STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT among TARGET SOFTWARE, INC., TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC., ALL OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF TARGET SOFTWARE, INC., AND TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC., Charles Longfield, as Stockholder Representative and BLACKBAUD, INC. January 16, 2007
Exhibit 2.2
Execution Copy
among
TARGET SOFTWARE, INC.,
TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC.,
ALL OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF TARGET SOFTWARE, INC.,
AND TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC.,
AND TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC.,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, as Stockholder Representative
and
BLACKBAUD, INC.
January 16, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
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DEFINED TERMS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION | 4 | ||||
1.1
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Defined Terms | 4 | ||||
1.2
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Usage | 4 | ||||
ARTICLE II
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES; PURCHASE PRICE, POST-CLOSING ADJUSTMENT AND RELATED MATTERS | 5 | ||||
2.1
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Purchase and Sale of Shares | 5 | ||||
2.2
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Purchase Price; Allocation of Payments | 6 | ||||
2.3
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Intentionally Deleted | 6 | ||||
2.4
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Earnout Payment; Procedures | 6 | ||||
2.5
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Treatment of Stock Options | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE III
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CLOSING | 9 | ||||
3.1
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Time and Place | 9 | ||||
3.2
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Closing Deliveries of the Target Stockholders | 9 | ||||
3.3
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Closing Deliveries of the Target Entities | 10 | ||||
3.4
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Buyer Closing Deliveries | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE TARGET ENTITIES | 11 | ||||
4.1
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Organization; Good Standing; Power | 11 | ||||
4.2
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Authorization; Validity of Agreement | 11 | ||||
4.3
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No Conflicts; Consents | 12 | ||||
4.4
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Capitalization; Subsidiaries | 12 | ||||
4.5
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Financial Condition | 12 | ||||
4.6
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Absence of Changes or Events | 13 | ||||
4.7
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Assets | 15 | ||||
4.8
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Real Property and Leases | 16 | ||||
4.9
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Intellectual Property | 16 | ||||
4.10
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Material Contracts | 20 | ||||
4.11
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Permits | 21 | ||||
4.12
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Taxes | 22 | ||||
4.13
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Proceedings | 24 | ||||
4.14
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Benefit Plans | 24 | ||||
4.15
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Employee and Labor Matters | 26 | ||||
4.16
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Compliance with Applicable Laws | 26 | ||||
4.17
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Environmental Matters | 27 | ||||
4.18
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Brokers | 28 | ||||
4.19
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Inventory | 28 | ||||
4.20
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Bank Accounts | 28 | ||||
4.21
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Interest in Customers, Suppliers and Competitors | 28 | ||||
4.22
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Insurance | 28 | ||||
4.23
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Bankruptcy | 29 |
4.24
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Customers | 29 | ||||
4.25
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Product Warranties | 29 | ||||
4.26
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Product Liability | 29 | ||||
4.27
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Disclosure | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE V
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SHARES AND THE TARGET STOCKHOLDERS | 30 | ||||
5.1
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Title to Shares | 30 | ||||
5.2
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Adverse Agreements; Consents | 30 | ||||
5.3
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No Adverse Litigation | 30 | ||||
5.4
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Regulatory and Other Approvals | 30 | ||||
5.5
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Power and Authority; Enforceability | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER | 31 | ||||
6.1
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Organization, Standing, Qualification and Power | 31 | ||||
6.2
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Authority; Execution and Delivery; and Enforceability | 31 | ||||
6.3
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No Conflicts; Consent | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE VII
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COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS | 32 | ||||
7.1
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts | 32 | ||||
7.2
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Publicity | 32 | ||||
7.3
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Employees and Employee Benefits | 32 | ||||
7.4
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Code Section 338(h)(10) Election; Tax Allocation | 33 | ||||
7.5
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Confidentiality | 35 | ||||
7.6
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Noncompetition | 35 | ||||
7.7
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Release | 36 | ||||
7.8
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Additional Covenants | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 37 | ||||
8.1
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Conditions to Obligations of Buyer | 37 | ||||
8.2
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Conditions to the Obligations of the Target Entities and Target Stockholders | 39 | ||||
8.3
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Effect of Closing | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE IX
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INDEMNIFICATION | 40 | ||||
9.1
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Survival | 40 | ||||
9.2
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Indemnification | 40 | ||||
9.3
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Nature of Obligations | 41 | ||||
9.4
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Target Stockholder Representative | 41 | ||||
9.5
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Third Party Claims | 43 | ||||
9.6
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Treatment of Indemnification Payments; Loss Determination | 44 | ||||
9.7
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Limitation of Liability | 45 | ||||
9.8
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Escrow; Recourse to Earnout Payments for Certain Claims | 45 | ||||
ARTICLE X
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GENERAL PROVISIONS | 47 | ||||
10.1
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Assignment | 47 | ||||
10.2
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No Third-Party Beneficiaries | 47 | ||||
10.3
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Notices | 47 |
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10.4
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Headings | 48 | ||||
10.5
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Counterparts | 48 | ||||
10.6
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Entire Agreement | 48 | ||||
10.7
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Amendments and Waivers | 48 | ||||
10.8
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Expenses | 49 | ||||
10.9
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Severability | 49 | ||||
10.10
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Governing Law | 49 | ||||
10.11
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Arbitration | 49 | ||||
10.12
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Costs, Expenses, and Attorneys Fees | 50 |
APPENDIX | ||
A
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Defined Terms | |
EXHIBITS | ||
A
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Target Stockholders and Target Allocation Percentages | |
B
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Form of Escrow Agreement | |
C
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Form of Employment Agreement | |
D
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Form of Noncompetition Agreement | |
E
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Form of Promissory Note | |
F
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Schedule of Exceptions | |
G
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Form of Legal Opinion (Counsel to Target Entities) | |
H
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Form of Legal Opinion (Counsel to Buyer) | |
SCHEDULES | ||
2.4
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Target Products | |
2.5
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Exchange Payments | |
4.5
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Target Transaction Expenses, Closing Indebtedness and Cash and Cash Equivalents | |
7.6
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Excluded Stockholders |
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This Stock Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of January 16, 2007, by and
among Blackbaud, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), Target Software, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation (“Target Software”), Target Analysis Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Target Analysis”), the stockholders of Target Software and Target Analysis
listed on Exhibit A hereto (respectively, the “Target Software Stockholders” and
“Target Analysis Stockholders”, and collectively the “Target Stockholders”) and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx as the representative of the Target Stockholders (the “Target Stockholder
Representative”). Target Software and Target Analysis are referred to collectively herein as
the “Target Entities” or individually as a “Target Entity”.
RECITALS
A. The Target Stockholders own the number of issued and outstanding shares of the capital
stock of the Target Entities set forth on Exhibit A hereto opposite their names
(collectively, the “Shares”), which are all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Target Entities.
B. Buyer desires to purchase the Shares from the Target Stockholders, and the Target
Stockholders desire to sell the Shares to the Buyer, upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the respective
meanings given to such terms in Appendix A.
1.2 Usage.
(a) Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:
(i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable,
only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to a Person
in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;
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(iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof;
(v) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other provision hereof;
(vi) references to a “Section” that are not further qualified as to what document the Section
is located in shall be deemed to refer to Sections of this Agreement;
(vii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting
the generality of any description preceding such term;
(viii) “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”;
(ix) with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and
including” and “to” means “to but excluding”; and
(x) references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all
addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto.
(b) Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise specified herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall
be made in accordance with GAAP.
(c) Legal Representation of the Parties. This Agreement was negotiated by the parties
with the benefit of legal representation, and any rule of construction or interpretation otherwise
requiring this Agreement to be construed or interpreted against any party shall not apply to any
construction or interpretation hereof.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES; PURCHASE PRICE, POST-CLOSING
ADJUSTMENT AND RELATED MATTERS
ADJUSTMENT AND RELATED MATTERS
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Closing, the Target Stockholders shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and
deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, acquire and accept from such Target Stockholders, all
of the Shares owned by the Target Stockholders, with the Target Stockholders delivering to Buyer
certificates evidencing the Shares owned by the Target Stockholders, duly endorsed for transfer,
and with Buyer making the payments to the Target Stockholders as described in Section 2.2.
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2.2 Purchase Price; Allocation of Payments. The purchase price to be paid by the
Buyer to the Target Stockholders for the Shares shall equal the Initial Payment Amount, plus any
Earnout Payment, where:
(a) The “Initial Payment Amount” shall equal $54,050,000. At Closing, as set forth in
Section 3.1, the Initial Payment Amount shall be allocated to and shall be distributable to the
Target Stockholders pursuant to the Target Allocation Percentages set forth on Exhibit A,
it being understood that as to any stockholder of a Target Entity, the Target Allocation Percentage
shall be equal to the product of (i) the percentage of the outstanding common stock of such Target
Entity that is held of record by such stockholder immediately prior to the Closing, multiplied by
(ii) 0.5; and
(b) Any Earnout Payment, up to a maximum amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand
($2,400,000), payable pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Agreement, shall be paid to the Target
Stockholders pursuant to the Target Allocation Percentages set forth on Exhibit A.
2.3 Intentionally Deleted.
2.4 Earnout Payment; Procedures.
(a) Earnout Payment. In addition to the Initial Payment Amount, on March 24, 2008 (or
such later time as provided in this Section 2.4), the Buyer shall pay to the Target Stockholders,
in cash, an amount determined as set forth below (the “Earnout Payment”).
(b) Target 2007 Revenue and Minimum Revenue Target. The Earnout Payment shall be
determined by reference to the Target 2007 Revenue, as defined below, and shall be payable only if
the Target 2007 Revenue exceeds $21,000,000 (the “Minimum Revenue Target”).
(c) Certain Definitions.
(i) The “Target 2007 Revenue” shall mean the amount of revenue recognized by Buyer in
its audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ending December 31, 2007, determined
in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied by Buyer, that is attributable to the sale or license
of any Target Products.
(ii) “Target Products” shall mean any software product or related service currently
provided by Target Software to its customers, including those products and services identified on
Schedule 2.4, and any data analysis product or service currently provided by Target Analysis to its
customers, including those products and services identified on Schedule 2.4, and any improvement,
enhancement or extension of any such product or service of Target Software or Target Analysis that
is developed by either Target Entity or by Buyer after the date of this Agreement and that, in the
absence of this Agreement, could not be sold or licensed by Buyer without infringing Intellectual
Property that is owned by or licensed on an exclusive basis to a Target Entity immediately prior to
the Closing.
(d) The Earnout Payment shall be equal to the sum of (A) the product of (i) the amount, if
any, by which the Target 2007 Revenue exceeds the Minimum Revenue Target, but in
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no event an amount greater than $3,000,000, multiplied by (ii) 0.72 and (B) the product of (i) the
amount, if any, by which the Target 2007 Revenue exceeds $24,000,000, multiplied by (ii) 0.24;
provided that in no event shall the Earnout Payment be an amount greater than $2,400,000.
(e) Earnout Procedures.
(i) Buyer shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Target Stockholder
Representative not later than March 17, 2008, a statement (the “Earnout Payment Statement”)
stating the amount of the Earnout Payment, if any, to be made by the Buyer, which statement shall
set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such determination. The Target Stockholder
Representative shall have the right to examine and audit, at the cost and expense of the Target
Stockholders (except as provided in Section 2.4(e)(iii) below), the books and records of the Target
Entities, as reasonably necessary to determine the Earnout Payment, during normal business hours
upon reasonable advance written notice.
(ii) The Target Stockholder Representative shall deliver to Buyer, within fifteen (15)
Business Days following receipt of the Earnout Payment Statement (the “Earnout Objection
Deadline Date”), either a notice of acceptance (an “Earnout Acceptance Notice”) or a
notice of objection (an “Earnout Objection Notice”) of the determination of the amount of
the Earnout Payment as set forth in the Earnout Payment Statement. If the Target Stockholder
Representative delivers to Buyer an Earnout Acceptance Notice, or if the Target Stockholder
Representative does not deliver an Earnout Objection Notice by the Earnout Objection Deadline Date,
then, effective as of the earlier of (A) the date of delivery of such Earnout Acceptance Notice or
(B) the close of business on the Earnout Objection Deadline Date, the amount of the Earnout Payment
as set forth in the Earnout Payment Statement shall be final. If the Target Stockholder
Representative delivers an Earnout Objection Notice by the Earnout Objection Deadline Date, such
objections shall be resolved as follows:
(A) The Target Stockholder Representative and Buyer shall first use reasonable efforts to
resolve such objections.
(B) If the Target Stockholder Representative and Buyer do not reach a resolution of all
objections set forth on such Earnout Objection Notice within thirty (30) days after delivery of
such Earnout Objection Notice, then the Target Stockholder Representative and Buyer shall engage
the Selected Firm within 15 days following the expiration of such 30-day period to resolve any
remaining objections set forth on the Earnout Objection Notice (the “Unresolved Earnout
Objections”).
(C) Within sixty (60) Business Days after the date of its engagement hereunder (or as soon as
possible thereafter), the Selected Firm shall determine whether the objections raised by the Target
Stockholder Representative are valid and shall issue a ruling which shall include (x) a description
of any resolutions to objections agreed upon by the Buyer and the Target Stockholder
Representative, (y) a description of the Selected Firm’s resolution of the Unresolved Earnout
Objections, and (z) a statement of the final amount of the Earnout Payment.
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(D) The resolution by the Selected Firm of the Unresolved Earnout Objections shall be
conclusive and binding. The Target Stockholder Representative and Buyer agree that the procedure
set forth in this Section 2.4(e)(ii) for resolving disputes with respect to the amount of the
Earnout Payment shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving any such disputes; provided
that this provision shall not prohibit either the Target Stockholder Representative or Buyer from
instituting litigation to enforce the ruling of the Selected Firm.
