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Exhibit 99.1
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TENDER, VOTING AND OPTION AGREEMENT
by and among
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
MECKLERMEDIA CORPORATION
PENTON MEDIA, INC.
and
INTERNET WORLD MEDIA, INC.
dated as of
October 7, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Section 1. Certain Definitions....................................................................1
Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder......................................1
Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company..........................................3
Section 4. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Purchaser.................................4
ARTICLE II
Section 5. Transfer of the Shares.................................................................5
Section 6. Adjustments............................................................................6
Section 7. Tender of Shares.......................................................................6
Section 8. Voting Agreement.......................................................................6
Section 9. No Solicitation........................................................................7
ARTICLE IV
Section 10. Grant of Option........................................................................7
Section 11. Exercise of Option.....................................................................7
Section 12. Termination of Option..................................................................8
Section 13. Conditions to Closing..................................................................9
Section 14. Closing................................................................................9
Section 15. Registration Rights....................................................................9
ARTICLE V
Section 16. Profit Sharing with Parent............................................................11
Section 17. Profit Sharing with Stockholder.......................................................12
ARTICLE VI
Section 18. Termination...........................................................................13
Section 19. Expenses..............................................................................13
Section 20. Further Assurances....................................................................13
Section 21. Publicity.............................................................................13
Section 22. Enforcement of the Agreement..........................................................13
Section 23. Miscellaneous.........................................................................14
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
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Agreement.........................................................................................................1
Business Combination.............................................................................................12
Closing...........................................................................................................8
Common Stock......................................................................................................1
Company...........................................................................................................1
Company Option Price.............................................................................................10
Exchange Act......................................................................................................1
Exercise Notice...................................................................................................8
Exercise Price....................................................................................................7
Fair Market Value ...............................................................................................10
HSR Act...........................................................................................................3
Lien..............................................................................................................2
Manager...........................................................................................................9
Merger............................................................................................................1
Merger Agreement..................................................................................................1
Option Price.....................................................................................................10
Options...........................................................................................................1
Parent............................................................................................................1
Parent Option.....................................................................................................7
Parent Owned Shares...............................................................................................9
Parent Subsequent Price..........................................................................................13
Permitted Offering................................................................................................9
Purchaser.........................................................................................................1
Registrable Securities............................................................................................9
Registration Notice...............................................................................................9
Securities Act....................................................................................................5
Shares............................................................................................................1
Stockholder.......................................................................................................1
Stockholder Option Price.........................................................................................10
Subsequent Price.................................................................................................12
Subsequent Transaction...........................................................................................12
Third Party Subsequent Price.....................................................................................12
Third Party Subsequent Transaction...............................................................................12
Threshold Price..................................................................................................12
Trigger Event.....................................................................................................8
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TENDER, VOTING AND OPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 7,
1998 (this "Agreement"), by and among Penton Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), Internet World Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"),
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx (the "Stockholder") and Mecklermedia Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company").
WHEREAS, the Stockholder is the beneficial owner of 2,381,120
shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of the Company, and holds stock options (the "Options") to acquire an
aggregate of 271,000 shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company's
1993 Stock Option Plan and the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan; and
WHEREAS, Parent, Purchaser and the Company have entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended from
time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), which provides, among other things, that,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, Purchaser will merge (the
"Merger") with and into the Company and each issued and outstanding share of
Common Stock will be converted into the right to receive $29.00 in cash; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Parent and
Purchaser to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and Purchaser have
requested that the Stockholder agree, and in order to induce Parent and
Purchaser to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Stockholder has agreed, to
enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger
Agreement.
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDER.
The Stockholder represents and warrants to Parent and Purchaser, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(a) The Stockholder is the beneficial owner
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), which meaning will apply for all purposes of this
Agreement) of, and has good title to, all of the Shares, free and clear of any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, rights of others, claim, security interest,
charge, encumbrance, title defect, title retention agreement, voting trust
agreement, interest, option, lien,
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charge or similar restriction or limitation (each, a "Lien") (including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the Shares),
except as set forth in this Agreement.
