
excluding any violations or breaches that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
3.4 Necessary Approvals.
(a) No Approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, Parent or Merger Sub from any
Governmental or Regulatory Authorities in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by t the Transaction Agreements to which Parent or Merger Sub are
parties, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware in accordance with the terms hereof; (ii) such Approvals as may be required under
applicable federal, state or foreign securities Laws and (iii) such Approvals as may be required
under the HSR Act and any antirust or competition laws of other jurisdictions that may be
applicable to the Merger or other transactions contemplated thereby (the “Foreign Antitrust
Filings”).
(b) No Approvals are required to be given to, or obtained by, Parent or Merger Sub from any
Person other than Governmental or Regulatory Authorities in connection with the consummation of the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which Parent or
Merger Sub are parties.
3.5 Financing Resources. Parent has sufficient funds available to satisfy the
obligation to pay the Aggregate Merger Consideration and all expenses incurred by Parent in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.6 Parent ADSs. As of the Effective Time, Option Sub shall hold a number of
previously issued Parent ADSs adequate for the delivery of all Parent ADSs issuable upon the
exercise of all Company Options pursuant to Section 1.6(d). Such Parent ADSs, when issued in
compliance with the terms of such Company Options, will be validly issued and will not have been
issued in violation of or subject to any pre-emptive or contractual rights to purchase Parent ADSs.
Such Parent ADSs shall be issued in compliance with applicable Laws and free and clear of Liens.
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ARTICLE 4
CONDUCT OF THE COMPANY
PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
CONDUCT OF THE COMPANY
PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
4.1 Conduct of Business of the Company.
(a) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, the Company shall carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent
with past practice (no material deviation from which or material modification to which shall be
made without the advance written consent of Parent in its sole discretion), to pay its Liabilities
and Taxes consistent with the Company’s past practices (and in any event when due other than Taxes
contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings), to pay or perform other obligations when
due (other than Taxes contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings) consistent with the
Company’s past practices and, to the extent consistent with such business, use all commercially
reasonable efforts and institute all policies required to preserve intact its present business
organization, keep available the services of its present officers and key employees and preserve
its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, independent
contractors and other Persons having business dealings with it, all with the express purpose and
intent of preserving unimpaired its goodwill and ongoing businesses at the Effective Time.
(b) Except as expressly required by this Agreement, during the period from the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto and continuing until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company shall not take (or agree in
writing or otherwise to take) any action that would result in the occurrence of any of the changes
described in Section 2.9 or any other action that would: (i) make any of the representations or
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect in any material respect,
(ii) prevent the Company from performing (or cause the Company not to perform) its obligations
hereunder or (iii) cause any condition to Parent’s closing obligations set forth in Section
6.1 or Section 6.3 or to the Company’s closing obligations set forth in Section
6.1 or Section 6.2 not to be satisfied at any time prior to the Effective Time.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the period from the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination
of this Agreement or the Effective Time, without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company shall not (and shall not cause or
permit any Company Subsidiary to):
(i) amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other similar organizational
documents;
(ii) issue, grant, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of,
any shares of its capital stock or other securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, shares of its capital stock, or any Option obligating it to issue any shares of
its capital stock other than shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Company Stock
Options outstanding on the date hereof that are vested as of the time of exercise;
(iii) (A) declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash,
stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock or any Company Subsidiary’s capital
stock, (B) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or any Company Subsidiary’s
capital stock, (C) issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu
of or in substitution for any of its capital stock or any Company Subsidiary’s capital stock, or
(D) repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, except from
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consultants in accordance with agreements providing for the
repurchase of such capital stock in connection with any termination of service to the Company or
any Company Subsidiary;
(iv) accelerate, amend or change the period of exercisability or vesting of any Company Stock
Option, or authorize any cash payment in exchange for any Company Stock Options, or grant any
Company Stock Options with an exercise price of less than fair market value of the Company Common
Stock on the date the Option was granted (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company consistent with advice provided by Company’s advisors), or grant any additional Options
of the Company, other than as set forth in Section 4.1(b)(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule;
(v) permit any holder of any Company Stock Option to exercise any such Company Stock Option
for shares of Company Capital Stock to the extent such shares are not fully vested at the time of
exercise;
(vi) enter into any Contract, or violate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any of the terms
of any of its Contracts, other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice (A) that involve total obligations of less than twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) in the case of any individual Contract and one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate (other than OEM, distribution and reseller arrangements, which shall
not be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice regardless of
dollar amount) and (B) that are
not otherwise material to the business or Assets and Properties of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary;
(vii) (A) dispose of, license or transfer to any person or entity any right to any Company
Intellectual Property or enter into any agreement with respect to the Company Intellectual
Property, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice through the
use of form license agreements previously provided to Parent, (B) buy or license any Intellectual
Property or enter into any agreement with respect to any Intellectual Property, (C) enter into any
agreement with respect to the development of any Intellectual Property with a third party, (D) or
change pricing or royalties charged by the Company to its customers, distributors or licensees, or
the pricing or royalties set or charged by persons who have licensed Intellectual Property to the
Company;
(viii) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of or encumber (other than pursuant to Permitted
Liens) any of its Assets and Properties including without limitation the sale of any accounts
receivable of the Company, except the sale of Company’s products in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices;
(ix) incur any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than for borrowings from Parent),
guarantee any such Indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt
securities of others;
(x) pay, discharge or satisfy any Liability other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices;
(xi) make any capital expenditure, capital addition or capital improvement in excess of than
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in the case of any individual item and fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) in the aggregate;
(xii) reduce the amount of any insurance coverage provided by the Company Insurance Policies;
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(xiii) terminate or affirmatively waive any right or claim of the Company;
(xiv) adopt or amend any employee benefit or stock purchase or option plan;
(xv) hire any director-level or officer-level employee or consultant (provided, however,
Parent’s consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(xvi) pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any employee, consultant, director or
officer;
(xvii) increase the salary, wage rate or compensation of any employee, consultant, director or
officer;
(xviii) grant, pay or agree or commit to pay any severance or termination pay to any employee,
consultant, director or officer, other than pursuant to the terms and conditions of any Employment
Agreements set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Company’s severance policy in
existence as of the date of this Agreement, a copy of which is attached to Section
4.1(b)(xviii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or adopt any new severance plan or amend or
modify or alter in any respect any such severance plan, agreement or arrangement existing on the
date hereof, or grant any equity-based compensation;
(xix) commence, threat or settle any lawsuit other than (A) for the routine collection of
bills or (B) in such cases where it in good faith determines that failure to commence suit would
result in the material impairment of a valuable aspect of its business, provided, however, that the
Company shall consult with Parent in good faith prior to the filing any such lawsuit;
(xx) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a
substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation,
partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof;
(xxi) make or change any material election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any amendment to a Tax Return, 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;
(xxii) revalue any of its or any Company Subsidiary’s assets, including by writing down the
value of inventory or writing off any notes or accounts receivable except in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice;
(xxiii) establish any account, which, if it had been established on or prior to the date
hereof, would have been required to be disclosed in Section 2.26 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule; or
(xxiv) take (or agree in writing or otherwise to take) any of the actions described in
Section 4.1(b)(i) through Section 4.1(b)(xxiii) above, inclusive.
4.2 No Solicitation.
(a) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time,
the Company shall not do, cause or permit any of the following actions by it or any Company
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Subsidiary nor shall the Company permit any of the Company’s Representatives to take (directly or
indirectly) any of the following actions with any Person other than Parent and its designees: (i)
solicit, encourage, initiate, or encourage any proposal or offer from, or participate or engage in
or conduct discussions or negotiations with, any Person relating to any offer or proposal, oral,
written or otherwise, formal or informal, with respect to any possible Business Combination with
the Company or any Company Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof
or is hereafter organized) (a “Competing Proposed Transaction”), (ii) provide information
with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on
the date hereof or is hereafter organized) to any Person other than Parent, relating to (or which
the Company believes would be used for the purpose of formulating an offer or proposal with respect
to), or otherwise assist, cooperate with, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any such
Person with regard to, any possible Business Combination with the Company or any Company Subsidiary
(whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter organized), (iii)
approve or agree to or enter into a Contract with any Person providing for a Business Combination
with the Company or any Company Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date
hereof or is hereafter organized), (iv) make or authorize any statement, recommendation,
solicitation or endorsement in support of any possible Business Combination with the Company or any
Company Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter
organized) other than the Business Combination with Parent contemplated by this Agreement and the
Escrow Agreement or (v) authorize or permit any of the Company’s Representatives
to take any such action. The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any
such contacts or negotiations with any Person (other than Parent) relating to any such transaction
or Business Combination. Any violation of the foregoing restrictions by any of the Company’s
Representatives will be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company, whether or not such
Representative is so authorized and whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on
behalf of the Company.
(b) In the event that, following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the
parties hereto and prior to the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, the Company receives any offer or proposal (formal or informal, oral, written or otherwise)
relating to, or any inquiry or contact from any Person with respect to, a Competing Proposed
Transaction, the Company shall promptly (and within not more than 24 hours) notify Parent thereof
and provide Parent with the details thereof, including the identity of the Person or Persons making
such offer or proposal and shall keep Parent fully informed on a current basis of the status and
details of any such offer or proposal and of any modifications to the terms thereof.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent acknowledge that this Section 4.2 was a significant
inducement for Parent to enter into this Agreement and the absence of such provision would have
resulted in either (i) a material reduction in the consideration to be paid to the Effective Time
Company Stockholders in the Merger or (ii) a failure to induce Parent to enter into this Agreement.
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of
this Section 4.2 were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed by the parties hereto that Parent shall be entitled
to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Section
4.2 and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any
other remedy that Parent may be entitled to at law or in equity.
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ARTICLE 5
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Company Stockholder Information Statements; Stockholder Approval; Parent Review and
Approval.
(a) Information Statements. Promptly following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by each of the parties hereto, the Company shall prepare and distribute to all
stockholders of the Company the Information Statement, subject to the review of the Parent. With
respect to the information given to Company Stockholders pursuant to this section, the Company
shall include in the Information Statement information sufficient to obtain a Stockholder Written
Consent from the stockholders of the Company approving this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger,
the Escrow Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
Information Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain the unanimous
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that the Company’s stockholders approve
this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger, the Escrow Agreement, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the conclusion of the Board of Directors that the
terms and conditions of the Merger are advisable, and are fair and reasonable to, and in the best
interests of, the stockholders of the Company.