(iii) Within five (5) Business Days after the date on which the amount of the Earnout Payment
shall become final in accordance with the foregoing (the “Earnout Payment Date”), subject
to the provisions of clause (iv) below, Buyer shall pay to the Target Stockholders, in accordance
with the Target Allocation Percentages set forth on Exhibit A, the final Earnout Payment as
determined by the Selected Firm or otherwise agreed to by the Target Stockholder Representative and
Buyer. In the event the Target Stockholder Representative and Buyer engage a Selected Firm
pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(ii)(B), (x) the Target Stockholders shall pay all of the costs and
expenses of such Selected Firm and shall also reimburse the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Buyer, if any, in connection with the Target Stockholder Representatives examining and
auditing the amount of the Earnout Payment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i), if the difference between
the amount of the Earnout Payment originally submitted by Buyer and the amount of the final Earnout
Payment, as determined by the parties or by the Selected Firm, is less than $50,000, and (y) the
Buyer shall pay all of the costs and expenses of such Selected Firm and shall also reimburse the
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Target Stockholder Representatives in examining
and auditing the amount of the Earnout Payment pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i), if the difference
between the amount of the Earnout Payment originally submitted by Buyer and the amount of the final
Earnout Payment, as determined by the parties or by the Selected Firm, is greater than or equal to
$50,000. To the extent that the Target Stockholders are responsible for the fees and expenses of
the Selected Firm and fail to pay such fees and expenses, then the Buyer shall have the right to
set-off the amount of such unpaid fees and expenses from any payment that the Buyer is required to
make to the Target Stockholders pursuant to this Section 2.4. If no set-off is available, then the
Buyer and the Target Stockholder Representative shall provide written instructions to the Escrow
Agent to remit to Buyer from the Escrow Amount, if any, then held by the Escrow Agent, the
aggregate amount of such fees and expenses, with any such amount excluded from the Floor and Claim
Minimum.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if, as of the Earnout Payment
Date, Buyer has not been fully repaid for the amount of Losses arising out of a claim for fraud or
any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1, 4.2,
4.3, 4.4, 4.12, 5.1 and 5.5, for which any of the Target Stockholders shall have been finally
determined to be obligated to indemnify the Buyer pursuant to Article IX hereof, then the Buyer
shall have the right to set-off the amount of such unpaid Losses from any payment that the Buyer is
required to make to the Target Stockholders pursuant to this Section 2.4. In the event that, on or
before the Earnout Payment Date, the Buyer shall have delivered to the Target Stockholder
Representative a written notice with respect to any such claims for indemnification pursuant to
Article IX hereof that have not been fully resolved as of the Earnout Payment Date, the Buyer shall
be entitled to deposit in escrow in an interest-bearing account with the Escrow Agent, pursuant to
an escrow agreement consistent with this paragraph and otherwise reasonably acceptable to Buyer and
the Target Stockholder Representative, such
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portion of the applicable Earnout Payment then due that does not exceed Buyer’s reasonable, good
faith estimate of the amount of such unresolved claim(s), and the amount so deposited shall be
retained by the Escrow Agent pending resolution of such unresolved claim(s)) in accordance with
Article IX hereof or until its earlier distribution as set forth below. Within three (3) Business
Days of the resolution of all such unresolved matters in accordance with Article IX hereof, and, in
any event, on the 90th day after the Earnout Payment Date, the Escrow Agent shall (A)
distribute to Buyer such portion of the Earnout Payment so deposited in escrow as is equal to the
amount, if any, for which the Target Stockholders shall have been finally determined to be
obligated to indemnify the Buyer pursuant to Article IX hereof, and (B) distribute to the Target
Stockholders the balance of the amount so deposited, plus interest earned on the entire amount so
deposited with the Escrow Agent.
2.5 Treatment of Stock Options. Immediately prior to the Closing, vesting of all
options to purchase shares of common stock of the Target Entities (the “Target Options”)
shall accelerate so that all Target Options shall be fully vested and exercisable. At Closing, all
Target Options not previously exercised shall, as consented to prior to Closing by the holders of
such Target Options, be cancelled and in lieu thereof the holder shall be entitled to receive an
amount or amounts (collectively, the “Exchange Payments”) which shall equal to the
“in-the-money” value of such Target Option, in the amount and calculated in the manner set forth on
Schedule 2.5, minus any withholding or other Taxes required to be withheld by Buyer. In addition,
the persons identified on Schedule 2.5 to whom options to purchase common stock of the Target
Entities were promised but not delivered, as set forth on Schedule 2.5, shall be entitled upon the
Closing to receive from the applicable Target Entity or from the Buyer cash payments equal to the
“in-the-money” value of each such unissued Target option, in the amount and calculated in the
manner set forth on Schedule 2.5, minus any withholding or other Taxes required to be withheld by
Buyer, and any such payment shall be deemed to constitute an Exchange Payment for purposes of this
paragraph.
ARTICLE III
CLOSING
3.1 Time and Place. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the “Closing”) will take place at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP at 0000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 on a date (the “Closing Date”) to be
mutually agreed upon by the parties.
3.2 Closing Deliveries of the Target Stockholders. At the Closing, the Target
Stockholders and/or the Target Stockholder Representative shall deliver to the Buyer or other
applicable party:
(a) the certificates representing the Shares, endorsed in blank or accompanied by executed
blank stock powers, or, if any such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, an affidavit
of such loss, theft or destruction in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Buyer;
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(b) the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit B executed by
the Target Stockholder Representative;
(c) employment agreements with the Key Employees in substantially the form set forth on
Exhibit C, executed by the Key Employees (the “Employment Agreements”); and
(d) noncompetition agreements in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit D,
executed by the Key Employees (the “Noncompetition Agreements”).
3.3 Closing Deliveries of the Target Entities. At the Closing, each of Target
Software and Target Analysis shall deliver to the Buyer:
(a) certificates with respect to good standing of such company, executed by the appropriate
official of each jurisdiction in which such company is incorporated or organized and in which it is
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity;
(b) resignations of all officers and/or directors of such company effective as of the Closing;
and
(c) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such company (i) certifying, as
complete and accurate as of the Closing, attached copies of the Governing Documents of such
company; (ii) certifying and attaching all requisite resolutions or actions of such company’s board
of directors and, if required by applicable Law, stockholders, approving the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions; and (iii) certifying to
the incumbency and signatures of the officers of such company executing this Agreement and any
other document relating to the Transactions; and
(d) any and all other certificates, documents and instruments required to be delivered by the
Target Entities hereunder
3.4 Buyer Closing Deliveries. At the Closing the Buyer shall deliver to the Target
Stockholders, the Target Stockholder Representative or other applicable party:
(a) a promissory note to the Target Stockholder Representative in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Buyer will pay on the
first business day following the Closing Date, an amount equal to the Initial Payment Amount, less
the Escrow Amount, to the Target Stockholders by means of wire transfer(s) of immediately available
funds into the designated bank account(s) of the Target Stockholders in accordance with the Target
Allocation Percentages set forth on Exhibit A hereto;
(b) the Escrow Agreement, executed by the Buyer and the Escrow Agent, together with the
delivery of the Escrow Amount to the Escrow Agent thereunder, by wire transfer to an account
specified by the Escrow Agent;
(c) the Employment Agreements, executed by Buyer;
(d) the Noncompetition Agreements, executed by the Buyer;
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(e) any and all other certificates, documents and instruments required to be delivered by the
Buyer hereunder; and
(f) promptly after Closing, the Buyer shall make the Exchange Payments to the holders of
Target Options, as set forth on Schedule 2.5.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REGARDING THE TARGET ENTITIES
REGARDING THE TARGET ENTITIES
Target Software and Target Analysis, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Buyer
that the statements contained in this Article IV are correct and complete as of the date hereof
and, except where a representation or warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date, as of the
Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date, except as set forth in the schedule of exceptions
attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Schedule of Exceptions”) (as may be updated
prior to the Closing). The numbering of the Schedule of Exceptions corresponds to the numbered
Sections contained in this Article IV, and a disclosure made or referenced in one section of the
Schedule of Exceptions shall not amend, modify or alter the representations or warranties in any
other section unless, and only to the extent that, it is readily apparent that such matter relates
to such other section or subsection of the Schedule of Exceptions and the level of particularity
and manner of disclosure of the matter expressly disclosed in one section or subsection of the
Schedule of Exceptions would make a reasonable person aware that such disclosure is relevant to
such other sections or subsections. Unless specifically referenced as such in this Agreement, the
inclusion of any information in any Schedule of Exceptions (or updated Schedule of Exceptions)
shall not be deemed to be an admission or acknowledgement by either of the Target Entities, in and
of itself, that such information is material to or outside the Ordinary Course of Business.
4.1 Organization; Good Standing; Power. Each of the Target Entities is duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (or its equivalent) under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority, to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each of the
Target Entities is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, licensed
and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Target Entities has
heretofore delivered to Buyer a complete and correct copy of its Governing Documents as currently
in effect.
4.2 Authorization; Validity of Agreement. Each of the Target Entities has all
necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related
Documents, to perform their obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Target Entities of this
Agreement and the consummation by each of the Target Entities of the Transactions are within their
corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action under the their
Governing Documents and applicable provisions of the Law of their jurisdiction of incorporation.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the
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Target Entities and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement
of the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of each of the Target
Entities, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and for limitations imposed by general principles of equity.
4.3 No Conflicts; Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the
Target Entities of this Agreement and the Related Documents and the consummation of the
Transactions do not and will not (i) violate the Governing Documents of either of the Target
Entities, (ii) violate any applicable Law, or (iii) require any consent or other action by any
Person under, constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any right or obligation of either of the Target Entities or to a loss of any
benefit to which either of the Target Entities are entitled under any provision of any Material
Contract (or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any assets used in the Ordinary Course of
Business for either of the Target Entities). No notice, filing, consent, approval, license,
permit, order, qualification or authorization of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required for or in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and each other Related Document, and the consummation of the Transactions.
4.4 Capitalization; Subsidiaries. The authorized and outstanding capital stock of
each of the Target Entities is set forth in Section 4.4 of the Schedule of Exceptions. Except as
set forth in Section 4.4 of the Schedule of Exceptions, there are no existing (a) options,
warrants, calls, subscriptions or other rights, convertible securities, agreements or commitments
of any character obligating either of the Target Entities to issue, transfer or sell any equity
interests in either of the Target Entities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such
equity interests; (b) contractual obligations of either of the Target Entities to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any equity interests in either of the Target Entities; or (c) voting
trusts or similar agreements to which either of the Target Entities is a party with respect to the
voting of equity interests in either of the Target Entities. Neither of the Target Entities has
any Subsidiaries or currently own or control, directly or indirectly, any shares of or ownership
interest in any other corporation, association, or other business entity. Neither of the Target
Entities is, directly or indirectly, a participant in any joint venture or partnership.
4.5 Financial Condition.
(a) Financial Statements. Section 4.5(a) of the Schedule of Exceptions contains
correct and complete copies of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Target Entities
as of December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 (the December 31, 2005 balance sheet of the Target Entities
being presented on a combined basis) and the related audited statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the
related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, certified (as applicable) by the independent certified auditors for each
of the Target Entities, whose report thereon is included therewith (the “Base Financial
Statements”) and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Target Entities
as of November 30, 2006 (the “Latest Balance Sheets”) and the related unaudited statements
of
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operations for the eleven-month period then ended (together with the Latest Balance Sheets and
the Base Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements have
been prepared from the books and records of each of the Target Entities in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied except (i) as may be indicated in the footnotes thereto and/or (ii) in the
case of unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and for normal year-end
adjustments. Except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Schedule of Exceptions, the Financial
Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations,
and cash flows of each of the Target Entities as of the dates and for the periods indicated.
(b) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither of the Target Entities has any material
debts, liabilities or obligation, whether accrued, absolute or otherwise, including any liabilities
or obligation on account of Taxes or any governmental charge or penalty, interest or fine, except
for (i) those liabilities reflected on face of the Latest Balance Sheets and (ii) liabilities and
obligations that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the Latest
Balance Sheets.
(c) Accounts Receivable. All of the Accounts Receivable of each of the Target
Entities that are reflected properly on their Latest Balance Sheet or have arisen in the Ordinary
Course of Business subsequent to the date of their respective Latest Balance Sheet, arose out of
bona fide, arms-length transactions, are valid receivables and, to the Knowledge of the Target
Entities, are subject to no setoffs or counterclaims.
(d) Representation as to Certain Amounts. Schedule 4.5 sets forth the amount of (i)
the Target Transaction Expenses, (ii) the Closing Indebtedness and (iii) the Closing Cash and Cash
Equivalents. To the extent that (i) the actual Target Transaction Expenses or Indebtedness as of
the Closing Date as determined within 30 Business Days of Closing in good faith by Buyer in
accordance with GAAP and provided in writing to the Target Stockholder Representative, exceed the
amounts set forth on Schedule 4.5, or (ii) the actual Closing Cash and Cash Equivalents, as
determined within 30 Business Days of Closing in good faith by Buyer in accordance with GAAP and
provided in writing to the Target Stockholder Representative, are less than the amount set forth on
Schedule 4.5, the Buyer and the Target Stockholder Representative shall provide written
instructions to the Escrow Agent to remit to Buyer from the Escrow Amount the amount of such
difference, with any such amount to be excluded from the Floor and the Claim Minimum.
4.6 Absence of Changes or Events. Except as set forth on Section 4.6 of the Schedule
of Exceptions, since December 31, 2005 (the date of the Base Financial Statements):
(a) Neither of the Target Entities has entered into any material transaction that was not in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) except for sales or licenses of goods and services in the Ordinary Course of Business,
there has been no sale, assignment, transfer, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or lease of any asset
or property of either of the Target Entities;
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(c) there has been no declaration or payment of a dividend, or any other declaration or
payment of a dividend, or any other declaration, payment or distribution of any type or nature by
either of the Target Entities, whether in cash or property, and no purchase or redemption of any
Equity Securities or other securities of either of the Target Entities;
(d) there has been no declaration, payment or commitment for the payment by either of the
Target Entities of a bonus or other additional salary, compensation or benefit to any employee of
the Target Entities that was not in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(e) there has been no release, compromise, waiver or cancellation of any debt to, claim by, or
right of either of the Target Entities other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) there have been no capital expenditures by either of the Target Entities in excess of
$25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(g) there has been no change in accounting methods or practices or revaluation of any asset of
either of the Target Entities;
(h) there has been no damage, destruction to or loss of, physical property of either of the
Target Entities;
(i) there has been no loan by either of the Target Entities, or guaranty by either of the
Target Entities of any loan, to any stockholder, director, officer or employee of either of the
Target Entities, other than routine advances on account of travel, lodging and other business
expenses in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(j) there has been no amendment or termination of any oral or written contract, agreement or
license to which either of the Target Entities is a party or by which either of the Target Entities
is bound, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, or except as expressly contemplated thereby;
(k) neither of the Target Entities has failed to satisfy any of its debts, obligations or
liabilities as the same became due and payable;
(l) neither of the Target Entities has entered, renewed or permitted the renewal of (whether
by operation of any term thereof providing for automatic renewal or otherwise) into any agreement,
contract, lease or license (or series of related agreements, contracts, leases or licenses) with
any vendor or supplier either involving more than $25,000 in any 12-month period, other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(m) neither of the Target Entities has imposed any Lien, other than Permitted Liens, upon any
of its assets or properties, tangible or intangible;
(n) Neither of the Target Entities has made any capital investment in, any loan to, or any
acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other Person (or series of related capital
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investments, loans, and acquisitions) either involving more than $25,000 or outside the Ordinary
Course of Business;
(o) neither of the Target Entities has issued any note, bond, or other debt security or
created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money or capitalized lease
obligation either involving more than $25,000 singly or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(p) neither of the Target Entities has delayed or postponed the payment of accounts payable or
other liabilities or indebtedness outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(q) neither of the Target Entities has transferred, assigned or granted any license or
sublicense of any rights under or with respect to any Intellectual Property other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(r) there has been no change made or authorized in the Governing Documents of either of the
Target Entities;
(s) neither of the Target Entities has issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of any of its
Equity Securities or other securities, or granted any options, warrants, or other rights to
purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange, or exercise) any of its Equity Securities
or other securities other than in the Ordinary Course of Business pursuant to the Stock Option
Plans;
(t) neither of the Target Entities has adopted, amended, modified, or terminated any bonus,
profit-sharing, incentive, severance, or other plan, contract, or commitment for the benefit of any
of its directors, officers, and employees (or taken any such action with respect to any other
benefit plan);
(u) neither of the Target Entities has made or pledged to make any material charitable
contribution; and
(v) there has been no agreement or commitment by either of the Target Entities to do any of
the foregoing.
4.7 Assets. As of the date hereof, each of the Target Entities has good, valid and
marketable title to all of the assets and properties reflected on its respective Latest Balance
Sheet or acquired subsequent thereto (except for assets and properties sold, consumed or otherwise
disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of its respective Latest Balance
Sheet), free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The assets and properties of each
of the Target Entities include all of the assets, properties and rights of every type and
description, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, that are necessary to conduct its
Business in the Ordinary Course of Business. All material items of tangible personal property
(including computer hardware) used in, in use or useable in the operation of the Business of each
of the Target Entities, are free from defects (patent and, to the Knowledge of the Target Entities,
latent), have been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, and are in good
operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear and minor defects that do not materially
interfere with the use thereof excepted, and are suitable for the purposes for which they are
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presently used and for the operation of the Business of each of the Target Entities in the
manner in which it is currently operated.
