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Exhibit 2.12 AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONBY AND AMONGCYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION,STEELERS ACQUISITION CORPORATION,SILICON PACKETS, INC.AND WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE VII ONLY:U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS ESCROW AGENTAND XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX, AS SECURITYHOLDER AGENTDated as of November 17, 2001 |
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ARTICLE I | THE MERGER | 2 |
1.1 | The Merger | 2 |
1.2 | Effective Time | 2 |
1.3 | Effect of the Merger | 2 |
1.4 | Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws | 2 |
1.5 | Directors and Officers | 2 |
1.6 | Merger Consideration | 3 |
1.7 | Dissenting Shares for Holders of Company Capital Stock | 6 |
1.8 | Surrender of Certificates | 7 |
1.9 | Cash Elections | 9 |
1.10 | Proration | 9 |
1.11 | Tax Consequences | 10 |
ARTICLE II | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 10 |
2.1 | Organization of the Company | 10 |
2.2 | Company Capital Structure | 10 |
2.3 | Subsidiaries | 11 |
2.4 | Authority | 11 |
2.5 | Company Financial Statements | 12 |
2.6 | No Undisclosed Liabilities | 12 |
2.7 | No Changes | 12 |
2.8 | Tax and Other Returns and Reports | 14 |
2.9 | Restrictions on Business Activities | 15 |
2.10 | Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances | 16 |
2.11 | Intellectual Property | 16 |
2.12 | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments | 20 |
2.13 | Interested Party Transactions | 21 |
2.14 | Compliance with Laws | 21 |
2.15 | Litigation | 21 |
2.16 | Insurance | 22 |
2.17 | Minute Books | 22 |
2.18 | Environmental Matters | 22 |
2.19 | Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees; Third Party Expenses | 23 |
2.20 | Employee Matters and Benefit Plans | 23 |
2.21 | Tax Matters | 27 |
2.22 | Representations and Materials Complete | 27 |
ARTICLE III | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 27 |
3.1 | Organization, Standing and Power | 27 |
3.2 | Authority | 27 |
3.3 | Litigation | 28 |
3.4 | SEC Documents; Parent Financial Statements | 28 |
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3.5 | Tax Matters | 28 |
ARTICLE IV | CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME | 29 |
4.1 | Conduct of Business of the Company | 29 |
4.2 | No Solicitation | 31 |
ARTICLE V | ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 32 |
5.1 | Fairness Hearing; Stockholder Approval | 32 |
5.2 | Stock Certificate Legends | 33 |
5.3 | Access to Information | 33 |
5.4 | Confidentiality | 33 |
5.5 | Expenses | 33 |
5.6 | Public Disclosure | 34 |
5.7 | Consents | 34 |
5.8 | FIRPTA Compliance | 34 |
5.9 | Reasonable Best Efforts | 34 |
5.10 | Notification of Certain Matters | 34 |
5.11 | Employee Matters | 34 |
5.12 | NYSE | 35 |
5.13 | Form S-8 | 35 |
5.14 | Additional Documents and Further Assurances | 35 |
5.15 | Termination of 401(k) Plan | 35 |
5.16 | Noncompetition Agreements | 36 |
5.17 | New Options | 36 |
5.18 | Employee Bonus | 36 |
5.19 | Indemnification of Directors and Others | 36 |
5.20 | Plan of Reorganization | 36 |
ARTICLE VI | CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | 37 |
6.1 | Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger | 37 |
6.2 | Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company | 37 |
6.3 | Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub | 38 |
ARTICLE VII | SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ESCROW | 40 |
7.1 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 40 |
7.2 | Escrow Arrangements | 40 |
ARTICLE VIII | TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER | 48 |
8.1 | Termination | 48 |
8.2 | Effect of Termination | 49 |
8.3 | Amendment | 49 |
8.4 | Extension; Waiver | 49 |
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ARTICLE IX | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 50 |
9.1 | Notices | 50 |
9.2 | Interpretation | 51 |
9.3 | Counterparts | 52 |
9.4 | Entire Agreement; Assignment | 52 |
9.5 | Severability | 52 |
9.6 | Other Remedies | 53 |
9.7 | Governing Law; Forum | 53 |
9.8 | Rules of Construction | 53 |
9.9 | Specific Performance | 53 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 17, 2001 by and among Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”); Steelers Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”); Silicon Packets, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. (the “Escrow Agent”) and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (the “Securityholder Agent”) (the Escrow Agent and the Securityholder Agent being signatories with respect to Article VII hereof only). RECITALSA. The Boards of Directors of each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub believe it is in the best interests of each company and their respective stockholders that Parent acquire the Company through the statutory merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, in furtherance thereof, have approved the Merger. B. Pursuant to the Merger and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) all of the issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of the Company shall be converted into the right to receive, at the option of each holder of Company Preferred Stock (as defined below), either (1) cash, (2) shares of common stock of Parent (“Parent Common Stock”), or (3) a combination of cash and Parent Common Stock; (ii) all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (as defined below) shall be converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock; and (iii) all outstanding options, warrants and other rights to acquire or receive shares of capital stock of the Company shall be assumed and become options, warrants or rights to acquire or receive shares of Parent Common Stock. C. A portion of the cash and/or Parent Common Stock otherwise payable by Parent in connection with the Merger shall be placed in escrow by Parent, the release of which amount shall be contingent upon certain events and conditions, all as set forth in Article VII hereof. D. The parties intend that for Federal income tax purposes the Merger will qualify and shall be accounted for as a “reorganization” under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). E. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company are entering into Voting Agreements in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Voting Agreements”) and certain key employee stockholders of the Company are entering into agreements not to compete with Parent in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Noncompetition Agreements”). F. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations and warranties and other agreements in connection with the Merger. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows: |
(a) Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided in such Certificate of Incorporation. |
(b) Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws. |
1.6 Merger Consideration. |
(a) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: |
“Company Capital Stock” shall mean shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock. |
“Company Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock of the Company. |
“Company Convertible Securities” shall mean Company Options, Company Warrants and any other rights to acquire or receive shares of Company Capital Stock, but shall not include Company Preferred Stock. |
“Company Options” shall mean all issued and outstanding options to purchase or otherwise acquire newly issued shares of Company Capital Stock, whether vested or not, but shall not include Company Preferred Stock or Company Warrants. |
“Company Restricted Stock” shall mean any shares of Company Common Stock that are unvested or subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other similar condition under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other agreement with the Company. |
“Company Series A Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Company. |
“Company Stockholders” shall mean holders of any shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time. |
“Company Warrants” shall mean all outstanding warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire newly issued shares of Company Common Stock, whether or not vested, but shall not include Company Preferred Stock or Company Options. |
“Escrow Amount” shall mean an amount equal to $2,500,000. The Escrow Amount shall be contributed in cash, Parent Common Stock, and Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of assumed Company Options in the same relative proportions as cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of assumed Company Options are to the total consideration paid to the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options. For purposes of this definition only, each share of Parent Common Stock that is contributed to the Escrow Amount shall be valued at the Per Share Cash Amount. |
“Five-Day Price” shall mean the average closing price of a share of Parent Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the five (5) trading days prior to the second day before the Effective Time. |
“Per Share Cash Amount” shall mean the Total Transaction Value divided by the Total Outstanding Shares. |
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“Per Share Stock Amount” shall mean the Per Share Cash Amount divided by the Five-Day Price. |
“Total Outstanding Shares” shall mean the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of Company Convertible Securities and Company Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, except shares to be cancelled pursuant to section 1.6(g) below. |
“Total Transaction Value” shall mean $25,000,000; provided however, that if the Company’s Third Party Expenses (as defined in Section 5.5) exceed $2,270,000, then the Total Transaction Value shall be reduced to the extent that such Third Party Expenses exceed $2,270,000. |
(b) Conversion of Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares and shares of Company Common Stock owned by Parent or Merger Sub) shall be converted at the Effective Time (the “Common Merger Consideration”) into the right to receive a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Per Share Stock Amount. Upon such conversion, all such shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each Company Certificate (as defined in Section 1.8(c)) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Common Merger Consideration. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Parent Common Stock to be distributed at Closing to Company Stockholders with respect to shares of Company Common Stock shall be reduced pursuant to the escrow provisions of Section 1.8(b) and Article VII hereof. If any shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time are Company Restricted Stock, then the Parent Common Stock to be received by the holder of such Company Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Company Restricted Stock was subject to immediately prior to the Effective Time. If the Company Restricted Stock was held in escrow prior to the Effective Time, then the Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefore shall be held in escrow by Parent after the Effective Time. |
(c) Conversion of Company Preferred Stock. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause its Certificate of Incorporation to be amended to remove the liquidation preferences and participation rights of the Company Preferred Stock. Thereafter, subject to Section 1.10, each share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares and shares of Company Preferred Stock owned by Parent or Merger Sub) shall be converted at the Effective Time as follows (the “Preferred Merger Consideration”): (i) for each such share of Company Preferred Stock with respect to which an election to receive cash has been effectively made and not revoked or lost pursuant to Section 1.9 (the “Electing Preferred Shares”), the right to receive the Per Share Cash Amount; and (ii) for each such share of Company Preferred Stock other than Electing Preferred Shares, the right to receive a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Per Share Stock Amount. Upon such conversion, all such shares of Company Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each Company Certificate (as defined in Section 1.8(c)) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Preferred Merger Consideration. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of cash and/or Parent Common Stock to be distributed at Closing to Company Stockholders with respect to shares of Company Preferred Stock shall be reduced pursuant to the escrow provisions of Section 1.8(b) and Article VII hereof. |
(d) Assumption of Company Options. At the Effective Time, each outstanding Company Option granted pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Stock Plan (the “Option Plan”) or otherwise, whether vested or unvested and whether exerciseable or unexerciseable, shall by virtue of the Merger be assumed by Parent in such manner that Parent is assuming a stock option in a transaction to which Section 424(a) applies or to the extent that Section 424(a) of the Code does not apply to any such Company Options, would be a transaction within Section 424 of the Code. Each Company Option so assumed by Parent under this Agreement shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Option Plan and/or as provided in the respective option agreements immediately prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, any vesting schedule or repurchase rights), except as follows: |
(i) each such Company Option will be exercisable for that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Per Share Stock Amount, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock, and |
(ii) the per share exercise price for the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such assumed Company Option will be equal to (x) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock at which such Company Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (y) the Per Share Stock Amount, rounded up to the nearest whole cent. |
It is the intention of the parties hereto that Company Options assumed by Parent following the Closing pursuant to Section 1.6(d) will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, qualify as incentive stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Code, to the extent any such Company Options qualified as incentive stock options immediately prior to the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such assumed Company Options shall be subject to the escrow provisions of Section 1.8(b) and Article VII hereof. |
(e) Assumption of Company Warrant. At the Effective Time, the outstanding Company Warrant shall, by virtue of the Merger, be assumed by Parent. Such assumed Company Warrant shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions set forth in the warrant agreement governing such warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, except as follows: |
(i) such Company Warrant will be exercisable for that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (x) the number of shares of Company Series A Preferred that were issuable upon exercise of such Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Per Share Stock Amount, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock, and |
(ii) the per share exercise price for the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such assumed Company Warrant will be equal to (x) the exercise price per share of Company Series A Preferred at which such Company Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (y) the Per Share Stock Amount, rounded up to the nearest whole cent. |
(f) Adjustments to Parent Common Stock. The number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in exchange for shares of Company Capital Stock and upon the exercise of Company Options assumed by Parent pursuant to Section 1.6 shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common Stock or Company Capital Stock), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock or Company Capital Stock after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time. |
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(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional share of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in the Merger. In lieu thereof, any fractional share (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by each holder) shall be rounded to the nearest whole share of Parent Common Stock (with .5 being rounded up). |
(h) Cancellation of Parent-Owned and Company-Owned Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any of the parties hereto, each share of Company Capital Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary thereof, immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof. |
(i) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any of the parties hereto, each share of capital stock of the Merger Sub shall remain outstanding as a share of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any shares of Merger Sub shall after the Effective Time evidence ownership of shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation. |
1.7 Dissenting Shares for Holders of Company Capital Stock. |
