AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among MASSEY SERVICES, INC. BUYER ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC. and SUNAIR SERVICES CORPORATION Dated as of September 28, 2009
Exhibit
2.1
EXECUTION
COPY
among
XXXXXX
SERVICES, INC.
BUYER
ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC.
and
SUNAIR
SERVICES CORPORATION
Dated as
of September 28, 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER
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Section 1.01
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The Merger | A-1 | ||||||
Section 1.02
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Closing | A-1 | ||||||
Section 1.03
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Effective Time | A-1 | ||||||
Section 1.04
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Effect of the Merger | A-1 | ||||||
Section 1.05
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Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws | A-2 | ||||||
Section 1.06
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Directors and Officers | A-2 | ||||||
ARTICLE II CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES
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Section 2.01
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Conversion of Securities | A-2 | ||||||
Section 2.02
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Appointment of Paying Agent | A-2 | ||||||
Section 2.03
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Exchange Fund | A-3 | ||||||
Section 2.04
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Exchange of Certificates | A-3 | ||||||
Section 2.05
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Stock Transfer Books | A-4 | ||||||
Section 2.06
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Company Stock Options and Company Warrants | A-4 | ||||||
Section 2.07
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Deposit | A-5 | ||||||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 3.01
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Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries | A-5 | ||||||
Section 3.02
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Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws | A-5 | ||||||
Section 3.03
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Capitalization | A-6 | ||||||
Section 3.04
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Authority Relative to This Agreement | A-6 | ||||||
Section 3.05
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | A-7 | ||||||
Section 3.06
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Permits; Compliance | A-7 | ||||||
Section 3.07
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Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities | A-7 | ||||||
Section 3.08
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events | A-8 | ||||||
Section 3.09
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Absence of Litigation | A-8 | ||||||
Section 3.10
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Employees; Employee Benefit Plans | A-9 | ||||||
Section 3.11
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Real Property; Title to Assets | A-11 | ||||||
Section 3.12
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Intellectual Property | A-11 | ||||||
Section 3.13
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Taxes | A-12 | ||||||
Section 3.14
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Environmental Matters | A-13 | ||||||
Section 3.15
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Material Contracts | A-14 | ||||||
Section 3.16
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Insurance | A-14 | ||||||
Section 3.17
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Board Approval; Vote Required | A-14 | ||||||
Section 3.18
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Brokers | A-15 | ||||||
Section 3.19
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Condition of Assets | A-15 | ||||||
Section 3.20
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Bank Accounts, Letters of Credit and Powers of Attorney | A-15 | ||||||
Section 3.21
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No Other Representations or Warranties | A-15 | ||||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
MERGER SUB
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Section 4.01
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Corporate Organization | A-15 | ||||||
Section 4.02
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Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws | A-15 | ||||||
Section 4.03
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Authority Relative to This Agreement | A-15 | ||||||
Section 4.04
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | A-16 |
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Section 4.05
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Absence of Litigation | A-16 | ||||||
Section 4.06
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Operations of Merger Sub | A-16 | ||||||
Section 4.07
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Brokers | A-16 | ||||||
Section 4.08
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Information Supplied | A-16 | ||||||
Section 4.09
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Board and Shareholder Determinations | A-17 | ||||||
Section 4.10
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No Parent Stockholder Vote | A-17 | ||||||
Section 4.11
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Financing Letters | A-17 | ||||||
ARTICLE V CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
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Section 5.01
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Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger | A-17 | ||||||
Section 5.02
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Conduct of Business by Parent and Merger Sub Pending the Merger | A-19 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section 6.01
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Preparation of Proxy Statement; Company Shareholders’ Meeting | A-19 | ||||||
Section 6.02
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No Solicitation of Transactions | A-20 | ||||||
Section 6.03
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Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification | A-21 | ||||||
Section 6.04
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Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts | A-23 | ||||||
Section 6.05
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Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub | A-24 | ||||||
Section 6.06
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Public Announcements | A-24 | ||||||
Section 6.07
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Transfer Taxes | A-24 | ||||||
Section 6.08
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Resignations | A-24 | ||||||
Section 6.09
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Employment and Benefit Arrangements | A-24 | ||||||
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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Section 7.01
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Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party | A-25 | ||||||
Section 7.02
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Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub | A-25 | ||||||
Section 7.03
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Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | A-26 | ||||||
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 8.01
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Termination | A-26 | ||||||
Section 8.02
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Effect of Termination | A-27 | ||||||
Section 8.03
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Amendment | A-27 | ||||||
Section 8.04
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Waiver | A-27 | ||||||
Section 8.05
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Fees and Expenses | A-28 | ||||||
ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 9.01
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Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties; Disclosure Schedule | A-28 | ||||||
Section 9.02
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Notices | A-28 | ||||||
Section 9.03
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Certain Definitions | A-29 | ||||||
Section 9.04
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Severability | A-32 | ||||||
Section 9.05
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Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.06
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Entire Agreement; Assignment | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.07
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Parties in Interest | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.08
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Remedies; Specific Performance | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.09
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Governing Law | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.10
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Headings | A-33 | ||||||
Section 9.11
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Counterparts | A-33 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this
“Agreement”), dated as of September 28,
2009 among Xxxxxx Services, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“Parent”), BUYER ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC., a
Florida corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger Sub”), and SUNAIR SERVICES
CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the
“Company”). In addition to terms defined in the
Preamble, Recitals and the Sections of this Agreement, certain
terms are defined in Section 9.03 of this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub deem it fair to and in the best
interests of their respective shareholders to consummate the
merger (the “Merger”), on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, of Merger Sub
with and into the Company in which the Company would become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and such Boards of Directors
have approved and adopted this Agreement and declared its
advisability (and, in the case of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Company Board”), shall or has
recommended that this Agreement be adopted by the Company’s
shareholders);
WHEREAS, upon consummation of the Merger, each issued and
outstanding share of Common Stock, $.10 par value per
share, of the Company, will be converted into the right to
receive a portion of the Closing Payment Amount (as hereinafter
defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
Section 1.01 The
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with
the Florida Business Corporation Act (the
“FBCA”), at the Effective Time, Merger Sub
shall be merged with and into the Company. At the Effective
Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease
and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of
the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
Section 1.02 Closing. Unless
this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with
Section 8.01, the closing of the Merger (the
“Closing”) will take place at 10:00 a.m.,
local time, on a date to be specified by the parties, which date
shall be no later than the fifth business day after the date on
which each of the conditions set forth in Article VII have
been satisfied, or waived by the party entitled to the benefit
of such conditions, (other than those conditions that by their
terms are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing), at the
offices of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A., 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, unless another
time, date and/or place is agreed to in writing by Parent and
the Company. The date and time upon which the Closing occurs is
referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
Section 1.03 Effective
Time. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, as soon as practicable
after the satisfaction or waiver by the party entitled to the
benefit of the conditions set forth in Article VII, the
parties shall file articles of merger (the “Articles of
Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of
Florida in such form as is required by, and executed in
accordance with, the relevant provisions of the FBCA. The Merger
shall become effective at such date and time as the Articles of
Merger are duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Florida, or at such subsequent date and time as Parent and
the Company shall agree and specify in the Articles of Merger.
The date and time at which the Merger becomes effective is
referred to in this Agreement as the “Effective
Time”.
Section 1.04 Effect
of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the
effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable
provisions of the FBCA.
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Section 1.05 Articles
of Incorporation; Bylaws.
(a) At the Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation of
the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, shall be amended to read in its entirety as set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto and, as so amended, shall
be the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter amended in accordance with the provisions
thereof and as provided by Law.
(b) At the Effective Time, the Bylaws of the Company, as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended
and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in
Exhibit B attached hereto and, as so amended and
restated, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and
as provided by Law.
Section 1.06 Directors
and Officers. The directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
directors of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in
accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation, and the officers of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their
respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or
removal.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conversion
of Securities. At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
Merger Sub, Company or shareholders thereof, the following shall
occur with respect to the securities of the Company:
(a) Conversion of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock,
par value $.10 per share, of the Company (“Common
Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time (other than any shares of Common Stock to be
cancelled pursuant to Section 2.01(b)) shall be converted
into and become the right to receive in cash $2.75 per share of
Common Stock without interest (the “Per Share
Consideration”), which shall be payable in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 2.04 hereof;
(cumulatively the Closing Payment Amount plus any amounts paid
on account of Company Stock Options pursuant to
Section 2.06 hereof, is hereinafter referred to as the
“Merger Consideration”). The Merger
Consideration is based on there being 13,093,588 shares
outstanding, plus 303,250 Company Stock Options exercisable and
payable pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, at the Effective
Time. All such shares of Common Stock so converted shall no
longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, and
each certificate previously representing any such shares shall
thereafter represent the right to receive the Per Share
Consideration multiplied by the number of shares represented by
each such certificate.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock.
Each share of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company
and each share of Common Stock owned directly or indirectly by
Merger Sub, Parent or any subsidiary or affiliated entity
thereof, immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
automatically be canceled without any conversion thereof and no
payment or consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.02 Appointment
of Paying Agent. Prior to the Closing Date,
Parent shall (i) appoint a bank or trust company reasonably
acceptable to the Company to act as paying agent in the Merger
(the “Paying Agent”), and (ii) enter into
a paying agent agreement, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Company and the Parent, with such Paying Agent
for the payment of the Merger Consideration in accordance with
this Article II.
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Section 2.03 Exchange
Fund.
(a) On the Closing Date and at or before the Closing,
Parent shall deposit cash in an amount sufficient to pay the
Merger Consideration (such cash referred to as the
“Exchange Fund”), for the benefit of the
holders of shares of Common Stock. The Exchange Fund shall not
be used for any other purposes. The Exchange Fund shall be
invested as directed by Parent but only in a Permitted
Investment.
Section 2.04 Exchange
of Certificates.
(a) Exchange Procedures. As promptly as practicable after
the Effective Time (but in any event within three
(3) business days), Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to
mail to each Person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of
record of shares of Common Stock or Company Stock Options
entitled to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 2.01(a): (i) a letter of transmittal (which
shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery shall
be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates
evidencing such shares (the “Certificates”)
shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the
Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting
the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a
Certificate for cancellation, together with such letter of
transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance
with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may
be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor
the amount of cash which such holder has the right to receive in
respect of the shares formerly represented by such Certificate
pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and the Certificate so
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. As soon as reasonably
practicable after receipt of the required documentation from a
holder, the Paying Agent shall make payment to such holder by
mailing certified or bank checks payable to such holder in next
day funds; provided, however, if and to the extent that a holder
is entitled to receive an amount in excess of $500,000, such
holder may, at its option, deliver to the Paying Agent at or
after Closing the documentation required herein together with
wire transfer instructions, and upon the receipt of the same by
the Paying Agent at or after Closing, the Paying Agent shall
make payment to such holder by wire transfer of same day funds
in accordance with such instructions.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of Common
Stock that is not registered in the transfer records of the
Company that is made prior to the Effective Time, payment of the
Merger Consideration may be made to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is
registered if the Certificate representing such shares shall be
properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer
and the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or
other Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger
Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of
such Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of
Parent that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.04, each
Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective
Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender
the Merger Consideration to which the holder of such Certificate
is entitled pursuant to this Article II. No interest shall
be paid or will accrue on any cash payable to holders of
Certificates pursuant to the provisions of this Article II.
(b) No Further Rights. From and after the Effective Time,
holders of Certificates shall cease to have any rights as
shareholders of the Company, except as provided herein or by Law.