4.8 Real Property and Leases. Neither of the Target Entities own any real property.
Section 4.8 of the Schedule of Exceptions identifies each parcel of real property in which either
of the Target Entities has a leasehold or similar interest (the “Leased Real Property”).
Each of Target Entities has the valid legal right to use all Leased Real Property under the leases
described in Section 4.8 of the Schedule of Exceptions, including leaseholds and all other
interests in real property, and such other material assets, utilities and properties that are used
in or necessary for the conduct of its Business as conducted immediately prior to the date hereof,
subject to no Liens except for Permitted Liens. All of the Leased Real Property is held under
valid, binding and enforceable leases, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i)
bankruptcy laws and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general
principles of equity, regardless of whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or at law. True and
correct copies of all such leases (and all amendments thereto) have been made available to the
Buyer. There is no pending, or to the Knowledge of either of the Target Entities, threatened
action that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the quiet enjoyment of any such
leasehold by either of the Target Entities. Neither of the Target Entities has been notified that
it is in breach of, in violation of, in default under or not in compliance with any of its
obligations in any lease under which it occupies any Leased Real Property. Neither of the Target
Entities has received any notice of violation or claimed violation by it of any applicable
building, zoning, subdivision and other land use and similar applicable Laws affecting its Leased
Real Property. Neither of the Target Entities has received notice (and neither of the Target
Entities has Knowledge) of any pending or threatened condemnation or similar proceedings affecting
the Leased Real Property.
4.9 Intellectual Property.
(a) Each of the Target Entities own or is properly licensed to use all Intellectual Property
used in or necessary to the conduct of its Business as presently conducted.
(b) Section 4.9(b) of the Schedule of Exceptions sets forth a true and complete list of all:
(i) Copyrights that have been filed with, or issued or registered with any Governmental Entity and
for in either of the Target Entities has an ownership interest; (ii) Patents that have been filed
with, issued or registered by any Governmental Entity and for which either of the Target Entities
has an ownership interest; (iii) Trademarks that have been filed with, issued or registered by any
Governmental Entity and for which either of the Target Entities has an ownership interest; (iv)
material unregistered Trademarks in which either of the Target Entities has an ownership interest
and that are currently in use; (v) internet domain names in which either of the Target Entities has
an ownership interest; and (vi) Contracts to which either of the Target Entities is a party which
grant licenses of Intellectual Property of any other Person to either of the Target Entities (other
than shrinkwrap or other commercially available off-the-shelf software product licenses granted to
either of the Target Entities) (each an “Intellectual Property License”).
(c) All Owned Intellectual Property was entirely written and developed by employees of either
Target Software or Target Analysis within the course and scope of their duties while
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employed by the applicable Target Entity and who have a duty of assignment to Target Software or
Target Analysis or by Persons who have assigned such property to Target Software or Target
Analysis. No Person other than the Target Entities has any ownership interest in any Owned
Intellectual Property. All of the products offered by each of the Target Entities as of or prior
to the date hereof and currently under development (collectively, the “Products”) consist
of Owned Intellectual Property and Licensed Intellectual Property.
(d) Each of the Target Entities has taken commercially reasonable measures to protect for its
benefit the confidential and proprietary nature of its Trade Secrets. Each Person, including
employees, agents, consultants, distributors and licensees of each of the Target Entities, who has
had access to or otherwise been exposed in any material respect to any Trade Secrets of either of
the Target Entities, has entered into an agreement with one or both of the Target Entities
regarding the confidential nature of the Trade Secrets and limiting the use and disclosure of the
Trade Secrets. Except as set forth on Section 4.9(d) of the Schedule of Exceptions, each of the
Target Entities has kept all source code of the Software that is Owned Intellectual Property and
all Trade Secrets confidential. Neither of the Target Entities has disclosed, divulged or
otherwise provided access to the Trade Secrets of either of the Target Entities, other than to
Persons that have entered into a written confidentiality agreement with one or both of the Target
Entities with respect thereto. To the Knowledge of each of the Target Entities, no Person that is
a party to any Contract with either of the Target Entities concerning the confidentiality of Trade
Secrets is in violation of, or in default under, any term or provision of such Contract.
(e) The Target Entities possess all right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual
Property, free and clear of any Lien, other than rights under non-exclusive written end-user
licenses granted to customers in the Ordinary Course of Business (“Customer Licenses”).
Other than pursuant to Customer Licenses or as set forth on Section 4.9(e) of the Schedule of
Exceptions, neither of the Target Entities has granted to any Person, or obligated itself to grant
to any Person, any license, option or other right in or with respect to any of the Owned
Intellectual Property, whether or not requiring payment to the Target Entities. The Target
Entities have received no notice that any Person has either asserted any rights in or offered to
grant either of the Target Entities a license or any other right of use with respect to the Owned
Intellectual Property. Neither of the Target Entities has an obligation to compensate any Person,
other than its employees and consultants in the Ordinary Course of Business, for any development,
license, use, sale, distribution or modification of any of the Owned Intellectual Property.
(f) Neither of the Target Entities is in material breach of or default under any Intellectual
Property License or any other Contract or Law relating to the Owned Intellectual Property or
Licensed Intellectual Property. Each Intellectual Property License to which either of the Target
Entities is a party is valid and in full force and effect, and neither of the Target Entities has
Knowledge that any such Intellectual Property License will cease to be valid and in full force and
effect at any time during the foreseeable future, other than by reason of its expiration in
accordance with its terms.
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(g) To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, the development, license, use, sale,
distribution, modification and other exploitation of the Owned Intellectual Property in the
Businesses as currently conducted does not infringe on, or otherwise violate the rights of, any
other Person, or constitute an unlawful disclosure, use or misappropriation of the right or rights
of any other Person. To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, the use of the Licensed Intellectual
Property does not infringe on or otherwise violate the rights of any other Person or constitute an
unlawful disclosure, use or misappropriation of the right or rights of any other Person.
(h) There is no Proceeding, petition to cancel, interference, or re-examination, or to the
Knowledge of either of the Target Entities, threatened, that is reasonably likely to result in any
Proceeding with respect to, any of the following: (i) the Owned Intellectual Property, (ii) any
moral rights or rights of publicity, or (iii) any right of either of the Target Entities to
develop, license, use, sell, distribute, modify or otherwise exploit the Owned Intellectual
Property.
(i) To the Knowledge of each of the Target Entities, there is no Proceeding pending or
threatened that would adversely affect the right of either of the Target Entities to use the
Licensed Intellectual Property in accordance with its respective Intellectual Property License.
(j) Except for customary indemnities consistent with software industry practice that are
contained in Customer Licenses, neither of the Target Entities has agreed to indemnify any Person
against any charge of infringement or other violation with respect to any Intellectual Property.
(k) Neither of the Target Entities has: (i) knowingly infringed, misappropriated or otherwise
violated, (ii) knowingly contributed to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation by
others, or (iii) knowingly induced the infringement, misappropriation or other violation by others,
of any rights to any Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets or other Intellectual Property
of any Person. Neither of the Target Entities has received any assertion, complaint, demand or any
notice whatsoever alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or other violation.
(1) To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, no Person is infringing upon, misappropriating or
otherwise violating the rights of the Target Entities with respect to the Owned Intellectual
Property. To the Knowledge of each of the Target Entities, no Person has made a complaint,
allegation, charge or assertion that any Owned Intellectual Property is invalid or unenforceable.
(m) Each of the Target Entities has the right, which is non-terminable and not subject to
expiration or revocation, to develop, license, control, regulate the use of or otherwise exploit
its Owned Intellectual Property without any valid legal or equitable claim by, or payment or other
obligation owing to, or required consent from, any Person.
(n) All Copyrights included in the Owned Intellectual Property are either works made “for
hire” as that term is used in Title 17 of the United States Code or have been assigned to one or
both of the Target Entities pursuant to valid written assignments. The Owned Intellectual
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Property does not include (i) any Intellectual Property in which any Person other than one of the
Target Entities has or may acquire any right of ownership, control or compensation, or (ii) to the
Knowledge of the Target Entities, any Invention made by any employee of either of the Target
Entities at any time other than during his or her employment. None of the Owned Intellectual
Property is the product of a joint invention or authorship where at least one of the inventors or
authors was not an employee of one of the Target Entities and was not otherwise obligated by a
written contract to assign all of his or her rights therein to one of the Target Entities, and all
such inventors and authors validly assigned all of such rights to one of the Target Entities.
(o) To the Knowledge of each of the Target Entities, there exists no internet domain name
registered to any Person that is confusingly similar to any Trademarks or internet domain names of
either of the Target Entities. To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, neither of the Target
Entities has adopted an internet domain name confusingly similar to any Trademarks or internet
domain names of any other Person.
(p) Neither of the Target Entities has contracted with any Person to provide advertising
through any World Wide Web site.
(q) Except as disclosed on Section 4.9(q) of the Schedule of Exceptions list, no Software or
software used in any service of or sold by either of the Target Entities (including Software under
development) is, or, at Closing, will be, in whole or in part, governed by an Excluded License.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded License” is any license that requires, as a
condition of modification and/or distribution of software subject to the Excluded License, that (i)
such software and/or other software combined and/or distributed with such software be disclosed or
distributed in source code form, or (ii) such software and/or other software combined and/or
distributed with such software and any associated intellectual property be licensed on a royalty
free basis (including for the purpose of making additional copies or derivative works).
(r) Neither of the Target Entities has distributed or published to any third party any
Software or software used in any Target service (including Software under development) that is
governed by an Excluded License.
(s) Other than Excluded Licenses that are disclosed under Section 4.9(q) of the Schedule of
Exceptions list, neither of the Target Entities has incorporated into any Software or software used
in any of the Target Entities services any code, modules, utilities, or libraries that are covered
in whole or in part by a license that triggers the discontinuance of some or all license rights if
certain intellectual property enforcement suits are brought.
(t) Neither of the Target Entities has incorporated into any Software or software used in any
either of the Target Entities services any code, modules, utilities, or libraries that are covered
in whole or in part by a license that requires that either of the Target Entities give attribution
for its use of such code, modules, utilities, or libraries.
(u) Neither of the Target Entities are members of any technology standards organizations
(including similar organizations, such as special interests groups or associations).
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(v) None of the Products of either of the Target Entities contain any “back door”, “time
bomb”, “trojan horse”, “worm”, “drop dead device”, “virus”, “software lock” or “hardware lock” (as
such terms are generally known in the computer industry) or other instructions to intentionally
disable or erase Products of either of the Target Entities.
(w) There are no errors in either of the Target Entities’ Products (excluding beta versions)
other than any minor “bugs” or “glitches” that are generally acceptable within industry standards
or that otherwise do not materially affect the functionality of the Target Entities’ Products.
4.10 Material Contracts.
(a) Section 4.10 of the Schedule of Exceptions contains a list of each Contract to which
either of the Target Entities is a party, in its own name or as a successor in interest (each
Contract of the character described below being referred to as a “Material Contract”),
which:
(i) expressly limits or restricts in any material respect the ability of either of the Target
Entities to compete or otherwise to conduct its Business as currently conducted in any manner or
place;
(ii) involves an obligation of confidentiality on either of the Target Entities other than
Contracts entered into by the Target Entities with their customers in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(iii) involves an obligation for borrowed money in excess of $25,000, or provides for a
guaranty for borrowed money, letter of credit, comfort letter, surety or other bond in an amount in
excess of $25,000 by either of the Target Entities in respect of any Person;
(iv) creates or relates to a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership in which
either Target Entity is a partner, member or other equity participant;
(v) obligates the Target Entities, individually or collectively, to pay an amount in excess of
$25,000 during any twelve (12) month period after the date hereof;
(vi) relates to the sale of goods and/or the provision of services pursuant to which the
Target Entities, individually or collectively, expect to accrue revenue in excess of $25,000 in any
twelve (12) month period after the date hereof;
(vii) requires lease payments to or from the Target Entities, individually or collectively, in
excess of $25,000 during any twelve (12) month period after the date hereof;
(viii) involves a capital lease obligation or other lease of any tangible personal property
required to conduct its Business in the Ordinary Course of Business or imposes a Lien on any
material tangible or intangible asset or property of either of Target Entities required to conduct
its Business in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(ix) involves the lease by either of Target Entities, as lessor or lessee, of any real
property;
(x) creates or involves any profit sharing, option, purchase, equity appreciation, deferred
compensation, severance, or other plan or arrangement for the benefit of any of the Target
Entities’ current or former directors, officers, and employees;
(xi) includes any collective bargaining agreement or arrangement;
(xii) relates to the advancement or loan of any amount to any of the Target Entities’
directors, officers, and employees, other than routine advances to employees on account of travel,
lodging and other business expenses made in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xiii) provides for consequences upon a default or termination that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than license agreements, agreements for services
or other agreements entered into by the Target Entities with their customers in the Ordinary Course
of Business; or
(xiv) otherwise involves consideration payable by or to the Target Entities, individually or
collectively, in any twelve-month period after the date hereof, in excess of $100,000.
(b) True and complete copies of the Material Contracts, including all amendments and
modifications thereto, have previously been made available to Buyer. Neither of the Target
Entities nor, to the Knowledge of the Target Entities, any other party to any of the Material
Contracts (i) is in default or breach under (nor does there exist any condition that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would cause such a breach or default under or permit termination,
modification or acceleration of any obligation under) any Material Contract, or (ii) has waived any
right it may have under any of the Material Contracts, except for such defaults, breaches or
waivers as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of the
Target Entities has received any notice that any other party to any Material Contract intends to
cancel, suspend or terminate such Material Contract. Each Material Contract constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the applicable Target Entity and, to the Knowledge of the Target
Entities, the other parties thereto, is in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance
with its terms against the applicable Target Entity. Neither of the Target Entities has any
Knowledge that any Material Contract of the Target Entities will cease to be legal, valid, binding
and enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the consummation of the
Transactions, except to the extent that such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity). To the Knowledge of each of the Target Entities, no party has repudiated any
provision of any Material Contract.
4.11 Permits. Listed on Section 4.11 of the Schedule of Exceptions are all of the
certificates, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals (collectively, “Permits”)
held by each of the Target Entities that are necessary or material to the operation of their
Businesses. The
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Permits set forth on Section 4.11 of the Schedule of Exceptions constitute all of the
certificates, licenses, permits, operating authority and regulatory approvals which are required
for the lawful conduct of the Businesses. To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, each of such
Permits are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms on the date of this Agreement,
and will be in full force and effect in accordance with their terms at the time of Closing, and
there is no outstanding notice of cancellation or termination or, any threatened revocation,
cancellation or termination in connection therewith, nor are any of such Permits subject to any
restrictions or conditions that materially limit the operation of the Businesses (other than
restrictions or conditions generally applicable to licenses of that type). Such Permits are free
from all Liens, claims and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever. None of the Permits will be
adversely impacted or affected by or as a result of the Transactions.
4.12 Taxes.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 4.12(a) of the Schedule of Exceptions: (i) each of the
Target Entities has filed all Returns required to be filed by it prior to the date hereof, (ii) all
such Returns were true and correct in all respects and were prepared in compliance with all
applicable Laws; (iii) all Taxes due and owing by the Target Entities (whether or not shown on any
Returns) have been duly and timely paid or accrued on the Financial Statements in accordance with
GAAP; (iv) no statute of limitations has been waived and no extension of time during which a Tax
assessment or deficiency assessment may be made has been agreed to, which waiver or extension is
still outstanding with respect to any Tax Liability of the Target Entities; (v) there are no
pending Tax audits of any Returns of either of the Target Entities, and neither of the Target
Entities has received any notice of any unresolved questions or claims concerning its Tax
Liability; and (vi) each of the Target Entities has complied in all respects with all applicable
Laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes.