(b) Stockholder Approval.
(i) Promptly following the execution of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, the
Company shall have delivered and obtained a Stockholder Written Consent setting forth the
irrevocable approval of the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by
the Signing Stockholder Vote, which shall also include and constitute the irrevocable (A)
approval by the Company Stockholders of: (i) the escrow and indemnification obligations of the
Company Stockholders set forth in Article 7 hereof and the deposit of cash equal to the
Escrow Amount into the Escrow Fund and (ii) the appointment of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. as the
Stockholder Agent.
(ii) The Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto:
(1) deliver notice to the Company Stockholders of the approval by the Company Stockholders of
the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including each of the matters
set forth in Section 5.1(a) hereof, pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of DGCL and the Charter Documents (the “Company Stockholder Notice”); and
(2) The Company shall use best efforts to cause Company Stockholders holding no more than
three percent (3%) of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock (computed on an as-converted,
as exercised Company Common Stock equivalent basis) to continue to have a right to exercise
appraisal, dissenters’ or similar rights under applicable law with respect to their Company Capital
Stock by virtue of the Merger.
(c) Parent Review and Approval.
(i) Any materials to be submitted to the Company Stockholders in connection with the
solicitation of their approval of the Merger and this Agreement, including any amendments or
supplements to the Information Statement (the “Soliciting Materials”), shall be subject to
review and approval by Parent and shall include the unanimous recommendation of the Board of
Directors of the Company in favor of the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
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hereby, including each of the matters set forth in Section 5.1(b)(i) hereof. Anything to
the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, the Company shall not include in the Soliciting
Materials any information with respect to Parent or its Affiliates or Associates, unless the form
and content of which shall have been consented to in writing by Parent prior to such inclusion.
The Company will promptly advise Parent in writing if at any time prior to the Closing the Company
shall obtain knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or
supplement the Soliciting Materials in order to make statements contained or incorporated by
reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable law. Parent will promptly advise the
Company in writing if at any time prior to the Closing Parent shall obtain knowledge of any facts
that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the information regarding Parent
or Merger Sub provided in writing by Parent or Merger Sub to the Company for the express purpose of
including in any documents mailed, delivered or otherwise furnished to stockholders by the Company
in connection with the solicitation of their consent to this Agreement and the Merger in order to
make statements contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with
applicable Law.
(ii) The Board of Directors of the Company shall not alter, modify, change or revoke its
unanimous approval of the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including each of the matters set forth in Section 5.1(b)(i) hereof, and its unanimous
recommendation to the Company Stockholders to vote in favor of the Merger, this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including each of the matters set forth in Section
5.1(b)(i) hereof.
5.2 Access.
(a) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time,
subject to such limitations as are imposed by applicable antitrust Laws (if any), the Company and
any Company Subsidiary shall, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, (i) give
Parent and its officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financing sources and other agents and
representatives full access to all buildings, offices and other facilities of the Company and any
Company Subsidiary and to all of the files, documents, instruments, papers, books and records
relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects,
Assets and Properties or Liabilities of the Company and any Company Subsidiary (including financial
statements, internal reports, Tax Returns and related work papers and letters from accountants,
budgets, pricing guidelines, ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books, stock
certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers, Contracts, Licenses, customer lists, computer files
and programs (including data processing files and records), retrieval programs, operating data and
plans and environmental studies and plans of the Company and any Company Subsidiary), whether
located on the premises of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or at another location during normal
business hours, (ii) permit Parent to make such inspections and investigations as Parent may
require, (iii) cause its officers to furnish Parent such financial, operating, technical and
product data and other information with respect to the business and Assets and Properties of the
Company and any Company Subsidiary as Parent may reasonably request from time to time, (iv) allow
Parent the opportunity to interview such employees and other personnel and Affiliates of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (v) assist and cooperate with Parent in the development of
integration plans for implementation by Parent and the Surviving Corporation following the
Effective Time.
(b) No information received pursuant to an investigation made under this Section 5.2
shall be deemed to (i) qualify, modify, amend or otherwise affect any representations, warranties,
covenants or other agreements of the Company set forth in this Agreement or any certificate or
other instrument delivered to Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) amend or otherwise supplement the information set forth in
the Company
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Disclosure Schedule, (iii) limit or restrict the remedies available to the parties
under applicable Law arising out of a breach of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or (iv)
limit or restrict the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to invoke or rely on the conditions to the
obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby set forth
in Article 6.
5.3 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time,
the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent each case after gaining Knowledge thereof, of (i)
the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event, the occurrence or non-occurrence of which is likely
to cause any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or
inaccurate in any material respect at or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) any failure of the
Company to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or
satisfied by it hereunder.
(b) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time,
the Company shall give Parent prompt notice if (i) any Person shall have commenced, or shall have
notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary that such Person intends to commence, an Action or
Proceeding, or shall have provided the Company or any Company Subsidiary with notice, in either
case
that allege(s) that any of the Intellectual Property (including the Company Intellectual
Property) presently embodied, or proposed to be embodied, in any products or services of the
Company or any Company Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of such
Person, is available for licensing from a potential licensor providing the notice or otherwise
alleges that the Company does not own or have the right to exploit any such Intellectual Property
or (ii) any Person shall have commenced, or shall have notified the Company or any Company
Subsidiary that such Person intends to commence, any other Action or Proceeding against or
involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
(c) No information received by Parent pursuant to any notice delivered this Section
5.3 shall be deemed to (i) qualify, modify, amend or otherwise affect any representations,
warranties, covenants or other agreements of the Company set forth in this Agreement or any
certificate or other instrument delivered to Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) amend or otherwise supplement the information set
forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (iii) limit or restrict the remedies available to the
parties under applicable Law arising out of a breach of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or
(iv) limit or restrict the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to invoke or rely on the conditions to
the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby set
forth in Article 6.
5.4 Confidentiality. The parties hereto acknowledge that Parent and the Company have
previously executed an amended and restated nondisclosure agreement dated June 23, 2004 (the
“Confidentiality Agreement”), which Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force
and effect in accordance with its terms. All information obtained during the course of any
investigation conducted by Parent pursuant to Section 5.2, or delivered to Parent pursuant
to Section 5.3, shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality
Agreement.
5.5 Public Disclosure. During the period from the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by each of the parties hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this
Agreement or the Effective Time, unless otherwise required by applicable Law (including federal and
state securities Laws) or, as to Parent, by the rules and regulations of the NASD, the Autorité des
Marchés Financiers (the “AMF”) or Euronext, no public disclosure (whether or not in
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any subject matter of, or the terms and conditions of,
the Transaction Agreements shall be made by any party hereto unless approved by Parent and the
Company prior to release; provided, however, that such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Parent shall be permitted to disclose the existence
of this Agreement to its customers, suppliers and sales representatives with whom it has
non-disclosure agreements that apply to such disclosure (or the other party otherwise agrees to
such non-disclosure) and, for which there is a business reason for the disclosure and in connection
with Section 4.2, and (ii) the Company shall be permitted to disclose the existence of this
Agreement to its customers, suppliers and sales representatives with whom it has non-disclosure
agreements that would apply to such disclosure (or the other party otherwise agrees to such
non-disclosure) and to make such disclosure in connection with the solicitation and procurement of
Approvals pursuant to Section 5.6.
5.6 Reasonable Best Efforts.
(a) Each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other
parties in
doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most
expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby,
including by (i) taking of all actions reasonably necessary or advisable to cause the closing
conditions set forth in Article 6 to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all Company
Necessary Approvals, provided that (A) the parties will discuss in good faith procedures to pursue
third party consents with respect to the Merger, (B) the Company shall not be required to pay any
party to any Contract to which it or a Company Subsidiary is a party any fees for the Company
Necessary Approval other than fees set forth in such a Contract as of the date hereof or customary
legal fees and (C) in the event the Company elects to pay any fee referred to in the prior clause
(B), the Company shall obtain the prior written consent of the Parent, (iii) defending against any
Actions or Proceedings challenging this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the consummation of the
Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including by seeking to have any
stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental or Regulatory
Authority vacated or reversed if there is a reasonable possibility that the defending of such
Action or Proceeding would result in their dismissal, removal, elimination or termination, and (iv)
the execution or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions
and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Takeover Statute or similar Legal
Requirement is or becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or any other transactions
contemplated hereby, the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company shall use their
reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement
and otherwise to minimize the effect of such Takeover Statute or other Legal Requirement on this
Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
5.7 Regulatory Filings.
(a) Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and each Company Subsidiary will coordinate and
cooperate with one another and will each use all reasonable efforts to comply with, and will each
refrain from taking any action that would impede compliance with, all Legal Requirements and to
seek all Approvals of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority that are necessary to consummate the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. In furtherance thereof, as promptly as
practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, each
of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company (as applicable) shall make all filings, notices, petitions,
statements, registrations, submissions of information, application or submission of other documents
required by any Governmental
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or Regulatory Authority in connection with the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby, including (i) Notification and Report Forms with the United
States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the United States
Department of Justice (“DOJ”) as required by the HSR Act, (ii) any other filing necessary
to obtain any Company Necessary Consent, (iii) filings under any other comparable pre merger
notification forms required by the merger notification or control laws of any applicable
jurisdiction, as agreed by the parties hereto and (iv) any filings required under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable state or securities or “blue sky” laws, French Law,
regulations of the AMF or Euronext and the securities laws of any foreign country, or any other
Legal Requirement relating to the Merger. Each of Parent and the Company will cause all documents
that it is responsible for filing with any Governmental or Regulatory Authority under this
Section 5.7(a) to comply in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company each will promptly supply the other with any
information which may be required in order to effectuate any filings or application pursuant to
Section 5.7(a). Except where prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements, and subject
to the Confidentiality Agreement, the Company shall consult with Parent and Parent shall consult
with the Company, prior to taking a position with respect to any such filing and each shall permit
the other to review and discuss in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in
connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, white papers,
arguments, opinions and proposals before making or submitting any of the foregoing to any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with any
investigations or proceedings related solely to this Agreement, the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated hereby (including under any antitrust or fair trade Legal Requirement),
coordinate with the other in preparing and exchanging such information and promptly provide the
other (and its counsel) with copies of all filings, presentations or submissions (and a summary of
any oral presentations) made by such party with any Governmental or Regulatory Authority related
solely to this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however, that with respect to any such filing, presentation or submission, neither the Company nor
Parent need supply the other (or its counsel) with copies (or in case of oral presentations, a
summary) to the extent that any Law of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority applicable to such
party may reasonably require such party or its Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any
such properties or information.