(b) Other than the Options and the Warrant, the Shares
constitute all of the securities (as defined in Section 3(10) of the Exchange
Act, which definition will apply for all purposes of this Agreement) of the
Company beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholder
(excluding any securities beneficially owned by any of his affiliates or
associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act,
which definition will apply for all purposes of this Agreement) as to which he
does not have voting or investment power).
(c) Except for the Shares, the Options and the Warrant, the
Stockholder does not, directly or indirectly, beneficially own or have any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any securities of the Company that are
or may by their terms become entitled to vote or any securities that are
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any securities of the
Company that are or may by their terms become entitled to vote, nor is the
Stockholder subject to any contract, commitment, arrangement, understanding or
relationship (whether or not legally enforceable), other than this Agreement,
that allows or obligates him to vote or acquire any securities of the Company.
The Stockholder holds exclusive power to vote the Shares and has not granted a
proxy to any other Person to vote the Shares, subject to the limitations set
forth in this Agreement.
(d) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Parent and Purchaser, is a valid and binding obligation of the
Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms,
except that (i) the enforceability hereof may be subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws, now or hereinafter in effect,
affecting creditors' rights generally, and (ii) the availability of the remedy
of specific performance or injunctive or other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and would be subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(e) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the performance by the Stockholder of his obligations hereunder will conflict
with, result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default) or give
rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation, or acceleration or
result in the creation of any Lien on any Shares under, (i) any contract,
commitment, agreement, understanding, arrangement or restriction of any kind to
which Stockholder is a party or by which the Stockholder is bound or (ii) any
injunction, judgment, writ, decree, order or ruling applicable to the
Stockholder; except for conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults that would
not individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to prevent or
materially impair or delay the consummation by Stockholder of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(f) To the knowledge of the Stockholder, neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance by the Stockholder of his
obligations hereunder will violate any law, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Stockholder or require any order, consent, authorization or
approval of, filing or registration with, or declaration or notice to, any
court, administrative agency or other governmental body or authority, other than
any required notices or filings pursuant to the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the "HSR Act") or the federal securities laws.
(g) All agreements, contracts, transfers of assets or
liabilities or other commitments or transactions, whether or not entered into in
the ordinary course of business, to or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Stockholder or any of its affiliates
(other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), on the other hand, are or
have been a party or otherwise bound or affected, that (i) are currently pending
or in effect or (ii) involve continuing liabilities and obligations that,
individually or in the aggregate, have been, are or will be material to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, have either been disclosed
in the Company SEC Reports or are set forth in Schedule 4.18 of the Disclosure
Schedule referred to in the Merger Agreement.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 4.10 of the Merger
Agreement, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage,
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement based upon arrangements
made by or on behalf of the Stockholder that is or will be payable by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents and warrants to Parent and Purchaser, as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and has taken all
necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and, and assuming due authorization, in the case of Parent and
Purchaser, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder, Parent
and Purchaser, is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except that (i) the enforceability
hereof may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
laws, now or hereinafter in effect, affecting creditors' rights generally, and
(ii) the availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive or
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
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equitable defenses and would be subject to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder will conflict with,
result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event that,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default) or give rise to
any right of termination, amendment, cancellation, or acceleration under, (i)
its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (ii) any contract, commitment,
agreement, understanding, arrangement or restriction of any kind to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or (iii) any judgment, writ,
decree, order or ruling applicable to the Company; except in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) for conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults that would not
individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to prevent or materially
impair or delay the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder will violate any
law, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or require
any order, consent, authorization or approval of, filing or registration with,
or declaration or notice to, any court, administrative agency or other
governmental body or authority, other than any required notices or filings
pursuant to the HSR Act or the federal securities laws.
(e) The Company has taken all necessary corporate or other
action (including approval by the Board of Directors of the Company) to render
inapplicable to this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby Section 203 of Delaware Law.
Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
PURCHASER. Parent and Purchaser represent and warrant to the Stockholder, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(a) Each of Parent and Purchaser is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and has
taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Parent and Purchaser and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Stockholder, is a valid and binding obligation of each of
Parent and Purchaser, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
terms, except that (i) the enforceability hereof may be subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws, now or hereinafter in effect,
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affecting creditors' rights generally, and (ii) the availability of the remedy
of specific performance or injunctive or other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and would be subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the performance by Parent and Purchaser of their respective obligations
hereunder will conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, or constitute
a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result
in a default) or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation,
or acceleration under, (i) their respective certificates of incorporation or
bylaws, (ii) any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding, arrangement or
restriction of any kind to which Parent or Purchaser is a party or by which
Parent or Purchaser is bound or (iii) any judgment, writ, decree, order or
ruling applicable to Parent or Purchaser; except in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii) for conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults that would not
individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to prevent or materially
impair or delay the consummation by Parent or Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the performance by Parent and Purchaser of their respective obligations
hereunder will violate any law, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable
to Parent or Purchaser or require any order, consent, authorization or approval
of, filing or registration with, or declaration or notice to, any court,
administrative agency or other governmental body or authority, other than any
required notices or filings pursuant to the HSR Act or the federal securities
laws.
(e) Any Shares acquired upon exercise of the Parent Option
will be acquired for Parent's own account, for investment purposes only and will
not be, and the Parent Option is not being, acquired by Parent with a view to
public distribution thereof in violation of any applicable provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
ARTICLE II
Section 5. TRANSFER OF THE SHARES. During the term of this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein, the Stockholder will not (a)
tender into any tender or exchange offer or otherwise sell, transfer, pledge,
assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, or encumber with any Lien, any of
the Shares, (b) acquire any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the
Company (otherwise than in connection with a transaction of the type described
in Section 6), including, without limitation, by exercising any of the Options,
(c) deposit the Shares into a voting trust, enter into a voting agreement or
arrangement with respect to the Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney
with respect to the Shares, or (d) enter into any contract, option or other
arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect acquisition or
sale, transfer, pledge, assignment, hypothecation or other disposition of any
interest in or the voting of any shares of Common Stock or any other securities
of the Company.
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Section 6. ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) In the event (i) of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of shares of capital
stock or other securities of the Company on, of or affecting the Shares or the
like or any other action that would have the effect of changing the
Stockholder's ownership of the Company's capital stock or other securities or
(ii) the Stockholder becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company, then the terms of this
Agreement will apply to the shares of capital stock held by the Stockholder
immediately following the effectiveness of the events described in clause (i) or
the Stockholder becoming the beneficial owner thereof, as described in clause
(ii), as though they were Shares hereunder.
(b) The Stockholder hereby agrees, while this Agreement is in
effect, to promptly notify Parent of the number of any new shares of the Common
Stock acquired by the Stockholder, if any, after the date hereof.
ARTICLE III
Section 7. TENDER OF SHARES. The Stockholder will validly
tender (or cause the record owner of such shares to validly tender) and sell
(and not withdraw) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer not
later than the fifteenth business day after commencement of the Offer all of the
Shares. Upon the purchase of all the Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer
in accordance with this Section 7, this Agreement will terminate. In the event,
notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 7, any
Shares are for any reason withdrawn from the Offer or are not purchased pursuant
to the Offer, such Shares will remain subject to the terms of this Agreement.
The Stockholder acknowledges that Purchaser's obligation to accept for payment
and pay for the Shares in the Offer is subject to all the terms and conditions
of the Offer.