(b) Neither of the Target Entities is currently the beneficiary of any extension of time
within which to file any Return. No claim has ever been made by a Governmental Entity in a
jurisdiction where the Target Entities do not file Returns that either of the Target Entities is or
may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction or may be subject to any type of Taxes in that
jurisdiction for which Returns have not been filed. There are no Liens for Taxes (other than Taxes
not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of either of the Target Entities.
(c) Each of the Target Entities has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld
and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor,
creditor, stockholder, or other third party.
(d) Neither of the Target Entities has received from any foreign, federal, state, or local
taxing authority (including jurisdictions where they have not filed Returns) any (i) notice
indicating an intent to open an audit or other review, (ii) request for information related to Tax
matters, or (iii) notice of deficiency or proposed adjustment for any amount of Tax proposed,
asserted, or assessed by any taxing authority against such Target Entity. Section 4.12(d) of the
Schedule of Exceptions lists all federal, state, local, and foreign income Returns filed with
respect to each of the Target Entities for taxable periods ended on or after January 1, 2003, and
indicates the Returns of the Target Entities that have been audited. Each of the Target Entities
has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of all federal, state and local income Returns,
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examination reports, and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by it filed or
received since June 30, 2003.
(e) Neither of the Target Entities is a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan
that has resulted or could result, separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of (i) any
“excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Code section 280G (or any corresponding provision
of state, local or foreign Tax law) or (ii) any amount that will not be fully deductible as a
result of Code section 162(m) (or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax law).
Neither of the Target Entities is, and never has been, a United States real property holding
corporation within the meaning of Code section 897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in
Code section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii). Each of the Target Entities has disclosed on its federal income tax
Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal
income Tax within the meaning of Code section 6662. Neither of the Target Entities is, or has ever
been, a party to or bound by any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement. Neither of the Target
Entities (i) is or has ever been a member of an “affiliated group” (within the meaning of Code
section 1504(a)) filing a consolidated federal income Return or (ii) has any Liability for the
Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulations section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state,
local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(f) Section 4.12(f) of the Schedule of Exceptions sets forth the following information with
respect to each of the Target Entities as of the most recent practicable date: (i) the basis of
such Target Entity in its assets; (ii) the amount of any net operating loss, net capital loss,
unused investment or other credit, unused foreign tax, or excess charitable contribution allocable
to such Target Entity; and (iii) the amount of any deferred gain or loss allocable to such Target
Entity arising out of any intercompany transaction.
(g) The unpaid Taxes of each of the Target Entities (i) did not, as of the date of the Latest
Balance Sheets, exceed the reserve for Tax Liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the
Latest Balance Sheet for such Target Entity (rather than in any notes thereto) and (ii) do not
exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with
the past custom and practice of such Target Entity in filing its Returns. Since the date of the
Latest Balance Sheets, neither of the Target Entities has incurred any Liability for Taxes arising
from extraordinary gains or losses, as that term is used in GAAP, outside the ordinary course of
business consistent with past custom and practice.
(h) Neither of the Target Entities will be required to include any item of income in, or
exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date as a result of any:
(i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii)
“closing agreement” as described in Code section 7121 (or any corresponding or similar
provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date;
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(iii) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations issued
under Code section 1502 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign
income Tax law);
(iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; or
(v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(i) Neither of the Target Entities has ever distributed stock of another Person, or had its
stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed
in whole or in part by Code sections 355 or 361.
(j) Each of the Target Entities has made a valid election to be treated as, and has been and
will be, an S corporation (an “S Corp”) within the meaning of section 1361 of the Code and
comparable provisions of any state or local Tax law under which the Target Entities file Returns as
an S Corp for any period prior to Closing, and such election has been, and will be, in effect for
each taxable year commencing on or after January 1, 1987 (or such later date of such Target
Entities’ formation), and ending on or before the Closing Date.
(k) Neither of the Target Entities is, will be for any period prior to or including the
Closing Date, or has ever been, liable for any Tax imposed under sections 1374(a) or 1375(a) of the
Code (or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign Tax law).
4.13 Proceedings. There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of either of
the Target Entities, threatened against either of the Target Entities. Neither of the Target
Entities is subject to the provisions of any judgment, order or decree applicable to such Target
Entity, its assets or its business. There are no investigations by any Governmental Entity that
are pending or, to the Knowledge of either of the Target Entities, threatened against either of the
Target Entities.
4.14 Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 4.14(a) of the Schedule of Exceptions contains a list of all employee benefit
plans, agreements or arrangements maintained or contributed to by each of the Target Entities,
including (i) “employee benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) (ii) current or
deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, retirement, vacation, bonus or severance plans or
programs or other fringe benefit plans or programs, and (iii) medical, hospital, accident,
disability, insurance or death benefit plans (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Target
Benefit Plans”).
(b) Each Target Benefit Plan is and has been operated and administered pursuant to its terms
and in material compliance, in form and operation, with ERISA, the Code, and all applicable Laws;
(ii) Each Target Benefit Plan that is required to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the
Code (including, but not limited to, all Employee Pension Benefit Plans, as defined in Section 3(2)
of ERISA) meets such requirements within the meaning of such provision, has received a favorable
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, and
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such determination has not been revoked or withdrawn, and to the Knowledge of the Target Entities,
no event has occurred that could result in a disqualification of such Target Benefit Plan; (iii) No
Target Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; (iv) No material
default exists with respect to the obligations of either of the Target Entities under a Target
Benefit Plan; (v) Neither of the Target Entities has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” as such
term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA with respect to a Target
Benefit Plan that would subject either of the Target Entities to any Tax or penalty imposed under
Sections 4975 of the Code or Section 502 (i), (j) or (l) of ERISA; (vi) Neither of the Target
Entities has engaged in any transaction described in Section 4069 of ERISA within the last five (5)
years; (vii) no Target Benefit Plan subject to Part (3) of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code has incurred any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section
412(a) of the Code), whether or not waived; (viii) no notice of a “reportable event” within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived,
has been required to be filed for Target Benefit Plan that is an “employee pension benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and that is intended to meet the requirements of
Section 401(a) of the Code, or by either of the Target Entities or any entity that is considered
one employer with either of the Target Entities under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the
Code, within the 12-month period ending on the Closing Date; (ix) as of the date hereof, no
Proceedings (other than routine benefit claims) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Target
Entities, threatened against or relating to a Target Benefit Plan, or any fiduciary thereof; and
(x) neither of the Target Entities has incurred any Liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation in respect of a Target Benefit Plan that remains unpaid.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery hereof nor the consummation of the Transactions will
(i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation or golden parachute)
becoming due to any director, officer of other employee of either of the Target Entities, or (ii)
increase any benefit otherwise payable under a Target Benefit Plan or result in the acceleration of
the time of payment or vesting of any such benefit, which would require either of the Target
Entities to make additional contributions to a Target Benefit Plan. Neither of the Target Entities
has current or projected Liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health or
medical or life insurance benefits except as required to avoid excise tax under Section 4980B of
the Code. Each of the Target Entities is in compliance with Section 4980B of the Code. No
condition exists that could prevent either of the Target Entities from terminating or amending a
Target Benefit Plan. Neither of the Target Entities contribute to, has ever contributed to, and
has ever been required to contribute to any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA) or has any Liability (including withdrawal liability as defined in Section 4201 of ERISA)
under any multiemployer plan.
(d) All contributions (including all employer contributions and employee salary reduction
contributions) and payments which are due or are otherwise required to be made under each Target
Benefit Plan as of the Closing Date have been made to each such Target Benefit Plan, and all
contributions for any period ending on or before the Closing Date which are not yet due have been
paid to each such Target Benefit Plan. There is no unfunded or underfunded Liability for benefits,
whether or not vested, under any Target Benefit Plan, and all contributions required to be made to
or with respect to each Target Benefit Plan and all costs of administering
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each Target Benefit Plan have been completely and timely made or paid. All premiums and other
payments for all periods ending on or before the Closing Date have been paid with respect to each
such Target Benefit Plan which is an Employee Welfare Benefit Plan as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA.
(e) True and correct copies of the following documents, as they have been amended to the date
hereof, relating to Target Benefit Plans, have been made available to Buyer: (i) all Target Benefit
Plan documents; (ii) the most recently completed actuarial valuation for each Target Benefit Plan
(if any); and (iii) the annual report (Form 5500 series) for each Target Benefit Plan for the three
most recent plan years (if any).
4.15 Employee and Labor Matters. Section 4.15 of the Schedule of Exceptions sets
forth a true and complete list of the names, titles, annual salaries and other compensation of all
(a) directors, officers and other employees of each of the Target Entities. No directors fees are
owed to any current or former directors of either of the Target Entities. All directors of each of
the Target Entities have or will have resigned from the boards of directors at or prior to the
Closing.
Neither of the Target Entities is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or similar
agreement. No collective bargaining agent has been certified as a representative of any of the
employees of either of the Target Entities. No representation campaign or election is now in
progress with respect to any employee of either of the Target Entities. As of the date hereof,
there are no labor disputes, grievances, controversies, strikes, slowdowns, stoppages or requests
for union representation pending against either of the Target Entities, or to the Knowledge of
either of the Target Entities (and employees of the Target Entities responsible for labor matters)
threatened against either of the Target Entities, and to the Knowledge of either of the Target
Entities (and employees of the Target Entities responsible for labor matters), no event has
occurred that could give rise to any such dispute, grievance, controversy, strike, slowdown,
stoppage or request for union representation.
4.16 Compliance with Applicable Laws.
(a) Each of the Target Entities is in compliance with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) any court
or administrative order or process applicable to the Businesses, including those of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and
National Labor Relations Board, and (iii) the terms of the Permits, except, in each case, for any
such noncompliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Target Entities has complied in all material respects with all (i) applicable
Laws relating to privacy, data protection and the collection and use of personal information and
user information gathered or accessed in the course of its operations and (ii) rules, policies and
procedures established by each of the Target Entities from time to time with respect to privacy,
publicity, data protection or collection and use of personal information and user information
gathered or accessed in the course of the operations of the Target Entities. No claims alleging a
violation of any Person’s privacy, personal or confidentiality rights under any such rules,
policies or procedures have been asserted or to the Knowledge of the Target Entities
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threatened against either of the Target Entities by any Person. With respect to all personal
information and user information described in this Section 4.16, each of the Target Entities has
taken such steps as it deems commercially reasonably necessary (including, implementing and
monitoring compliance with adequate measures with respect to technical and physical security) to
ensure that the information is protected against loss and against unauthorized access, use,
modification, disclosure or other misuse to the extent required by applicable Laws.
4.17 Environmental Matters.
(a) Each of the Target Entities has complied and is in compliance with all Environmental Laws,
except, in each case, for any such noncompliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Target Entities holds, has
complied with, and is in compliance with, all Permits, if any, that are required pursuant to
Environmental Laws for the occupation of its facilities and the operation of its Business; a list
of all such Permits shall be set forth on Section 4.17(b) of the Schedule of Exceptions.
(c) Neither of the Target Entities has received any written or oral notice, report or other
information regarding any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or any liabilities or
potential liabilities (of any kind or nature and whether accrued, absolute, contingent,
unliquidated or otherwise), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations,
relating to any of them or its facilities arising under Environmental Laws.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, none of the following exists at any property or
facility owned or operated by either of the Target Entities: (i) underground storage tanks, (ii)
asbestos-containing material in any form or condition, (iii) materials or equipment containing
polychlorinated biphenyls, or (iv) landfills, surface impoundments, or disposal areas.
(e) Neither of the Target Entities has treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted
the disposal of, transported, handled, or released any substance, including any hazardous
substance, or owned or operated any property or facility (and no such property or facility is
contaminated by any such substance) in a manner that has given or would give rise to liabilities,
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended or any other Environmental Law.
(f) Neither this Agreement nor the Transactions will result in any obligations for site
investigation or cleanup, or notification to or consent of Government Entities or third parties,
pursuant to any of the so called “transaction-triggered” or “responsible property transfer”
Environmental Laws.
(g) Neither of the Target Entities has, either expressly or to its Knowledge, by operation of
law, assumed or undertaken any liability, including any obligation for corrective or remedial
action, of any other Person relating to Environmental Laws.
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(h) To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, no facts, events or conditions relating to
present or past facilities, properties or operations of either of the Target Entities will prevent,
hinder or limit continued compliance with Environmental Laws, give rise to any investigatory,
remedial or corrective obligations pursuant to Environmental Laws, or give rise to any other
liabilities (of any kind or nature and whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or
otherwise) pursuant to Environmental Laws, including any relating to onsite or offsite releases or
threatened releases of hazardous materials, substances or wastes, personal injury, property damage
or natural resources damage.
4.18 Brokers. Except as described on Section 4.18 of the Schedule of Exceptions, no
agent, broker, investment banker or other firm or Person engaged by or acting on behalf of either
of the Target Entities is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other
commission or similar fee in connection with any of the Transactions.
4.19 Inventory. All supplies, material, parts and other inventories of each of the
Target Entities which is either used in, in use or useable in the operation of the Businesses or is
held for sale or resale (the “Inventory”) consists of items fit for the purpose for which
they were procured or manufactured. The Inventory is of a quantity and quality historically
useable and/or saleable in the Ordinary Course of Business, subject to reserves for excess or
obsolescent inventory recorded on the Latest Balance Sheets.
4.20 Bank Accounts. Section 4.20 of the Schedule of Exceptions sets forth each bank
or other financial institution in which each of the Target Entities has an account, safe deposit
box or lock box arrangement, the name in whose name such account, box or arrangement is held, the
identifying numbers or symbols of the account, box or arrangement, and the name of each person
authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
4.21 Interest in Customers, Suppliers and Competitors. No officer or director of
either of the Target Entities, neither of the Target Entities and, to the Knowledge of either of
the Target Entities, no spouse, parent, sibling or lineal descendent of any of the foregoing, has
any direct or indirect interest in any material customer, supplier or competitor of either of the
Target Entities, or in any Person from whom or to whom either of the Target Entities lease any real
or personal property, or in any other Person with whom either of the Target Entities is doing
business, directly or indirectly (including as a debtor or creditor), whether in existence as of
the Closing Date or proposed, other than the ownership of stock of publicly traded corporations and
other entities.
4.22 Insurance. Each of the Target Entities currently maintains in full force and
effect, and has maintained continuously during the past three years, insurance policies providing
coverage for such risks and in such amounts as are customary and reasonable for the conduct of the
Business or the ownership of such Target Entity’s property, including workers compensation, and
property and casualty insurance (the “Insurance Policies”). The Insurance Policies are
listed on Section 4.22 of the Schedule of Exceptions and true and complete copies of all Insurance
Policies previously have been made available to Buyer. Each of the Target Entities has paid all
premiums due thereunder. With respect to each such Insurance Policy, (i) to the Knowledge of the
Target Entities the policy is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, (ii)
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neither of the Target Entities has Knowledge that such policy will cease to be valid, binding,
enforceable and in full force and effect at any time during the foreseeable future, other than by
reason of its lapse or expiration in accordance with its terms, (iii) neither of the Target
Entities is in material breach or default (including with respect to the payment of premiums or the
giving of notices), and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under
the policy, and (iv) no party to the policy has repudiated any provision thereof.