(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly notify the other upon its receipt of (i) any
comments from any officials of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority in connection with any
filings made pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) any request by any officials of any Governmental
or Regulatory Authority for amendments or supplements to any filings made pursuant to, or
information provided to comply in all material respects with, any Legal Requirements. Whenever any
event occurs that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any filing made
pursuant to Section 5.7(a), Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall promptly
inform the other of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the applicable Governmental or
Regulatory Authority such amendment or supplement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing contained in this
Agreement will be deemed to require Parent, or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates, to (i) except to the extent
provided under Section 5.7(a), litigate or agree to litigate against any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority or (ii) take or agree to take any Action of Divestiture which would be
reasonably likely to materially adversely impact the benefits expected to be derived by Parent and
its Subsidiaries from the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of
this Agreement, an “Action of Divestiture” will mean (x) making proposals, executing or
carrying out agreements or submitting to Legal Requirements providing for the license, sale or
other disposition or holding separate (through the
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establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any
assets or categories of assets that are material to Parent, any Subsidiary of the Parent, the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or the holding separate of Company capital stock or imposing or
seeking to impose any limitation on the ability of Parent, any Subsidiary of the Parent, the
Company or any Company Subsidiary, to conduct their respective businesses or own such assets or to
acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of the Company’s business or (y) otherwise
taking any step to avoid or eliminate any impediment which may be asserted under any Legal
Requirement governing competition, monopolies or restrictive trade practices.
5.8 Director and Officer Indemnification.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall honor all rights to
indemnification or exculpation existing in favor of the directors, officers, employees and other
agents of the Company (the “Company Indemnified Parties”) in the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date hereof and in any indemnification
agreements to which the Company is a party that are set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule
for a period of five (5) years from and after the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the
event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such five-year period, all rights to
indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue to disposition of any and all
such claims; and provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of such certificate of
incorporation, bylaws and indemnification agreements to the contrary, the cumulative total
indemnification obligations of Parent, the Company and the Surviving Corporation to all Company
Indemnified Parties hereunder and thereunder shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation
shall not be required to indemnify any Company Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of any
Company Stockholder regarding the conduct of such Company Stockholder relative to any other Company
Stockholder in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Any determination required to be made with respect to whether a Company Indemnified
Party’s conduct complies with the standards set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
or indemnification agreements of the Surviving Corporation or otherwise shall be made by
independent counsel selected by the Surviving Corporation reasonably satisfactory to the Company
Indemnified Party. The fees and expenses of such independent counsel shall be paid by the
Surviving Corporation, and the determination of such independent counsel shall be final and binding
on Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Company Indemnified Party.
(d) Nothing in this Section 5.8 shall be construed to limit any right that any Parent
Indemnified Party would otherwise have to obtain indemnification pursuant to Article 7 in
connection with any claim for indemnification by any of the Company Indemnified Parties or any
matter underlying any such claim.
5.9 Protection of Intellectual Property.
(a) During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time, the Company and each Company Subsidiary shall
take all necessary actions (x) to maintain and preserve the Company Registered Intellectual
Property, including the payment of any registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and
Taxes or the filing of any documents, applications or certificates related thereto, and (y) to
promptly respond and prepare to respond to all requests, related to the Company Registered
Intellectual Property, received from Governmental or Regulatory Authorities.
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(b) At the Closing, the Company shall notify Parent of all material actions which must be
taken within the one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date and which are necessary
to maintain, preserve or renew the Company Registered Intellectual Property, including the payment
of any registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and Taxes or the filing of any
documents, applications or certificates related thereto.
5.10 Availability and Listing of Parent Shares.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will take such action as may be necessary to (i) cause
Option Sub, an indirect, wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent, to purchase or otherwise
obtain such number of shares of capital stock as will result, upon the consummation of the Merger
and in accordance with Section 1.6(d) hereof, in Option Sub owning at least the maximum
number of Parent ADSs that may be delivered upon exercise of all outstanding Company Stock Options
in accordance with the terms hereof, and (ii) to the extent necessary or advisable, take such
reasonable actions such that, upon exercise of any Company Stock Option after the Effective Time,
the Parent ADSs to be delivered to the holder of such Company Stock Option (in accordance with its
terms) will be acquired by Option Sub.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Parent
Ordinary Shares that will be held by Option Sub in connection with Company Stock Options to be
converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.6 to be authorized for listing on
Euronext.
5.11 Treatment of Company Options.
(a) Form S-8. Parent shall file a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any
successor or other appropriate forms that Parent is eligible to use) under the Securities Act with
respect to the Parent Ordinary Shares issuable upon exchange of the Parent ADSs subject to the
Company Option Plan, to the extent Form S-8 registration is available for such Parent Ordinary
Shares, as soon as practicable but, in any event no later than the date on which the Parent files
its first Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q after the Effective Time.
(b) Company Options Held by Nonemployee Directors. The Company shall take steps
necessary to cause the termination on or prior to the Effective Time (contingent upon the
occurrence of the Effective Time) of all unexercised options held by persons who serve as members
of the Company’s board of directors prior to the Effective Time who are not employees of the
Company.
5.12 Termination of Company 401(k) Plan. The Company agrees to adopt resolutions to
terminate its 401(k) plan immediately prior to Closing, unless the Parent, in its sole and absolute
discretion, provides written notice to the Company that such 401(k) plan shall not be terminated
before the Effective Time. Unless the Parent provides such notice to the Company, the Parent shall
receive from the Company evidence that the Company’s Board of Directors has adopted resolutions to
terminate the 401(k) plan (the form and substance of which resolutions shall be subject to review
and approval of the Parent), effective as of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date but
contingent on the Closing.
5.13 Financial Statements and Consents of Accountants. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause its management and its independent auditors to facilitate on a timely
basis (i) the preparation of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements if
required) as required by Parent to comply with applicable SEC and AMF regulations, (ii) the
reasonable review of any Company audit or review work papers for up to the past three (3) years,
including the examination of selected financial statements and data and (iii) the delivery of such
representations from the Company’s independent accountants as may be reasonably requested by Parent
of its independent auditors in connection with the preparation of the any filings the Parent is
required to make with the SEC or the
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AMF. Parent and the Company will each use all reasonable
efforts to cause to be delivered to each other consents and certificates from their respective
independent auditors, in form reasonably satisfactory to the recipient and customary in scope and
substance for consents delivered by independent public accountants in connection with any filings
the Parent is required to make with the SEC or the AMF.
5.14 Transaction Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Exhibits and
Schedules hereto, the Company Disclosure Schedules, and the consummation of the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby, including all legal, accounting, financial advisory,
consulting and all other fees and expenses of third parties (“Transaction Expenses”), shall
be the obligation of the respective party incurring such fees and expenses; provided, however, that
(i) the Company shall pay all Transaction Expenses set forth on the Statement of Transaction
Expenses at or prior to the Closing and such Transaction Expenses shall be deducted from the
amounts payable hereunder as set forth in Section 1.6(a)(ii); and (ii) Parent shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to pay an aggregate of $200,000 of Transaction Expenses of the Company
immediately following the Effective Time to the parties set forth on the Statement of Transaction
Expenses; provided, however, Parent shall not have such obligation unless and until the Effective
Time occurs.
(b) At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
deliver final invoices from all third parties with whom the Company has incurred any Transaction
Expenses, together with a statement from each such third party that the amounts shown due and owing
therein constitute a “final” xxxx for all services rendered in connection with this Agreement, the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby through the Closing.
ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligations of Parent and the Company to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the
following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. The Requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been
obtained.
(b) Governmental and Regulatory Approvals. All Governmental or Regulatory Authority
Approvals necessary for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby
shall have been obtained.
(c) Antitrust Approval. If so required by applicable Law, all waiting periods (and
any extension thereof) under the HSR Act relating to the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby will have expired or early termination of such waiting periods shall have been
granted without any condition or requirement requiring or calling for the disposition or
divestiture of any product or other asset of the Company by Parent or the Company or for the
imposition of any other antitrust restraint. The material foreign antitrust approvals will have
been obtained, if so required by applicable Law.
(d) No Injunctions or Regulatory Restraints. No temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or
Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition
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consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated to occur after
the Effective Time hereby shall be in effect.
(e) No Illegality or Other Conditions. No Law or Order shall have been enacted,
entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby
that would prohibit the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby or
that would permit consummation of the Merger only if certain divestitures were made or if Parent,
the Surviving Corporation or the Company were to agree to limitations on its business activities or
operations.
6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the
Company to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to
the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing 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 shall be true and correct in all material respects (except
for such representations and warranties that are qualified by their terms by a reference to a
Parent Material Adverse Effect, materiality or other similar qualification, which representations
and warranties as so qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of
this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were
made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties which address matters only
as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect
to such specified date).
(b) Performance. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with each agreement, covenant and obligation required by this Agreement to be so
performed or complied with by Parent and Merger Sub at or before the Closing Date.
(c) Officer’s Certificates. The Company shall have received a certificate, dated as
of the Closing Date and executed by the chief executive officer of Parent, in customary form and
substance reasonable acceptable to the Company, certifying as to the matters set forth in
Section 6.2(a) and Section 6.2(b).
6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The
obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing 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 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this
Agreement and shall be accurate in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if made on and
as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties expressly made only as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such specified date);
provided, however, that in determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties for
purposes of this Section 6.3(a)(i), (x) all materiality qualifications that are contained
in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded and (y) any update of or modification
to the Company Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made on or after the date of this
Agreement shall be disregarded.
(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed and complied with each agreement,
covenant and obligation required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by the
Company on or before the Closing Date.
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(c) No Company Material Adverse Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred and no events or circumstances shall have occurred or arisen that would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No Governmental Legal Actions or Proceedings. No Governmental or Regulatory
Authority shall have notified Parent, the Company, either of their respective Subsidiaries or any
of their respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or Associates, that such
Governmental or Regulatory Authority intends to commence any Action or Proceeding to restrain or
prohibit the Merger or any other transactions contemplated hereby or to force rescission of the
Merger or any other transactions contemplated hereby, unless such Governmental or Regulatory
Authority shall have withdrawn such notice and abandoned such proceedings.