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company Capital Stock held by a holder who has demanded and perfected appraisal rights for such shares in accordance with Delaware Law and, if applicable, dissenters’ rights for such shares in accordance with Chapter 13 of the California Corporations Code (“California Law”) and who, as of the Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost such appraisal rights and, if applicable, dissenters’ rights (“Dissenting Shares”), shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.6, but the holder thereof shall only be entitled to such rights as are granted by Delaware Law and, if applicable, California Law. |
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if any holder of shares of Company Capital Stock who demands appraisal of such shares under Delaware Law and, if applicable, dissenters’ rights with respect to such shares under California Law, shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) the right to appraisal and, if applicable, dissenters’ rights, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 1.6 (and be subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof), without interest thereon, upon surrender of the certificate representing such shares. |
(c) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal and dissenters’ rights with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to Delaware Law and, if applicable, California Law and received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under Delaware Law and, if applicable, California Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal and dissenters’ rights with respect to capital stock of the Company or offer to settle or settle any such demands. |
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1.8 Surrender of Certificates. |
(a) Payment Agent. The transfer agent of Parent (or another entity reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company) shall serve as payment agent (the “Payment Agent”) in the Merger. |
(b) Parent to Provide Cash and Parent Common Stock. |
(i) Promptly after the Closing, Parent shall deliver to the Payment Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article I an amount of cash and Parent Common Stock sufficient to exchange all outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock other than Company Restricted Stock; provided, that on behalf of the Company Stockholders, Parent shall deposit into the Escrow Fund (as defined in Section 7.2(b) hereof) an amount of cash and Parent Common Stock equal to their pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount out of the cash and Parent Common Stock otherwise payable pursuant to Section 1.6 and this Section 1.8(b). At the Effective Time, each Company Stockholder will be deemed to have received and deposited with the Escrow Agent such stockholder’s pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount without any act of any Company Stockholder. |
(ii) The amount contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of each Company Stockholder and holder of Company Options shall be contributed in cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock underlying assumed Company options in the same relative proportions as cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock underlying assumed Company Options are to the total consideration paid to such holder. With respect to each holder of Company Common Stock, the percentage of Parent Common Stock contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of such holder that is subject to any repurchase right, risk of forfeiture, or other condition in favor of the Surviving Corporation shall be proportional to the percentage of such holder’s Company Common Stock that is Company Restricted Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. With respect to each holder of assumed Company Options, upon each exercise of assumed Company Options, the holder of such assumed Company Option shall be deemed to have contributed to the Escrow Fund a number of shares of Parent Common Stock that is proportional to such holder’s pro rata portion of the Escrow Fund. |
(c) Exchange Procedures. Promptly after the Closing, Parent shall cause to be mailed to each Company Stockholder (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in such form and contain such provisions as Parent and the Company shall mutually agree and which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock (the “Company Certificates”) that are being converted into the right to receive the cash amount to be received by each Company Stockholder by virtue of the Merger (the “Stockholder Cash Payment”) and the shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by each Company Stockholder by virtue of the Merger (the “Stockholder Stock Payments”) pursuant to Section 1.6, shall pass, only upon delivery of the Company Certificates to the Payment Agent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Certificates in exchange for the Stockholder Cash Payments and Stockholder Stock Payments to which such Company Stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.6. Upon surrender of a Company Certificate for cancellation to the Payment Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, such Company Stockholder shall be entitled to receive, and the Payment Agent shall promptly deliver in exchange therefor, any Stockholder Cash Payment and/or Stockholder Stock Payment to be received (less any amount of cash and Parent Common Stock, as applicable, to be deposited in the Escrow Fund on such holder’s behalf pursuant to Section 1.8(b) and Article VII hereof), and the Company Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII hereof, Parent shall cause to be delivered to the Escrow Agent (as defined in Article VII) an amount of cash and Parent Common Stock equal to the Escrow Amount. |
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(d) Transfers of Ownership. If any portion of the Stockholder Cash Payment or the Stockholder Stock Payment is to be paid to any person other than the person(s) in whose name(s) the Company Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of such payment that the Company Certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer to the person who shall receive such Stockholder Cash Payment and/or Stockholder Stock Payment and that the person(s) requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of such Stockholder Cash Payment or Stockholder Stock Payment other than to the registered holder(s) of the Company Certificate surrendered. |
(e) Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged Shares. No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of record of such certificate shall surrender such certificate. Subject to applicable Law, following surrender of any such Company Certificate, there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock. |
(f) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. If any Company Certificates evidencing shares of Company Capital Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Payment Agent shall pay the Stockholder Cash Payment and/or Stockholder Stock Payment as required pursuant to Section 1.6, and any dividends or other distributions as may be required pursuant to Section 1.8(e), in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificates, upon the delivery by the holder thereof of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof containing customary indemnification provisions satisfactory to Parent. |
(g) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.8, neither Parent nor any 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. |
(h) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock. The Stockholder Cash Payment and/or Stockholder Stock Payment paid to the holders of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding prior to the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of Parent of shares of Company Capital Stock that were outstanding prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Company Certificates are presented to Parent for any reason, they shall be canceled and paid or exchanged as provided in this Article I. |
(i) Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Parent are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action. |
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1.9 Cash Elections. |
(a) Each holder of Company Series A Preferred Stock may, with respect to all or any portion of such holder’s shares other than Dissenting Shares, make an unconditional election (a “Cash Election”) on or prior to the Election Date (as defined below) to receive cash for such holder’s shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock rather than Parent Common Stock, on the basis hereinafter set forth. |
(b) Parent shall prepare a form of election (the “Form of Election”) which will be mailed to all holders of Company Series A Preferred Stock not more than 60 business days nor less than 20 business days prior to the Election Date. The Form of Election may be included with the proxy solicited from Company Stockholders in connection with the approval by the Company Stockholders of the Merger. The Form of Election shall be used by each holder of Company Series A Preferred Stock who wishes to elect to receive cash for any or all shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder, subject to the proration provisions of Section 1.10. Any holder’s election to receive cash shall have been properly made only if the Payment Agent shall have received at its designated office, by 5:00 p.m., Palo Alto time, on the business day specified by the Company in the Form of Election (the “Election Date”), which Election Date shall be one business day prior to the date on which Parent reasonably believes the Effective Time will occur, a Form of Election properly completed and signed. Any Form of Election may be revoked by the stockholder submitting it only by written notice received by the Payment Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., Palo Alto time, on the Election Date. |
(c) The determination of the Payment Agent (or the mutual determination of Company and Parent in the event that the Payment Agent declines to make any such determination) shall be binding as to whether or not Cash Elections have been properly made or revoked pursuant to this Section 1.9 with respect to shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock and as to when Cash Elections and revocations were received by it. If the Payment Agent reasonably determines in good faith that any Cash Election was not properly made with respect to shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, such shares shall be treated by the Payment Agent as shares which were not Electing Company Shares at the Effective Time, and such shares shall be converted in the Merger into the right to receive the stock consideration pursuant to Section 1.6(c). The Payment Agent (or Company and Parent by mutual agreement in the event that the Payment Agent declines to make any such determination) shall also make all computations as to the allocation and the proration contemplated by Section 1.10, and any such computation shall be conclusive and binding on the holders of Company Series A Preferred Stock. The Payment Agent may, with the mutual written agreement of Company and Parent, make such rules as are consistent with this Section 1.9 for the implementation of the Cash Elections provided for herein and as shall be necessary or desirable to fully effect such Cash Elections. |
1.10 Proration. |
(a) Proration Requirements. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the aggregate amount of cash that shall be paid in exchange for outstanding shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock (the “Maximum Cash Amount”) shall be equal to fifty percent of the dollar value of the sum of all cash and Parent Common Stock (the value of each share of Parent Common Stock for such purpose shall be the closing price of a share of Parent Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on the day before the Effective Time) to be issued in exchange for outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock (but not Company Options or Company Warrants). |
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(b) Procedures for Reducing Number of Electing Company Shares. If the aggregate number of Electing Company Shares (the “Electing Number”) would cause the amount of cash to be paid in the Merger to exceed the Maximum Cash Amount, then the Electing Number shall be reduced on a pro rata basis among the holders of Electing Company Shares as follows: (i) a proration factor (the “Cash Proration Factor”) shall be determined by dividing the (x) the Maximum Cash Amount by (y) the amount of cash that would have been paid with respect to all Electing Company Shares; and (ii) the number of Electing Company Shares covered by each Cash Election shall be reduced by multiplying the number of Electing Company Shares covered by such Cash Election by the Cash Proration Factor. The shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock that shall no longer constitute Electing Company Shares by virtue of Section 1.10(b)(ii) shall be converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock (on a consistent basis among stockholders who made Cash Elections, pro rata to the respective numbers of shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock as to which they made such Cash Elections) as if such shares were not Electing Company Shares, in accordance with the terms of Section 1.6(c). |
(b) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has reserved 2,590,000 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance to employees and consultants pursuant to the Option Plan, of which 1,345,000 shares are subject to outstanding, unexercised options and 805,000 shares remain available for future grant. The Company has reserved no shares of Company Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Company Options except those granted under the Option Plan. Schedule 2.2(b) sets forth for each outstanding Company Option and Company Warrant, the name of the holder, the domicile address of the holder, the number of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock subject to such option or warrant, the exercise price of such option or warrant and the vesting schedule for such option, including the extent such option is vested as of the date hereof and whether and to what extent the exercisability or vesting of such option would be accelerated by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except for Company Options or Company Warrants described in Schedule 2.2(b) and the conversion rights of the Company Series A Preferred Stock, there are no options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any character, written or oral, to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Company Common Stock or obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement. The holders of Company Options have received or will be given, or shall have properly waived, any required notice prior to the Effective Time, and all such notice requirements will be terminated at or prior to the Effective Time. At the Effective Time, Parent will be the record and sole beneficial owner of all Company Capital Stock and rights to acquire or receive such Company Capital Stock. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or set forth on Schedule 2.2(b), there are no rights agreements, voting trusts, proxies or other agreement or understanding to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or of which it is aware with respect to any Company Capital Stock or Company Convertible Security. All of the Company’s outstanding securities were issued in compliance with the registration or qualification requirements of all applicable state and federal securities laws. |
(a) transaction by the Company except in the ordinary course of business as conducted on the date of the Reference Balance Sheet and consistent with past practice; |
(b) amendments or changes to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company; |
(c) capital expenditure or commitment by the Company exceeding $5,000 individually or $20,000 in the aggregate; |
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(d) destruction of, material damage to or loss of any material assets, business or customer of the Company (whether or not covered by insurance); |
(e) labor trouble or claim of wrongful discharge or other unlawful labor practice or action; |
(f) event or condition that has had or would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; |
(g) change in accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation, amortization or revenue recognition policies or rates) by the Company; |
(h) revaluation by the Company of any of its assets; |
(i) declaration, setting aside or payment of a dividend or other distribution with respect to the capital stock of the Company, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition by the Company of any of its capital stock; |
(j) increase in the salary or other compensation (including any equity-based compensation, bonus or payment) payable or to become payable to any of its officers or directors, or the declaration, payment or commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment of a bonus or other additional salary or compensation to any such person except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement; |