Section 8. VOTING AGREEMENT. The Stockholder, by this Agreement,
does hereby constitute and appoint Parent and Purchaser, or any nominee thereof,
with full power of substitution, during and for the term of this Agreement, as
his true and lawful attorney and proxy for and in his name, place and xxxxx, to
vote all the Shares Stockholder beneficially owns at the time of such vote, at
any annual, special or adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Company (and
this appointment will include the right to sign his name (as stockholder) to any
consent, certificate or other document relating to the Company that laws of the
State of Delaware may require or permit) (x) in favor of approval and adoption
of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated thereby and (y) against (a) any Acquisition Transaction, (b) any
action or agreement that would result in a breach in any respect of any
covenant, agreement, representation or warranty of the Company under the Merger
Agreement and (c) the following actions (other than the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (i) any extraordinary
corporate transaction, such as a
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merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company or its
Subsidiaries; (ii) a sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or a reorganization, recapitalization,
dissolution or liquidation of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iii) (A) any
change in a majority of the persons who constitute the board of directors of the
Company as of the date hereof; (B) any change in the present capitalization of
the Company or any amendment of the Company's certificate of incorporation or
bylaws, as amended to date; (C) any other material change in the Company's
corporate structure or business; or (D) any other action that, in the case of
each of the matters referred to in clauses (iii)(A), (B) and (C) is intended, or
could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, or
adversely affect the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Merger Agreement. This proxy and power of attorney is a proxy
and power coupled with an interest, and the Stockholder declares that it is
irrevocable. The Stockholder hereby revokes all and any other proxies with
respect to the Shares that he may have heretofore made or granted. For Shares as
to which the Stockholder is the beneficial but not the record owner, the
Stockholder shall use his best efforts to cause any record owner of such Shares
to grant to Parent a proxy to the same effect as that contained herein.
Section 9. NO SOLICITATION. The Stockholder will not, directly
or indirectly, through any agent, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or
other representative or otherwise, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage submission
of proposals or offers from any Person relating to, or that could reasonably be
expected to lead to, an Acquisition Transaction or (ii) participate in any
negotiations or discussions regarding, or furnish to any other Person any
information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist
or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other
Person to do or seek an Acquisition Transaction. The Stockholder shall
immediately advise Parent in writing of the receipt of request for information
or any inquiries or proposals relating to an Acquisition Transaction.
ARTICLE IV
Section 10. GRANT OF OPTION. The Stockholder hereby grants
Parent an irrevocable option (the "Parent Option") to purchase for cash, in a
manner set forth below, any or all of the Shares beneficially owned by the
Stockholder at a price (the "Exercise Price") per Share equal to the Per Share
Amount. In the event of any stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations,
combinations, exchanges of shares or the like, the Per Share Amount will be
appropriately adjusted for the purpose of this Section 10.
Section 11. EXERCISE OF OPTION.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 13 hereof,
the Parent Option may be exercised by Parent, in whole or in part, at any time
or from time to time after the occurrence of any Trigger Event (as defined
below). The Company and the Stockholder shall notify Parent promptly in writing
of the occurrence of any Trigger Event, it being understood that
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the giving of such notice by the Company or the Stockholder is not a condition
to the right of Parent to exercise the Option. In the event Parent wishes to
exercise the Option, Parent shall deliver to the Stockholder a written notice
(an "Exercise Notice") specifying the total number of Shares it wishes to
purchase. Each closing of a purchase of Shares (a "Closing") will occur at a
place, on a date and at a time designated by Parent in an Exercise Notice
delivered at least two business days prior to the date of the Closing.