(e) Contract Consents. Parent shall have received (i) the Approvals set forth in
Schedule 6.3(e), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, (ii) all
Approvals, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, that may be required in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby under any Contracts that
should have been set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule but are not
reflected thereon, and (iii) all Approvals, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent, that may be required in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby under any Contracts that are executed after the date hereof and would have been required to
be set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule had such Contracts been in
effect on the date hereof. All such Approvals referenced in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) shall be in full force and effect.
(f) Contract Terminations. Parent shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that the Contracts set forth on Schedule 6.3(f) have been terminated and
are of no further force or effect.
(g) Litigation. There shall be no Action or Proceeding of any nature pending, or
overtly threatened, against Parent or the Company, their respective properties or any of their
respective officers or directors (in their capacities as such) arising out of, or in any way
connected with, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the terms of this Agreement.
(h) Legal Opinion. Parent shall have received a legal opinion from Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit H in a form
reasonably acceptable to Parent.
(i) Stockholder Approval. This Agreement and the matters set forth in Section
5.1(b)(i) of this Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite votes of the Company’s
stockholders in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.
(j) Employees. Each of the Key Employment Agreements shall be in full force and
effect as of the Closing Date and none of the employee parties thereto shall have taken any action
to terminate, revoke or otherwise repudiate any such Employment Agreement.
(k) Company Intellectual Property. No Person shall have (i) commenced, or shall have
notified Parent, the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective officers or
directors that it intends to commence, an Action or Proceeding alleging that any of the
Intellectual Property, including the Company Intellectual Property, presently embodied or proposed
to be embodied in any of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiaries’ products or services infringes
or otherwise violates the intellectual property rights of such Person, (ii) provided the Company or
any Company Subsidiary with any notice to the effect that any such intellectual property rights of
another Person
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referred to in subsection (i) is available for licensing from a potential licensor providing
the notice or (iii) otherwise alleged that the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not own or
have the right to exploit such intellectual property, including the Company Intellectual Property,
unless with respect to any of subsections (i), (ii) or (iii), such Person shall have definitively
and unconditionally (x) withdrawn such notification, notice or allegation and (y) abandoned such
Action or Proceeding.
(l) Open Source. The Company shall have removed any use of, or any linking to, the
“gnumeric” module, by all products offered, developed, distributed or sold by Company on or after
September 30, 2005.
(m) Limitation on Dissenting Shares. Holders of no more than three percent (3%) of
the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (determined on a fully diluted basis) shall have
exercised (and not withdrawn or otherwise lost) any appraisal, dissenters’ or other similar rights
under any applicable Law in connection with the Merger.
(n) Capitalization Certificate. Parent shall have received from the Company a
certificate (the “Capitalization Certificate”), dated as of the Closing Date and executed
by the president or chief executive officer and secretary of the Company, in a form reasonably
acceptable to Parent, setting forth (i) the name of each Effective Time Company Stockholder and the
type and number of shares of Company Capital Stock held by each such Effective Time Company
Stockholder and (ii) the name of each holder of a Company Stock Option that is outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and the type and number of shares of Company Capital Stock
issuable upon the exercise in full of each such Company Stock Option.
(o) Closing Schedule. Parent shall have received from the Company a schedule that
sets forth the: (i) the cash consideration to be received by each holder of Company Common Stock
upon Closing and (ii) the number of options each holder of Company Options is entitled to receive
upon conversion of his or her Options pursuant to Section 1.6(d).
(p) Statement of Transaction Expenses. Parent shall have received from the Company
the statement setting forth the Company’s good faith estimate of the Transaction Expenses incurred
by the Company, its Subsidiaries (the “Statement of Transaction Expenses”).
(q) Officer’s Certificates. Parent shall have received from the Company a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and executed by an authorized officer of the Company, in
customary form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, certifying as to the matters set
forth in Sections 6.3(a) – (c), 6.3(i) and 6.3(m), inclusive (excluding any
references therein to Parent).
(r) Secretary’s Certificate. Parent shall have received from the Company a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and executed by the corporate secretary of the Company,
in customary form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, certifying as to (i) the
certificate of incorporation of the Company, (ii) the bylaws of the Company and (iii) the
authorization and valid resolutions of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Board of Directors of the Company and the
Company Stockholders.
(s) Certificates of Good Standing. Parent shall have received a long-form certificate of good standing for the Company from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and certificates of good standing or reasonable equivalents thereto for each Company Subsidiary in the jurisdictions in which they do business, each dated within a reasonable period prior to Closing.
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(t) Certificates of Status of Foreign Corporation. Parent shall have received a
Certificate of Status of Foreign Corporation of the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the
States of California, dated within a reasonable period prior to the Closing.
(u) FIRPTA Certificate. Parent shall have received from the Company a properly
executed statement, in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent, for purposes of satisfying Parent’s
obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3).
ARTICLE 7
SURVIVAL & INDEMNIFICATION
SURVIVAL & INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements.
(a) Notwithstanding any right of Parent (whether or not exercised) to investigate the affairs
of the Company (whether pursuant to Section 5.2 or otherwise) or a waiver or non-assertion
by Parent and Merger Sub of any closing condition set forth in Article 6 or any termination
right set forth in Article 8, each party shall have the right to rely fully upon the
representations and warranties of the other party or parties hereto set forth in this Agreement,
the Escrow Agreement and the certificates and other instruments delivered in connection herewith or
therewith.
(b) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement or in any
certificates and instruments delivered by the Company in connection herewith or therewith shall
survive the Merger and continue until 11:59 p.m. (California time) on the two (2) year anniversary
of the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2.12 (Taxes) shall survive the Merger and
continue until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (including extensions
thereof) (the representations and warranties described in the foregoing clause being referred to
herein as the “Special Representation”). The applicable expiration date described above is
referred to herein as the “Expiration Date.” Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, (i) no right to indemnification pursuant to Article 7 in
respect of any claim that is set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof prior to the applicable Expiration Date shall be affected by the expiration of such
representations and warranties pursuant hereto and (ii) no such expiration shall affect the rights
of any Parent Indemnified Party under Article 7 or otherwise to pursue claims for
indemnification for Losses arising out of any fraud or willful misconduct until the expiration of
the applicable statute of limitations. No Parent Indemnified Parties shall be permitted to bring
and the Effective Time Company Stockholders shall not have any Liability for any claim for a breach
of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, the Transaction
Agreements and the certificates and instruments delivered in connection herewith and therewith, to
the extent notice of such claim set forth in an Officer’s Certificate is not delivered to the
applicable Indemnifying Party prior to the applicable Expiration Date.
(c) In the event that the Merger is consummated, the representations and warranties of Parent
and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate or other instrument delivered in
connection herewith shall expire and be of no further force or effect.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the covenants and
other agreements set forth in this Agreement or in the Escrow Agreement shall survive the Merger
indefinitely in accordance with their respective terms.
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7.2 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 7, prior to the Effective
Time, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation
and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates and Associates (each, a
“Parent Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Parent Indemnified Parties”), and
following the Effective Time, the Effective Time Company Stockholders (for purposes of this
Article 7, the “Indemnifying Parties”) shall indemnify and hold harmless, the
Parent Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses (whether or not involving a third
party claim) paid, suffered, incurred or sustained by Parent or any other Parent Indemnified Party
as a result of any assessments, Taxes, claims, demands, assertions of liability, threatened
actions, suits or proceedings (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) directly
or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with:
(i) (A)any failure of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement as
modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule (including any exhibit or schedule to the Company
Disclosure Schedule) to be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Effective Time as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Effective Time, except
in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific
date, in which event for any failure of any such representation or warranty to be true and correct
as of such date, or (B) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the
Company in any certificate delivered to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other
than the Capitalization Certificate and the Statement of Transaction Expenses) to be true and
correct as of the date of such certificate;
(ii) any inaccuracy in the Capitalization Certificate or Closing Schedule;
(iii) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by
the Company in this Agreement or the Company Disclosure Schedule (including any exhibit or schedule
to the Company Disclosure Schedule);
(iv) any Transaction Expenses of the Company that are not reflected in the Statement of
Transaction Expenses;
(v) the matters set forth on Schedule 7.3(c); and
(vi) any payments paid with respect to Dissenting Shares to the extent that such payments, in
the aggregate, exceed the value of the amounts that otherwise would have been payable pursuant to
Section 1.6(a) upon the exchange of such Dissenting Shares.
(b) All Effective Time Company Stockholders shall be severally, and not jointly, liable for
their respective indemnification obligations under Section 7.2(a).
(c) In determining the amount of any Losses in respect of the failure of any representation or
warranty to be true and correct as of any particular date (but not in determining whether any such
representations and warranties failed to be true and correct as of any particular date), any
materiality standard or qualification contained in such representation or warranty shall be
disregarded.