(k) sale, lease, license or other disposition of any of the assets or properties of the Company, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(l) amendment or termination (other than pursuant to its terms) of any Contract described in Schedule 2.12(a) or Schedule 2.11(n) to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; |
(m) loan by the Company to any person or entity, incurring by the Company of any indebtedness, guaranteeing by the Company of any indebtedness, issuance or sale of any debt securities of the Company or guaranteeing of any debt securities of others, except for advances to employees for travel and business expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(n) waiver or release of any material right or claim of the Company, including any write-off or other compromise of any account receivable of the Company; |
(o) issuance or sale by the Company of any of its shares of capital stock, or securities exchangeable, convertible or exercisable therefor, or of any other of its securities except for the grant of Company Options as set forth on Schedule 2.2(b) and the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Options; |
(p) change in the pricing or royalties set or charged by the Company to its customers or licensees or in pricing or royalties set or charged by persons who have licensed Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 2.11) to the Company other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(q) termination, voluntary or involuntary, of any key employees; |
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(r) reduction in projected purchase requirements by any material Company customer or any notice of intent to reduce such purchases by any such customer; or |
(s) negotiation or agreement by the Company or any officer or employees thereof to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (a) through (r) (other than negotiations with Parent and its representatives regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement). |
2.8 Tax and Other Returns and Reports. |
(a) Definition of Taxes. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Tax” or, collectively, “Taxes,” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities, including taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and 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. |
(b) Tax Returns and Audits. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8: |
(i) The Company has prepared and filed, or will prepare and file, when due (including any extensions of such due date) all required federal, state, local and foreign returns, estimates, information statements and reports (“Returns”) relating to any and all Taxes concerning or attributable to the Company or its operations with respect to any taxable period ending on or before the Closing, and, except to the extent a reserve for Taxes has been established by the Company on the Company Financials, such Returns are, or will be, true and correct and have been, or will be, completed in accordance with applicable Law. |
(ii) The Company: (A) has paid or will pay in a timely manner all Taxes it is required to pay on or before the Closing, except to the extent a reserve for Taxes has been established by the Company on the Company Financials, and (B) has withheld or will withhold with respect to its employees all federal and state income taxes, FICA, FUTA and other Taxes required to be withheld and has paid or will pay all such withheld taxes to the proper governmental agencies. |
(iii) There is no Tax deficiency outstanding or assessed against the Company, nor has a Tax deficiency been proposed in writing against the Company, nor has the Company executed any waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax. |
(iv) No audit or other examination of any Return of the Company is currently in progress, nor has the Company been notified of any request for such an audit or other examination. The Company is not aware of any factual basis upon which an audit or examination could be based that would result in a material assessment. |
(v) The Company does not have any liabilities for unpaid federal, state, local and foreign Taxes which have not been accrued or reserved against on the Company Financials, whether asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise. |
(vi) The Company has provided to Parent copies of all federal and state income and all state sales and use Tax Returns filed by the Company for all periods since the date of the Company’s incorporation. |
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(vii) There are (and as of immediately following the Effective Time there will be) no liens, pledges, charges, claims, security interests or other encumbrances of any sort (“Liens”) on the assets of the Company relating to or attributable to Taxes except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. |
(viii) Except to the extent a reserve for Taxes has been established by the Company on the Company Financials, the Company has no knowledge of any basis for the assertion of any claim relating or attributable to Taxes which, if adversely determined, would result in any Lien on the assets of the Company. |
(ix) None of the Company’s assets are treated as “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code. |
(x) As of the Effective Time, there will not be any Contract, plan or arrangement, including but not limited to the provisions of this Agreement, covering any employee or former employee of the Company that, individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 280G or 162 of the Code. |
(xi) The Company has not filed any consent agreement under Section 341(f) of the Code or agreed to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code apply to any disposition of a subsection (f) asset (as defined in Section 341(f)(4) of the Code) owned by the Company. The Company has not agreed, nor is it required, to make any adjustment under Section 481 of the Code by reason of a change in accounting method. |
(xii) The Company has never been a member of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (or member of any analogous group under applicable Law) other than a group of which the Company was the common parent. The Company is not a party to a tax sharing or allocation agreement nor does the Company owe any amount under any such agreement. The Company does not have any actual or potential liability for Taxes under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of Law) or as a successor or transferee. |
(xiii) The Company is not, and has not been at any time, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code. |
(xiv) The Company has not constituted either a “Distributing Corporation” or a “Controlled Corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for a tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (X) in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement or (Y) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “Plan” or “Series of Related Transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the Merger. |
(xv) No power of attorney relating to tax matters has been granted with respect to the Company. |
2.10 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances. |
(a) The Company owns no real property nor has it ever owned any real property. Schedule 2.10(a) sets forth a list of all real property currently, or at any time in the past, leased or otherwise occupied by the Company (the “Company Facilities”), the name of the lessor, the date of the lease or other occupancy agreement and each amendment or other modification thereto (the “Company Leases”) and the aggregate annual rental and other fees payable under any such Company Leases currently in effect. All such current Company Leases are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. The Company is not in breach of or in default under any of such current Company Leases and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event or condition has occurred which could (with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) constitute a breach of or default by the Company under any such current Company Lease. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party to any such current Company Lease is in breach of or in default under any such current Company Leases and no event or condition has occurred which could (with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) constitute a breach of or default by the Company under any such current Company Lease. No party other than the Company has the right to occupy any Company Facility. |
(b) The Company has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its tangible properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business as currently conducted or currently proposed by the Company to be conducted, free and clear of any Liens, except (i) as reflected in the Company Financials or in Schedule 2.10(b), (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, and (iii) such imperfections of title and encumbrances, if any, which are not material in character, amount or extent, and which do not materially detract from the value, or materially interfere with the present use, of the property subject thereto or affected thereby. |
2.11 Intellectual Property. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following definitions: |
“Intellectual Property” shall mean any or all of the following and all rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) all United States and foreign patents and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof; (ii) all inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data and customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (iii) all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; (iv) all semiconductor and semiconductor circuit designs; (v) all rights to all mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor; (vi) all industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout the world; (vii) all trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks; trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor and all goodwill associated therewith throughout the world; (viii) all databases and data collections and all rights therein throughout the world; (ix) all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, all media on which any of the foregoing is recorded, all Web addresses, sites and domain names; (x) any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing; and (xi) all documentation related to any of the foregoing. |
“Company Intellectual Property” shall mean any Intellectual Property that is owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company. |
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“Registered Intellectual Property” shall mean all United States, international and foreign: (i) patents, patent applications (including provisional applications); (ii) registered trademarks, applications to register trademarks, intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications related to trademarks; (iii) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration; (iv) mask work registrations and applications to register mask works; and (v) any other Company Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any state, government or other public legal authority. |
“Company Registered Intellectual Property” shall mean all of the Registered Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name of, the Company. |
(a) Schedule 2.11(a) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Company Registered Intellectual Property and specifies, where applicable, the jurisdictions in which each such item of Company Registered Intellectual Property has been issued or registered and lists any Proceedings before any court, tribunal (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority anywhere in the world) related to any of Company Registered Intellectual Property. |
(b) Schedule 2.11(b) sets forth a complete and accurate list (by name and version number) of all products or service offerings (including related software) of the Company (“Company Products”) that have been distributed or provided to customers or channel partners since the Company’s inception or which the Company currently intends to distribute or provide to customers or channel partners in the future, including any products or service offerings currently under development. |
(c) The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would render any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable or that would adversely affect any pending application for any Company Registered Intellectual Property. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company knows of no information, materials, facts, or circumstances, including any information or fact that would constitute prior art, that would render any of Company Registered Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable, or would adversely effect any pending application for any Company Registered Intellectual Property and the Company has not misrepresented, or failed to disclose, and has no knowledge of any misrepresentation or failure by a third party to disclose, any fact or circumstances in any application for any Company Registered Intellectual Property that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise adversely affect the validity or enforceability of any Company Registered Intellectual Property. |
(d) No Company Intellectual Property or Company Product is subject to any Proceeding, Order, Contract, Permit or stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer, or licensing thereof by the Company or which may adversely affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property or Company Product. |
(e) Each material item of Company Registered Intellectual Property is valid and subsisting, all necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been made and all necessary documents, recordations 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, for the purposes of perfecting and maintaining such Company Registered Intellectual Property. |
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(f) Schedule 2.11(f) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all actions that are required to be taken by the Company within ninety (90) days after the date hereof with respect to any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property. |
(g) The Company owns and has good and exclusive title to, or has a valid license to use, each material item of Company Intellectual Property free and clear of any Lien (excluding non-exclusive licenses and related restrictions granted in the ordinary course). Without limiting the foregoing: (i) the Company is the exclusive owner of all trademarks and trade names (other than trademarks and trade names licensed to the Company) used in connection with the operation or conduct of the business of the Company, including the sale, distribution or provision to customers or channel partners of any Company Products by the Company; and (ii) the Company owns exclusively, and has good title to, or has a valid license to use, all copyrighted works that are Company Products or which the Company otherwise purports to own or license. |
(h) Except set forth in Schedule 2.11(h), all Company Intellectual Property (other than off-the-shelf commercially available end-user software) will be fully transferable, alienable or licensable by the Surviving Corporation without restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party. |
(i) To the extent that any technology, software or material Intellectual Property has been developed or created independently or jointly by a third party for the Company or is incorporated into any of the Company Products, the Company has a written agreement with such third party with respect thereto and the Company thereby either (i) has obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, or (ii) has obtained a perpetual, non-terminable license (sufficient for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted) to all such third party’s Intellectual Property in such work, material or invention by operation of Law or by valid assignment, to the fullest extent it is legally possible to do so. |
(j) With the exception of “shrink-wrap” or similar widely-available commercial end-user licenses, all Company Intellectual Property used in or necessary to the conduct of the Company’s business as presently conducted or currently contemplated to be conducted by the Company was written and created solely by either (i) employees of the Company acting within the scope of their employment or (ii) by third parties who have validly and irrevocably assigned all of their rights, including Intellectual Property rights therein, to the Company, and no third party owns or has any rights to any of Company Intellectual Property. |
(k) All employees of the Company have entered into valid and binding written agreements with the Company sufficient to vest title in the Company of all Intellectual Property created by such employee in the scope of his or her employment with the Company. |
(l) No person who has licensed any Intellectual Property to the Company has ownership rights or license rights to improvements made by the Company in such Intellectual Property. |
(m) The Company has not transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license with respect to, any Intellectual Property that is or was material Company Intellectual Property, to any third party, or permitted the Company’s rights in such material Company Intellectual Property to lapse or enter the public domain. |