4.23 Bankruptcy. Neither of the Target Entities has ever filed a petition or request
for reorganization or protection or relief under the bankruptcy laws of the United States or any
state or territory thereof, made any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or consented
to the appointment of a receiver or trustee, including a custodian under the United States
bankruptcy laws, whether such receiver or trustee was appointed in a voluntary or involuntary
proceeding.
4.24 Customers. Section 4.24 of the Schedule of Exceptions sets forth a correct and
current list of (a) each of the Target Entities’ customers from whom revenue was generated in the
year ended December 31, 2005 or the year ending December 31, 2006 and (b) third parties to whom
each of the Target Entities paid amounts in excess of $25,000 in the year ended December 31, 2005
or the year ending December 31, 2006. Neither of the Target Entities has received notice that any
customer or third party listed on Section 4.24 of the Schedule of Exceptions has ceased, or intends
to cease, transacting business with such Target Entity. Neither of the Target Entities has
Knowledge that any customer or third party listed on Section 4.24 of the Schedule of Exceptions
will alter the terms on which it conducts business with either of the Target Entities in any manner
that is or would be materially adverse to either of the Target Entities individually or to the
Target Entities as a whole.
4.25 Product Warranties. Each product sold, leased, or delivered by each of the
Target Entities has been in conformity in all material respects with all applicable contractual
commitments and all express and implied warranties, other than minor “bugs” or “glitches” that are
generally acceptable within industry standards or that otherwise do not materially affect the
functionality of the Target Entities’ Products, and neither of the Target Entities has any material
Liability for replacement or repair thereof or for other damages arising out of any breach of any
product warranty. Section 4.25 of the Schedule of Exceptions sets forth a summary of the warranty
expense incurred by each of the Target Entities during each of its last five fiscal years,
excluding only repairs and replacements in the Ordinary Course of Business in accordance with the
past custom and practice of the Target Entities. The monetary damages payable to any third party
claimant for any pending or threatened claims specifically disclosed on Section 4.25 of the
Schedule of Exceptions will not exceed the amount reserved by the Target Entities in their
financial statements for product warranty claims.
4.26 Product Liability. To the Knowledge of the Target Entities, neither of the
Target Entities has any Liability of any kind or nature (and there is no action, suit, proceeding,
hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand pending or threatened against any of
them giving rise to any Liability) arising out of any injury to individuals or property as a result
of the ownership, possession, or use of any product sold, leased, or delivered by either of the
Target Entities.
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4.27 Disclosure. The representations and warranties of each of the Target Entities
contained in this Agreement (as supplemented and modified by the Schedule of Exceptions) do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements and information made herein or therein not misleading.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING
THE SHARES AND THE TARGET STOCKHOLDERS
THE SHARES AND THE TARGET STOCKHOLDERS
Each of the Target Stockholders represent and warrant to Buyer that the statements contained
in this Article V are correct and complete as of the date hereof and will be correct and complete
as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the
date hereof through this Article V).
5.1 Title to Shares. The Target Stockholder has good and marketable title to and is
the legal and beneficial owner of the Shares to be transferred to the Buyer by the Target
Stockholder, and upon consummation of the purchase contemplated herein, the Buyer will acquire from
the Target Stockholder good and marketable title to such Shares, free and clear of all Liens
excepting only such restrictions upon transfer, if any, as may be imposed by applicable Law. The
Shares, together with any Target Options held by the Target stockholder and disclosed on Section
4.4 of the Schedule of Exceptions, constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in
the Target Entities held by the Target Stockholder. There are no restrictions on or agreements
with respect to the transfer or voting rights of any of the Shares, including, without limitation,
any proxies or voting trusts, and (subject, in the case of Shares of the Target Entities issued
pursuant to the Stock Option Plans, to a right of first refusal in favor of the respective Target
Entity), no Person other than the Target Stockholder has any rights to purchase any of the Shares.
5.2 Adverse Agreements; Consents. Neither the execution nor delivery by the Target
Stockholder of this Agreement or the Related Documents, nor the consummation by the Target
Stockholder of the Transactions will (i) violate, conflict with, or constitute a breach or default
under any Contract to which the Target Stockholder is a party or by which it or its property is
bound or any license, Permit or applicable Law to which the Target Stockholder or its assets is
subject or bound or (ii) require the consent of any other Person.
5.3 No Adverse Litigation. The Target Stockholder is not a party to any pending
litigation which seeks to enjoin or restrict the Target Stockholder’s ability to sell or transfer
his, her or its Shares hereunder, which, if decided adversely to the Target Stockholder, could
reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Target Stockholder’s ability to consummate the
Transactions, nor, to the Knowledge of the Target Stockholder, is any such litigation threatened.
5.4 Regulatory and Other Approvals. There is no consent, approval, authorization,
notice, filing, exemption or other requirement which must, pursuant to any applicable Law or the
terms of any Contract, license or Permit to which the Target Stockholder is a party or to which its
properties are subject, be obtained from any Governmental Entity or Person or which must
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otherwise be satisfied by the Target Stockholder in order that (i) the execution, delivery and
performance by the Target Stockholder of this Agreement or (ii) the consummation of the
Transactions will not violate any applicable Law or the terms of any such Contract, license or
Permit.
5.5 Power and Authority; Enforceability. The Target Stockholder has the requisite
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related Documents and to perform
and consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and each of the Related Documents have been duly
authorized, executed, and delivered by, and each is enforceable against, the Target Stockholder, in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally or by general principles of equity.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
The Buyer represents and warrants to the Target Entities and the Target Stockholders that the
statements contained in this Article VI are correct and complete as of the date hereof and will be
correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date
were substituted for the date hereof through this Article VI).
6.1 Organization, Standing, Qualification and Power. Buyer is duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. Buyer is duly
qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
necessary because of the nature of the business conducted by it, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties,
financial condition or results of operations of Buyer or (ii) prohibit or delay Buyer from
consummating the Transactions.
6.2 Authority; Execution and Delivery; and Enforceability. Buyer has all corporate
power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Related Documents to which it is, or is
specified to be, a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by Buyer
of this Agreement and the Related Documents and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Buyer. Buyer has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement and prior to the Closing will have duly executed and delivered each
Related Document to which it is, or is specified to be, a party, and this Agreement constitutes,
and each Related Document to which it is, or is specified to be, a party will after the Closing
constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable
principles.
6.3 No Conflicts; Consent. As of the date hereof, no consent, approval, license,
permit, order, qualification or authorization of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing
with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required for or in connection with the
execution
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and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement and each other Related Document to which it is a
party, and the consummation by Buyer of the Transactions.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
7.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, in furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in this
Section, if any objection is asserted or any administrative or judicial action or proceeding,
including any proceeding by a private party, is instituted (or threatened to be instituted)
challenging any of the Transactions as violative of any Law, each party shall cooperate in all
respects with each other and use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such
objections or challenge and resist any such action or proceeding and to have vacated, lifted,
reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation
of the Transactions.
7.2 Publicity. No public release or announcement concerning the Transactions shall be
issued by any of the parties without the prior written consent of each of the Target Entities and
of Buyer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer may make such disclosure of the execution of this
Agreement as may be required in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
7.3 Employees and Employee Benefits.
(a) Information on Active Employees. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term
“Active Employees” shall mean all employees employed on the Closing Date by either of the
Target Entities for their Business as currently conducted, including employees on temporary leave
of absence, including family medical leave, military leave, temporary disability or sick leave, but
excluding employees on long-term disability leave.
(b) Employment of Active Employees by Buyer.
(i) It is Buyer’s current intention to offer continued employment to each Active Employee,
such that each individual who is employed by either Target Entity immediately prior to the Closing
would remain an employee of the respective Target Entity following the Closing.
(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) above, it is understood and agreed that (A) nothing in
this Agreement shall constitute any commitment, Contract or understanding (expressed or implied) of
any obligation on the part of Buyer to a post-Closing employment relationship with any Active
Employee of any fixed term or duration or upon any terms or conditions other than those that Buyer
may establish pursuant to individual offers of employment, and (B) employment with the Buyer is “at
will” and may be terminated by Buyer or by an Active Employee at any time for any reason (subject
to any written commitments to the
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contrary made by Buyer or an employee and applicable legal requirements). Except as set forth
in the Employment Agreements, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent or restrict in
any way the right of Buyer to terminate, reassign, promote or demote any of the Active Employees
after the Closing or to change adversely or favorably the title, powers, duties, responsibilities,
functions, locations, salaries, other compensation or terms or conditions of employment of such
employees.
(c) Salaries and Benefits. The Target Entities shall be responsible for (A) the
payment of all wages and other remuneration earned by Active Employees with respect to their
services as employees of the Target Entities through the close of business on the Closing Date,
including pro rata bonus payments and all vacation pay earned prior to the Closing Date; (B) the
payment of any termination or severance payments owed to any persons whose employment is or was
terminated by the Target Entities prior to the Closing; and (C) any payments due from either Target
Entity to any employee under any self-insured employee plan by reason of any claim made by such
employee prior to the Closing Date.
7.4 Code Section 338(h)(10) Election; Tax Allocation.
(a) Section 338(h)(10) Election. With respect to the acquisition of the Target
Entities under this Agreement, each of the Target Stockholders covenants and agrees to timely join
with Buyer to make an election pursuant to section 338(h)(10) of the Code (and any comparable
provision of state, local or foreign Tax law as Buyer may request), and to file such forms (the
“Section 338 Forms”) as are necessary to effectuate such election (the “Section 338
Election”) in accordance with this Section 7.4.
(b) Purchase Price Allocation. Within six (6) months following the Closing Date,
Buyer and the Target Stockholder Representative shall jointly prepare a schedule (the “Section
338 Allocation Schedule”) allocating the “modified aggregate deemed sale price” as defined in
Treasury Regulations section 1.338(h)(10)-1(f) with respect to the Section 338 Election;
provided, however, that the Section 338 Allocation Schedule shall be based upon a
proposal by Buyer, shall be reasonable, and shall be based on fair market values in accordance with
Section 338 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. All relevant Returns of the Target
Stockholders, the Target Entities and the Buyer shall be filed in accordance with the Section 338
Allocation Schedule and the Section 338 Election, which shall be binding upon the Target
Stockholders, Buyer, and each of the Target Entities, and the Target Stockholders, Buyer, and each
of the Target Entities shall take no position contrary thereto, except to the extent otherwise
required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of section 1313(a) of the Code (a
“Determination”).
(c) Preparation of Section 338 Forms. Buyer shall be responsible for the preparation
and filing of all Section 338 Forms; provided, however, that in the event that the
Target Stockholder Representative reasonably objects to any item in such Section 338 Forms that
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the Target Stockholders, such
dispute shall be resolved by the Selected Firm prior to the date that is twenty (20) days prior to
the date such Section 338 Form is required to be filed. The Target Stockholders shall execute and
deliver to Buyer such documents or forms as are reasonably requested and are required by any Tax
laws properly to complete the Section 338 Forms, at least forty (40) days prior to the
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date such Section 338 Forms are required to be filed, but not earlier than twenty (20) days
after Buyer has requested such documents and forms.
(d) Responsibility for Certain Returns. Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared,
and shall file or cause to be filed, all Returns of the Target Entities for all periods ending on
or prior to the Closing Date that are filed after the Closing Date. To the extent permitted under
applicable law, all such Returns shall be prepared consistent with the custom and past practice of
the Target Entities. Buyer shall permit the Target Stockholder Representative to review and
comment on each such Return prior to filing, and shall make such revisions to such Returns as are
reasonably requested by the Target Stockholder Representative. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Target Stockholders shall include any income, gain, loss, deduction or other
tax items for such periods on their Returns in a manner consistent with the Schedule K-1s, as well
as any other documentation in connection with the Section 338 Election, furnished by the Target
Entities to the Target Stockholders for such periods.
(e) Cooperation. The Target Stockholders, the Target Entities and Buyer shall
cooperate fully in connection with the filing of Returns described in this Section 7.4. Such
cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other parties’ request) the provision of
records and information that are reasonably relevant to Target Entities’ Returns, and making
employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and
explanation for any material provided hereunder. The Target Stockholders and the Buyer agree: (i)
to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Target Entities
relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the
statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by the Target Stockholders or Buyer, any
extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention
agreements entered into with any Tax authority; and (ii) to give the other parties reasonable
written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if
the other party or parties so request, the Target Stockholders or Buyer, as the case may be, shall
allow the other party or parties to take possession of such books and records.
(f) Section 1374 Treatment; S Corp Treatment. The Target Stockholders shall not take
any position before any Governmental Entity or otherwise (including in any Return) inconsistent
with the treatment that no net recognized built-in gain (as defined in section 1374 of the Code or
any similar provisions of state and local Tax laws) of any Target Entity results from any of the
Transactions or any prior transaction involving the Target Entities, unless required to do so by
applicable Tax laws pursuant to a Determination. Unless, in each case, required to do otherwise by
applicable Tax laws pursuant to a Determination, none of the Target Stockholders, Buyer, or the
Target Entities shall take any action (including in connection with the filing of Returns)
inconsistent with the treatment of each of the Target Entities as an S Corp for federal income Tax
purposes (and for purposes of any state or local Tax law under which such Target Entity files
Returns as an S Corp for any period prior to Closing) for all periods from prior to and including
the Closing Date.
(g) Allocation of Certain Taxes. Buyer and the Target Stockholders agree that if
either of the Target Entities is permitted but not required under applicable state, local or
foreign income Tax laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period, Buyer, each
such Target Entity and the Target Stockholders shall treat such day as the last day of a taxable
period.
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Where it is necessary to apportion between Buyer, on the one hand, and the Target Stockholders
or Target Entities, on the other hand, the Tax Liability of either of the Target Entities for a
period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date, such Liability shall be apportioned
between the period deemed to end at the close of the Closing Date and the period deemed to begin at
the beginning of the day following the Closing Date on the basis of an interim closing of the
books, except that Taxes, such as real property Taxes, imposed on a periodic basis shall be
apportioned on a daily basis and exemptions, allowances and deductions that are otherwise
calculated on an annual basis shall be apportioned on a daily basis. Where it is necessary to
determine the Tax Liability of either of the Target Entities for a taxable period that ends on or
prior to the Closing Date, such Liability shall be determined under applicable Tax law.
(h) Survival of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the obligations of the parties set forth in this Section 7.4 shall be unconditional and
absolute and shall remain in effect until ninety (90) days after the applicable statue of
limitations has expired (or such later date as is provided in Section 9.1).
(i) Target Stockholder Taxes. The Target Stockholders acknowledge and agree that
solely the Target Stockholders shall be responsible and liable for any Tax imposed on, or required
to be paid by, any Target Stockholder with respect to any Transactions, whether by reason of the
Section 338 Election or otherwise.
7.5 Confidentiality. Each Target Stockholder will treat and hold confidential as such
all of the Confidential Information, refrain from using any of the Confidential Information except
in connection with this Agreement, and deliver promptly to Buyer or destroy, at the request and
option of Buyer, all tangible embodiments (and all copies) of the Confidential Information which
are in his, her or its possession. In the event that a Target Stockholder is requested or required
(by oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory,
subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information,
that party will notify Buyer promptly of the request or requirement so that Buyer may seek an
appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 7.5. If, in
the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, a Target Stockholder is, on
the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else
stand liable for contempt, that party may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal;
provided, however, that the disclosing party shall use his or its commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain, at the reasonable request of Buyer and at its expense, an order or other assurance that
confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to
be disclosed as Buyer shall designate.