7.3 Limitations on Indemnification Recoveries.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the Merger is
consummated, no Parent Indemnified Party may recover any claims for indemnification pursuant to
Section 7.2(a)(i), Section 7.2(a)(iii), Section 7.2(a)(iv) or Section
7.2(a)(v) unless and until the
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Losses paid, suffered, incurred or sustained by the Parent
Indemnified Parties (or any of them) in respect of the matters referenced in Section
7.2(a)(i), Section 7.2(a)(iii), Section 7.2(a)(iv) or Section
7.2(a)(v) exceed $300,000 in the aggregate (the “Deductible Limitation”), in which case
the Parent Indemnified Parties may only recover claims for indemnification pursuant to Section
7.2(a)(i), Section 7.2(a)(iii), Section 7.2(a)(iv) or Section
7.2(a)(v) for Losses that exceed the Deductible Limitation; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Deductible Limitation shall not apply to (i) claims for
indemnification for Losses arising out of fraud or willful misconduct, (ii) claims for
indemnification for Losses arising out of a breach of, or inaccuracy in, the Special
Representation, or (iii) claims for indemnification under Section 7.2(a)(ii) or Section
7.2(a)(vi).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, whether or not the
Merger is consummated, (i) no Parent Indemnified Party may recover any claims for indemnification
pursuant to Section 7.2(a)(i), Section 7.2(a)(iii), Section 7.2(a)(iv) or
Section 7.2(a)(v) for Losses paid, suffered, incurred or sustained by the Parent
Indemnified Parties (or any of them) that exceed $8,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitation shall not apply to (A) claims for
indemnification for Losses arising out of fraud or willful misconduct, (B) claims for
indemnification for Losses arising out of a breach of, or inaccuracy in, the Special
Representation, or (C) claims for indemnification under Section 7.2(a)(ii) or Section
7.2(a)(vi).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the Merger is
consummated, the amount of Losses that the Parent Indemnified Parties (or any of them) may recover
pursuant to a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2(a)(i), Section
7.2(a)(iii) or Section 7.2(a)(iv) shall be offset, on a dollar-for-dollar basis,
against (i) any amounts actually received by the Parent Indemnified Parties making such claim in
respect of the Losses forming the basis of such claim for indemnification from a third party
pursuant to any indemnification or other similar right and (ii) any amounts actually received by
the Parent Indemnified Parties making such claim in respect of the Losses forming the basis of such
claim for indemnification from a third party under any insurance policy or other similar
arrangement, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), net of any and all applicable
collection costs and a reasonable valuation of any premium adjustments resulting therefrom (the
“Third Party Recovery Limitation”); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Third Party Recovery Limitation (i) shall not apply to claims for indemnification for Losses
arising out of fraud or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not apply to claims for indemnification
under Section 7.2(a)(ii), Section 7.2(a)(v) or Section 7.2(a)(vi and (iii)
shall not be interpreted or construed to require the Parent Indemnified Parties (or any of them) to
take any action to seek, pursue or otherwise procure any such third party recoveries or insurance
proceeds (and, in the event that the Parent Indemnified Parties shall elect not to seek or
otherwise pursue any such third party recoveries or insurance proceeds, the Third Party Recovery
Limitation shall not apply).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the Merger is
consummated, the indemnification provisions set forth in this Article 7 shall be the sole
and exclusive remedy for claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties arising out of the matters
relating to this Agreement, any certificate or other document related hereto or delivered pursuant
to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided, however, that the
foregoing limitation on remedies shall not apply (i) to claims for indemnification for Losses
arising out of fraud or willful misconduct, (ii) to claims for indemnification under Section
7.2(a)(ii) or Section 7.2(a)(vi) or (iii) if the Merger is not consummated.
7.4 Period for Indemnification Claims Against Escrow Fund.
The period during which claims for indemnification for Losses may be made against the
Escrow Fund shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the date that is two (2) years
following the Closing Date (the “Escrow Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, at the conclusion of the
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Escrow Period, such portion of the Escrow
Fund as in the reasonable and good faith judgment of Parent may be necessary to satisfy any
unresolved or unsatisfied claims for indemnification for Losses specified in any Officer’s
Certificate delivered in good faith and in accordance with the terms hereof prior to expiration of
the Escrow Period shall remain in the Escrow Fund until such claims have been finally and fully
resolved or satisfied. The remainder, if any, of the Escrow Fund shall be paid to the Effective
Time Company Stockholders promptly (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days) after the
expiration of the Escrow Period and the Parent and the Stockholder Agent shall give the Escrow
Agent written instructions to that effect. After the expiration of the Escrow Period, upon
resolution of a pending claim for Losses, the portion of the Escrow Fund remaining, if any, after
such Losses have been satisfied, shall be returned to the Effective Time Company Stockholders
promptly (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days) after the final resolution of the
underlying claim.
7.5 Indemnification Claim Procedures During the Escrow Period.
(a) On or before the expiration of the Escrow Period, Parent may deliver to the Escrow Agent,
on behalf of itself or any other Parent Indemnified Parties, a certificate signed by any officer of
Parent (an “Officer’s Certificate”):
(i) stating that a Parent Indemnified Party has paid, suffered, incurred or sustained (or
reasonably and in good faith anticipates that it may pay, suffer, incur or sustain) Losses for
which such Parent Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2;
(ii) stating the amount of such Losses (which, in the case of Losses not yet paid, suffered,
incurred, sustained, may be the maximum amount reasonably anticipated to be so paid, suffered,
incurred or sustained);
(iii) specifying in reasonable detail (based upon the information then possessed by Parent)
the individual items of such Losses included in the amount so stated and the nature of the claim
for indemnification to which such Losses relate; and
(iv) the specific provisions of this Agreement that form the basis for such claim for
indemnification for such Losses.
(b) Subject to Section 7.1, no delay in providing an Officer’s Certificate in
accordance with the terms hereof shall affect a Parent Indemnified Party’s rights hereunder, unless
(and then only to the extent that) the Stockholder Agent or any other applicable Indemnifying
Parties are materially prejudiced thereby.
(c) At the time of delivery of any Officer’s Certificate to the Escrow Agent, Parent shall
deliver a duplicate copy of such Officer’s Certificate to the Stockholder Agent, and for a period
of twenty (20) Business Days after such delivery to the Escrow Agent and the Stockholder Agent of
such Officer’s Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall make no payment or other disbursement of Escrow
Funds pursuant to this Section 7.5 unless the Escrow Agent shall have received written
authorization from the Stockholder Agent to make such delivery or disbursement. After the
expiration of such 20-Business Day period, the Escrow Agent shall make deliver or disburse cash
from the Escrow Fund having a value equal
to such Losses from the Escrow Fund to Parent in accordance with this Section 7.5;
provided, however, that no such delivery may be made if and to the extent the Stockholder Agent
shall object in a written statement to any claim or claims made in the Officer’s Certificate, and
such statement shall have been delivered to the Escrow Agent and to Parent prior to the expiration
of such 20-Business Day period.
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7.6 Resolution of Objections to Indemnification Claims.
(a) If the Stockholder Agent objects in writing to any claim or claims by Parent made in any
Officer’s Certificate within the 20-Business Day period referenced in Section 7.5, Parent
and the Stockholder Agent shall attempt in good faith for twenty (20) Business Days after Parent’s
receipt of such written objection to resolve such objection. If Parent and the Stockholder Agent
shall so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both
parties and delivered to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely
on any such memorandum and the Escrow Agent shall distribute cash from the Escrow Fund in
accordance with the terms of such memorandum.
(b) If no such agreement can be reached during such 20-Business Day period for good faith
negotiation, but in any event upon the expiration of such 20-Business Day period, either Parent or
the Stockholder Agent may bring suit in the courts of the State of California and the Federal
courts of the United States of America, in each case, located within the counties of San Diego,
Santa Xxxxx or San Mateo in the State of California to resolve the matter.
(c) Judgment upon any award rendered by the trial court may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction.
7.7 Stockholder Agent.
(a) At the Closing, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. shall be constituted and appointed as the
Stockholder Agent. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Stockholder Agent” shall mean the
agent for and on behalf of the Effective Time Company Stockholders to: (i) give and receive notices
and communications to or from Parent (on behalf of itself of any other Indemnified Person) relating
to this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Merger or any other transactions 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 shareholders individually); (ii) authorize
deliveries to Parent of cash from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims for indemnification
pursuant to Section 7.2 asserted by Parent Indemnified Parties; (iii) object to such claims
pursuant to Section 7.6; (iv) consent or agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and
compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to, such claims; (v) consent or agree
to any amendment to this Agreement and (vi) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the
judgment of the Stockholder Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing, in each case without
having to seek or obtain the consent of any Person under any circumstance. The Person serving as
the Stockholder Agent may be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of
the cash then on deposit in the Escrow Fund upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice
to Parent. No bond shall be required of the Stockholder Agent, and the Stockholder Agent shall
receive no compensation for its services.
(b) The Stockholder Agent shall not be liable to any Effective Time Company Stockholder or any
other former holder of Company Capital Stock for any act done or omitted hereunder
as the Stockholder Agent while acting in good faith (and any act done or omitted pursuant to
the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith) and without gross negligence
or willful misconduct. The Effective Time Company Stockholders shall severally indemnify the
Stockholder Agent and hold it harmless from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred
without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Stockholder Agent 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 Stockholder Agent. If not paid directly to the Stockholder Agent by the Effective
Time Company Stockholders, such losses, liabilities or expenses may be recovered by the Stockholder
Agent from shares or other property in the Escrow Fund
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otherwise distributable to the Effective
Time Company Stockholders (and not distributed or distributable to an Indemnified Person or subject
to a pending indemnification claim of an Indemnified Person) following the two (2) year anniversary
of the Closing Date pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Escrow Agreement, at the time of
distribution, and such recovery will be made from the Effective Time Company Stockholders according
to their respective pro rata shares of the Escrow Fund.
(c) Any notice or communication given or received by, and any decision, action, failure to act
within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction of,
the Stockholder Agent that is within the scope of the Stockholder Agent’s authority under this
Article 7 shall constitute a notice or communication to or by, or a decision, action,
failure to act within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or
instruction of all the Effective Time Company Stockholders and shall be final, binding and
conclusive upon each such Effective Time Company Stockholder. Each Parent Indemnified Party shall
be entitled to rely upon any such notice, communication, decision, action, failure to act within a
designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction as being a
notice or communication to or by, or a decision, action, failure to act within a designated period
of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction of, each and every such
Effective Time Company Stockholder.
7.8 Third Party Claims.
(a) In the event Parent becomes aware of a third party claim which Parent believes may result
in a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2 by or on behalf of a Parent
Indemnified Party (a “Third Party Claim”), Parent shall promptly notify the Stockholder
Agent of such Third Party Claim if such claim occurs during the Escrow Period, or each of the
Indemnifying Parties that Parent (or any other Parent Indemnified Parties) may bring a claim
against if such Third Party Claim occurs after the Escrow Period. Subject to Section 7.1,
no delay in notifying the Stockholder Agent or any other Indemnifying Party of such Third Party
Claim in accordance with the terms hereof shall affect a Parent Indemnified Party’s rights
hereunder, unless (and then only to the extent that) the Stockholder Agent or any other applicable
Indemnifying Parties are materially prejudiced thereby.
(b) Parent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to elect to conduct the defense of
any Third Party Claim (and the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Parent in connection with
such defense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees and
court or arbitration costs) shall be included in the Losses for which the Parent Indemnified
Parties may seek indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2). The Stockholder Agent (during
the Escrow Period) and any other Indemnifying Party against whom any Parent Indemnified Party has
brought a claim for indemnification arising out of such Third Party Claim (after the Escrow Period)
shall have the right to receive promptly copies of all pleadings, notices and communications with
respect to such Third Party Claim to the extent that receipt of such documents does not in the
reasonable and good faith judgment of Parent affect any privilege relating to any Parent
Indemnified Party, and each such Indemnifying Party
shall be entitled, at its expense, to participate in, but not to determine or conduct, any
defense of any such Third Party Claim with respect to any such Third Party Claim.