(n) Schedule 2.11(n) lists all material Contracts to which the Company is a party: (i) with respect to Company Intellectual Property licensed or transferred to any third party (other than end-user licenses in the ordinary course); or (ii) pursuant to which a third party has licensed or transferred any Intellectual Property to the Company other than pursuant to industry-standard commercially available binary licenses. |
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(o) All Contracts relating to either (i) Company Intellectual Property or (ii) Intellectual Property of a third party licensed to the Company are in full force and effect. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will neither violate nor result in the breach, modification, cancellation, termination or suspension of such Contracts. The Company is in material compliance with, and has not materially breached any term of any such Contracts and, to the knowledge of the Company, all other parties to such Contracts are in compliance with, and have not materially breached any term of, such Contracts. Following the Closing Date, the Surviving Corporation will be permitted to exercise all of the Company’s rights under such Contracts to the same extent the Company would have been able to had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Company would otherwise be required to pay. |
(p) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(p), neither this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the assignment to Parent or Merger Sub by operation of Law or otherwise of any Contract to which the Company is a party, will result in: (i) either Parent’s or the Merger Sub’s granting to any third party any right to or with respect to any material Intellectual Property right owned by, or licensed to, either of them; (ii) either Parent or Merger Sub being bound by, or subject to, any non-compete or other material restriction on the operation or scope of their respective businesses; or (iii) either Parent or Merger Sub being obligated to pay any royalties or other material amounts to any third party in excess of those payable by Parent or Merger Sub, respectively, prior to the Closing other than royalties that the Company would have otherwise been required to pay had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred. |
(q) The operation of the business of the Company as it currently is conducted or, to the knowledge of the Company, as it is currently contemplated to be conducted by the Company, including but not limited to the design, development, use, import, branding, advertising, promotion, marketing, manufacture and sale of Company Products (including products, technology or services currently under development) does not and will not, when conducted by Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation in substantially the same manner following the Closing, infringe or misappropriate any Intellectual Property right of any person, violate any right of any person (including any right to privacy or publicity) or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the Laws of any jurisdiction, and the Company has not received notice from any person claiming that such operation or any act, product, technology or service (including products, technology or services currently under development) of the Company infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property right of any person or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under the Laws of any jurisdiction (nor does the Company have knowledge of any basis therefor). |
(r) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(r), Company Intellectual Property constitutes all the Intellectual Property used in and/or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company as it currently is conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Company, as it is currently planned or contemplated to be conducted by the Company, including, without limitation, the design, development, manufacture, use, import and sale of products, technology and performance of services (including products, technology or services currently under development). |
(s) To the knowledge of the Company, no person has or is infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual Property. |
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(t) The Company has taken reasonable steps for companies of similar size and in similar businesses to protect the Company’s rights in the Company’s material confidential information and trade secrets or any trade secrets or confidential information of third parties provided to Company under an obligation of confidentiality, and, without limiting the foregoing, the Company has and enforces a policy requiring each employee and contractor to execute a proprietary information/confidentiality agreement or consulting agreement with a proprietary information/confidentiality provision substantially in the forms provided to Parent and all current and former employees and contractors of Company have executed such an agreement, except where the failure to do any of the foregoing is not reasonably expected to be material to the Company. |
2.12 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments. |
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12(a), the Company does not have, is not a party to nor is it bound by: |
(i) any collective bargaining agreements, |
(ii) any agreements or arrangements that contain any severance pay or post-employment liabilities or obligations, |
(iii) any bonus, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing or retirement plans, or any other employee benefit plans or arrangements, |
(iv) any employment or consulting Contract with an employee or individual consultant or salesperson or any consulting or sales Contract under which any firm or other organization provides services to the Company, |
(v) any agreement or plan, including, without limitation, any stock option plan, stock appreciation rights plan or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (or upon the occurrence of any subsequent events) or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (or upon the occurrence of any subsequent events), |
(vi) any fidelity or surety bond or completion bond, |
(vii) any lease of personal property having a value individually in excess of $50,000, |
(viii) any agreement of indemnification or guaranty, |
(ix) any Contract containing any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any person, |
(x) any Contract relating to capital expenditures and involving future payments in excess of $20,000, |
(xi) any Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise outside the ordinary course of the Company’s business, |
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(xii) any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, including guaranties referred to in clause (viii) hereof in each case in excess of $10,000, |
(xiii) any purchase order or Contract for the purchase of raw materials or finished products involving $5,000 or more per order to be incurred by the Company following the date of this Agreement, |
(xiv) any construction Contract, |
(xv) any distribution, joint marketing or development agreement, |
(xvi) any agreement pursuant to which the Company has granted or may grant in the future, to any party, a source-code license or option or other right to use or acquire source-code, or |
(xvii) any other Contract that involves $20,000 or more or is not cancelable without penalty within thirty (30) days. |
(b) The Company has not breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the material terms or conditions of any Contract required to be set forth on Schedule 2.12(a)or Schedule 2.11(n)(any such Contract, a “Scheduled Contract”). Each Scheduled Contract is in full force and effect (except for those Scheduled Contracts that have terminated or expired by their terms) and, except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 2.12(b), to the Company’s knowledge, no party obligated to the Company pursuant to a Scheduled Contract is in default thereunder. |
(a) Hazardous Material. The Company has not operated any underground storage tanks, and has no knowledge of the existence during the period of its ownership, operation, occupation or leasehold, of any underground storage tank at any property that the Company has at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased. The Company has not, at any time, disposed of, discharged , emitted or released any amount of any substance that has been designated by any applicable federal, state or local Law to be a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material” or “toxic substance” or words of similar import, under any Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, PCBs, asbestos, oil and petroleum products, urea-formaldehyde (“Hazardous Materials”) so as to contaminate any soil, groundwater, surface water, air or building materials of any property in a manner which would legally require remediation, investigation or similar response activity. No Hazardous Materials are present as a result of the actions or omissions of the Company, or, as a result of any actions of any third party or otherwise, in, on or under any property that the Company has at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased, including the land and the improvements, ground water and surface water thereof so as to give rise to any material liability or clean-up obligation of the Company under any Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws relating in any way to pollution , the environment or the protection of human health and worker safety, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended. |
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities. The Company has not transported, stored, used, manufactured, disposed of, released or exposed its employees or others to Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Laws in effect on or before the Effective Time, nor has the Company disposed of, transported, sold, or manufactured any product containing a Hazardous Material (any or all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Hazardous Materials Activities”) in violation of any Environmental Laws in effect prior to or as of the date hereof to prohibit, regulate or control Hazardous Materials or any Hazardous Material Activity. |
(c) Permits. The Company currently holds, and is (and has been) in compliance in all material respects with, all environmental approvals, permits, licenses, clearances and consents (the “Environmental Permits”) and any conditions placed thereon necessary for the conduct of the Company’s Hazardous Material Activities and other businesses of the Company as such activities and businesses are currently being conducted. |
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(d) Environmental Liabilities. No Proceeding or amendment procedure is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened concerning any Environmental Permit, Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Materials Activity of the Company. The Company is not aware of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to involve the Company in any environmental litigation or impose upon the Company any environmental liability |
(e) Environmental Records.The Company has delivered to Parent or made available for inspection by Parent and its agents, representatives and employees all records in the Company’s possession concerning the Hazardous Materials Activities of the Company relating to its business and all environmental audits and environmental assessments of any Company Facility currently or previously owned, leased, occupied, or controlled by the Company, conducted at the request of, or otherwise in the possession of the Company. |
(a) Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: |
(i) “Affiliate” shall mean any other person or entity under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder; |
(ii) “Company Employee Plan” shall mean 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 any Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to which the Company or any Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation; |
(iii) “COBRA” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended; |
(iv) “DOL” shall mean the United States Department of Labor; |
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(v) “Employee” shall mean any current, former or retired employee, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate; |
(vi) “Employee Agreement” shall mean each management, employment, severance, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visas, work permit or other agreement, Contract or understanding between the Company or any Affiliate and any Employee; |
(vii) “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; |
(viii) “FMLA” shall mean the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended; |
(ix) “International Employee Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan that has been adopted or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, whether informally or formally, or with respect to which the Company or any Affiliate will or may have any liability, for the benefit of Employees who perform services outside the United States; |
(x) “IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service; |
(xi) “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any “Pension Plan” (as defined below) which is a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA; and |
(xii) “Pension Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA. |
(b) Schedule. Schedule 2.20(b) contains an accurate and complete list of each Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan, and each Employee Agreement. The Company does not have any plan or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan, or Employee Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent required by Law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employee 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, International Employee Plan, or Employee Agreement. |
(c) Documents. The Company has provided to Parent: correct and complete copies of (i) all documents embodying each Company Employee Plan, International Employee Plan, and each Employee Agreement including (without limitation) all amendments thereto and all related trust documents; (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, filed under ERISA or the Code in connection with each Company Employee Plan; (iv) if the Company Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets; (v) 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; (vi) all IRS determination, opinion, notification and advisory letters, and all material applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or the DOL with respect to any such application or letter; (vii) all written agreements and Contract relating to each Company Employee Plan, including, but not limited to, administrative service agreements, group annuity Contracts and group insurance Contracts; (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 correspondence to or from any governmental agency relating to any Company Employee Plan; (x) all COBRA forms and related notices (or such forms and notices as required under comparable Law); (xi) all policies pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Company Employee Plan; (xii) the three (3) most recent plan years discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan; and (xiii) all registration statements, annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto) and prospectuses prepared in connection with each Company Employee Plan. |
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(d) Employee Plan Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.20(d), (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 and Orders, including but not limited to ERISA or the Code; (ii) each Company Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code has either received a favorable determination, opinion, notification or advisory letter from the IRS with respect to each such Company Employee Plan as to its qualified status under the Code, including all amendments to the Code effected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation, or has remaining a period of time under applicable Treasury regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such a letter and make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination as to the qualified status of each such Company Employee Plan; (iii) no “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 4975 of the 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 knowledge of the Company, 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, the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses); (vi) there are no audits, inquiries or Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Affiliates, threatened by the IRS or DOL with respect to any Company Employee Plan; and (vii) neither the Company nor any 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 Code. |
(e) Pension Plan. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any Pension Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. |
(f) Collectively Bargained Multiemployer and Multiple Employer Plans. At no time has the Company or any Affiliate contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan. Neither the Company, nor any Affiliate has at any time ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to any multiple employer plan, or any plan described in Section 413 of the Code. |