(c) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the
Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the former holders
of the Company Common Stock (“Former Holders”)
for one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to
Parent, upon demand, and any such holders who have not
theretofore complied with this Section 2.04 shall
thereafter look only to Parent for, and Parent shall remain
liable for, payment of such Former Holder’s claim for the
Merger Consideration without interest. Any portion of the
Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by the Former Holders as of a
date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts
would otherwise escheat to or become property of any
Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, become the property of Parent free and clear of
any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
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(d) No Liability. None of the Paying Agent, Parent, Merger
Sub or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder
of shares of Common Stock for any cash (including any dividends
or distributions with respect to such shares) delivered to a
public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or
similar Law.
(e) Withholding Rights. Each of the Paying Agent, the
Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to
this Agreement to any holder of shares of Common Stock such
amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to
such payment under all applicable Tax Laws. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld by the Paying Agent, the Surviving
Corporation or Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts
shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the holder of the shares of Common Stock in respect
of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Paying
Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the case may be.
(f) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate for shares of
Commons Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
(i) the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and
(ii) if required by the Surviving Corporation or Paying
Agent, (A) in the event such Person is a holder of over
150 shares of Common Stock, the posting by such Person of a
bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may
reasonably direct, or (B) in the event such Person is a
holder of 150 or fewer shares of Common Stock, reasonable
personal assurances from such Person, in each case as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the Surviving
Corporation with respect to such Certificate, then, as the case
may be, (x) the Paying Agent shall pay in respect of such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration
to which the holder thereof is entitled pursuant to
Section 2.01(a).
Section 2.05 Stock
Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the
stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there
shall be no further registration of transfers of shares
thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the
Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares.
On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to
the Paying Agent or Parent for any reason shall be canceled
against delivery of the Merger Consideration to which the
holders thereof are entitled pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Section 2.06 Company
Stock Options and Company Warrants.
(a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, the Company shall take all necessary action (which action
shall be effective as of the Effective Time), including the
adoption of Company Board resolutions, if necessary, to
(i) terminate the Company’s Stock Option Plan, and
(ii) cancel, as of the Effective Time, each option to
purchase shares of Common Stock granted under such Stock Option
Plan or otherwise (each, a “Company Stock
Option”) that is outstanding and unexercised
immediately prior to the Effective Time (in each case, without
the creation of additional liability to the Company or any
Subsidiaries but subject to the terms of this Agreement,
including but not limited to Section 2.06(c) hereof).
(b) As of the Effective Time, the obligations of the
Company with respect to each outstanding warrant to purchase
shares of Common Stock (each, a “Company
Warrant”) that is outstanding and unexercised
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by the
Surviving Corporation.
(c) Each holder of a Company Stock Option that is
outstanding and unexercised prior to the Effective Time that has
an exercise price per share of Common Stock that is less than
the Per Share Consideration shall (subject to the provisions of
this Section 2.06) be paid by the Paying Agent, in exchange
for the cancellation of such Company Stock Option, an amount in
cash (subject to any applicable withholding Taxes) equal to the
product of (i) the difference between the Per Share
Consideration and the applicable exercise price per share of
such Company Stock Option and (ii) the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Company
Stock Option. Pursuant to action of the Company Board, all
unvested Company Stock Options will vest immediately
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prior to a change of control and the cash payment for such
vested Company Stock Options (if applicable) will be determined
based on the formula provided in the previous sentence. The
Paying Agent shall make payment to the holders of Company Stock
Options within five (5) days following the Closing Date by
mailing certified or bank checks payable to such holders in next
day funds.
Section 2.07 Deposit. On
the date hereof, Merger Sub shall deliver cash of Four Million
Dollars ($4,000,000) (the “Deposit”) to Akerman
Senterfitt, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) to be
held pursuant to that certain Escrow Agreement attached hereto
as Exhibit C. The Deposit shall be retained by Company
after the Termination Date unless this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Sections 8.01(a), 8.01(b) (unless Parent failed
to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement which was the
cause of, or resulted in the failure of the Effective Time to
occur on or before such date), 8.01(c), 8.01(d), 8.01(f) or
8.01(g) in which case the Deposit shall be returned to Merger
Sub within five (5) calendar days of the Termination Date.
In the absence of a termination of this Agreement, on the
Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall apply the Deposit to the
Company Expenses to be paid by Parent pursuant to
Section 8.05(a) and transfer any remaining amount of the
Deposit to the Exchange Fund.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the
Company to Parent and Merger Sub concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure
Schedule”), which includes, inter alia, exceptions to
the representations and warranties made by Company to Parent and
Merger Sub, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent
and Merger Sub as follows (a disclosure in any section of the
Company Disclosure Schedule which clearly describes the
information being disclosed and specifically references another
Company Disclosure Schedule, shall constitute a disclosure in
such other referenced Company Disclosure Schedule):
Section 3.01 Organization
and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
and has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and
all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate
its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified or
licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good
standing that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) A true and complete list of all Subsidiaries, together
with the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and
the percentage of the outstanding capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary owned by the Company, each other
Subsidiary and any other Person, is set forth in
Section 3.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Section 3.01(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists any and all persons of which the Company directly or
indirectly owns an equity or similar interest, or an interest
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for an equity or
similar interest, of less than 50% of such Person (collectively,
the “Investments”). The Company or a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, owns all Investments free and
clear of all Liens, and there are no outstanding contractual
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary permitting the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any of its
interest in the Investments or to provide funds to, or make any
investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in, or provide any guarantee with respect to, any
Investment.
Section 3.02 Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has
made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of the
articles of incorporation and the bylaws each as amended to
date, of the
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Company and each Subsidiary. Such articles of incorporation and
bylaws are in full force and effect and no other organizational
documents are applicable or binding upon the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor (to the knowledge of
the Company as to any period prior to acquisition of such
Subsidiary by the Company) any Subsidiary is, nor has either the
Company or any Subsidiary been, in violation of any provision of
its articles of incorporation or bylaws or similar
organizational documents in any material respect. The Company
has made available to Parent complete and correct copies of the
minutes of all meetings and all written consents of the Company
Board (and each committee thereof) and of the shareholders of
the Company, in each case since May 1, 2005 and prior to
September 1, 2009.
Section 3.03 Capitalization.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of
(i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which
13,093,588 were issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2009,
and (ii) 8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which
no shares were issued and outstanding.
(b) Section 3.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a true, complete and correct list of Company Stock
Options and Company Warrants, including the name of the Person
to whom such Company Stock Options and Company Warrants have
been granted, the number of shares subject to each Company Stock
Option and Company Warrants and the per share exercise price for
each Company Stock Option and Company Warrants. Except for the
Company Stock Options and Company Warrants, as of the date of
this Agreement, there are not any existing options, warrants,
calls, subscriptions, convertible securities, or other rights,
agreements or commitments which obligate the Company or any
Company Subsidiary to issue, transfer or sell any shares of
capital stock of the Company. As of the date of this Agreement
there are 303,250 Company Stock Options exercisable and payable
pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, at the Effective Time.
(c) The Company does not have a “poison
pill” or similar shareholder rights plan. Except as
described in this Agreement and in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there are no (A) options, warrants or other
rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company
or any Subsidiary or obligating the Company or any Subsidiary to
issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity
interests in, the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) voting
securities of the Company or securities convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock or
voting securities of the Company, or (C) equity
equivalents, interests in the ownership or earnings of the
Company or any Subsidiary or rights with respect to the
foregoing. All shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance as
aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified
in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and free of preemptive (or similar) rights. There are no
outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
of Common Stock or any capital stock of any Subsidiary or to
provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan,
capital contribution or otherwise) in any Subsidiary or any
other Person. There have not been any stock reclassifications,
combinations, splits or subdivides. None of the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party to any shareholders’ agreement,
voting trust agreement or registration rights agreement relating
to any equity securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or any
other Contract relating to disposition, voting or dividends with
respect to any equity securities of the Company or of any
Subsidiary.
(d) Each outstanding share of capital stock of each
Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and was issued free of preemptive (or similar)
rights, was issued in accordance with all applicable laws, and
each such share or interest is owned by the Company or another
Subsidiary free and clear of all options, rights of first
refusal, agreements, limitations on the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s voting, dividend or transfer rights, charges
and other encumbrances or Liens of any nature whatsoever.
Section 3.04 Authority
Relative to This Agreement. The Company has
all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and
to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and no other
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corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary
to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions,
other than with respect to the waiver of any rights triggered by
this Agreement or the Transactions (as identified on
Section 3.04 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), and the
approval of this Agreement and/or the Transactions by the
holders of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the FBCA,
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws,
(collectively, “Shareholder Approval”). This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or
similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
subject to the effect of general principles of equity.
Section 3.05 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not,
and the performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the Transactions will not,
(i) conflict with or violate the Articles of Incorporation
or Bylaws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company
or any Subsidiary, (ii) subject to (x) obtaining
Shareholder Approval, (y) obtaining the consents,
approvals, authorizations and permits of, and making filings
with or notifications to, any national, provincial, federal,
state or local government, regulatory or administrative
authority, or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body
(a “Governmental Authority”), pursuant to the
applicable requirements, if any, of the, the
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Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder (the “HSR Act”), and
the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as
required by the FBCA (all as identified on Section 3.05(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule), and (z) giving the
notices and obtaining the consents, approvals, authorizations or
permits described in Section 3.05(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, conflict with or violate any statute, law,
ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order, judgment,
decree or other order (“Law”) applicable to the
Company or any Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of
the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to obtaining Shareholder Approval, result in
any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a
default) under, require consent or result in a material loss of
a material benefit under, give rise to a right or obligation to
purchase or sell assets or securities under, give to others any
right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset
of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond,
mortgage, indenture, contract (written or oral), agreement,
lease, license, permit, franchise or other binding commitment,
instrument or obligation (each, a “Contract”)
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
the Company or a Subsidiary or any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, except, with
respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.06 Permits;
Compliance. The Company and each Subsidiary
is in possession of all material franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances,
exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any
Governmental Authority necessary for each such entity to own,
lease and operate its material properties or to carry on its
business substantially as it is now being conducted (the
“Company Permits”), all of which is disclosed
on Company Disclosure Schedule 3.06 and no suspension or
cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is in breach of or operating in violation of :
(a) any Law applicable to such entity or by which any
property or asset of such entity is bound or affected, and
(b) any Company Permit to which such entity is a party or
by which such entity or any such property or asset of such
entity is bound, except in any case for any such violations or
breaches which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.07 Financial
Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all required
forms and reports with the SEC since September 30, 2006
(collectively, the “Company SEC Reports”), all
of which were prepared in all material respects in accordance
with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the
Securities Act
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and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the
“Securities Laws”). As of their respective
dates, the Company SEC Reports (a) complied as to form in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Laws and (b) did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Financial Statements. The Company has previously
delivered to Parent or attached to Section 3.07(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the following financial statements
(collectively the “Financial Statements”):
(i) the Company’s consolidated audited balance sheets
and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes
in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive (loss) income and
cash flows as of and for the stated years ended
September 30, 2008, 2007, and 2006, and (ii) the
Company’s consolidated unaudited balance sheet and related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity and comprehensive (loss) income and
cash flows as of and for the interim periods beginning
October 1, 2008 and ended June 30, 2009 (collectively,
the “Most Recent Financial Statements”) (the
month ended June 30, 2009 is hereinafter referred to as the
“Most Recent Fiscal Month End”). The Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”),
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except to the extent required by changes in GAAP or as may be
indicated in the notes thereto, if any) (hereinafter,
“Consistently Applied”) and present fairly in
all material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof
and the consolidated results of operations for the periods
indicated; provided, that, the Most Recent Financial Statements
are subject to normal year-end audit adjustments (which are not
material on a consolidated basis) and omit footnotes and other
presentation items which are required by GAAP. The Financial
Statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair
presentation of the financial information contained therein.