(c) Notification and Reference of Third-Party Claims.
(i) In the event Parent is served with a Third Party Claim, Parent shall notify the
Stockholder Agent of such Third Party Claim, and the Stockholder Agent, as representative for the
Effective Time Company Stockholders, shall be entitled, at the expense of the Effective Time
Company Stockholders, to participate in any defense of such Third Party Claim. Parent shall have
the right in its sole discretion to settle any Third Party Claim following consultation with the
Stockholder Agent; provided, however, that if (i) such settlement was obtained without the
Stockholder Agent’s consent, and
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such consent was neither unreasonably withheld nor delayed, and
(ii) the Stockholder Agent demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount of such
settlement was unreasonably high (it being agreed that the Stockholder Agent shall bear the burden
of production and persuasion with respect to any challenge to the amount of a settlement), Parent
shall not be entitled to recover from the Escrow Fund the portion of such settlement that the
Stockholder Agent has so demonstrated is unreasonably high. In the event that the Stockholder
Agent has consented to any such settlement, the amount of such settlement shall be conclusively and
irrebuttably presumed to be reasonable, and the Stockholder Agent shall not make, and the
arbitrators shall have no power or authority to hear, any objection under any provision of this
Article 7 to the amount of any claim by Parent against the Escrow Fund with respect to the
amount of Losses incurred by Parent in such settlement.
(ii) In the event the Stockholder Agent or an Effective Time Company Stockholder is served
with a Third Party Claim, such Effective Time Company Stockholder shall notify the Stockholder
Agent and Parent of such Third Party Claim, and the Stockholder Agent shall be entitled, at the
expense of the Effective Time Company Stockholder, to participate in any defense of such Third
Party Claim. Parent shall have the right in its sole discretion to settle any Third Party Claim
following consultation with the Stockholder Agent; provided, however, that if (i) such settlement
was obtained without the Stockholder Agent’s consent, and such consent was neither unreasonably
withheld nor delayed, and (ii) the Stockholder Agent demonstrates by a preponderance of the
evidence that the amount of such settlement was unreasonably high (it being agreed that the
Stockholder Agent shall bear the burden of production and persuasion with respect to any challenge
to the amount of a settlement), Stockholder Agent shall be entitled to recover from Parent the
portion of such settlement that the Stockholder Agent has so demonstrated is unreasonably high. In
the event that the Stockholder Agent has consented to any such settlement, the amount of such
settlement shall be conclusively and irrebuttably presumed to be reasonable, and the Stockholder
Agent shall not make, and the arbitrators shall have no power or authority to hear, any objection
under any provision of this Article 7 to the amount of any claim by the Effective Time
Company Stockholder against Parent with respect to the amount of Losses incurred by the Effective
Time Company Stockholder in such settlement.
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination. Except as provided in Section 8.2, this Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a) by mutual agreement of the Parent and the Company;
(b) by Parent or the Company, if the Effective Time has not occurred before 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Time on December 31, 2005; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 8.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose willful failure to fulfill any
obligation hereunder has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to
occur on or before such date;
(c) by Parent or the Company, if there shall be:
(i) a final nonappealable order of a federal or state court in effect preventing consummation
of the Merger; or
(ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order enacted, promulgated or issued or deemed
applicable to the Merger by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority that would make consummation
of the Merger illegal;
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(d) by Parent, if there shall be any action taken, or any Law or Order enacted, promulgated or
issued or deemed applicable to the Merger, by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, that would:
(i) prohibit Parent’s ownership or operation of all or any portion of the business of the Company
or (ii) compel Parent to dispose of or hold separate all or any portion of the Assets and
Properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or limit its operation of the Company’s
business, as a result of the Merger;
(e) by Parent, if there has been:
(i) a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement on the part of the Company, provided that (A) the Company has not cured such breach
within thirty (30) calendar days after the Company receives written notice of such breach
(provided, however, that, no cure period shall be required for a breach which by its nature cannot
be cured) and (B) as a result of such material breach any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1 or Section 6.3, as the case may be, would not be satisfied as of the
time of the expiration of the applicable cure period for such breach; or
(ii) a Company Material Adverse Effect, provided that the Company has not cured such
circumstances within thirty (30) calendar days after the Company receives written notice of such
Company Material Adverse Effect (provided, however, that, no cure period shall be required for such
Company Material Adverse Effect which by its nature cannot be cured);
(f) by the Company, if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of Parent, provided that (i) Parent has not cured
such breach within thirty (30) calendar days after Parent receives written notice of such breach
(provided, however, that, no cure period shall be required for a breach which by its nature cannot
be cured) and (ii) as a result of such breach any of the conditions set forth in Section
6.1 or Section 6.2, as the case may be, would not be satisfied as of the time of the
expiration of the applicable cure period for such breach; or
(g) by Parent if, if at any time after approval of the Merger, this Agreement, and the
transactions contemplated hereby by Company Stockholders, holders of more than three percent (3%)
of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (determined on a fully diluted basis) shall have
exercised any appraisal, dissenters’ or other similar rights under applicable Law in connection
with the Merger.
8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of a valid termination of this Agreement as
provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no
liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective
directors, officers, stockholders, Affiliates or Associates; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the parties hereto shall remain liable for any breach of
this Agreement prior to its termination; and provided further that, the provisions of Sections
5.4, 5.5 and this 8.2, Article 7, Article 9 and the applicable
definitions set forth in Article 10 shall remain in full force and effect and survive any
termination of this Agreement.
8.3 Amendment. Except as is otherwise required by applicable Law after the Company
Stockholders approve the Merger and this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto at any time but only by an instrument in writing duly and validly signed on behalf of and
delivered to each of the parties hereto.
8.4 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent, Merger Sub
and the Company may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any
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obligations of the other party hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations
and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and
(iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements, covenants or conditions for the benefit of such
party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or
waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the party
or parties against which such waiver or extension is asserted.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications hereunder must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally or by facsimile
transmission or by nationally recognized overnight courier prepaid, to the parties at the following
addresses or facsimile numbers:
If to Parent to: | ||||
Business Objects S.A. | ||||
c/o Business Objects Americas | ||||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attn: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
and | ||||
Business Objects S.A. | ||||
c/o Business Objects Americas | ||||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attn: General Counsel | ||||
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, | ||||
Professional Corporation | ||||
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx | ||||
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq. | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq. | ||||
If to the Company (prior to the Effective Time) to: | ||||
Infommersion, Inc. | ||||
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx. 000 | ||||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attn: Chief Executive Officer |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP | ||||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||||
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: ( 000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. | ||||
If to the Stockholder Agent to: | ||||
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx. 000 | ||||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
All such notices, requests and other communications will (i) if delivered personally to the
address as provided in this Section 9.1, be deemed given upon delivery, (ii) if delivered
by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number as provided for in this Section 9.1, be
deemed given upon facsimile or telephonic confirmation of successful completion of transmission and
(iii) if delivered by overnight courier to the address as provided in this Section 9.1, be
deemed given on the earlier of the first Business Day following the date deposited with such
overnight courier with the requisite payment and instructions to effect delivery on the next
Business Day or upon receipt (in each case regardless of whether such notice, request or other
communication is received by any other Person to whom a copy of such notice is to be delivered
pursuant to this Section 9.1). Any party from time to time may change its address,
facsimile number or
other information for the purpose of notices to that party by giving notice specifying such
change to the other parties hereto.
9.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, including
the Company Disclosure Schedule and the remaining Transaction Agreements, constitute the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, except for the confidentiality provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement, which
shall continue in full force and effect and shall survive any termination of this Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
9.3 Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the
party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set
forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or
condition. No waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more
instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or
condition of this Agreement on any future occasion. All remedies, either under this Agreement or
by Law or otherwise afforded, will be cumulative and not alternative.
9.4 Third Party Beneficiaries. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are
intended solely for the benefit of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and their respective
successors or permitted assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer third-party
beneficiary rights, and this Agreement does not confer any such rights, upon any other Person other
than any Company Indemnified Parties under Section 5.8 and any Parent Indemnified Party
under Article 7.
9.5 No Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right, interest or obligation
hereunder may be assigned (by operation of Law or otherwise) by any party without the prior written
consent of the other parties and any attempt to do so will be void.
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9.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is binding upon, inures to the benefit of
and is enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
9.7 Headings. The headings and table of contents used in this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.
9.8 Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Law, and if the rights or obligations of any
party hereto under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (i) such
provision will be fully severable, (ii) this Agreement
will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had
never comprised a part hereof, (iii) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by
its severance herefrom and (iv) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there
will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as
similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.
9.9 Governing Law. This Agreement, the Certificate of Merger, the Escrow Agreement
and closing documents hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
9.10 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING HEREFROM, THE
PARTIES HERETO CONSENT TO TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY
ANY PARTY HERETO OR ITS SUCCESSORS AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS SUCCESSORS IN RESPECT OF
ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
9.11 Construction. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement is the product of
negotiation between sophisticated parties and individuals, all of who were represented by counsel
and each of who had an opportunity to participate in and did participate in the drafting of each
provision hereof. Accordingly, ambiguities in this Agreement, if any, shall not be construed
strictly or in favor of or against any party hereto but rather shall be given a fair and reasonable
construction without regard to the rule of contra proferentem.
9.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
9.13 Specific Performance. 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 its specific terms or were otherwise breached. Except where this Agreement specifically
provides for arbitration, it is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to 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 any state having jurisdiction, this being in
addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
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ARTICLE 10
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
10.1 Certain Definitions . For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following respective meanings (with correlative meanings for the singular or plural forms
thereof):
“Action or Proceeding” means any action, suit, complaint, petition, investigation, proceeding,
arbitration, litigation or Governmental or Regulatory Authority investigation, audit or other
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in law or in equity, or before any arbitrator or
Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with, that Person, (ii) any other Person that
owns or controls ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities (including any equity
securities issuable upon the exercise of any option or convertible security) of that Person or any
of its affiliates, or (iii) as to a corporation, each director and officer thereof and as to a
partnership, each general partner thereof and as to a limited liability company, each managing
member or similarly authorized person thereof (including officers) and as to any other entity, each
Person exercising similar authority to those of a director or officer of a corporation. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of that Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
“Approval” means any approval, authorization, consent, permit, qualification or registration,
or any waiver of any of the foregoing, required to be obtained from or made with, or any notice,
statement or other communication required to be filed with or delivered to, any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority or any other Person.