(g) No Post-Employment Obligations. No Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability to provide retiree health 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. |
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(h) Health Care Compliance. The Company has complied in all material respects with, and has no unsatisfied obligations under, the applicable health care continuation and notice requirements of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA, the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the requirements of the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act, the requirements of the Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act of 1996, and any amendment to each such Act, and any similar provisions of state law applicable to its Employees. |
(i) Effect of Transaction. |
(i) The execution of this Agreement 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, Employee 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, compensation or benefit which will or may be made by Parent, the Company or its Affiliates with respect to any Employee or any other “disqualified individual” will be characterized as a “parachute payment,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code. |
(j) Employment Matters. The Company: (i) is in compliance with all applicable Laws respecting employment, 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) is not liable 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, reasonably anticipated or threatened claims or actions against the Company under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Each person who is acting or has acted as a consultant to the Company is acting or has acted as an “independent contractor” and could not, based on the facts and circumstances of his or her consultancy, reasonably be deemed to be or have been “employed” with the Company. Disclosure Schedule 2.20(j) sets forth all outstanding offers of employment whether written or oral, made to any executive or managerial level employee or prospective executive or managerial level employee, which offer has not been rejected by the offeree. |
(k) Labor. No work stoppage or labor strike against the Company is pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated. The Company does not know 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 knowledge of the Company, 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 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. |
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(l) International Employee Plan. Each International Employee Plan has been established, maintained and administered in compliance with its terms and conditions and with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws that are applicable to such International Employee Plan. Furthermore, no International Employee Plan has unfunded liabilities, that as of the Effective Time, will not be offset by insurance or fully accrued. Except as required by Law, no condition exists that would prevent the Company or Parent from terminating or amending any International Employee Plan at any time for any reason without liability to the Company or its Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses or routine claims for benefits). |
(m) Retention Matters. The Company has no knowledge that any Company employee, or group of Company employees, intends to terminate employment with the Company. |
(a) Enter into any commitment, activity or transaction not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(b) Transfer to any person or entity any rights to any Company Intellectual Property or enter into any agreement with respect to Company Intellectual Property with any person or entity, in each case, other than pursuant to non-exclusive end-user licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(c) Terminate any employees other than for cause or encourage any employees to resign from the Company; |
(d) Amend, terminate or otherwise modify, or violate the terms of, any of the agreements set forth or described in the Company Schedules; |
(e) Commence or settle any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding to collect debts in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(f) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock, or split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock of the Company, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock (or options, warrants or other rights exercisable therefor) except for (i) repurchases of the Company Capital Stock upon the termination of service of any service providers of the Company in accordance with the standard terms set forth in the agreements governing such repurchases, all of which agreements have been provided or made available to Parent, and (ii) issuances of Company Common Stock upon exercise or conversion of Company Convertible Securities outstanding on the date hereof; |
(g) Issue, sell, grant, contract to issue, sell or grant, or authorize the issuance, sale or grant of any shares of Company Capital Stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Company Capital Stock, or any securities, warrants, options or rights to purchase any of the foregoing, except for (i) issuances of Company Capital Stock upon the exercise or conversion of Company Convertible Securities outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) options to newly-hired, non-officer employees of the Company in amounts not to exceed 1,000 shares in any individual case or 5,000 shares in the aggregate provided that such options will be granted at fair market value pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Option Plan, have standard four-year vesting schedules and not have any terms providing for the acceleration of vesting. |
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(h) Cause or permit any amendments to its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws except as contemplated by this Agreement; |
(i) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of the Company other than in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; |
(j) Sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer any of the assets or properties of the Company which are not Company Intellectual Property other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, including but not limited to the performance of obligations under contractual arrangements listed on the Company Schedules existing as of the date hereof, or create any security interest in such assets or properties; |
(k) Grant any loan to any person or entity, incur any indebtedness or guarantee any indebtedness, issue or sell any debt securities, guarantee any debt securities of others, purchase any debt securities of others or amend the terms of any outstanding agreements related to borrowed money in each case in excess of $5,000, except for advances to employees for travel and business expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
(l) Grant (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) or make any commitment or obligation for the grant of any severance or termination pay (i) to any director or officer or (ii) to any employee, consultant or advisor or increase (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) the salary or other compensation payable or to become payable by the Company to any of its officers, directors, employees, consultants or advisors, or declare, pay or make any commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) by the Company of a bonus or other additional salary or compensation to any such person, or adopt or amend any Company Employee Plan or enter into any Employee Agreement (as defined in Section 2.20); |
(m) Revalue any of its assets, including without limitation writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; |
(n) Take any action to accelerate the vesting schedule of any of the outstanding Company Options or Company Capital Stock other than as required by existing agreements outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement; |
(o) Pay, discharge or satisfy, in an amount in excess of $5,000 individually or $20,000 in the aggregate any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements; |
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(p) Make or change any material election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes; |
(q) Enter into any strategic alliance, joint development or joint marketing arrangement or agreement; |
(r) Fail to pay or otherwise satisfy its monetary obligations as they become due, except such as are being contested in good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are established and reflected in the Financial Statements; |
(s) Waive any rights with a value in excess of $5,000 individually or $20,000 in the aggregate; |
(t) Cancel, materially amend or renew any insurance policy other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or allow any such insurance policy to expire; |
(u) Alter its interest in any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership or business entity in which the Company directly or indirectly holds any interest on the date hereof; or |
(v) Take, or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in Sections 4.1(a) through (u) above, or any other action that would prevent the Company from performing or cause the Company not to perform its covenants hereunder or cause any of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement to be inaccurate as of the Effective Time. |
ARTICLE V
5.1 Fairness Hearing; Stockholder Approval. |
(a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall prepare the necessary documents and Parent shall apply to obtain a permit (a “California Permit”) from the California Commissioner of Corporations (after a hearing before such Commissioner) pursuant to Section 25121 of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, so that the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger shall be exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act. The Company and Parent will respond to any comments from the California Department of Corporations and use their reasonable best efforts to have the California Permit granted as soon as practicable after such filing. As promptly as practical after the date of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall prepare and make such filings as are required under, and agree to take all actions necessary to comply with, applicable federal and state securities laws relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
(b) As promptly as practicable after the receipt of a California Permit, the Company shall submit this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to its stockholders for approval and adoption as provided by Delaware Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts, prior to the Closing, to solicit and obtain the consent of its stockholders to (i) approve the Merger and this Agreement, (ii) terminate the Investors’ Rights Agreement and Voting Agreement each dated as of December 15, 2000 between the Company and certain of its stockholders (the “Rights Agreements”) and (iii) approve the amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove the liquidation preferences and participation rights of the Company Preferred Stock, and to enable the Closing to occur as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 45 days following the date hereof. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to provide promptly to the other such information concerning its business, financial statements and affairs as may be required or appropriate in the disclosure materials submitted to the Company Stockholders and to cause its representatives to cooperate with the other’s representatives in the preparation of the disclosure materials. The disclosure materials submitted to the Company Stockholders shall be subject to the review and approval (not to be unreasonably withheld) by Parent (and include information regarding the Company, the terms of the Merger and this Agreement and the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company in favor of the Merger and this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby. None of the information contained in any documents mailed or delivered to the Company Stockholders in connection with soliciting their consent to this Agreement or the Merger will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of said documents. None of the information supplied by Parent that is contained in any documents mailed or delivered to the Company Stockholders in connection with soliciting their consent to this Agreement and the Merger will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of said documents The Company will promptly advise Parent, and Parent will promptly advise the Company, in writing if at any time prior to the Effective Time either the Company or Parent shall obtain knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the disclosure materials in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable Law. |
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(c) Alternative Exemption. If without the fault of the Company, a Permit is denied or no Permit for the issuance of the Parent Common Stock is issued to Parent on or before January 15, 2002, then Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to issue the shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the “private placement” exemption under the Securities Act and shall file a resale registration statement with the SEC registering such shares no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing. The obligations of Parent and the Company with respect to the provision and accuracy of information to be provided in connection with the disclosure materials, as stated herein, shall apply equally to information required with respect to the resale registration statement and inquiries of the SEC with respect thereto. |
(a) Effective as of the day immediately preceding the Effective Time, the Company shall terminate any and all group severance, separation or salary continuation plans, programs or arrangements and any and all plans intended to include a Code Section 401(k) arrangement (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that such 401(k) plans shall not be terminated) (collectively, “Company Employee Plans”). Unless Parent provides such written notice to the Company no later than three (3) business days prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such Company Employee Plan(s) have been terminated (effective as of the day immediately preceding the Effective Time) pursuant to resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors. The form and substance of such resolutions shall be subject to prior review and approval of Parent. The Company also shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating such Company Employee Plan(s) as Parent may reasonably require. |
(b) In the event that the distribution or rollover of assets from the trust of the 401(k) plan that is terminated is reasonably anticipated to trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or other fees to be imposed upon the account of any participant or beneficiary of such terminated plan or upon the Company or plan sponsor, then the Company shall take such actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the amount of such charges and/or fees and provide such estimate in writing to Parent at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Effective Time. |
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(a) From and after the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time, each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify, and will not knowingly take any action, cause any action to be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to be taken which action or failure to act could prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code. Following the Effective Time, neither the Surviving Corporation, Parent nor any of their affiliates shall knowingly take any action, cause any action to be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to be taken, which action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code. |
(b) As of the date hereof, the Company does not know of any reason (i) why it would not be able to deliver to Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP (“Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) (counsel to the Company) or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (counsel to Parent), at the date of the legal opinions referred to below, representation letters substantially in compliance with IRS published advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions and modifications thereto, to enable such firms to deliver the legal opinions contemplated by Sections 6.2(e) and 6.3(o), and the Company hereby agrees to deliver such representation letters effective as of the date of such opinions, or (ii) why Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx would not be able to deliver the opinions required by Sections 6.2(e) and 6.3(o). As of the date hereof, Parent and Merger Sub do not know of any reason why they would not be able to deliver to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, at the date of the legal opinions referred to below, representation letters substantially in compliance with the IRS published advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions and modifications thereto, to enable such firms to deliver the legal opinions contemplated by Sections 6.2(e) and 6.3(o), and Parent hereby agrees to deliver such representation letters effective as of the date of such opinions, or (ii) why Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx would not be able to deliver the opinions required by Sections 6.2(e) and 6.3(o). |