(b) A "Trigger Event" means any one of the following: (a) the
Merger Agreement becomes terminable under circumstances that could entitle
Parent to termination fees under Section 8.2(b)(i)(B) or Section 8.2(b)(ii) of
the Merger Agreement (regardless of whether the Merger Agreement is actually
terminated and whether such fees are then actually payable), (b) the Offer is
consummated but, due to the failure of the Stockholder to validly tender and not
withdraw, the Purchaser has not accepted for payment or paid for all of the
Shares, (c) a tender or exchange offer for some or all of the shares of Company
Common Stock shall have been publicly proposed to be made or shall have been
made by another person, or (d) it shall have been publicly disclosed or Parent
or Purchaser shall have otherwise learned that (i) any person or "group" (as
defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than Parent or
Purchaser) shall have acquired or proposed to acquire beneficial ownership of
more than 25% of any class or series of capital stock of the Company (including
the Common Stock), through the acquisition of stock, the formation of a group or
otherwise, or shall have been granted any option, right or warrant, conditional
or otherwise, to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 25% of any class or
series of capital stock of the Company other than acquisitions for bona fide
arbitrage purposes only and other than as disclosed in a Schedule 13D or 13G on
file with the SEC on September 1, 1998, (ii) any such person or group which,
prior to September 1, 1998, had filed such a Schedule with the SEC shall have
acquired or proposed to acquire beneficial ownership of additional shares of any
class or series of capital stock of the Company, through the acquisition of
stock, the formation of a group or otherwise, constituting 5% or more of any
such class or series, or shall have been granted any option, right or warrant,
conditional or otherwise, to acquire beneficial ownership of additional shares
of any class or series of capital stock of the Company (including the Common
Stock) constituting 5% or more of any such class or series, (iii) any person
(other than Parent or Purchaser) shall have filed a Notification and Report Form
under the HSR Act, or made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire
the Company or any assets or securities of the Company; or (iv) any person or
group (other than Parent and Purchaser) shall have entered into or offered to
enter into a definitive agreement or an agreement in principle with respect to a
merger, consolidation or other business combination with the Company.
Section 12. TERMINATION OF OPTION. The Parent Option will
terminate (a) if this Agreement terminates pursuant to Section 7 or (b) upon the
earliest of: (i) the Effective Time; (ii) termination of the Merger Agreement
other than upon or during the continuance of a Trigger Event; or (iii) 180 days
following any termination of the Merger Agreement upon or during the continuance
of a Trigger Event (or if, at the expiration of such 180 day period the Parent
Option cannot be exercised by reason of any applicable judgment, decree, order,
law or regulation, 10
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business days after such impediment to exercise has been removed or has become
final and not subject to appeal). Upon the giving by Parent to the Stockholder
of the Exercise Notice and the tender of the aggregate Exercise Price, Parent
will be deemed to be the holder of record of the Shares transferrable upon such
exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company are then
closed or that certificates representing such Shares have not been actually
delivered to Parent.
Section 13. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING. The obligation of the
Stockholder to sell the Shares to Parent hereunder is subject to the conditions
that (i) all waiting periods, if any, under the HSR Act, applicable to the sale
of the Shares or the acquisition of the Shares by Parent hereunder have expired
or have been terminated; (ii) all consents, approvals, orders or authorizations
of, or registrations, declarations or filings with, any court, administrative
agency or other governmental body or authority, if any, required in connection
with sale of the Shares or the acquisition of the Shares by Parent hereunder
have been obtained or made; and (iii) no preliminary or permanent injunction or
other order by any court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting or otherwise
restraining such sale or acquisition is in effect.
Section 14. CLOSING. At any Closing, (a) the Stockholder will
deliver to Parent or its designee a certificate or certificates in definitive
form representing the number of the Shares designated by Parent in its Exercise
Notice, such certificate to be registered in the name of Parent or its designee
and (b) Parent will deliver to the Stockholder the aggregate Exercise Price for
the Shares so designated and being purchased by wire transfer of immediately
available funds. The Stockholder will pay all expenses, and any and all United
States federal, state and local taxes and other charges that may be payable in
connection with the preparation, issue and delivery of stock certificates under
this Section 14 in the name of Parent or its designee.
Section 15. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
(a) (i) Following termination of the Merger Agreement, Parent
may by written notice (the "Registration Notice") to the Company, which
Registration Notice the Parent shall concurrently send to the Stockholder,
request the Company to register under the Securities Act all or any part of
the shares of Common Stock acquired under the Parent Option (the "Parent
Owned Shares" and such Parent Owned Shares requested to be registered for
sale, the "Registrable Securities") pursuant to a bona fide firm commitment
underwritten public offering in which Parent and the underwriters shall
effect as wide a distribution of such Registrable Securities as is
reasonably practicable and shall use their best efforts to prevent any
person (including any Group (as used in Rule l3d-5 under the Exchange Act))
and its affiliates from purchasing through such offering shares
representing more than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a
fully diluted basis (a "Permitted Offering"). The Registration Notice will
include a certificate executed by Parent and its proposed managing
underwriter, which underwriter will be an investment banking firm of
nationally recognized standing (the "Manager"), stating that
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(A) they have a good faith intention to commence promptly a
Permitted Offering and (B) the Manager in good faith believes that, based
on the then prevailing market conditions, it will be able to sell the
Registrable Securities at a per share price equal to at least 80% of the
then Fair Market Value of such shares.