“Assets and Properties,” with respect to any Person, means all assets and properties of every
kind, nature, character and description (whether real, personal or mixed, whether tangible or
intangible, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise and wherever situated),
including the goodwill related thereto, operated, owned, licensed or leased by such Person,
including cash, cash equivalents, Investment Assets, accounts and notes receivable, chattel paper,
documents, instruments, general intangibles, real estate, equipment, inventory, goods and
Intellectual Property.
“Associate” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other business organization
of which such Person is an officer or partner or is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities, any trust or estate in which such
Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as a trustee or in a
similar capacity and any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has
the same home as such Person.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or other
governing body of such person as described in such Person’s certificate of incorporation or other
organizational documents or by mandated by Law.
“Business Combination” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any merger, consolidation, share
exchange reorganization or other business combination transaction to which such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party, (ii) any sale, dividend, split or other disposition of any capital
stock or other equity interests of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (except for issuances of
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of preferred stock outstanding on the date hereof or the exercise of
any options or warrants outstanding on the date hereof or issued in accordance with the covenants
of this Agreement), (iii) any tender offer (including a self tender), exchange offer,
recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or similar or extraordinary transaction
involving such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any sale, dividend or
other disposition of all or a material or significant portion of the Assets and Properties of
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (including by way of exclusive license or joint venture
formation) or (v) the entering into of any agreement or understanding, the granting of any rights
or options, or the acquiescence of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to any of
the foregoing.
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in
the State of California are authorized or obligated to close.
“COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Company Capital Stock” means Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock and any other
shares of capital stock, if any, of the Company, taken together.
“Company Employee Plan” means any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or
other arrangement providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation,
performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or
remuneration of any kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including
without limitation, each “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which
is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or an
ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to which the Company or an ERISA
Affiliate has or may have any Liability.
“Company Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual
Property currently or at any time in the past created by, owned by, or exclusively licensed to
Company, any Company Subsidiary or of predecessor to Company or any Company Subsidiary, including
any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights created by any of the Company’s founders,
employees, independent contractors or consultants for or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary
of Company.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means a change, effect, event, occurrence or circumstance
that is materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or other), operations, results of
operations, Assets and Properties, Liabilities or future prospects of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Company Products” mean all products and services that are currently offered, distributed or
sold by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, that have been offered, distributed or sold in the
past by Company, or which are in development by Company or any Company Subsidiary.
“Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all Registered Intellectual Property owned by
or purported to be owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or which has been filed in the
name of or transferred to, Company or any Company Subsidiary.
“Company Stock Option” means any Option, excluding Company Preferred Stock, to purchase
Company Capital Stock.
“Company Stock Plan” means the Company’s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
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“Company Stockholder” means a holder of Company Capital Stock at any point in time prior to
the Effective Time.
“Company Subsidiary” means any Person, whether or not existing on the date hereof, in which
the Company directly or indirectly through subsidiaries or otherwise, beneficially owns at least
fifty percent (50%) of either the equity interest, or voting power of or in such Person.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement or other binding arrangement or understanding,
whether written or oral.
“DOL” means the Department of Labor or any successor agency.
“Effective Time Company Stockholder” means any holder of Company Capital Stock as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Employee” means any current or former or retired employee, consultant or director of the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Employment Agreement” means each management, employment, severance, consulting, relocation,
repatriation, expatriation, visas, work permit or other agreement, contract or understanding
between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, regulation or
ordinance relating to environmental, health and safety matters or Hazardous Materials, including
the Comprehensive, Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Air Act, the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, approval, consent or authorization required
under or in connection with any Environmental Law.
“Equity Equivalents” means securities (including Options to purchase any shares of Company
Capital Stock) which, by their terms, are or may be exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for or
into common stock, preferred stock or other securities at the election of the holder thereof.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Company Subsidiary and any other person or entity under common
control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal
Revenue Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
“Escrow Agent” means U.S. Bank and Trust, N.A., a national banking association or any
successor thereto designated as the Escrow Agent from time to time under the Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Fund” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Escrow Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from
time to time.
“Governmental or Regulatory Authority” means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority,
agency, bureau, board, commission, department, official or other instrumentality of the United
States, any foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political
subdivision and shall include any stock exchange, quotation service, the National Association of
Securities Dealers and the AMF.
“Hazardous Material” means (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, solvents (including
chlorinated solvents), nuclear or radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could
become friable, radon, urea formaldehyde foam insulation or polychlorinated biphenyls, (ii) any
chemicals, materials, substances or wastes which are now defined as or included in the definition
of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,”
“restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants” or words of similar import
under any Environmental Law or (iii) any other hazardous chemical, material, substance or waste for
which standards of conduct are imposed by any Environmental Law.
“HSR Act” means the Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Indebtedness” means all obligations (i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or similar instruments, (iii) for the deferred purchase price of goods or services
(other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iv) under
capital leases and (v) in the nature of a guarantee of any of the obligations described in clauses
(i) through (iv) above.
“Intellectual Property” means all technology, know-how, show-how, techniques, trade secrets,
inventions (whether or not patented or patentable) and invention disclosures, algorithms, routines,
Software, files, databases, works of authorship, processes, devices, prototypes, lab notebooks,
development and lab equipment, methodologies, documentation, hardware, tools, any media on which
any of the foregoing is recorded, and any other embodiments of any of the foregoing of any
Intellectual Property Rights.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means any or all of the following and all statutory and/or
common law rights throughout the world in, arising out of, or associated therewith or with
Intellectual Property: (a) all patents and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions,
renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof and all rights
that claim priority therefrom, along with each foreign patent or patent application that shares
common disclosure therewith (collectively, “Patents”); (b) all inventions (whether
patentable or not), invention disclosures and improvements, all trade secrets, proprietary
information, know how and technology; (c) all works of authorship, copyrights, rights and
applications; (d) all industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor; (e) all
trade names, logos, trademarks and service marks; trademark and service xxxx registrations and
applications (collectively, “Trademarks”); (f) all databases and data collections
(including knowledge databases, customer lists and customer databases) and all rights therein; (g)
all rights in Software; (h) rights to Uniform Resource Locators, Web site addresses and domain
names; (i) any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing and (j) all
moral and equivalent rights throughout the world.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“International Employee Plan” means each plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement
or other arrangement providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation,
performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or
remuneration of any kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded that has
been adopted or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, whether informally or formally,
or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has, will or may have any Liability,
for the benefit of Employees who perform services outside the United States.
“Investment Asset” means any debentures, notes or other evidence of Indebtedness, stock,
securities (including rights to purchase and securities convertible into or exchangeable for other
securities), interests in joint ventures and general and limited partnerships, mortgage loans and
other investment or portfolio assets owned of record or beneficially by the Company.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency.
“Knowledge,” with respect to the Company, means (i) the actual knowledge of its directors and
officers and (ii) the knowledge of facts that such individuals would reasonably be expected to have
after making due inquiry with (A) the employees, directors and officers of the Company, and its
subsidiaries (B) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and the Company’s accountants and other consultants with
respect to matters in which each such respective advisor has had substantive involvement or
engagement with the Company, and (C) any Company Stockholder holding more than ten percent (10%) of
the Company Common Stock (determined on a fully-diluted basis).
“Law” means any law, statute, Order, decree, consent decree, judgment, rule, regulation,
ordinance or other pronouncement having the effect of law whether in the United States, any foreign
country, or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political subdivision or of any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Legal Requirement” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, guidance, code, order, judgment,
edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated,
implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority.
“Liability” means all Indebtedness, obligation and other liability, whether absolute or
contingent (or based upon any contingency), known or unknown, fixed or otherwise, due or to become
due, whether or not accrued or paid and (unless otherwise indicated) whether or not required to be
reflected in or reserved against on financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“License” means any Contract that grants a Person the right to use or otherwise enjoy the
benefits of any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights (including any covenants not
to xxx with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights).
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assessment, encumbrance,
security interest, lease (including any capitalization Lease), lien, easement, license, covenant,
condition, levy, charge, option, equity, claim or restriction or other encumbrance of any kind,
whether voluntarily incurred or by operation of Law or otherwise including any agreement to give or
grant any of the foregoing, or any conditional sale Contract or title retention Contract and the
filing of any agreement to give any financing statement with respect to any business assets under
the uniform commercial code or comparable laws of any jurisdiction, except for any Permitted Lien
or any restrictions on transfer generally arising under any applicable federal or state securities
Law. For the sake of clarity, the license of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights
does not itself constitute a Lien.
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“Loss” means any and all losses, liabilities, damages, fees, fines, Taxes, penalties,
deficiencies (including lost profits and diminution in value actually paid, suffered, incurred or
sustained), fees and expenses, including interest thereon, reasonable expenses of investigation,
court costs, reasonable fees
and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other experts and other expenses of any Action or
Proceeding or of any claim, default or assessment (such fees and expenses to include all fees and
expenses, including fees and expenses of attorneys, incurred in connection with (i) the
investigation or defense of any third party claim and (ii) asserting or disputing any right under
this Agreement against any party hereto or otherwise).
“Multiemployer Plan” means any “Pension Plan” (as defined below) which is a “multiemployer
plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA;
“NASD” means The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor
organization.
“Option,” with respect to any Person, means any security, right, subscription, warrant,
option, “phantom” stock right or other Contract (other than the Company Preferred Stock) that gives
the right to (i) purchase or otherwise receive or be issued any shares of capital stock or other
equity interests of such Person or any security of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of such Person or (ii)
receive any benefits or rights similar to any rights enjoyed by or accruing to the holder of shares
of capital stock or other equity interests of such Person, including any rights to participate in
the equity, income or election of directors or officers of such Person.
“Order” means any writ, judgment, decree, injunction, notice of responsibility for an
Environmental Clean-Up Site, or other order of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority (in each
such case whether potential, preliminary or final).
“Parent Material Adverse Effect” means a change, effect, event, occurrence or circumstance
that is materially adverse to Parent’s ability to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby.