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(a) Stockholder Approval. This Agreement and the Merger shall have been approved and adopted by the stockholders of the Company by the requisite vote under applicable Delaware Law and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation. |
(b) California Permit. The California Commissioner of Corporations shall have approved the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fairness of such terms and conditions, following a hearing for such purpose, and shall have issued a California Permit or Parent shall be eligible to rely on the “private placement” exemption under the Securities Act as provided in section 5.1(c). |
(c) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition preventing or delaying or rendering illegal the consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in effect. |
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct when made and true and correct on and as of the Closing Date except for (i) representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which shall remain true and correct as of such date), and (ii) inaccuracies which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (assuming that each representation or warranty qualified by materiality or material adverse effect was not so qualified). The Company shall have received a certificate with respect to each of the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent by a duly authorized officer of Parent. |
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Effective Time, and the Company shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by a duly authorized officer of Parent. |
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(c) Legal Opinion. The Company shall have received a legal opinion from legal counsel to Parent, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. |
(d) Listing of Parent Common Stock. The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger shall have been approved for listing (subject to notice of issuance) on the New York Stock Exchange. |
(e) Tax Opinion of Company’s Counsel. The Company shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, counsel to the Company, based upon representations of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and normal assumptions, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization qualifying under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code, which opinion shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any material respect. The issuance of such opinion shall be conditioned on receipt by Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx of representation letters from each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company as contemplated in Section 5.20 of this Agreement. Each such representation letter shall be dated on or before the date of such opinion and shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any material respect as of the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s counsel does not render such opinion, this condition shall nevertheless be deemed satisfied with respect to the Company if Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, counsel to Parent, renders such opinion to the Company; |
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and all other documents delivered pursuant hereto to which it is a party shall have been true and correct when made and true and correct on and as of the Closing Date except for (i) representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which shall remain true and correct as of such date), and (ii) inaccuracies which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or materially and adversely affect the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (assuming that each representation or warranty qualified by materiality or material adverse effect was not so qualified). In addition, the representations and warranties contained in sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8 and 2.11 shall each be true and correct in all material respects when made and on and as of the Closing Date except for representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of such date) (assuming that each representation or warranty qualified by materiality or material adverse effect was not so qualified). Parent shall have received a certificate with respect to each of the foregoing signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company. |
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time, and Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company; |
(c) Third Party Consents. Parent shall have been furnished with evidence satisfactory to it that the Company has obtained all consents, approvals and waivers the failure of which to obtain would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. |
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(d) Legal Opinion. Parent shall have received a legal opinion from legal counsel to the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. |
(e) Stockholder Approval. The Company’s stockholders entitled to vote on the Merger holding at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the Company Capital Stock shall have approved this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby. |
(f) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have been any circumstance, event or occurrence that, individually, or in the aggregate, has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Parent shall have received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company. |
(g) No Proceedings. There shall not have been commenced or threatened against Parent or the Company any Proceeding involving any challenge to or seeking damages or other relief in connection with the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. |
(h) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a copy of (i) the text of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) the text of the resolutions adopted by the stockholders of the Company approving and adopting this Agreement and the Merger and (iii) the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, along with a certificate executed on behalf of the Company by its corporate secretary certifying to Parent that such copies are true, correct and complete copies of such resolutions, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, respectively, and that such resolutions, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws were duly adopted and have not been amended or rescinded. |
(i) Employees. Each person set forth on Schedule 6.3(i)(a) and two-thirds of the persons set forth on Schedule 6.3(i)(b) shall have accepted an offer of employment from Parent, or indicated that he or she will continue in the employ of the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time. |
(j) Noncompetition Agreements. Each Key Employee shall have delivered to Parent an executed Noncompetition Agreement in the form of Exhibit B, which shall be in full force and effect. |
(k) Charter Amendment. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation shall have been amended to remove the liquidation preferences and participation rights of the Company Preferred Stock and such amendment shall be in full force and effect. |
(l) Acceleration Provisions. Each person set forth on Schedule 6.3(l) shall have executed an amendment in the form attached to Schedule 6.3(l) and such amendment shall be in full force and effect. |
(m) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a copy of (i) the Company’s stock register, which sets forth the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each Company Stockholder and the class and number of shares of Company Capital Stock owned by each Company Stockholder and (ii) the Company’s option register, which sets forth the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each Company Optionholder and the number of shares of Company Capital Stock subject to each Company Option owned by each Company Optionholder, along with a certificate executed on behalf of the Company by the Company’s corporate secretary certifying to Parent that such copies are true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s stock register and option register, respectively. |
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(n) Tax Opinion of Parent’s Counsel. Parent shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, counsel to Parent, based upon representations of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and normal assumptions, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as a reorganization qualifying under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code, which opinion shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any material respect. The issuance of such opinion shall be conditioned on receipt by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx of representation letters from each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company as contemplated in Section 5.20 of this Agreement. Each such representation letter shall be dated on or before the date of such opinion and shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any material respect as of the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Parent’s counsel does not render such opinion, this condition shall nevertheless be deemed satisfied with respect to Parent if Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, counsel to the Company, renders such opinion to Parent. |
(a) Indemnification. Subject to the limitations and qualifications in this Article VII, the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold Parent and its officers, directors, employees, advisors, representatives and affiliates, including the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time (“Parent Indemnified Parties”) harmless against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages (including incidental and consequential damages), deficiencies, diminutions in value, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’fees and expenses of investigation and defense, whether or not related to third party claims (hereinafter individually a “Loss” and collectively “Losses”) incurred by any Parent Indemnified Party directly or indirectly as a result of (i) any inaccuracy or breach of a representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, instrument or other document delivered by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) any failure by the Company to perform or comply with any covenant contained herein or any other certificate, instrument or other document delivered by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) any Dissenting Shares (to the extent Parent is required to pay any amounts in respect of any Dissenting Shares that are in excess of the amount payable per share pursuant to Section 1.6), (iv) any Excess Third Party Expenses or (v) any amounts payable as a result of the matters set forth on Schedule 7.2 (collectively, the “Section 7.2 Fees”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Excess Third Party Expenses” means the amount by which the Company’s Third Party Expenses exceed $2,270,000; provided that Excess Third Party Expenses shall be reduced to the extent the Company’s Third Party Expenses have caused an adjustment to the Total Transaction Value pursuant to Section 1.6(a). In determining whether a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant has occurred, any materiality or knowledge standard contained in a representation, warranty or covenant shall be taken into account; provided however, that in determining the amount of any Losses attributable to a breach, any materiality or knowledge standard contained in a representation, warranty or covenant shall be disregarded. A Loss recoverable by a Parent Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VII shall be reduced by (or if already paid by the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options, shall be promptly repaid to the Escrow Fund (or directly to the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options if the Escrow Fund has been distributed) in the amount of) any recoveries by the Parent Indemnified Party pursuant to (a) any insurance recovery (net of any increase in premiums and any associated costs and expenses), or (b) other payments received from third parties (net of any associated costs and expenses). |
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, after the Effective Time no Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification for indemnifiable Losses unless and until one or more Officer’s Certificates (as defined in Section 7.2(f) below) identifying indemnifiable Losses in the aggregate in excess of $100,000 (the “Claim Threshold”) has or have been delivered by Parent to the Escrow Agent as provided in Section 7.2(f) hereof, in which case, such Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover all indemnifiable Losses in excess of $50,000 (the “Deductible Amount”); provided, however, that the Claim Threshold shall not apply to any claim with respect to (i) Excess Third Party Expenses, (ii) representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.2, (iii) Taxes, (iv) Dissenting Shares (to the extent Parent is required to pay any amounts in respect of any Dissenting Shares which is in excess of the amount payable pursuant to Section 1.6 hereof with respect to such shares), or (v) Section 7.2 Fees. (“Unrestricted Damages”), which Unrestricted Damages shall be recoverable in their entirety regardless of amount. Furthermore, the amount of any Unrestricted Damages shall count against the Claim Threshold but not the Deductible Amount. Nothing herein shall limit the liability of Parent or the Company for any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant if the Merger does not close (for the avoidance of doubt, in the event this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, any pre-closing breach of this Agreement by the Company shall be solely the obligation of the Company). Except for recovery by any officer or director of the Company (solely in their capacity as such) against Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 5.19, the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options shall not have any right of contribution from the Company, the Surviving Corporation or Parent with respect to any Loss pursuant to this Article VII. |
(b) Escrow Fund. At the Effective Time, each Company Stockholder will be deemed to have received and deposited with the Escrow Agent (as defined below) such stockholder’s pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.8(b), without any act of any Company Stockholder. The Company Stockholders shall not be deemed to have received the cash portion of the Escrow Amount until such stockholders actually receive delivery of such cash from the Escrow Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2(c). Each holder of assumed Company Options shall contribute shares of Parent Common Stock to the Escrow Fund upon exercise of such assumed Company Options in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.8(b). To the extent that a holder of assumed Company Options does not fund fully his or her pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount during the Escrow Period, Parent shall have the right to recover Losses that were not paid in full from the Escrow Amount from such holder after the termination of the Escrow Amount as such holder exercises the assumed Company Options; provided however, that Parent’s right of recovery described in this sentence shall not exceed what would have been such holder’s pro rata portion of the Escrow Amount if such holder had funded fully his or her portion of the Escrow Amount. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, without any act of any Company Stockholder, Parent will deposit the Escrow Amount with U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. (or other institution acceptable to Parent and the Securityholder Agent (as defined in Section 7.2(i) below)) (the “Escrow Agent”), the deposit of the cash portion of such Escrow Amount to constitute a cash escrow fund (the “Cash Escrow Fund”) and the deposit of the Parent Common Stock portion of such Escrow Amount to constitute a stock escrow fund (the “Stock Escrow Fund), (the Cash Escrow Fund and Stock Escrow Fund shall together constitute the “Escrow Fund”) to be governed by the terms set forth herein and at Parent’s cost and expense. Parent will make additional contributions to the Stock Escrow Fund as holders of assumed Company Options exercise such options. The Cash Escrow Fund and Stock Escrow Fund shall be maintained separately by the Escrow Agent. Parent and Company hereby agree that the Cash Escrow Fund shall be treated as an installment obligation for purposes of Code section 453 and neither party shall take any action or filing position inconsistent with such characterization. The Escrow Amount shall be available to compensate any Parent Indemnified Party for any claims by such parties for any Losses suffered or incurred by them and for which they are entitled to recovery under this Article VII. Parent and the Company each acknowledge that such Losses, if any, would relate to unresolved contingencies existing at the Effective Time, which if resolved at the Effective Time would have led to a reduction in the Total Transaction Value. The Escrow Agent may execute this Agreement following the date hereof and prior to the Closing, and such later execution, if so executed after the date hereof, shall not affect the binding nature of this Agreement as of the date hereof between the other signatories hereto. |