(c) Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 3.07(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company does not have any material liabilities, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise, of the type required by GAAP
to be reflected or reserved against on the balance sheets,
except (i) to the extent reflected, reserved or taken into
account in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2009, including all notes
thereto, if any (the “Most Recent Balance
Sheet”) and not heretofore paid or discharged,
(ii) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since the date of the
Most Recent Balance Sheet (none of which relates to breach of
contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of
law, or which arose out of any action, suit, claim, governmental
investigation or arbitration proceeding and (iii) normal
accruals, reclassifications, and audit adjustments which would
be reflected on an audited financial statement and which would
not be material on a consolidated basis, and
(iv) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice prior to the date of the
Most Recent Balance Sheet which, in accordance with
GAAP Consistently Applied, were not recorded thereon. There
are no accrued and unpaid dividends or distributions with
respect to the Company Common Stock.
Section 3.08 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events. Since
September 30, 2008, there has not been any Company Material
Adverse Effect except as identified on Section 3.08 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as identified on
Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since
September 30, 2008, and except as expressly contemplated by
this Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiaries have conducted
their businesses only in the ordinary course of business and in
a manner consistent with past practice.
Section 3.09 Absence
of Litigation. Except as set forth on
Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is
no litigation, suit, claim, action, proceeding, hearing,
petition, grievance, complaint or investigation (an
“Action”) pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary, or
any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary, before
any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that would reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the
date of this Agreement, no officer or director of the Company is
a defendant in any Action in connection with his status as an
officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary. Other than
pursuant to Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other
organizational documents, no Contract between the Company or any
Subsidiary
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and any current or former director or officer exists that
provides for indemnification. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary nor any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is subject to any continuing order of, consent
decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement
with, or, to the knowledge of the Company, continuing
investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of
any Governmental Authority. Section 3.09 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule also lists any Actions to which the Company
or Subsidiary is the plaintiff or initiating party.
Section 3.10 Employees;
Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Employees. Section 3.10(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name and current rate of
compensation of the employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (“Employees”) as of
August 15, 2009 as well as sets forth if each of the
Employees is subject to an employment agreement, non-competition
agreement
and/or
non-solicitation agreements in favor of the Company or
Subsidiaries. There are no accrued and unpaid vacation and sick
pay for any Employees except for the accruals set forth on
Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. The
Company has made available to the Parent a copy of each
employment, consulting or independent contractor agreement,
confidentiality/assignment of inventions agreement
and/or
non-competition agreement entered into with an employee or
service provider of the Company and Subsidiaries. Except as set
forth on Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or
any Subsidiary is in violation of any term of any patent
disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement or any
restrictive covenant (i) to the Company or any Subsidiary,
or (ii) to a former employer relating to the right of any
such employee to be employed because of the nature of the
business conducted by the Company or the Subsidiaries or the use
of trade secrets or proprietary information of others. The
Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining
agreement or any other agreement with a labor union, and, to the
Company’s knowledge, there has been no effort by any labor
union during the 36 months prior to the date hereof to
organize any employees of the Company into one or more
collective bargaining units. There is no pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened labor dispute, strike or
work stoppage which affects or which may affect the business of
the Company or which may interfere with its continued
operations. Neither the Company nor any agent, representative or
employee thereof has within the last 36 months committed
any unfair labor practice as defined in the National Labor
Relations Act, as amended, and there is no pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened charge or complaint against
the Company by or with the National Labor Relations Board or any
representative thereof. There has been no strike, walkout or
work stoppage or threat thereof involving any of the employees
of the Company during the 36 months prior to the date
hereof. The Company has complied in all material respects with
applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to employment
(including all employee verification requirements under
immigration laws, civil rights and equal employment
opportunities, including but not limited to, the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical
Leave Act, COBRA and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as
amended. To the Company’s Knowledge, each service provider
classified by the Company or a Subsidiary as an independent
contractor satisfies and has satisfied the requirements of any
applicable law to be so classified, and the Company and
Subsidiaries have fully and accurately reported such independent
contractors’ compensation on IRS Forms 1099 when
required to do so.
(b) Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all bonus,
stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive,
deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance,
supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans,
programs or arrangements, and all employment, termination,
severance or other contracts or agreements to which the Company
or any Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company
or any Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained,
contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary for
the benefit of any current or former employee, consultant,
officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary
(collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has
made available to Parent a true and complete copy of each Plan
and has made available to Parent a true and complete copy of
(where applicable) (A) each trust or funding arrangement
prepared in connection with each such Plan, (B) the two
most
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recently filed annual reports on Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) Form 5500, (C) the most
recently received IRS determination letter for each such Plan,
(D) the two most recently prepared actuarial reports and
financial statements in connection with each such Plan, and
(E) the most recent summary plan description and any
material written communications (or a description of any
material oral communications) by the Company or the Subsidiaries
to any current or former employees, consultants, or directors of
the Company or any Subsidiary concerning the extent of the
benefits currently provided under a Plan.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has now or at
any time contributed to, sponsored, or maintained (i) a
pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA)
subject to Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
or Title IV of ERISA; (ii) a multiemployer plan
(within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”); or
(iii) a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for which the Company or any
Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064
of ERISA (a “Multiple Employer Plan”). Except
as set forth in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no Plan exists that could result in the payment to any
present or former employee, director or consultant of the
Company or any Subsidiary of any money or other property or
accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to any
current or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary as a
result of the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or
in connection with any subsequent event). Except as set forth in
Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
is no contract, plan or arrangement (written or otherwise)
covering any current or former employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary that, individually or collectively, could give rise
to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible
pursuant to the terms of Section 280G of the Code.
(d) With respect to the Plans, no event has occurred and,
to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no condition or
set of circumstances, in connection with which the Company or
any Subsidiary could reasonably be expected to be subject to any
actual or contingent liability under the terms of such Plan or
any applicable Law which would reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter or prototype opinion letter from the IRS
covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which
determination letters or prototype opinion letters are currently
available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust
established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of
the Code is so exempt, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to result
in the revocation of such exemption.
(f) (i) Each Plan has been established and
administered in accordance with its terms, and in compliance
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other
applicable Laws, except to the extent such noncompliance,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) no Plan provides retiree welfare benefits, and neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to provide any
retiree welfare benefits other than as required by applicable
law.
(g) With respect to any Plan, (i) no Actions (other
than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, that
would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, no facts or
circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to any such Actions, and (iii) no administrative
investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the
Department of Labor, the IRS or other Governmental Authority is
pending, in progress or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened that would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10(h), and
except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law or in this
Agreement, each Plan may be amended or terminated unilaterally
by the Company or Subsidiaries at any time without liability or
expense to the Company or Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate as
a result thereof (other than for benefits accrued through the
date of termination or amendment and reasonable
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administrative expenses related thereto) and no plan
documentation or agreement, summary plan description or other
written communication restricts or prohibits the Company or
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from amending or terminating
any such Plan
Section 3.11 Real
Property; Title to Assets.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns
any real property.
(b) Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists each parcel of real property currently leased or subleased
by the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively, the
“Leased Properties”) and sets forth the Company
or the Subsidiary holding such leasehold interest, with the name
of the lessor and the date of the lease, sublease, assignment of
the lease, any guaranty given or leasing commissions remaining
payable by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection therewith
and each material amendment to any of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Lease Documents”). The
Company or the applicable Subsidiary set forth on
Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule owns a
valid leasehold interest in the Leased Properties, free and
clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. True, correct and
complete copies of all Lease Documents have been delivered to
Parent. Each of the Lease Documents is valid, binding and in
full force and effect as against the Company or the Subsidiaries
and, to the Company’s knowledge, as against the other party
thereto. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
written notice under any of the Lease Documents of any default,
and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
material default by the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries
thereunder.
(c) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no latent
defects or adverse physical conditions affecting any Leased
Property or the improvements thereon, other than those that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) The Company and the Subsidiaries own, or have valid
leasehold rights to, all material furniture, fixtures,
equipment, operating supplies and other personal property
(collectively, the “Personal Property”)
necessary for the operation of each Leased Property, subject to
no Liens, other than as set forth on Section 3.11(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, in the case of owned Personal
Property. The Company owns or has a valid leasehold right to all
Personal Property at each of its locations. Section 3.11(d)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
accurate, in all material respects, depreciation list of
Personal Property of the Company, which includes items of
equipment, machinery, computers, chattels, tools, parts, machine
tools, furniture, furnishings and fixtures, owned by the Company
and the Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2009.
Section 3.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule also
sets forth a complete and accurate list of the material items of
equipment leased by the Company as of June 30, 2009. The
Company has good title to the items described in such Schedule
and valid and subsisting leasehold rights to such items as are
being leased by it free and clear of all Liens except Permitted
Liens. Section 3.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
also sets forth a complete and accurate list of the vehicles
owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.12 Intellectual
Property.
(a) (i) No products, services, software, technologies,
business processes, conduct or operations of the Company or the
Subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate, violate or otherwise
interfere with the Intellectual Property rights or other
contractual rights of another, and neither the Company nor the
Subsidiaries are aware that any such right which might be so
infringed, misappropriated, violated or otherwise interfered
with has been claimed, asserted or applied by another;
(ii) with respect to each item of Intellectual Property
that is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary and is material to
its operations (“Owned Intellectual Property”),
all of which is set forth on Section 3.12 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company or a Subsidiary is the owner of
the entire right, title and interest in and to such Owned
Intellectual Property and is entitled to all rights of ownership
in such Owned Intellectual Property in the continued operation
of its respective business; (iii) with respect to each item
of Intellectual Property that is licensed to or otherwise held
or used by the Company or a Subsidiary and is material to its
operations (“Licensed Intellectual Property”),
all of which is set forth in Schedule 3.12 of the
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Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company or a Subsidiary has the
right to use such Licensed Intellectual Property in the
continued operation of its respective business in accordance
with the terms of the license agreement governing such Licensed
Intellectual Property, other than those that would not be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) none of the Owned Intellectual Property is or has been
adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part or is the
subject of a pending or threatened action or proceeding for
opposition or cancellation, or any reexamination, opposition or
interference proceeding or any form of proceeding for a
declaration of invalidity, or other proceeding or action to
invalidate or limit any of the Company’s or the
Subsidiary’s rights in the Owned Intellectual Property, and
no such proceeding is being threatened with respect to any of
the Owned Intellectual Property and the Owned Intellectual
Property is valid and enforceable; (v) to the
Company’s knowledge, no Person is engaging in any activity
that infringes upon the Owned Intellectual Property;
(vi) each license of the Licensed Intellectual Property is
valid and enforceable, is binding on all parties to such
license, and is in full force and effect; (vii) to the
Company’s knowledge, no party to any license of the
Licensed Intellectual Property is in breach or default of any
material provision thereof or thereunder; (viii) the
Company has taken all reasonable actions (including executing
non-disclosure and intellectual property assignment agreements
which are disclosed on Section 3.12 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule) to protect, preserve and maintain the Owned
Intellectual Property; and (ix) neither the execution of
this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions shall
adversely affect any of the Company’s rights with respect
to the Owned Intellectual Property.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual
Property” means (i) all inventions (whether
patentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all
improvements thereto, and all rights arising under or in
connection with United States patents, patent applications and
statutory invention registrations, (ii) trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, domain
names and other source identifiers, and registrations and
applications for registration thereof, (iii) copyrightable
works, copyrights, moral rights and other rights of authorship,
and registrations and applications for registration thereof,
(iv) all items of software, source code, object code or
other computer program of whatever name and
(v) confidential and proprietary information, including
trade secrets and know-how.