7.6 Noncompetition. Each Target Stockholder, other than the Key Employees who are
subject to separate Noncompetition Agreements, and other than those Target Stockholders named on
Schedule 7.6 who are no longer employed by either Target Entity and whose Target Allocation
Percentage, in each case, is less than 0.50% (each an “Excluded Stockholder”), hereby
promises and agrees that for a period of two (2) years after the date hereof, he or she will not,
either directly or indirectly, for himself or herself or on behalf of any other individual,
partnership, firm, corporation or other entity:
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(a) Within the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
(the “Restricted Area”), engage in, manage, operate, control or supervise, or participate
in the management, operation, control or supervision of any business that is engaged in the design,
development, marketing, licensing, leasing, rental or sale of software, software applications,
internet applications, donor research and management, prospective donor analysis or e-commerce
solutions designed specifically for use by non-profit organizations in connection with fund
raising, e-commerce, accounting or school administration, or consulting and/or other services with
respect thereto (the “Covered Services”);
(b) Within the Restricted Area, solicit any of the customers of the Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to divert its purchases of any of the Covered Services to any other
individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity; or
(c) Solicit any person who is, or within six months prior to such solicitation has been, an
employee, independent contractor/consultant or representative of the Buyer or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to work for any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or
other entity then in competition with the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
The Target Stockholders acknowledge that the Buyer is doing business throughout the Restricted
Area, and recognizes that the time limits, geographic scope, and the types and limitations of
activities set forth hereinabove are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests
of the Buyer. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Section 7.6
be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under the laws and public policies of each jurisdiction
in which enforcement is sought. If any court determines that any provision of this Section 7.6 is
unenforceable because of the duration or geographic scope of such provision, such court will have
the power to reduce the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its
reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable.
7.7 Release. Each Target Stockholder, on his own behalf and on behalf of his
successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators, hereby releases and forever discharges
the Buyer and its successors, assigns, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, officers, directors,
stockholders, employees, agents, representatives, attorneys, lessors, lessees, licensors and
licensees (collectively, the “Releasees”), from, and has agreed not to assert against any
of the Releasees, any and all claims, actions, causes of action, suits, judgments, liabilities,
obligations, damages, debts, losses, indemnities, costs, expenses, penalties, accounts, bonds,
bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances,
trespasses, executions, and demands of any kind or any nature whatsoever, whether direct, indirect,
accrued, inchoate, contingent, potential, or otherwise, in statutory or common law, or in equity,
that against any of the Releasees that the Target Stockholder now has, ever has had or may have
for, upon or by reason of any matter, circumstance, cause or thing whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, contingent or accrued, from the beginning of time through the close of business on the
Closing Date; provided, however, that this release shall not extend to any claim
any Target Stockholder may have against the Releasees arising out of a breach by any Releasee of
any provision of this Agreement or any Related Documents, or any claim relating to or arising out
of the employment of such Target Stockholders by either of the Target Entities.
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7.8 Additional Covenants. The parties agree as follows with respect to the period
following the Closing.
(a) General. In case at any time after the Closing any further action is necessary or
desirable to carry out the Transactions or the purposes of this Agreement, each of the parties will
take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and
documents) as any other party reasonably may request, all at the sole cost and expense of the
requesting party (unless the requesting party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article
IX below). The Target Stockholders acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing, Buyer
will be entitled to possession of all documents, books, records (including Tax records),
agreements, and financial data of any sort relating to the Target Entities.
(b) Support. In the event and for so long as any party actively is contesting or
defending against any action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, audit, charge, complaint,
claim, or demand in connection with (i) any transaction contemplated under this Agreement or (ii)
any fact, situation, circumstance, status, condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event,
incident, action, failure to act, or transaction on or prior to the Closing Date involving the
Target Entities, each of the other parties will cooperate with him, or it and his, hers or its
counsel in the contest or defense, make available their personnel, and provide such testimony and
access to their books and records as shall be necessary in connection with the contest or defense,
all at the sole cost and expense of the contesting or defending party (unless the contesting or
defending party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article IX below).
(c) Transition. None of the Target Stockholders will take any action that is designed
or intended to have the effect of discouraging any lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other
business associate of the Target Entities from maintaining the same business relationships with the
Target Entities after the Closing as it maintained with Target Entities prior to the Closing.
(d) Impairment of Indemnification Provisions. Buyer shall not, for a period of five
years after the Closing, take any action to alter or impair any exculpatory or indemnification
provisions now existing in the Governing Documents of the Target Entities for the benefit of any
individual who served as a director or officer of the Target Entities at any time prior to the
Closing, except for any changes that may be required to conform with changes in applicable law and
any changes that do not affect the application of such provisions to acts or omissions of such
individuals prior to the Closing.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
8.1 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. The obligation of Buyer to effect the Closing
is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by Buyer at its sole discretion) on or prior
to the Closing of the following conditions:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Target
Entities and the Target Stockholders contained herein shall be true and correct in all material
respects on the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties by their terms speak only as of an earlier date, in which case they
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
(b) Performance of Obligations. The Target Entities, the Target Stockholders and the
Target Stockholder Representative shall have performed and complied (or shall have cured any
nonperformance or noncompliance) in all material respect with the agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to have been performed or complied with by them prior to or at the
Closing, taken as a whole.
(c) Third Party Consents. The Target Entities shall have procured all consents to
Material Contracts and all other third party consents requested by the Buyer.
(d) Closing Certificate. Buyer shall have received a certificate, dated as of the
Closing Date, signed by each of the Target Entities and by the Target Stockholder Representative on
behalf of the Target Stockholders certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 8.1(a), (b)
and (c) have been fulfilled.
(e) Target Allocation Percentages. The Target Entities shall have delivered to the
Buyer the Target Allocation Percentages to include on Exhibit A at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the Closing Date.
(f) Schedule of Exchange Payments. The Target Entities shall have delivered Schedule
2.5 to the Buyer at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, setting forth the
Exchange Payments to be made to the holders of Target Options and warrants.
(g) No Injunctions or Restraints. No applicable Law or injunction enacted, entered,
promulgated, enforced or issued by any Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition
preventing the consummation of the Transactions shall be in effect, and no Proceeding shall be
pending or threatened wherein an unfavorable injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or charge
would (i) prevent consummation of any of the Transactions, (ii) cause any of the Transactions to be
rescinded following consummation, or (iii) affect adversely the right of Buyer to own the Shares
and to operate the Businesses of the Target Entities (and no such injunction, judgment, order,
decree, ruling or charge shall be in effect).
(h) Good Standings. Each of the Target Entities shall have delivered to Buyer (i) a
Certificate of Good Standing and, if available, a tax clearance certificate (or similar documents)
of such Target Entity issued by the appropriate governmental official of jurisdiction of its
incorporation and each jurisdiction in which such Target Entity is, or is required to be,
authorized to transact business or pay any Taxes, and (ii) such other documents and certificates of
officers and public officials as shall be reasonably requested by Buyer to establish the existence
and good standing of each of the Target Entities and the due authorization of this Agreement and
the Transactions.
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(i) Legal Opinion. Buyer shall have received from counsel to the Target Entities and
the Target Stockholders an opinion in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit G attached
hereto, addressed to Buyer and dated as of the Closing Date.
(j) Resignations. Buyer shall have received the resignations, effective as of the
Closing, of all the directors and officers of the Target Entities.
(k) Employment Agreements. Each of the Key Employees shall have entered into the
Employment Agreements.
(l) Noncompetition Agreements. Each of the Key Employees shall have executed and
delivered to Buyer a Noncompetition Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer restricting each such party from engaging in competition with Buyer or their Affiliates for a
period not less than five (5) years.
(m) Section 338(h)(10) Elections. Each Target Stockholder shall have executed and
delivered to Buyer a Section 338 Election.
(n) Other Documents. The Target Entities, the Target Stockholders and the Target
Stockholder Representative shall obtain all agreements, documents, instruments, consents, waivers,
landlord estoppels, subordination agreements, payoff letters, financial statements and other items
which are reasonably required by Buyer in connection with Closing.
(o) Proceedings and Documents. All actions to be taken by the Target Entities, Target
Stockholders and the Target Stockholder Representative in connection with the consummation of the
Transactions and all certificates, opinions, instruments and other documents required to effect the
Transactions will be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Buyer.
(p) Secretary’s Certificate. Each of the Target Entities shall have delivered to
Buyer a certificate, dated as of the date of the Closing, signed by such its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, that shall certify
(a) the names of its officers authorized to sign the Agreement and the Related Documents to which
the it is, or is specified to be, a party, together with true signatures of such officers; (b) that
the copies if its current Governing Documents attached thereto are true, correct and complete; and
(c) that the copy of the resolutions of its Board of Directors attached thereto evidencing the
approval of the Agreement, the Related Documents and the Transactions duly adopted and are in full
force and effect.
8.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Target Entities and Target Stockholders. The
obligation of the Target Entities and the Target Stockholders to effect the Closing is subject to
the satisfaction (or waiver by Target Entities, acting as a group, or the Target Stockholder
Representative, acting on behalf of the Target Stockholders) on or prior to the Closing of the
following conditions:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Buyer
contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date as though
made on the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties by their terms
speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date.
(b) Performance of Obligations. Buyer shall have performed and complied in all
material respects (or shall have cured any material nonperformance or noncompliance) with the
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to have been performed or complied with by it
prior to or at the Closing, taken as a whole.
(c) Closing Certificate. The Target Stockholder Representative shall have received a
certificate from Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an officer of Buyer, certifying
that the conditions specified in Sections 8.2(a) and (b) have been fulfilled.
(d) Legal Opinion. The Target Stockholders shall have received from counsel to the
Buyer an opinion in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit H attached hereto, addressed
to the Target Stockholder Representative and dated as of the Closing Date.
8.3 Effect of Closing. The consummation at the Closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be deemed to constitute the acknowledgment and agreement of each party to
this Agreement that each condition set forth in this Article VIII to the obligation of any other
party to perform hereunder either has been satisfied or has been waived.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Survival. The representations and warranties contained in or made pursuant to
this Agreement shall survive the Closing (even if the party to whom the representation or warranty
was made knew or had reason to know of any misrepresentation or breach at the time of Closing) and
continue in full force and effect until the fifteen (15) month anniversary of the Closing;
provided, however, that the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
4.4, 4.12, 5.1 and 5.5 shall survive the Closing (even if the party to whom the representations and
warranties made therein knew or had reason to know of any misrepresentation or breach of warranty
at the time of Closing) until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. All
covenants and agreements of the parties contained herein will survive according to their respective
terms.
9.2 Indemnification. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Article IX,
subsequent to the Closing Date, the Target Stockholders shall indemnify Buyer and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and
assigns of any of the foregoing (each a “Buyer Indemnified Party”, and collectively, the
“Buyer Indemnified Parties”) and hold each of them harmless against any Liability, loss,
suit, action, cause of action, Proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim,
demand, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, damage, due, penalty, fine, cost,
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amount paid in settlement, obligation, Tax, Lien, loss, expense and fee, including court
costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses (collectively, “Losses” and individually, a
“Loss”), that any Buyer Indemnified Party directly or indirectly suffers or incurs or to
which any Buyer Indemnified Party may otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or not such
Loss relates to any third-party claim) and which arise from or as a result of, or are directly or
indirectly connected with:
(a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation and warranty of either of the Target
Entities or any of the Target Stockholders set forth in this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule
hereto;
(b) any claim by a Target Stockholder alleging that, as to such Target Stockholder, the Target
Allocation Percentage set forth on Exhibit A was not calculated in the manner specified in
Section 2.2(a), or any claim by an employee of either of the Target Entities identified on Schedule
2.5 that, as to such employee, the Exchange Payment set forth in Schedule 2.5 was not calculated in
the manner set forth in Section 2.5;
(c) any breach or nonperformance by either of the Target Entities or any of the Target
Stockholders of any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement; or
(d) any Liability of either of the Target Entities or any of the Target Stockholders (A) for
any Taxes (or the non-payment thereof) of either of the Target Entities or any of the Target
Stockholders with respect to any Tax year or portion thereof ending on or before the Closing Date
(or for any Tax year beginning before and ending after the Closing Date to the extent allocable to
the portion of such period beginning before and ending on the Closing Date), (B) for any Taxes of
any member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of which either of the Target
Entities or any of the Target Stockholders (or any predecessor of any of the foregoing) is or was a
member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6
or any analogous or similar state, local, or foreign law or regulation, and (C) for any and all
Taxes of any Person (other than either of the Target Entities or any of the Target Stockholders)
imposed on either of the Target Entities or any of the Target Stockholders as a transferee or
successor, by contract or pursuant to any law, rule or regulation, if such Taxes relate to an event
or transaction occurring on or before the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the case of
clauses (A), (B), or (C) of this section 9.2(d), Target Stockholders shall be liable only to the
extent that such Taxes exceed the amount, if any, reserved for such Taxes on the Financial
Statements or taken into account in determining post-Closing adjustments.
9.3 Nature of Obligations. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section
9.8, the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement are joint and several.
9.4 Target Stockholder Representative.
(a) By executing this Agreement, each of the Target Stockholders shall be deemed to have
constituted and appointed Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx to serve as the agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact (the
“Target Stockholder Representative”) for and on behalf of the Target Stockholders for all
purposes of this Agreement, and to take such action and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement and the Related Documents as are delegated to the Target Stockholder Representative
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by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto, including the power to take any action, or refrain from taking any action, in his, her or
its sole and absolute discretion as to any matter that may arise under this Agreement or the
Related Documents as to which the Target Stockholders are not given express authority hereunder.
The authority of the Target Stockholder Representative under this Section 9.4 is irrevocable
without the consent of the Target Stockholder Representative, shall survive the death, incapacity,
bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of any Target Stockholder and any such revocation shall be
effective only after written notice thereof is received by the Buyer.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Target Stockholder Representative shall have full
power and authority to do each and every act and exercise any and all rights the Target
Stockholders are permitted or required to do or exercise under this Agreement or the Related
Documents, as applicable; provided, however, that in no case shall the Target Stockholder
Representative be entitled to take any such action the effect of which would be to treat any Target
Stockholder disproportionately to any other Target Stockholder (in such capacity as a stockholder).
(c) Notices or communications to or from the Target Stockholder Representative shall
constitute notice to or from each Target Stockholder. The Target Stockholder Representative shall
have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein. As to any matters not
expressly provided for by this Agreement or the Related Documents, the Target Stockholder
Representative may exercise his, her or its discretion as aforesaid. The Target Stockholder
Representative shall not be required to take any action which, in his, her or its good faith
judgment, exposes the Target Stockholder Representative to personal Liability or which is contrary
to this Agreement, the Related Documents or applicable Law.
(d) The Target Stockholder Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted
hereunder as Target Stockholder Representative while acting in good faith and in the exercise of
reasonable judgment; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall relieve the Target
Stockholder Representative from Liability arising out of his, her or its own fraud, gross
negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Target Stockholder Representative may be removed at any time upon the written consent
of the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Escrow Amount; provided however, that a successor
Target Stockholder Representative must be concurrently appointed by such holders, who shall
promptly notify the Buyer and the other Target Stockholders, in writing, of such removal and the
appointment of a successor thereto. The Target Stockholder Representative may resign and be
discharged from his, her or its duties and obligations as a Target Stockholder Representative under
this Agreement by giving at least thirty (30) days prior notice to the Target Stockholders, the
Buyer and the Escrow Agent. In the event of the resignation of the Target Stockholder
Representative, until a successor Target Stockholder Representative has been appointed as provided
herein, the resigning Target Stockholder Representative shall continue to perform his, her or its
duties and obligations under this Agreement and may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Target Stockholder Representative. Within thirty (30) days after
receiving notice from a resigning Target Stockholder Representative or after the death of a Target
Stockholder Representative, the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Escrow Amount shall
appoint a
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successor Target Stockholder Representative and inform the Buyer and the Escrow Agent, in
writing, of the name of such successor. Any such successor Target Stockholder Representative shall
execute a joinder to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all of the rights, and have all of the
obligations, of the Target Stockholder Representative hereunder.