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(c) Escrow Period; Distribution upon Termination of Escrow Period. Subject to the following requirements, the Escrow Fund shall be in existence immediately following the Effective Time and shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on the thirtieth (30th) day after the Expiration Date (the “Escrow Period”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Period shall not terminate with respect to such amount (or some portion thereof), that together with the aggregate amount remaining in the Escrow Fund is necessary in the reasonable judgment of Parent, subject to the objection of the Securityholder Agent and the subsequent arbitration of the matter in the manner provided in Section 7.2(g) hereof, to satisfy any unsatisfied claims concerning facts and circumstances existing prior to the termination of the Escrow Period specified in any Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Escrow Agent prior to termination of such Escrow Period. As soon as all such claims have been resolved, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the contributors of the Escrow Fund the remaining portion of the Escrow Fund to the extent not required to satisfy such claims. Deliveries of the amounts out of the Escrow Fund pursuant to this Section 7.2(c) shall be made in proportion to their respective original contributions to the Escrow Fund as determined pursuant to Section 1.8(b). |
(d) Protection and Investment of Escrow Fund. The Escrow Agent shall hold and safeguard the Escrow Fund during the Escrow Period. The Escrow Agent shall treat the Stock Escrow Fund as a trust fund in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and not as the property of Parent. The Escrow Agent shall treat the Cash Escrow Fund as a trust fund in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and not as the property of the Company Stockholders (except that such Cash Escrow Fund shall be treated as Property of Parent solely for Tax Purposes). The Escrow Agent shall hold and dispose of the Escrow Fund only in accordance with the terms hereof. Except as Parent and the Securityholder Agent may from time to time jointly instruct the Escrow Agent in writing, the cash portion of the Escrow Fund shall be invested from time to time, to the extent possible, in United States Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity of 90 days or less and repurchase obligations secured by such United States Treasury Bills, with any remainder being deposited and maintained in a money market deposit account with the Escrow Agent, until disbursement of the entire Escrow Fund. The Escrow Agent is authorized to liquidate in accordance with its customary procedures any portion of the Escrow Fund consisting of investments to provide for payments required to be made under this Agreement. It is agreed for federal income tax purposes that the parties hereto shall treat interest as the property of Parent and the Escrow Agent shall report the interest for federal income tax purposes consistently with such treatment. |
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(e) Voting Rights; Dividends; Recapitalizations. |
(i) Any shares of Parent Common Stock or other equity securities issued or distributed by Parent (including shares issued upon a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar event) (“New Shares”) in respect of Parent Common Stock in the Escrow Fund which have not been released from the Escrow Fund shall be added to the Escrow Fund and become a part thereof. New Shares issued in respect of shares of Parent Common Stock which have been released from the Escrow Fund shall not be added to the Escrow Fund but shall be distributed to the record holders thereof. Cash dividends on Parent Common Stock shall not be added to the Escrow Fund but shall be distributed to the record holders thereof. |
(ii) Each Company Stockholder shall have voting rights with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock held in the Escrow Fund (and on any voting securities added to the Escrow Fund in respect of such shares of Parent Common Stock). |
(f) Claims Upon Escrow Fund. Upon receipt by the Escrow Agent at any time on or before the last day of the Escrow Period of a certificate signed by any officer of Parent (an “Officer’s Certificate”): (A) stating that Parent has paid or properly accrued or reasonably anticipates that it will have to pay or accrue any indemnifiable Losses suffered, accrued or incurred by it prior to the Expiration Date, and (B) specifying in reasonable detail the individual items of such Losses included in the amount so stated, the date each such item was paid or properly accrued, or the basis for such anticipated Loss, and the nature of the misrepresentation, breach of warranty or covenant to which such item is related, the Escrow Agent shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.2(a), 7.2(b) and 7.2(g) hereof, deliver to Parent out of the Escrow Fund, as promptly as practicable, an amount equal to such Losses. Any indemnifiable Losses shall be paid from the Escrow Fund in cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of assumed Company Options in the same relative proportions as cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of assumed Company Options are to the total consideration paid to the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be delivered to Parent out of the Escrow Fund pursuant to Article VII hereof, the shares of Parent Common Stock shall be valued at the Five Day Price. |
(g) Objections to Claims. At the time of delivery of any Officer’s Certificate to the Escrow Agent, a duplicate copy of such certificate shall be delivered to the Securityholder Agent and for a period of thirty (30) days after such delivery, the Escrow Agent shall make no delivery to Parent of any Escrow Amounts pursuant to Section 7.2(f) hereof unless the Escrow Agent shall have received written authorization from the Securityholder Agent to make such delivery. After the expiration of such thirty (30)-day period, the Escrow Agent shall make delivery of cash, Parent Common Stock and assumed Company Options from the Escrow Fund in accordance with Section 7.2(f) hereof, provided that no such payment or delivery may be made if the Securityholder Agent shall object in a written statement to the claim made in the Officer’s Certificate stating in reasonable detail the grounds for such objection, and such statement shall have been delivered to the Escrow Agent prior to the expiration of such thirty (30)-day period. |
(h) Resolution of Conflicts; Arbitration. |
(i) In case the Securityholder Agent shall so object in writing to any claim or claims made in any Officer’s Certificate, the Securityholder Agent and Parent shall attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with respect to each of such claims. If the Securityholder Agent and Parent should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both parties and shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such memorandum and distribute cash and Parent Common Stock from the Escrow Fund in accordance with the terms thereof. |
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(ii) If no such agreement can be reached after good faith negotiation, either Parent or the Securityholder Agent may demand arbitration of the matter unless the amount of the damage or loss is at issue in pending litigation with a third party, in which event arbitration shall not be commenced until such amount is ascertained or both parties agree to arbitration; and in either such event the matter shall be settled by arbitration conducted by three (3) arbitrators. Parent and the Securityholder Agent shall each select one arbitrator, and the two (2) arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator. The arbitrators shall set a limited time period and establish procedures designed to reduce the cost and time for discovery while allowing the parties an opportunity, adequate in the sole judgment of the arbitrators, to discover relevant information from the opposing parties about the subject matter of the dispute. The arbitrators shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same extent as a court of law or equity, should the arbitrators determine that discovery was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused or objected to without substantial justification. The decision of a majority of the three (3) arbitrators as to the validity and amount of any claim in such Officer’s Certificate shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement, and notwithstanding anything in Section 7.2(g) hereof, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to act in accordance with such decision and make or withhold payments out of the Escrow Fund in accordance therewith. Such decision shall be written and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions which shall set forth the award, judgment, decree or order awarded by the arbitrators. |
(iii) Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Any such arbitration shall be held in Santa Xxxxx County, California under the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association. |
(i) Securityholder Agent; Power of Attorney. |
(i) If the Merger is approved by the stockholders of the Company, effective upon the Effective Time, and without further act of any Company Stockholder or holder of assumed Company Options, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx shall be appointed as agent and attorney-in-fact (such person or any successor being the “Securityholder Agent”) for each Company Stockholder (except such stockholders, if any, as shall have perfected their appraisal rights under Delaware Law or, if applicable, dissenters’rights under California Law) and holder of assumed Company Options, for and on behalf of the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options, to give and receive notices and communications, to authorize delivery to Parent of cash, Parent Common Stock and Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of assumed Company Options from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims made by a Parent Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VII, to object to such deliveries, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with Orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to such claims, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Securityholder Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Such agency may be changed by the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options from time to time upon prior written notice to Parent; provided that the Securityholder Agent may not be removed unless holders of a two-thirds interest of the Escrow Fund agree to such removal and to the identity of the substituted agent. Any vacancy in the position of Securityholder Agent may be filled by approval of the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund. No bond shall be required of the Securityholder Agent, and the Securityholder Agent shall not receive compensation for his or her services. Notices or communications to or from the Securityholder Agent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options. |
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(ii) The Securityholder Agent shall at all times act in his or her capacity as Securityholder Agent in a manner that he or she believes to be in the best interest of the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options. The Securityholder Agent shall not be liable to any Company Stockholder or holder of assumed Company Options for any error of judgment, act done or omitted hereunder as Securityholder Agent, except in the case of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Securityholder Agent may consult with legal counsel, financial advisors and other experts and shall not be liable for any act done or omitted in good faith pursuant to the advice of such counsel, advisors or experts. Each Company Stockholder or holder of Company Options on whose behalf the Escrow Amount was contributed to the Escrow Fund shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Securityholder Agent from and against such holder’s ratable share of any loss, liability, damage, claim, cost or expense incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Securityholder Agent and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Securityholder Agent’s duties hereunder, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Securityholder Agent (the “Agent Expenses”). With respect to any Agent Expenses that are not reimbursed by any Company Stockholder or holder of assumed Company Options as provided for herein, the Securityholder Agent shall be entitled to set off such Agent Expenses against the portion of the Escrow Fund that would otherwise have been distributed to such holder pursuant to the terms hereof. |
(j) Actions of the Securityholder Agent. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Securityholder Agent shall constitute a decision of all the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options for whom a portion of the Escrow Amount otherwise issuable to them is deposited in the Escrow Fund and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each of such Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options, and the Escrow Agent and Parent may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Securityholder Agent as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each of such Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options. The Escrow Agent and Parent are hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Securityholder Agent. The Securityholder Agent shall promptly provide written notice to the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options of any material action taken on behalf of them by the Securityholder Agent pursuant to the authority delegated to the Securityholder Agent under this Article VII. |
(k) Third-Party Claims. If Parent receives notice of a third-party claim that Parent believes may result in a claim against the Escrow Fund, Parent shall promptly notify the Securityholder Agent in writing of such claim (but the failure to promptly notify the Securityholder Agent shall not relieve the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options of their indemnification obligations hereunder except to the extent (and only to such extent) that the Securityholder Agent is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify). The Securityholder Agent, as a representative for the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options, may, at his election, undertake control of the defense thereof with counsel of his choosing reasonably acceptable to Parent, in which case Parent may participate in such defense through its own counsel and at its own expense. If the Securityholder Agent elects to undertake control of the defense of such claim, the Securityholder Agent shall not settle any such claim without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securityholder Agent shall not be entitled to undertake the defense of a third party claim if (i) such claim involves Taxes, (ii) such claim demands injunctive or other equitable relief, (iii) Parent reasonably determines that the claim is likely to exceed the then remaining amounts in the Escrow Fund, (iv) the Securityholder Agent or any Stockholder is also a party to such third-party claim or (v) Parent reasonably determines that it would be inappropriate for a single counsel to represent all parties under applicable standards of legal ethics; provided however that if the Securityholder Agent is prohibited from undertaking the defense of such claim, Parent will diligently pursue the defense of such claim. If the Securityholder Agent declines to undertake the defense of such claim within fifteen (15) days after written notice of such claim has been delivered to the Securityholder Agent or fails to diligently defend such claim at any time, Parent may, in its reasonable discretion, assume the defense of any such claim with counsel of its choice, and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall constitute Losses for purposes of this Article VII. Parent shall advise the Securityholder Agent of material developments and otherwise keep the Securityholder Agent informed with respect to such third-party claim; provided however, that Parent shall not be required to provide any confidential or non-public information. If the Securityholder Agent elects to undertake the defense of a third-party claim, the Securityholder Agent shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses that relate to such third-party claim from the Escrow Fund immediately prior to the expiration of the Escrow Period out of amounts that would otherwise be distributed to the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options pursuant to Section 7.2(c); provided, however, that any and all Losses incurred by Parent, its officers, directors or affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) that are recoverable against the Escrow Fund and any amounts necessary to satisfy unresolved claims pursuant to this Article VII shall be satisfied in full or reserved for before any attorneys’ fees and expenses of the Securityholder Agent may be paid from the Escrow Fund. If the Securityholder Agent declines to undertake the defense of a third-party claim or fails to diligently defend such claim at any time, Parent shall have the right in its reasonable discretion to settle any such claim; provided, however, that except with the consent of the Securityholder Agent, no settlement of any such claim with third-party claimants shall be determinative of the amount, validity or existence of any claim against the Escrow Fund. If the Securityholder Agent has consented to any such settlement, the Securityholder Agent shall have no power or authority to object under any provision of this Article VII to the amount of any claim by Parent against the Escrow Fund with respect to and in the amount of such settlement. Parent and the Securityholder Agent shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any third-party claim, including making available records relating to such claim and furnishing employees of Parent or the Surviving Corporation as may be reasonably necessary for the preparation of the defense of any such third-party claim or for testimony as witness in any Proceeding relating to such claim. |