Section 3.13 Taxes.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries (i) has filed all Tax Returns required to be
filed by any of them and (b) has paid (or had paid on their
behalf) all Taxes as required to be paid by it. All such Tax
Returns were correct and complete in all material respects. The
most recent Financial Statements contained in the Company SEC
Reports reflect, an adequate reserve for all Taxes payable by
the Company and the Subsidiaries for all taxable periods and
portions thereof through the date of such Financial Statements
in accordance with GAAP, whether or not shown as being due on
any Tax Returns. Copies of all federal, state and local Tax
Returns for the Company and each Subsidiary with respect to the
taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2006 have
been delivered or made available to representatives of Parent.
No deficiencies for any Taxes have been asserted or assessed in
writing against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and no
requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are
pending. The Company and Subsidiaries have not waived any
statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any
extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(b) The Company and Subsidiaries will not 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 Effective Date as a result of any:
(A) change in accounting method; (B) “closing
agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code
(or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign law)
executed on or prior to the Effective Date; (C) installment
sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the
Effective Date; or (D) prepaid amount received on or prior
to the Effective Date.
(c) The Company and Subsidiaries are not 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 Section 280G of the Code (or any corresponding
provision of
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state, local, or foreign Tax law) and (ii) any amount that
will not be fully deductible as a result of Section 162(m)
of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local, or
foreign Tax law). The Company has not been a United States real
property holding corporation within the meaning of
Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period
specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. The
Company and Subsidiaries are not a party to or bound by any Tax
allocation or sharing agreement (other than among the Company
and the Subsidiaries). The Company (A) has not been a
member of an “affiliated group” within the meaning of
Section 1504(a) of the Code filing a consolidated federal
income Tax Return (other than a group, the common parent of
which is the Company) or (B) does not have any liability
for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company and
Subsidiaries) under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a
transferee or a successor, by contract, or otherwise. The
Company and Subsidiaries have not been a party to any
distribution in which the parties to such distribution treated
such distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code
applied. The Company has not participated in a “listed
transaction” within the meaning of Code
Section 6707A(c)(2) and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Tax” or “Taxes”
shall mean any and all federal, state, local and foreign income,
gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental,
customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding,
social security, unemployment, disability, real property,
personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value
added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other taxes
of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties,
additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect
thereto) imposed by any governmental or Tax authority.
(ii) “Tax Returns” means any and all
returns, declarations, claims for refund, or information returns
or statements, reports and forms relating to Taxes filed with
any Tax authority (including any schedule or attachment thereto)
with respect to the Company or the Subsidiaries, including any
amendment thereof
Section 3.14 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) to the Company’s
knowledge, none of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has
violated, or is in violation of, any Environmental Law;
(ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is and has been
no release of Hazardous Substances in violation of Environmental
Laws at, on, under or any of the properties currently leased or
operated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, during
the period of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ lease
or operation thereof, formerly leased or operated by the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries; (iii) the Company and the
Subsidiaries have obtained and are and have been in material
compliance with all, and have not violated any, required
Environmental Permits; (iv) the Company has not received
any written claims against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries alleging violations of or liability or obligations
under any Environmental Law.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Environmental Laws” means any Laws
(including common law) of the United States federal, state,
local,
non-United
States, or any other Governmental Authority, relating to
(A) releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances
or materials containing Hazardous Substances; (B) the
manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or
disposal of Hazardous Substances or materials containing
Hazardous Substances; or (C) pollution or protection of the
environment or human health and safety as affected by Hazardous
Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances.
(ii) “Environmental Permits” means any
permit, license registration, approval, notification or any
other authorization pursuant to Environmental Law.
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(iii) “Hazardous Substances” means
(A) those substances, materials or wastes defined as toxic,
hazardous, acutely hazardous, pollutants, contaminants, or words
of similar import, in or regulated under the following United
States federal statutes and any analogous state statutes, and
all regulations thereunder: the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act,
the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act and the Clean Air Act; (B) petroleum and
petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions
thereof; (C) natural gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures
thereof; and (D) polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, molds
that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect human
health, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and radon.
Section 3.15 Material
Contracts.
(a) Schedule 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of all Material Contracts. Neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary is in material violation of or in
material default under any Material Contract to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is
bound, except for violations or defaults that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, nor will, except as set forth on
Schedule 3.15, the consummation of the Merger result in any
third party having any right to terminate, amend, accelerate,
cancel or deprive the Company of a material benefit under any
Material Contract.
(b) (i) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is and,
to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in breach or
violation of, or default under, any Material Contract,
(ii) none of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have
received any claim of default or notice of cancellation under
any Material Contract, and (iii) no event has occurred
which would result in a breach or violation of, or a default
under, any Material Contract (in each case, with or without
notice or lapse of time or both). Each Material Contract is
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and
is in full force and effect. The Company has made available to
Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts,
including any amendments thereto.
Section 3.16 Insurance. Section 3.16
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
correct list and brief description of all material insurance
policies owned or held by the Company and each Subsidiary, true
and complete copies of which have been made available to Parent.
With respect to each such insurance policy: (a) the policy
is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms and, except for policies that have expired under their
terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect;
(b) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in breach or
default (including any such breach or default with respect to
the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and no event
has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would
constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or
modification, under the policy; (c) to the knowledge of the
Company, without independent inquiry, no insurer on the policy
has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership,
conservatorship or liquidation; (d) no notice of
cancellation or termination has been received by the Company or
any Subsidiary; and (e) the policy is sufficient for
compliance with all requirements of Law and requirements of all
Contracts to which the Company or the Subsidiaries are parties
or otherwise bound.
Section 3.17 Board
Approval; Vote Required.
(a) The Company Board, by resolutions duly adopted at a
meeting duly called and held, has duly (i) determined that
this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best
interests of the Company’s shareholders, (ii) approved
this Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the shareholders
of the Company adopt this Agreement and directed that this
Agreement be submitted for consideration by the Company’s
shareholders at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting.
(b) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of
capital stock of the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement
is the adoption of this Agreement by holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, voting together, as one
class.
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Section 3.18 Brokers. No
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in
connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by
or on behalf of the Company other than Hyde Park Capital
Advisors, LLC and RPC Financial Advisors, LLC.
Section 3.19 Condition
of Assets. Except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Effect, assets of the
Company and Subsidiaries necessary for the normal operation of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, including assets leased, are
in good operating condition, regularly and properly maintained,
and fit for the operation in the ordinary course of the
Company’s and Subsidiaries’ business, subject to
normal wear and tear and subject to the decommissioning or
repair of certain vehicles in the ordinary course of business.
Section 3.20 Bank
Accounts, Letters of Credit and Powers of
Attorney. Section 3.20 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists (a) all bank accounts, lock boxes
and safe deposit boxes relating to the business and operations
of the Company and Subsidiaries (including the name of the bank
or other institution where such account or box is located and
the name of each authorized signatory thereto), (b) all
outstanding letters of credit issued by financial institutions
for the account of the Company and Subsidiaries (setting forth,
in each case, the financial institution issuing such letter of
credit, the maximum amount available under such letter of
credit, the terms (including the expiration date) of such letter
of credit and the party or parties in whose favor such letter of
credit was issued), and (c) the name and address of each
Person who has a power of attorney to act on behalf of the
Company or the Subsidiaries.
Section 3.21 No
Other Representations or Warranties. Except
for the representations and warranties made by the Company in
this Agreement, the Company makes no representations or
warranties, and the Company hereby disclaims any other
representations or warranties, with respect to the Company, the
Subsidiaries, or its or their businesses, operations, assets,
liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby, jointly and severally, represent
and warrant to the Company that:
Section 4.01 Corporate
Organization. Each of Parent and Merger Sub
is a corporation, in each case, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and has the requisite power and authority and all
necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted.
Section 4.02 Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws. Parent has
heretofore furnished to the Company a complete and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Parent and Merger
Sub, each as amended to date. Such Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws are in full force and effect. Neither Parent nor Merger
Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of its Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended or restated.
Section 4.03 Authority
Relative to This Agreement. Each of Parent
and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its
obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of
Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by each of Parent and
Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate and shareholder action and
no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger
Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate
the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of
Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and
Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect
of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or
similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
subject to the effect of general principles of equity.
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Section 4.04 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by
Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger
Sub of the Transactions will not, (i) conflict with or
violate the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or
Merger Sub, (ii) conflict with or violate any Law
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any property or
asset of either of them is bound or affected, or
(iii) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset
of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to, any contract to which
Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub
or any property or asset of either of them is bound or affected,
except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any
such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other
occurrences which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
prevent or materially delay consummation of any of the
Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay Parent and
Merger Sub from performing their obligations under this
Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by
Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger
Sub of the Transactions will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to,
any Governmental Authority, except for (i) applicable
requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, (ii) the filing
and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by
the FBCA and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities
of other states in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
is qualified to do business, (iii) the notification
requirements of the HSR Act, and (iv) where the failure to
obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or
to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually
or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay consummation of
any of the Transactions or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger
Sub from performing their material obligations under this
Agreement.
Section 4.05 Absence
of Litigation. As of the date of this
Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of
the officers of Parent, threatened, against Parent or any of its
affiliates before any Governmental Authority that would or seeks
to delay or prevent the consummation of any of the Transactions.
As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of its
affiliates is subject to any continuing order of, consent
decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement
with, or, to the knowledge of the officers of Parent, continuing
investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of
any Governmental Authority that would or seeks to delay or
prevent the consummation of any of the Transactions.
Section 4.06 Operations
of Merger Sub. Merger Sub is as of the date
hereof a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and will be
as of the Effective Time a direct wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent, was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the
Transactions, has engaged in no other business activities and
has conducted its operations only as contemplated by this
Agreement, and has no liabilities nor obligations other than as
set forth in this Agreement.
Section 4.07 Brokers. No
broker, finder or investment banker, financial advisor, or other
Person, is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee
or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub. The
Company will not be responsible for any brokerage, finder’s
or other fee or commission to any broker, finder or investment
banker in connection with the Transactions based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.
Section 4.08 Information
Supplied. To Parent’s and Merger
Sub’s knowledge none of the information provided or to be
provided by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation
by reference in the proxy statement to be mailed by the Company
pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof will at the time the proxy
statement is mailed to the Company’s shareholders, or at
the time of any amendment or supplement thereto, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
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in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
Section 4.09 Board
and Shareholder Determinations. The Board of
Directors of Parent, at a meeting duly called and held, adopted
resolutions approving this Agreement and the Transactions, and
the Parent, as sole shareholder of Merger Sub, has duly adopted
resolutions approving this Agreement and the Transactions.
Section 4.10 No
Parent Stockholder Vote. No vote of the
holders of shares of Parent capital stock is necessary to
approve this Agreement, the Merger or the Transactions.
Section 4.11 Financing
Letters. Parent has provided to the Company a
true, complete and correct copy of the financing commitment
letters subject only to their terms (the “Financing
Letters”) and all amendments thereto, executed by AEA
Mezzanine Management, LP, SunTrust Bank and M&I Xxxxxxxx
and Xxxxxx Bank or such other credible, nationally recognized
lender of significant financial worth (the “Lenders”)
and addressed to the Parent. Parent will provide to the Company
any amendments to the Financing Letters, or any notices given in
connection therewith, as promptly as possible (but in any event
within twenty-four (24) hours). The terms and conditions of
any amendments thereto (or in the case of any substitute
Lenders, any financing letters or amendments thereto) shall be
satisfactory to the Company in its sole discretion; provided,
however the Parent can obtain an extension to the Financial
Letters without the approval of the Company but will provide to
the Company a copy of any such extensions as promptly as
possible (but, in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours).