“Parent ADSs” means the American Depositary Shares held by The Bank of New York, N.A., as
depositary, for the benefit of holders of Parent American Depositary Receipts under the Parent
Depositary Agreement, as amended, of which each Parent ADS is exchangeable for one (1) Parent
Ordinary Share.
“Parent Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, €0.01 nominal value per share, of the
Parent.
“Pension Plan” means each Company Employee Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan,”
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
“Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes not yet due and for which adequate provision was
made on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2004, (ii) purchase money security interests
in supplies and equipment, (iii) encumbrances which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount,
do not detract from the value of property subject thereto or the operation of the Person’s business
and (iv) Liens imposed by law arising in the ordinary course of business, such as materialmen’s,
mechanics’, warehousemans’, landlords’ and other similar Liens which are from obligations not due
and payable and are reflected on the Company’s Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2005.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, proprietorship, other business organization, trust,
union, association or Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“PTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any successor agency.
“Registered Intellectual Property” means all United States, international and foreign: (i)
Patents and Patent applications (including provisional applications), (ii) registered Trademarks
and applications to register Trademarks (including intent-to-use applications), (iii) registered
Copyrights and applications for Copyright registration, (iv) mask work registrations and
applications to register mask works and (v) other Intellectual Property Right that is the subject
of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued by, filed with, or
recorded by, any Governmental or Regulatory Authority.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing of a Hazardous Material into the Environment.
“Representatives” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.25.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Software” means any and all computer software and code, including assemblers, applets,
compilers, source code, object code, data (including image and sound data), design tools and user
interfaces, in any form or format, however fixed. Software includes source code listings and
documentation.
“Stockholder Written Consent” means an action by written consent of the stockholders pursuant
to which the stockholders irrevocably approve and adopt this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement,
and approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby for all purposes
of and under the DGCL, the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and any Contracts
between the Company and the Company Stockholders.
“Subsidiary” means any Person, whether or not existing on the date hereof, in which the
Company or Parent, as the context requires, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries or
otherwise, beneficially owns at least fifty percent (50%) of either the equity interest, or voting
power of or in such Person.
“Takeover Statute” means a “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other
similar anti-takeover statute or regulation enacted under state or federal laws in the United
States, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Tax Return” means any return, report, information return, schedule, certificate, statement or
other document (including any schedule or attachment thereto) filed or required to be filed with,
or, where none is required to be filed with a Taxing Authority, the statement or other document
issued by, a Taxing Authority in connection with any Tax.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments
and other governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities in he nature of tax, including
taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation and
value added, ad
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valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise
and property taxes, including estimated taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts; (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type
described in clause (i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or
unitary group for any period; and (iii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) as a
result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person or as a result of any
obligations under any agreements or arrangements with any other person with respect to such amounts
and including any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity.
“Taxing Authority” means any governmental agency, board, bureau, body, department or authority
of any United States federal, state or local jurisdiction or any foreign jurisdiction, having
jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
10.2 Additional Definitions. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the respective
sections of this Agreement set forth below opposite each such capitalized term:
Term | Section | |
“Action of Divestiture” |
5.7(d) | |
“Aggregate Fully Diluted Company Common Stock” |
1.6(a)(i) | |
“Aggregate Merger Consideration” |
1.6(a)(ii) | |
“Agreement” |
Introductory paragraph | |
“AMF” |
5.5 | |
“Capitalization Certificate” |
6.3(m) | |
“Certificate of Merger” |
1.2(b) | |
“Closing” |
1.2(a) | |
“Closing Date” |
1.2(a) | |
“Company” |
Introductory paragraph | |
“Company Balance Sheet” |
2.9(a) | |
“Company Board Recommendation” |
2.2(c) | |
“Company Common Stock” |
2.5(a) | |
“Company Disclosure Schedule” |
Preamble to Article 2 | |
“Company Financial Statements” |
2.9(a) | |
“Company Indemnified Parties” |
5.8(a) | |
“Company Insurance Policies” |
2.22(a) | |
“Company Lessee” |
2.18(b) | |
“Company Material Contract(s)” |
2.21(a) | |
“Company Necessary Approvals” |
2.4(b) | |
“Company Site” |
2.20(x) | |
“Company Stock Certificate” |
1.7(b) | |
“Company Stock Options” |
1.6(d) | |
“Company Stockholder Action” |
2.28 | |
“Company Stockholder Notice” |
5.1(b)(ii)(1) | |
“Competing Proposed Transaction” |
4.2(a) | |
“Confidentiality Agreement” |
5.4 | |
“Deductible Limitation” |
7.3(a) | |
“DGCL” |
1.1 | |
“Dissenting Shares” |
1.6(b)(iii) | |
“DOJ” |
5.7(a) | |
“Effective Time” |
1.2(b) |
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Term | Section | |
“Escrow Agreement” |
Recital C | |
“Escrow Amount” |
1.6(a)(iii) | |
“Escrow Period” |
7.4 | |
“Euronext” |
1.6(a)(iv) | |
“Expiration Date” |
7.1(b) | |
“Foreign Antitrust Filings” |
3.4(a) | |
“Former Property” |
2.24(e) | |
“FTC” |
5.7(a) | |
“GPL” |
2.20(t) | |
“Indemnifying Parties” |
7.2(a) | |
“Information Statement” |
2.28 | |
“Key Employees” |
Recital E | |
“Key Employment Agreement(s)” |
Recital E | |
“LBPL” |
2.20(t) | |
“Lease Documents” |
2.18(e) | |
“Leased Real Property” |
2.18(a) | |
“Letter of Transmittal” |
1.7(b)(i) | |
“Merger” |
Recital A | |
“Merger Sub” |
Introductory paragraph | |
“MPL” |
2.20(t) | |
“Nasdaq” |
1.6(a)(iv) | |
“Officer’s Certificate” |
7.5(a) | |
“Open Source Materials” |
2.20(t) | |
“Option Exchange Ratio” |
1.6(a)(iv) | |
“Option Sub” |
1.6(d) | |
“Parent” |
Introductory paragraph | |
“Parent Americas” |
Recital B | |
“Parent Indemnified Parties” |
7.2(a) | |
“Privacy Statements” |
2.20(x) | |
“Representative(s)” |
2.25 | |
“Per Share Common Amount” |
1.6(a)(v) | |
“Requisite Stockholder Approval” |
2.2(d) | |
“Retention Amounts” |
1.7(a)(i) | |
“SCSL” |
2.20(t) | |
“Significant Company Customer” |
2.27(a) | |
“Significant Company Supplier” |
2.27(b) | |
“SISL” |
2.20(t) | |
“Soliciting Materials” |
5.1(c) | |
“Special Representation” |
7.1(b) | |
“Statement of Transaction Expenses” |
6.3(o) | |
“Surviving Corporation” |
1.1 | |
“Stockholder Agent” |
Introductory paragraph | |
“Third Party Claim” |
7.8(a) | |
“Third Party Recovery Limitation” |
7.3(c) | |
“Transaction Agreements” |
Recital E | |
“Transaction Expenses” |
5.14(a) | |
“Users” |
2.20(x) | |
“Voting Agreement” |
Recital D |
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10.3 Construction.
(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, for all purposes of and under
this Agreement:
(i) words of any gender include each other gender and the neuter;
(ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number,
respectively;
(iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and derivative or similar words refer to this
entire Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision hereof;
(iv) the terms “Article” or “Section” or other subdivision refer to the specified Article,
Section or other subdivision of the body of this Agreement;
(v) the term Exhibits refers to Exhibits to this Agreement;
(vi) the phrases “ordinary course of business” and “ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice” refer to the business and practice of the Company;
(vii) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation;”
(viii) the phrase “materiality limitation,” with respect to a party’s representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements, includes all qualifications, limitations, thresholds and
exceptions based on the concept of materiality, whether or not expressed by the word “material,”
“materially,” “materiality,” “material adverse change,” “Parent Material Adverse Effect” or
“Company Material Adverse Effect;”
(ix) when a statement herein with respect to a particular matter is qualified by the phrase
“in all material respects,” materiality shall be determined solely by reference to, and solely
within the context of, the specified matter and not with respect to the entirety of this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby;
(x) the phrase “fraud or willful misconduct” includes any willful or intentional breach or
violation of, or any willful or intentional misrepresentation, omission or inaccuracy in, any
representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered
to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement;
(xi) all accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them under GAAP; and
(xii) the terms “party” or “parties” refer to Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the
Company and the Stockholders’ Agent, on the other hand, and the terms “third party” or “third
parties” refers to Persons other than Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Stockholders’ Agent.
(b) The drafting and negotiation of the representations, warranties, covenants and conditions
to the obligations of the Company and Parent herein reflect compromises and certain
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provisions may overlap with other provisions or may address the same or similar subject
matters in different ways or for different purposes. It is the intention of the parties that, to
the extent possible, unless provisions are mutually exclusive and effect cannot be given to both or
all such provisions, (i) the representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions in this
Agreement shall be construed to be cumulative; (ii) each representation, warranty, covenant and
closing condition in this Agreement shall be given full separate and independent effect; and (iii)
no limitation in any representation, warranty, covenant or closing condition shall be construed to
limit any other representation, warranty, covenant or closing condition unless such limitation is
expressly made applicable to such other representation, warranty, covenant or closing condition.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the fact that a matter is disclosed in a
representation or warranty (or the related section of the applicable Disclosure Schedule) or is
permitted (or not prohibited) by one covenant, shall not be construed as an express or implied
exception to any other representation and warranty or covenant concerning the same subject matter
or as an exception to the related “bringdown” condition in the parties’ closing conditions and no
inference shall be drawn from the first representation and warranty or covenant as to the scope or
meaning of any other representation and warranty, covenant or closing condition.
(c) No amendment, supplement or update after the date of this Agreement shall be made to the
Company Disclosure Schedule without the express written consent of Parent and no amendment,
supplement or update made or delivered (or purporting to be made or delivered) after the date of
this Agreement without such consent shall have any effect on any of the rights or obligations of
the Company or Parent, respectively.
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EXECUTION COPY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have caused this Agreement (solely with respect to
Article VII hereof in the case of the Stockholder Agent) to be executed by their respective duly
authorized representatives to be effective as of the date first written above.
INFOMMERSION, INC. | BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A. | |||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Chief Executive Officer, President and | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
LIGHTHOUSE ACQUISITION CORPORATION | STOCKHOLDER AGENT | |||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |||||
President, Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
and Chief Financial Officer |