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(l) Escrow Agent’s Duties. |
(i) The Escrow Agent shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth herein, and as set forth in any additional written escrow instructions which the Escrow Agent may receive after the date of this Agreement which are signed by an officer of Parent and the Securityholder Agent, and may rely and shall be protected in relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder as Escrow Agent while acting in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable judgment, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. |
(ii) The Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized to comply with and obey Orders of any court of law, notwithstanding any notices, warnings or other communications from any party or any other person to the contrary. In case the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such Order of any court, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person by reason of such compliance, notwithstanding any such Order being subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction. |
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(iii) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authority or rights of the parties executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver this Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for hereunder. |
(iv) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for the expiration of any rights under any statute of limitations with respect to this Agreement or any documents deposited with the Escrow Agent. |
(v) In performing any duties under the Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any party for damages, losses, or expenses, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall not incur any such liability for (A) any act or failure to act made or omitted in good faith, or (B) any action taken or omitted in reliance upon any instrument, including any written statement or affidavit provided for in this Agreement that the Escrow Agent shall in good faith believe to be genuine, nor will the Escrow Agent be liable or responsible for forgeries, fraud, impersonations, or determining the scope of any representative authority. In addition, the Escrow Agent may consult with legal counsel in connection with Escrow Agent’s duties under this Agreement and shall be fully protected in any act taken, suffered, or permitted by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of counsel. The Escrow Agent is not responsible for determining and verifying the authority of any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of any party to this Agreement. |
(vi) If any controversy arises between the parties to this Agreement, or with any other party, concerning the subject matter of this Agreement, its terms or conditions, the Escrow Agent will not be required to determine the controversy or to take any action regarding it. The Escrow Agent may hold all documents and the amounts in the Escrow Fund and may wait for settlement of any such controversy by final appropriate legal Proceeding or other means as, in the Escrow Agent’s discretion, the Escrow Agent may be required, despite what may be set forth elsewhere in this Agreement. In such event, the Escrow Agent will not be liable for damage. Furthermore, the Escrow Agent may at its option, file an action of interpleader requiring the parties to answer and litigate any claims and rights among themselves. The Escrow Agent is authorized to deposit with the clerk of the court all documents and the amounts in the Escrow Fund, except all costs, expenses, charges and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Escrow Agent due to the interpleader action and which the parties jointly and severally agree to pay. Upon initiating such action, the Escrow Agent shall be fully released and discharged of and from all obligations and liability imposed by the terms of this Agreement. |
(vii) The parties and their respective successors and assigns agree jointly and severally to indemnify and hold Escrow Agent harmless against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable costs of investigation, counsel fees, and disbursements that may be imposed on Escrow Agent or incurred by Escrow Agent in connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including but not limited to any litigation arising from this Agreement or involving its subject matter; provided, however, that nothing contained in this clause (vii) shall affect the obligations of the parties as between themselves under Section 7.2(l), and provided further that the portion of any indemnification payable by the Company Stockholders and holders of assumed Company Options shall be paid solely from the Escrow Fund. |
(viii) The Escrow Agent may resign at any time upon giving at least thirty (30) days written notice to the parties; provided, however, that no such resignation shall become effective until the appointment of a successor escrow agent which shall be accomplished as follows: Parent and the Securityholder Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mutually agree on a successor escrow agent within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice. If the parties fail to agree upon a successor escrow agent within such time, the Escrow Agent shall have the right to appoint a successor escrow agent authorized to do business in the State of California. The successor escrow agent shall execute and deliver an instrument accepting such appointment and it shall, without further acts, be vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, and duties of the predecessor escrow agent as if originally named as Escrow Agent. The predecessor escrow agent shall thereupon be discharged from any further duties and liability under this Agreement. |
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(m) Fees. All fees of the Escrow Agent for performance of its duties hereunder shall be paid by Parent. It is understood that the fees and usual charges agreed upon for services of the Escrow Agent shall be considered compensation for ordinary services as contemplated by this Agreement. If the conditions of this Agreement are not promptly fulfilled, or if the Escrow Agent renders any service not provided for in this Agreement, or if the parties request a substantial modification of its terms, or if any controversy arises, or if the Escrow Agent is made a party to, or intervenes in, any litigation pertaining to this escrow or its subject matter, the Escrow Agent shall be reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all costs, attorney’s fees, and expenses occasioned by such default, delay, controversy or litigation. Parent promises to pay these sums upon demand. |
(n) Exclusive Remedy. Except as provided in the following sentence and in the fourth sentence of Section 7.2(b) with respect to exercises of assumed Company Options after the Escrow Period, resort to the Escrow Fund pursuant to, and in compliance with, the provisions of this Article VII shall be the sole and exclusive right and remedy of Parent for breaches of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the existence of this Article VII and the rights and restrictions set forth herein do not limit any other potential remedies of Parent with respect to fraud or any intentional or knowing breach by the Company or its officers or directors in connection with making the representations, warranties or covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement. |
(a) by mutual consent of the Company and Parent; |
(b) by Parent or the Company if: (i) the Effective Time has not occurred before 5:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on February 28, 2002 (the “End Date”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party whose willful failure to fulfill any obligation hereunder has been a cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before such date; (ii) there shall be a final nonappealable Order of a federal or state court in effect preventing consummation of the Merger; or (iii) there shall be any Law or Order enacted, promulgated or issued or deemed applicable to the Merger by any Governmental Entity that would make consummation of the Merger illegal; |
(c) 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 Entity, which would: (i) prohibit Parent’s or the Company’s ownership or operation of all or any portion of the business of the Company or (ii) compel Parent or the Company to dispose of or hold separate all or a portion of the business or assets of the Company or Parent as a result of the Merger; |
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(d) by Parent, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement which breach has a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided that if such inaccuracy in the Company’s representations and warranties or breach by the Company is curable by the Company within forty-five (45) days through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then for so long as the Company continues to exercise such commercially reasonable efforts Parent may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(d) unless such breach is not cured within forty-five (45) days. |
(e) by the Company, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent set forth in this Agreement which breach has a material adverse effect on Parent’s ability to pay the Total Transaction Value due upon Closing or any Employee Bonuses that may thereafter become payable or if any representation or warranty of Parent shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such inaccuracy in Parent’s representations and warranties or breach by Parent is curable by Parent within forty-five (45) days through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then for so long as Parent continues to exercise such commercially reasonable efforts the Company may not terminate this agreement under this Section 8.1(e) unless such breach is not cured within forty-five (45) days. |
(a) if to Parent or Merger Sub, to: |
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 with a copy to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
(b) if to the Company, to: |
Silicon Packets, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 000 Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Chief Executive Officer Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 with a copy to: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP 000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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(c) if to the Securityholder Agent: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Telephone No.(000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
(d) if to the Escrow Agent: |
U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Escrow Services Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 |
9.2 Interpretation. |
(a) As used herein: |
(i) the term “reasonable best efforts” shall mean the efforts that a prudent person desirous of achieving a result would use in similar circumstances to ensure that such result is achieved as expeditiously as possible, and the term “commercially reasonable efforts” shall mean reasonable best efforts, provided however, that the person subject to the obligation to take such efforts is not required to take actions that would result in a materially adverse change in the benefits to such person of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. |
(ii) the term “Contract” shall mean any agreement, contract, license, obligation, commitment, promise, or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that is legally binding. |
(iii) the terms “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” |
(iv) the term “knowledge” shall mean, with respect to the Company or Parent, what is within the actual knowledge of any of the officers of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, after a reasonable investigation. |
(v) the term “Law” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or other administrative statute, regulation, order, rule, ordinance, constitution, principle of common law, or treaty. |
(vi) the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, assets (including intangible assets), financial condition, or results of operations of the specified entity and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; except to the extent that the Company is able to demonstrate that any such effect results from any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect that results directly and primarily from changes affecting the industry in which the Company operates that do not disproportionately affect the Company. |
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(vii) the term “Order” shall mean any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency, or other governmental body or by any arbitrator. |
(viii) the term “ordinary course of business consistent with past practice” shall refer, with respect to the entity in question, to actions that: |
(1) are taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of the entity, consistent with past operations; |
(2) do not require authorization by the board of directors of such entity; and |
(3) are similar in nature and magnitude to actions customarily taken, without any authorization by the board of directors (or by any group or persons exercising similar authority), in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of other entities that are in the same line of business as the entity in question. |
(ix) the term “Permit” shall include any concession, franchise or license. |
(x) the term “Proceeding” shall mean any action, claim, arbitration, audit, hearing, known investigation, litigation, suit, writ (whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or informal) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any governmental body or arbitrator. |
(xi) the term “threatened” shall mean, with respect to any Proceeding or other matter, the fact that any demand or statement has been made (orally or in writing) or any notice has been given (orally or in writing), or that any other event has occurred or any other circumstances exist, that would lead a prudent person to conclude that such a Proceeding or other matter is likely to be asserted, commenced, taken, or otherwise pursued in the future. |
(b) The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Escrow Agent (with respect to Article VII only) and the Securityholder Agent (with respect to Article VII only) have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized respective officers, all as of the date first written above. |
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx —————————————— Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx —————————————— Title: Chief Financial Officer —————————————— |
SILICON PACKETS, INC. By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx —————————————— Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx —————————————— Title: President and CEO —————————————— |
SECURITYHOLDER AGENT: By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx —————————————— Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
STEELERS ACQUISITION CORPORATION By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx —————————————— Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx —————————————— Title: Chief Financial Officer —————————————— |
ESCROW AGENT: U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A. By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx —————————————— Name: Xxx Xxxxxx —————————————— Title: Vice President —————————————— |