ARTICLE V
CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
Section 5.01 Conduct
of Business by the Company Pending the
Merger. The Company agrees that, between the
date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, except as
expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth in
Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or
otherwise consented to in writing by Parent, the businesses of
the Company and the Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in, and
the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not take any action
except in, the ordinary course of business and in a manner
consistent with past practice and in compliance in all material
respects with applicable Law, and the Company shall, and shall
cause each of the Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best
efforts to preserve substantially intact the business
organization of the Company and the Subsidiaries, to preserve
the assets and properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries in
good repair and condition, in each case in the ordinary course
of business and in a manner consistent with past practice. By
way of amplification and not limitation, except as expressly
contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or as set
forth in Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Company agrees that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, directly or indirectly, do, or propose to do, any of the
following without the prior written consent of Parent, which
shall respond to a request for consent promptly but not later
than five (5) days after receipt of a request, (provided,
however, that with respect to Sections 5.01(h) pertaining
to settlements or compromises, 5.01(i), 5.01(j), 5.01(k) and
5.01(l) such written consent shall not be unreasonably withheld):
(a) amend or otherwise change its Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws or other similar organizational documents;
(b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, encumber, or
otherwise subject to any Lien, or authorize such issuance, sale,
pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of or subjection to
such Lien, (i) any shares of any class of capital stock of
the Company or any Subsidiary, or any options, warrants,
convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire
any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership
interest (including any phantom interest), of the Company or any
Subsidiary except for (A) the issuance of shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of Company Stock Options outstanding on
the date of this Agreement; (B) the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Warrants outstanding
on the date of this Agreement; or (ii) any Personal
Property or other assets of the Company
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or any Subsidiary, except assets (other than Leased Properties)
that are not material in the ordinary course of business and in
a manner consistent with past practice;
(c) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other
distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise,
with respect to any of its capital stock, except for dividends
or other distributions by any Subsidiary only to the Company or
any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary;
(d) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(e) (i) acquire (including by merger, consolidation,
or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business
combination) any corporation, partnership, other business
organization (or any division thereof) or any property or asset,
except assets (including assets or accounts from suppliers,
vendors or dealers) in the ordinary course of business and in a
manner consistent with past practice; (ii) authorize, or
make any commitment with respect to, any capital expenditure,
other than maintenance expenditures at existing Leased
Properties in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice; (iii) enter into any new line of
business; or (iv) make investments in persons other than
existing Subsidiaries;
(f) (i) increase the compensation payable or to become
payable or the benefits provided to its current or former
directors, officers or employees, except for increases in
compensation for employees in the ordinary course of business
and in a manner consistent with past practice, except for the
payment of bonuses to employees relating to bonus, incentive
plans or employment agreements as in effect on the date hereof,
copies of which have been previously provided to Parent, and
except for the renewal of such bonus or incentive plans in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices if
such plans can be terminated without penalty at the Effective
Time (other than for the payment of incentive compensation or
bonus compensation earned as of the time of such termination);
provided, however, in no event shall bonuses of stock, stock
options, stock appreciation rights or any items whose value is
tied to the stock price of the Company be awarded pursuant to
such plans; (ii) grant any retention, severance or
termination pay (other than pursuant to the severance policy of
the Company or its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date hereof,
copies of which are set forth in Section 5.01(f) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule) to, or enter into any employment,
bonus, change of control or severance agreement with, any
current or former director, officer or other employee of the
Company or of any Subsidiary; (iii) establish, adopt, enter
into, terminate or amend any Plan or establish, adopt or enter
into any plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, fund or other
arrangement that would be a Plan if it were in existence as of
the date of this Agreement for the benefit of any director,
officer or employee except as required by Law; or (iv) loan
or advance any money or other property to any current or former
director, officer or employee of the Company or the Subsidiaries;
(g) make any change (or file for such change) in any method
of Tax accounting;
(h) make, change or rescind any material Tax election, file
any amended Tax Return, except as described in
Section 3.13(a) and as required by applicable Law, enter
into any closing agreement relating to Taxes, waive or extend
the statute of limitations in respect of Taxes (other than
pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in
the ordinary course of business) or settle or compromise any
material United States federal, state or local income Tax
liability, audit, claim or assessment, or surrender any right to
claim for a Tax Refund;
(i) pay, discharge, waive, settle or satisfy any claim,
liability or obligation that is not an Action, other than the
payment, discharge, waiver, settlement or satisfaction, in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
(j) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any
pending or threatened Action;
(k) other than in the ordinary course of business and in a
manner consistent with past practice, (i) enter into,
amend, modify or consent to the termination of (other than a
termination in accordance with its terms) any Material Contract,
or (ii) amend, waive, modify or consent to the termination
of (other than a termination in accordance with its terms) the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights thereunder;
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provided, however, in no event shall the management services
agreement between the Company and RPC Financial Advisors, LLC be
amended or modified, even if such amendment or modification is
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
(l) make any expenditure in connection with any advertising
or marketing, other than in the ordinary course of business and
in a manner consistent with past practice;
(m) fail to maintain in full force and effect the existing
insurance policies covering the Company and the Subsidiaries and
their respective properties, assets and businesses;
(n) enter into, amend, modify or consent to the termination
of any Contract that would be a Material Contract or transaction
that would be required to be set forth in Section 3.15(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule if in effect on the date of
this Agreement;
(o) effectuate a “plant closing” or
“mass layoff”, as those terms are defined in
the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988;
(p) repurchase, repay or incur any Indebtedness (other than
in connection with the lease of new vehicles or letters of
credit in the ordinary course of business), or issue any debt
securities or assume or endorse, or otherwise become responsible
for, the obligations of any Person, or make any loans or
advances, or grant any security interest in any of its assets,
except for repayments of Indebtedness, in amounts and at times
determined by the Company in its discretion, under that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2005, as amended,
among the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association (the
“Credit Agreement”), and except in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practice;
(q) file any insurance claim except in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with past practice; or
(r) announce an intention, enter into any formal or
informal agreement or otherwise make a commitment, to do any of
the foregoing.
Section 5.02 Conduct
of Business by Parent and Merger Sub Pending the
Merger. Each of Parent and Merger Sub agrees
that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time,
it shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) take any action
to cause its representations and warranties set forth in
Article IV to be untrue in any material respect; or
(b) take any action that would reasonably be likely to
materially delay the consummation of the Transactions.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
Section 6.01 Preparation
of Proxy Statement; Company Shareholders’ Meeting.
(a) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a proxy
statement that has been reviewed by Parent, in preliminary form
(the “Proxy Statement”), as soon as practicle
following execution of this Agreement (with a goal of three
(3) business days after execution of this Agreement) and
the Company shall respond after notification and approval by the
Parent of such response, as promptly as practical (with a goal
of no later than three (3) business days) after receipt of
any comments of the SEC with respect thereto. Parent and Merger
Sub shall cooperate with the Company in connection with the
preparation of the Proxy Statement, including, but not limited
to, furnishing to the Company any and all information regarding
Parent and Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates as may be
required to be disclosed therein as promptly as possible after
the date hereof. The parties shall notify each other within one
(1) business day of the receipt of any comments from the
SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for
amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for
additional information and shall supply each other with copies
of all correspondence between such or any of its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on
the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the
Merger.
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(b) If, at any time prior Shareholder Approval, any event
occurs with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary, Parent or
Merger Sub, or any change occurs with respect to other
information to be included in the Proxy Statement, which is
required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to,
the Proxy Statement, the Company or Parent, as the case may be,
shall within one business day notify the other party of such
event and the Company shall promptly file, with Parent’s
cooperation, any necessary amendment or supplement to the Proxy
Statement.
(c) The record date for determining the shareholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at the Shareholders’
Meeting (as defined below) shall be the date twelve
(12) business days after execution of this Agreement (the
“Record Date”). The Company shall notify the American
Stock Exchange (AMEX) of the Record Date the day after execution
of this Agreement. In the event the SEC has not cleared the
Proxy Statement within fifty five (55) days of the Record
Date then the Company’s Board of Directors shall set a new
record date, within one business day, which such new Record Date
shall be twelve (12) business days later. The Company shall
notify the AMEX within one business day of the setting of a new
Record Date.
(d) The Company shall utilize its best efforts to on the
next business day after the execution of this Agreement, mail
written notice of this Transaction to all the holders of the
Company Warrants in compliance with all warrant agreements.
(e) The Company shall utilize its best efforts to promptly
following the receipt of the SEC’s clearance of the Proxy
Statement (with a goal of no later than three (3) business
days after receipt of clearance), mail or otherwise deliver
notice of a meeting of the holders of the Company Common Stock
to all of such holders of Company Common Stock entitled to vote
as of the Record Date (the “Shareholders’
Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking the Shareholder
Approval. The notice to Shareholders shall duly call a
Shareholders’ Meeting within twenty (20) days after
the date the notice is mailed or otherwise delivered to the
Shareholders. The notice shall also contain the cleared Proxy
Statement. The Company shall, through the Company Board,
recommend to holders of the Company Common Stock that they give
the Shareholder Approval (the “Company
Recommendation”), except to the extent that the Company
Board shall have withdrawn or modified such recommendation, as
permitted by and determined in accordance with Section 6.02.
(f) If the Parent determines in its sole discretion that
any of the above timelines cannot be met then the Parent shall
have the sole discretion to permit any one or more of the above
time frames to be extended.
Section 6.02 No
Solicitation of Transactions.
(a) The Company agrees that neither it nor any Subsidiary
shall, nor shall it authorize or permit the Representatives of
the Company or its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit or encourage (including by way of
furnishing information or assistance) any inquiries or the
making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be
expected to lead to, any Competing Transaction Proposal (as
defined below), (ii) enter into discussions or negotiate
with any Person or entity in furtherance of such inquiries or to
obtain a Competing Transaction Proposal, (iii) enter into
any agreement with respect to a Competing Acquisition Proposal,
(iv) agree to or endorse any Competing Transaction
Proposal, or (v) authorize any of the officers or directors
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take any such
action, and the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to
cause the directors, officers, employees, agents and
representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, any investment banker, financial advisor,
attorney or accountant retained by the Company) not to take any
such action. Nothing contained in this Section 6.02 shall
prohibit the Board of Directors of the Company from furnishing
information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations
with, any Person or entity that makes an unsolicited, bona fide
expression of interest in writing to enter into a Competing
Transaction Proposal if: (A) the Board of Directors of the
Company, after consultation with and advice from Akerman
Senterfitt (or other outside counsel of recognized reputation),
determines in good faith that the failure to do so is reasonably
likely to result in a violation by the Board of Directors of its
fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders under
applicable Law, (B) the Board of Directors of the Company
has no reason
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to believe that the expression of interest is not made in good
faith, and (C) promptly after furnishing such information
to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, such
Person or entity, the Company provides verbal notice within
48 hours and written notice within 72 hours to Parent
to the effect that it plans to furnish information to, or enter
into discussions or negotiations with, such Person or entity.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Competing
Transaction Proposal” shall mean any of the following
involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement): (i) any
merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, or
other similar transaction; (ii) any direct or indirect
sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition of substantially all of the assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single transaction
or a series of related transactions; or (iii) any tender
offer (including a self-tender offer) or exchange offer for
fifty (50%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company or the filing of a registration statement under the
Securities Act, in connection therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
if the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in its good
faith judgment, that a Competing Transaction Proposal is a
Superior Acquisition Proposal (as defined below), the Board of
Directors of the Company may terminate this Agreement; provided,
that: (A) the Company provides at least five
(5) business days prior written notice to the Parent of its
intention to terminate this Agreement; (B) during such five
(5) business day period (or longer period if extended by
the Company and the Parent) (the “Negotiation
Period”), the Company agrees to negotiate in good faith
with the Parent regarding such changes as the Parent may propose
to the terms of this Agreement, with the intent of enabling the
Company to agree to a modification of this Agreement so that the
transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated; and
(C) after expiration of the Negotiation Period, the
Competing Transaction Proposal remains a Superior Acquisition
Proposal (taking into account any modifications to the terms
hereof proposed by the Parent) and the Board of Directors of the
Company confirms its determination (after consultation with
outside legal counsel and its outside financial advisors) that
such Competing Transaction Proposal is a Superior Acquisition
Proposal; and (D) pay termination fee as provided in
Section 8.02 of this Agreement. If the party making the
Superior Acquisition Proposal comes forth with a further
proposal, further notice pursuant to this Section shall be
provided to Parent and there shall be an additional Negotiation
Period pursuant to this Section.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior
Acquisition Proposal” means any bona fide, written
Competing Transaction Proposal made by a third party, not
solicited in violation of subsection 6.02(a), that is on terms
that the Board of Directors of the Company reasonably determines
in good faith (after consulting with its outside financial
advisors) would after taking into account all the terms and
conditions of the Competing Transaction Proposal including any
breakup fees, expenses, reimbursement provisions and conditions
(including but not limited to financial, legal or regulatory
conditions) to consummate the transaction (A) result in a
transaction that is more favorable, from a financial point of
view, to the Company Shareholders than the transactions
contemplated hereby if such Competing Transaction Proposal were
to be consummated, (B) the Board of Directors reasonably
believes that the Competing Transaction Proposal has a
substantial likelihood of being consummated, and (C) for
which financing, to the extent required, is evidenced by a
financing commitment letter subject only to its terms, executed
by a credible, nationally recognized lender of significant
financial worth, or is from a person which, in the good faith
reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors (after
consultation with its outside financial advisors) is financially
capable of consummating the proposal.