(ii) Upon receipt of the Registration Notice, the Stockholder
will have the option exercisable by written notice delivered to Parent and
the Company within nine business days after receipt of the Registration
Notice, irrevocably to agree to purchase for cash at a price (the
"Stockholder Option Price") equal to the product of (i) the number of
Registrable Securities to be so purchased by the Stockholder and (ii) the
then Fair Market Value of such shares all or any part of the Registrable
Securities proposed to be so sold .
(iii) Upon receipt of the Registration Notice, the Company
(and/or any person designated by the Company) will have the option
exercisable by written notice delivered to Parent within ten business days
after the receipt of the Registration Notice, irrevocably to agree to
purchase for cash at a price (the "Company Option Price" and, together with
the Stockholder Option Price, the "Option Price") equal to the product of
(i) the number of Registrable Securities to be so purchased by the Company
and (ii) the then Fair Market Value of such shares all or any part of the
Registrable Securities proposed to be so sold and not purchased by the
Stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(iv) Any such purchase of Registrable Securities by the
Stockholder or the Company (or its designee) hereunder will take place at a
closing to be held at the principal executive offices of the Company or at
the offices of its counsel at any reasonable date and time designated by
the Stockholder, the Company and/or such designee in such notice within 20
business days after delivery of such notice. Any payment for the shares to
be purchased will be made by delivery at the time of such closing of the
Option Price in immediately available funds. As used herein, "Fair Market
Value" means the average of the daily closing sales price for such share
during the ten trading days prior to the fifth trading day preceding the
date such Fair Market Value is to be determined.
(b) If the Stockholder and the Company, collectively, do not
elect to exercise their respective options pursuant to Section 15(a) with
respect to all Registrable Securities, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to effect, as promptly as practicable, the registration under
the Securities Act of the unpurchased Registrable Securities proposed to be so
sold; provided, however, that (i) Parent will be entitled to no more than an
aggregate of two effective registration statements hereunder and (ii) the
Company will not be required to file any such registration statement during any
period of time (not to exceed 40 days after such request in the case of clause
(A) below or 90 days in the case of clauses (B) and (C) below) when (A) the
Company is in possession of material non-public information that it reasonably
believes would be detrimental to be disclosed at such time and, in the opinion
of
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outside counsel to the Company, such information would have to be disclosed if a
registration statement were filed at that time; (B) the Company is required
under the Securities Act to include audited financial statements for any period
in such registration statement and such financial statements are not yet
available for inclusion in such registration statement; or (C) the Company
determines, in its reasonable judgment, that such registration would interfere
with any proposed financing, acquisition or other material transaction involving
the Company or any of its affiliates. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause any Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section
15 to be qualified for sale under the securities or Blue-Sky laws of such
jurisdictions and Parent may reasonably request and shall continue such
registration or qualification in effect in such jurisdiction; provided, however,
that the Company will not be required to qualify to do business in, or to
consent to general service of process in, any jurisdiction by reason of this
provision.
(c) The registration rights set forth in this Section 15 are
subject to the condition that Parent shall provide the Company with such
information with respect to Parent's Registrable Securities, the plans for the
distribution thereof, and such other information with respect to such holder as,
in the reasonable judgment of counsel for the Company, is necessary to enable
the Company to include in such registration statement all material facts
required to be disclosed with respect to a registration thereunder.