(f) All reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Target Stockholder Representative in
connection with this Agreement shall be borne by the Target Stockholders (on a pro rata basis). The
Target Stockholder Representative may, at the time of any disbursement of funds from the Escrow
Account to the Target Stockholders, instruct the Escrow Agent to withhold and pay to the Target
Stockholder Representative a portion of the proceeds to be paid to the Target Stockholders as is
necessary to satisfy the actual out-of -pocket costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses
of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Target Stockholder Representative in connection with the
performance of his responsibilities under this Agreement after the Closing.
(g) By his signature to this Agreement, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx hereby accepts the appointment
contained herein and agrees to act as the Target Stockholder Representative and to discharge the
duties and responsibilities of the Target Stockholder Representative pursuant to the terms hereof.
(h) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Target Stockholder Representative shall
constitute a decision of all Target Stockholders for whom the Escrow Amount are deposited and shall
be final, binding and conclusive upon each such holder, and the Escrow Agent and the Buyer may rely
upon any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Target Stockholder Representative as being
the decision, act, consent or instruction of each and every Target Stockholder. To the extent that
either the Escrow Agent or the Buyer acts in accordance with a decision, act, consent or
instruction of the Target Stockholder Representative, the Escrow Agent and the Buyer are hereby
relieved from any Liability with respect to such act, to any Person, including the Target
Stockholders.
9.5 Third Party Claims. The obligations and liabilities of the Target Stockholders
with respect to Losses resulting from the individual assertion of or related assertions of
liability by third parties (a “Third Party Claim”) shall be subject to the following terms
and conditions:
(a) The Buyer Indemnified Parties shall promptly give written notice to the Target Stockholder
Representative of any Third Party Claim that might give rise to any Loss by the Buyer Indemnified
Parties, stating the nature and basis of such Third Party Claim, and the amount thereof to the
extent known; provided, however, that no delay on the part of the Buyer Indemnified Parties in
notifying the Target Stockholder Representative shall relieve the Target Stockholders from any
obligation hereunder unless (and then solely to the extent) the Buyer Indemnified Party is
prejudiced thereby. Such notice shall be accompanied by copies of all relevant documentation with
respect to such Third Party Claim, including any summons, complaint or other pleading which may
have been served, any written demand or any other document or instrument.
(b) From and after receipt of notice of a Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 9.5(a), the
Target Stockholders shall have the right to conduct, at their own expense, the defense against
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the Third Party Claim in their own names or in the names of the Buyer Indemnified Parties, using
counsel of their choice reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer Indemnified Parties so long as (i) the
Target Stockholder Representative notify the Buyer Indemnified Parties in writing within 15 days
after the Buyer Indemnified Parties has given notice of the Third Party Claim that the Target
Stockholders will indemnify the Buyer Indemnified Parties from and against the entirety of any
Losses the Buyer Indemnified Parties may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the
nature of, or caused by the Third Party Claim, (ii) the Target Stockholders provide the Buyer
Indemnified Parties with evidence reasonably acceptable to the Buyer Indemnified Parties that the
Target Stockholders will have the financial resources to defend against the Third Party Claim and
fulfill its indemnification obligations hereunder, (iii) the Third Party Claim involves only money
damages and does not seek an injunction or other equitable relief, (iv) settlement of, or adverse
judgment with respect to, the Third Party Claim in not, in the good faith judgment of the Buyer
Indemnified Parties, likely to establish a precedential custom or practice adverse to the
continuing business interests of the Buyer Indemnified Parties, and (v) the Target Stockholders
conduct the defense of the Third Party Claim actively and diligently. Any Buyer Indemnified
Parties shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Third Party Claim and/or to
participate in the defense thereof at their own expense. The party or parties conducting the
defense of any Third Party Claim shall keep the other parties apprised of all significant
developments with respect thereto and shall not enter into any settlement, compromise or consent to
judgment that imposes non-monetary obligations on the Buyer Indemnified Parties with respect to
such Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld.
(c) In the event any of the conditions in Section 9.5(b) above is not satisfied, however, (i)
the Buyer Indemnified Party may defend against, and consent to the entry of any judgment or enter
into any settlement with respect to, the Third Party Claim in any manner it reasonably may deem
appropriate; provided that the Target Stockholders will not be bound by any settlement of any such
Third Party Claim effected without their consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, (ii)
except in connection with any Third Party Claim described in clause 9.5(b)(iv) above, the Target
Stockholders will reimburse the Buyer Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the costs of
defending against the Third Party Claim (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), and (iii) except
as otherwise expressly stated herein, the Target Stockholders will remain responsible for
indemnifying the Buyer Indemnified Party for any Losses incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Party
resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by the Third Party Claim
to the fullest extent provided in this Article IX.
9.6 Treatment of Indemnification Payments; Loss Determination.
(a) All payments made pursuant to this Article IX shall be treated as adjustments to the
purchase price for the Shares. If the Target Stockholders makes any payment on any claim pursuant
to Section 9.2, the Target Stockholders shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to all
rights and remedies of the Buyer Indemnified Party or either Target Entity to any insurance
benefits or other claims of such party with respect to such claim.
(b) For purposes of determining the magnitude of any Loss giving rise to a right to
indemnification pursuant to this Article IX (but not in determining whether there has been any
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breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made in this Agreement), all
materiality and Material Adverse Effect qualifications set forth in any representation, warranty,
covenant and agreement herein will be disregarded.
9.7 Limitation of Liability.
(a) The obligations of any Target Stockholders shall not apply (i) to any individual claim
resulting in Losses of less than $62,400 (the “Claim Minimum”) or (ii) until the aggregate
amount of all Losses suffered or incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Parties, excluding Losses
attributable to any individual claims that do not equal or exceed the Claim Minimum (“De Minimis
Claims”), exceeds the sum of $624,000 (the “Floor”). Once the aggregate amount of Losses,
excluding Losses attributable to De Minimis Claims, suffered or incurred by the Buyer Indemnified
Parties exceeds the Floor, then the Target Stockholders in the aggregate shall be liable under this
Article IX for all such Losses, including Losses attributable to De Minimis Claims, up to the
Escrow Amount (the “Cap”).
(b) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Section 9.5, the liability of the Target
Stockholders shall be limited to the direct Losses suffered or incurred by the Buyer Indemnified
Parties. The Target Stockholders shall not be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or
consequential Losses of any kind (including any lost or anticipated profits) suffered or incurred
by the Buyer Indemnified Parties, regardless of the form of claim or action and whether based on
contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or other theory of liability,
and even if the Target Stockholders have been advised or otherwise made aware of the possibility of
such Losses.
(c) Indemnification pursuant to this Article IX shall be the sole remedy of Buyer and any
Buyer Indemnified Party for any Loss arising under, or by reason of any breach or alleged breach by
the Target Entities or any Target Stockholder of, this Agreement.
(d) The obligations of the Target Stockholders under this Article IX shall terminate (A) in
the case of Losses arising out of a claim of fraud or any inaccuracy in or breach of the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.12, 5.1 and 5.5, or any
indemnification arising under Section 9.2(d) above, on the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations relating thereto and (B) in the case of any other Losses, at the conclusion of the
escrow period; provided, that if a Buyer Indemnified Party has brought a claim for indemnification
against the Target Stockholders prior to such expiration date, such claim shall survive thereafter
until such Target Stockholder’s liability therefor has been finally determined as otherwise
provided in this Agreement.
9.8 Escrow; Recourse to Earnout Payments for Certain Claims.
(a) At the Closing, the initial Escrow Amount of $7,800,000 shall be delivered by Buyer to the
Escrow Agent and deposited in a tax-free interest bearing account subject to the terms and
conditions of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Amount, including interest earned thereon, and (to
the extent expressly provided in subsections 9.8(b) and (c) below) the Earnout Payments, shall be
available to compensate Buyer for any Losses in respect of which it is entitled
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to be indemnified pursuant to this Article IX. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 9.8(b) and
(c) below, the liability of the Target Stockholders under the indemnification provisions of this
Article IX shall be limited to their respective contributions to the Escrow Amount.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the limitations in Section 9.7 above, with
respect to any Losses arising out of any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations and
warranties contained in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1 and 5.5, the liability of each Target
Stockholder shall be limited to the amount of the consideration actually received by such Target
Stockholder for his or her Shares pursuant to this agreement, and shall be recovered first from the
Escrow Amount, and if such Escrow Amount has been exhausted by claims of Buyer or otherwise is
unavailable to compensate Buyer for any Losses, Buyer shall be entitled to seek further recovery
from sources other than the Escrow Amount (including by offsetting any Earnout Payments then or
thereafter due and payable to the Target Stockholders).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the limitations in Section 9.7 above, (A)
with respect to any Losses arising out of a claim of fraud, there shall be no limit on the
liability of any Target Stockholder who is an officer or employee of a Target Entity on the date
hereof and who is determined to have participated in such fraud; and (B) with respect to any Losses
arising out of a claim of any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 4.12, or any indemnification arising under Section 9.2(d) above, there shall
be no limit on the liability of a Target Stockholder who is on the date hereof an officer of the
Target Entity in respect of which the Loss was incurred. The liability of a Target Stockholder
described in clause (A) or (B) above in respect of a claim described in such clause shall be
recovered first from the Escrow Amount, and if such Escrow Amount has been exhausted by claims of
Buyer or otherwise is unavailable to compensate Buyer for any Losses, Buyer shall be entitled to
seek further recovery from such Target Stockholder from sources other than the Escrow Amount
(including by offsetting any Earnout Payments then or thereafter due and payable to such Target
Stockholder, to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 2.4(e)(iv) above).
(d) Subject to the limitations below, the Escrow Amount remaining on the fifteen (15) month
anniversary of the Closing Date (such anniversary, the “Escrow Termination Date”) shall be
distributed to the Target Stockholders, unless retained by Buyer or Escrow Agent pursuant to this
Article IX or the Escrow Agreement. At the Escrow Termination Date, if any claims for
indemnification have been made by Buyer that have not been resolved pursuant to this Article IX, a
portion of the Escrow Amount sufficient to cover Buyer’s reasonable estimate of the amount to which
Buyer may be entitled as a result thereof shall be retained by Escrow Agent until such claim(s) is
resolved (at which time the Escrow Agent shall release such Escrow Amounts in accordance with the
resolutions of the claim). Within 30 days after the later of (a) resolution of all indemnity
claims of Buyer brought prior to the Escrow Termination Date or (b) the Escrow Termination Date,
that portion of the Escrow Amount with respect to which Buyer is not entitled to retain pursuant to
this Article IX shall be distributed to the Target Stockholders in accordance with the Target
Allocation Percentages set forth in Exhibit A.
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall not be
assignable or transferable by any party hereto (including by operation of law in connection with a
merger or consolidation) without the prior written consent of (i) Buyer, in the case of any
attempted assignment by either of the Target Entities or any of the Target Stockholders, or (ii)
the Target Entities and the Target Stockholder Representative, in the case of any attempted
assignment by Buyer. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 10.1 shall be void.
10.2 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Article IX, this Agreement
is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and nothing herein
expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and such assigns, any legal or equitable rights hereunder. The Buyer Indemnified Parties
are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
10.3 Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile or sent, postage
prepaid, by registered, certified or nationally recognized overnight courier service and shall be
deemed given when so delivered by hand or confirmed by facsimile machine, or if mailed, three days
after mailing (one Business Day in the case of overnight courier service), as follows:
(i) if to Buyer, to:
Blackbaud, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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(ii) if to either of the Target Entities, to:
Target Software, Inc. or Target Analysis Group, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxx, President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxx, President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxx LLP
World Trade Center West
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
World Trade Center West
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(iii) if to a Target Stockholder, to the address on
file for such Target Stockholder with the Target Entities.
or to such other address as provided by a party in accordance with this Section 10.3.
10.4 Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement, in any Exhibit or Schedule
hereto and in the table of contents to this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
10.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more
such counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party. For
purposes hereof, facsimile copies hereof and facsimile signatures hereof shall be authorized and
deemed effective counterparts.
10.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Related Documents contain the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter. Neither
party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any representations, warranties
or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein or in the
Related Documents.
10.7 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended except by a writing
signed by the Buyer, the Target Entities and the Target Stockholder Representative. Only by a
writing the Target Entities and the Target Stockholder Representative, on the one hand, or Buyer,
on the other hand, may waive compliance by Buyer or the Target Entities and the
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Target Stockholder Representative, respectively, with any term or provision of this Agreement
that such other party was or is obligated to comply with or perform.
10.8 Expenses. Each of the parties hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses
(including fees and disbursements of its counsel, accountants and other financial, legal,
accounting or other advisors), incurred by it or its Affiliates in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other documents
and instruments executed in connection with or contemplated by this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided, that the Target Stockholders shall
have no responsibility for the Target Transaction Expenses, except as expressly set forth in
Section 4.5(d) above.
10.9 Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of
this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies
applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular
provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall
be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be
more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions
of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
10.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of South Carolina applicable to agreements made and to be
performed entirely within such State, without regard to the conflicts of law principles of such
State.
10.11 Arbitration.
(a) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents, or any breach or default under this Agreement or any of the Related Documents,
shall, with respect to all claims pertaining to such controversy, claim, breach, or default
(excepting herefrom any action for equitable relief with respect thereto), be settled by
arbitration before a panel of three (3) arbitrators selected in accordance with the then-prevailing
Rules of Commercial Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration
proceeding shall take place in Washington, D.C. or such other location as parties thereto may
mutually agree.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Rules of Commercial Arbitration of the
American Arbitration Association, the parties shall be entitled to discovery in any arbitration
proceeding, including reasonable document requests, interrogatories, and depositions, all subject
to the control of the arbitration panel. To the extent that the parties cannot agree on any aspect
of the scope or scheduling of discovery, the arbitration panel shall determine such
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scope and schedule. In determining the scope and scheduling of discovery, the arbitration panel
shall be guided by (i) the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and (ii) the interest of the parties
in obtaining an expeditious resolution of any dispute that is the subject of the arbitration
proceeding. The arbitration panel has the discretion to determine the appropriate scope and
schedule of discovery and the factors referred to in the previous sentence are intended to serve as
guidance and not as absolute rules.
(c) The arbitrators shall not contravene or vary in any respect any of the terms or provisions
of this Agreement. The award of the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties
thereto, and judgment upon any award rendered therein may be entered and enforced in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
(d) Neither this arbitration provision nor a pending arbitration shall prevent a party from
seeking or obtaining injunctive relief for any matter at any time.
10.12 Costs, Expenses, and Attorneys Fees. Except as otherwise determined by the
arbitration panel or court, as the case may be, in the event of any arbitration proceeding or
litigation arising from any breach or claimed breach of this Agreement or any of the Related
Documents, or the enforcement of the provisions hereof or thereof, the prevailing party in such
arbitration proceeding or litigation shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the party (or parties)
contesting its position for the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) incurred by the prevailing party in such arbitration proceeding or litigation, or such
portion thereof as the arbitrators or court shall determine to be equitable under the
circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Stock Purchase Agreement as of
the date first written above.