Section 6.03 Directors’
and Officers’ Indemnification.
(a) From and for six (6) years after the Effective
Time, Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
present and former officers, directors and employees of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the
“Indemnified Parties”) against all losses,
expenses (including attorneys’ fees and other expenses of
investigation or litigation, including on appeal), claims,
damages or liabilities arising out of actions or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without
limitation, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in
their capacity as present and former officers, directors and
employees to the full extent permitted or required under the
FBCA (including Section 607.0850 and
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subsection (7) thereof) or other applicable state Law and
shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent
permitted under the FBCA (including Section 607.0850 and
subsection (7) thereof) or other applicable state Law,
provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides,
if requested, the undertaking to repay such advances under the
circumstances contemplated by the FBCA. Parent and Merger Sub
agree that all rights to indemnification, including provisions
relating to advances of expenses incurred in defense of any
claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (a
“Claim”), existing in favor of the Indemnified
Parties as provided in the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or
resolutions of their Boards of Directors, as in effect as of the
date hereof, with respect to matters occurring prior to and
through the Effective Time, shall survive the Merger and shall
continue in full force and effect. Parent shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects such
indemnification obligations in accordance with their terms.
Subject to any limitation imposed from time to time under
applicable Law, the provisions with respect to indemnification
set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation shall not be amended, repealed or
otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years after the
Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the
rights thereunder of any Indemnified Person.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, in the event any claim
is brought against any Indemnified Party (whether arising before
or after the Effective Time) after the Effective Time
(i) such Indemnified Party may retain counsel satisfactory
to it (subject to approval by Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld),
(ii) Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall pay all
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for such
Indemnified Party promptly as statements therefor are received,
and (iii) Parent and the Surviving Corporation will use all
reasonable efforts to assist in the vigorous defense of any such
matter, provided that neither Parent nor the Surviving
Corporation shall be liable for any settlement of any Claim
effected without its written consent, which consent, however,
shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any Indemnified Party
wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 6.03,
upon learning of any such Claim, shall notify Parent (but the
failure so to notify Parent shall not relieve it from any
liability for indemnification under this Section 6.03 which
it may have except to the extent such failure materially
prejudices Parent), and shall deliver to Parent, upon request,
the undertaking, if any, contemplated by the FBCA in connection
with the advance of expenses. To the extent that a Claim is
brought against more than one Indemnified Party, such
Indemnified Parties as a group may retain only one law firm to
represent them with respect to each such matter unless there is,
in the opinion of counsel to an Indemnified Party, under
applicable standards of professional conduct, a conflict on any
significant issue between the positions of any two or more
Indemnified Parties.
(c) Immediately prior to the Effective Time the Company
shall, at the direction of the Parent, purchase a non-cancelable
extended reporting period endorsement under the Company’s
existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
coverage for the Company’s officers and directors (the
“Tail Policy”) in the same form as presently
maintained by the Company, which shall provide such officers and
directors with coverage until the sixth anniversary of the
Effective Time (the “Tail Period”) with not
less than the existing coverage under, and have other terms not
less favorable to the coverage presently maintained by the
Company; provided, however, that Parent shall have the right to
shop the insurance policy through their own insurance agent and
cause the Company to purchase the insurance policy through the
Parent’s insurance agent if the policy can be purchased at
a lower cost to the Company; provided, however, that Company may
engage a qualified insurance consultant to confirm that such
Tail Policy satisfies the above criteria; and, provided further,
that Parent shall not be required to pay for the Tail Period, if
the aggregate annual premium for the Tail Policy is in excess of
two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the annual premium for the
existing policy. In the event the premium for the Tail Policy
exceeds two hundred and fifty percent (250%) of the annual
premium for the existing policy the amount of coverage of the
Tail Policy shall be reduced to the greatest amount of coverage
that can be obtained for any annual premium for the existing
policy. A copy of the proposed policy shall be provided to the
Parent by the Company at least five (5) business days prior
to Closing. A copy of a binder for such policy shall be provided
to the Company prior to Closing.
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(d) This Section 6.03 shall survive the consummation
of the Merger at the Effective Time, shall not be terminated or
modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the Indemnified
Parties, is intended to benefit the Company, the Surviving
Corporation, the Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns and shall be
binding upon all successors and assigns of Parent, Merger Sub,
the Company and the Surviving Corporation.
Section 6.04 Further
Action; Reasonable Best Efforts.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, each of the parties hereto agrees to use its
reasonable best efforts to as soon as practicably possible
(i) take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and
to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and
make effective the Transactions, and (ii) obtain from
Governmental Authorities and third parties any consents,
licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders
required to be obtained by Parent or the Company or any of their
respective subsidiaries in connection with the authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to appropriate confidentiality protections,
each of Parent and the Company shall have the right to review
and approve in advance drafts of all applications, notices,
petitions, filings and other documents made or prepared in
connection with the items described in clauses (a) and
(b) above, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, shall cooperate with each other in
connection with the making of all such filings, shall furnish to
the other party such necessary information and assistance as
such other party may reasonably request with respect to the
foregoing and shall provide the other party with copies of all
filings made by such party with any applicable Government
Authority, and, upon request, any other information supplied by
such party to a Governmental Authority in connection with this
Agreement and the Transactions.
(c) Merger Sub, the Company, and Parent shall use their
respective reasonable best efforts to obtain any third party
consents (i) necessary, proper or advisable to consummate
the Transactions, (ii) disclosed in the Company Disclosure
Schedule or (iii) required to prevent a Company Material
Adverse Effect from occurring prior to the Effective Time. In
the event that the Company shall fail to obtain any third party
consent described above, the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts, and shall take such actions as are reasonably
requested by Parent, to minimize any adverse effect upon the
Company and Parent and their respective businesses resulting, or
which could reasonably be expected to result, after the
Effective Time, from the failure to obtain such consent. In
addition, at the request of Parent, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to assist Parent in obtaining any
estoppel certificates from any ground lessor under the ground
leases underlying the Leased Properties.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, in connection with obtaining any approval or consent
from any Person (other than a Governmental Authority) with
respect to the Merger or any other Transaction, (i) without
the prior written consent of Parent which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall pay or commit to pay to such Person whose
approval or consent is being solicited any cash or other
consideration, make any commitment or incur any liability or
other obligation due to such Person and (ii) none of
Parent, Merger Sub or their respective affiliates shall be
required to pay or commit to pay to such Person whose approval
or consent is being solicited any cash or other consideration,
make any commitment or to incur any liability or other
obligation.
(e) The Company and the Subsidiaries will (i) permit
Parent and Lenders and their respective representatives to have
reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon at
least twenty-four (24) hours prior written notice
describing the type of access requested, to the Company and the
Subsidiaries (with the goal of minimizing disruptions to
Company’s operations); (ii) shall provide copies of
any documents, books, records, contracts, policies etc.
requested by Parent or Lender within two (2) business days,
if reasonably practical to do so, and (iii) shall provide
to Parent, the Lenders and their respective representatives
(x) within thirty (30) days following the end of each
fiscal month during the period beginning on the execution of
this Agreement and ending at the Effective Time, Middleton Pest
Control Inc.’s unaudited balance sheet, related statements
of operations and income (loss) and cash flow
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statement with respect to such prior fiscal month and
(y) such other information or documents ordinarily produced
by the Company (financial or otherwise) with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent and the Lenders may
reasonably request, including, without limitation, any weekly
operating metrics and other key financial measures used to
operate the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course.
Section 6.05 Obligations
of Parent and Merger Sub. Parent shall take
all action necessary to cause Merger Sub to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the
Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
Section 6.06 Public
Announcements. The initial press release
relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release the
text of which has been agreed to by each of Parent and the
Company. Thereafter, each of Parent and the Company shall
consult in good faith with each other before issuing any press
release or otherwise making any public statements with respect
to this Agreement or any of the Transactions and shall not issue
any such press release or make any such public statement,
except, in the opinion of counsel for Parent or the Company (as
the case may be) as may be required by applicable Law or the
requirements of any applicable securities exchange, in which
case the issuing party shall use its reasonable best efforts to
consult with the other party before issuing any press release or
making any such public statements.
Section 6.07 Transfer
Taxes. The Company and Parent shall cooperate
in the preparation, execution and filing of all returns,
questionnaires, applications or other documents regarding any
sales, transfer, stamp, stock transfer, value added, use, real
property transfer or gains and any similar Taxes which become
payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation agrees
to assume liability for and pay any sales, transfer, stamp,
stock transfer, value added, use, real property transfer or
gains and any similar Taxes, as well as any transfer, recording,
registration and other fees that may be imposed upon, payable or
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.
Section 6.08 Resignations. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and
deliver to Parent at the Closing evidence reasonably
satisfactory to Parent of the resignation effective as of the
Effective Time, of the directors and such officers of the
Company and the Subsidiary selected for resignation by Parent.
To the extent any officer of the Company and/or Subsidiary has
an employment, severance, termination or stay bonus agreement,
and is selected for resignation by Parent such resignations
shall be deemed under each of such agreements to be a
termination by the Company without Good Cause (as that term is
defined in the agreements listed as items 1 and 2 of
Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) and in
accordance with Section 5 of such agreements, notice of
termination shall be deemed given to such officer on the
Effective Date, or a termination other than for Cause (as
defined in the agreement listed as item 3 of
Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) and any
and all amounts due for salary, reimbursements, vacation pay,
severance or other amounts due pursuant to such agreements to
any such officer shall be paid in cash by Parent to such officer
at Closing if such officer waives the sixty (60) day notice
requirement for termination under his employment or severance
agreement, otherwise such payments shall be made post Closing in
accordance with the terms of such employment or severance
agreement. In the event the Parent does not select an officer of
the Company or the Subsidiary for resignation or such officer
does not waive any such notice provisions, Parent shall and
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to honor such agreements
and the terms thereof.