(d) A registration effected under this Section 15 will be
effected at the Company 's expense, except for underwriting discounts and
commissions and the fees and the expenses of counsel to Parent (which will be
paid by Parent), and the Company shall provide to the underwriters such
documentation (including certificates, opinions of counsel and "comfort" letters
from auditors) as are customary in connection with unwritten public offerings as
such underwriters may reasonably require. In connection with any such
registration, the parties agree (i) to indemnify each other and the underwriters
in the customary manner, (ii) to enter into an underwriting agreement in form
and substance customary for transactions of such type with the Manager and the
other underwriters participating in such offering and (iii) to take all further
actions that will be reasonably necessary to effect such registration and sale
(including, if the Manager deems it necessary, participating in road-show
presentations).
(e) The Company will be entitled to include (at its expense)
additional shares of Common Stock in a registration effected pursuant to this
Section 15 only if and to the extent the Manager determines that such inclusion
will not adversely affect the prospects for success of such offering.
ARTICLE V
Section 16. PROFIT SHARING WITH PARENT. If (a) the Parent
Option becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 11 hereof, (b) Parent has not
exercised the Parent Option for all the Shares, and (c) not later than thirteen
months from the date of termination of the Merger
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Agreement, (i) the Company consummates a merger, acquisition, consolidation,
recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving, or
any purchase of all or a substantial portion of the assets or equity securities
of, the Company (a "Business Combination"), (ii) Stockholder disposes of any or
all of his Shares to any person not an affiliate or an associate of Parent or
Purchaser or to the Company or any affiliate thereof in connection with a
Business Combination or (iii) Stockholder realizes cash proceeds in respect of
such Shares as a result of a distribution to the Stockholder by the Company
following the sale of a material amount of the Company's assets in connection
with a Business Combination (each, a "Subsequent Transaction"), in each case at
a per share price or with equivalent per share proceeds (including, in the case
of clause (iii), the remaining value of the Shares), as the case may be (the
"Subsequent Price"), with a value in excess of the Per Share Amount, then the
Stockholder will promptly pay to Parent an amount equal to one-half of the
product of (x) the excess of the Subsequent Price over the Per Share Amount and
(y) the greatest number of Shares beneficially owned by the Stockholder between
the date hereof and the time a Business Combination is consummated (assuming for
this purpose that the Parent Option has not been exercised for any Shares) less
the number of Shares, if any, acquired by Parent upon exercise of the Parent
Option. In the event of any stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations,
combinations, exchanges of shares or the like or any other action that would
have the effect of changing the Stockholder's ownership of the Company's capital
stock or other securities, the Per Share Amount will be appropriately adjusted
for the purpose of this Section 16.
Section 17. PROFIT SHARING WITH STOCKHOLDER.
(a) If (x) Parent exercises the Parent Option and (y) on or
after the earliest date of such exercise and not later than thirteen months from
the date of termination of the Merger Agreement, (i) the Company consummates a
Business Combination, (ii) Parent disposes of any or all of the Parent Owned
Shares to any person not an affiliate or an associate of Parent or Purchaser or
to the Company or any affiliate thereof in connection with a Business
Combination or (iii) Parent realizes cash proceeds in respect of the Parent
Owned Shares as a result of a distribution to Parent by the Company following
the sale of a material amount of the Company's assets in connection with a
Business Combination (each, a "Third Party Subsequent Transaction"), in each
case at a per share price or with equivalent per share proceeds (including, in
the case of clause (iii), the remaining value of the Parent Owned Shares), as
the case may be (the "Third Party Subsequent Price"), with a value in excess of
$31.00 (the "Threshold Price"), then Parent will promptly pay to the Stockholder
an amount equal to one-half of the product of (x) the excess of the Third Party
Subsequent Price over the Threshold Price and (y) the number of Parent Owned
Shares held by Parent at the time a Business Combination is consummated less
one-half of any amounts subject to recovery by the Company pursuant to Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act. In the event of any stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations, combinations, exchanges of shares or the like or any other
action that would have the effect of changing Parent's ownership of the
Company's capital stock or other securities, the Threshold Price will be
appropriately adjusted for the purpose of this Section 17(a).