TARGET ENTITIES:
|
TARGET SOFTWARE, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx Title: President |
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TARGET ANALYSIS GROUP, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx Title: President |
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BUYER:
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BLACKBAUD, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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TARGET STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
TARGET STOCKHOLDERS: |
* Signed by each Target Stockholder | |||
Name: _____________________________ |
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APPENDIX A
When used in the Stock Purchase Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth in this Appendix A. As used herein, the terms “Introductory Paragraph,” “Recitals”
and “Section” shall refer to the introductory paragraph, recitals and sections, respectively, of
the Stock Purchase Agreement to which this Appendix A is attached.
“Accounts Receivable” means (a) all trade accounts receivable and other rights to payment from
customers of the Target Entities and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or rights
to payment, including all trade accounts receivable representing amounts receivable in respect of
goods shipped or products sold or services rendered to customers of the Target Entities, (b) all
other accounts or notes receivable of the Target Entities and the full benefit of all security for
such accounts or notes and (c) any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing.
“Active
Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).
“Affiliate” of any Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first
Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of
the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Base Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“Business” with respect to Target Software shall mean the business of providing fundraising
and marketing software systems and related implementation and consulting services for
nonprofit organizations and with respect to Target Analysis shall mean the business of providing
fundraising intelligence and analytic services designed to help non-profit organizations build
successful direct response fundraising programs. The term “Businesses” shall refer to the Business
of both Target Entities.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.
“Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Buyer
Indemnified Party” and “Buyer Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.2.
“Cap
”has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a).
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“Cash” shall mean money, currency or a credit balance in a deposit account at a financial
institution.
“Cash
Equivalents” shall mean (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America
or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, having the highest
rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.;
(iii) commercial paper issued by any bank or any bank holding company owning any bank maturing no
more than one year from the date of its creation and, at the time of acquisition, having the
highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
Inc.; and (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition issued by any bank or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than
Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000).
“CERCLA” means the comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act of
1980, as amended.
“Claim
Minimum” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a).
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Closing Cash and Cash Equivalents” means the Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Target Entities
as of the closing of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Closing
Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Target Entities outstanding as of the
close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Confidential Information” means any information of or concerning the Buyer, the Target
Entities, this Agreement and the Transactions that is not already generally available to the
public; provided, that Confidential Information shall not include: (i) information that at the time
of disclosure is generally available to the public or is otherwise available to the receiving party
other than on a confidential basis; (ii) information that, after disclosure, becomes generally
available to the public by publication or otherwise through no fault of the receiving party; (iii)
information disclosed to the receiving party by a third party not under an obligation of
confidentiality to the disclosing party; or (iv) information that is or has been developed by an
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employee, agent or contractor of the receiving party independently of the disclosures by the
disclosing party.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, commitment, license, note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease, sublease, purchase order or other agreement or arrangement, whether verbal or in
writing or resulting from a course of conduct by the parties to the contract.
“Copyrights” means all domestic and foreign copyright interests in any original work of
authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression, whether registered or unregistered, including
but not limited to all copyright registrations or foreign equivalents, applications for
registration or foreign equivalents, all moral rights, all common-law rights, and all rights to
register and obtain renewals and extensions of copyright registrations, together with all other
copyright interests accruing by reason of international copyright convention.
“Covered
Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).
“Customer
Licenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(e).
“Determination”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b).
“Documentation” means, collectively, if any, all programmers’ notes or logs, source code
annotations, user guides, manuals, instructions, forms, software architecture designs, layouts,
Know-How, and other designs, plans, drawings, documentation or materials that relate in any manner
to any aspect of the Software or Intellectual Property, whether in tangible or intangible form.
“Earnout
Acceptance Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(ii).
“Earnout
Objection Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(ii).
“Earnout
Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(ii).
“Earnout Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
“Earnout
Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(iii).
“Earnout Payment Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(i).
“Employment
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local, and foreign Law (including, but not
limited to, CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and analogous state laws),
all judicial and administrative orders and determinations, all contractual obligations, and all
common law concerning (x) the protection of human health or the environment (including air, water
vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, and surface or subsurface
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land) or (y) the generation, transportation, processing, handling, or disposal of any
Hazardous Substances.
“Equity Securities” means any capital stock or other equity interest or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or any other equity interest, or any other
rights, warrants or options to acquire any of the foregoing securities.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Escrow Agent” means The Bank of New York.
“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B.
“Escrow Amount” means the dollar amount held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement, such amount initially to be $7,800,000. The Escrow Amount includes any interest earned
on the funds deposited into the Escrow Account.
“Escrow
Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(d).
“Exchange
Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Excluded
License” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(q).
“Excluded
Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“Floor”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a).
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth in opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, in each case as the same are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination.
“Governing Documents” means with respect to any particular entity, (a) if a corporation, the
articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws; (b) if a general partnership, the
partnership agreement and any statement of partnership; (c) if a limited partnership, the limited
partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership; (d) if a limited liability
company, the articles of organization and operating agreement; (e) if another type of Person, any
other charter or similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or
organization of the Person; (f) all equityholders’ agreements, voting agreements, voting trust
agreements, joint venture agreements, registration rights agreements or other agreements or
documents relating to the organization, management or operation of any Person or relating to the
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rights, duties and obligations of the equityholders of any Person; and (g) any amendment or
supplement to any of the foregoing.
“Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or foreign government or governmental
entity or any political or other subdivision, department or branch thereof, or any regulatory,
administrative or other agency or any court, tribunal or quasi-judicial agency or commission or
other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
“Hazardous Substance” means any substance that is listed, defined, designated or classified as
hazardous or toxic under applicable Laws or is otherwise regulated by a Governmental Entity
pursuant to Environmental Laws, including petroleum, petroleum products, asbestos,
asbestos-containing material, urea formaldehyde and polychlorinated biphenyls.
“Indebtedness”
means all obligations of the Target Entities (i) for any short-term
indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, loans from officers or other employees, any other borrowed
money and capital leases owed to a bank or any other Person (including, without limitation, any
letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or related reimbursement agreement, to the extent drawn and
any seller notes issued in connection with any acquisition undertaken by the Target Entities); (ii)
under any interest rate protection agreements (valued on a market quotation basis); (iii) for any
obligation in respect of the deferred price of property; (iv) any obligation to pay salary,
severance or termination payments and benefit amounts, to the extent earned at Closing pursuant to
Section 7.3; (v) to guarantee or be liable for obligations of the types described in clauses
(i)-(iv) of any other Person; and (vi) for any accrued interest, prepayment premiums or penalties
or other costs, fees or expenses related to any of the foregoing outstanding as of the close of
business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date.
“Initial Payment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Insurance
Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.22.
“Intellectual Property” means all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Documentation, Inventions,
Know-How, Software, Trade Secrets, websites, and internet domain name registrations.
“Intellectual
Property License” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(b).
“Inventions” means novel devices, processes, compositions of matter, methods, techniques,
observations, discoveries, apparatuses, designs, expressions, theories and ideas, whether or not
patentable, including Copyrights, Software and Trade Secrets.
“Inventory”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19.
“Key
Employees” shall mean Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxx.
“Know-How” means scientific, engineering, financial, marketing, practical or other knowledge
or experience useful in the operation of the Business.
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“Knowledge” with respect to either Target Entity and a particular fact or matter, shall mean
the actual awareness of such fact or matter by (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, including, with respect to any representation or
warranty contained in this Agreement, after due and diligent inquiry of such persons, or (ii) any
other current officer of the Company for whom familiarity with facts or matters of that character
would be within the scope of his or her duties.
“Latest Balance Sheets” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“Law” means any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other provision having the force or effect of law enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced
or entered by a Governmental Entity.
“Leased
Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
“Liability” means any Person, any liability or obligation of such Person of any kind,
character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued,
disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or
to become due, vested or unvested, executory, determined, determinable or otherwise, and whether or
not the same is required to be accrued on the financial statements of such Person.
“Licensed Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property licensed to either of the
Target Entities that is used in or necessary to the conduct of the Businesses as presently
conducted (other than shrinkwrap or other commercially available off-the-shelf software that is
licensed to either of the Target Entities for internal use and not sublicensed by them or
incorporated in any product or service of either Target Entity.)
“Liens” means mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, security interests, pledges, easements, rights
of first refusal, options, restrictions or encumbrances or charges of any kind.
“Loss” and “Losses” have the meanings set forth in Section 9.2.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, event or change that, individually or in the
aggregate that has had (or could reasonably be expected to have) an effect that is materially
adverse on the Business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities, earnings,
operating results, operations, or business prospects of the Target Entities individually or in the
aggregate, or to the ability of the Target Entities to consummate timely the Transactions
(regardless of whether or not such adverse effect or change can be or has been cured at any time or
whether Buyer has knowledge of such effect or change on the date hereof), including any adverse
change, event, development, or effect arising from or relating to (a) changes in GAAP, or (b)
changes in laws, rules, regulations, orders, or other binding directives issued by any Governmental
Entity, including any changes or binding directives resulting from the taking of any action
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Documents; provided that none of the following shall
be taken into account for determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (a) any
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general condition affecting the industry in which the Target Entities are engaged and that do
not affect them, taken as a whole, disproportionately, as compared to other companies in such
industry; (b) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or the disclosure of the identity of Buyer as the acquiror of the Target
Entities, (c) any action taken by either Target Entity at Buyer’s request or pursuant to a
requirement in this Agreement or any of the Related Documents, (d) acts of war or terrorism; (e)
general economic, political and financial market changes that do not affect the Target Entities,
taken as a whole, disproportionately; or (f) any action (or failure to take any action) by Buyer,
except as required or contemplated by this Agreement.
“Material Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(a).
“Minimum
Revenue Target” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Noncompetition
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(d).
“Occupational Safety and Health Law” means any legal requirement designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health hazards, including the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, and any program, whether governmental or private (such as those
promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies), designed to provide
safe and healthful working conditions.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the conduct of the Business in a manner substantially
consistent with the historical custom, practice and procedures of the Target Entities (including
with respect to quantity and frequency).
“Owned Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property that is used in or necessary to the
conduct of the Businesses as presently conducted in which the either of the Target Entities has or
purports to have an ownership interest.
“Patents” means and includes all domestic and foreign patents (including certificates of
invention and other patent equivalents), provisional applications, patent applications and patents
issuing therefrom, as well as any division, continuation or continuation in part, reissue,
extension, reexamination certification, revival or renewal of any patent, and all Inventions and
subject matter related to such patents and patent applications, in any and all forms.
“Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Permitted Liens” means: (i) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar
common law or statutory Liens arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and which
would not materially impair either of the Target Entities or any of their assets or properties,
(ii) Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases
with third parties entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, the payments under which
contracts and leases are current and are not past due, (iii) Liens for Taxes that are not due and
payable or that may thereafter be paid without penalty or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (iv) with respect to real property, easements,
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covenants, rights-of-way and other similar restrictions of record; (v) any conditions that may
be shown by a current, accurate survey of any real property made by Buyer prior to Closing; and
(vi) (A) zoning, building and other similar restrictions, (B) Liens that have been placed by any
developer, landlord or other third party on property over which either of the Target Entities has
easement rights, and other minor defects in title none of which items set forth in this clause
(vi), individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the continued use and operation of the
property in the conduct of the Businesses.
“Person” means and includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization, a Governmental Entity (or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof) or
other entity.
“Proceeding” means any action, suit, claim, litigation, investigation, hearing or proceeding
before any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.
“Products”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(c).
“Promissory
Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Related Documents” means the Promissory Note, the Escrow Agreement, each Employment Agreement
and each Noncompetition Agreement executed in connection with the Transactions.
“Releasees”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7.
“Restricted
Area” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).
“Returns” means, collectively, returns, declarations of estimated Tax, Tax reports, claims for
refunds, information returns and statements relating to any Taxes with respect to any income,
assets or operations of the Target Entities, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any
amendment thereof.
“Schedule
of Exceptions” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of Article
IV.
“S Corp” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(j).
“Section 338
Allocation Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 (b).
“Section 338
Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
“Section 338
Forms” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
“Selected
Firm” means an independent accounting firm selected by the mutual agreement of Buyer
and the Target Stockholder Representative as follows: within 10 days
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following the delivery of an Earnout Objection Notice, each of Buyer and the Target
Stockholder Representative shall propose to the other in writing at least two such firms acceptable
to it to act as the Selected Firm. Any firm currently engaged as the independent public accounting
firm for or that has otherwise provided substantial services to Buyer or a Target Entity shall be
ineligible to be proposed by such party serve as an arbitrator without the consent of the other
party. If the parties have not, by the end of the 30-day period referred to above, agreed upon the
Selected Firm, then the Selected Firm shall be selected by one party, drawn by lot, from the list
of firms proposed by the other party.
“Shares”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Software” means all versions of all software (including software programs, objects, modules,
routines, algorithms and code, in both source code, object code and executable form), machine
readable databases and compilations, data structures and all data and collections of data and all
content on internet sites owned by or licensed to either of the Target Entities and all derivative
works of any of such software.
“Stock
Option Plans” means the Target Software, Inc. 1995 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock
Option Plan and the Target Analysis Group, Inc. 1999 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other
voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a
majority of its board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting
interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such
first Person (or any Subsidiary of such Person).
“Target
2007 Revenue” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c)(i).
“Target Allocation Percentages” shall mean the percentage allocation of payments to be made to
the Target Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, such percentage to be determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) and approved by the boards of directors of the Target Entities and shall be set
forth on Exhibit A hereof.
“Target
Analysis” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Target
Analysis Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Target
Benefit Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).
“Target
Entity” and “Target Entities” have the meanings set forth in the Introductory
Paragraph.
“Target
Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Target
Products” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c)(ii).
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“Target
Software” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Target
Software Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Target
Stockholder Representative” shall mean Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx.
“Target
Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the Introductory Paragraph.
“Target
Transaction Expenses” shall mean the legal, accounting, financial advisory and other
third-party advisory or consulting fees and expenses incurred by the Target Entities in connection
with or as a result of the Transactions that are accrued and unpaid at the Closing or, if not
accrued at the Closing, will become due after the Closing, by reason of legal, accounting,
financial advisory and other third-party advisory or consulting services provided to the Target
Entities in connection with the Transactions.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all federal, state, local or foreign income taxes (including
any tax on or based upon net income, gross income, or income as specially defined, or earnings,
profits, or selected items of income, earnings or profits) and any and all federal, state, local or
foreign gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, license, withholding, payroll,
employment or windfall profits taxes, alternative or add-in minimum taxes, customs duties or other
taxes of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or
additional amounts imposed by any taxing authority, whether disputed or not and including any
obligations to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the Tax Liability of any other Person.
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.
“Trade Secrets” means any formula, design, device or compilation, or other information which
is used or held for use by a business, which gives the holder thereof an advantage or opportunity
for advantage over competitors which do not have or use the same, and which is not generally known
by the public. Trade Secrets can include, by way of example, formulas, market surveys, market
research studies, customer lists, information contained on drawings and other documents and
information relating to research, development or testing.
“Trademarks” means and includes all domestic and foreign trademarks, trade dress, service
marks, trade names, icons, logos, slogans and other indicia of source or sponsorship of goods and
services, designs and logotypes related to the above, in any and all forms, and all trademark
registrations and applications for registration related to such trademarks (including, but not
limited to, intent-to-use applications).
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related
Documents.
“Treasury
Regulations” means the temporary and final regulations promulgated by the United
States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of the provisions of the
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Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions
of succeeding regulations).
“Unresolved
Earnout Objections” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e)(ii)(B).
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