Section 6.09 Employment
and Benefit Arrangements.
(a) Parent agrees that individuals who are employed by the
Company or any of Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Closing
Date (each such employee, an “Affected
Employee”) shall remain employees of the Surviving
Corporation or such Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time,
except to the extent such individuals voluntarily terminate
their employment or terminate on account of death, retirement or
disability; provided, however, that nothing contained herein
shall confer upon any Affected Employee the right to continued
employment by the Surviving Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries for any period of time after the Effective Time
which is not otherwise required by Law or Contract.
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(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to honor all employment, collective
bargaining, severance, termination and retirement agreements to
which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party, as such agreements
are in effect on the date hereof and shall take no steps to
breach or not honor the terms of such agreements.
(c) For a one year period following the Effective Time,
Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to provide those
Affected Employees who are employees of the Surviving
Corporation or a Subsidiary at the Effective Time with benefits
that are, in the aggregate, substantially comparable and no less
favorable to such employees as are the benefits of the Company
available to such employees immediately prior to the Effective
Time (collectively the “Continuing Benefits”).
Parent shall cause any eligible expenses incurred by any
Affected Employee and his or her covered dependents to be taken
into account in connection with Continuing Benefits for purposes
of satisfying all applicable deductible, coinsurance and maximum
out-of-pocket requirements applicable to such Affected Employee
and his or her covered dependents for the applicable plan year
as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such
Continuing Benefits. In addition, Parent shall cause all
pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work
requirements to be waived for such Affected Employee and his or
her covered dependents, to the extent such conditions were
inapplicable or waived with respect to Affected Employee
participated immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Parent shall take all actions required so that eligible
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary shall receive service
credit for purposes of Continuing Benefits and under
Parent’s vacation, severance programs, pension plans and
post-retirement welfare benefit plans, for the duration of their
service with the Company and any Subsidiary (including, where
applicable, past service credit with other entities recognized
by the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the date of this
Agreement).
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
Section 7.01 Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party. Subject to
waiver as set forth in Section 8.04, the respective
obligations of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub to consummate
the Merger are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the
Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Company Shareholder Approval. This Agreement shall have
received Shareholder Approval.
(b) No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted,
issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, rule,
regulation, judgment, decree, executive order or award which is
then in effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal
or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger.
(c) Other Government Approvals or Notices. All consents,
waivers, approvals and authorizations required to be obtained,
and all filings or notices required to be made, by Parent and
Merger Sub and the Company or any Subsidiary prior to the
Closing (other than the filing and recordation of merger
documents in accordance with the FBCA) shall have been obtained
from and made with all required Governmental Authorities, except
for such consents, waivers, approvals or authorizations which
the failure to obtain, or such filings or notices which the
failure to make, would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect prior to or after the Effective Time or be reasonably
likely to subject the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective
officers or directors to any penalties or criminal liability.
Section 7.02 Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Merger
Sub. Subject to waiver as set forth in
Section 8.04, the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to
consummate the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction at or
prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement not qualified by a “materiality” or
“Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifier shall be
true and correct in all material respects, and (ii) the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement qualified by a “materiality” or
“Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifier
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shall be true and correct in all respects, in the case of both
(i) and (ii) above as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the
Closing Date or, to the extent representations and warranties
speak as of an earlier date as of such earlier date. In
addition, the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.03 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in
all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of
the Closing Date, except for changes to capitalization due to
the exercise or termination of Company Stock Options listed on
Schedule 3.03(b).
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have
performed or complied in all material respects with all
agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing
Date; provided, however the Company shall have performed in all
respects with respect to the timelines set forth in
Section 6.01.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have
delivered to Parent a certificate, dated the date of the
Closing, signed by an officer of the Company and certifying as
to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in
Sections 7.02(a) and 7.02(b).
Section 7.03 Conditions
to the Obligations of the Company. Subject to
waiver as set forth in Section 8.04, the obligations of the
Company to effect the Merger are also subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub that are
qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
respects, and the representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub contained in this Agreement that are not so qualified
shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case
as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as
though made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent
expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such
earlier date.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall
have performed or complied in all material respects with all
agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. Parent and Merger Sub each
shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the
date of the Closing, signed by an officer, certifying as to the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in
Sections 7.03(a) and 7.03(b).
(d) Available Funds. Parent has or will have sufficient
funds at the Closing (a) to satisfy any and all of
Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations arising under or
out of the Agreement, including without limitation the
obligations of Article II, (b) to the extent
necessary, refinance the outstanding indebtedness of the
Company, and (c) pay any and all of its fees and expenses
in connection with the Merger or the financing thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 8.01 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other
Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective
Time by action taken or authorized by the Board of Directors of
the terminating party or parties, notwithstanding any
Shareholder Approval, and whether before or after the
shareholders of the Company have approved this Agreement at the
Company Shareholders’ Meeting, as follows:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Effective Time
shall not have occurred on or before 150 days after the
date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.01(b) shall
not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any
obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or
resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or
before such date;
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(c) by either Parent or the Company if any Governmental
Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any injunction, order, decree or ruling (whether
temporary, preliminary or permanent) or taken any other action
(including the failure to have taken an action) which has become
final and non-appealable and has the effect of making
consummation of the Merger illegal or otherwise preventing or
prohibiting consummation of the Merger;
(d) by Parent, if neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in
material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and if
(i) any of the representations and warranties of the
Company herein become untrue or inaccurate such that
Section 7.02(a) would not be satisfied, or (ii) there
has been a breach on the part of the Company of any of its
covenants or agreements herein such that Section 7.02(b)
would not be satisfied, and, in either such case, such breach
(if curable) has not been cured within 30 days after
written notice to the Company; provided, however, the cure
period shall not apply to the timelines specified in
Section 6.01;
(e) by the Company if the Company is not in material breach
of its obligations under this Agreement, and if (i) any of
the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub
herein become untrue or inaccurate such that
Section 7.03(a) would not be satisfied, or (ii) there
has been a breach on the part of Parent or Merger Sub of any of
its covenants or agreements herein such that
Section 7.03(b) would not be satisfied, and, in either such
case, such breach (if curable) has not been cured within
30 days after written notice to Parent;
(f) by either Parent or the Company if this Agreement shall
fail to receive the requisite vote for approval by the
Shareholders of the Company at the Shareholders’
Meeting; or
(g) by the Company in accordance, and in compliance, with
the termination rights set forth in Section 6.02(c).
The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.01 shall give notice of such termination and the
provisions of Section 8.01 being relied on to terminate
this Agreement to the other party.
Section 8.02 Effect
of Termination. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01,
except as provided in Section 2.07, there shall be no
liability under this Agreement on the part of any party hereto;
provided, however, in the event any party willfully breaches any
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements as set
forth in this Agreement, the non-breaching party shall be
entitled to pursue any of its remedies at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Agreement
is terminated, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8.01(g), the Company shall pay to the Parent
$2,750,000, if terminated on or before November 15, 2009
and shall pay to the Parent up to $3,500,000 if terminated after
November 15, 2009, which payment shall be made within six
(6) months from the date of such termination, in full
satisfaction of all costs, expenses, damages and claims that the
Parent would have under the terms of this Agreement or the
Confidentiality Agreement and shall be Parent’s and Merger
Sub’s sole and exclusive remedy for Company’s
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(g),
and thereafter the parties shall be released from all further
obligations under or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In
the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 8.01(g) after November 15, 2009, the amount
paid to Parent shall be equal to the sum of $2,750,000
plus the actual cost of Lender’s fees paid by Parent to
extend the termination date of the Financing Letters beyond
November 15, 2009, or to close such financing up to
$3,500,000.
Section 8.03 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by action taken
by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors at any
time prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that, after
the adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions by the
shareholders of the Company, no amendment shall be made except
as allowed under applicable Law. This Agreement may not be
amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
parties hereto.
Section 8.04 Waiver. At
any time prior to the Closing Date, any party hereto may
(a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation
or other act of any other party to be performed for the benefit
of the waiving party, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties of any other party contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and
(c) waive compliance by any other party with any
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agreements or conditions compliance with which is for the
benefit of the waiving party contained in this Agreement (to the
extent permitted by Law). Any such extension or waiver shall be
valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the
party or parties to be bound thereby. The failure of any party
to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise
shall not constitute a waiver of those rights.
Section 8.05 Fees
and Expenses.
(a) All Expenses incurred by the parties shall be paid at
Closing by Parent.
(b) “Expenses” as used in this Agreement
shall include all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
without limitation, all fees and expenses of counsel, investment
bankers, accountants, financial advisors, experts and
consultants to a party and its affiliates) incurred by a party
or on its behalf in connection with or related to the
authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and
performance of this Agreement, the solicitation of shareholder
approvals and all other matters related to the closing of the
Transactions.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section 9.01 Nonsurvival
of Representations and Warranties; Disclosure
Schedule. None of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or in any
instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, nor any rights
arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements, shall survive the Effective Time,
except for those covenants and agreements contained herein that
by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part
after the Effective Time. The inclusion of any information in
the Company Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed to be an
admission or acknowledgment, in and of itself, that such
information is required by the terms hereof to be disclosed, is
material, has resulted in or is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the applicable party or is outside
the ordinary and usual course of business.
Section 9.02 Notices. All
notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (a) on the
date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) on the first
business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a
nationally recognized next day courier service, (c) on the
fifth business day following the date of mailing if delivered by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt
requested) or (d) if sent by facsimile or email
transmission, when transmitted and receipt is confirmed. All
notices hereunder shall be delivered to the respective parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party
as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this
Section 9.02):
If to Parent or Merger Sub:
Xxxxxx Services, Inc
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chairman
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
if to the Company:
Sunair Services Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: President
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with a copy to:
Akerman Senterfitt
0 XX Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Section 9.03 Certain
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement:
“Affiliate” of a specified Person means a
Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person.
“Business day” means any day on which the
principal offices of the SEC in Washington, D.C. are open
to accept filings, or, in the case of determining a date when
any payment is due, any day on which banks are not required or
authorized to close in The City of New York.
“Closing Payment Amount” means $36,007,367
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any
event, circumstance, development, change or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate with all other events,
circumstances, developments, changes and effects, is materially
adverse to the business, assets, financial condition, or results
of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially
delay the consummation of the Transactions or prevent or
materially impair or delay the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations hereunder, other than (i) the occurrence of
any or all of the changes or events described in
Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and
(ii) those reasonably resulting solely from the execution
of this Agreement, the observance of its terms, or the
announcement of the consummation of the Transactions, including
but not limited to any adjustments to the Company’s
intangible assets.
“Control” (including the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means the
possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or credit
arrangement or otherwise.
“Debt” means the Indebtedness of the Company as
of the Closing Date, including but not limited to, indebtedness
pursuant to (i) the Credit Agreement and any prepayment
penalty due thereunder; (ii) Company acquisition
subordinated debt liability; (iii) vehicle leases; or
(iv) professional fees and other Expenses (other than as
otherwise provided for in this Agreement) including, without
limitation, legal fees and expenses, and investment banking fees
(whether or not any of the foregoing are paid as of the Closing
Date).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Indebtedness” means (A) indebtedness for
borrowed money (excluding any interest thereon), secured or
unsecured, (B) obligations under conditional sale or other
title retention Contracts relating to purchased property,
(C) capitalized lease obligations, (D) obligations
under interest rate cap, swap, collar or similar transactions or
currency hedging transactions (valued at the termination value
thereof), and (E) guarantees of any of the foregoing of any
other Person.