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(b) If (x) Parent exercises the Parent Option granted in
Section 10 and (y) on or after the earliest date of such exercise and not later
than thirteen months from the date of termination of the Merger Agreement,
Parent, Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of Parent or Purchaser
consummates a Business Combination involving the Company at a per share price or
with equivalent per share proceeds (the "Parent Subsequent Price") with a value
in excess of the Per Share Amount, then Parent will promptly pay to the
Stockholder an amount equal to the product of (x) the excess of the Parent
Subsequent Price over the Per Share Amount and (y) the number of Parent Owned
Shares. In the event of any stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations,
combinations, exchanges of shares or the like or any other action that would
have the effect of changing Parent's ownership of the Company's capital stock or
other securities, the Per Share Amount will be appropriately adjusted for the
purpose of this Section 17(b).
ARTICLE VI
Section 18. TERMINATION. This Agreement will terminate (a)
upon the purchase of all the Shares pursuant to the Offer in accordance with
Section 7, (b) except for Article IV and Article V hereof, which will only
terminate as and when provided therein, (i) on the earlier to occur of (A) the
Effective Time or (B) the date the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance
with its terms, or (c) by the mutual consent of the Stockholder, the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Board of Directors of Parent.
Section 19. EXPENSES. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or in the Merger Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred by any of the
parties hereto will be borne by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
Parent and Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company and the Stockholder, on
the other hand, will indemnify and hold harmless the other from and against any
and all claims or liabilities for finder's fees or brokerage commissions or
other like payments incurred by reason of action taken by him, it or any of
them, as the case may be.
Section 20. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party hereto will execute and
deliver all such further documents and instruments and take all such further
action as may be necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 21. PUBLICITY. Parent, the Company and the Stockholder
shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise
making any public statements with respect to this Agreement or the Merger
Agreement or the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and shall not
issue any such press release or make any such public statement before such
consultation, except as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange
rules..
Section 22. ENFORCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT. The Stockholder and
the Company acknowledge that irreparable damage would occur in the event that
any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with
their specific terms or were
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otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that Parent and Purchaser will be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement
and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the
United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity.
Section 23. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) All representations and warranties contained herein will
survive for thirteen months after the termination hereof. The covenants and
agreements made herein will survive in accordance with their respective terms.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement may be waived at any time
by the party that is entitled to the benefits thereof. No such waiver, amendment
or supplement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party or
parties sought to be bound thereby. Any waiver by any party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement will not operate as or be construed to be a waiver
of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of
this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any
term of this Agreement or one or more sections hereof will not be considered a
waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict
adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the iWorld
Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Licensing
Agreement, the Consulting Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute
the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements among the parties with respect to
such matters. This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived
or otherwise modified, except upon the delivery of a written agreement executed
by the parties hereto.
(d) This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
conflicts of laws principles thereof.
(e) The descriptive headings contained herein are for
convenience and reference only and will not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
(f) All notices and other communications hereunder will be in
writing and will be given (and will be deemed to have been duly given upon
receipt) by delivery in person, by telecopy, or by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
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If to the Company or the Stockholder to:
Mecklermedia Corporation
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
If to Parent or Purchaser to:
Penton Media, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
with copies to:
Xxxxx, Day, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
North Point
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other parties in
writing in accordance herewith.
(g) This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together will constitute one agreement.
(h) This Agreement is binding upon and is solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, legal
representatives and assigns. Neither this
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Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement
will be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent
of the other parties, except that Parent and Purchaser will have the right to
assign to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser
any and all rights and obligations of Parent or Purchaser under this Agreement,
provided that any such assignment will not relieve either Parent or Purchaser
from any of its obligations hereunder.
(i) If any term or provision of this Agreement is determined
to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or
public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement will
nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
adverse to any party hereto. Upon any such determination that any term or other
provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto
will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to
the end that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated to
the extent possible.
(j) All rights, powers and remedies provided under this
Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity will be
cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any thereof by either party
will not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right,
power or remedy by such party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement on the date first above written.
PENTON MEDIA, INC.
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:Chief Executive Officer
INTERNET WORLD MEDIA, INC.
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: President
MECKLERMEDIA CORPORATION
By: /S/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
STOCKHOLDER
/S/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