“Knowledge of the Company” or
“Company’s knowledge” means the actual
knowledge of the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, or Chief Financial
Officer of the Company and Subsidiary, in each case after review
of such Person’s own files and inquiry of those executives
of the Company and Subsidiary who would reasonably be expected
to have knowledge of the specific matter at issue.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, charge or other security interest.
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“Material Contracts” shall mean with respect to
any Person, all contracts, agreements and understandings that
are material within the meaning set forth in
Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K
of Title 17, Part 229 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and are still in effect and shall also include
(i) any contract or agreement that provides for payment to
the Company or Subsidiaries for the performance of services in
an amount in excess of $150,000 annually; (ii) any contract
or agreement requiring payments by the Company or Subsidiaries
in excess of $150,000 annually; (iii) any guarantee in
respect of any Indebtedness or obligation of the Company or
Subsidiaries; (iv) any contract or agreement limiting the
ability of the Company or Subsidiaries to engage in any line of
business or to compete with any Person; (v) any contract or
agreement limiting the ability of any Person to engage in any
line of business or to compete with the Company or Subsidiaries
(vi) any contract or agreement under which the Company or
Subsidiaries has borrowed or loaned money in excess of $150,000,
or any mortgage, note, bond, indenture or other evidence of
Indebtedness (excluding advances, deposits, trade payables in
the ordinary course of business); (vii) any joint venture,
partnership or other similar joint ownership agreements;
(viii) any contract, agreement or consent decree of
Governmental Authority to which the Company or Subsidiaries are
bound; (ix) any employment, severance, change of control or
“golden parachute” contract of an Employee of the
Company or Subsidiaries; and (x) any contract or agreement
(A) granting or obtaining any right to use any material
Intellectual Property rights (other than contracts granting
rights to use readily available commercial software available to
consumers for a combined license and maintenance fee of less
than $150,000 per year or subject to “shrink wrap” or
“click through” license agreements) or
(B) restricting the right of the Company or permitting any
third Person to use any material intellectual property rights.
“Permitted Investment” means any obligation of
investment grade status.
“Permitted Liens” means with respect to any
assets of the Company (i) mechanic’s,
materialmen’s and similar liens with respect to amounts not
past due, (ii) liens for income Taxes or other Taxes not
yet due and payable or for income Taxes or other Taxes that the
taxpayer is contesting in good faith pursuant to proceedings
disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(iii) purchase money liens arising by operation of law
(including liens on inventory and other assets in favor of
vendors of the Company) and (iv) liens securing rental
payments under capital lease arrangements disclosed on the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
“Person” means an individual, corporation,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company,
syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association,
entity, government, or political subdivision, agency or
instrumentality of a government.
“Representatives” means any officer, director,
investment banker, attorney, accountant, consultant or advisor.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries”
of a Person means an entity controlled by such Person, directly
or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, and, without
limiting the foregoing, includes any entity in respect of which
such Person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns 50% or
more of the voting securities or equity. Unless otherwise
indicated Subsidiary means subsidiary of the Company.
“Termination Date” means, the date this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.01.
“Total Common Shares Outstanding” means, as of
the Closing Date, all issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock plus all shares of Common Stock to be issued or deemed
issued upon exercise of any Common Stock Option or Company
Warrant by virtue of Section 2.06 as of the Effective Time,
minus any shares of Common Stock to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.01(b).
“Transactions” means the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b) The following terms have the meaning set forth in the
Sections set forth below:
Defined Term
|
Location of Definition | |
Action
|
ss. 3.09 | |
Affected Employee
|
ss. 6.09(a) | |
Agreement
|
Preamble | |
Articles of Merger
|
ss. 1.03 | |
Certificates
|
ss. 2.04(a) | |
Claim
|
ss. 6.03(a) | |
Closing
|
ss. 1.02 | |
Closing Date
|
ss. 1.02 | |
Code
|
ss. 3.10(c) | |
Common Stock
|
ss. 2.01(a) | |
Company
|
Preamble | |
Company Board
|
Recitals | |
Company Disclosure Schedule
|
Article III | |
Company Permits
|
ss. 3.06 | |
Company Recommendation
|
ss. 6.01(c) | |
Company SEC Reports
|
ss. 3.07(a) | |
Company Stock Option
|
ss. 2.06(a) | |
Company Warrant
|
ss. 2.06(b) | |
Competing Transaction Proposal
|
ss. 6.02(b) | |
Confidentiality Agreement
|
ss. 6.02(a) | |
Contract
|
ss. 3.05 | |
Consistently Applied
|
ss. 3.07(b) | |
Continuing Benefits
|
ss. 6.09(c) | |
Credit Agreement
|
ss. 5.01(p) | |
Effective Time
|
ss. 1.03 | |
Employee
|
ss. 3.10(a) | |
Environmental Laws
|
ss. 3.14(b) | |
Environmental Permits
|
ss. 3.14(b) | |
ERISA
|
ss. 3.10(b) | |
Exchange Fund
|
ss. 2.03(b) | |
Expenses
|
ss. 8.05(b) | |
FBCA
|
ss. 1.01 | |
Financial Statements
|
ss. 3.07(b) | |
Former Holders
|
ss. 2.04(c) | |
GAAP
|
ss. 3.07(b) | |
Governmental Authority
|
ss. 3.05 | |
Hazardous Substances
|
ss. 3.14(b) | |
HSR Act
|
ss. 3.05 | |
Indemnified Parties
|
ss. 6.03(a) | |
Intellectual Property
|
ss. 3.12(b) | |
Investments
|
ss. 3.01(c) | |
IRS
|
ss. 3.10(b) | |
Law
|
ss. 3.05 |
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Defined Term
|
Location of Definition | |
Lease Documents
|
ss. 3.11(b) | |
Leased Properties
|
ss. 3.11(b) | |
Licensed Intellectual Property
|
ss. 3.12(a) | |
Material Contracts
|
ss. 3.15(a) | |
Merger
|
Recitals | |
Merger Consideration
|
ss. 2.01(a) | |
Merger Sub
|
Preamble | |
Most Recent Balance Sheet
|
ss. 3.07(c) | |
Most Recent Financial Statements
|
ss. 3.07(b) | |
Most Recent Fiscal Month End
|
ss. 3.07(b) | |
Multiemployer Plan
|
ss. 3.10(c) | |
Multiple Employer Plan
|
ss. 3.10(c) | |
Negotiation Period
|
ss. 6.02(c) | |
Owned Intellectual Property
|
ss. 3.12(a) | |
Parent
|
Preamble | |
Paying Agent
|
ss. 2.02 | |
Personal Property
|
ss. 3.11(d) | |
Plans
|
ss. 3.10(b) | |
Proxy Statement
|
ss. 6.01(a) | |
Securities Act
|
ss. 3.15(a) | |
Securities Laws
|
ss. 3.07(a) | |
Shareholder Approval
|
ss. 3.04 | |
Shareholders’ Meeting
|
ss. 6.01(c) | |
Superior Acquisition Proposal
|
ss. 6.02(d) | |
Surviving Corporation
|
ss. 1.01 | |
Tail Period
|
ss. 6.03(c) | |
Tail Policy
|
ss. 6.03(c) | |
Tax or Taxes
|
ss. 3.13(b) | |
Tax Returns
|
ss. 3.13(b) |
(c) When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections,
Schedules or Exhibits, such reference shall be to a Section,
Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, respectively, unless
otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,”
“includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”. The words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this
Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. References
to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
Section 9.04 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is finally
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or
public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so
long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is
not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon
such determination that any term or other provision is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a
mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions be
consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent
possible.
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Section 9.05 Disclaimer
of Other Representations and
Warranties. Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company each acknowledges and agrees that, except for the
representations and warranties expressly set forth in this
Agreement (a) no party makes, and has not made, any
representations or warranties relating to itself or its
businesses or otherwise in connection with the Transactions,
(b) no Person has been authorized by any party to make any
representation or warranty relating to itself or its businesses
or otherwise in connection with the Transactions and, if made,
such representation or warranty must not be relied upon as
having been authorized by such party, and (c) any
estimates, projections, predictions, data, financial
information, memoranda, presentations or any other materials or
information provided or addressed to any party or any of its
Representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or to
include representations or warranties unless any such materials
or information is the subject of any representation or warranty
set forth in this Agreement.
Section 9.06 Entire
Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement
(together with the Confidentiality Agreement, Company Disclosure
Schedule, and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto),
constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes
all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral,
among the parties hereto, or any of them, with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof. This Agreement shall not be
assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other
parties hereto, except that Parent and Merger Sub may assign all
or any of their rights, but not their obligations, hereunder to
any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
Section 9.07 Parties
in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and
nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or
shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy
of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement,
other than (i) Section 6.03 which is intended to be
for the benefit of the persons covered thereby and may be
enforced by such persons, and (ii) Article II which is
intended to be for the benefit of those persons entitled to
receive the Merger Consideration, to the extent that their right
to receive such payment may be enforced by such persons after
the Closing Date.
Section 9.08 Remedies;
Specific Performance. The parties hereto
agree that upon a breach of any of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement then in addition to any remedies available at law
or equity the Parent, Merger Sub and Company shall have the
right to seek specific performance of the terms hereof, to the
extent available under applicable Law.
Section 9.09 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida
applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that
State, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of law. All Actions arising
out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and
determined exclusively in the Circuit Court of Orange County,
Florida. The parties hereto hereby (a) submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Orange County,
Florida for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating
to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and
(b) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of
motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim
that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the
above-named court, that its property is exempt or immune from
attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an
inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or
that this Agreement or the Transactions may not be enforced in
or by the above-named court.
Section 9.10 Headings. The
descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 9.11 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile
transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized.
SUNAIR SERVICES CORPORATION
By |
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Xxxx X. Xxxx,
President and Chief Executive Officer
XXXXXX SERVICES, INC.
By |
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Name:
Title: |
BUYER ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC.
By |
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Name:
Title: |
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EXHIBITS*
Exhibit A
|
— | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation | ||||
Exhibit B
|
— | Amended and Restated Bylaws | ||||
Exhibit C
|
— | Form of Escrow Agreement |
COMPANY DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES*
Section 3.01(b)
|
— | Subsidiaries | ||||
Section 3.01(c)
|
— | Investments | ||||
Section 3.03(b)
|
— | Options and Warrants | ||||
Section 3.03(c)
|
— | Restrictions | ||||
Section 3.04
|
— | Shareholder Approval Rights | ||||
Section 3.05
|
— | Company Consents | ||||
Section 3.07(b)
|
— | Financial Statements | ||||
Section 3.07(c)
|
— | Undisclosed Liabilities | ||||
Section 3.08
|
— | Absence of Certain Changes | ||||
Section 3.09
|
— | Litigation | ||||
Section 3.10(a)
|
— | Employees and Compensation | ||||
Section 3.10(b)
|
— | Benefit Plans | ||||
Section 3.11(b)
|
— | Leased Real Property | ||||
Section 3.11(d)
|
— | Equipment and Personal Property, Liens | ||||
Section 3.12
|
— | Intellectual Property | ||||
Section 3.13(a)
|
— | Taxes | ||||
Section 3.15(a)
|
— | Contracts | ||||
Section 3.16
|
— | Insurance | ||||
Section 5.01
|
— | Exceptions to Conduct of Business Pending Merger |
* | Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted. Sunair Services Corporation undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
EXHIBIT A
AMENDED
AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EXHIBIT B
AMENDED
AND RESTATED BYLAWS
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
ESCROW AGREEMENT